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New beta released!

As always, you can download this latest beta release from our Patreon page.

Find below the release number and the changes in this version.

Version
2026.3.7.41

Highlights

New features

Custom emulators

We have added the option to add and use custom emulators. Emulators are programs that allow you to run games on a PC that were designed for other platforms, like the Commodore64 or Playstation. By allowing custom emulators, you can now use emulators Unify does not (yet) support out-of-the-box. The emulator needs to support command line arguments for a smooth experience.

Override Windows system keys in Quicky

You can now override Windows system keys in Quicky. System keys are keys like the Windows key or Windows key combinations like ALT+ENTER (Copilot). This way, Quicky allows you to remap all key combinations.

Changes overview

• Global

  • Updated several core packages, like CefSharp, SharpCompress and Magick.NET.

• Settings

  • You can now enter Windows system keys in the hotkey textbox.
  • When importing a hotkey, Unify will now ask you to reload (rebind) the hotkeys.

• Gaming

  • Emulation
    • Implemented custom emulators.

• Theme

  • Added option to the Add cursor collection button (+) to import cursors from a folder. This will try to autodetect the cursor types and assign each cursor file to the correct type (arrow, beam, hand, etc), which you can then manually validate/change.
  • Added option to change cursor size. Besides the standard values (32, 48, 96, etc), it can be a custom size specified in pixels.
  • Added drop shadow option.
  • Added option to apply cursor collection and cursor size to login screen (as default user).

• Quicky / Hotkey Extender

  • Added an override option for system keys. If enabled, this will override Windows system keys or Windows system key combinations.
  • Added icons to the Override and Subhotkey checkboxes to make a distinction.

• Backup

  • Added option to resume unfinished backups from previous session.

• Scripting

  • Code
    • Added DirectoryInfo class.
    • Added FileInfo class.
    • Adding a $ before a string will now fill in variables within brackets {}.

• Settings

  • Importing a windows settings backup, will now also restore the main window settings.

• Gaming

  • Emulation
    • If launching an emulator fails, Unify's game launch procedure will now automatically be aborted (instead of only manually).

• Theme

  • Saving a cursor collection will now copy all cursors in the collection to the collection folder.

• Backup

  • Some UI improvements.
  • Detailed log output is no longer shown in messagebox but as HTML in default webbrowser.

• Scripting

  • Editor
    • Dragging area in titlebar increased (so you can move the window more easily).

• Global

  • Replacing path variables is now case-insensitive.
  • Web cookies are again saved across sessions. Somewhere along the way this was no longer working.

• Theme

  • Cursor collections now show the file location again for each cursor. Also the cursors should be displayed correctly in the list as now DPI scaling is accounted for.
  • Importing a cursor collection will now use the correct cursor file locations.
  • Fixed a possible issue causing cursors not to be applied due to 'file not found' issue.

• Clipboard

  • Quick Actions
    • Opening a path in the user folder AppData should now work better.
    • Opening a path with %UnifyData% in it now works.

• Scripting

  • Code
    • Restarting Windows Explorer should work better.