New Utility: New+ (#33136)

Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <stefan@janeasystems.com>

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Helpers/ModuleHelper.cs

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
                 case ModuleType.MouseJump: return generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.MouseJump;
                 case ModuleType.MousePointerCrosshairs: return generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.MousePointerCrosshairs;
                 case ModuleType.MouseWithoutBorders: return generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.MouseWithoutBorders;
+                case ModuleType.NewPlus: return generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.NewPlus;
                 case ModuleType.Peek: return generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.Peek;
                 case ModuleType.PowerRename: return generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.PowerRename;
                 case ModuleType.PowerLauncher: return generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.PowerLauncher;
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
                 case ModuleType.MouseJump: generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.MouseJump = isEnabled; break;
                 case ModuleType.MousePointerCrosshairs: generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.MousePointerCrosshairs = isEnabled; break;
                 case ModuleType.MouseWithoutBorders: generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.MouseWithoutBorders = isEnabled; break;
+                case ModuleType.NewPlus: generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.NewPlus = isEnabled; break;
                 case ModuleType.Peek: generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.Peek = isEnabled; break;
                 case ModuleType.PowerRename: generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.PowerRename = isEnabled; break;
                 case ModuleType.PowerLauncher: generalSettingsConfig.Enabled.PowerLauncher = isEnabled; break;
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
                 case ModuleType.MouseJump: return GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMouseJumpEnabledValue();
                 case ModuleType.MousePointerCrosshairs: return GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMousePointerCrosshairsEnabledValue();
                 case ModuleType.MouseWithoutBorders: return GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMouseWithoutBordersEnabledValue();
+                case ModuleType.NewPlus: return GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredNewPlusEnabledValue();
                 case ModuleType.Peek: return GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredPeekEnabledValue();
                 case ModuleType.PowerRename: return GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredPowerRenameEnabledValue();
                 case ModuleType.PowerLauncher: return GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredPowerLauncherEnabledValue();
@@ -160,6 +163,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
                 ModuleType.MouseJump => typeof(MouseUtilsPage),
                 ModuleType.MousePointerCrosshairs => typeof(MouseUtilsPage),
                 ModuleType.MouseWithoutBorders => typeof(MouseWithoutBordersPage),
+                ModuleType.NewPlus => typeof(NewPlusPage),
                 ModuleType.Peek => typeof(PeekPage),
                 ModuleType.PowerRename => typeof(PowerRenamePage),
                 ModuleType.PowerLauncher => typeof(PowerLauncherPage),

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Helpers/ShellGetFolder.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
         }
 
         public static string GetFolderDialog(IntPtr hwndOwner)
+        {
+            return GetFolderDialogWithFlags(hwndOwner, 0);
+        }
+
+        public static string GetFolderDialogWithFlags(IntPtr hwndOwner, uint ulFlags)
         {
             // windows MAX_PATH with long path enable can be approximated 32k char long
             // allocating more than double (unicode) to hold the path
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
             browseInfo.PidlRoot = IntPtr.Zero;
             browseInfo.PszDisplayName = null;
             browseInfo.LpszTitle = null;
-            browseInfo.UlFlags = 0;
+            browseInfo.UlFlags = ulFlags;
             browseInfo.Lpfn = null;
             browseInfo.LParam = IntPtr.Zero;
             browseInfo.IImage = 0;
@@ -61,5 +66,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
 
             return sb.ToString();
         }
+
+        public struct FolderDialogFlags
+        {
+            public const uint _BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE = 0x00000040;
+        }
     }
 }

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/OOBE/Enums/PowerToysModules.cs

@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.Enums
         Workspaces,
         WhatsNew,
         RegistryPreview,
+        NewPlus,
     }
 }

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/PowerToys.Settings.csproj

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     <None Remove="Assets\Settings\Modules\APDialog.dark.png" />
     <None Remove="Assets\Settings\Modules\APDialog.light.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <Page Remove="SettingsXAML\App.xaml" />
   </ItemGroup>

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/App.xaml.cs

@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI
                 case "Peek": return typeof(PeekPage);
                 case "CropAndLock": return typeof(CropAndLockPage);
                 case "EnvironmentVariables": return typeof(EnvironmentVariablesPage);
+                case "NewPlus": return typeof(NewPlusPage);
                 case "Workspaces": return typeof(WorkspacesPage);
                 default:
                     // Fallback to Dashboard

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/OobeNewPlus.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<Page
+    x:Class="Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.Views.OobeNewPlus"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+    xmlns:controls="using:Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Controls"
+    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    xmlns:tk7controls="using:CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls"
+    mc:Ignorable="d">
+
+    <!--  TODO: Create New+ overview .gif and update ref here  -->
+    <controls:OOBEPageControl x:Uid="Oobe_NewPlus" HeroImage="ms-appx:///Assets/Settings/Modules/OOBE/NewPlus.png">
+        <controls:OOBEPageControl.PageContent>
+            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Spacing="12">
+                <TextBlock x:Uid="Oobe_HowToUse" Style="{ThemeResource OobeSubtitleStyle}" />
+                <tk7controls:MarkdownTextBlock x:Uid="Oobe_NewPlus_HowToUse" Background="Transparent" />
+
+                <TextBlock x:Uid="Oobe_TipsAndTricks" Style="{ThemeResource OobeSubtitleStyle}" />
+                <tk7controls:MarkdownTextBlock x:Uid="Oobe_NewPlus_TipsAndTricks" Background="Transparent" />
+
+                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="8">
+                    <Button x:Uid="OOBE_Settings" Click="SettingsLaunchButton_Click" />
+
+                    <HyperlinkButton NavigateUri="https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_NewPlus" Style="{StaticResource TextButtonStyle}">
+                        <TextBlock x:Uid="NewPlus_Learn_More" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                    </HyperlinkButton>
+                </StackPanel>
+            </StackPanel>
+        </controls:OOBEPageControl.PageContent>
+    </controls:OOBEPageControl>
+</Page>

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/OobeNewPlus.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.Enums;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.ViewModel;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Views;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Navigation;
+
+namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.Views
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An empty page that can be used on its own or navigated to within a Frame.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed partial class OobeNewPlus : Page
+    {
+        public OobePowerToysModule ViewModel { get; set; }
+
+        public OobeNewPlus()
+        {
+            this.InitializeComponent();
+            ViewModel = new OobePowerToysModule(OobeShellPage.OobeShellHandler.Modules[(int)PowerToysModules.NewPlus]);
+            DataContext = ViewModel;
+        }
+
+        private void SettingsLaunchButton_Click(object sender, Microsoft.UI.Xaml.RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (OobeShellPage.OpenMainWindowCallback != null)
+            {
+                OobeShellPage.OpenMainWindowCallback(typeof(NewPlusPage));
+            }
+
+            ViewModel.LogOpeningSettingsEvent();
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
+        {
+            ViewModel.LogOpeningModuleEvent();
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnNavigatedFrom(NavigationEventArgs e)
+        {
+            ViewModel.LogClosingModuleEvent();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/OobeShellPage.xaml

@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@
                     x:Uid="Shell_MouseWithoutBorders"
                     Icon="{ui:BitmapIcon Source=/Assets/Settings/Icons/MouseWithoutBorders.png}"
                     Tag="MouseWithoutBorders" />
+                <NavigationViewItem
+                    x:Uid="NewPlus_Product_Name"
+                    Icon="{ui:BitmapIcon Source=/Assets/Settings/Icons/NewPlus.png}"
+                    Tag="NewPlus" />
                 <NavigationViewItem
                     x:Uid="Shell_Peek"
                     Icon="{ui:BitmapIcon Source=/Assets/Settings/Icons/Peek.png}"

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/OobeShellPage.xaml.cs

@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.Views
                 ModuleName = "RegistryPreview",
                 IsNew = true,
             });
+
+            Modules.Insert((int)PowerToysModules.NewPlus, new OobePowerToysModule()
+            {
+                ModuleName = "NewPlus",
+                IsNew = true,
+            });
         }
 
         public void OnClosing()
@@ -285,6 +291,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.Views
                     case "Hosts": NavigationFrame.Navigate(typeof(OobeHosts)); break;
                     case "RegistryPreview": NavigationFrame.Navigate(typeof(OobeRegistryPreview)); break;
                     case "Peek": NavigationFrame.Navigate(typeof(OobePeek)); break;
+                    case "NewPlus": NavigationFrame.Navigate(typeof(OobeNewPlus)); break;
                     case "Workspaces": NavigationFrame.Navigate(typeof(OobeWorkspaces)); break;
                 }
             }

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/NewPlusPage.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<Page
+    x:Class="Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Views.NewPlusPage"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+    xmlns:controls="using:Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Controls"
+    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    xmlns:tkcontrols="using:CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls"
+    xmlns:ui="using:CommunityToolkit.WinUI"
+    AutomationProperties.LandmarkType="Main"
+    mc:Ignorable="d">
+
+    <controls:SettingsPageControl x:Uid="NewPlus" ModuleImageSource="ms-appx:///Assets/Settings/Modules/NewPlus.png">
+        <controls:SettingsPageControl.ModuleContent>
+            <StackPanel
+                ChildrenTransitions="{StaticResource SettingsCardsAnimations}"
+                Orientation="Vertical"
+                Spacing="2">
+                <tkcontrols:SettingsCard
+                    x:Uid="NewPlus_Enable_Toggle"
+                    HeaderIcon="{ui:BitmapIcon Source=/Assets/Settings/Icons/NewPlus.png}"
+                    IsEnabled="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabledGpoConfigured, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolNegationConverter}}">
+                    <ToggleSwitch x:Uid="ToggleSwitch" IsOn="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}" />
+                </tkcontrols:SettingsCard>
+
+                <InfoBar
+                    x:Uid="NewPlus_NoWindows10SupportWarning"
+                    IsClosable="False"
+                    IsOpen="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsWin10OrLower, Mode=OneWay}"
+                    IsTabStop="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsWin10OrLower, Mode=OneWay}"
+                    Severity="Warning" />
+
+                <InfoBar
+                    x:Uid="GPO_SettingIsManaged"
+                    IsClosable="False"
+                    IsOpen="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabledGpoConfigured, Mode=OneWay}"
+                    IsTabStop="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabledGpoConfigured, Mode=OneWay}"
+                    Severity="Informational" />
+
+                <controls:SettingsGroup x:Uid="NewPlus_Templates" IsEnabled="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabled, Mode=OneWay}">
+                    <tkcontrols:SettingsCard
+                        x:Uid="NewPlus_Templates_Location"
+                        ActionIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xE8A7;}"
+                        Command="{x:Bind ViewModel.OpenCurrentNewTemplateFolder}"
+                        HeaderIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xF12B;}"
+                        IsClickEnabled="True">
+                        <Button
+                            x:Uid="NewPlus_Templates_Location_Change"
+                            Command="{x:Bind ViewModel.PickAnotherNewTemplateFolder}"
+                            Style="{ThemeResource AccentButtonStyle}" />
+
+                        <tkcontrols:SettingsCard.Description>
+                            <StackPanel>
+                                <TextBlock Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.TemplateLocation, Mode=OneWay}" />
+                                <HyperlinkButton x:Uid="NewPlus_Templates_Location_Learn_More" NavigateUri="https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_NewPlus_TemplatesLocation" />
+                            </StackPanel>
+                        </tkcontrols:SettingsCard.Description>
+
+                    </tkcontrols:SettingsCard>
+
+                    <InfoBar
+                        x:Uid="NewPlus_TemplatesNotBackupAndRestoreWarning"
+                        IsClosable="True"
+                        IsOpen="True"
+                        IsTabStop="True"
+                        Severity="Informational" />
+
+                </controls:SettingsGroup>
+
+                <controls:SettingsGroup x:Uid="NewPlus_Display_Options" IsEnabled="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabled, Mode=OneWay}">
+                    <tkcontrols:SettingsCard x:Uid="NewPlus_Hide_File_Extension_Toggle" IsEnabled="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabledGpoConfigured, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolNegationConverter}}">
+                        <ToggleSwitch x:Uid="HideFileExtensionToggle" IsOn="{x:Bind ViewModel.HideFileExtension, Mode=TwoWay}" />
+                    </tkcontrols:SettingsCard>
+                    <tkcontrols:SettingsCard x:Uid="NewPlus_Hide_Starting_Digits_Toggle" IsEnabled="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEnabledGpoConfigured, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolNegationConverter}}">
+                        <ToggleSwitch x:Uid="HideStartingDigitsToggle" IsOn="{x:Bind ViewModel.HideStartingDigits, Mode=TwoWay}" />
+                        <tkcontrols:SettingsCard.Description>
+                            <TextBlock x:Uid="NewPlus_Hide_Starting_Digits_Description" />
+                        </tkcontrols:SettingsCard.Description>
+                    </tkcontrols:SettingsCard>
+                </controls:SettingsGroup>
+            </StackPanel>
+        </controls:SettingsPageControl.ModuleContent>
+
+        <controls:SettingsPageControl.PrimaryLinks>
+            <controls:PageLink x:Uid="NewPlus_Learn_More" Link="https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_NewPlus" />
+        </controls:SettingsPageControl.PrimaryLinks>
+        <controls:SettingsPageControl.SecondaryLinks>
+            <controls:PageLink Link="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-gaardmark/" Text="Christian Gaardmark" />
+        </controls:SettingsPageControl.SecondaryLinks>
+    </controls:SettingsPageControl>
+
+</Page>

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/NewPlusPage.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+
+namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Views
+{
+    public sealed partial class NewPlusPage : Page, IRefreshablePage
+    {
+        private NewPlusViewModel ViewModel { get; set; }
+
+        public NewPlusPage()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+            var settings_utils = new SettingsUtils();
+            ViewModel = new NewPlusViewModel(settings_utils, SettingsRepository<GeneralSettings>.GetInstance(settings_utils), ShellPage.SendDefaultIPCMessage);
+            DataContext = ViewModel;
+        }
+
+        public void RefreshEnabledState()
+        {
+            ViewModel.RefreshEnabledState();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/ShellPage.xaml

@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@
                     helpers:NavHelper.NavigateTo="views:MouseWithoutBordersPage"
                     Icon="{ui:BitmapIcon Source=/Assets/Settings/Icons/MouseWithoutBorders.png}" />
 
+                <NavigationViewItem
+                    x:Uid="NewPlus_Product_Name"
+                    helpers:NavHelper.NavigateTo="views:NewPlusPage"
+                    Icon="{ui:BitmapIcon Source=/Assets/Settings/Icons/NewPlus.png}" />
+
                 <NavigationViewItem
                     x:Uid="Shell_Peek"
                     helpers:NavHelper.NavigateTo="views:PeekPage"

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw

@@ -4276,6 +4276,88 @@ Activate by holding the key for the character you want to add an accent to, then
     <value>Automatically close the AdvancedPaste window after it loses focus</value>
     <comment>AdvancedPaste is a product name, do not loc</comment>
   </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus.ModuleTitle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>New+</value>
+    <comment>New+ is the name of the utility. Localize product name in accordance with Windows New</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus.ModuleDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Create files and folders from a personalized set of templates</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Product_Name.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>New+</value>
+    <comment>New+ is the name of the utility. Localize product name in accordance with Windows New</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Product_Description.Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Create files and folders from a personalized set of templates</value>
+    <comment>New+ product description</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Learn_More.Text" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Learn more about New+</value>
+    <comment>New+ learn more link. Localize product name in accordance with Windows New</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Enable_Toggle.Header" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Enable New+</value>
+    <comment>Localize product name in accordance with Windows New</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_NoWindows10SupportWarning.Title" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>New+ is not supported in Windows 10 and is not expected to work.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_TemplatesNotBackupAndRestoreWarning.Title" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>PowerToys "Backup and Restore" feature doesn't take templates into account at this moment. If you use that feature, templates will have to be copied manually.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Templates.Header" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Templates</value>
+    <comment>Templates label</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Templates_Location.Header" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Location</value>
+    <comment>Templates Location label</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Templates_Location_Path.Text" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>...</value>
+    <comment>Do not localize</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Templates_Location_Learn_More.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Learn more about template location</value>
+    <comment>Read more about templates location</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Templates_Location_Change.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Change</value>
+    <comment>Button where user can Change the location of New templates</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Display_Options.Header" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Display options</value>
+    <comment>Display options label</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Hide_File_Extension_Toggle.Header" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Hide template filename extension</value>
+    <comment>Template file name extension settings toggle</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Hide_Starting_Digits_Toggle.Header" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Hide template filename starting digits, spaces, and dots</value>
+    <comment>Template filename starting digits settings toggle</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus_Hide_Starting_Digits_Description.Text" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>This option is useful when using digits, spaces and dots at the beginning of filenames to control the display order of templates</value>
+    <comment>Template filename starting digits settings toggle</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NewPlus.SecondaryLinksHeader" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Attribution</value>
+    <comment>giving credit</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Oobe_NewPlus.Title" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>New+</value>
+    <comment>New+ is the name of the utility. Localize product name in accordance with Windows New</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Oobe_NewPlus.Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Create files and folders from a personalized set of templates.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Oobe_NewPlus_HowToUse.Text" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>In File Explorer, right-click the desktop or a folder and via the New+ from the context menu select your template. You can add new templates by opening the template folder via "Open templates" and add new files and folders there.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Oobe_NewPlus_TipsAndTricks.Text" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>You can have multiple templates of the same file type, and you can even template folders!</value>
+  </data>  
   <data name="Workspaces.ModuleDescription" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Workspaces is a quick and easy way to launch a set of applications to custom positions and configurations with one-click.</value>
   </data>

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/DashboardViewModel.cs

@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels
         private void EnabledChangedOnUI(DashboardListItem dashboardListItem)
         {
             Views.ShellPage.UpdateGeneralSettingsCallback(dashboardListItem.Tag, dashboardListItem.IsEnabled);
+
+            if (dashboardListItem.Tag == ModuleType.NewPlus && dashboardListItem.IsEnabled == true)
+            {
+                var settingsUtils = new SettingsUtils();
+                var settings = NewPlusViewModel.LoadSettings(settingsUtils);
+                NewPlusViewModel.CopyTemplateExamples(settings.TemplateLocation);
+            }
         }
 
         public void ModuleEnabledChangedOnSettingsPage()
@@ -178,6 +185,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels
                 ModuleType.MeasureTool => GetModuleItemsMeasureTool(),
                 ModuleType.ShortcutGuide => GetModuleItemsShortcutGuide(),
                 ModuleType.PowerOCR => GetModuleItemsPowerOCR(),
+                ModuleType.NewPlus => GetModuleItemsNewPlus(),
                 _ => new ObservableCollection<DashboardModuleItem>(), // never called, all values listed above
             };
         }
@@ -495,6 +503,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels
             return new ObservableCollection<DashboardModuleItem>(list);
         }
 
+        private ObservableCollection<DashboardModuleItem> GetModuleItemsNewPlus()
+        {
+            var list = new List<DashboardModuleItem>
+            {
+                new DashboardModuleTextItem() { Label = resourceLoader.GetString("NewPlus_Product_Description/Description") },
+            };
+            return new ObservableCollection<DashboardModuleItem>(list);
+        }
+
         internal void SWVersionButtonClicked()
         {
             NavigationService.Navigate(typeof(GeneralPage));

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/NewPlusViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+using Common.UI;
+using global::PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Interfaces;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Utilities;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.ViewModels.Commands;
+using Windows.ApplicationModel.VoiceCommands;
+using Windows.System;
+using static Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers.ShellGetFolder;
+
+namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels
+{
+    public class NewPlusViewModel : Observable
+    {
+        private GeneralSettings GeneralSettingsConfig { get; set; }
+
+        private readonly ISettingsUtils _settingsUtils;
+
+        private NewPlusSettings Settings { get; set; }
+
+        private const string ModuleName = NewPlusSettings.ModuleName;
+
+        public NewPlusViewModel(ISettingsUtils settingsUtils, ISettingsRepository<GeneralSettings> settingsRepository, Func<string, int> ipcMSGCallBackFunc)
+        {
+            _settingsUtils = settingsUtils ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(settingsUtils));
+
+            // To obtain the general settings configurations of PowerToys Settings.
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(settingsRepository);
+
+            GeneralSettingsConfig = settingsRepository.SettingsConfig;
+
+            Settings = LoadSettings(settingsUtils);
+
+            // Initialize properties
+            _hideFileExtension = Settings.HideFileExtension;
+            _hideStartingDigits = Settings.HideStartingDigits;
+            _templateLocation = Settings.TemplateLocation;
+            InitializeEnabledValue();
+
+            // set the callback functions value to handle outgoing IPC message.
+            SendConfigMSG = ipcMSGCallBackFunc;
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeEnabledValue()
+        {
+            _enabledGpoRuleConfiguration = GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredNewPlusEnabledValue();
+            if (_enabledGpoRuleConfiguration == GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled || _enabledGpoRuleConfiguration == GpoRuleConfigured.Enabled)
+            {
+                // Get the enabled state from GPO.
+                _enabledStateIsGPOConfigured = true;
+                _isNewPlusEnabled = _enabledGpoRuleConfiguration == GpoRuleConfigured.Enabled;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _isNewPlusEnabled = GeneralSettingsConfig.Enabled.NewPlus;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsEnabled
+        {
+            get => _isNewPlusEnabled;
+            set
+            {
+                if (_isNewPlusEnabled != value)
+                {
+                    _isNewPlusEnabled = value;
+
+                    GeneralSettingsConfig.Enabled.NewPlus = value;
+                    OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsEnabled));
+
+                    OutGoingGeneralSettings outgoingMessage = new OutGoingGeneralSettings(GeneralSettingsConfig);
+                    SendConfigMSG(outgoingMessage.ToString());
+
+                    NotifySettingsChanged();
+
+                    if (_isNewPlusEnabled == true)
+                    {
+                        CopyTemplateExamples(_templateLocation);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsWin10OrLower
+        {
+            get => !OSVersionHelper.IsWindows11();
+        }
+
+        public string TemplateLocation
+        {
+            get => _templateLocation;
+            set
+            {
+                if (_templateLocation != value)
+                {
+                    _templateLocation = value;
+                    Settings.TemplateLocation = value;
+                    OnPropertyChanged(nameof(TemplateLocation));
+
+                    NotifySettingsChanged();
+
+                    SaveSettingsToJson();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool HideFileExtension
+        {
+            get => _hideFileExtension;
+            set
+            {
+                if (_hideFileExtension != value)
+                {
+                    _hideFileExtension = value;
+                    Settings.HideFileExtension = value;
+                    OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HideFileExtension));
+
+                    NotifySettingsChanged();
+
+                    SaveSettingsToJson();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool HideStartingDigits
+        {
+            get => _hideStartingDigits;
+            set
+            {
+                if (_hideStartingDigits != value)
+                {
+                    _hideStartingDigits = value;
+                    Settings.HideStartingDigits = value;
+                    OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HideStartingDigits));
+
+                    NotifySettingsChanged();
+
+                    SaveSettingsToJson();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsEnabledGpoConfigured
+        {
+            get => _enabledStateIsGPOConfigured;
+        }
+
+        public ButtonClickCommand OpenCurrentNewTemplateFolder => new ButtonClickCommand(OpenNewTemplateFolder);
+
+        public ButtonClickCommand PickAnotherNewTemplateFolder => new ButtonClickCommand(PickNewTemplateFolder);
+
+        private void NotifySettingsChanged()
+        {
+            // Using InvariantCulture as this is an IPC message
+            SendConfigMSG(
+                   string.Format(
+                       CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                       "{{ \"powertoys\": {{ \"{0}\": {1} }} }}",
+                       ModuleName,
+                       JsonSerializer.Serialize(Settings)));
+        }
+
+        private Func<string, int> SendConfigMSG { get; }
+
+        public static NewPlusSettings LoadSettings(ISettingsUtils settingsUtils)
+        {
+            NewPlusSettings settings = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                settings = settingsUtils.GetSettings<NewPlusSettings>(NewPlusSettings.ModuleName);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Exception encountered while reading {NewPlusSettings.ModuleName} settings.", e);
+            }
+
+            return settings;
+        }
+
+        public static void CopyTemplateExamples(string templateLocation)
+        {
+            if (!Directory.Exists(templateLocation))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(templateLocation);
+            }
+
+            if (Directory.GetFiles(templateLocation).Length == 0 && Directory.GetDirectories(templateLocation).Length == 0)
+            {
+                // No files in templateLocation directory
+                // Copy over examples files from <Program Files>\PowerToys\WinUI3Apps\Assets\NewPlus\Templates
+                var example_templates = Path.Combine(Helper.GetPowerToysInstallationWinUI3AppsAssetsFolder(), "NewPlus", "Templates");
+                Helper.CopyDirectory(example_templates, templateLocation, true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private GpoRuleConfigured _enabledGpoRuleConfiguration;
+        private bool _enabledStateIsGPOConfigured;
+        private bool _isNewPlusEnabled;
+        private string _templateLocation;
+        private bool _hideFileExtension;
+        private bool _hideStartingDigits;
+
+        public void RefreshEnabledState()
+        {
+            InitializeEnabledValue();
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsEnabled));
+        }
+
+        private void OpenNewTemplateFolder()
+        {
+            var process = new ProcessStartInfo()
+            {
+                FileName = _templateLocation,
+                UseShellExecute = true,
+            };
+            Process.Start(process);
+        }
+
+        private async void PickNewTemplateFolder()
+        {
+            var newPath = await PickFolderDialog();
+            if (newPath.Length > 1)
+            {
+                TemplateLocation = newPath;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task<string> PickFolderDialog()
+        {
+            var hwnd = WinRT.Interop.WindowNative.GetWindowHandle(App.GetSettingsWindow());
+            string pathFolder = await Task.FromResult<string>(ShellGetFolder.GetFolderDialogWithFlags(hwnd, ShellGetFolder.FolderDialogFlags._BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE));
+            return pathFolder;
+        }
+
+        private void SaveSettingsToJson()
+        {
+            _settingsUtils.SaveSettings(Settings.ToJsonString(), ModuleName);
+        }
+    }
+}