wufuc/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing guidelines

Reporting an issue

Before you create an issue, please make sure of the following:

• Are you using at least the latest stable version?
• If you previously used any of the old batchfile patches, did you revert it by running repair_wuaueng.dll.bat?
• Have you tried restarting your computer?

After you've confirmed those things, get a complete debug log by doing the following:

1. Download a program from Microsoft called DebugView.
2. Start Dbgview.exe as administrator and check Capture -> Capture Global Win32.
3. Restart wufuc and wuauserv by running debugview_helper.bat as administrator.
4. Output will be shown in DebugView, copy/paste this text into your issue.

This is necessary because there isn't really a way for wufuc to directly interact with your desktop to show you error messages, as it runs outside the context of a normal user session, just like a system service.

Any new issues that don't have debug logs (when relevant) will be closed immediately and the poster directed to the contributing guidelines.

Other helpful information to include when reporting issues:

• What build are you using? Stable release or unstable AppVeyor builds?
• What version of Windows are you using? (e.g., Windows 7 x64)
• What is the file version or SHA-1 hash of C:\Windows\System32\wuaueng.dll?
• Any other information you feel is relevant to your issue.