v1.0.3: quiet update hint instead of interactive prompt

netsh emits in the OEM code page (CP866 on RU Windows); the modern console showed it as 'DHCP ╤Г╨╢╨╡ ╨▓╨║╨╗╤О╤З╨╡╨╜╨╛...'. Our own English Setting/Done lines remain, and Get-NetIPAddress already prints proper Unicode.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.3] - 2026-05-17
+### Changed
+- Update check no longer interrupts startup with an interactive prompt. If a newer release is available, a quiet right-aligned `update available (vX.Y.Z)` hint is printed in dim grey directly under the banner — no key press required.
+
+## [1.0.2] - 2026-05-17
+### Fixed
+- Suppress `netsh` output to avoid mojibake on non-UTF-8 consoles (Russian Windows printed `╤Г╨╢╨╡ ╨▓╨║╨╗╤О╤З╨╡╨╜╨╛...` because netsh emits in the OEM code page). Our own English status lines remain; the post-change `Get-NetIPAddress` block already prints Unicode.
+
 ## [1.0.1] - 2026-05-17
 ### Changed
 - Dropped the `made by engelgardt` line from the startup banner — keep author credit in the README only.
@@ -23,5 +31,8 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and
 - Auto-update check on startup: polls GitHub `/releases/latest` with a 3-second timeout and offers to open the download page if a newer version exists. Silent on offline / API errors.
 - MIT licensed.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/Engelgardt23/netswitch/compare/v1.0.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/Engelgardt23/netswitch/compare/v1.0.3...HEAD
+[1.0.3]: https://github.com/Engelgardt23/netswitch/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3
+[1.0.2]: https://github.com/Engelgardt23/netswitch/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2
+[1.0.1]: https://github.com/Engelgardt23/netswitch/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1
 [1.0.0]: https://github.com/Engelgardt23/netswitch/releases/tag/v1.0.0

src/netswitch.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # netswitch v1.0.0 - quick NIC IP / DHCP toggle
 # made by engelgardt
 
-$NetswitchVersion = '1.0.1'
+$NetswitchVersion = '1.0.3'
 $GithubRepo       = 'Engelgardt23/netswitch'
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
@@ -19,20 +19,13 @@ if (-not $me.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
     exit
 }
 
-# --- Banner ---
+# --- Update check (silent: returns latest tag if newer, else empty) ---
-Write-Host ""
+function Get-NetswitchUpdate {
-Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Cyan
-Write-Host "  netswitch v$NetswitchVersion - NIC IP/DHCP toggle" -ForegroundColor Cyan
-Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Cyan
-Write-Host ""
-
-# --- Update check ---
-function Test-NetswitchUpdate {
     try {
         $url = "https://api.github.com/repos/$GithubRepo/releases/latest"
         $r = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -TimeoutSec 3 -Headers @{ 'User-Agent' = "netswitch/$NetswitchVersion" }
         $latest = ($r.tag_name -as [string]) -replace '^v',''
-        if (-not $latest) { return }
+        if (-not $latest) { return '' }
         $toTuple = { param($s)
             $parts = ($s -split '\.') | ForEach-Object {
                 $n = 0; [void][int]::TryParse($_, [ref]$n); $n
@@ -42,24 +35,31 @@ function Test-NetswitchUpdate {
         }
         $L = & $toTuple $latest
         $C = & $toTuple $NetswitchVersion
-        $isNewer = $false
         for ($i = 0; $i -lt 3; $i++) {
-            if ($L[$i] -gt $C[$i]) { $isNewer = $true; break }
+            if ($L[$i] -gt $C[$i]) { return $r.tag_name }
-            if ($L[$i] -lt $C[$i]) { break }
+            if ($L[$i] -lt $C[$i]) { return '' }
-        }
-        if ($isNewer) {
-            Write-Host "Update available: v$NetswitchVersion -> $($r.tag_name)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
-            $ans = Read-Host "Open the download page in your browser? [Y/n]"
-            if ($ans -notmatch '^(n|N|no|NO)$') {
-                Start-Process $r.html_url
-            }
-            Write-Host ""
         }
+        return ''
     } catch {
-        # silent on offline / API errors
+        return ''
     }
 }
-Test-NetswitchUpdate
+$latestTag = Get-NetswitchUpdate
+
+# --- Banner ---
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+Write-Host "  netswitch v$NetswitchVersion - NIC IP/DHCP toggle" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+if ($latestTag) {
+    $msg = "update available ($latestTag)"
+    $w = 0
+    try { $w = $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Width } catch { $w = 0 }
+    if ($w -lt ($msg.Length + 2)) { $w = $msg.Length + 2 }
+    $pad = $w - $msg.Length - 1
+    Write-Host ((' ' * [Math]::Max(0, $pad)) + $msg) -ForegroundColor DarkGray
+}
+Write-Host ""
 
 # --- Pick adapter (physical wired only) ---
 $skipDescriptionPattern = 'VPN|Virtual|AnyConnect|TAP-|TUN-|Bluetooth|Loopback|WAN Miniport|Hyper-V|VMware|VirtualBox|WireGuard|OpenVPN|Tailscale|ZeroTier'
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ if ($modeChoice.Trim() -eq '2') {
     # --- DHCP ---
     Write-Host ""
     Write-Host "Setting $($nic.Name) to DHCP..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
-    & netsh interface ipv4 set address name="$($nic.Name)" source=dhcp
+    $null = & netsh interface ipv4 set address name="$($nic.Name)" source=dhcp 2>&1
-    & netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers name="$($nic.Name)" source=dhcp
+    $null = & netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers name="$($nic.Name)" source=dhcp 2>&1
     Write-Host "Done." -ForegroundColor Green
 }
 else {
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ else {
     Write-Host "Setting $($nic.Name) -> $ip / $mask$( if ($gw) { " via $gw" })" -ForegroundColor Yellow
 
     if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($gw)) {
-        & netsh interface ipv4 set address name="$($nic.Name)" static $ip $mask
+        $null = & netsh interface ipv4 set address name="$($nic.Name)" static $ip $mask 2>&1
     } else {
-        & netsh interface ipv4 set address name="$($nic.Name)" static $ip $mask $gw
+        $null = & netsh interface ipv4 set address name="$($nic.Name)" static $ip $mask $gw 2>&1
     }
     Write-Host "Done." -ForegroundColor Green
 }