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Remove remaining support for Windows 7 start after logon#15644

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Remove remaining support for Windows 7 start after logon#15644
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@LeonarddeR LeonarddeR commented Oct 17, 2023

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Fixes #15662
Follow up of #15544

Summary of the issue:

In #15544, support for the ease of access proxy for Windows 7 was removed, but there was still some remaining code for Windows 7 to set start after logon using a run key.

Description of user facing changes

None.

Description of development approach

Remove windows 7 support.

Testing strategy:

Manual testing, possibly with a try build. Note that this is only a matter of removing existing code, behavior shouldn't change.

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None known

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  • Documentation:
    • Change log entry
    • User Documentation
    • Developer / Technical Documentation
    • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
  • Testing:
    • Unit tests
    • System (end to end) tests
    • Manual testing
  • UX of all users considered:
    • Speech
    • Braille
    • Low Vision
    • Different web browsers
    • Localization in other languages / culture than English
  • API is compatible with existing add-ons.
  • Security precautions taken.

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See test results for failed build of commit 1c278966fa

- ``IoThread.autoDeleteApcReference`` has been removed. (#14924, @LeonarddeR)
- To support capital pitch changes, synthesizers must now explicitly declare their support for the ``PitchCommand`` in the ``supportedCommands`` attribute on the driver. (#15433, @LeonarddeR)
- ``speechDictHandler.speechDictVars`` has been removed. Use ``NVDAState.WritePaths.speechDictsDir`` instead of ``speechDictHandler.speechDictVars.speechDictsPath``. (#15614, @lukaszgo1)
- ``easeOfAccess.canConfigTerminateOnDesktopSwitch`` has been removed, as it became obsolete since Windows 7 is no longer supported. (#15644, @LeonarddeR)
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This should be moved to the deprecations list

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- ``easeOfAccess.canConfigTerminateOnDesktopSwitch`` has been removed, as it became obsolete since Windows 7 is no longer supported. (#15644, @LeonarddeR)
- ``easeOfAccess.canConfigTerminateOnDesktopSwitch`` has been deprecated, as it became obsolete since Windows 7 is no longer supported. (#15644, @LeonarddeR)

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Ease of Access: deprecate canConfigTerminateOnDesktopSwitch as it is always True

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