Remove Windows 8.1 downloads

* Microsoft removed them from their website.
Switch back to using 'Invoke-WebRequest' instead of 'curl'
2025-09-16 22:28:02 +02:00 · 2024-07-08 12:34:10 +01:00 · 2024-06-18 12:08:48 +01:00 · 2024-05-30 13:16:38 +01:00 · 2024-02-07 15:55:59 +00:00 · 2023-12-19 10:27:44 +00:00
8 changed files with 237 additions and 411 deletions
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 root = true

 [*]
-trim_trailing_whitespace = true
-insert_final_newline = true
 # Must use a BOM else Unicode strings will not display
 charset = utf-8-bom
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = tab
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 * text=auto
 *.ps1  eol=crlf
 *.sh   eol=lf
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore     export-ignore
+sign.sh        export-ignore
--- a/.whitesource
+++ b/.whitesource
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "checkRunSettings": {
-    "vulnerableCheckRunConclusionLevel": "failure"
-  },
-  "issueSettings": {
-    "minSeverityLevel": "LOW"
-  }
-}
--- a/Fido.ps1
+++ b/Fido.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
-# Fido v1.33 - Feature ISO Downloader, for retail Windows images and UEFI Shell
-# Copyright © 2019-2022 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
+# Fido v1.58 - Feature ISO Downloader, for retail Windows images and UEFI Shell
+# Copyright © 2019-2024 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
 # Command line support: Copyright © 2021 flx5
 # ConvertTo-ImageSource: Copyright © 2016 Chris Carter
 #
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 #region Parameters
 param(
 	# (Optional) The title to display on the application window.
-	[string]$AppTitle = "Fido - Retail Windows ISO Downloader",
+	[string]$AppTitle = "Fido - Feature ISO Downloader",
 	# (Optional) '|' separated UI localization strings.
 	[string]$LocData,
+	# (Optional) Forced locale
+	[string]$Locale = "en-US",
 	# (Optional) Path to a file that should be used for the UI icon.
 	[string]$Icon,
 	# (Optional) Name of a pipe the download URL should be sent to.
@@ -43,9 +45,9 @@ param(
 	# (Optional) Specify Windows architecture [Toggles commandline mode]
 	[string]$Arch,
 	# (Optional) Only display the download URL [Toggles commandline mode]
-	[switch]$GetUrl = $False,
+	[switch]$GetUrl = $false,
 	# (Optional) Increase verbosity
-	[switch]$Verbose = $False
+	[switch]$Verbose = $false
 )
 #endregion

@@ -53,41 +55,79 @@ try {
 	[Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
 } catch {}

-$Cmd = $False
+$Cmd = $false
 if ($Win -or $Rel -or $Ed -or $Lang -or $Arch -or $GetUrl) {
-	$Cmd = $True
+	$Cmd = $true
+}
+
+# Return a decimal Windows version that we can then check for platform support.
+# Note that because we don't want to have to support this script on anything
+# other than Windows, this call returns 0.0 for PowerShell running on Linux/Mac.
+function Get-Platform-Version()
+{
+	$version = 0.0
+	$platform = [string][System.Environment]::OSVersion.Platform
+	# This will filter out non Windows platforms
+	if ($platform.StartsWith("Win")) {
+		# Craft a decimal numeric version of Windows
+		$version = [System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version.Major * 1.0 + [System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version.Minor * 0.1
+	}
+	return $version
+}
+
+$winver = Get-Platform-Version
+
+# The default TLS for Windows 8.x doesn't work with Microsoft's servers so we must force it
+if ($winver -lt 10.0) {
+	[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls11 -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
 }

 #region Assembly Types
-$code = @"
-[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true, BestFitMapping = false, ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true)]
-	internal static extern int ExtractIconEx(string sFile, int iIndex, out IntPtr piLargeVersion, out IntPtr piSmallVersion, int amountIcons);
-[DllImport("user32.dll")]
-	public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr handle, int state);
+$Drawing_Assembly = "System.Drawing"
+# PowerShell 7 altered the name of the Drawing assembly...
+if ($host.version -ge "7.0") {
+	$Drawing_Assembly += ".Common"
+}

-	// Extract an icon from a DLL
-	public static Icon ExtractIcon(string file, int number, bool largeIcon)
-	{
-		IntPtr large, small;
-		ExtractIconEx(file, number, out large, out small, 1);
-		try {
-			return Icon.FromHandle(largeIcon ? large : small);
-		} catch {
-			return null;
+$Signature = @{
+	Namespace            = "WinAPI"
+	Name                 = "Utils"
+	Language             = "CSharp"
+	UsingNamespace       = "System.Runtime", "System.IO", "System.Text", "System.Drawing", "System.Globalization"
+	ReferencedAssemblies = $Drawing_Assembly
+	ErrorAction          = "Stop"
+	WarningAction        = "Ignore"
+	IgnoreWarnings       = $true
+	MemberDefinition     = @"
+		[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true, BestFitMapping = false, ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true)]
+		internal static extern int ExtractIconEx(string sFile, int iIndex, out IntPtr piLargeVersion, out IntPtr piSmallVersion, int amountIcons);
+
+		[DllImport("user32.dll")]
+		public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr handle, int state);
+		// Extract an icon from a DLL
+		public static Icon ExtractIcon(string file, int number, bool largeIcon) {
+			IntPtr large, small;
+			ExtractIconEx(file, number, out large, out small, 1);
+			try {
+				return Icon.FromHandle(largeIcon ? large : small);
+			} catch {
+				return null;
+			}
 		}
-	}
 "@
+}

 if (!$Cmd) {
 	Write-Host Please Wait...
-	if ($host.version -ge "7.0") {
-		Add-Type -WarningAction Ignore -IgnoreWarnings -MemberDefinition $code -Namespace Gui -UsingNamespace System.Runtime, System.IO, System.Text, System.Drawing, System.Globalization -ReferencedAssemblies System.Drawing.Common -Name Utils -ErrorAction Stop
-	} else {
-		Add-Type -MemberDefinition $code -Namespace Gui -UsingNamespace System.IO, System.Text, System.Drawing, System.Globalization -ReferencedAssemblies System.Drawing -Name Utils -ErrorAction Stop
+
+	if (!("WinAPI.Utils" -as [type]))
+	{
+		Add-Type @Signature
 	}
 	Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
+
 	# Hide the powershell window: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27992426/1069307
-	[Gui.Utils]::ShowWindow(([System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess() | Get-Process).MainWindowHandle, 0) | Out-Null
+	[WinAPI.Utils]::ShowWindow(([System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess() | Get-Process).MainWindowHandle, 0) | Out-Null
 }
 #endregion

@@ -98,186 +138,41 @@ $WindowsVersions = @(
 	@(
 		@("Windows 11", "windows11"),
 		@(
-			"22H2 (Build 22621.382 - 2022.09)",
-			@("Windows 11 Home/Pro/Edu", 2360),
-			@("Windows 11 Home China ", ($zh + 2361))
-		),
-		@(
-			"21H2 v1 (Build 22000.318 - 2021.11)",
-			@("Windows 11 Home/Pro/Edu", 2093),
-			@("Windows 11 Home China ", ($zh + 2094))
-		),
-		@(
-			"21H2 (Build 22000.194 - 2021.10)",
-			@("Windows 11 Home/Pro/Edu", 2069),
-			@("Windows 11 Home China ", ($zh + 2070))
+			"23H2 v2 (Build 22631.2861 - 2023.12)",
+			@("Windows 11 Home/Pro/Edu", 2935),
+			@("Windows 11 Home China ", ($zh + 2936))
 		)
 	),
 	@(
 		@("Windows 10", "Windows10ISO"),
 		@(
-			"21H2 (Build 19044.1288 - 2021.11)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro/Edu", 2084),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 2085))
-		),
-		@(
-			"21H1 (Build 19043.985 - 2021.05)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 2033),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 2032),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 2034))
-		),
-		@(
-			"20H2 (Build 19042.631 - 2020.12)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1882),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1884),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1883))
-		),
-		@(
-			"20H2 (Build 19042.508 - 2020.10)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1807),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1805),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1806))
-		),
-		@(
-			"20H1 (Build 19041.264 - 2020.05)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1626),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1625),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1627))
-		),
-		@(
-			"19H2 (Build 18363.418 - 2019.11)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1429),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1431),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1430))
-		),
-		@(
-			"19H1 (Build 18362.356 - 2019.09)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1384),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1386),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1385))
-		),
-		@(
-			"19H1 (Build 18362.30 - 2019.05)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1214),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1216),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1215))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1809 R3 (Build 17763.379 - 2019.03)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1203),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1202),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1204))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1809 R2 (Build 17763.107 - 2018.10)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1060),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1056),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1061))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1809 R1 (Build 17763.1 - 2018.09)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 1019),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 1021),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 1020))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1803 (Build 17134.1 - 2018.04)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 651),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 655),
-			@("Windows 10 1803", 637),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China", ($zh + 652))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1709 (Build 16299.15 - 2017.09)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 484),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 488),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China", ($zh + 485))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1703 [Redstone 2] (Build 15063.0 - 2017.03)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 361),
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro N", 362),
-			@("Windows 10 Single Language", 363),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 423),
-			@("Windows 10 Education N", 424),
-			@("Windows 10 Home China", ($zh + 364))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1607 [Redstone 1] (Build 14393.0 - 2016.07)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 244),
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro N", 245),
-			@("Windows 10 Single Language", 246),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 242),
-			@("Windows 10 Education N", 243),
-			@("Windows 10 China Get Genuine", ($zh + 247))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1511 R3 [Threshold 2] (Build 10586.164 - 2016.04)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 178),
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro N", 183),
-			@("Windows 10 Single Language", 184),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 179),
-			@("Windows 10 Education N", 181),
-			@("Windows 10 KN", ($ko + 182)),
-			@("Windows 10 Education KN", ($ko + 180)),
-			@("Windows 10 China Get Genuine", ($zh + 185))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1511 R2 [Threshold 2] (Build 10586.104 - 2016.02)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 109),
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro N", 115),
-			@("Windows 10 Single Language", 116),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 110),
-			@("Windows 10 Education N", 112),
-			@("Windows 10 KN", ($ko + 114)),
-			@("Windows 10 Education KN", ($ko + 111)),
-			@("Windows 10 China Get Genuine", ($zh + 113))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1511 R1 [Threshold 2] (Build 10586.0 - 2015.11)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 99),
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro N", 105),
-			@("Windows 10 Single Language", 106),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 100),
-			@("Windows 10 Education N", 102),
-			@("Windows 10 KN", ($ko + 104)),
-			@("Windows 10 Education KN", ($ko + 101)),
-			@("Windows 10 China Get Genuine", ($zh + 103))
-		),
-		@(
-			"1507 [Threshold 1] (Build 10240.16384 - 2015.07)",
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro", 79),
-			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro N", 81),
-			@("Windows 10 Single Language", 82),
-			@("Windows 10 Education", 75)
-			@("Windows 10 Education N", 77),
-			@("Windows 10 KN", ($ko + 80)),
-			@("Windows 10 Education KN", ($ko + 76)),
-			@("Windows 10 China Get Genuine", ($zh + 78))
+			"22H2 v1 (Build 19045.2965 - 2023.05)",
+			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro/Edu", 2618),
+			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 2378))
 		)
-	),
-	@(
-		@("Windows 8.1", "windows8ISO"),
-		@(
-			"Update 3 (build 9600)",
-			@("Windows 8.1 Standard", 52),
-			@("Windows 8.1 N", 55)
-			@("Windows 8.1 Single Language", 48),
-			@("Windows 8.1 K", ($ko + 61)),
-			@("Windows 8.1 KN", ($ko + 62))
-		)
-	),
-	@(
-		@("Windows 7", "WIN7"),
-		@(
-			"with SP1 (build 7601)",
-			@("Windows 7 Ultimate", 0),
-			@("Windows 7 Professional", 1),
-			@("Windows 7 Home Premium", 2)
-		)
-	),
+	)
 	@(
 		@("UEFI Shell 2.2", "UEFI_SHELL 2.2"),
+		@(
+			"24H1 (edk2-stable202405)",
+			@("Release", 0),
+			@("Debug", 1)
+		),
+		@(
+			"23H2 (edk2-stable202311)",
+			@("Release", 0),
+			@("Debug", 1)
+		),
+		@(
+			"23H1 (edk2-stable202305)",
+			@("Release", 0),
+			@("Debug", 1)
+		),
+		@(
+			"22H2 (edk2-stable202211)",
+			@("Release", 0),
+			@("Debug", 1)
+		),
 		@(
 			"22H1 (edk2-stable202205)",
 			@("Release", 0),
@@ -300,49 +195,13 @@ $WindowsVersions = @(
 		)
 	),
 	@(
-		@("UEFI Shell 2.0", "UEFI_SHELL 2.0"),	
+		@("UEFI Shell 2.0", "UEFI_SHELL 2.0"),
 		@(
 			"4.632 [20100426]",
 			@("Release", 0)
 		)
 	)
 )
-
-$Windows7Versions = @(
-	# 0: Windows 7 Ultimate
-	@(
-		# Need a dummy to prevent PS from coalescing single array entries
-		@(""),
-		@("English (US)", "en-us",
-			@(
-				@("x64", "https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/1/9/5195A765-3A41-4A72-87D8-200D897CBE21/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_ULTIMATE_x64FRE_en-us.iso"),
-				@("x86", "https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/E/6/1E6B4803-DD2A-49DF-8468-69C0E6E36218/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_ULTIMATE_x86FRE_en-us.iso")
-			)
-		)
-	),
-	# 1: Windows 7 Profesional
-	@(
-		@(""),
-		@("English (US)", "en-us",
-			@(
-				@("x64", "https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/6/3/06365375-C346-4D65-87C7-EE41F55F736B/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_PROFESSIONAL_x64FRE_en-us.iso"),
-				@("x86", "https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/0/6/C067D0CD-3785-4727-898E-60DC3120BB14/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_PROFESSIONAL_x86FRE_en-us.iso")
-			)
-		)
-	),
-	# 2: Windows 7 Home Premium
-	@(
-		@(""),
-		@("English (US)", "en-us",
-			@(
-				@("x64", "https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/A/8/EA804D86-C3DF-4719-9966-6A66C9306598/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_HOMEPREMIUM_x64FRE_en-us.iso"),
-				@("x86", "https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/D/A/EDA6B508-7663-4E30-86F9-949932F443D0/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_HOMEPREMIUM_x86FRE_en-us.iso")
-			)
-		)
-	)
-
-
-)
 #endregion

 #region Functions
@@ -392,9 +251,9 @@ function Select-Language([string]$LangName)
 		($SysLocale.StartsWith("tr") -and $LangName -like "*Turk*") -or `
 		($SysLocale.StartsWith("uk") -and $LangName -like "*Ukrain*") -or `
 		($SysLocale.StartsWith("vi") -and $LangName -like "*Vietnam*")) {
-		return $True
+		return $true
 	}
-	return $False
+	return $false
 }

 function Add-Entry([int]$pos, [string]$Name, [array]$Items, [string]$DisplayName)
@@ -486,8 +345,8 @@ function ConvertTo-ImageSource

 function Throw-Error([object]$Req, [string]$Alt)
 {
-	$Err = $(GetElementById -Request $r -Id "errorModalMessage").innerText
-	if (-not $Err) {
+	$Err = $(GetElementById -Request $Req -Id "errorModalMessage").innerText -replace "<[^>]+>" -replace "\s+", " "
+	if (!$Err) {
 		$Err = $Alt
 	} else {
 		$Err = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([byte[]][char[]]$Err)
@@ -498,7 +357,7 @@ function Throw-Error([object]$Req, [string]$Alt)
 # Translate a message string
 function Get-Translation([string]$Text)
 {
-	if (-not $English -contains $Text) {
+	if (!($English -contains $Text)) {
 		Write-Host "Error: '$Text' is not a translatable string"
 		return "(Untranslated)"
 	}
@@ -536,7 +395,7 @@ function Error([string]$ErrorMessage)
 	if (!$Cmd) {
 		$XMLForm.Title = $(Get-Translation("Error")) + ": " + $ErrorMessage
 		Refresh-Control($XMLForm)
-		$XMLGrid.Children[2 * $script:Stage + 1].IsEnabled = $True
+		$XMLGrid.Children[2 * $script:Stage + 1].IsEnabled = $true
 		$UserInput = [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($XMLForm.Title,  $(Get-Translation("Error")), "OK", "Error")
 		$script:ExitCode = $script:Stage--
 	} else {
@@ -572,6 +431,7 @@ function Get-RandomDate()

 #region Globals
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$DefaultTimeout = 30
 $dh = 58
 $Stage = 0
 $SelectedIndex = 0
@@ -582,14 +442,14 @@ if ($Cmd) {
 $MaxStage = 4
 $SessionId = [guid]::NewGuid()
 $ExitCode = 100
-$Locale = "en-US"
+$Locale = $Locale
 $RequestData = @{}
 # This GUID applies to all visitors, regardless of their locale
 $RequestData["GetLangs"] = @("a8f8f489-4c7f-463a-9ca6-5cff94d8d041", "getskuinformationbyproductedition" )
 # This GUID applies to visitors of the en-US download page. Other locales may get a different GUID.
 $RequestData["GetLinks"] = @("6e2a1789-ef16-4f27-a296-74ef7ef5d96b", "GetProductDownloadLinksBySku" )
 # Create a semi-random Linux User-Agent string
-$FirefoxVersion = Get-Random -Minimum 50 -Maximum 90
+$FirefoxVersion = Get-Random -Minimum 90 -Maximum 110
 $FirefoxDate = Get-RandomDate
 $UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i586; rv:$FirefoxVersion.0) Gecko/$FirefoxDate Firefox/$FirefoxVersion.0"
 $Verbosity = 2
@@ -604,30 +464,25 @@ if ($Cmd) {

 # Localization
 $EnglishMessages = "en-US|Version|Release|Edition|Language|Architecture|Download|Continue|Back|Close|Cancel|Error|Please wait...|" +
-	"Download using a browser|Temporarily banned by Microsoft for requesting too many downloads - Please try again later...|" +
-	"PowerShell 3.0 or later is required to run this script.|Do you want to go online and download it?"
+	"Download using a browser|Download of Windows ISOs is unavailable due to Microsoft having altered their website to prevent it.|" +
+	"PowerShell 3.0 or later is required to run this script.|Do you want to go online and download it?|" +
+	"This feature is not available on this platform."
 [string[]]$English = $EnglishMessages.Split('|')
 [string[]]$Localized = $null
-if ($LocData -and (-not $LocData.StartsWith("en-US"))) {
+if ($LocData -and !$LocData.StartsWith("en-US")) {
 	$Localized = $LocData.Split('|')
-	if ($Localized.Length -ne $English.Length) {
-		Write-Host "Error: Missing or extra translated messages provided ($($Localized.Length)/$($English.Length))"
-		exit 101
+	# Adjust the $Localized array if we have more or fewer strings than in $EnglishMessages
+	if ($Localized.Length -lt $English.Length) {
+		while ($Localized.Length -ne $English.Length) {
+			$Localized += $English[$Localized.Length]
+		}
+	} elseif ($Localized.Length -gt $English.Length) {
+		$Localized = $LocData.Split('|')[0..($English.Length - 1)]
 	}
 	$Locale = $Localized[0]
 }
 $QueryLocale = $Locale

-# Make sure PowerShell 3.0 or later is used (for Invoke-WebRequest)
-if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 3) {
-	Write-Host Error: PowerShell 3.0 or later is required to run this script.
-	$Msg = "$(Get-Translation($English[15]))`n$(Get-Translation($English[16]))"
-	if ([System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($Msg, $(Get-Translation("Error")), "YesNo", "Error") -eq "Yes") {
-		Start-Process -FilePath https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=34595
-	}
-	exit 102
-}
-
 # Convert a size in bytes to a human readable string
 function Size-To-Human-Readable([uint64]$size)
 {
@@ -641,14 +496,25 @@ function Size-To-Human-Readable([uint64]$size)
 }

 # Check if the locale we want is available - Fall back to en-US otherwise
-function Check-Locale {
+function Check-Locale
+{
 	try {
 		$url = "https://www.microsoft.com/" + $QueryLocale + "/software-download/"
 		if ($Verbosity -ge 2) {
 			Write-Host Querying $url
 		}
-		Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -MaximumRedirection 0 -UserAgent $UserAgent $url | Out-Null
+		# Looks Microsoft are filtering our script according to the first query it performs with the spoofed user agent.
+		# So, to continue this pointless cat and mouse game, we simply add an extra first query with the default user agent.
+		# Also: "Hi Microsoft. You sure have A LOT OF RESOURCES TO WASTE to have assigned folks of yours to cripple scripts
+		# that merely exist because you have chosen to make the user experience from your download website utterly subpar.
+		# And while I am glad senpai noticed me (UwU), I feel compelled to ask: Don't you guys have better things to do?"
+		Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec $DefaultTimeout -MaximumRedirection 0 $url | Out-Null
+		Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec $DefaultTimeout -MaximumRedirection 0 -UserAgent $UserAgent $url | Out-Null
 	} catch {
+		# Of course PowerShell 7 had to BREAK $_.Exception.Status on timeouts...
+		if ($_.Exception.Status -eq "Timeout" -or $_.Exception.GetType().Name -eq "TaskCanceledException") {
+			Write-Host Operation Timed out
+		}
 		$script:QueryLocale = "en-US"
 	}
 }
@@ -697,6 +563,17 @@ function Get-Windows-Languages([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedEdition)
 	} elseif ($WindowsVersions[$SelectedVersion][0][1].StartsWith("UEFI_SHELL")) {
 		$languages += @(New-Object PsObject -Property @{ DisplayLanguage = "English (US)"; Language = "en-us"; Id = 0 })
 	} else {
+		# Microsoft download protection now requires the sessionId to be whitelisted through vlscppe.microsoft.com/tags
+		$url = "https://vlscppe.microsoft.com/tags?org_id=y6jn8c31&session_id=" + $SessionId
+		if ($Verbosity -ge 2) {
+			Write-Host Querying $url
+		}
+		try {
+			Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec $DefaultTimeout -MaximumRedirection 0 -UserAgent $UserAgent $url | Out-Null
+		} catch {
+			Error($_.Exception.Message)
+			return @()
+		}
 		$url = "https://www.microsoft.com/" + $QueryLocale + "/api/controls/contentinclude/html"
 		$url += "?pageId=" + $RequestData["GetLangs"][0]
 		$url += "&host=www.microsoft.com"
@@ -711,11 +588,12 @@ function Get-Windows-Languages([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedEdition)

 		$script:SelectedIndex = 0
 		try {
-			$r = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -UserAgent $UserAgent -SessionVariable "Session" $url
+			$r = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec $DefaultTimeout -UserAgent $UserAgent -SessionVariable "Session" $url
 			if ($r -match "errorModalMessage") {
 				Throw-Error -Req $r -Alt "Could not retrieve languages from server"
 			}
-			$pattern = '(?s)<select id="product-languages">(.*)?</select>'
+			$r = $r -replace "`n" -replace "`r"
+			$pattern = '.*<select id="product-languages"[^>]*>(.*)</select>.*'
 			$html = [regex]::Match($r, $pattern).Groups[1].Value
 			# Go through an XML conversion to keep all PowerShells happy...
 			$html = $html.Replace("selected value", "value")
@@ -766,7 +644,7 @@ function Get-Windows-Download-Links([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedRelease
 			$xml = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
 			if ($Verbosity -ge 2) {
 				Write-Host Querying $url
-			}			
+			}
 			$xml.Load($url)
 			$sep = ""
 			$archs = ""
@@ -798,20 +676,18 @@ function Get-Windows-Download-Links([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedRelease

 		try {
 			$Is64 = [Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem
-			# Must add a referer for POST requests, else Microsoft's servers will deny them
+			# Must add a referer for this request, else Microsoft's servers will deny it
 			$ref = "https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11"
-			$wr = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
-			# Windows 7 PowerShell doesn't support 'Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{"Referer" = $ref}'
-			# (produces "The 'Referer' header must be modified using the appropriate property or method")
-			# so we use StreamReader() with GetResponseStream() and do this whole gymkhana instead...
-			$wr.Method = "POST"
-			$wr.Referer = $ref
-			$wr.UserAgent = $UserAgent
-			$wr.ContentLength = 0
-			$sr = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($wr.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
-			$r = $sr.ReadToEnd()
+			$r = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Headers @{ "Referer" = $ref } -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec $DefaultTimeout -UserAgent $UserAgent -WebSession $Session $url
 			if ($r -match "errorModalMessage") {
-				Throw-Error -Req $r -Alt "Could not retrieve architectures from server"
+				$Alt = [regex]::Match($r.Content, '<p id="errorModalMessage">(.+?)<\/p>').Groups[1].Value -replace "<[^>]+>" -replace "\s+", " " -replace "\?\?\?", "-"
+				$Alt = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([byte[]][char[]]$Alt)
+				if (!$Alt) {
+					$Alt = "Could not retrieve architectures from server"
+				} elseif ($Alt -match "715-123130") {
+					$Alt += " " + $SessionId + "."
+				}
+				Throw-Error -Req $r -Alt $Alt
 			}
 			$pattern = '(?s)(<input.*?></input>)'
 			ForEach-Object { [regex]::Matches($r, $pattern) } | ForEach-Object { $html += $_.Groups[1].value }
@@ -826,7 +702,7 @@ function Get-Windows-Download-Links([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedRelease
 			foreach ($var in $xml.inputs.input) {
 				$json = $var.value | ConvertFrom-Json;
 				if ($json) {
-					if (($Is64 -and $json.DownloadType -eq "x64") -or (-not $Is64 -and $json.DownloadType -eq "x86")) {
+					if (($Is64 -and $json.DownloadType -eq "x64") -or (!$Is64 -and $json.DownloadType -eq "x86")) {
 						$script:SelectedIndex = $i
 					}
 					$links += @(New-Object PsObject -Property @{ Type = $json.DownloadType; Link = $json.Uri })
@@ -848,18 +724,18 @@ function Get-Windows-Download-Links([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedRelease
 function Process-Download-Link([string]$Url)
 {
 	try {
-		if ($PipeName -and -not $Check.IsChecked) {
+		if ($PipeName -and !$Check.IsChecked) {
 			Send-Message -PipeName $PipeName -Message $Url
 		} else {
 			if ($Cmd) {
 				$pattern = '.*\/(.*\.iso).*'
 				$File = [regex]::Match($Url, $pattern).Groups[1].Value
 				# PowerShell implicit conversions are iffy, so we need to force them...
-				$str_size = (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Url -Method Head).Headers.'Content-Length'
+				$str_size = (Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec $DefaultTimeout -Uri $Url -Method Head).Headers.'Content-Length'
 				$tmp_size = [uint64]::Parse($str_size)
 				$Size = Size-To-Human-Readable $tmp_size
 				Write-Host "Downloading '$File' ($Size)..."
-				Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Url -OutFile $File
+				Start-BitsTransfer -Source $Url -Destination $File
 			} else {
 				Write-Host Download Link: $Url
 				Start-Process -FilePath $Url
@@ -880,6 +756,12 @@ if ($Cmd) {
 	$winLanguageName = $null
 	$winLink = $null

+	# Windows 7 and non Windows platforms are too much of a liability
+	if ($winver -le 6.1) {
+		Error(Get-Translation("This feature is not available on this platform."))
+		exit 403
+	}
+
 	$i = 0
 	$Selected = ""
 	if ($Win -eq "List") {
@@ -940,7 +822,7 @@ if ($Cmd) {
 			if (!$Ed -and $Verbosity -ge 1) {
 				Write-Host "No edition specified (-Ed). Defaulting to '$($edition.Edition)'."
 			}
-			$Selected += "," + $edition.Edition -replace "Windows [0-9\.]*", ""
+			$Selected += "," + $edition.Edition -replace "Windows [0-9\.]*"
 			$winEditionId = $edition.Id
 			break;
 		}
@@ -960,6 +842,10 @@ if ($Cmd) {
 	}
 	if ($Lang -eq "List") {
 		Write-Host "Please select a Language (-Lang) for ${Selected}:"
+	} elseif ($Lang) {
+		# Escape parentheses so that they aren't interpreted as regex
+		$Lang = $Lang.replace('(', '\(')
+		$Lang = $Lang.replace(')', '\)')
 	}
 	$i = 0
 	foreach ($language in $languages) {
@@ -976,7 +862,7 @@ if ($Cmd) {
 		}
 		$i++
 	}
-	if ($winLanguageId -eq $null -or $winLanguageName -eq $null) {
+	if (!$winLanguageId -or !$winLanguageName) {
 		if ($Lang -ne "List") {
 			Write-Host "Invalid Windows language provided."
 			Write-Host "Use '-Lang List' for a list of available languages or remove the option to use system default."
@@ -1034,7 +920,7 @@ $XMLForm.Title = $AppTitle
 if ($Icon) {
 	$XMLForm.Icon = $Icon
 } else {
-	$XMLForm.Icon = [Gui.Utils]::ExtractIcon("shell32.dll", -41, $true) | ConvertTo-ImageSource
+	$XMLForm.Icon = [WinAPI.Utils]::ExtractIcon("imageres.dll", -5205, $true) | ConvertTo-ImageSource
 }
 if ($Locale.StartsWith("ar") -or $Locale.StartsWith("fa") -or $Locale.StartsWith("he")) {
 	$XMLForm.FlowDirection = "RightToLeft"
@@ -1043,6 +929,12 @@ $WindowsVersionTitle.Text = Get-Translation("Version")
 $Continue.Content = Get-Translation("Continue")
 $Back.Content = Get-Translation("Close")

+# Windows 7 and non Windows platforms are too much of a liability
+if ($winver -le 6.1) {
+	Error(Get-Translation("This feature is not available on this platform."))
+	exit 403
+}
+
 # Populate the Windows versions
 $i = 0
 $versions = @()
@@ -1056,9 +948,9 @@ $WindowsVersion.DisplayMemberPath = "Version"
 # Button Action
 $Continue.add_click({
 	$script:Stage++
-	$XMLGrid.Children[2 * $Stage + 1].IsEnabled = $False
-	$Continue.IsEnabled = $False
-	$Back.IsEnabled = $False
+	$XMLGrid.Children[2 * $Stage + 1].IsEnabled = $false
+	$Continue.IsEnabled = $false
+	$Back.IsEnabled = $false
 	Refresh-Control($Continue)
 	Refresh-Control($Back)

@@ -1067,7 +959,7 @@ $Continue.add_click({
 		1 { # Windows Version selection
 			$XMLForm.Title = Get-Translation($English[12])
 			Refresh-Control($XMLForm)
-			if ($WindowsVersion.SelectedValue.Version.StartsWith("Windows") -and $WindowsVersion.SelectedValue.Version -ne "Windows 7") {
+			if ($WindowsVersion.SelectedValue.Version.StartsWith("Windows")) {
 				Check-Locale
 			}
 			$releases = Get-Windows-Releases $WindowsVersion.SelectedValue.Index
@@ -1126,9 +1018,9 @@ $Continue.add_click({
 			$XMLForm.Close()
 		}
 	}
-	$Continue.IsEnabled = $True
+	$Continue.IsEnabled = $true
 	if ($Stage -ge 0) {
-		$Back.IsEnabled = $True
+		$Back.IsEnabled = $true
 	}
 })

@@ -1138,7 +1030,7 @@ $Back.add_click({
 	} else {
 		$XMLGrid.Children.RemoveAt(2 * $Stage + 3)
 		$XMLGrid.Children.RemoveAt(2 * $Stage + 2)
-		$XMLGrid.Children[2 * $Stage + 1].IsEnabled = $True
+		$XMLGrid.Children[2 * $Stage + 1].IsEnabled = $true
 		$dh2 = $dh
 		if ($Stage -eq 4 -and $PipeName) {
 			$Check.Visibility = "Collapsed"
@@ -1163,7 +1055,7 @@ $Back.add_click({
 })

 # Display the dialog
-$XMLForm.Add_Loaded( { $XMLForm.Activate() } )
+$XMLForm.Add_Loaded({$XMLForm.Activate()})
 $XMLForm.ShowDialog() | Out-Null

 # Clean up & exit
@@ -1172,8 +1064,8 @@ exit $ExitCode
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--- a/Fido.pssproj
+++ b/Fido.pssproj
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
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-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <RootNamespace>Fido</RootNamespace>
-    <AssemblyName>Fido</AssemblyName>
-    <Name>Frida</Name>
-  </PropertyGroup>
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-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
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-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup />
-  <ItemGroup>
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-  </ItemGroup>
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-</Project>
--- a/Fido.sln
+++ b/Fido.sln
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
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-EndProject
-Global
-	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
-		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
-		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
-		{6CAFC0C6-A428-4D30-A9F9-700E829FEA51}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{6CAFC0C6-A428-4D30-A9F9-700E829FEA51}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
-		{6CAFC0C6-A428-4D30-A9F9-700E829FEA51}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
-		{6CAFC0C6-A428-4D30-A9F9-700E829FEA51}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
-		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
-	EndGlobalSection
-	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
-		SolutionGuid = {AD54CEAE-0992-4213-BEDB-8F1CF98A9F22}
-	EndGlobalSection
-EndGlobal
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Fido: A PowerShell download script for Windows ISOs and UEFI Shell
-==================================================================
+Fido: A PowerShell download script for Microsoft Windows and UEFI Shell ISOs
+============================================================================

 [![Licence](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)
 [![Github stats](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/pbatard/Fido/total.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/pbatard/Fido/releases)
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ Description

 Fido is a PowerShell script that is primarily designed to be used in [Rufus](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus), but that
 can also be used in standalone fashion, and whose purpose is to automate access to the official Microsoft Windows retail
-ISO download links as well as provide convenient access to bootable UEFI Shell images.
+ISO download links as well as provide convenient access to [bootable UEFI Shell images](https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell).

 This script exists because, while Microsoft does make retail ISO download links freely and publicly available (at least
-for Windows 8 and Windows 10), it only does so after actively forcing users to jump through a lot of unwarranted hoops,
-that create an exceedingly counterproductive, if not downright unfriendly, consumer experience and that greatly detract
-from what people really want (direct access to ISO downloads).
+for Windows 8 through Windows 11), up until recent releases, most of these links were only available after forcing users
+to jump through a lot of unwarranted hoops that created an exceedingly counterproductive, if not downright unfriendly,
+consumer experience, that greatly detracted from what people really want (direct access to ISO downloads).

 As to the reason one might want to download Windows __retail__ ISOs, as opposed to the ISOs that are generated by
 Microsoft's own Media Creation Tool (MCT), this is because using official retail ISOs is currently the only way to
@@ -42,26 +42,21 @@ License
 How it works
 ------------

-The script basically performs the same operation as one might perform when visiting either of the following URLs (that
-is, provided that you have also changed your `User-Agent` browser string, since, when they detect that you are using a
-version of Windows that is the same as the one you are trying to download, the Microsoft web servers at these addresses
-redirect you __away__ from the pages that allow you to download retail ISOs):
+The script basically performs the same operation as one might perform when visiting the following URL (that is, in the
+case of Windows 10, provided that you have also changed your `User-Agent` browser string, since, the Microsoft web
+servers detect that you are using a version of Windows that is the same as the one you are trying to download, they
+may redirect you __away__ from the page that allows you to obtain a direct ISO download link):

 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download

-After checking access to these URLs, to confirm that they are accessible, the script first queries the web API from the
+After checking basic access to the Microsoft software downloads website the script first queries the web API from the
 Microsoft servers, to request the language selection available for the version of Windows selected, and then requests
-the actual download links for all the architectures available for that language + version.
+the actual download links, for all the architectures available for that language + version.

 Requirements
 ------------

-PowerShell 3.0 or later is required. However the script should detect if you are using an older version and point you to
-the relevant PowerShell 3.0 download page if needed (which should only ever occur if you are running a vanilla version
-of Windows 7).
-
-Note that the current version of the script does not need Internet Explorer to be installed and should also work with
-PowerShell 7.
+Windows 8 or later with PowerShell. Windows 7 is __not__ supported.

 Commandline mode
 ----------------
@@ -69,19 +64,22 @@ Commandline mode
 Fido supports commandline mode whereas, whenever one of the following options is provided, a GUI is not instantiated
 and you can instead generate the ISO download from within a PowerShell console or script.

+Note however that, as of 2023.05, Microsoft has removed access to older releases of Windows ISOs and as a result, the
+list of releases that can be downloaded from Fido has had to be reduced to only the latest for each version.
+
 The options are:
 - `Win`: Specify Windows version (e.g. _"Windows 10"_). Abbreviated version should work as well (e.g `-Win 10`) as long
-   as it is unique enough. If this option isn't specified, the most recent version of Windows is automatically selected.  
+   as it is unique enough. If this option isn't specified, the most recent version of Windows is automatically selected.
   You can obtain a list of supported versions by specifying `-Win List`.
 - `Rel`: Specify Windows release (e.g. _"21H1"_). If this option isn't specified, the most recent release for the chosen
   version of Windows is automatically selected. You can also use `-Rel Latest` to force the most recent to be used.
   You can obtain a list of supported versions by specifying `-Rel List`.
 - `Ed`: Specify Windows edition (e.g. _"Pro/Home"_). Abbreviated editions should work as well (e.g `-Ed Pro`) as long
-   as it is unique enough. If this option isn't specified, the most recent version of Windows is automatically selected.  
+   as it is unique enough. If this option isn't specified, the most recent version of Windows is automatically selected.
   You can obtain a list of supported versions by specifying `-Ed List`.
 - `Lang`: Specify Windows language (e.g. _"Arabic"_). Abbreviated or part of a language (e.g. `-Lang Int` for
   `English International`) should work as long as it's unique enough. If this option isn't specified, the script attempts
-   to select the same language as the system locale.  
+   to select the same language as the system locale.
   You can obtain a list of supported languages by specifying `-Lang List`.
 - `Arch`: Specify Windows architecture (e.g. _"x64"_). If this option isn't specified, the script attempts to use the same
   architecture as the one from the current system.
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ Additional Notes

 Because of its intended usage with Rufus, this script is not designed to cover every possible retail ISO downloads.
 Instead we mostly chose the ones that the general public is likely to request. For instance, we currently have no plan
-to add support for LTSB/LTSC Windows 10 ISOs downloads.
+to add support for LTSB/LTSC Windows ISOs downloads.

 If you are interested in such downloads, then you are kindly invited to visit the relevant download pages from Microsoft
 such as [this one](https://www.microsoft.com/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-10-enterprise) for LTSC versions.
--- a/sign.sh
+++ b/sign.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sign_file() {
 }

 # Update the Authenticode signature
-cmd.exe /c '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x64\signtool" sign /v /sha1 3dbc3a2a0e9ce8803b422cfdbc60acd33164965d /fd SHA256 /tr http://sha256timestamp.ws.symantec.com/sha256/timestamp /td SHA256 Fido.ps1'
+MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL='*' "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x64\signtool" sign /v /sha1 3dbc3a2a0e9ce8803b422cfdbc60acd33164965d /fd SHA256 /tr http://sha256timestamp.ws.symantec.com/sha256/timestamp /td SHA256 Fido.ps1
 read -s -p "Enter pass phrase for `realpath $PRIVATE_KEY`: " PASSWORD
 echo
 # Confirm that the pass phrase is valid by trying to sign a dummy file
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Pete Batard	29d8150b04	Remove Windows 8.1 downloads * Microsoft removed them from their website.	2024-07-08 12:34:10 +01:00
Pete Batard	f55fd2932c	Switch back to using 'Invoke-WebRequest' instead of 'curl' * Closes #91.	2024-06-18 12:08:48 +01:00
Pete Batard	06a14ba11c	Add UEFI Shell 24H1 ISO downloads	2024-05-30 13:16:38 +01:00
Pete Batard	4e6f25f351	Work around the latest Microsoft server restrictions * It looks like Microsoft are actively filtering our script by detecting our first request with the spoofed user-agent, so work around that. * Also switch to using 'curl' instead of 'Invoke-WebRequest'. May break PowerShell 7.0, but I'm only concerned about Rufus usage for now. * Also add timeouts on web requests. * Closes #88.	2024-02-07 15:55:59 +00:00
Pete Batard	d43d7aeee3	Add Windows 11 23H2 v2 downloads * With thanks to @ave9858. * Closes #83.	2023-12-19 10:27:44 +00:00
Pete Batard	d8b2d24242	Add UEFI Shell 23H2 ISO downloads * Also fix Windows 11 23H2 build version since Microsoft are UTTERLY USELESS at providing an accurate product version number in the .wim's XML versioning files they are in bloody charge of populating...	2023-11-25 17:55:01 +00:00
Pete Batard	903cae2f00	Add Windows 11 23H2 downloads * Replaces Windows 11 22H2, since past history indicates that Microsoft is not going to keep the Windows 11 22H2 ISOs available for much longer. * Note that Microsoft has no plans to ever release a Windows 10 23H2. * Closes #76.	2023-10-31 19:23:43 +01:00
Pete Batard	5d4a4d7d14	Fix a regression with IgnoreWarnings * Commit `1d88deac7c` removed the IgnoreWarnings flag which was needed as a fix for pbatard/rufus#2030. * Contributed by @Tom-EllisEVENTS. * Closes pbatard/rufus#2315.	2023-09-08 18:35:53 +01:00
Pete Batard	4a694421af	Add UEFI Shell 2.2 23H1 download	2023-06-06 13:49:50 +01:00
Pete Batard	15a1a5923d	Add Windows 10 22H2 v1 downloads * Closes #72	2023-05-25 00:07:45 +01:00
ChaseKnowlden	85a29fa2ae	Add Windows 11 22H2 v2 downloads * And remove Windows 11 22H2 v1 downloads since these have been disabled by Microsoft * Closes #71	2023-05-24 00:31:37 +01:00
Pete Batard	a99f8a10d3	Remove releases that have been made inaccessible by Microsoft * Closes #67	2023-05-23 17:26:18 +01:00
Pete Batard	146eec8673	Add -Locale option and fix encoding for error handling	2023-05-15 11:42:08 +01:00
Pete Batard	e9a0a367d9	Update README	2023-04-14 11:54:05 +01:00
Pete Batard	0b0643abc8	Remove Windows 7 downloads * Since Microsoft removed the ISOs from their servers * Closes #64	2023-04-14 11:42:34 +01:00
Dmitry Nefedov	1d88deac7c	Improve code for P/Invoke * Closes #62	2023-04-14 11:36:33 +01:00
Pete Batard	9025d258e8	Harmonise the use of $true/$false and not operator	2023-04-14 11:29:40 +01:00
Pete Batard	425eb4da24	Prevent Fido from running on non Windows platforms * Per #58, we consider that letting non-Windows users run Fido is going to become too much of liability moving forward, so the script now detects non Windows platforms and actively prevent itself from running there. * Closes #60. * Also some whitespace cleanup.	2023-03-07 12:16:57 +00:00
Pete Batard	10acbf9f84	Improve error handling * Simplify regex and fix unconverted characters. * Also use Start-BitsTransfer for cmdline downloads (Closes #56). * Also remove -DisableProgress now that we use Start-BitsTransfer.	2023-02-06 01:22:02 +00:00
Pete Batard	4b24ae5795	Fix Windows 7 detection * Of course, Windows 7's PowerShell is too stupid to actually compare Version objects.	2023-01-27 15:12:02 +00:00
Pete Batard	2ca0f62f53	Fix language regexp and force TLS for Windows 8.x * Non En locales may still return '<select id="product-languages">' instead of '<select id="product-languages" ...>' so make sure we account for that case. * Addresses pbatard/rufus#2148 * Also force TLS for Windows 8.x to address pbatard/rufus#2133	2023-01-27 13:39:13 +00:00
Pete Batard	448cfa72cf	Remove Windows 7 support * "I'm sorry for your loss. Move on."	2023-01-27 13:28:28 +00:00
Pete Batard	9552df66d5	Update language option regexp to match latest Microsoft HTML fragment * Addresses pbatard/rufus#2146 * Also update .gitattributes to clean up release archives	2023-01-25 20:04:14 +00:00
Pete Batard	4bafb688da	Remove unneeded files * .whitesource is unneeded because we don't use external dependencies. * VS project files are unneeded when we just edit the .ps1 in a text editor.	2023-01-11 20:22:13 +00:00
Pete Batard	ad79094c30	Improve error handling and reporting when querying vlscppe.microsoft.com * Also use a better default icon and add a preemptive localized message for future countermeasures from Microsoft.	2023-01-09 17:32:59 +00:00
Pete Batard	8cf4a279ff	Work around Microsoft's new ISO download countermeasures * The Microsoft servers now use session Id whitelisting, so add querying of https://vlscppe.microsoft.com/tags with the session Id. * Closes #52. * Also harmonize/improve -replace calls * Also make sure we use POST for the getskuinformationbyproductedition query (in case Microsoft add some more countermeasures). * Also drop 'cmd /c' invocation in sign.sh since the cygwin people can't seem to get their act together there...	2023-01-08 22:10:01 +00:00
Pete Batard	84f833b067	Improve error reporting * Now return the error message from the Microsoft server where possible (See #52)	2023-01-06 21:58:20 +00:00
Pete Batard	c34a41fe3f	Add UEFI Shell 2.2 22H2 download	2022-12-15 00:20:19 +00:00
Erik Dansbo	6593585ff3	Add an option to disable progress report for commandline * Closes #50	2022-12-14 17:11:09 +00:00
Pete Batard	fac4c49262	Add Windows 10 22H2 builds * And remove Windows 11 22H2 v0 builds since Microsoft removed the ISOs from their servers	2022-10-19 13:48:03 +01:00
Pete Batard	f8aacf0703	Add Windows 11 22H2 v1 builds * "How many Microsoft engineers does it take to release the ISO of a light bulb?" * This addresses #45 by restoring a working Windows 11 22H2 download, though it remains to be seen if the ISO for 22H2 v0 will be accessible ever again...	2022-10-01 13:59:42 +01:00
Pete Batard	24a7a04d78	Update README	2022-09-23 17:36:21 +01:00
Pete Batard	eefc2453c4	Fix handling of parentheses for -Lang option * Closes #29	2022-09-23 17:02:36 +01:00
Pete Batard	ed1a6b31a6	Fix Add-Type warnings being treated as errors on PS < 7.0 * Closes pbatard/rufus#2030	2022-09-23 16:47:44 +01:00