[Feature request]: Make installing and updating on Windows as easy as Zwave JS UI is
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
Z2m is great software, literally +10 while the install and update process is a -10. Zwave we simply copy over the new EXE and start it... boom upgraded.
Z2M is a nightmare... it never, literally never, restarts properly. Often I need to download/build (using a PS script) multiple times and restart the service multiple times... sometimes I must reboot the Server completely. I have VMs and many other native server apps (Plex, Blue Iris, Zwave JS, etc) on the Windows server, no way I want to reboot -ever.
Please make this easier... its nuts how good this software is but how poor the upgrade experience is. I dont understand why this is not an EXE or has auto update mechanism.
Describe the solution you'd like
Auto-Update ... or at least a single EXE like ZWAVE JS
Describe alternatives you've considered
none exist except pain sweat blood and tears
Additional context
pretty please
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the current Windows installation and update process, then compare it with the Zwave JS UI executable-based approach described in the issue. Done means providing either a reliable auto-update mechanism or a single executable that installs and updates without repeated restarts or server reboots.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devops, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100