[FEATURE REQUEST] Custom update scripts

[Chaython]

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Describe the new feature

Allow users to set a script, to update from, when an update is available.
This would be useful for modified apps like "block the spot" and "better discord".

*User installs app
*User adds custom update variables
*Winget finds update for app "app"
*User checks and selects "update selected packages"
*Custom update script is ran

Describe how this new feature could help users.

It will stop functionality break, and make updating moded apps more convenient.

[Chaython]

This kind-of already exists via "custom command line argument", but it's not as simple as copy pasting the powershell script from block the spot's readme....

If there's an easy way to tell it to skip udpating from repo and instead running the script via the existing interface lmk.

So far it seems more convenient to run the powershell script on start up. Than it is to run it via winget.

Perhaps this is similar to #1117

But I really just want to ignore, existing winget etc, and on 'update found' trigger powershell script

[marticliment]

So, you mean something like custom post-install scripts?

[Chaython]

Ya, I guess.
For example block the spot just uses:
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Invoke-Expression "& { $(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrpond/BlockTheSpot/master/install.ps1') } -UninstallSpotifyStoreEdition -UpdateSpotify"
I'd need to run this every time I update spotify. Or download the .dll and drop it in the spotify folder every time there's an update to spotify. Just a minor inconvenience.
Same with better discord, a discord update often needs a reinstall of better discord.

Also would be convenient if you could right click apps in the installed list to go to the app folder. I assume the current logging could already see the output folder[s]? It also seems wingetui checks against the registry, which registry has the installed folder.

[marticliment]

Also would be convenient if you could right click apps in the installed list to go to the app folder. I assume the current logging could already see the output folder[s]? It also seems wingetui checks against the registry, which registry has the installed folder

This is not true. There is no viable way of getting the install location from WingetUI.

Regarding the feature, it could be done, i don't see why not

[Chaython]

This is not true. There is no viable way of getting the install location from WingetUI.

Well for example the %LocalAppData%\Programs\WingetUI\choco-cli\logs writes SOME install locations "2023-07-29 00:09:27,786 8424 [INFO ] - Software installed to 'C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN'" Also obviously the windows registry has install locations.
Querying the choco log for software locations and caching the locations would be fairly simple

`$LogPath = "$env:LocalAppData\Programs\WingetUI\choco-cli\logs\chocolatey.log"
$SearchString = "Software installed to "
$OutputFile = "Software install location.log"

Get-ChildItem $LogPath -Filter .log | ForEach-Object {
$Content = Get-Content $_.FullName
$Matches = [regex]::Matches($Content, "$SearchString'([^'])'")
foreach ($Match in $Matches) {
$InstallLocation = $Match.Groups[1].Value
Add-Content $OutputFile $InstallLocation
}
}
`

[marticliment]

This is not true. There is no viable way of getting the install location from WingetUI.

Well for example the %LocalAppData%\Programs\WingetUI\choco-cli\logs writes SOME install locations "2023-07-29 00:09:27,786 8424 [INFO ] - Software installed to 'C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN'" Also obviously the windows registry has install locations. Querying the choco log for software locations and caching the locations would be fairly simple

`$LogPath = "$env:LocalAppData\Programs\WingetUI\choco-cli\logs\chocolatey.log" $SearchString = "Software installed to " $OutputFile = "Software install location.log"

Get-ChildItem $LogPath -Filter .log | ForEach-Object { $Content = Get-Content $.FullName $Matches = [regex]::Matches($Content, "$SearchString'([^']_)'") foreach ($Match in $Matches) { $InstallLocation = $Match.Groups[1].Value Add-Content $OutputFile $InstallLocation } } `

Ok, let's assume we get the paths of all the chocolatey packages. How do we get the winget ones? and the scoop ones? they don't use logs from where locations can be extracted...

[Chaython]

Ok, let's assume we get the paths of all the chocolatey packages. How do we get the winget ones? and the scoop ones? they don't use logs from where locations can be extracted...

Does scoop not put all packages in %userprofile%\scoop\apps ? So just parse the name of the scoop app from that dir?

[ppvnf]

this seems to be an open issue for Winget tho microsoft/winget-cli#2298

[Chaython]

this seems to be an open issue for Winget tho microsoft/winget-cli#2298

Seems relevant but exclusively pertaining to winget

[Chaython]

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object Name, InstallLocation
will also display install locations of a few apps