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Clarify the behavior of what Boxstarter may do when it runs on a box
to install all the necessary tools so that there are no surprises to
the end user when the script is run.

Currently there is no interface that warns the user that Boxstarter
will reboot the machine possibly multiple times depending on how many
dependencies need to be installed and doesn't mention a need to disable
UAC. For folks who see what may look like a reboot loop, we feel it is
necessary to make them aware that UAC will be disabled and they will
need to take action to re-enable UAC manually if they interfere/stop
the script from finishing.

PR-URL: #23987
Fixes: nodejs/Release#369
Reviewed-By: John-David Dalton <john.david.dalton@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
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ferventcoder authored and MylesBorins committed Nov 29, 2018
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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 computer automatically multiple times.
echo When performing a reboot, Boxstarter will need to disable User Account
echo Control (UAC) to allow the script to run immediately after the reboot. When
echo the scripts have completed, Boxstarter will re-enable UAC. If you prematurely
echo stop the 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

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