* feat: Add Beeper to Messaging applications
This commit adds the Beeper desktop application to the list of installable packages in the "Messaging" category.
The entry has been added to `config/applications.json` with the official download URL and the correct silent installation arguments.
Fixes#3608
* Fix job failure: ensure excluded directory exists before processing
This commit updates the Invoke-Preprocessing function to prevent workflow failures caused by missing excluded directories.
Previously, the script would attempt to recursively list files in excluded paths, resulting in an error if a directory did not exist.
The updated logic checks if the excluded path refers to a directory (ends with a backslash) and creates it if necessary before proceeding. This avoids "Cannot find path" errors and ensures smoother preprocessing, especially for jobs that depend on directory existence for exclusion logic.
No changes are made for excluded files or wildcard patterns.
* [Applications] DISM utility changes, app description fixes
- NTLite has been added to the list of apps to give the user some choice
- Both DISMTools and NTLite have been moved to a new section so they can be identified more easily by what they do, and because the former is not a tool made by either Microsoft or Sysinternals. The former now has its description pulled from WinGet (and summarized using Copilot)
- Em-dashes in some app descriptions have been replaced with semicolons to avoid question marks in tooltips
* Change category from 'DISM Utilities' to 'Microsoft Tools'
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Co-authored-by: Chris Titus <contact@christitus.com>
🚨 Spotube is banned from using "Spotify™ API" 🚨
The developer of Spotube has received a cease and desist letter from Spotify USA Inc. and Spotify AB, asserting a legal threat concerning the distribution and development of any application that utilizes Spotify’s data API in conjunction with content from YouTube® to facilitate ad-free playback of music tracks. The letter contends that this specific use of the Spotify™ APIs contravenes the Spotify™ Agreements and may also infringe upon the rights of music rights holders.
Consequently, as the official maintainer of Spotube, I will immediately cease all forms of official distribution and development of Spotube that continue to employ the aforementioned 'Spotify™ APIs'
Their exact reasoning: (any) "uses of Spotify’s data API in connection with content from YouTube to provide ad-free playback of music tracks. The use of the Spotify APIs in this manner violates the Spotify Agreements and may also violate the rights of music rights holders."
https://spotube.krtirtho.dev/
* Replace Tabs with Spaces to follow the conventions
* Add Preprocessing in Compiler
* Compile from Anywhere you want - Running 'Compile.ps1' Works in any directory you call it from
* Code Formatting Changes
* Result of Preprocessing Step in 'Compile.ps1' Script - Remove Trailing Whitespace Characters
* Make Preprocessing more advanced
* Move Preprocessing to a separate script file
* Make Self Modification impossible for 'tools/Do-PreProcessing.ps1' Script - Make the workingdir same as sync.PSScriptRoot for consistency
* Revert commit b5dffd671f
* Patched a Bug of some Excluded Files not actually get excluded in 'Get-ChildItem' PS Cmdlet
* Update Replace Regex for Code Formatting in 'Do-PreProcessing' Script Tool
* Rename 'Do-PreProcessing' to 'Invoke-Preprocessing' - Update some Comments
* Make 'Invoke-Preprocessing' Modular - Update RegEx to handle more cases - Update Documentation - Add Validations & Useful feedback upon error
* Replace Tabs with Spaces to follow the conventions - 'applications.json' File
* Code Formatting Changes - 'Copy-Files' Private Function
* Update Replace Regex for Code Formatting in 'Invoke-Preprocessing' Script Tool
* Replace Tabs with Spaces to follow the conventions - Make 'ExcludedFiles' validation step check all filepaths before finally checking if any has failed
* Result of 'Invoke-Preprocessing' Script
* Update Replace Regex for Code Formatting in 'Invoke-Preprocessing' Script Tool
- Change Choco id
- Update Description (to description from Githup Repo)
- Update Link to list the actual Github Page where the Updates are being published
* Remove All Trailing Whitespace Characters in '.ps1' Files
* Remove All Trailing Whitespace Characters in '.json' Files
* Remove All Trailing Whitespace Characters in '.yaml' Files
* Remove All Trailing Whitespace Characters in Different Files
* Remove Even More Trailing Whitespace Characters
* Re-formate Comments to be a bit Clear-er
* Add New Helper Function to be an Interface for writing Progress Bar when Compiling
* Remove the Need to add 'WPFInstall' for every App Entry Name in 'applications.json' File
* Add 'ValidateRange' to 'Percent' Parameter for 'Update-Progress' Helper Function
This will insure that the passed value is neither below zero nor higher than 100
Co-authored-by: Martin Wiethan <47688561+Marterich@users.noreply.github.com>
* Remove the 'WPFInstall' prefix for several newly added apps
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Co-authored-by: Martin Wiethan <47688561+Marterich@users.noreply.github.com>
