FirstEverTech/Universal-Intel-WiFi-BT-Updater v2026.03.0004

v2026.03.0004 - Release Notes

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🚀 Release: v2026.03.0004

🆕 What's New

• Versioned Download Files (Release Assets)

  • The updater now fetches driver download information from per‑version text files stored directly in the archive-wifi and archive-bt releases.
  • Wi‑Fi: intel-wifi-<version>.txt
    Bluetooth: intel-bt-<version>_pid<PID>.txt (falls back to generic intel-bt-<version>.txt if per‑PID file is missing)
  • This approach keeps the repository data/ folder clean (only .md databases remain) and eliminates the need for complex block parsing in the download lists.
  • Backward compatible — if a versioned file is not found, the updater automatically falls back to the old monolithic intel-wifi-drivers-download.txt / intel-bt-drivers-download.txt files.

• Unified File Naming

  • Versioned file names have been shortened (removed the -drivers part) for consistency and easier handling:
    • intel-wifi-<version>.txt
    • intel-bt-<version>_pid<PID>.txt
  • CAB files themselves remain unchanged (e.g. intel_wifi_24.30.1.1.cab).

• Improved Download List Parsing

  • The Parse-WiFiDownloadList and Parse-BTDownloadList functions now split blocks using a regular expression that handles both LF and CRLF line endings correctly. This prevents blocks from being merged unintentionally when files are saved with Windows line endings.

• Fixed $PID Variable Conflict

  • The parameter name in the Bluetooth versioned file retrieval function was changed from $PID to $BtPID to avoid conflict with the built‑in PowerShell variable $PID (process ID). This resolves the “cannot overwrite variable” error encountered in some environments.

• WiFi-Platform-Scanner (internal tool)

  • The scanner that generates database files and versioned download manifests has been updated to version 5.0.
  • It now produces only intel-wifi-driver-latest.md and versioned files intel-wifi-<version>.txt. The old monolithic intel-wifi-drivers-download.txt is no longer generated (but existing copies remain untouched for compatibility).
  • This tool is not part of the public release; it is used solely for maintaining the data files.

📋 Release Files

• universal-intel-wifi-bt-driver-updater.ps1 — Main updater script (v2026.03.0004)
• WiFi-BT-Updater-2026.03.0004-Win10-Win11.exe — Self‑extracting package (includes the updated script)

🔗 Links

• Full changelog →
• Release assets (archive-wifi)
• Release assets (archive-bt)