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Groupy 2.30 Beta Release

September 8, 2025 2:38:42 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

With the Groupy 2.30 beta release today, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.  

Obtaining Object Desktop Insider Builds

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Object Desktop members can get beta and Insider builds from within Object Desktop Manager with 'Enable Object Desktop Insider builds' enabled:

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Or via their download page in the ‘Object Desktop Insider’ section

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Obtaining Beta Releases

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If a beta was released, Object Desktop Members would see it in the ‘Object Desktop’ section.

Individual purchases would see it on their registration of the product under their download page.

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Steam

  • Right-click the Product in Steam

  • Properties

  • Betas

  • Select the beta branch at the top right (there is no password)

Example

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Reporting an issue

Please include the following for anything found:

  • Exact Windows version \ build (winver.exe)

  • Detailed steps to recreate the issue seen

  • Screenshots and videos are very helpful.  Videos can be uploaded to a cloud drive service (GoogleDrive, DropBox, OneDrive, YouTube), with a shared link included in your post.  Images can be copied and pasted directly into a post.

  • If there are specific apps that the app does not work (well) with, please note what apps and their exact versions.  If any app is not common, a link to a trial version would be appreciated.

Thank you for your interest and for any time you put into making Groupy 2 a better product.

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Reply #1 September 8, 2025 2:39:46 PM
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Groupy 2 v2.30 Changelog

Date

09/08/2025

Version

UI: 2.3.0.0
File Version: 2.3.0.0

Changes

  • This has tweaks to handle saved groups with apps like Discord which change their path every single update

  • Also resolves an issue with pinning groups to the taskbar and start menu and taskbar will now show a prompt to ask (new strings in en.lng)

  • Resolves issue with undoing a globally saved colour for an app (depending on how colours are saved you may need to once apply blank colour to revert to app default and then again to reset that)

  • Resolves issue with tab colours not always being applied to existing tabs when opening from a saved group

  • Resolves issue with explorer tabs in auto group mode sometimes opening up invisible depending on focus and timing especially on Windows 10

  • Newly saved groups will now remember which tab had focus at save time and attempt to restore this.

  • Tweak to grouping to make automatic window grouping not make it look like a group moves temporarily when grouping.

  • Added prompt when excluding an app to exclude all with the filename or just that file.

  • Tweaked custom grouping rules to ignore blank rules which users sometimes accidentally create when playing with the UI.

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Reply #2 September 8, 2025 2:40:07 PM
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Known issues

While we appreciate all feedback, please remember that we offer no official support for beta \ preview \ developer channel versions of Windows. If you report issues while in any of those early release channels, you should not expect them to be addressed unless it still exists in a retail version of Windows.

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Reply #4 September 10, 2025 2:59:26 PM
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So far so good! The colors seem to be working properly now. I have a tab group with 5 Brave browser profiles. In version 2.2 it would not display the tab colors correctly, but now it does.

To test this quickly, I set all of the colors for my tabs then saved a new group. Then I cut the "SavedColour=" line from each entry group in the .groupy file of the new profile into the .groupy file of my original one.

For those of you wondering, I did this because I have a LOT of tabs open in each of my Brave profiles and I did not want to have to manually go in and deleted them all from the .groupy file. When you save a new group, Groupy 2 automatically saves every website in the .groupy file and reopens it, so if Brave is already saving open tabs, this causes Groupy to open the same url twice.

TLDR; Colors seem to be fixed!

Send my thanks to the devs for getting this figured out!

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Reply #5 September 12, 2025 3:03:02 PM
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When I add Notepad as a tab, then click on it, it goes full screen and I can't get down in size with the other programs without shutting down Notepad. Bottom screenshot is how Groupy looks without Notepad added as a tab. Top screenshot is how Groupy looks as soon as I add it as a tab to my Main Group. My main group doesn't show, only Notepad. 

 

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Reply #6 September 12, 2025 9:48:30 PM
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Quoting masterblaster73,
reply 5

When I add Notepad as a tab, then click on it, it goes full screen and I can't get down in size with the other programs without shutting down Notepad. Bottom screenshot is how Groupy looks without Notepad added as a tab. Top screenshot is how Groupy looks as soon as I add it as a tab to my Main Group. My main group doesn't show, only Notepad.

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Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know :

  1. You on Windows 10 or 11? Also need to know its full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe.
  2. Groupy setting: General->Place tabs above or intergrate the tabs?
  3. Does the issue appear when adding Notepad to any Grouped application or specific applications.

Need to know any other details so I can try to reproduce your issue.

Thank you,
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Reply #7 September 13, 2025 9:15:26 AM
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Quick version number. I have "Place tabs above". My other tabs do not behave like this. This is my only use combining Groupy and Notepad.

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Reply #8 September 13, 2025 10:11:06 AM
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Quoting masterblaster73,
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Quick version number. I have "Place tabs above". My other tabs do not behave like this. This is my only use combining Groupy and Notepad.

Hello,
I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience. Thank you.

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Reply #9 September 15, 2025 10:57:53 AM
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Hi masterblaster73,

Thanks for posting.  We have the notepad issue logged for review.  I've updated to include your report here.

Internal Ref: ODNT-11296

Best regards,

Adam McGuinness
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Reply #10 September 15, 2025 11:15:59 AM
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Thank you. I have come to love Groupy. It resolves an issue I have had since I started using Windows. That is keeping open windows organized while opening and closing them. I am kinda OCD and like everything organized. Groupy solved that 100%. Groupy allows you to use your commonly used programs like they are all 1 program. It's amazing.

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Reply #11 October 12, 2025 1:36:29 PM
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After installing Groupy 2.3, I tried it out on eM Client, opening the main mail window and the calendar window. Great, it puts them into one window with two tabs. Okay, go and do some tasks in a browser, then press Alt-Tab to return to eM Client. Ah - it's not showing in the Alt-Tab list. But it is in the taskbar. With Word, on the other hand, if I open several files, it displays the different tabs separately in the Alt-Tab list.

The behaviour above is if I open the Calendar window from within an existing eM Client window. If, on the other hand, I right-click on the taskbar icon and choose "Calendar", the two windows still get combined into a tabbed window, but they also appear separately in the Alt-Tab list.

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