sergiye/winUpdateMiniTool 1.0.9765

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Security

• Manually downloaded update files are installed only if they carry a valid Microsoft digital signature.
• Download file names now come from the URL, not from the server response, so a file can no longer be saved outside the download folder.
• A warning is shown when "Always run as Administrator" is enabled while the application folder can be modified without admin rights.

Fixes

• Autostart and "Always run as Administrator" now work correctly in the .NET 8 single-file builds.
• Updates without a KB number, or sharing one KB number, no longer get their files mixed up during manual download and installation.
• Manual installation: updates with no downloaded files, or interrupted by cancellation, are no longer shown as installed. After partial success, only the updates that actually installed are moved to the installed list.
• Every update file inside a zip archive is now installed, not only the first one, and each archive is unpacked into its own folder.
• The "already installed" and "not applicable" results of wusa are now handled correctly.
• Installation through Windows Update no longer starts after a failed download, and partial results are applied per update.
• An aborted or failed search no longer counts as a completed check and no longer replaces the update lists.
• Installer and DISM processes can no longer hang when they produce a lot of output, and the DISM applicability check can now be cancelled.
• Update titles and descriptions with non-English characters are now saved correctly, and the saved update list is written much faster.
• The "auto-update application" option and the automatic update check interval no longer overwrite each other.
• Automatic update checks no longer retry on every timer tick after a failure, and failures in background mode are logged instead of showing a dialog every time.
• Errors are no longer shown twice when an operation fails to start.
• Ctrl+C now works in the search filter and the log.
• The Windows Update cache cleanup requires admin rights, stops the Windows Update service while it runs, and reports files it could not delete.
• The Microsoft Update blocking state is shown correctly after unblocking. "Automatic Update (default)" now fully removes the related policy.
• Disabling and re-enabling update facilitators no longer removes SYSTEM access from the service registry keys.
• Fixed the error message shown when an automatic restart could not be scheduled.

Improvements

• The application asks for confirmation before exiting while an operation is in progress.
• Fixed the rendering style of checkboxes in the update list.
• "Optimize kernel size" and "Restore default settings" now ask for confirmation.
• The Windows Update service can no longer be toggled while an operation is running.
• Added feature documentation, linked from the README (issue #7).

Note: the "auto-update application" setting was moved to a new configuration key and will be off after upgrading. Re-enable it in the Options menu if needed.

Full Changelog: 1.0.9758...1.0.9765