v2.21.4

Automatic silent updates

Pressing Update now completes the whole installation by itself. The updater no longer stops halfway, and the installer no longer asks for Next/Next confirmation.

What changed

• Automatic installation: After downloading and verifying the update, Nex installs it without opening the interactive setup wizard.
• Silent progress: Installation shows progress without wizard prompts, cancellation, restart prompts, or startup dialogs.
• Preserved scope and location: Automatic installs reuse the existing per-user or all-users scope and install directory.
• Installer diagnostics: Every automatic install writes a setup log next to the downloaded update files.
• Reliable restart: The installer no longer launches Nex itself during updates; the updater verifies the new runtime and restarts it.

Bug Fixes

• Updater self-termination: Runtime shutdown no longer terminates the updater process before installation and restart can run.
• PowerShell compatibility: Installer arguments use a single quoted string instead of an array that older Windows PowerShell versions reject.
• Installer marker: The updater marker uses Inno-style /NEXUPDATER so the installer reliably recognizes updater-driven installs.

Architecture

• Updater-owned lifecycle: Nex supplies foreground permission, the updater owns download, shutdown, installation, verification, restart, and rollback.
• Explicit install context: Automatic installs pass scope, directory, logging, and restart behavior explicitly rather than relying on wizard defaults.

Known issue

• Installs already running an updater older than this release still use that older installed script. Those machines need this fixed release installed once manually; afterward, update-button installs are automatic.

Commit Log

• b86eb0f fix(updater): run silent automatic updates without self-termination

Binary

• Download nex-2.21.4-windows-x64.zip
• Install nex-2.21.4-windows-x64-setup.exe
• Manifest nex-2.21.4-windows-x64-manifest.json