Skip to content

Changelog

What changed, and when.

Every release, in order. Wyxen updates itself, so this is mostly here so you can check what a version did before or after it reaches you.

1.0.7.0 Plenty new features, benchmarking, and CPU tweaks

  • Benchmark page. Measures CPU, memory, disk and latency jitter and saves every run, so you can see what a tweak actually changed rather than guessing. Includes a separate disk test with drive selection that reports sequential speed, random 4K IOPS and access latency.
  • Every tweak now has an info button showing exactly what it will do: the registry keys with Windows default, your current value and the new one, or the precise commands it runs. Values are explained in plain English rather than just named.
  • Windows apps section in the uninstaller, for Store apps that never appear in Programs and Features. Built-in components are listed but protected.
  • Much deeper leftover scanning after an uninstall. It now walks the registry rather than checking a fixed list of places, finding services, COM registrations and entries that only mention the program inside their data. Each result shows how confident the match is.
  • Restart button, in the title bar, the tray menu and Settings.
  • Software list expanded from 23 to 211 apps, with search, app icons, and a grid or list view.
  • Installed apps get Open and Open Folder buttons.
  • Software installs show transfer speed and time remaining, can be cancelled, and report where the app was installed.
  • Added plenty of new tweaks.
  • Enabling and disabling a feature is one switch now, not two tweaks.
  • Core parking states plainly how many cores stay active and how many can be parked.
  • The power graph scales to what your hardware actually draws instead of a fixed 400W.
  • Tweaks that change many values show how many are already set, and list the ones that didn't apply first.
  • Removed Disable Fullscreen Optimizations.
  • CPU tweaks could not be changed at all on some systems. Wyxen now uses the Windows power API directly, and repairs the settings allowed range where a third-party tweak had set it to zero which is what made every value get rejected.
  • CPU tweaks showed "n/a" on any Windows not set to English, and on fresh installs where the settings had never been changed.
  • CPU frequency showed a fixed "Estimated" value on some machines instead of updating.
  • The Task Scheduler page was empty on any Windows not set to English.
  • The disk benchmark measured the Windows file cache rather than the drive, which is why a hard disk could out-score an NVMe.
  • Uninstalling anything installed for your user only (most winget packages) failed, because Windows won't allow it from an elevated program.
  • Uninstaller errors explain what went wrong instead of showing a number.
  • Restarting Wyxen could leave it broken, with the tray icon missing or errors on closing.
  • Opening Wyxen while it was already running started a second copy.
  • Double-clicking the tray icon opened the window and the stats panel at once.
  • Tweaks that hang are skipped and retried instead of freezing the app.
  • A tweak that ran without error but changed nothing reported success.
  • Startup entries couldn't be removed after being disabled.
  • Search in the Windows apps section did nothing.
  • Large empty gaps in the disk scan results, and results from a previous drive staying on screen.
  • The app is considerably faster throughout: lists build without freezing the window, and filtering is instant.

1.0.5.3 Restart Button and fixes

  • Added a Restart button in Settings.
  • Fixed: CPU tweaks showed "n/a" on a fresh Windows install, where the settings had never been changed and so had no saved values to read.
  • Fixed: search in the Windows apps section did nothing.
  • Fixed: uninstalling anything installed through winget failed with a message that showed the package name but no reason.

1.0.5.2 CPU tweaks fixes

  • CPU tweaks: values are no longer constrained by a range read from powercfg's text output, which was unreliable and could distort what was written.
  • CPU tweaks now also apply to the second core class on hybrid Intel CPUs, so P-cores and E-cores get the same setting.
  • Failures are logged in full, so a setting that doesn't stick can be diagnosed from the log.

1.0.5.0 New tweaks

  • Added 29 new tweaks

1.0.4.7 Performance fixes

  • Fixed: CPU tweaks showed "n/a" and couldn't be changed on any Windows that isn't set to English.
  • Hidden processor settings are now unhidden so they can be adjusted, including from Windows' own power options.
  • Faster: opening a section no longer freezes the window.

1.0.4.6 Fixes

  • New Windows apps section in the uninstaller, for Store apps that never appear in Programs and Features. Built-in components are listed but protected.
  • Software installs now show transfer speed and time remaining, can be cancelled, and report where the app was installed.
  • Fixed: app icons never appeared in the software list.
  • Fixed: changing the drive filter left the previous drive's scan results on screen.

1.0.4.5 General fixes

  • Much faster and smoother throughout: lists build in the background instead of freezing the window, and filtering is now instant.
  • Fixed: large empty gaps in the disk scan results.

1.0.4.4 Uninstaller fixes

  • Program lists now show each program's own icon.
  • The uninstaller finds registry leftovers too: startup entries, App Paths and stale Uninstall entries, not just folders.
  • Fixed: unrelated folders were listed as leftovers.
  • Fixed: scan results showed gaps, and scanning a second drive still displayed the first drive's results.

1.0.4.3 Software Downloader and Uninstaller improved

  • Opening Wyxen when it's already running now brings the existing window to the front instead of starting a second copy.
  • Double-clicking the tray icon opens the window; a single click shows the stats panel.
  • Disk scan results are split into Tree view and File view.
  • Software downloads show speed and time remaining, plus a button to open the folder they're downloaded to.
  • The uninstaller finds considerably more leftovers, and each one now says whether it was removed or why it wasn't.
  • The program list no longer shows Windows updates, bundled components or anything that can't actually be uninstalled.

1.0.4.2 Disk Browsing and general fixes.

  • Disk browser: sort by size or name in either direction, and double-click a folder to open it.
  • File and folder sizes now show in KB, MB or GB as appropriate instead of always in GB.
  • Fan speeds in the tray panel are now grouped with the hardware they cool.
  • Fixed: scheduled maintenance showed an Enable button even when already scheduled. Only the relevant button is shown now.

1.0.4.1 Tray Panel improvements

  • The tray panel now shows CPU, GPU and system fan speeds.
  • The tray panel snaps to screen edges and can no longer be dragged out of view.
  • Double-clicking the tray icon no longer opens the main window as well as the stats panel. Use "Open Wyxen" from the right-click menu.
  • A tweak that takes too long no longer stops the whole queue; it's retried once the others have finished.

1.0.4.0 Task Scheduler, disk scan improvements and more

  • Search moved to its own page in the sidebar, with a full-width box.
  • Added Select All when reviewing uninstall leftovers.
  • Disk scan is faster, shows the largest subfolders inside each folder, and is easier to read.
  • Fixed: the search box only accepted one character at a time.
  • Fixed: "Disable Diagnostic Services" and "Disable Distributed Link Tracking Client" failed even when running as administrator.
  • New Task Scheduler page: view, filter, disable or delete scheduled tasks. Windows own tasks are hidden by default and warn before deletion.
  • Added Autoruns (Sysinternals) to the software list.
  • Fixed: startup entries couldn't be removed after being disabled.
  • Disk scan results are now browsable: open any folder, see what's inside sorted by size, and delete files or whole folders. The list updates straight away.
  • Added a Stop button to the disk scan.
  • Experimental tweaks now show whether they're already applied.

1.0.3.7 New search system and uninstaller improvements

  • New uninstall window: watch each program's uninstaller run, then review leftover files and registry entries and choose what to remove.
  • Added search across every tweak and setting.

1.0.3.6 Fixes & Improvements

  • Disk scan is significantly faster, and results can be opened in Explorer or deleted.
  • Fixed: "Uninstall Selected" did nothing.
  • Fixed: CPU and GPU temperatures updated only every 15 seconds.

1.0.3.5 Tray panel improvements, update fallbacks and fixes.

  • Added "Start minimised" alongside "Start with Windows".
  • Added a Clean RAM button to the tray panel.
  • The tray panel is now solid, movable, and shows your GPU name.
  • New colour scheme throughout.
  • Fixed: CPU temperature was stuck at the wrong value on the dashboard, tray and history graph.
  • Moved to the new backend, with the previous one kept as a fallback.
  • Added an anonymous first-launch ping, with an opt-out in Settings.

1.0.3.0 Tray stats panel and fixes.

  • Added a tray stats panel: click the tray icon for CPU and GPU usage, clock, temperature, power and memory. It can be pinned above other windows.
  • Faster startup, and switching performance profiles no longer freezes the window.
  • Fixed: fans sometimes reported as uncontrollable until a restart.

1.0.2.0 Performance Implementations,

  • New Performance page: Extreme, Balanced, Silent and Custom profiles, each with its own fan curve, plus a draggable curve editor.
  • Added CPU tuning: core parking, frequency scaling, turbo boost and the energy/performance preference.
  • Live CPU and GPU temperature traces drawn over the fan curve.
  • Added new tweaks.
  • Fixed: core parking reset itself on every launch.
  • Fixed: GPU fans followed CPU temperature instead of their own.
  • Fixed: content was cut off when the sidebar was expanded.

1.0.1.0 Self update & fixes

  • Added self-updating, with a progress window.
  • Added "Start with Windows".
  • Fixed several update problems

1.0.0.0 Initial release

Initial release: the tweak catalogue, software installation, program uninstaller with leftover cleanup, service and startup management, hardware vitals, live monitoring graphs, scheduled maintenance, and configuration export and import.