What's New in Visual Subst
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Visual Subst v6.0 - Customize Virtual Drive Icons
Visual Subst turns 20 this year, and this new major release celebrates the milestone. I spent time polishing the code that handles network drives, which now works asynchronously and much faster. The main feature in v6.0 though is the ability to customize icons for both virtual and network drives. As a use case, I often create virtual drives for the projects I'm working on:
Custom drive icons are shown in Windows Explorer and other apps:
Changelog for Visual Subst v6.0 (July 1, 2026):
- Added custom icons for virtual and network drives
- Implemented asynchronous processing for network drives
- Renamed Auto-Update to Auto-Restore (useful for network drives)
- Added confirmation dialogs for drives with Auto-Restore
- Polished the UI and renamed some options for clarity
- Updated 32 language files with the new strings
- Various other performance and stability improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 01-Jul-26 11:28
Visual Subst v5.9 - Dark Button Icons and Bug Fixes
Changelog for Visual Subst v5.9 (March 2, 2025):
- Darker button icons and check boxes in Light theme
- Fixed an issue with Chinese Simplified translation
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 02-Mar-25 19:03
Visual Subst v5.8 - Chinese Simplified and Fixes
Changelog for Visual Subst v5.8 (February 19, 2024):
- New language: Chinese Simplified
- Improved UAC drive creation and maintenance logic
- Fixed square shape and position of icon buttons
- Fixed an issue with initial window position on Windows 10
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 19-Feb-24 15:59
Visual Subst v5.7 - Recycle Bin for 32-Bit Apps and More
Changelog for Visual Subst v5.7 (October 4, 2023):
- New languages: Catalan, Spanish
- Recycle Bin is now visible for 32-bit apps on 64-bit Windows
- Installer runs the main exe non-elevated easier and faster
- Fixed an issue with saving settings from standard user account
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 04-Oct-23 16:36
Visual Subst v5.6 - Finnish Translation and Fixes
Changelog for Visual Subst v5.6 (September 28, 2023):
- New language: Finnish
- Fixed an issue with displaying paths containing "&" symbol
- Updated digital signature for executable files
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 28-Sep-23 09:04
Visual Subst v5.5 - Settings Update for Non-Admin Users
Visual Subst v5.5 (June 27, 2023) changelog:
- Updated languages: Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
- Fixed random UAC prompts on startup for non-admin users
- Disabled UAC Drive and Recycle Bin for non-admin users
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 27-Jun-23 07:58
Visual Subst v5.4 - Chinese Traditional and Bulgarian
Changelog for Visual Subst v5.4 (June 2, 2023):
- New languages: Chinese (Traditional), Bulgarian
- Updated languages: Japanese, French, German, Portuguese
- 'System' theme renamed to 'Classic', 'Custom Frame' to 'Frame Theme'
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 02-Jun-23 13:31
Visual Subst v5.3 - French and Hungarian Languages
Visual Subst v5.3 (April 20, 2023) changelog:
- New language files: French, Hungarian
- Fixed non-translated strings in the About dialog
- Some minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 20-Apr-23 17:53
Visual Subst v5.2 - Italian and Brazilian Portuguese
Changelog for Visual Subst v5.2 (April 8, 2023):
- New language files: Italian, Portuguese (Brazil)
- Installer now creates only one shortcut in startmenu folder
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 08-Apr-23 12:19
Visual Subst v5.1 - New Languages and Bug Fixes
Changelog for Visual Subst v5.1 (March 30, 2023):
- Updated languages: German, Japanese, Slovenian
- Changed default theme for Windows 7 to Light with Themed Frame
- Fixed blurry task dialog icon (About, Trial Reminder dialogs)
- Some other minor bug fixes and improvements
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Posted by Alexander Avdonin on 30-Mar-23 08:45
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