64-bit version?
PoloniumRain opened this issue · 1 comments
First of all, i just gotta say.... You're an absolute legend!
This problem has annoyed me for SO many years, since at least Windows Vista. It's been around forever and i can't see MS ever fixing it. I've reported it on the 'Feedback Hub' multiple times but nothing ever happens. Every year or so i'd search for a fix, and this time i found RudeWindowFixer. It works great on Windows 10 and it actually feels weird having the auto-hide Taskbar working properly for once. I keep expecting it to not appear when i move my cursor down.
So anyway, looking at Task Manager i can see that this is 32-bit. Would a 64-bit version be possible? The only reason i ask is that if you were to stop development then there may come a point when 32-bit no longer works. It would be nice to future proof this as much as possible, because like i say, i can't see MS fixing it. So i'll probably be using this for years to come.
The only reason why RudeWindowFixer is 32-bit is because there is no point in having a 64-bit version - it will be bigger and less compatible with older OSes for exactly zero benefit.
It seems extremely unlikely that Windows (or CPU architectures) will break compatibility with 32-bit apps any time soon - that would cause an absolutely staggering number of apps to break.
If that does happen (or if someone wants to use RudeWindowsFixer on, say, Windows ARM), then producing a 64-bit version is trivial - just build it in 64-bit mode. In fact, the GitHub Actions workflow already does precisely that, I'm just not putting the resulting executable on the releases page. You would normally be able to download it directly from the workflow outputs but sadly GitHub only keeps those for 3 months and the last run is older than that.