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doc: clarify Boxstarter behavior on install tools #24000

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18 changes: 17 additions & 1 deletion tools/msvs/install_tools/install_tools.bat
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Expand Up @@ -47,7 +47,23 @@ echo script is at your own risk. Please read the Chocolatey's legal terms of use
echo and the Boxstarter project license as well as how the community repository
echo for Chocolatey.org is maintained.
echo.
echo You can close this window to stop now.
pause

cls
echo !!!!!WARNING!!!!!
echo -----------------
echo Use of Boxstarter may reboot your box automatically multiple times. When
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Nit-picking a bit, but "reboot your box" is rather colloquial. "reboot your computer" or something like that is probably preferable.

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Sounds good to me!

echo performing a reboot, Boxstarter will need to disable UAC to allow the
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Is it worth it to spell out what UAC refers to? Or are most Windows users going to know?

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As a developer using Windows, I guess you should know what it means. Looks much better now.

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I see this was fixed up by @joaocgreis

echo script to run immediately after the reboot. When the scripts have
echo completed, Boxstarter will re-enable UAC. If you prematurely stop the
echo process, UAC will need to be re-enabled manually.
echo.
echo Sometimes the scripts may install all necessary Windows Updates which
echo could cause a high number of reboots that appear to be a reboot loop when
echo in fact it is just a normal Windows Updates reboot cycle.
echo.
echo If this is not what you would like to occur, you can close this window
echo to stop now.
pause

"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Start-Process '%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString(''https://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1'')); get-boxstarter -Force; Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName ''%~dp0\install_tools.txt''; Read-Host ''Type ENTER to exit'' ' -Verb RunAs