v2.4.159

• 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

v2.4.157

• 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

v2.4.152

• 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

v2.4.149

• 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

v2.4.146

• 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

v2.4.128

• 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

v2.4.123

• 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

v2.4.110

• 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

v2.4.93

Release Notes

• 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