PowerStig Orchestrator

PowerStig Orchestrator is a lightweight launcher for two separate WPF applications:

• PowerStig Converter UI
• MOF Inspector

Important: The two applications are not included in this repository. You must download their x64 Windows executables and place them into an Apps folder to use this launcher.

Download the required apps (x64 Windows)

1. PowerStig Converter UI
   URL: https://github.com/MrasmussenGit/PowerStigConverterUI/releases

   • Open the Releases page.
   • In the “Assets” section for the latest release, download the x64 Windows executable.
   • Save the .exe into the Apps folder (see “Setup” below).

2. MOF Inspector
   URL: https://github.com/MrasmussenGit/MOFInspector/releases

   • Open the Releases page.
   • In the “Assets” section for the latest release, download the x64 Windows executable.
   • Save the .exe into the Apps folder (see “Setup” below).

Setup

• Create an Apps folder next to the launcher executable (or at the repo root).
• Place both downloaded .exe files in the Apps folder.
• Do not commit binaries to source control.

How it works

• On startup, the launcher searches for an Apps folder by walking up from its executable location and looks for executables that closely match:
  • “PowerStig Converter UI”
  • “MOF Inspector”
• The main window shows three buttons:
  • Launch PowerStig Converter UI
  • Launch MOF Inspector
  • Exit
• If an app is missing, its button is disabled and the launcher shows a friendly error message with the expected path and download instructions.
• When launching, the app displays a progress indicator (“Launching… elapsed mm:ss”) until the target application’s UI is ready or a timeout occurs.

Building

• Target framework: .NET 9 (net9.0-windows)
• WPF: enabled
• Version information is shown at the bottom of the launcher window, sourced from the project’s <Version> in PowerStigOrchestrator.csproj.

Good practices

• Keep Apps/ out of source control.
• If you want to automate local development, consider an MSBuild step or CI workflow to populate Apps/ from the latest release assets.