Category: PhoneTray

New version of PhoneTray Pro 2.5.0 has been released. To update your version of PhoneTray Pro click Help -> Check for Updates button on the ribbon menu. For more detailed update instructions please refer to How to update PhoneTray to the latest version article in our new web-based support system.

Here is what’s new in PhoneTray Pro 2.5.0:

• Solved a problem with Windows update deleting PhoneTray data. PhoneTray will automatically restore the data after Windows update.
• PhoneTray now supports call-to-click. You can click on a phone number link on any website and PhoneTray will dial that number for you.
• Added several new skins including High Contrast, Windows 10 style Metropolis, Springtime and Valentine theme skins. To change the skin in PhoneTray, click the Skins button in the upper left corner next to the PhoneTray logo. Please refer to How to change PhoneTray skin article for more detailed information.
• More reliable automatic blocking of telemarketers in PhoneTray online database.
• Added Display As field for blacklisted and whitelisted numbers. The name you enter into the Display As field is used as the caller’s name for all calls from that numbers:
  
• Your notes for a blacklisted or whitelisted number are now automatically copied to the call’s notes on the Calls screen.
• New version shows blacklisted numbers in red and whitelisted numbers in green on the Calls screen:
  
• You can now edit settings for a whitelisted or blacklisted number directly from the Calls screen. No more looking for that number on your white or black list:
  
• New version prevents you from accidentally deleting a column when re-arranging columns on the Calls, Contacts, Black List and White List screens.
• Added support for importing iPhone contacts.
• Added support for dial prefixes (e.g. *67) in phone numbers.
• New version turns on the display when showing a full screen alert on Windows 10.
• Fixed a problem with truncated zap messages on some modems.
• Fixed a problem with excessive flashing when PhoneTray window is resized.
• Other small fixes and improvements.

As you know Windows 10 has been released and Windows 8 and Windows 7 users can upgrade to Windows 10 for free. PhoneTray Pro is fully compatible with Windows 10 and works without any problems on Windows 10. All USB modems that we sell and recommend are also compatible. Windows 10 has built-in drivers for all those modems. It will detect the modem and install the drivers automatically.

On some computers Windows 10 update renames PhoneTray data files. If you don’t see your contacts, calls or blocked numbers after the update, please do the following: open PhoneTray Pro, click PhoneTray logo and select Shutdown PhoneTray. Click Yes if Windows asks if you want to allow PhoneTray Service to make changes. Open C:\Users\Public\Documents\PhoneTray folder. Rename Phonetray.data located in that folder to PhonetrayNew.data. Then rename Phonetray(1).data to Phonetray.data. Double-click on PhoneTray icon on your desktop to start PhoneTray again. You should see all your data again and PhoneTray should start working. Please contact phonetray@traysoft.com if you have any problems and we will be happy to help.

New version PhoneTray Pro 2.4 has been released. To update your version of PhoneTray Pro click Help -> Check for Updates button on the Ribbon Menu. Please click here for more detailed update instructions.

New features in PhoneTray Pro 2.4:

• New version uses default system fonts, making all text more legible.
• Added 9 new skins: Office 2010 Black, Office 2010 Blue, Office 2010 Silver, Office 2007 Black, Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Green, Office 2007 Pink, Office 2007 Silver and VS2010. To change the skin in PhoneTray, click the Skins button in the upper left corner next to PhoneTray logo.
• Now you can re-arrange the columns on the Calls and Contacts screen by dragging the column headers.
• Added an option to disable checking for software updates.
• Transparent background for full screen alerts now works properly.
• Other small fixes and improvements.

Please note that the new version of PhoneTray requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Windows 7/8 comes with .NET 3.5 already installed. If you do not have .NET 3.5 on your computer please download and install it from www.phonetray.com/netinstall before updating PhoneTray to version 2.4.

New version of PhoneTray Pro 2.3 has been released. To update your version of PhoneTray Pro click Help -> Check for Updates button on the Ribbon Menu. Please click here for more detailed update instructions.

Here is what’s new in PhoneTray Pro 2.3:

• Now PhoneTray can import contacts from CSV files created by Outlook, Google Gmail and other programs. To import contacts, click PhoneTray logo in the top-left corner and select Import Contacts:
  
• Added an option to dial area code for local calls (10-digit dialing). You can change this option on the Settings -> Lines screen, Dialing Settings tab:
  
• Added Ctrl-Alt-D hotkey that quickly opens PhoneTray dialer. To dial a phone number from another application, copy phone number to the clipboard then press Ctrl-Alt-D to open PhoneTray dialer and dial the number.
• Now you can Ctrl-click the Zap button on a tray alert to zap a call and add the caller’s number to your black list in order to block future calls from that caller. As before, regular click zaps a call without adding the caller’s number to your black list.
• New version will remember sort order and columns’ width on the Calls, Contacts, Black List and White List screens.
• New feature: full screen alerts will stay on the screen until clicked if timeout is set to 99 seconds.
• Added 3 new skins: Seven, Seven Classic and Pumpkin. To change the skin in PhoneTray, click the Skins button in the upper left corner next to PhoneTray logo.

Make sure to select the Pumkin skin on Halloween. Trick or treat! 🙂

New version of PhoneTray Pro 2.2 has been released. To update your version of PhoneTray Pro click Help -> Check for Updates button on the Ribbon Menu. Please click here for more detailed update instructions.

• New more reliable software update system.
• Added a hidden option to change PhoneTray data folder. Please contact us if you want to change where PhoneTray stores its data.
• Added support for phone numbers with extensions. When entering the contact’s phone number you can use ‘x’ to add an extension to the number, for example 555-235-4865 x234.
  
  PhoneTray dials the number, waits for a few seconds then dials the extension. You can use this feature to dial additional digits when needed, for example to enter your account number when calling your bank.
• Added Dial Home, Dial Mobile, Dial Work options to the pop-up menu shown when you right-click on a contact on the Contacts screen. Now you can quickly dial any of the contact’s numbers using the right-click menu.
  
• Now you can enter call notes directly on the Dial screen.
• PhoneTray will show a matching PhoneTray contact when using PhoneTray dialer to dial from another application.
• Added an option to start dialing immediately after clicking the Dial button. To change this option, go to the Settings -> Lines screen and select Dialing Settings tab:
  
• Other dial-out improvements.
• Implemented a workaround for firmware bug in new Sewell modems. Sewell USB modems from the latest batch have a firmware bug that prevented PhoneTray from blocking calls on some phone lines. New version of PhoneTray should work properly with new Sewell USB modems.
• Added an option to prevent PhoneTray alerts from interrupting full screen games and applications. To prevent PhoneTray from interfering with full screen games or applications, please go to the Settings -> Full Screen Alerts screen and check  “Do not show alerts if another full screen application or game is running” option.
• Improved multi-monitor support. PhoneTray didn’t restore its position on the second monitor after restart in some configurations.
• Fixed: changes to the notes for a white-listed or black-listed number were not reflected on the Calls screen.