The Enhanced Steam Standalone beta has begun!

The Enhanced Steam Standalone beta has begun! This is a huge redesign of the alpha version and there are a lot of changes.

• Enhanced Steam is moving from alpha to beta, expect bugs
• Completely redesigned launcher
• More seamless user experience - Steam is Enhanced when launcher is running
• Enhanced Steam no longer requires editing your host files
• Added the option to minimize to system tray
• Updated the codebase to include more features
• Updated the codebase to work with the new Steam store layout
• Enhanced Steam will now check for updates automatically
• Enhanced Steam now requires an administrator to run
• The application is now Windows only

If you have the alpha version of Enhanced Steam Standalone, you'll need to remove it before running the beta version. Additionally, you may need to edit you hosts file (typically c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) to remove the two Steam-related entries.

Please remember: this software is still in beta and there will be bugs. I'll try to help resolve any issues you may be having, but please remember to be patient.

The beta can be downloaded directly from http://www.EnhancedSteam.com/standalone/. Please do not download Enhanced Steam from unknown sources. The source code of this project can be viewed on Github.

Installation is simple, simply extract the contents of the ZIP file anywhere on your PC. Then simply launch Enhanced Steam.exe.

Thanks for your participation in the beta. I hope to improve the application even further based on your feedback!