AppControl Manager is now Native AOT and Fully Trimmed

[HotCakeX]

• ✅ This change reduces the MSIX package file size from 85MB down to 32MB and the MSIXBundle package file size from 162MB down to 65MB (because it contains both ARM64 and X64 packages).

• ✅ The performance and launch time of the AppControl Manager has been substantially improved thanks to being natively compiled into machine code. That means more work is done during the packaging process and less time is spent on user's system.

• ✅ Removed the old DataGrid package and replaced it with the modern built-in ListView. This changes fixes an issue that was previously present due to the old design of DataGrid. As a result, you no longer see a message in the Settings page of the app when running the app in a VM and animations are not enabled on the system.

• ✅ The design of all of the data grids have been changed, they are more modern, touch friendly and custom built specifically for the AppControl Manager application. One of the benefits it has is that I can improve it whenever necessary without needing to wait for a 3rd party, making the project more independent.

• ✅ Bumped the app version to 1.9.1.0

• ✅ Increased the amount of information that is written to the log file in case there is an error in the app, it provides more information about the cause of it.

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Files not reviewed (15)

• AppControl Manager/AppControl Manager.csproj: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/MainWindow.xaml: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/MyRoots.xml: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/Package.appxmanifest: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/Pages/AllowNewApps/AllowNewAppsEventLogsDataGrid.xaml: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/Pages/AllowNewApps/AllowNewAppsLocalFilesDataGrid.xaml: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/Pages/CreateDenyPolicyFilesAndFoldersScanResults.xaml: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/Pages/CreatePolicy.xaml: Language not supported
• AppControl Manager/Pages/AllowNewApps/AllowNewAppsStart.xaml.cs: Evaluated as low risk
• AppControl Manager/Pages/CreateDenyPolicy.xaml.cs: Evaluated as low risk
• AppControl Manager/Others/FileCertificateInfoCol.cs: Evaluated as low risk
• AppControl Manager/MainWindow.xaml.cs: Evaluated as low risk
• AppControl Manager/Others/GlobalVars.cs: Evaluated as low risk
• .github/workflows/Build AppControl Manager MSIX Package.yml: Evaluated as low risk
• AppControl Manager/Others/TaskSchedulerHelper.cs: Evaluated as low risk

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (3)

AppControl Manager/Others/ProcessStarter.cs:55

• [nitpick] The error message could be more descriptive. Suggestion: Change the error message to 'Command '{command} {arguments}' failed with exit code {process.ExitCode}. Standard Error: {error}. Standard Output: {output}'.

throw new InvalidOperationException($"Command '{command} {arguments}' failed with exit code {process.ExitCode}. Error: {error}");

AppControl Manager/Others/ProcessStarter.cs:53

• The use of 'is not 0' for checking the exit code is unconventional. Suggestion: Change 'is not 0' to '!= 0' for consistency.

if (process.ExitCode is not 0)

AppControl Manager/Others/ProcessStarter.cs:85

• The use of 'is not 0' for checking the exit code is unconventional. Suggestion: Change 'is not 0' to '!= 0' for consistency.

if (process.ExitCode is not 0)