🚀 We are thrilled to announce a major release for Paquet Builder, version 2025.0, packed with a host of new features and updates.
This major update represents a significant leap forward in functionality and usability. We’ve improved the user interface, switched to a new C compiler toolchain, and made critical updates to ensure compatibility with the latest Windows platforms.
🎆 What’s New in Version 2025.0
- Modernized User Interface: Paquet Builder now displays pages in tabs, offering a more intuitive and visually appealing layout. Display issues with large fonts and window resizing are a thing of the past.
- Enhanced Performance: Switched to a new C compiler (Clang) and adopted a new EXE linker from LLVM for improved performance, addressing compatibility issues with some recent Windows 11 24H2 updates.
- Improved File Management: Enjoy faster navigation and corrected sorting functionality in the File Manager.
- New Features: Exclude components from builds using the new property and directive features. Markdown dialog boxes now support custom PNG and BMP images, enhancing installer customization.
- Updated Core Components: Upgraded the 7-Zip and LZMA SDK to latest versions, for even stronger compression, our other internal components were also upgraded for better performance.
- Productivity Boost: Introduced hotkeys (e.g., CTRL+S to save) and streamlined multi-threading for better performance during file extraction.
- Bug Fixes and Optimizations: Addressed minor bugs, improved code quality, and ensured better handling of command-line parameters with %PARAMS%.
🪧 Looking Ahead
We’re also preparing for a future transition to relative paths in projects and unpacked project files, further simplifying project management and portability.
➡️ Ready to Upgrade?
Version 2025.0 is a free update for users with an active maintenance plan as of January 18th, 2025. If your maintenance has expired, don’t worry— we are sending emails for details on how to renew with special discounts and enjoy all these amazing features.
Explore Our New Website! 🌐
To celebrate the release of Paquet Builder 2025, we have also launched a brand-new website! With a unified account system, simplified email updates, and integrated support ticket management, it’s now easier than ever to manage your experience with G.D.G. Software.
👉 Learn more about the new website here.
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👉 Read the full changelog and download Paquet Builder 2025.0 here