Auto-update - Don't check for updates until after core init finished

Tray - Attempt to more reliably hide icon on application close
Auto-run - Implemented dropping of permissions

src/Artemis.Core/Services/CoreService.cs

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
             _loggingLevel = settingsService.GetSetting("Core.LoggingLevel", LogEventLevel.Debug);
             _renderScale = settingsService.GetSetting("Core.RenderScale", 0.5);
             _frameStopWatch = new Stopwatch();
+            StartupArguments = new List<string>();
 
             UpdatePluginCache();
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
 
         public TimeSpan FrameTime { get; private set; }
         public bool ModuleRenderingDisabled { get; set; }
-        public List<string>? StartupArguments { get; set; }
+        public List<string> StartupArguments { get; set; }
         public bool IsElevated { get; set; }
 
         public void Dispose()
@@ -109,12 +110,16 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
             // Just this line should prevent a certain someone from removing HidSharp as an unused dependency as well
             Version? hidSharpVersion = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(HidDevice))!.GetName().Version;
             _logger.Debug("Forcing plugins to use HidSharp {hidSharpVersion}", hidSharpVersion);
-            
+
             DeserializationLogger.Initialize(Kernel);
 
             // Initialize the services
             _pluginManagementService.CopyBuiltInPlugins();
-            _pluginManagementService.LoadPlugins(StartupArguments != null && StartupArguments.Contains("--ignore-plugin-lock"), IsElevated);
+            _pluginManagementService.LoadPlugins(
+                StartupArguments.Contains("--ignore-plugin-lock"),
+                StartupArguments.Contains("--force-elevation"),
+                IsElevated
+            );
 
             ArtemisSurface surfaceConfig = _surfaceService.ActiveSurface;
             _logger.Information("Initialized with active surface entity {surfaceConfig}-{guid}", surfaceConfig.Name, surfaceConfig.EntityId);

src/Artemis.Core/Services/Interfaces/ICoreService.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets or sets a list of startup arguments
         /// </summary>
-        List<string>? StartupArguments { get; set; }
+        List<string> StartupArguments { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets a boolean indicating whether Artemis is running in an elevated environment (admin permissions)

src/Artemis.Core/Services/Interfaces/IPluginManagementService.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
         /// <summary>
         ///     Loads all installed plugins. If plugins already loaded this will reload them all
         /// </summary>
-        void LoadPlugins(bool ignorePluginLock, bool isElevated);
+        void LoadPlugins(bool ignorePluginLock, bool stayElevated, bool isElevated);
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Unloads all installed plugins.

src/Artemis.Core/Services/PluginManagementService.cs

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
 
         #region Plugins
 
-        public void LoadPlugins(bool ignorePluginLock, bool isElevated)
+        public void LoadPlugins(bool ignorePluginLock, bool stayElevated, bool isElevated)
         {
             if (LoadingPlugins)
                 throw new ArtemisCoreException("Cannot load plugins while a previous load hasn't been completed yet.");
@@ -208,9 +208,10 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (isElevated && !adminRequired)
+            if (isElevated && !adminRequired && !stayElevated)
             {
                 // No need for a delay this early on, nothing that needs graceful shutdown is happening yet
+                _logger.Information("Restarting because no plugin requires elevation and --force-elevation was not supplied");
                 Utilities.Restart(false, TimeSpan.Zero);
                 return;
             }