2.0.0-alpha.1

🛠️ WinKit 2.0.0-alpha.1

Your Ultimate Windows Management and Optimization Toolkit

📋 Overview • 🌟 Features • 🆕 What's New • 💻 Installation • 🔍 Testing • 📊 Modules • 📢 Feedback

📋 Overview

WinKit is a comprehensive Windows utility tool designed to empower users in managing, optimizing, and customizing their Windows experience. This alpha release marks a significant milestone, introducing a suite of powerful features and laying the groundwork for a revolutionary overhaul of Windows system management.

🌟 Key Features

🔧 System Repair and Optimization	🔒 Privacy and Security Enhancements
🌐 Network Diagnostics and Configuration	🎨 Customizable Windows Tweaks
🤖 Automated Maintenance Tasks	🌓 User-friendly GUI with Dark Mode

🆕 What's New in 2.0.0-alpha.1

🎨 Completely redesigned user interface for enhanced usability
📊 Real-time system information dashboard with performance monitoring
🔄 Expanded app repair and uninstallation capabilities
📦 New installers for essential development tools and runtimes
🛡️ Advanced privacy and security control center
🌐 Improved network management and diagnostics suite

💻 Installation

Download WinKit-2.0.0-alpha.1.zip from this release.
Extract the contents to your preferred location.
Run the .ps1 file as an administrator.

📦 Required Modules Installation

To install the required modules, run the following PowerShell commands as an administrator:

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client -Force
Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -Force
Install-Module -Name Terminal-Icons -Force
Install-Module -Name oh-my-posh -Force

📊 Module Information

Module Type	Version	Name	Documentation/Installation
Script	0.0	chocolateyProfile	📘 Chocolatey
Binary	7.0.0.0	CimCmdlets	📘 CimCmdlets
Manifest	7.0.0.0	Microsoft.PowerShell.Management	📘 Management
Manifest	7.0.0.0	Microsoft.PowerShell.Security	📘 Security
Manifest	7.0.0.0	Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility	📘 Utility
Binary	1.9.2411	Microsoft.WinGet.Client	📘 WinGet
Manifest	1.0.4.0	Microsoft.WinGet.CommandNotFound	📘 WinGet Docs
Script	0.0	oh-my-posh-core	📘 Oh My Posh
Script	2.3.5	PSReadLine	📘 PSReadLine
Script	0.11.0	Terminal-Icons	📘 Terminal-Icons

🔍 Testing Focus Areas

We kindly request our testers to thoroughly examine the following areas:

1. 🖥️ GUI Functionality and Responsiveness

• Verify all panels load correctly and respond promptly
• Test seamless navigation between different sections

2. 🔄 App Repair and Uninstallation

• Evaluate the Store app listing functionality
• Test the app search feature's accuracy and speed
• Verify repair and uninstallation processes (local and global)

3. ⚙️ System Tweaks and Optimizations

• Test toggling of various Windows features
• Verify power management tweaks functionality
• Evaluate system cleanup processes

4. 🔒 Privacy and Security Settings

• Test enabling/disabling of privacy features
• Verify the effectiveness of security-related actions

5. 📦 Installer Functionality

• Test installation processes for various software packages
• Verify successful installations and proper functionality

6. 📊 Performance Monitoring

• Verify accuracy of displayed system information
• Test real-time updates of performance metrics

7. ❗ Error Handling and Logging

• Evaluate error message display and logging in various scenarios
• Verify comprehensive log entries in the Terminal Window

8. 🔄 Compatibility Testing

• Test across different Windows versions and editions
• Verify compatibility with diverse hardware configurations

9. 🎛️ Settings and Customization

• Test saving and applying various settings
• Verify settings persistence across application restarts

10. ⚡ Performance Impact

• Monitor system performance during tool usage
• Evaluate the impact of various optimization features

11. 🌐 Network-related Functions

• Test network diagnostics and configuration tools
• Verify functionality of network optimization features

12. 🌍 Localization and Language Support

• Test the application with various language settings

📝 Important Notes

• ⚠️ This alpha release may contain bugs. Use cautiously in production environments.
• 🚧 Some features are in development and may change in future releases.
• 🔜 Automatic installation of required modules is planned for the next update.
• 🔑 Administrator privileges may be required for some module installations.
• 📦 WinGet is typically pre-installed on recent Windows versions. Update via Microsoft Store or WinGet GitHub releases if needed.
• ⚠️ If you get and error when running the .ps1 file open it in notepad or your editor of choice and copy everything and paste directly into windows terminal.

📢 Feedback and Reporting

Your feedback is invaluable for WinKit's development. When reporting issues or suggesting improvements, please include:

• 📝 Detailed steps to reproduce any problems
• 💻 Your system configuration (OS version, hardware specs)
• ❗ Error messages or unexpected behaviors
• 🖼️ Screenshots (if applicable)

Submit your feedback through our GitHub Issues page.

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`Thank you for your interest in WinKit! Your testing and feedback drive our continuous improvement.

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Full Changelog: WinKit...2.0.0-alpha.1

WinKit GUI Release

Update Log

Enhancements:

• Progress Indicators: Added progress indicators for various operations to provide better user feedback.
• Graphical User Interface:
  • Introduced an easy-to-use GUI for selecting and executing the available functions.- Error Handling: Improved error handling for all functions to ensure smooth execution and informative error messages.
• Notifications: Added popup notifications to inform users about the completion of operations.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where certain registry tweaks were not applied correctly.
• Addressed a bug in the winget installation process to ensure successful installation.

This update significantly enhances the script's functionality,

Full Changelog: https://github.com/luckyjr5/WinKit/commits/WinKit