v0.5.6

S.A.K. Utility v0.5.6

Windows System Administration Kit - Swiss Army Knife Utility

New in v0.5.6

• ⚡ Build Performance - Added caching for vcpkg and CMake (3-5x faster CI builds)
• 📦 Improved Packaging - Fixed artifact structure and included compression DLLs
• 🧪 CI Improvements - Automated GUI test skipping in CI environment

Features from v0.5.1

• 🔐 AES-256-CBC Encryption for user profile backups (PBKDF2, 100k iterations)
• 📦 Compression Support with 4 levels (None, Fast, Balanced, Maximum)
• 💿 Image Flasher with Windows ISO downloader and USB drive safety checks
• ⚡ Streaming Decompression for gzip, bzip2, and xz formats

Core Features

• 🚀 Application Migration with embedded Chocolatey
• 💾 User Profile Backup & Restore wizards with encryption
• 💿 Image Flasher with Windows ISO downloader
• 📂 Directory Organizer
• 🔍 Duplicate File Finder
• 🗝️ License Key Scanner

Installation

1. Download SAK-Utility-v0.5.6-Windows-x64.zip
2. Extract to your preferred location
3. Run sak_utility.exe
4. portable.ini is included for portable operation

Windows Defender / SmartScreen Warning

This is a false positive. The executable is not code-signed due to certificate costs ($300+/year).

Solutions:

• Add exclusion: Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\path\to\SAK-Utility" (run as admin)
• SmartScreen: Click "More info" → "Run anyway"
• Verify integrity: Check SHA256 hash in SHA256SUMS.txt

Why trust this?

• ✅ 100% open source - all code is public and auditable
• ✅ Built automatically via GitHub Actions - no manual tampering
• ✅ No telemetry or data collection

You can also submit the executable to Microsoft as a false positive: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/filesubmission

Requirements

• Windows 10/11 x64
• Administrator privileges (for app migration and license scanning)

Notes

• Build: b6b3b6a
• Built with: C++23, Qt 6.5.3, MSVC 2022
• All dependencies included (no separate installation required)

See README.md for full documentation.