# Latest Windows release

## v0.3.0 — 2026-10-28

- Move Settings and the snippet editor into the on-demand `KSwitcher.Config.exe` process.
- Repeated launches activate the existing configurator. Closing its last window releases the process and its memory.
- Apply settings immediately through validated IPC with the resident process; reject conflicting saves instead of overwriting newer settings.
- Keep shortcut capture in the resident hook, with no extra global hooks in the configurator.
- Support packaging, validation and rollback of both executables. About now displays the actual application version.

Verified: 170 native checks, 51 input/layout checks, 28 updater/metadata checks and 21 configurator process checks.
A local before/after measurement after opening and closing Settings reduced resident working set from about 21.0 MiB to 14.7 MiB. Results vary; total memory is higher while the separate configurator is open.

**Upgrade from v0.2.3 or earlier: install this release manually once.** The old updater rejects the additional EXE.
Exit KSwitcher, extract the entire ZIP into the installation folder, and retain `data/` and any customized dictionaries.
Keep `KSwitcher.exe`, `KSwitcher.Config.exe` and `dictionaries/` together. Launch `KSwitcher.exe`.
Subsequent updates support both executables through the tray Update menu.

Download **KSwitcher-win-x64.zip**. The archive contains both applications, offline dictionaries,
documentation and license notices. It does not contain personal settings or clipboard history.
`SHA256SUMS.txt` contains the archive checksum.

This folder holds the latest compiled version; older versions remain in Git history and Releases.
To refresh the tracked package from source:

```powershell
.\build.ps1 -Stage -Test
.\package.ps1 -PublishRelease
```

Commit the ZIP and checksum together with their source changes. Publish both files as assets of
one stable release tagged with the executable version, so the updater can verify it.