From ea8e178964049208d9c7f18147d2914428669b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabi <182965942+GabiNun@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 22:20:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update-windev.ps1 (#3843)

* Update windev.ps1

* Update windev.ps1

* Update windev.ps1

* Update windev.ps1

* Update windev.ps1

* Update windev.ps1
---
 windev.ps1 | 48 +++---------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/windev.ps1 b/windev.ps1
index 6b627e08..e0679aa7 100644
--- a/windev.ps1
+++ b/windev.ps1
@@ -1,55 +1,13 @@
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
     This Script is used as a target for the https://christitus.com/windev alias.
-    It queries the latest winget release (no matter if Pre-Release, Draft or Full Release) and invokes It
 .DESCRIPTION
-    This Script provides a simple way to always start the bleeding edge release even if it's not yet a full release.
-    This function should be run with administrative privileges.
-    Because this way of recursively invoking scripts via Invoke-Expression it might very well happen that AV Programs flag this because it's a common way of mulitstage exploits to run
+    This Script provides a simple way to start the bleeding edge release of winutil.
 .EXAMPLE
     irm https://christitus.com/windev | iex
     OR
     Run in Admin Powershell >  ./windev.ps1
 #>
 
-# Function to fetch the latest release tag from the GitHub API
-function Get-LatestRelease {
-    try {
-        $releases = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://api.github.com/repos/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases'
-        $latestRelease = $releases | Where-Object {$_.prerelease -eq $true} | Select-Object -First 1
-        return $latestRelease.tag_name
-    } catch {
-        Write-Host "Error fetching release data: $_" -ForegroundColor Red
-        return $latestRelease.tag_name
-    }
-}
-
-# Function to redirect to the latest pre-release version
-function RedirectToLatestPreRelease {
-    $latestRelease = Get-LatestRelease
-    if ($latestRelease) {
-        $url = "https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/download/$latestRelease/winutil.ps1"
-    } else {
-        Write-Host 'No pre-release version found. This is most likely because the latest release is a full release and no newer pre-release exists.' -ForegroundColor Yellow
-        Write-Host "Using latest Full Release"
-        $url = "https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/latest/download/winutil.ps1"
-    }
-
-    $script = Invoke-RestMethod $url
-    # Elevate Shell if necessary
-    if (!([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
-        Write-Output "Winutil needs to be run as Administrator. Attempting to relaunch."
-
-        $powershellcmd = if (Get-Command pwsh -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { "pwsh" } else { "powershell" }
-        $processCmd = if (Get-Command wt.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { "wt.exe" } else { $powershellcmd }
-
-        Start-Process $processCmd -ArgumentList "$powershellcmd -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -Command $(Invoke-Expression $script)" -Verb RunAs
-    }
-    else{
-        Invoke-Expression $script
-    }
-}
-
-# Call the redirect function
-
-RedirectToLatestPreRelease
+$latestTag = (Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.github.com/repos/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases')[0].tag_name
+Invoke-RestMethod "https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/download/$latestTag/winutil.ps1" | Invoke-Expression