SysManager 1.84.0

[1.84.0] - 2026-09-09

Scheduled maintenance now actually runs on a laptop that is not plugged in. Windows refuses to start a
scheduled task on battery unless it is told otherwise, and SysManager had never told it — so on any laptop
used unplugged, the Scheduled Maintenance tab showed a confident "Next run" time and then quietly did
nothing, sometimes for weeks. The tab now also lets you ask for the opposite, waiting until you are away
from the PC, tells you in words what the settings you picked will do, and shows Windows' own count of runs
that never happened.

Fixed

• Maintenance on battery. The scheduled task is now created with permission to start on battery, and to
  keep running if you unplug mid-way. This is the whole bug: the tab promised "no need to remember it
  yourself" while the run it promised was being skipped, and Windows reports a skipped run as nothing at
  all — no error, no result code, just a Last run that never moves.

Added

• "Only run when I'm not using the PC". Off by default, deliberately: waiting for an idle machine
  brings back the same "never ran" problem on a PC that is always in use, so it is a choice you make rather
  than a default you have to discover.
• A plain sentence describing the schedule you are about to save, conditions included — "Every day at
  03:00, only while plugged in" — updated as you change the settings, so the consequence of a tick is
  visible before you commit to it.
• A warning when Windows has skipped runs. It shows the count Windows recorded and the likely reasons
  (the PC was off, asleep, or blocked by one of the conditions). This is the only signal Windows gives for
  a run that was skipped, and it stays hidden when there is nothing to report rather than announcing a
  reassuring zero.
• A one-hour cap on a maintenance run, so a wedged background run cannot sit in the scheduler forever.

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