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AppTide 0.2.4-beta.1 - Richer detection and Microsoft Store updates

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@GitKama GitKama released this 11 Oct 20:55

AppTide 0.2.4-beta.1 adds richer installed-software metadata and Microsoft Store updates.

  • Friendly Store app names, readable vendors, architecture and metadata source labels.
  • Missing desktop versions/publishers can be recovered from matching local executable resources without launching apps. Existing registry values remain authoritative; conflicting metadata stays unresolved.
  • New Microsoft Store page: check available updates, review and confirm a separate Store-owned bulk update, and inspect local logs and installed-version verification.
  • Fresh Store preflight rejects a changed list. Exit code zero alone is never counted as proof of an update.

Download the Windows x64 ZIP, extract the entire folder, and run AppTide-Beta.exe. Existing AppTide users can use Settings > Check AppTide version to update and restart. Catalogue and history stay in the existing local data folder.

Validation: 55 tests passed, formatting and Clippy passed, optimized Windows build passed, desktop/compact screens inspected, and real read-only inventory/Store checks passed. Actual Store installations were not run during development; this remains a user acceptance check.

Microsoft controls the Store batch and dependencies. AppTide pause preferences do not apply to it, and AppTide cannot cancel it after launch. Save work in Store apps first. Requires the consumer Store CLI already supplied/enabled by Microsoft Store. Unsupported output offers Store Downloads instead. Some results remain unverified where Store names cannot be matched uniquely to local package identities.

See docs/MICROSOFT-STORE.md for behavior, research sources and limitations. No private inventory or diagnostics are included in the release.