WindowThumbWall

Window Thumb Wall v0.6.7

Keep multiple windows visible at once with a fast, low-overhead live thumbnail wall for Windows.

Downloads

Official builds are available in the following formats:

Windows x64 (Standard)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.7-win-x64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.7-win-x64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.7-win-x64.msix

Windows ARM64 (Surface Pro, etc.)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.7-win-arm64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.7-win-arm64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.7-win-arm64.msix

Why Use It

• Watch multiple windows without constant app switching.
• Keep logs, dashboards, browsers, chats, and terminals visible together.
• Use a second display as a lightweight monitoring wall.
• Notice when monitored windows need attention through red or orange borders, and keep track of the active source window with a white border.
• Click a thumbnail to jump back to its source window.
• Stay local and private with no telemetry or cloud dependency.

What's New

Highlights

• Added a steady white border so the currently active source window is always visible in the wall.
• Refined notification attention handling so Windows notifications can light the correct monitored thumbnail more reliably, including short follow-up sync for updated toasts.
• Prevented cleared notification attention from relighting repeatedly for the same unchanged toast.
• Clarified packaged-runtime requirements and local MSIX verification guidance for OS notification reflection.

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For privacy details, see PRIVACY.md.

0.6.5

Window Thumb Wall v0.6.5

Keep multiple windows visible at once with a fast, low-overhead live thumbnail wall for Windows.

Downloads

Official builds are available in the following formats:

Windows x64 (Standard)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.5-win-x64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.5-win-x64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.5-win-x64.msix

Windows ARM64 (Surface Pro, etc.)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.5-win-arm64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.5-win-arm64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.5-win-arm64.msix

Why Use It

• Watch multiple windows without constant app switching.
• Keep logs, dashboards, browsers, chats, and terminals visible together.
• Use a second display as a lightweight monitoring wall.
• Notice when a monitored window needs attention through a flashing red border.
• Click a thumbnail to jump back to its source window.
• Stay local and private with no telemetry or cloud dependency.

What's New

• Expanded attention highlighting beyond taskbar flashes by monitoring Windows notifications.
• Added notification-to-window matching with red flashing borders for unique matches.
• Added orange flashing borders when notification matching leaves multiple monitored candidates.
• Kept unmonitored windows in the candidate pool for disambiguation without rendering wall highlights for them.
• Tightened notification matching so it narrows candidates by exact token and exact identity comparisons instead of broad substring-style matches.
• Added a persisted Settings window entry for whether OS notifications should affect attention highlighting, with the default set to off.
• Updated local MSIX packaging so build-msix.ps1 produces a reusable self-signed test package for installation testing.
• Added an MSIX install helper that runs in the current terminal, imports the local test certificate, installs the newest bundle, and launches the app.
• Added build-and-run-msix.ps1 as a one-step local entrypoint for build, install, and launch.
• Fixed the main taskbar icon so the running desktop window keeps the intended app icon instead of falling back to the generic document icon.

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For privacy details, see PRIVACY.md.

0.6.3

Window Thumb Wall v0.6.3

Keep multiple windows visible at once with a fast, low-overhead live thumbnail wall for Windows.

Downloads

Official builds are available in the following formats:

Windows x64 (Standard)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.3-win-x64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.3-win-x64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.3-win-x64.msix

Windows ARM64 (Surface Pro, etc.)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.3-win-arm64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.3-win-arm64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.3-win-arm64.msix

Why Use It

• Watch multiple windows without constant app switching.
• Keep logs, dashboards, browsers, chats, and terminals visible together.
• Use a second display as a lightweight monitoring wall.
• Notice when a monitored window needs attention through a flashing red border.
• Click a thumbnail to jump back to its source window.
• Stay local and private with no telemetry or cloud dependency.

What's New

• Clarified the supported local packaging path around Visual Studio MSBuild and Desktop Bridge tooling.
• Added the build-msix.ps1 entrypoint for reproducible local MSIX packaging.
• Improved grid layout scoring and thumbnail refresh stability.
• Added Japanese privacy policy publishing for the GitHub Pages privacy site.

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For privacy details, see PRIVACY.md.

0.6.2

Window Thumb Wall v0.6.2

Keep multiple windows visible at once with a fast, low-overhead live thumbnail wall for Windows.

Downloads

Official builds are available in the following formats:

Windows x64 (Standard)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.2-win-x64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.2-win-x64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.2-win-x64.msix

Windows ARM64 (Surface Pro, etc.)

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.2-win-arm64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.2-win-arm64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.2-win-arm64.msix

Why Use It

• Watch multiple windows without constant app switching.
• Keep logs, dashboards, browsers, chats, and terminals visible together.
• Use a second display as a lightweight monitoring wall.
• Notice when a monitored window needs attention through a flashing red border.
• Click a thumbnail to jump back to its source window.
• Stay local and private with no telemetry or cloud dependency.

What's New

• Maintenance and stability improvements.
• Small usability polish.
• Packaging and release metadata refresh.

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For privacy details, see PRIVACY.md.

0.6.1

Window Thumb Wall v0.6.1

Keep multiple windows visible at once with a fast, low-overhead live thumbnail wall for Windows.

Downloads

Official builds are available in the following formats:

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.1-win-x64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.1-win-x64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.1-win-x64.msix

Why Use It

• Watch multiple windows without constant app switching.
• Keep logs, dashboards, browsers, chats, and terminals visible together.
• Use a second display as a lightweight monitoring wall.
• Notice when a monitored window needs attention through a flashing red border.
• Click a thumbnail to jump back to its source window.
• Stay local and private with no telemetry or cloud dependency.

What's New

• Maintenance and stability improvements.
• Small usability polish.
• Packaging and release metadata refresh.

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For privacy details, see PRIVACY.md.

0.6.0

Window Thumb Wall v0.6.0

Keep multiple windows visible at once with a fast, low-overhead live thumbnail wall for Windows.

Downloads

Official builds are available in the following formats:

• ZIP: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.0-win-x64.zip
• MSI: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.0-win-x64.msi
• MSIX: WindowThumbWall-v0.6.0-win-x64.msix

Why Use It

• Watch multiple windows without constant app switching.
• Keep logs, dashboards, browsers, chats, and terminals visible together.
• Use a second display as a lightweight monitoring wall.
• Notice when a monitored window needs attention through a flashing red border.
• Click a thumbnail to jump back to its source window.
• Stay local and private with no telemetry or cloud dependency.

What's New

• Maintenance and stability improvements.
• Small usability polish.
• Packaging and release metadata refresh.

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For privacy details, see PRIVACY.md.

0.5.0

What's Changed

• Add initial privacy policy document by @tsuchim in #4
• Merge devel into main (signed) by @tsuchim in #6
• Fix win-x64 release restore for v0.5.0 by @tsuchim in #7

Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.5.0

0.4.1

v0.4.1

Release v0.4.1

0.1

WindowThumbWall v0.1

First public release.

Features

• Live DWM thumbnails of external windows (no screen capture)
• Flexible N×N grid — grows/shrinks dynamically
• Fullscreen mode (Enter / Esc)
• Click-to-maximize a single cell
• Searchable window picker with real-time filter
• Auto-cleanup when source windows close

Requirements

• Windows 10+
• .NET 10 SDK
• Visual Studio 2026 (recommended)