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This commit improves soft file delete logic:
- Unify logic for soft deleting single files and system apps.
- Rename `RenameSystemFile` templating function to `SoftDeleteFiles` so
new name gives clarity to:
- It's not necessarily single file being renamed but can be multiple
files.
- It's not necessarily system files being renamed, but can also work
without granting extra permissions.
- Grant permissions for only files that will be backed up, skipping
unnecessarily granting permissions to folders/other files. Both
`SeRestorePrivilege` and `SeTakeownershipPrivileges` are claimed and
revoked as necessary.
- Make granting permissions optional through `grantPermissions`
parameter. Do not take permissions if not needed.
- Restore permissions to system default after file is renamed. Before
both deletion of system apps and renaming system files did not restore
their original permissions. This might leave user computers
vulnerable, which is fixed in this commit. It ensures that the
system's original security posture is preserved.
- Deleting system apps is now independent of `Get-AppxPackage`,
improving its robustness and enabling their execution once system apps
are hard-deleted (#260)
- Introduce common way to share glob iteration logic of how the
directories are being cleaned up. It reuses most of the logic from
former `DeleteGlob` with some improvements:
- Simplify call to `Get-ChildItem` by avoiding `-Filter` parameter.
- Improve reliability of getting parent directory in `DeleteGlob`
sanity check to use .NET's `[System.IO.Path]` methods.
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