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v2.5.19

26 Jul 03:07
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  • Fix hang detection in scheduled task detecting hangs prematurely
  • Fix auto login failures after first run
  • Fix Enable-BoxstarterVM on Windows 10
  • Return a more actionable error message when Enable-RemoteDesktop fails
  • Fix 7zip installed in private chocolatey install
  • Ensure choco bin is ahead of boxstarter vendored choco bin on the path and dont copy redirect shims to choco bin even if choco is not preinstalled.
  • Provide better isolation between Boxstarter and User Chocolatey installations.
  • Run scheduled tasks in the same directory where it is invoked.
  • Default Windows Update criteria now only installs critical updates.
  • Force elevated shell during setup.bat installer.

v2.5.10

10 Jul 16:44
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  • Return a more actionable error message when Enable-RemoteDesktop fails
  • Fix 7zip installed in private chocolatey install
  • Ensure choco bin is ahead of boxstarter vendored choco bin on the path and dont copy redirect shims to choco bin even if choco is not preinstalled.
  • Provide better isolation between Boxstarter and User Chocolatey installations.
  • Run scheduled tasks in the same directory where it is invoked.
  • Default Windows Update criteria now only installs critical updates.
  • Force elevated shell during setup.bat installer.

v2.5.3

01 Jul 15:00
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  • Ensure choco bin is ahead of boxstarter vendored choco bin on the path and dont copy redirect shims to choco bin even if choco is not preinstalled.
  • Provide better isolation between Boxstarter and User Chocolatey installations.
  • Run scheduled tasks in the same directory where it is invoked.
  • Default Windows Update criteria now only installs critical updates.
  • Force elevated shell during setup.bat installer.

v2.5.1

01 Jul 05:59
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  • Provide better isolation between Boxstarter and User Chocolatey installations.
  • Run scheduled tasks in the same directory where it is invoked.
  • Default Windows Update criteria now only installs critical updates.
  • Force elevated shell during setup.bat installer.

v2.4.209

26 Apr 17:16
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  • Fixes boxstarte install hangs on PSv2 when installing boxstarter after the new chocolatey
  • Fixes PSModulePath that has the machine environment value stripped after chocolatey package installs
  • Restart Windows Updates service before beginning installation in case updates are already running in the background
  • Dont throw exception when removing the scheduled task and it did not exist
  • Fix remote installs on win 7 and 2008R2 by creating scheduled task before importing remote chocolatey module
  • Pass -y to chocolatey if the new one is installed to avoid red output looking like an error
  • Fix installing modules via the c# based chocolatey
  • Pin to last PS chocolatey version until we finih new choco compatibility
  • Fix running gists from weblauncher more than once in win7 and 2008 R2
  • Suppress caught errors in Invoke-FromScheduledTask from bubbling up to final result
  • Work around nuget.exe limitations of handling files in system profile directory
  • Provide improved error logging of chocolatey errors.
  • Fixes issue where windows update reboots maching in the midst of a run.
  • Fixes failures from exceptions thrown from bitlocker module even when bitlocker is not in use.
  • Fixes Invoke-Reboot from a nested package and bubbles up the reboot signal
  • Update docs to reflect github as repo home and remove all codeplex links
  • Fix for all write-host calls being logged to Boxstarter log file even when there is no install session in progress
  • fixing issue where auto login is not disabled after boxstarter run
  • fixing wait for published version to retry for a minute if the new version is not yet marked published
  • Improve initial connectin performance by skipping remoting check if it has already been tested in enable-BoxstarterVM
  • provide messaging for some winconfig functions
  • fix the setting of azure storage account by looking for https endpoints
  • load storage module before azure to workaround bug with the storage module loading
  • copy the root path passed to New_BoxstarerPackage
  • add a DisableRestart parameter which will suppress the restart file and UAC enabling
  • Greatly improve progress messaging during windows updates runs
  • Fix hang scenarios when waiting for remote machine to reboot and landing in a pending reboot state shortly after reboot
  • Support for auto login and restart in winrm sessions
  • Fix issue with remote check causing an indefinite loop
  • Silencing some handled errors and keep them from leaking to the pipeline
  • Reduce WMI calls and Improve performance of testing if the current session is remote
  • When forcing the install of the outer boxstarter package, make sure to delete the last install from the right repo
  • Check scheduled task output for pending reboots after a remote windows update since 32 bit processes cant read the wsus registry keys
  • Fix Remote check when running as a servise
  • System user logs to programdata
  • when accessing a 64 bit machine from a 32bit process, the windowsupdate reg key is hidden so skip it
  • Bubble up errors from windows update
  • Provide the same scheduled task wrapping for winrm as we do for ps remoting
  • fix explorer restart when there is no explorer process
  • Correcting fallback Chocolatey install path to match release 0.9.8.24
  • Fixing typo param name in redirect call to set-WindowsExplorerOptions
  • Fix InvalidArgument from Set-TaskbarOptions when using lock or unlock params
  • Fix issues where explorer terminates and cannot restart after caling one of the winconfig functions
  • Import azure module from the pipeline to avoid errors when loading Boxstarter.azure
  • Suppress errors when reenabling windows update in case they had alrady been reenabled
  • Fix mis encoded dash in Install-Boxstarterackage
  • Fix issues when Chocolatey packages create a new module and call chocolatey functions from that module
  • When building packages, skip folders without a nuspec instead of throwing an error
  • Only restart the explore process of the current user when calling windows config functions
  • Fixing .net 4.5 install for local installs
  • Fixing TestRunner module loading for PSv2 clients
  • Add the following windows config features:
  • Enable/Disable showing charms when mouse is in the upper right corner
  • Enable/Disable switching apps when pointing in the upper left corner
  • Enable/Disable the option to launch powershell from win-x
  • Enable/Disable boot to desktop
  • Enable/Disable desktop background on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable showing the start screen on the active display
  • Enable/Disable showing the Apps View by default on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable searching everywhere in apps view. Not just apps.
  • Enable/Disable showing desktop apps first in results
  • Lock/Unlock task bar
  • Change taskbar icon size
  • Change location of taskbar docking
  • Add test and publish automation that can point to remote deployment targets
  • Provide build scripts for integration of tests and publishing in CI servers
  • Include configured nuget sources and local repo to all chocolatey install calls and not just the initial package
  • Fix enabling powershell remoting via WMI when password has ampersands
  • Avoid explorer.exe crashes when configuring explorer options
  • Fix Hyper-V heartbeat check in non US locales
  • Fix Azure module loading in 32 bit consoles
  • Fix shell shortcuts when user name has a space
  • Fix Azure VM Checkpoint listing when there are more than one VM in a service
  • Install .net 4.5 ONLY without affecting IIS settings when .net 4 is not present
  • Fix Azure VM integration when multiple subscriptions are present
  • Allow remote installs to be run by a non amin user

v2.4.205

05 Apr 03:31
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  • Restart Windows Updates service before beginning installation in case updates are already running in the background
  • Dont throw exception when removing the scheduled task and it did not exist
  • Fix remote installs on win 7 and 2008R2 by creating scheduled task before importing remote chocolatey module
  • Pass -y to chocolatey if the new one is installed to avoid red output looking like an error
  • Fix installing modules via the c# based chocolatey
  • Pin to last PS chocolatey version until we finih new choco compatibility
  • Fix running gists from weblauncher more than once in win7 and 2008 R2
  • Suppress caught errors in Invoke-FromScheduledTask from bubbling up to final result
  • Work around nuget.exe limitations of handling files in system profile directory
  • Provide improved error logging of chocolatey errors.
  • Fixes issue where windows update reboots maching in the midst of a run.
  • Fixes failures from exceptions thrown from bitlocker module even when bitlocker is not in use.
  • Fixes Invoke-Reboot from a nested package and bubbles up the reboot signal
  • Update docs to reflect github as repo home and remove all codeplex links
  • Fix for all write-host calls being logged to Boxstarter log file even when there is no install session in progress
  • fixing issue where auto login is not disabled after boxstarter run
  • fixing wait for published version to retry for a minute if the new version is not yet marked published
  • Improve initial connectin performance by skipping remoting check if it has already been tested in enable-BoxstarterVM
  • provide messaging for some winconfig functions
  • fix the setting of azure storage account by looking for https endpoints
  • load storage module before azure to workaround bug with the storage module loading
  • copy the root path passed to New_BoxstarerPackage
  • add a DisableRestart parameter which will suppress the restart file and UAC enabling
  • Greatly improve progress messaging during windows updates runs
  • Fix hang scenarios when waiting for remote machine to reboot and landing in a pending reboot state shortly after reboot
  • Support for auto login and restart in winrm sessions
  • Fix issue with remote check causing an indefinite loop
  • Silencing some handled errors and keep them from leaking to the pipeline
  • Reduce WMI calls and Improve performance of testing if the current session is remote
  • When forcing the install of the outer boxstarter package, make sure to delete the last install from the right repo
  • Check scheduled task output for pending reboots after a remote windows update since 32 bit processes cant read the wsus registry keys
  • Fix Remote check when running as a servise
  • System user logs to programdata
  • when accessing a 64 bit machine from a 32bit process, the windowsupdate reg key is hidden so skip it
  • Bubble up errors from windows update
  • Provide the same scheduled task wrapping for winrm as we do for ps remoting
  • fix explorer restart when there is no explorer process
  • Correcting fallback Chocolatey install path to match release 0.9.8.24
  • Fixing typo param name in redirect call to set-WindowsExplorerOptions
  • Fix InvalidArgument from Set-TaskbarOptions when using lock or unlock params
  • Fix issues where explorer terminates and cannot restart after caling one of the winconfig functions
  • Import azure module from the pipeline to avoid errors when loading Boxstarter.azure
  • Suppress errors when reenabling windows update in case they had alrady been reenabled
  • Fix mis encoded dash in Install-Boxstarterackage
  • Fix issues when Chocolatey packages create a new module and call chocolatey functions from that module
  • When building packages, skip folders without a nuspec instead of throwing an error
  • Only restart the explore process of the current user when calling windows config functions
  • Fixing .net 4.5 install for local installs
  • Fixing TestRunner module loading for PSv2 clients
  • Add the following windows config features:
  • Enable/Disable showing charms when mouse is in the upper right corner
  • Enable/Disable switching apps when pointing in the upper left corner
  • Enable/Disable the option to launch powershell from win-x
  • Enable/Disable boot to desktop
  • Enable/Disable desktop background on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable showing the start screen on the active display
  • Enable/Disable showing the Apps View by default on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable searching everywhere in apps view. Not just apps.
  • Enable/Disable showing desktop apps first in results
  • Lock/Unlock task bar
  • Change taskbar icon size
  • Change location of taskbar docking
  • Add test and publish automation that can point to remote deployment targets
  • Provide build scripts for integration of tests and publishing in CI servers
  • Include configured nuget sources and local repo to all chocolatey install calls and not just the initial package
  • Fix enabling powershell remoting via WMI when password has ampersands
  • Avoid explorer.exe crashes when configuring explorer options
  • Fix Hyper-V heartbeat check in non US locales
  • Fix Azure module loading in 32 bit consoles
  • Fix shell shortcuts when user name has a space
  • Fix Azure VM Checkpoint listing when there are more than one VM in a service
  • Install .net 4.5 ONLY without affecting IIS settings when .net 4 is not present
  • Fix Azure VM integration when multiple subscriptions are present
  • Allow remote installs to be run by a non amin user

v2.4.196

20 Mar 10:13
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  • Fix remote installs on win 7 and 2008R2 by creating scheduled task before importing remote chocolatey module
  • Pass -y to chocolatey if the new one is installed to avoid red output looking like an error
  • Fix installing modules via the c# based chocolatey
  • Pin to last PS chocolatey version until we finih new choco compatibility
  • Fix running gists from weblauncher more than once in win7 and 2008 R2
  • Suppress caught errors in Invoke-FromScheduledTask from bubbling up to final result
  • Work around nuget.exe limitations of handling files in system profile directory
  • Provide improved error logging of chocolatey errors.
  • Fixes issue where windows update reboots maching in the midst of a run.
  • Fixes failures from exceptions thrown from bitlocker module even when bitlocker is not in use.
  • Fixes Invoke-Reboot from a nested package and bubbles up the reboot signal
  • Update docs to reflect github as repo home and remove all codeplex links
  • Fix for all write-host calls being logged to Boxstarter log file even when there is no install session in progress
  • fixing issue where auto login is not disabled after boxstarter run
  • fixing wait for published version to retry for a minute if the new version is not yet marked published
  • Improve initial connectin performance by skipping remoting check if it has already been tested in enable-BoxstarterVM
  • provide messaging for some winconfig functions
  • fix the setting of azure storage account by looking for https endpoints
  • load storage module before azure to workaround bug with the storage module loading
  • copy the root path passed to New_BoxstarerPackage
  • add a DisableRestart parameter which will suppress the restart file and UAC enabling
  • Greatly improve progress messaging during windows updates runs
  • Fix hang scenarios when waiting for remote machine to reboot and landing in a pending reboot state shortly after reboot
  • Support for auto login and restart in winrm sessions
  • Fix issue with remote check causing an indefinite loop
  • Silencing some handled errors and keep them from leaking to the pipeline
  • Reduce WMI calls and Improve performance of testing if the current session is remote
  • When forcing the install of the outer boxstarter package, make sure to delete the last install from the right repo
  • Check scheduled task output for pending reboots after a remote windows update since 32 bit processes cant read the wsus registry keys
  • Fix Remote check when running as a servise
  • System user logs to programdata
  • when accessing a 64 bit machine from a 32bit process, the windowsupdate reg key is hidden so skip it
  • Bubble up errors from windows update
  • Provide the same scheduled task wrapping for winrm as we do for ps remoting
  • fix explorer restart when there is no explorer process
  • Correcting fallback Chocolatey install path to match release 0.9.8.24
  • Fixing typo param name in redirect call to set-WindowsExplorerOptions
  • Fix InvalidArgument from Set-TaskbarOptions when using lock or unlock params
  • Fix issues where explorer terminates and cannot restart after caling one of the winconfig functions
  • Import azure module from the pipeline to avoid errors when loading Boxstarter.azure
  • Suppress errors when reenabling windows update in case they had alrady been reenabled
  • Fix mis encoded dash in Install-Boxstarterackage
  • Fix issues when Chocolatey packages create a new module and call chocolatey functions from that module
  • When building packages, skip folders without a nuspec instead of throwing an error
  • Only restart the explore process of the current user when calling windows config functions
  • Fixing .net 4.5 install for local installs
  • Fixing TestRunner module loading for PSv2 clients
  • Add the following windows config features:
  • Enable/Disable showing charms when mouse is in the upper right corner
  • Enable/Disable switching apps when pointing in the upper left corner
  • Enable/Disable the option to launch powershell from win-x
  • Enable/Disable boot to desktop
  • Enable/Disable desktop background on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable showing the start screen on the active display
  • Enable/Disable showing the Apps View by default on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable searching everywhere in apps view. Not just apps.
  • Enable/Disable showing desktop apps first in results
  • Lock/Unlock task bar
  • Change taskbar icon size
  • Change location of taskbar docking
  • Add test and publish automation that can point to remote deployment targets
  • Provide build scripts for integration of tests and publishing in CI servers
  • Include configured nuget sources and local repo to all chocolatey install calls and not just the initial package
  • Fix enabling powershell remoting via WMI when password has ampersands
  • Avoid explorer.exe crashes when configuring explorer options
  • Fix Hyper-V heartbeat check in non US locales
  • Fix Azure module loading in 32 bit consoles
  • Fix shell shortcuts when user name has a space
  • Fix Azure VM Checkpoint listing when there are more than one VM in a service
  • Install .net 4.5 ONLY without affecting IIS settings when .net 4 is not present
  • Fix Azure VM integration when multiple subscriptions are present
  • Allow remote installs to be run by a non amin user

v2.4.188

09 Mar 07:05
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  • Fix installing modules via the c# based chocolatey
  • Pin to last PS chocolatey version until we finih new choco compatibility
  • Fix running gists from weblauncher more than once in win7 and 2008 R2
  • Suppress caught errors in Invoke-FromScheduledTask from bubbling up to final result
  • Work around nuget.exe limitations of handling files in system profile directory
  • Provide improved error logging of chocolatey errors.
  • Fixes issue where windows update reboots maching in the midst of a run.
  • Fixes failures from exceptions thrown from bitlocker module even when bitlocker is not in use.
  • Fixes Invoke-Reboot from a nested package and bubbles up the reboot signal
  • Update docs to reflect github as repo home and remove all codeplex links
  • Fix for all write-host calls being logged to Boxstarter log file even when there is no install session in progress
  • fixing issue where auto login is not disabled after boxstarter run
  • fixing wait for published version to retry for a minute if the new version is not yet marked published
  • Improve initial connectin performance by skipping remoting check if it has already been tested in enable-BoxstarterVM
  • provide messaging for some winconfig functions
  • fix the setting of azure storage account by looking for https endpoints
  • load storage module before azure to workaround bug with the storage module loading
  • copy the root path passed to New_BoxstarerPackage
  • add a DisableRestart parameter which will suppress the restart file and UAC enabling
  • Greatly improve progress messaging during windows updates runs
  • Fix hang scenarios when waiting for remote machine to reboot and landing in a pending reboot state shortly after reboot
  • Support for auto login and restart in winrm sessions
  • Fix issue with remote check causing an indefinite loop
  • Silencing some handled errors and keep them from leaking to the pipeline
  • Reduce WMI calls and Improve performance of testing if the current session is remote
  • When forcing the install of the outer boxstarter package, make sure to delete the last install from the right repo
  • Check scheduled task output for pending reboots after a remote windows update since 32 bit processes cant read the wsus registry keys
  • Fix Remote check when running as a servise
  • System user logs to programdata
  • when accessing a 64 bit machine from a 32bit process, the windowsupdate reg key is hidden so skip it
  • Bubble up errors from windows update
  • Provide the same scheduled task wrapping for winrm as we do for ps remoting
  • fix explorer restart when there is no explorer process
  • Correcting fallback Chocolatey install path to match release 0.9.8.24
  • Fixing typo param name in redirect call to set-WindowsExplorerOptions
  • Fix InvalidArgument from Set-TaskbarOptions when using lock or unlock params
  • Fix issues where explorer terminates and cannot restart after caling one of the winconfig functions
  • Import azure module from the pipeline to avoid errors when loading Boxstarter.azure
  • Suppress errors when reenabling windows update in case they had alrady been reenabled
  • Fix mis encoded dash in Install-Boxstarterackage
  • Fix issues when Chocolatey packages create a new module and call chocolatey functions from that module
  • When building packages, skip folders without a nuspec instead of throwing an error
  • Only restart the explore process of the current user when calling windows config functions
  • Fixing .net 4.5 install for local installs
  • Fixing TestRunner module loading for PSv2 clients
  • Add the following windows config features:
  • Enable/Disable showing charms when mouse is in the upper right corner
  • Enable/Disable switching apps when pointing in the upper left corner
  • Enable/Disable the option to launch powershell from win-x
  • Enable/Disable boot to desktop
  • Enable/Disable desktop background on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable showing the start screen on the active display
  • Enable/Disable showing the Apps View by default on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable searching everywhere in apps view. Not just apps.
  • Enable/Disable showing desktop apps first in results
  • Lock/Unlock task bar
  • Change taskbar icon size
  • Change location of taskbar docking
  • Add test and publish automation that can point to remote deployment targets
  • Provide build scripts for integration of tests and publishing in CI servers
  • Include configured nuget sources and local repo to all chocolatey install calls and not just the initial package
  • Fix enabling powershell remoting via WMI when password has ampersands
  • Avoid explorer.exe crashes when configuring explorer options
  • Fix Hyper-V heartbeat check in non US locales
  • Fix Azure module loading in 32 bit consoles
  • Fix shell shortcuts when user name has a space
  • Fix Azure VM Checkpoint listing when there are more than one VM in a service
  • Install .net 4.5 ONLY without affecting IIS settings when .net 4 is not present
  • Fix Azure VM integration when multiple subscriptions are present
  • Allow remote installs to be run by a non amin user

v2.4.183

04 Mar 06:10
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  • Pin to last PS chocolatey version until we finih new choco compatibility
  • Fix running gists from weblauncher more than once in win7 and 2008 R2
  • Suppress caught errors in Invoke-FromScheduledTask from bubbling up to final result
  • Work around nuget.exe limitations of handling files in system profile directory
  • Provide improved error logging of chocolatey errors.
  • Fixes issue where windows update reboots maching in the midst of a run.
  • Fixes failures from exceptions thrown from bitlocker module even when bitlocker is not in use.
  • Fixes Invoke-Reboot from a nested package and bubbles up the reboot signal
  • Update docs to reflect github as repo home and remove all codeplex links
  • Fix for all write-host calls being logged to Boxstarter log file even when there is no install session in progress
  • fixing issue where auto login is not disabled after boxstarter run
  • fixing wait for published version to retry for a minute if the new version is not yet marked published
  • Improve initial connectin performance by skipping remoting check if it has already been tested in enable-BoxstarterVM
  • provide messaging for some winconfig functions
  • fix the setting of azure storage account by looking for https endpoints
  • load storage module before azure to workaround bug with the storage module loading
  • copy the root path passed to New_BoxstarerPackage
  • add a DisableRestart parameter which will suppress the restart file and UAC enabling
  • Greatly improve progress messaging during windows updates runs
  • Fix hang scenarios when waiting for remote machine to reboot and landing in a pending reboot state shortly after reboot
  • Support for auto login and restart in winrm sessions
  • Fix issue with remote check causing an indefinite loop
  • Silencing some handled errors and keep them from leaking to the pipeline
  • Reduce WMI calls and Improve performance of testing if the current session is remote
  • When forcing the install of the outer boxstarter package, make sure to delete the last install from the right repo
  • Check scheduled task output for pending reboots after a remote windows update since 32 bit processes cant read the wsus registry keys
  • Fix Remote check when running as a servise
  • System user logs to programdata
  • when accessing a 64 bit machine from a 32bit process, the windowsupdate reg key is hidden so skip it
  • Bubble up errors from windows update
  • Provide the same scheduled task wrapping for winrm as we do for ps remoting
  • fix explorer restart when there is no explorer process
  • Correcting fallback Chocolatey install path to match release 0.9.8.24
  • Fixing typo param name in redirect call to set-WindowsExplorerOptions
  • Fix InvalidArgument from Set-TaskbarOptions when using lock or unlock params
  • Fix issues where explorer terminates and cannot restart after caling one of the winconfig functions
  • Import azure module from the pipeline to avoid errors when loading Boxstarter.azure
  • Suppress errors when reenabling windows update in case they had alrady been reenabled
  • Fix mis encoded dash in Install-Boxstarterackage
  • Fix issues when Chocolatey packages create a new module and call chocolatey functions from that module
  • When building packages, skip folders without a nuspec instead of throwing an error
  • Only restart the explore process of the current user when calling windows config functions
  • Fixing .net 4.5 install for local installs
  • Fixing TestRunner module loading for PSv2 clients
  • Add the following windows config features:
  • Enable/Disable showing charms when mouse is in the upper right corner
  • Enable/Disable switching apps when pointing in the upper left corner
  • Enable/Disable the option to launch powershell from win-x
  • Enable/Disable boot to desktop
  • Enable/Disable desktop background on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable showing the start screen on the active display
  • Enable/Disable showing the Apps View by default on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable searching everywhere in apps view. Not just apps.
  • Enable/Disable showing desktop apps first in results
  • Lock/Unlock task bar
  • Change taskbar icon size
  • Change location of taskbar docking
  • Add test and publish automation that can point to remote deployment targets
  • Provide build scripts for integration of tests and publishing in CI servers
  • Include configured nuget sources and local repo to all chocolatey install calls and not just the initial package
  • Fix enabling powershell remoting via WMI when password has ampersands
  • Avoid explorer.exe crashes when configuring explorer options
  • Fix Hyper-V heartbeat check in non US locales
  • Fix Azure module loading in 32 bit consoles
  • Fix shell shortcuts when user name has a space
  • Fix Azure VM Checkpoint listing when there are more than one VM in a service
  • Install .net 4.5 ONLY without affecting IIS settings when .net 4 is not present
  • Fix Azure VM integration when multiple subscriptions are present
  • Allow remote installs to be run by a non amin user

v2.4.180

03 Mar 20:41
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  • Pin to last PS chocolatey version until we finih new choco compatibility
  • Fix running gists from weblauncher more than once in win7 and 2008 R2
  • Suppress caught errors in Invoke-FromScheduledTask from bubbling up to final result
  • Work around nuget.exe limitations of handling files in system profile directory
  • Provide improved error logging of chocolatey errors.
  • Fixes issue where windows update reboots maching in the midst of a run.
  • Fixes failures from exceptions thrown from bitlocker module even when bitlocker is not in use.
  • Fixes Invoke-Reboot from a nested package and bubbles up the reboot signal
  • Update docs to reflect github as repo home and remove all codeplex links
  • Fix for all write-host calls being logged to Boxstarter log file even when there is no install session in progress
  • fixing issue where auto login is not disabled after boxstarter run
  • fixing wait for published version to retry for a minute if the new version is not yet marked published
  • Improve initial connectin performance by skipping remoting check if it has already been tested in enable-BoxstarterVM
  • provide messaging for some winconfig functions
  • fix the setting of azure storage account by looking for https endpoints
  • load storage module before azure to workaround bug with the storage module loading
  • copy the root path passed to New_BoxstarerPackage
  • add a DisableRestart parameter which will suppress the restart file and UAC enabling
  • Greatly improve progress messaging during windows updates runs
  • Fix hang scenarios when waiting for remote machine to reboot and landing in a pending reboot state shortly after reboot
  • Support for auto login and restart in winrm sessions
  • Fix issue with remote check causing an indefinite loop
  • Silencing some handled errors and keep them from leaking to the pipeline
  • Reduce WMI calls and Improve performance of testing if the current session is remote
  • When forcing the install of the outer boxstarter package, make sure to delete the last install from the right repo
  • Check scheduled task output for pending reboots after a remote windows update since 32 bit processes cant read the wsus registry keys
  • Fix Remote check when running as a servise
  • System user logs to programdata
  • when accessing a 64 bit machine from a 32bit process, the windowsupdate reg key is hidden so skip it
  • Bubble up errors from windows update
  • Provide the same scheduled task wrapping for winrm as we do for ps remoting
  • fix explorer restart when there is no explorer process
  • Correcting fallback Chocolatey install path to match release 0.9.8.24
  • Fixing typo param name in redirect call to set-WindowsExplorerOptions
  • Fix InvalidArgument from Set-TaskbarOptions when using lock or unlock params
  • Fix issues where explorer terminates and cannot restart after caling one of the winconfig functions
  • Import azure module from the pipeline to avoid errors when loading Boxstarter.azure
  • Suppress errors when reenabling windows update in case they had alrady been reenabled
  • Fix mis encoded dash in Install-Boxstarterackage
  • Fix issues when Chocolatey packages create a new module and call chocolatey functions from that module
  • When building packages, skip folders without a nuspec instead of throwing an error
  • Only restart the explore process of the current user when calling windows config functions
  • Fixing .net 4.5 install for local installs
  • Fixing TestRunner module loading for PSv2 clients
  • Add the following windows config features:
  • Enable/Disable showing charms when mouse is in the upper right corner
  • Enable/Disable switching apps when pointing in the upper left corner
  • Enable/Disable the option to launch powershell from win-x
  • Enable/Disable boot to desktop
  • Enable/Disable desktop background on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable showing the start screen on the active display
  • Enable/Disable showing the Apps View by default on the start screen
  • Enable/Disable searching everywhere in apps view. Not just apps.
  • Enable/Disable showing desktop apps first in results
  • Lock/Unlock task bar
  • Change taskbar icon size
  • Change location of taskbar docking
  • Add test and publish automation that can point to remote deployment targets
  • Provide build scripts for integration of tests and publishing in CI servers
  • Include configured nuget sources and local repo to all chocolatey install calls and not just the initial package
  • Fix enabling powershell remoting via WMI when password has ampersands
  • Avoid explorer.exe crashes when configuring explorer options
  • Fix Hyper-V heartbeat check in non US locales
  • Fix Azure module loading in 32 bit consoles
  • Fix shell shortcuts when user name has a space
  • Fix Azure VM Checkpoint listing when there are more than one VM in a service
  • Install .net 4.5 ONLY without affecting IIS settings when .net 4 is not present
  • Fix Azure VM integration when multiple subscriptions are present
  • Allow remote installs to be run by a non amin user