Connection Explorer 1.0 Release Feedback

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With the Connection Explorer 1.0 release today, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.  

Obtaining the product

Object Desktop members can get the release from within Object Desktop Manager 

Individual purchases (as well as Object Desktop Members) can also be obtained from your account page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

For guest check-out purchase (no account), from this link: http://www.stardock.com/support/productkeyretrieval

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.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Connection Explorer 1.0 Released (04/14/2026)

Date

04/14/2026

Version

UI: 1.0
File Version: 1.0.0.5

Changes

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

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 #3 from Stardock Forums Top

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

There is a issue with using Microsoft Power Toys when utilizing the mouse crosshair application. At issue is that the crosshairs will stop once they navigate over the top of this application. Once you move your mouse pointer away from the application the mouth crosshair application resumes.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Perhaps there should be a way to size the main window of the app smaller than is currently available? The app takes up 25% of a monitor and won't scale any smaller. Evidently someone thought that having a map on the screen meant it should not get smaller than being able to show the entire world at a glance? I have three big monitors but can't imagine how intrusive this big app window would be if I only had one monitor. Thanks for considering this change.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting John94401, reply 5

Perhaps there should be a way to size the main window of the app smaller than is currently available? The app takes up 25% of a monitor and won't scale any smaller. Evidently someone thought that having a map on the screen meant it should not get smaller than being able to show the entire world at a glance? I have three big monitors but can't imagine how intrusive this big app window would be if I only had one monitor. Thanks for considering this change.
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There are UI challenges when the map starts to get smaller, it ends up looking like a purple dot is the size of an entire country.