feat: update-newest fix, Microsoft 365 Copilot removal, Windows 11 Debloat tab - #42
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CheckLatestAsync hit GitHub's /releases/latest, which returns the release flagged latest by publish date -- not the highest semver. If releases ever publish out of order (backported hotfix, re-run workflow, edited release), the updater could hand back an older line, producing the version-skipping a user reported (1.38 -> 1.39, then immediately prompted for 1.40). Now enumerate all releases, drop drafts/prereleases/asset-less entries, and pick the strictly-highest stable semver above the installed version. Selection logic is extracted into pure ParseReleases/SelectBestUpdate methods with unit coverage.
…re services Microsoft 365 Copilot: add the Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub Appx package (the renamed Office Hub launcher Microsoft auto-pushed to Windows 11) to the AI-app removal catalog. Flows through the existing per-package monitor/UI/docs pattern; removing it leaves installed Office programs untouched. Services: add six machine-wide, no-gaming-purpose services as opt-in catalog entries (not in the one-click preset, since they depend on hardware/features): SEMgrSvc (Payments/NFC), PhoneSvc, stisvc (WIA scanners), WpcMonSvc (Parental Controls), AssignedAccessManagerSvc (Kiosk), TrkWks (Distributed Link Tracking). Regenerated docs/SETTINGS-REFERENCE.md.
…bloat New 'Debloat' tab with two sections, plus two Privacy-tab additions. Ten new registry monitors, all reversible, all off + unmonitored by default (zero behavior change until opt-in). None touch updates, security, or networking. Ads, nags & suggested content (HKCU, no UAC): - Suggested content & silent app installs (ContentDeliveryManager batch) - Lock screen tips / Spotlight ads - 'Finish setting up your device' SCOOBE nag - Start menu recommendations & recent files - File Explorer OneDrive/Office ad banners - Windows feedback request popups Background bloat (HKLM policy, one UAC prompt): - Widgets / News and interests - Edge startup boost & background mode Privacy data collection (Privacy tab): - Online (cloud) speech recognition - Inking & typing personalization (avoids the value owned by ai.inputinsights) Each monitor follows the IMonitoredSetting pattern with full SettingDocs mechanism/apply/verify + long-form catalog docs. Added a Debloat section to the generated SETTINGS-REFERENCE.md. Not added to the one-click gaming preset (matching the Privacy-tab convention). 27 new tests; full suite green (441).
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Summary
Three pieces of work from a single request.
1. Fix update version-skipping (
fix/update)UpdateService.CheckLatestAsynccalled GitHub's/releases/latest, which returns the release flagged latest by publish date, not the highest semver. If releases ever publish out of order (a re-run workflow, a backported hotfix, an edited release), the updater could hand back an older line — the cause of the reported 1.38 → 1.39 → 1.40 hop instead of jumping straight to newest.Now it enumerates all releases, drops drafts/prereleases/asset-less entries, and selects the strictly-highest stable semver above the installed version. Selection logic extracted into pure, unit-tested
ParseReleases/SelectBestUpdatemethods.2. Microsoft 365 Copilot app removal
Added the Appx package
Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub(the renamed Office Hub launcher Microsoft auto-pushed to Windows 11) toWindowsAiAppCatalog. Removing it leaves installed Office apps untouched. Surfaces automatically on the Windows AI tab via the existing per-package monitor.3. Windows 11 Debloat tab (+ research-driven additions)
New Debloat tab with two labeled sections, plus two Privacy-tab additions and six more opt-in services. All toggles are reversible, off + unmonitored by default (zero behavior change until opt-in), and none touch Windows Update, security, or networking.
Ads, nags & suggested content (HKCU, no UAC): suggested content / silent app installs, lock-screen Spotlight ads, "finish setting up your device" SCOOBE nag, Start menu recommendations & recent files, File Explorer OneDrive/Office ad banners, Windows feedback request popups.
Background bloat (HKLM policy, one UAC prompt): Widgets / News and interests, Edge startup boost & background mode.
Privacy data collection (Privacy tab): online (cloud) speech recognition, inking & typing personalization (deliberately avoids
RestrictImplicitTextCollection, which is owned by the existingai.inputinsightsmonitor).Services (opt-in, not in preset): Payments/NFC, Phone Service, WIA scanners, Parental Controls, Kiosk Mode, Distributed Link Tracking.
Each monitor follows the
IMonitoredSettingpattern with fullSettingDocsmechanism/apply/verify + long-form catalog docs;docs/SETTINGS-REFERENCE.mdregenerated with a new Debloat section.Testing
dotnet build(warnings-as-errors) clean; full xUnit suite green at 441 tests (38 new across update/debloat/service coverage).Notes
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