v4.2.2.5

Software

Dashboard 4.2 Release Notes - May 30, 2024 (4.2.2.5)

Application

• Added a new service to monitor and generate Windows Desktop Notifications.
• Added feature to automatically enable Start with Windows & Start Minimized options when Gaming Mode 2.0 AUTO mode is selected by the user.
• Added Windows context menu option to add a folder to Game Mode 2.0 automatic game launch detection watch list.
• Added a feature to disable background tasks while running device self test diagnostics to reduce interruptions.
• Improved user experience by personalizing marketing messages in Notification panel based on the devices detected.
• Enhanced Start with Windows task scheduler option to account for username changes.
• Streamlined brand recognition so that all Western Digital products are well represented.
• Reduced ad caching time from 2 days to 1 day.
• Added support for new SD cards and readers.
• Adjusted serial number reported by Dashboard for more ATA drives to reflect the product serial number printed on the case, not the serial number of the internal storage component. Internal serial number is still available in the Identify data in the Tools page if needed.
• Fixed an issue with performance monitoring for devices with multiple volumes.
• Fixed an issue with WD_BLACK D10 detection.
• Fixed an issue with CFExpress temperature reading display.
• Fixed an issue with some USB devices.
• Added support for WD BLUE SN5000 4TB NVMe SSD.
• Added support for G-DRIVE SSD.

Installer (6.0.2.11)

• Added a check to see if the installer is already running and display that instead of opening a new instance of the installer.

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Update to 4.2.2.5
• Remove choco protocol link from package description, since it is no longer being maintained
• Change the update script's scraped web page for determining the software's download URL, as the old page is no longer operational
• Add package note to clarify why package updates may be delayed

Full Changelog: v4.1.2.4...v4.2.2.5

v4.1.2.4

Software

Dashboard 4.1 Release Notes - December 14, 2023 (4.1.2.4)

Application

• Removed animations from the Overview screen which were causing high CPU usage.
• Adjusted serial number reported by Dashboard for external drives to reflect the product serial number printed on the case, not the serial number of the internal storage component.
• Adjusted Dashboard to show non-Western Digital drives if detected, but most functionality will not be available.
• Changed default images on unrecognized devices to differentiate brands and storage technology.
• Added support for the Overview screen to adjust automatically when drive Capacity or Volume changes.
• Improved capacity reporting for unformatted devices to make it more clear.
• Fixed issue which could cause Start with Windows task to fail to start Dashboard with certain user names.
• Fixed issue which was causing reset to default game folders for Gaming Mode 2.0 monitoring to apply to all devices instead of only the selected device.
• Improved Gaming Mode 2.0 game launch detection when configured for the parent folder.
• Fixed issue which could cause multiple Dashboard windows to open when manually starting the application shortly after it was automatically started on Windows boot.
• Fixed performance chart not working properly on a newly created volume.
• Added support for RGB control in WD_BLACK SN850 for PS5.
• Added support for SanDisk PRO-G40.
• Reduced ad caching time from 3 days to 2 days.

Installer (6.0.2.10)

• Complete rewrite of the installer to improve user experience.

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Update to 4.1.2.4
• Uninstall code change for compatibility with the new installer package
• Move Package Notes to external document to work around Community Repository description length limitations
• Add note for potentially misleading error message during uninstall
• Minor ETag-related housekeeping

Full Changelog: v4.0.2.20...v4.1.2.4

v4.0.2.20

Software

Dashboard 4.0 Release Notes - August 14, 2023 (4.0.2.20)

Known Issues

• Gaming Mode 2.0 auto-detection for game launches is sometimes failing to detect games from the default parent “Epic Games” folder. If you experience this issue, please add a folder that directly points to your game (e.g. add folder “C:\Program Files\Epic Games\Fortnite” instead of “C:\Program Files\Epic Games”).

Application

• Fixed issue causing drives not to be detected when some Windows registry entries were invalid.

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Update to 4.0.2.20

Full Changelog: v4.0.2.19...v4.0.2.20

v4.0.2.19

Software

Dashboard 4.0 Release Notes - August 1, 2023 (4.0.2.19)

Known Issues

• Gaming Mode 2.0 auto-detection for game launches is sometimes failing to detect games from the default parent “Epic Games” folder. If you experience this issue, please add a folder that directly points to your game (e.g. add folder “C:\Program Files\Epic Games\Fortnite” instead of “C:\Program Files\Epic Games”).

Application

• New and improved graphical design and user experience to modernize the application and leave room for future growth.
• Added support for Western Digital CFExpress products through supported Western Digital CFExpress USB-C readers, such as the SanDisk SDDR-F451 and SanDisk Pro Reader, and Thunderbolt readers.
• Added support for detection and display of unrecognized devices on the My Devices page.
• Disabled GPU rasterization by default, as this was causing problems for users. If you want to re-enable GPU rasterization, pass the new command line argument “-enablegpu-support”.
• Improved no-code configuration capability for the application and improved the default configurations shipped with the release to better support offline users.
• Restructured the application to allow for finer grain partial loading of features, which should prevent cases where some unsupported features would cause an entire device to not be detected.
• Added a notification tab to the Overview page to streamline how various Dashboard notifications can appear, including firmware updates, application updates, and other offers.
• Simplified drive erase options to a generic erase and updated the embedded toolkit to support a generic erase. Most erases should continue to be done outside of the Windows environment in the embedded toolkit.
• Added the capability to open a given drive’s primary partition in Windows Explorer from the Overview page.
• Added an indication for DirectStorage compatible devices.
• Fixed a bug which could display data from a previous drive when switching to a new drive that failed some commands.
• Removed the ATA Controller table as it was outdated and no longer valuable to users.

Installer (5.3.2.4)

• Minor adjustments to user experience and structure changes to support Dashboard 4.0 release.

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Update to 4.0.2.19 (#1)
• Updated description's screenshot to reflect UI overhaul
• Updated projectUrl and docsUrl, since the old URLs now redirect elsewhere
• Enhanced update script
  • Ignore updates when Western Digital fails to update the standalone installer binary (checking against last ETag response header and checksum)
  • Add support for Force switch
• Minor script reformatting/cleanup

Full Changelog: v3.8.2.9...v4.0.2.19

v3.8.2.9

Software

Dashboard 3.8 Release Notes January 19 [sic], 2023 (3.8.2.9)

Application

• Changed default renderer argument to angle to match Dashboard behavior in previous releases. This will resolve crashes on some systems with release 3.8.2.8.

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Update to 3.8.2.9
• Enhance uninstall helper function for AutoHotkey version awareness
• Implement alternate AutoHotkey uninstall script with v2 compatibility

Full Changelog: v3.8.2.8...v3.8.2.9

v3.8.2.8

Note
This package version became obsolete before passing the Community Repository's moderation process, and therefore was never published.

Software

Dashboard 3.8 Release Notes January 12, 2023 (3.8.2.8)

Application

• Improved game play detection for Intelligent Game Mode drives to support some games which were not signaling correctly on launch
• Added more default paths for Intelligent Game Mode and limited blacklist logic to file name only instead of file path
• Improved rescan handling to better coordinate with long-running operations so a device rescan does not cause them to fail
• Added RAID indication for devices in Storage Spaces RAID
• Limit error page collection on NVMe drives to 128 error page entries to work around a Windows limitation on some connections
• No longer set OpenGL rendering by default, allow the system to choose the best rendering option
• Added flags to specify rendering as desktop, angle, or software
• Fixed Windows version not displaying correctly on Windows 8.1 and Windows build number not displaying on Windows 10
• Fixed missing SMART formatting for WD Green SATA drives

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Update to 3.8.2.8
• Add Package Note to clarify continued need for AutoHotkey dependency
• Remove unnecessary auto-uninstaller skip file
• Ensure copyright tag has an up-to-date year
• Minor code cleanup and documentation updates

Full Changelog: v3.7.2.5...v3.8.2.8

v3.7.2.5

Software

Dashboard 3.7 Release Notes June 10, 2022 (3.7.2.4) [sic]

Application

• Fixed rare crash on startup caused by Windows returning invalid strings from boot drive inquiry
• Force all erase options through the Linux embedded toolkit, which provides a more stable and feature-complete environment for drive erasure
• Enable Format on supported devices when the security state is Frozen
• Resolved an issue which caused a long load time after running Sanitize on some devices
• Resolved detection issues for P40 devices, and improved Dashboard's performance when they're attached to USB ports of older standards
• Resolved an issue for P50 devices which could cause stale data or an invalid LBA count to be shown
• Restricted Gaming Mode 2.0 file watcher to only support drives local to the system and adjusted behavior to only start Gaming Mode on the drive that launched the game
• Resolved issue where Gaming Mode 2.0 could be left in the wrong state until a game starts when set to AUTO and the system was rebooted
• Restricted volumes without assigned letters or names from being shown in Dashboard
• Improved messages relating to write cache settings and NVMe SMART data for better clarification

Installer (5.3.2.2)

• Added a silent mode
• Removed installation of the P40 HAL, it is no longer required

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Overhaul package to accommodate new silent (un)install mode
• Add support for language tags in language package parameter
• Improve version update check to be consistent with application's method
• Archive installer locally when updating, to ensure a given version is available for future testing
• Update packageSourceUrl to point to current version's tag

Full Changelog: v3.6.2.7...v3.7.2.5

v3.6.2.7

Software

Dashboard 3.6 Release Notes - April 20, 2022 (3.6.2.7)

Application

• Improved the Status page view for Temperature and Volumes. Please use the Performance page if you are interested in a graph of Temperature over time
• Improved Sanitize support for WD Green SATA products
• Fixed Life Remaining being calculated incorrectly for certain older SSD products
• General updates to technology stack to improve security
• Resolved various display bugs, such as performance chart malfunctioning on some configurations and incorrect font colors
• Fixed an issue that caused Trim to sometimes fail to run when requested

Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf

Package

• Initial release

Full Changelog: https://github.com/brogers5/chocolatey-package-wd-dashboard/commits/v3.6.2.7