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Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>New BthPS3 release!</p><p>Another big one: if you are amongst the poor souls with Intel Wireless that has installation issues, I can&#39;t recommend this release enough.</p><p>The setup now offers and alternate installation mode which in our tests successfully overcame the weird radio detection issues we had before.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/releases/tag/setup-v2.15.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/setup-v2.15.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>It&#39;s nefcon time!</p><p>I finally took the time to port over Bluetooth utility commands to enable or disable Bluetooth services! This was previously lingering around in the now defunct BthPS3 setup helper projects.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/nefcon/releases/tag/v1.12.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/nefcon/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/v1.12.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Welcome to 2025, I guess. Man, suddenly we&#39;re in a new year 😅 </p><p>Anyway, we have a new mega-release of my vicius updater agent; most notably we moved away from SFML/OpenGL on to the dark DirectX side, simply because we ran into issues that are not really solvable (most notably font textures not loading properly on some systems).</p><p>Check it out:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/vicius/releases/tag/v1.9.982" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/vicius/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/v1.9.982</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Ahoy!</p><p>With .NET 9 being released I added support for it to the Nefarius.Tools.XMLDoc2Markdown docs generation tool!</p><p><a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Tools.XMLDoc2Markdown/1.6.1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.To</span><span class="invisible">ols.XMLDoc2Markdown/1.6.1</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Emergency release news!</p><p>I recently fixed an improper case conversion in device paths leading to bugs on non-English systems in my Nefarius.Utilities.DeviceManagement class library:</p><p><a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Utilities.DeviceManagement/5.0.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Ut</span><span class="invisible">ilities.DeviceManagement/5.0.0</span></a></p><p>This in turn triggered a new, fixed release of my Nefarius.Utilities.Bluetooth library:</p><p><a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Utilities.Bluetooth/1.8.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Ut</span><span class="invisible">ilities.Bluetooth/1.8.0</span></a></p><p>Which in turn lead to a new BthPS3 setup that drive-by-fixes aa lot of weird issues for you non-English OS folks!</p><p>Update all those ASAP!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/releases/tag/setup-v2.14.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/setup-v2.14.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Important nefcon update!</p><p>I&#39;ve fixed a crash-causing bug in a core function that got introduced in the last huge refactor, if you use v1.11.0 please update ASAP!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/nefcon/releases/tag/v1.11.1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/nefcon/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/v1.11.1</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>New BthPS3 release!</p><p>Basically another round of setup improvements hoping to address weird installation issues reported by the community.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/releases/tag/setup-v2.12.2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/setup-v2.12.2</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>There&#39;s been an ongoing issue with one of my VPS hosting providers where the machine hosting the Discord invite proxy and other services is frequently unavailable. Support has told me that there&#39;s a maintenance window upcoming Monday (28th of October 2024) where this will be addressed. Until then; no access to my Discord for Newbies and other services, sorry! 🤞</p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>BthPS3 setup hotfix!</p><p>Fixed a few issues where setup failed due to radio erroneously being reported as online but being inaccessible. Reworked the radio restart and availability checks to be event-based now rather than just a static check that might be timing-sensitive on some systems.</p><p>Grab it here: <a href="https://github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/releases/tag/setup-v2.11.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/setup-v2.11.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Ahoy!</p><p>Started working on another C# library, this time a collection of useful helpers for WixSharp-based setup projects. Expect it to grow since I am currently on a WixSharp-ification streak with all my setup projects, moving away from WiX v3 and Advanced Installer.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/Nefarius.Utilities.WixSharp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/Nefarius.U</span><span class="invisible">tilities.WixSharp</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>And another BthPS3 release!</p><p>Mainly setup topics that were still on the TODO or reported by users.</p><p>Get it here: <a href="https://github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/releases/tag/setup-v2.10.1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/setup-v2.10.1</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Ahoy! After over a year we have a new stable BthPS3 release to announce!</p><p>Highlights of this release are two significant fixes in the filter driver to solve a BSOD and a rare issue of Code 31 and a completely fresh setup that no longer requires a reboot on install or removal!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/releases/tag/setup-v2.10.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/BthPS3/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/setup-v2.10.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>New DsHidMini v3 Beta Release!</p><p>Mainly ironed out some - what else - setup problems reported by testers in the field!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/releases/tag/setup-v3.4.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/</span><span class="invisible">releases/tag/setup-v3.4.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>New Nefarius.Utilities.Bluetooth release!</p><p>This is a &quot;dependencies refresh&quot; release where code was modernised behind the scenes and no API-breaking change was introduced. Check it out!</p><p><a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Utilities.Bluetooth/1.5.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Ut</span><span class="invisible">ilities.Bluetooth/1.5.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>New tool release!</p><p>As someone who deals with the Windows SDK (and WDK) on a daily basis I&#39;ve started building quite a few helper scripts for various tasks. These typically use programs found in directories that depend on the particular version installed. This tool makes it a breeze to discover them! Check it out:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/wdkwhere" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/nefarius/wdkwhere</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>New nefcon release!</p><p>Highlight of this release is a new feature; you can now do a drop-in replacement of</p><p>&quot;nefconc install .\path\to\inffile.inf Root\HardwareId&quot;</p><p>to install a ROOT-enumerated software node driver in one go!</p><p>Grab it here: <a href="https://github.com/nefarius/nefcon/releases/tag/v1.11.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/nefcon/rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/tag/v1.11.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>New DsHidMini v3 Beta update!</p><p>Release highlights: a long-standing bug has been fixed where on USB the controller could occasionally generate false input reports (noticeable in yanking axes to impossible values).</p><p>Grab it here: <a href="https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/releases/tag/setup-v3.1.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/</span><span class="invisible">releases/tag/setup-v3.1.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Alright, it&#39;s been a while but I finally fixed a long standing issue with my vpatch tool; it can now properly patch Windows Drivers INF versions in the project file, no matter if it contains a wildcard or is missing entirely!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/vpatch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/nefarius/vpatch</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>Ahoy! Somewhat important update to my device management library, today I spotted and fixed a bug when comparing two PnPDevice instances, where it would use the wrong property for comparison. Update soon!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/nefarius/Nefarius.Utilities.DeviceManagement/releases/tag/v3.23.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/nefarius/Nefarius.U</span><span class="invisible">tilities.DeviceManagement/releases/tag/v3.23.0</span></a></p>
Benjamin Höglinger-Stelzer<p>I&#39;ve added support for the paramref element in my C# XML docs to Markdown tool, available with version 1.5.0!</p><p><a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.Tools.XMLDoc2Markdown/1.5.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nuget.org/packages/Nefarius.To</span><span class="invisible">ols.XMLDoc2Markdown/1.5.0</span></a></p>
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