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Please add Windows Application Recovery and Restart API

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start by reading WinBase.java and the linked Windows Application Recovery and Restart API documentation, especially RegisterApplicationRestart. Done means the requested recovery and restart functions are exposed through WinBase.java with signatures matching the Windows API.

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Description

feature request

Would it be possible to add the Windows Application Recovery and Restart API functions to WinBase.java please? Especially the RegisterApplicationRestart function which can be used to ensure an application is automatically restarted when the system restarts after an update.

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