3.0.3

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug Fix

• Bootstrapping Boxstarter fails due to Chocolatey directory already existing - see #548.

3.0.2

As part of this release we had 2 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Certain Chocolatey commands, such as choco list, do not work as intended as parameters are not passed correctly - see #536.
• F9x - Boxstarter (weblauncher) always installs latest version of Chocolatey - see #537.

3.0.1

As part of this release we had 7 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Lots of verbose output noise when installing Chocolatey packages using Boxstarter 3.0.0 - see #501.
• Fix - Update iconUrl to a domain owned directly by Chocolatey - see #508.
• Fix - Launch from Web: Script is only executed on second execution - see #518.
• Fix - Bootstrapper is failing with Chocolatey v2.0.0 - see #532.

Documentation

• Fix broken link to documentation site - see #510.
• Fix typo in README.md - see #511.

3.0.0

As part of this release we had 13 issues closed.

Boxstarter version 3.0 marks the beginning of a new era of Boxstarter and Chocolatey.

Bug Fixes

• Unable to use Boxstarter when using a licensed version of Chocolatey - see #247
• Install-BoxstarterPackage and boxtarter.bat not behaving the same - see #423
• Prevent the $env:temp variable from being changed on every run of Install-BoxstarterPackage - see #442
• Parameter '-StopOnPackageFailure' should work without requiring parameter '-RebootCodes' - see #451
• Prevent error when installing more than one Chocolatey font package - see #455

Improvements

• Use the installed version of Chocolatey rather than shipping chocolatey.dll as part of Boxstarter - see #394
• Add ability in Set-WindowsExplorerOptions cmdlet to allow for enabling and disabling of check boxes next to items - see #443
• Add Chocolatey specific metadata to all nuspec files - see #448

Documentation

• Provide clarity about how Chocolatey is used/executed when running under Boxstarter - see #369

3.0.0-beta-20220427-21

Everything that was shipped in this beta release has been rolled into the 3.0.0 release.

v2.13.0

As part of this release we had 15 issues closed:

Security:

• CVE-2020-15264 Boxstarter folder allows write access for standard users;

Bug:

• #405 Improper parsing of Chocolatey parameters
• #265 Boxstarter is not parsing Chocolatey pin and source parameters correctly
• #420 Chocolatey fails to install due to chocolatey.org TLS 1.2 requirements not being set in install script
• #376 Boxstarter should detect if Chocolatey can be installed and stop gracefully
• #389 Boxstarter -RebootCodes Parameter is not consistent
• #336 Remove Boxstarter desktop shortcut at uninstall and document uninstall process

Documentation:

• #435 Document the -DelegateChocoSources parameter
• #424 Document Set-TaskbarOptions -AlwaysShowIconsOn cannot be used with other options
• #331 Fix documentation for BoxstarterConnectionConfig

Enhancement:

• #399 Add multiple monitor support to Set-TaskbarOptions
• #382 Stop Boxstarter continuing on first package install failure
• #387 Add feature to manage page file
• #26 Add option to disable desktop icon
• #308 Add support for SnapAssist

v2.12.0

• 2.11.0 packages missing chocolatey dlls for remote installs
• Build script install deprecated package WindowsAzurePowershell
• implement DelegateChocoSources switch to enable source feed passing
• Chocolatey Package - include verification/license files
• Chocolatey Packages - Don't include XML files
• SignTool error when running build.bat
• No Visual Studio Prereqs Specified In Docs

v2.11.0

• Revert vendored Chocolatey to stable 0.10.5
• Add a ShowRibbon for Windows Explorer
• Use System.IO.Compression.FileSystem for boxstarter module expansion on modern PowerShell versions
• Add file64 param to fix 64 bit binary installs

v2.10.3

• Revert vendored chocolatey to stable 0.10.5
• Fix HRESULT code for WU_E_INSTALL_NOT_ALLOWED
• Handle the case where the Windows Update Agent is updating itself
• Install boxstarter to macine instead of user

v2.10.0

• Revert vendored chocolatey to stable 0.10.5
• Fix HRESULT code for WU_E_INSTALL_NOT_ALLOWED
• Handle the case where the Windows Update Agent is updating itself
• Install boxstarter to macine instead of user