FluentCleaner - 26.05.02 (Fluent Refresh)

[Belim]

Changelog

• [Changed] Large parts of the app were refactored to use more native WinUI 3 behavior and APIs. Theme handling, TitleBar integration and system theme detection are now much cleaner and more consistent
• [Compatibility] FluentCleaner officially supports Windows 10 2004 (Build 19041) and later;no Windows 11 required
• [Added] Automatic update checks; the Settings page now silently checks for new versions on load.
  If an update is available, FluentCleaner shows a small red banner with a direct download button. You can also trigger update checks anytime from the [...] menu in Settings.
• [Added] Responsive TitleBar search; the search box now collapses into a compact search icon + flyout on smaller window sizes for a cleaner layout.
• [Added] Native-style hamburger menu; moved the pane toggle into the TitleBar to better match modern WinUI apps
• [Added] Terminal startup system info; Windows version, CPU and RAM are now shown when opening the terminal
• [Updated] CommunityToolkit.Mvvm 8.3.2 > 8.4.2
• [Fixed] ARM64 builds not resolving correctly. Turns out MSBuild is case-sensitive and arm64 ≠ ARM64. Added explicit RuntimeIdentifiers so self-contained builds correctly detect their target platform.
• [Changed] Migrated all [ObservableProperty] backing fields to partial properties. This is the new standard for CommunityToolkit.Mvvm 8.4+ on .NET 10. No behavior changes, just cleaner code and no more compiler warnings.

Experimental

• [Experimental] Tested an optional AI-based cleaner entry explainer using Groq / Llama 3.3 70B.
  The idea was to explain individual Winapp2 entries, file paths and registry keys in plain English before cleanup.
  I intentionally decided not to include this in the current release.
  After posting a small preview on X/Twitter, I received roughly 26 messages within minutes telling me not to do this 😄 Users still seem to absolutely hate AI in apps.

I may release this later as an optional Insider feature to gather more feedback, but for now it will not ship in the main release

Requirements

• Windows 10 2004 (Build 19041) or later
• Windows App SDK 1.8; this needs to be installed separately

Optional: download this Extensions.zip asset for additional tools.  
Not required for the cleaner and completely independent.

Run FCleaner.exe to get started.

❤️ FluentCleaner is donation-supported.
Im building FluentCleaner as a donation-supported project. Learning WinUI 3 and turning this into a real app was definitely not painless, but it has been a lot of fun too.
If you like the project and want to support future releases, donations really help keep it going

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