V1.07a beta

This is V1.07a of Discord Messenger (beta).

DO NOT USE if you are using Windows NT 4, 2000, XP, 7, 8, 10, or 11. ONLY use this version if you are using Windows 95 or 98. Use V1.07 instead.

Compared to V1.07, this adds support for Windows 95.

Prerequisites to run Discord Messenger on Windows 95:

• Winsock2 Update: https://web.archive.org/web/20060319182152if_/http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/0/0e05231b-6bd1-4def-a216-c656fbd22b4e/W95ws2setup.exe
• Crypt32.dll and Msoss.dll from Windows 98

NOTE: Change the message style to one different from Gradient, because there will be graphical glitches otherwise! This will be fixed in V1.08.

V1.07 beta

This is V1.07 of Discord Messenger (beta).

Available are three downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.
• MinGW ANSI Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 98* and up, but is recommended only when the Unicode versions don't run.

Trying to run Discord Messenger on Windows 95? Try using V1.07a

Changelog:

• Added support for Windows 98 (#133)
• Fixed an issue where some webhook messages would wrongfully combine (#138)
• Fixed an issue where a message with a single "@" symbol would crash the client (#116, #126)
• Fixed a recursion error when exiting the client, causing stack overflows on certain versions of Windows
• Fix some resource leaks in the profile popout
• Slightly reduce memory usage from messages
• Add minimize to tray support (#113)
• Add checking for an existing instance (#113)
• Now using different libcrypto and libssl, to allow for support for non-SSE2 systems out of the box.

* Although it may start up on Windows NT 4, it won't actually work. Expect instabilities when using Windows versions earlier than 2000.

NOTICE: The MinGWA version has been reuploaded on February 2nd, 2025, to add the libcrypto/libssl dlls that don't use SSE2 instructions.

V1.06 beta

This is V1.06 of Discord Messenger (beta).

Available are two downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.

* Although it may start up on Windows NT 4 and Windows 98, it won't actually work.

Changelog:

• Added support for balloon notifications
• Added notification viewer
• Added option to hide embed images, entire embed content, and attachment images
• Added option to draw a compact version of the member list.
• Added support for X-Super-Properties (#17, #25)
• Improved TTS support, now it resolves most references so it won't be reading a bunch of numbers in their place
• Fixed flickering in the server list when switching servers (#108)
• Fixed various bugs with the server list (#111)
• Fixed a bug where italicized text sometimes wasn't parsed correctly (#110)
• Fixed a bug where text was sometimes drawn in the incorrect color in watermark mode
• Fixed a bug where 24bpp image data was parsed as 32bpp when pasted from the clipboard
• Fixed a bug where uploads were being cancelled automatically

NOTICE: The binary has been reuploaded as the previous version still said V1.05 for some reason

V1.05 beta

This is V1.05 of Discord Messenger (beta).

Available are two downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.

* Although it may start up on Windows NT 4 and Windows 98, it won't actually work.

Changelog:

• Added autocomplete for users, channels, and custom server emoji
• Added an error message if the websocket client failed to initialize
• Added custom image background option for message viewer (#95)
• Added a user scale option to alleviate some concerns regarding low resolution clumsiness
• Added a minimum window size of 640x400 (scaled by DPI and user scale)
• Added an option to enable a scroll bar for the server list
• Added a window where one can view all servers they're in and go to any
• Improved handling of low resolutions by scaling down the channel list and the member list if window is less than 800 pixels wide
• Fixed an issue when scrolling in a channel (#65)
• Re-added bot icon to profile popout (#101)
• Made message theme selection a dropdown list
• Made custom-drawn status bar text match the window text color
• Made the loading window's text match the window text color
• Made black icons draw inverted if the active caption text color is light
• Reduced latency when processing HTTP requests which should make DiscordMessenger snappier

V1.04 beta

This is V1.04 of Discord Messenger (beta).

Available are two downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.

* Although it may start up on Windows NT 4, it won't actually work.

Changelog:

• Fixed a crash when logging in for the first time
• Fixed a bug where two messages showing up at the same time would glitch out the message list
• Fixed a bug where pronouns weren't loaded
• Improved support for webhook messages (#98)
• Improved resize logic in message composer
• Added support for stage event and server boost messages
• Added progress dialog for uploading and downloading messages, and cancellation of the upload/download process (#97)

NOTICE: Binary was reuploaded because that version still said V1.03.

V1.03 beta

This is V1.03 of Discord Messenger (beta).

Available are two downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.

* Although it may start up on Windows NT 4, it won't actually work.

Changelog:

• Added support for custom server emotes (#43)
• Added support for typing indicators in DM channels and group chats
• Added support for backslash escape
• Added "New" marker to new messages (#79)
• Added automatic scroll to top of the first unread message (#79)
• Added proper support for images with an alpha channel
• Added a button to collapse the channel list
• Added some experimental support for word wrapping to the message list
• Added channel beginning header (#86)
• Added support for CHANNEL_UPDATE messages.
• Now defaults to asking you if you want to check updates instead of forgetting
• Now always removes empty categories when they are empty
• Adjusted drawing of reply messages in compact mode
• Improved support for online status indicators
• Improved message list behavior on resize. Now it tries to preserve the scroll position (#65)
• Improved member list behavior on update. Now it tries to preserve the scroll position (#30)
• Improved welcome message code
• Improved user profile viewer
• Improved connection drop recovery logic (#84)
• Removed some unfriendly warnings for 404, 415 and 502 error codes when loading attachments by viewing them in the main window (#76)
• Fixed channel default read state being unread (#78)
• Fixed a bug where quote markers would appear beside text that's not after a new line
• Fixed some layout bugs in the message list
• Fixed a bug where webp attachments were laid out like images but not drawn like image
• Fixed a small amount of flicker in the server list (#79)
• Fixed a memory leak in the preferences menu
• Fixed a bug where trying to reply to a user message in DMs and group chats would cause an invalid request to show up (#94)
• Fixed a repaint bug where, in the pinned message list, attachments weren't being updated when loaded

V1.02 beta

This is V1.02 of Discord Messenger (beta).

Available are two downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.

* Although it may start up on Windows NT 4, it won't actually work.

Changelog:

• Fixed attachment download finish dialog saying that you downloaded an update (#75)
• Fixed start maximized option not working on some systems (#62)
• Fixed a crash condition related to receiving 403 from a messages request (probably #74)
• Added a check that asks confirmation when the app finds a Discord token formatted substring

V1.01 beta

This is V1.01 of Discord Messenger (beta).

Available are two downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.

• Although it may start up on Windows NT 4, it won't actually work.

Changelog:

• Fixed critical MITM possibility by not disabling OpenSSL's server verification facilities (#45)
• Fixed critical crash when channel names are too long (#10, #21)
• Fixed critical issue where images pasted from the clipboard in Discord Messenger have messed up transparency (#13)
• Fixed bug where regular message could combine with an action message (#29)
• Fixed multiple redraw bugs when deleting messages (#31, #41, #59)
• Fixed a redraw bug where the loading message isn't being cleared when an empty channel is loaded
• Fixed a weird message grouping error with date gap messages (#46)
• Fixed DM channel being nameless when created (#48)
• Fixed two GDI resource leaks (#51)
• Fixed some redraw issues with compact mode
• Made channel icons for Windows 2000 and lower transparent
• Made it so the channel list would sort direct messages by last message sent (#33)
• Made it so a single click on a channel will activate it (#39)
• Added update checker
• Added a way to change the Discord API used (#14)
• Added touch scroll support to Discord Messenger's custom controls thanks to er2off on GitHub (#8 (comment))
• Removed trust information from application manifest. This fixes an issue with certain Windows Longhorn post-reset builds not being able to run the app properly
• Changed the category icon in a channel to expand (+) and collapse (-) icons for user friendliness

V1.00 beta

This is the first release of Discord Messenger, V1.00 (beta). Please keep in mind that since this is a beta, you may run into some issues (but they should be minor)

Available are two downloads:

• MSVC Discord Messenger - Compiled with the vs141_xp (VS2017 Windows XP) build tools, can run on Windows XP SP2 and up.
• MinGW Discord Messenger - Compiled with MinGW 6.3.0, can run on Windows 2000* and up, is generally more compatible with older systems.

* Although it may start up on Windows NT 4, it won't actually work.

NOTE for 9 May 2024: The MinGW version was re-uploaded. None of the executables were changed, but I added in the missing DLLs libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll and libstdc++-6.dll.