Auto updating not working (?) and setting not visible on Windows

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• Etcher version: 1.19.25

• Operating system and architecture: Windows x64

• Image flashed: None

• What do you think should have happened: I should be able to auto-update the program and I should be able to configure automatic updates in the settings.

• What happened: It's not clear whether auto-update is working and there is no setting for it in the settings screen.

• Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

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  Version = 1.19.25, Type = local
  

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I downloaded the installer from your website, which seems to have linked to balenaEtcher-1.19.25.Setup.exe on the GitHub release page. The issue is most likely, that the packageType of the distributed prebuild binary is set to local as indicated by the log, but the settings entry is not shown for that type:

etcher/lib/gui/app/components/settings/settings.tsx

Lines 46 to 51 in 4375b96

	if (['appimage', 'nsis', 'dmg'].includes(packageType)) {
	list.push({
	name: 'updatesEnabled',
	label: i18next.t('settings.autoUpdate'),
	});
	}

Or is auto updating just no longer supported on Windows when downloading it from the website?

This seems similar to #2730 but not related since the package type in the logs of that issue are set to nsis.