Biniware Run

Biniware Run v.4.3.0.0 - December 20, 2021

Change log
- New: Shortcut paths can contain now volume labels besides of volume letters. Useful for shortcuts defined for files located on removable devices which may be mounted under different volume letters.
- Improved: Memory usage improvements when loading image resources.
- Fixed: Icons are not loaded for double-quoted paths.
- Fixed: Notification tray icon is not removed when 'Auto close when a shortcut is executed' is enabled.

Download location: https://biniware.com/brun
.NET 4.5 SHA256: a2e7ad2a0193edbc2ce0033bc91945712ca5beee23ab1b30e1d547880b5c0ea4
.NET 6.0 SHA256: ac3408c92598aad3ffc8faaa567c48eb9ff1f946114993f9edf52ad942d89f53

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!
Dicu Alexandru

New content in the user manual worth of mentioning here:

Spoiler: Path of a shortcut

When defining a shortcut path:
- the paths are case insensitive and may be provided with or without double quotes.
- volume letters can be used.
- volume labels can be used. This is useful especially for removable drives which may be mounted with a different volume letter. In the example below “Root” is the volume label of C:\ drive.
- environment variables can be used. Not required for files located in system PATH variable.

The following examples are equivalent:
C:\Program Files\ Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\ Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
%ProgramFiles%\ Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Root\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

cmd.exe
%windir%\System32\cmd.exe
root\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

Spoiler: Auto assign access keys

An access key is an underlined character in the text of a context menu item. With an access key, the user can "click" a context menu item by pressing the predefined keyboard access key. Enabled by default, this will automatically assign as access key the first character of a shortcut name which does not contain a manual defined access key. To manually define an access key, add an underscore before the character that will become the access key. Access keys are underlined only when the keyboard is used to open the shortcuts context menu. To underline the access keys all the time, check the Underline access keys in System settings of the operating system.

Spoiler: Easter Egg in Biniware Run?

Do you want to know what music is playing in that sports car? Click on the car eight times and you will find out

 

hello, sorry but something seem wrong with the latest update v.4.3.0.0 .NET 4.5 and 6, it don't launch my bat files anymore

Code:

    <Shortcut>
      <Name>go</Name>
      <Path>cmd.exe</Path>
      <Parameters> /c start /min C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\go\go.bat ^&amp; exit</Parameters>
    </Shortcut>

nothing happen anymore when you click, other shorcuts still work, log file is empty


Edit I checked the manual changes and fixed it by replacing cmd.exe by %windir%\System32\cmd.exe

 

Thanks, Alexandru!

Merry X-Mas and a happy new year too from me to all!

Spoiler: Easter Egg ...

Indeed, it exists

 

Interesting. I tried on my side and it still works just with cmd.exe. Brun will automatically expand the path to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe if you use only cmd.exe in the Path property. Can you try one more time and confirm that this does not work on your side with the latest version ? Thank you.

 

yes i can confirm it.

Code:

    <Shortcut>
      <Name>test1</Name>
      <Path>cmd.exe</Path>
      <Parameters>/?</Parameters>
    </Shortcut>
    <Shortcut>
      <Name>test2</Name>
      <Path>%windir%\System32\cmd.exe</Path>
      <Parameters>/?</Parameters>
    </Shortcut>

test1 is not working anymore since 4.3.0.0 for me in both .net variants, i m on win10 21H2 enterprise, it's not a big deal as it work with the other shortcut. Also i tried reverting to a previous version and cmd.exe work while using the older version.

 

And here a 2nd confirm about cmd.exe ... I have also to give the full path to execute it successfully ... and also here, the v4.2.0.0 works yet ... (tested with .NET v4.5).

 

What a strange bug. Since my laptop does not have an optical drive, I missed one use case. I could not reproduce it on any of my virtual machines which are in English even if they have virtual optical drives. Until I installed a virtual machine in German and there I could reproduce the problem. The fix is included in the new version below:

Biniware Run v.4.3.1.0 - December 21, 2021

Change log
- Fixed: Shortcuts to URLs and files located in locations included in system PATH variable can't execute anymore if there is a drive which is not ready, like an empty optical drive.

Download location: https://biniware.com/brun
.NET 4.5 SHA256: 6b1c76e002cb757d4eec1b921f8e3ea3bfd3688377f39bf3f141063fde8650ff
.NET 6.0 SHA256: 0b19793c82bd6c1a549547ce90cf54135daeedcdf626fabfd2df7685b3b1753b

Thank you for your support and your patience,
Dicu Alexandru

 

@alexandrud

REALLY strange!

Thank you for finding out and new version. It works again.

 

Biniware Run v.4.4.0.0 - December 30, 2021

Change log
- New: Added multiple instances support for the same user account. Each instance has its own configuration and log file which are saved in the same folder, but with different names.
- New: Added keyboard access keys for the entire user interface.
- New: Added 'Restart' in the right click context menu.
- Improved: 'Open program data folder' was moved from Settings tab in the Title bar.
- Improved: The vertical scrollbar thumb width was extended to fill the entire scrollbar width.
- Improved: Tooltips displayed over trimmed content are now displayed over the trimmed control. This mechanism was extended also to the tree view.
- Fixed: Context menu scroll support does not work for root level.
- Fixed: Drag and drop support over a tree view item works only over the icon, but not over the text content.

Download location: https://biniware.com/brun
.NET 4.5 SHA256: c6f1f9fc0863029e422cf2334a0b590bd00f686a72f819a218adbb9f72fcabc8
.NET 6.0 SHA256: 832291692c22b71f03745fa245ac5b1680607557da93c7ed31ecbcf69f28a96a

Happy New Year to all of you!
Dicu Alexandru

New content in the user manual worth of mentioning here:

Spoiler: Command line parameters and multiple instances

https://biniware.com/usermanuals/brun.pdf#page=22

P.S.: The translation file contains only a new entry "Restart". However, more changes are required for the new keyboard access keys support. In the en-US.ini I added _ before the access keys that I proposed for English as keyboard shortcuts in the user interface. For other languages, these must be defined based on similar criteria but they will be different than in English.

 

Thanks for the update! I would call it the "New Year's Edition". Do you think it would be useful to add a brun.pdf file to the update check? True, it would reduce the number of visits to your site.
"Restart" is a very useful option for me

 

It would be useful, but it will reduce the number of visits which is bad for a small website like biniware.com. Another problem is that a PDF file does not have a version like an executable file, so it would be hard to tell if you have an older version or the current one. The check would be based on the size, less size = older version, same size = current version.

 

I am no longer able to turn off the 'Auto start with user logon' option with this version.

 

This may happen if you have two entries to execute brun.exe in Windows Registry like below:



The first one was created by Biniware Run v.4.4.0.0 to support the new multi instances feature. The second one is created by any prior version. You just need to get rid of the entry named "Biniware Run". In an elevated CMD window execute this command:

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Biniware Run" /f



Now everything should be good again. This is an use case for which I forgot to add a special handling in code. This is why when you install version 4.4.0.0 it appears that it is not set to automatically start, then you check that check-box and you end up with 2 entries.

Please let me know if this was helpful. Thank you.

 

Problem solved. Thanks.

 

Try AutoRuns, it will show all autorun entries and you can easily disable and remove unnecessary ones.

 

Biniware Run v.4.5.0.0 - January 16, 2022

Change log
- New: Added support to use custom ICO files besides PNG ones to customize a shortcut icon.
- Improved: Memory management was improved by handling better data binding errors.

Download location: https://biniware.com/brun
.NET 4.5 SHA256: e9f2b3cb5bfc7e4e6a0217cfd7b8c502765eb708ca3cebe9efad31823201bc01
.NET 6.0 SHA256: 025defd35cf0764bcd2651a8e5d383b7d04bede4eded75310e413035e09c6673

Greetings in the new year 2022,
Dicu Alexandru

 

If you enter the Change Icon dialog, but cancel it in any way, the previously installed custom icon is reset to the default one. This doesn't seem right.

 

This is on purpose since version 1.0. Cancel button will always clear any custom icon. Let's say I update the code so that Cancel button will not do anything, you just changed your mind, you don't want to change it anymore. How can you revert a custom icon to the default one without adding a new button "Restore default icon" in the user interface? I am open to suggestions.

 

I noticed this a long time ago, but this is the first time I've spoken out about it. Just add a new button or leave it as is. Still, it's not a bug, but a feature.

 

Hi. Thanks for an excellent product. I just started using Biniware. Is it possible to launch multiple shortcuts at once if they e.g. are in the same nod. This would be a very n need feature if I use the same files and webpages when conducting a particular task.

 

Yes, a clear +1 for me for this suggestion!

 

Three votes for this I will add this feature in the next version.

 

Fantastic! Thanks a lot Alexandrud

 

Biniware Run v.4.6.0.0 - February 04, 2022

Change log
- New: If 'Ctrl' key is pressed when executing a shortcut, all child nodes of the selected shortcut will be executed instead.
- New: Added 'Reset icon' button to easier reset a custom icon to the default one.
- New: Added 'Display file extensions' check box in Settings tab.
- Updated: Added 'What's new in recent versions' hyperlink button in Updates tab.

Download location: https://biniware.com/brun
.NET 4.5 SHA256: e7c9eabee0f32deff4f363ef4e84bf5abb9546b77b9bf8fe4fd6dfa1094dbd2d
.NET 6.0 SHA256: 9da39a8288361e0dfee6490f6ff33f6ec9547d449fa6a8dd673790f303a285ea

Have a great weekend,
Dicu Alexandru

Thank you all for your support and improvement ideas.

 

Biniware Run v.4.6.1.0 - February 11, 2022

Change log
- New: The software will read and compare the loaded data with the data from the configuration file and sync them every 3 seconds. This is useful when the software is located in a OneDrive folder and is accessed from multiple places at once. Add one new shortcut on one device and it will appear on the other device too.

Download location: https://biniware.com/brun
.NET 4.5 SHA256: e40e4594a3aa09765a47971a51d58c2b1bb03584705bcc7222d164e81cb0c4b2
.NET 6.0 SHA256: 938ae795797294a7823f7edf72fa38f30d86e132127559cb5ded6b590fd1be61

Have a great weekend,
Dicu Alexandru