chocolatey/choco 2.4.0

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As part of this release we had 20 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Update tab completions for compatibility with PowerShell 7.4+ - see #3364.
• Fix - Prevent dependency resolution from unexpectedly downgrading packages - see #3461.
• Fix - Do not install packages if dependencies fail to install - see #3487.
• Fix - Ensure package folders are correctly restored if unexpected failures occur during upgrade - see #3489.
• Fix - Use the user-provided page size when querying repositories - see #3502.
• Fix - Ensure .arguments files that cannot be decrypted do not prevent running Chocolatey CLI commands - see #3503.
• Fix - Ensure invalid .arguments files do not prevent running Chocolatey CLI commands - see #3513.

Deprecated Feature

• Deprecate the Install-ChocolateyPinnedTaskBarItem helper function - see #3520.

Documentation

• Update build instructions - see #3467.
• Fixed parameter name typo in the chocolateyInstall template - see #3504.

Improvements

• Rework build process to remove the use of -unpackself command - see #3427.
• Dependency resolution during install can be slow - see #3451.
• Remove historical folder migration logic from chocolateysetup.psm1 - see #3501.
• Updated the bundled version of 7zip to 24.08 - see #3505.
• Provide better information through the user agent when querying remote repositories - see #3526.