ui tests: Windows MSI installer GUI tests on a GitHub runner (install folder, update, uninstall)

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+name: windows-msi-gui-test
+run-name: "Windows GUI: ${{ inputs.scenario }} ${{ inputs.label }}"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      scenario:
+        description: "Scenario to run (all: every scenario except the known issue update-desktop; everything: all of them)"
+        required: true
+        default: all
+        type: choice
+        options: [all, everything, uninstall-desktop, update-desktop, update-same-build, default-folder, profile-folder, appdata-folder]
+      label:
+        description: "Free text shown in the run name"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+      new_msi_run_id:
+        description: "Id of a workflow run that uploaded the MSI under test as an artifact (empty: use new_msi_url)"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+      new_msi_artifact:
+        description: "Name of the MSI artifact in that run"
+        required: false
+        default: "simplex-desktop-windows-x86_64-msi"
+        type: string
+      new_msi_url:
+        description: "URL of the new MSI when new_msi_run_id is empty"
+        required: false
+        default: "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v7.0.3/simplex-desktop-windows-x86_64.msi"
+        type: string
+      old_msi_url:
+        description: "URL of the old MSI (installed before updating)"
+        required: false
+        default: "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v7.0.2/simplex-desktop-windows-x86_64.msi"
+        type: string
+      patch_with_ref:
+        description: "Branch whose scripts/desktop/disable-msi-install-dir-wipe-windows.ps1 is applied to the new MSI (empty: no patch)"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  actions: read
+
+jobs:
+  windows-msi-gui-test:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout test scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: apps/multiplatform/scripts/windows-msi
+
+      - name: Checkout MSI patch script
+        if: inputs.patch_with_ref != ''
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.patch_with_ref }}
+          path: patchsrc
+          sparse-checkout: scripts/desktop
+
+      - name: Download new MSI from build run
+        if: inputs.new_msi_run_id != ''
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.new_msi_artifact }}
+          run-id: ${{ inputs.new_msi_run_id }}
+          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
+          path: C:\msitest\artifact
+
+      - name: Run scenarios
+        shell: pwsh
+        env:
+          SCENARIO: ${{ inputs.scenario }}
+          NEW_MSI_URL: ${{ inputs.new_msi_url }}
+          NEW_MSI_DIR: ${{ inputs.new_msi_run_id != '' && 'C:\msitest\artifact' || '' }}
+          OLD_MSI_URL: ${{ inputs.old_msi_url }}
+          PATCH_SCRIPT: ${{ inputs.patch_with_ref != '' && 'patchsrc\scripts\desktop\disable-msi-install-dir-wipe-windows.ps1' || '' }}
+        run: |
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force C:\msitest | Out-Null
+          & apps/multiplatform/scripts/windows-msi/msi-scenarios.ps1 -Scenario $env:SCENARIO -NewMsiUrl $env:NEW_MSI_URL -NewMsiDir $env:NEW_MSI_DIR -OldMsiUrl $env:OLD_MSI_URL -PatchScript $env:PATCH_SCRIPT
+
+      - name: Upload evidence
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: windows-gui-evidence
+          path: C:\msitest\evidence
+          retention-days: 30