EyeRest: all versions and old releases

Highlights
EyeRest 1.3.0 focuses on making the app more convenient to use day-to-day by
adding optional persistence and an opt-in Start with Windows feature – while
keeping the original “session-only” behavior as the default.
If you don’t change anything in the Options dialog, EyeRest still works like
previous versions: a lightweight tray app that reminds you to follow the 20–20–20 rule.
✨ What’s new
✅ Persistent settings (optional)
You can now choose to have EyeRest remember your preferences across sessions:
- Added a “Remember my settings for future sessions” checkbox in the Options dialog.
- When enabled, EyeRest saves:
- Whether reminders are enabled or disabled
- The reminder interval (in minutes)
- Whether left-click toggles reminders
- Whether “Start with Windows” is enabled
On the next launch, these values are restored and applied automatically.
Storage strategy (portable-first):
- EyeRest first tries to store EyeRest.ini next to the executable
(nice for portable-style usage).
- If the exe folder is not writable (e.g. installed under Program Files via MSI/MSIX),
it falls back to:
- %APPDATA%\EyeRest\EyeRest.ini
If you prefer the old behavior, just leave “Remember my settings” unchecked and EyeRest
will continue to work as a per-session app.
🖥️ “Start with Windows” option
You can now let EyeRest launch automatically when you sign in to Windows:
- New checkbox in Options:
- “Start EyeRest automatically with Windows”
- When enabled:
- EyeRest creates a per-user entry under
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- When disabled:
- The entry is removed.
This setting is also stored in the INI file when “Remember my settings” is enabled.
Scope is per-user only – no admin rights or system-wide changes.
🧩 Options dialog & behavior
- Extended the Options dialog to include:
- “Remember my settings for future sessions”
- “Start EyeRest automatically with Windows”
- The dialog still lets you:
- Enable/disable reminders
- Configure the reminder interval in minutes
- Optionally use left-click on the tray icon to toggle reminders
- On OK, EyeRest:
- Applies changes for the current session
- Saves settings to the INI file when persistence is enabled
- Updates auto-start based on the “Start with Windows” option
🔧 Under the hood
- Added IniSettingsHelper to manage loading/saving settings from an INI file
with a portable-first strategy and %APPDATA% fallback.
- Added AutoStartHelper to manage the HKCU Run entry for per-user auto-start.
- Updated EyeRestApplicationContext to:
- Load persisted settings (if any) at startup
- Apply reminder interval, enabled state, left-click toggle, and auto-start
settings to the running session.
- Bumped assembly version to 1.3.0 and aligned the MSI setup project.
For a detailed list of changes, see the CHANGELOG.
📥 Download
- MSI installer: EyeRest-1.3.0-setup.msi (attached below)
- Or install from the Microsoft Store (see badge/link in the README).
🙏 Feedback
If you run into any issues or have ideas for future improvements (e.g. startup
notification, update checks, richer snooze options), feel free to open an issue
on GitHub – feedback is very welcome.

## Highlights

EyeRest 1.2.0 introduces a more flexible reminder workflow, an optional
left-click toggle, and a small About dialog – while keeping the app lightweight
and telemetry-free.

### ✨ What’s new

- Configurable reminder interval (per session)
- You can now adjust the reminder interval in minutes (e.g. 5, 20, 45…) instead
of being locked to 20 minutes.
- The default interval is still 20 minutes in Release builds (with a shorter
interval in Debug for testing).
- Optional left-click toggle
- A new option lets you use left-click on the tray icon to toggle reminders on
or off.
- When enabled, a single left-click:
- Flips the reminder state,
- Updates the tray icon (normal vs. snoozed),
- Shows a short confirmation notification.
- When disabled, a single left-click simply opens the Options dialog for better
discoverability.
- About dialog
- A new About window shows:
- App name and version (from assembly metadata),
- Author information,
- A short privacy note (no telemetry, no personal data collection),
- A direct link to the GitHub repository.
- Toast notifications with balloon fallback
- EyeRest now prefers Windows 10/11 toast notifications (via
Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications) for reminders and state changes.
- If toasts are not supported or fail at runtime, it falls back to classic tray
balloon tips so you still get notified.

### ⚙️ Improvements & fixes

- The tray icon now consistently uses:
- The main EyeRest icon when reminders are enabled,
- A dedicated snoozed icon when reminders are disabled,
including after state changes and when using toasts with balloon fallback.
- The reminder timer now uses a session-only ReminderIntervalMinutes value
instead of a hard-coded 20-minute interval.
- The Options dialog wording has been updated (e.g. “Enable reminders”) for
clearer behavior.
- A few internal cleanups around timer shutdown and UI marshaling improve
reliability on exit.