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@brogers5 brogers5 released this 02 Aug 04:03
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brogers5 Brian Rogers
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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  • Removed the ATA Controller table as it was outdated and no longer valuable to users.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

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