feat: About updater, Start with Windows, AppData install - #1
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About and a GitHub-releases updater live on the existing hamburger settings
popup (the version header), not a separate Window. The updater idea is
adapted from Markdown Midget (version parse/compare, UpdateOffer, win-x64
asset feed, Authenticode, portable apply) rather than a chrome copy.
Aperture assets are Aperture-v{tag}-win-x64.exe; prereleases stay in the
feed so current beta users can update. Apply is portable — there is no
installer yet — and a Start-with-Windows Run-key is retargeted at the new
exe when that checkbox was on.
Start with Windows is a Settings checkbox next to Include videos / Group by
date. Source of truth is HKCU\...\Run\Aperture (quoted ProcessPath); registry
failures never throw. Off by default.
Product choice: with no stable GitHub release yet, the newest-release line
shows the newest prerelease tag rather than "none published".
UNVERIFIED: live Authenticode on a downloaded GitHub asset; end-to-end
apply/restart; hamburger layout on a short display (WPF, not exercised in UI).
Copy Markdown Midget's installer/update stack onto the hamburger (not a separate Window / WiX / Squirrel): - Updates/* moved to Aperture.App/Updates (internal + InternalsVisibleTo). Installed apply uses the in-place rename dance; portable apply still drops the versioned exe next to the running one. Authenticode requires O="Funcular Labs, Inc." and the MS Identity Verification root. - RegistrationService copies to %LocalAppData%\Programs\Aperture, Start menu + optional Desktop .lnk, uninstall, --finish-move. No ProgID / .md association. - After install or update, HKCU Run\Aperture is rewritten to the AppData exe when Start with Windows is on, so logon does not keep a Downloads path. An installed launch also repairs a stale Run value. - Hamburger: (installed)/(portable), on-disk version mismatch, Install / Uninstall buttons next to the existing SETTINGS actions. UNVERIFIED: live Authenticode on a GitHub asset; end-to-end install/update restart; hamburger layout on a short display (WPF).
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Promote the About/updater/install work from Unreleased so PR #1 ships as 0.8.1-beta1.
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What
About + in-app updater, Start with Windows, and Midget's AppData installer/update stack on Aperture's existing hamburger Settings popup (hamburger SettingsToggle). Not a separate About window.
Commits: c8200de then ed7877e on feat/about-updater-start-with-windows.
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Copied vs adapted
About — Midget's About idea (version, installed/portable, newest stable/prerelease, Update buttons, status/progress), wired into the existing hamburger Popup. Not a copy of AboutDialog Window chrome.
Start with Windows — New (Midget has no autostart checkbox; its Settings Startup is blank-document vs no-document). SETTINGS checkbox. Run key retargeted after install/update. An installed launch also repairs a stale Run value.
Installer / updater — Copied Midget's stack, not WiX/MSIX/Squirrel/Velopack/Inno:
Adapted only: repo FuncularLabs/Aperture, User-Agent Aperture-Updater, asset suffix -win-x64.exe (not -win-x64-net10.exe), install dir Programs\Aperture\Aperture.exe, staged prefix .aperture-update-staged.
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