Rob Mensching

Yeah, we can definitely improve Squirrel.Windows but we don't need to start with a "rewrite". Small, iterative steps that bring along everyone to a better and better experience will work...

@MeikTranel I am slowly working through the build process, simplifying as I can but primarily working towards a fully automated build and release process.

@TonyValenti arguably, Squirrel would benefit if everything was written in native code. That would remove the need for multi-megabyte external dependencies (.NET Framework is fortunately normally pre-installed so .NET Framework...

CoreRT may be an answer but chances are it'll still be in the MB range. To be clear, there is a very real possibility to get Squirrel to add no...

@anaisbetts Agreed. Knowing the "lower bound" allows us to measure the cost/benefit of each dependency.

The problem with using %TMP% is that virus checkers often get huffy about writing temporary .exes then moving them around. It'd be better if we standardize on an `obj` folder...

Alternative solution to #1490 - we should pick one

I thought all the system DLLs were mitigated a long time ago. I'll take this, check it, and (if not) fix it.

@anaisbetts Yes.

@vyadav3 Could you try out the latest build to see if it addresses your urlmon.dll hijack: https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/actions/runs/2416919466 (download the [`artifacts`][dl] from that build, it will contain the latest Squirrel.nupkg). [dl]:...