Added scheduled maintenance for update checks, automatic update installation, local backups, and cloud backups, with independent schedules, retries and timeouts.
Added support for marking individual packages for automatic updates instead of automatically updating every package.
Added Start Menu shortcut and folder management to the unified Manage shortcuts window, including removal, reset, relocation, post-install prompts, and command-line support.
Added an optional Installer host column that shows each download domain and provides the full installer URL in a tooltip.
Added configurable retention limits for timestamped local backups, with automatic removal of the oldest files.
Added the %NAME% placeholder and a per-package subfolder style setting for creating sanitized custom installation directories.
Added Update and Update as administrator actions to the Installed Packages page when a newer package version is available.
Added a responsive package toolbar that moves actions into an overflow menu when the window is too narrow to display them all.
Added warnings when an installed package version cannot be reliably verified, with explanatory tooltips in package lists and details.
Improvements
Improved package icon loading with bounded preloading and automatic retries after temporary failures.
Improved update error messages for unavailable installers, already-current packages, and WinGet hash mismatches, including more relevant recovery guidance.
Improved Linux compatibility by targeting a glibc 2.27 baseline so releases run on considerably older distributions.
Migrated supported NuGet-backed package managers to the NuGet V3 API for more efficient and reliable feed access.
Bug Fixes
Fixed WinGet package detection, search, and update checks on Windows installations using non-English display languages.
Fixed WinGet detection when its executable is not available through the system path by locating App Installer through Windows.
Fixed updates being under-reported during the first scan by refreshing the WinGet catalog snapshot when its source index changes.
Fixed version comparisons for packages that use underscores in build revisions, including Homebrew versions such as 18.4_1.
Fixed Scoop package listings hanging when commands produced excessive error output or stopped responding.
Fixed shortcut removal failures by elevating when required and applying deletions as a single operation.
Fixed package-manager dependency installations being accepted without verifying that the required tool was actually installed.
Fixed Cargo-installed dependencies being missed when they were available in standard Cargo directories but not on the system path.
Security
Hardened PowerShell-based package operations against command injection by validating package values, rejecting shell metacharacters, and passing arguments as data.
Hardened settings imports by rejecting unknown or unsafe names and preventing secure-settings paths from escaping their intended directory.
