microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

Allow to choose how frequently you want to know that there is an update

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Description

### Description of the new feature / enhancement

Too many notifications for updates !!!

Provide these choices in a setting

- be notified for any update
- check daily
- check weekly
- check monthly
- manual check

### Scenario when this would be used?

Any update

### Supporting information

_No response_

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by locating the existing update-notification flow and the settings entry point in PowerToys. Confirm how update checks and notifications are currently triggered, then implement and verify the five requested choices: any update, daily, weekly, monthly, and manual checking.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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