ios12checker/Windows-Maintenance-Tool v6

v6 - New update

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v6 - New update

Added

• Added PS2EXE build support for creating a Windows Maintenance Tool executable from WMT-GUI.ps1.
• Added PS2EXE/Build-Exe.ps1 with source syntax validation, automatic version extraction from $AppVersion, icon support, admin/no-console build options, and default output to dist\WindowsMaintenanceTool.exe.
• Added PS2EXE/WMT.ico for the built executable.
• Added single-instance protection. Launching WMT again now signals the existing window to restore/focus instead of starting a second copy.
• Added system tray mode with restore/exit actions, tray icon support, balloon fallback, and optional "hide to tray on close" behavior.
• Added optional RAM reduction while hidden in the tray, including cache cleanup, log trimming, garbage collection, and working-set trimming.
• Added native Windows toast notification support with tray-balloon fallback for background update scans and installs.
• Added Provider Manager settings for automatic update scan interval, notifications, run-in-tray behavior, RAM reduction in tray, headless update/install commands, and experimental auto-install.
• Added background update scanning from the tray, including skip logic when package scans/actions are already active.
• Added experimental automatic install/update flow for available provider results after background scans.
• Added Windows Update as a package/update provider using the Windows Update COM API, including optional update detection and install monitoring.
• Added .NET global tools provider support for scanning, searching, installing, updating, and uninstalling global tools.
• Added PowerShell module provider support using PowerShell Gallery metadata where available, with PowerShellGet fallback.
• Added Composer global package provider support for outdated/search/install/update/remove flows.
• Added Steam update detection by scanning Steam library manifests, plus delegated update/install actions through Steam URI handling.
• Added Legendary/Epic Games provider support, including local legendary.exe storage under WMT data, provider install/repair actions, EGL sync, installed-game scan, and update commands.
• Added GOGDL/GOG provider support, including local gogdl_windows_x86_64.exe storage under WMT data, Heroic auth reuse, manual auth flow, installed-game metadata scan, and update commands.
• Added provider install/repair/open buttons in Provider Manager for supported tools and game launchers.
• Added Microsoft Store GUI automation for Store app updates when Store CLI is not enough, including progress logging and Store window cleanup.
• Added update-result checkboxes, smarter update-list column sizing, row clipboard export, and better update-row sorting/search behavior.
• Added WPF versions of the Advanced Cleanup selection and cleanup preview windows.
• Added grouped/searchable Advanced Cleanup rule rendering for internal rules, Winapp2, and CleanerML with persisted source toggles.
• Added WPF shared window/dialog helpers, themed DataGrid helpers, WPF scroll resources, and no-icon-gutter context menu styling.
• Added a rebuilt WPF Startup Manager with Windows startup entries, scheduled tasks, context menu entries, services, tab loading, filtering, color/status styling, and entry editing.
• Added scheduled task management helpers for enabling, disabling, opening, and loading task details.
• Added a rebuilt Restore Manager flow that runs restore work out of process with loading/progress feedback.
• Added registry cleaner "Open in Regedit" context tooling and improved copy-selected/copy-all detail output.
• Added registry cleaner review-only rows so risky/protected findings can be shown without being selected or fixed automatically.
• Added registry repair handling for malformed COM server paths, including command values with broken executable/argument formatting.
• Added deeper registry deletion helpers using native registry APIs, reg.exe fallback, ACL unlock attempts, HKCR/HKLM/HKCU 32-bit and 64-bit target expansion, and post-delete verification.
• Added registry scan coverage for notification area icon leftovers and additional COM/class server cases.
• Added crash diagnostics written to data\last-crash.txt for unhandled WPF/update-monitor failures.
• Added background preloading for expensive pages such as My Device and Firewall after startup.
• Added firewall background rule loading, selected-rule detail lazy loading, detail caching, search, and sortable headers.

Changed

• Updated WMT-GUI.ps1 app version to 6.
• Expanded default enabled providers to include windowsupdate, dotnet, psmodule, composer, steam, legendary, and gogdl.
• Normalized old comet provider settings to gogdl.
• Reworked the package manager progress path and restored the main top progress bar for update operations.
• Reworked provider scan/output reading to reduce deadlocks and improve timeout behavior.
• Changed package process monitoring so timeouts stop the owned process tree more carefully.
• Changed Microsoft Store update behavior to use Store GUI automation and clearer Store progress/failure reporting.
• Changed Steam updates to delegate through Steam validation/download handling and wait for Steam activity before refreshing the GUI.
• Improved Legendary and GOGDL update timeouts, idle watchdog behavior, and downloader activity checks for long game updates.
• Improved PowerShell module provider performance by using batched Gallery API metadata where possible.
• Improved Windows Update result handling so updates already installed or requiring reboot are not repeatedly offered.
• Improved Registry Cleaner safelist behavior: broad whitelisting was tightened into review-only classification and protected-path checks.
• Improved registry cleaner backup behavior so skipped-only cleanups do not create unnecessary .reg files.
• Improved registry cleaner result layout, row highlighting, Enter-to-check behavior, context logging, and selected/all copy formatting.
• Improved Advanced Cleanup rule list rendering and analyze/preview flow after the WPF migration.
• Improved My Device loading by queueing sections progressively and reducing background preload contention.
• Improved Firewall loading so base rules can preload while heavy port/filter details load only when needed.
• Improved context menus by removing the unused icon gutter.
• Improved Start_WMT_GUI.bat update version parsing so whole-number versions like 6 are valid.
• Improved app self-update/version logic for EXE/script launch scenarios.
• Updated .gitignore to exclude local runtime/build output folders such as data and dist.

Fixed

• Fixed package manager regressions found during the v6 provider/headless work.
• Fixed update-list refresh issues after processing updates.
• Fixed the top package progress bar not reliably updating for the first/active update item.
• Fixed package manager error detection so interrupted/non-zero update commands are reported more accurately.
• Fixed provider scan deadlocks caused by blocked output/error stream reads.
• Fixed Windows Update entries being offered again after successful install or when a reboot is required.
• Fixed Store GUI update paths that could fail silently or leave unclear status.
• Fixed GOG auth/config writes to avoid BOM-related auth file issues.
• Fixed Restore Manager crash/regression introduced during the WPF conversion.
• Fixed Advanced Cleanup Analyze crashes with Winapp2 rules after the WPF cleanup-window rewrite.
• Fixed registry cleaner malformed-path display where paths such as C:\Program Files\...\Photoshop.exe/Automation could be truncated in the Data column.
• Fixed registry cleaner copy output so entries are separated and easier to read in text editors.
• Fixed registry cleaner context/log handling around Regedit/open/copy operations.
• Fixed known protected or undeletable registry findings being hidden completely instead of shown as review-only.
• Fixed stale tray-icon behavior when WMT is hidden, restored, or closed from tray mode.
• Fixed duplicated WMT instances interfering with background scans or auto-update flows.
• Fixed WPF application loop cleanup so tray icons, timers, firewall jobs, My Device jobs, DNS/DoH jobs, and single-instance handles are disposed more consistently.
• Added a default ignore for the common Steamworks Redistributable false-positive update entry.

Notes

• Tray/headless package automation is experimental in this release. Some providers may still require user interaction or manual log review after automated runs.
• Game providers are delegated to their own launchers/tools. Steam, Legendary, and GOGDL behavior depends on installed clients, authentication, local metadata, and provider availability.
• The EXE build workflow requires the ps2exe PowerShell module. Run PS2EXE\Build-Exe.ps1 -InstallPS2EXE to install it automatically for the current user before building.

Links

• PR: #123