Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into dev/snickler/net10-upgrade

2025-12-16 11:48:06 +01:00 · 2025-11-29 21:13:29 -05:00
parent ff8707c9a0 1ba5a258e9
commit a2f9527ef7
70 changed files with 2862 additions and 409 deletions
--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
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 abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvxyz
 abgr
 ABlocked
-ABOUTBOX
 ABORTIFHUNG
+ABOUTBOX
 Abug
 Acceleratorkeys
 ACCEPTFILES
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ ANull
 AOC
 aocfnapldcnfbofgmbbllojgocaelgdd
 AOklab
+aot
 APARTMENTTHREADED
 APeriod
 apicontract
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 ASYNCWINDOWPLACEMENT
 ASYNCWINDOWPOS
 atl
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 ATRIOX
+ATX
 aumid
 authenticode
 AUTOBUDDY
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 azureaiinference
 azureinference
 azureopenai
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 bbwe
 BCIE
 bck
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 BESTEFFORT
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 bhid
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 BNumber
 BODGY
 BOklab
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 BOOTSTRAPPERINSTALLFOLDER
+Bootstrappers
 BOTTOMALIGN
 boxmodel
 BPBF
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 CALCRECT
 CALG
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 calpwstr
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 Cangjie
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-Carlseibert
 Canvascustomlayout
 CAPTUREBLT
 CAPTURECHANGED
 CARETBLINKING
+Carlseibert
 CAtl
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 CBN
 cch
 CCHDEVICENAME
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 CHILDACTIVATE
 CHILDWINDOW
 CHOOSEFONT
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@@ -276,6 +273,7 @@ copiedcolorrepresentation
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+coreclr
 COREWINDOW
 Corpor
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@@ -284,18 +282,18 @@ countof
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 cpcontrols
 cph
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 cplusplus
 CPower
+cppcoreguidelines
 cpptools
 cppvsdbg
 cppwinrt
 createdump
-creativecommons
 CREATEPROCESS
 CREATESCHEDULEDTASK
 CREATESTRUCT
 CREATEWINDOWFAILED
+creativecommons
 CRECT
 CRH
 critsec
@@ -331,7 +329,6 @@ CYSCREEN
 CYSMICON
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 Czechia
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 Dac
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@@ -355,9 +352,7 @@ Deact
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 Deduplicator
-Deeplink
 DEFAULTBOOTSTRAPPERINSTALLFOLDER
 DEFAULTCOLOR
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@@ -404,7 +399,6 @@ DISPLAYFREQUENCY
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 divyan
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 Dlg
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@@ -417,7 +411,6 @@ DONTVALIDATEPATH
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 DPIs
@@ -531,7 +524,6 @@ EXTRINSICPROPERTIES
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 FANCYZONESEDITOR
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 FARPROC
 fdx
 fesf
@@ -563,8 +555,8 @@ FIXEDSYS
 flac
 flyouts
 FMask
-foundrylocal
 fmtid
+FNumber
 FOF
 FOFX
 FOLDERID
@@ -575,6 +567,7 @@ FORCEMINIMIZE
 FORMATDLGORD
 formatetc
 FORPARSING
+foundrylocal
 FRAMECHANGED
 frm
 FROMTOUCH
@@ -593,13 +586,13 @@ gdi
 gdiplus
 GDIPVER
 GDISCALED
+geolocator
 GETCLIENTAREAANIMATION
 GETCURSEL
 GETDESKWALLPAPER
 GETDLGCODE
 GETDPISCALEDSIZE
 getfilesiginforedist
-geolocator
 GETHOTKEY
 GETICON
 GETLBTEXT
@@ -610,11 +603,12 @@ GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING
 GETSECKEY
 GETSTICKYKEYS
 GETTEXTLENGTH
-GIFs
-gitmodules
 GHND
+gitmodules
 GMEM
 GNumber
+googleai
+googlegemini
 gpedit
 gpo
 GPOCA
@@ -631,8 +625,6 @@ GValue
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-googleai
-googlegemini
 hangeul
 Hanzi
 Hardlines
@@ -743,9 +735,7 @@ IDCANCEL
 IDD
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 idl
-IIM
 idlist
-ifd
 IDOK
 IDOn
 IDR
@@ -754,15 +744,16 @@ ietf
 IEXPLORE
 IFACEMETHOD
 IFACEMETHODIMP
+ifd
 IGNOREUNKNOWN
 IGo
 iid
+IIM
 Iindex
 Ijwhost
 ILD
 IMAGEHLP
 IMAGERESIZERCONTEXTMENU
-IPTC
 IMAGERESIZEREXT
 imageresizerinput
 imageresizersettings
@@ -798,7 +789,6 @@ INSTALLFOLDERTOPREVIOUSINSTALLFOLDER
 INSTALLLOCATION
 INSTALLMESSAGE
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-installscopeperuser
 INSTALLSTARTMENUSHORTCUT
 INSTALLSTATE
 Inste
@@ -811,6 +801,7 @@ invokecommand
 ipcmanager
 IPREVIEW
 ipreviewhandlervisualssetfont
+IPTC
 irow
 irprops
 isbi
@@ -854,15 +845,14 @@ keyvault
 KILLFOCUS
 killrunner
 kmph
-ksa
 kvp
 Kybd
 LARGEICON
 lastcodeanalysissucceeded
 LASTEXITCODE
 LAYOUTRTL
-LCh
 lbl
+LCh
 lcid
 LCIDTo
 lcl
@@ -878,10 +868,10 @@ LExit
 lhwnd
 LIBFUZZER
 LIBID
+lightswitch
 LIMITSIZE
 LIMITTEXT
 lindex
-lightswitch
 linkid
 LINKOVERLAY
 LINQTo
@@ -892,6 +882,7 @@ LLKH
 llkhf
 LMEM
 LMENU
+lng
 LOADFROMFILE
 LOBYTE
 localappdata
@@ -901,17 +892,14 @@ LOCATIONCHANGE
 LOCKTYPE
 LOGFONT
 LOGFONTW
-logon
-lon
 LOGMSG
+logon
 LOGPIXELSX
 LOGPIXELSY
-lng
 lon
 longdate
 LONGNAMES
 lowlevel
-lquadrant
 LOWORD
 lparam
 LPBITMAPINFOHEADER
@@ -945,6 +933,7 @@ lpv
 LPW
 lpwcx
 lpwndpl
+lquadrant
 LReader
 LRESULT
 LSTATUS
@@ -971,6 +960,7 @@ MAKELONG
 MAKELPARAM
 makepri
 MAKEWPARAM
+Malware
 manifestdependency
 MAPPEDTOSAMEKEY
 MAPTOSAMESHORTCUT
@@ -993,8 +983,8 @@ MENUITEMINFO
 MENUITEMINFOW
 MERGECOPY
 MERGEPAINT
-Metadatas
 metadatamatters
+Metadatas
 metafile
 mfc
 Mgmt
@@ -1040,9 +1030,6 @@ mousepointer
 mouseutils
 MOVESIZEEND
 MOVESIZESTART
-muxx
-muxxc
-muxxh
 MRM
 MRT
 mru
@@ -1071,10 +1058,14 @@ msrc
 msstore
 msvcp
 MT
+mstsc
 MTND
 MULTIPLEUSE
 multizone
 muxc
+muxx
+muxxc
+muxxh
 MVPs
 mvvm
 MVVMTK
@@ -1157,7 +1148,6 @@ nonstd
 NOOWNERZORDER
 NOPARENTNOTIFY
 NOPREFIX
-NPU
 NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP
 NOREDRAW
 NOREMOVE
@@ -1186,6 +1176,7 @@ nowarn
 NOZORDER
 NPH
 npmjs
+NPU
 NResize
 NTAPI
 ntdll
@@ -1210,15 +1201,17 @@ oldpath
 oldtheme
 oleaut
 OLECHAR
+ollama
 onebranch
+onnx
 OOBEUI
 openas
 opencode
 OPENFILENAME
+openrdp
 opensource
 openxmlformats
 ollama
-Olllama
 onnx
 OPTIMIZEFORINVOKE
 ORPHANEDDIALOGTITLE
@@ -1292,6 +1285,7 @@ pguid
 phbm
 phbmp
 phicon
+Photoshop
 phwnd
 pici
 pidl
@@ -1314,7 +1308,6 @@ pnid
 PNMLINK
 Poc
 Podcasts
-Photoshop
 POINTERID
 POINTERUPDATE
 Pokedex
@@ -1409,10 +1402,9 @@ pwsz
 pwtd
 QDC
 qit
-QNN
-Qualcomm
 QITAB
 QITABENT
+QNN
 qoi
 Quarternary
 QUERYENDSESSION
@@ -1422,8 +1414,8 @@ quickaccent
 QUNS
 RAII
 RAlt
-RAquadrant
 randi
+RAquadrant
 rasterization
 Rasterize
 RAWINPUTDEVICE
@@ -1433,6 +1425,8 @@ RAWPATH
 rbhid
 rclsid
 RCZOOMIT
+remotedesktop
+rdp
 RDW
 READMODE
 READOBJECTS
@@ -1450,9 +1444,7 @@ regfile
 REGISTERCLASSFAILED
 REGISTRYHEADER
 REGISTRYPREVIEWEXT
-registryroot
 regkey
-regroot
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 REINSTALLMODE
 releaseblog
@@ -1505,7 +1497,6 @@ rstringalpha
 rstringdigit
 rtb
 RTLREADING
-rtm
 runas
 rundll
 rungameid
@@ -1562,8 +1553,8 @@ SETRULES
 SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE
 SETSTICKYKEYS
 SETTEXT
-settingscard
 SETTINGCHANGE
+settingscard
 SETTINGSCHANGED
 settingsheader
 settingshotkeycontrol
@@ -1708,6 +1699,7 @@ stringtable
 stringval
 Strm
 strret
+STRSAFE
 stscanf
 sttngs
 Stubless
@@ -1719,7 +1711,6 @@ sublang
 SUBMODULEUPDATE
 subresource
 Superbar
-suntimes
 sut
 svchost
 SVGIn
@@ -1753,7 +1744,6 @@ SYSTEMMODAL
 SYSTEMTIME
 TARG
 TARGETAPPHEADER
-TARGETDIR
 targetentrypoint
 TARGETHEADER
 targetver
@@ -1783,10 +1773,10 @@ textextractor
 TEXTINCLUDE
 tfopen
 tgz
+THEMECHANGED
 themeresources
 THH
 THICKFRAME
-THEMECHANGED
 THISCOMPONENT
 throughs
 TILEDWINDOW
@@ -1883,7 +1873,6 @@ USEINSTALLERFORTEST
 USESHOWWINDOW
 USESTDHANDLES
 USRDLL
-utm
 UType
 uuidv
 uwp
@@ -1956,11 +1945,11 @@ Wca
 WCE
 wcex
 WClass
+WCRAPI
 wcsicmp
 wcsncpy
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-WCRAPI
 WDA
 wdm
 wdp
@@ -1988,6 +1977,7 @@ WINDOWPLACEMENT
 WINDOWPOSCHANGED
 WINDOWPOSCHANGING
 WINDOWSBUILDNUMBER
+windowsml
 windowssearch
 windowssettings
 WINDOWSTYLES
@@ -2003,9 +1993,8 @@ Winhook
 WINL
 winlogon
 winmd
-WINNT
-windowsml
 winml
+WINNT
 winres
 winrt
 winsdk
@@ -2067,20 +2056,21 @@ WTSAT
 Wubi
 WUX
 Wwanpp
+xap
 XAxis
 XButton
 xclip
 xcopy
-xap
 XDeployment
-XDimension
 xdf
+XDimension
 XDocument
 XElement
 xfd
 XFile
 XIncrement
 XLoc
+xmp
 XNamespace
 Xoshiro
 XPels
@@ -2091,23 +2081,22 @@ xsi
 XSpeed
 XStr
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-xmp
 XTimer
 XUP
 XVIRTUALSCREEN
 xxxxxx
 YAxis
 ycombinator
-YIncrement
 YDimension
+YIncrement
 yinle
 yinyue
 YPels
 YPos
 YResolution
 YSpeed
-YTimer
 YStr
+YTimer
 YVIRTUALSCREEN
 ZEROINIT
 zonability
--- a/PowerToys.sln
+++ b/PowerToys.sln
@@ -834,6 +834,10 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "LanguageModelProvider", "sr
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests", "src\modules\cmdpal\Tests\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests.csproj", "{A66E9270-5D93-EC9C-F06E-CE7295BB9A6C}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop", "src\modules\cmdpal\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj", "{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests", "src\modules\cmdpal\Tests\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj", "{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|ARM64 = Debug|ARM64
@@ -3036,6 +3040,22 @@ Global
 		{A66E9270-5D93-EC9C-F06E-CE7295BB9A6C}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
 		{A66E9270-5D93-EC9C-F06E-CE7295BB9A6C}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{A66E9270-5D93-EC9C-F06E-CE7295BB9A6C}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -3367,6 +3387,8 @@ Global
 		{4E0FCF69-B06B-D272-76BF-ED3A559B4EDA} = {8EF25507-2575-4ADE-BF7E-D23376903AB8}
 		{45354F4F-1414-45CE-B600-51CD1209FD19} = {1AFB6476-670D-4E80-A464-657E01DFF482}
 		{A66E9270-5D93-EC9C-F06E-CE7295BB9A6C} = {8EF25507-2575-4ADE-BF7E-D23376903AB8}
+		{2B3FB837-23DE-629F-82C6-42304E7083C9} = {ECB8E0D1-7603-4E5C-AB10-D1E545E6F8E2}
+		{DB34808A-FF91-D06E-A426-AFB5A8BD583B} = {8EF25507-2575-4ADE-BF7E-D23376903AB8}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {C3A2F9D1-7930-4EF4-A6FC-7EE0A99821D0}
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reve
 <!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
 [github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.97%22
 [github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.96%22
-[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe 
-[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe 
-[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe 
-[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe 
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe
 
 |  Description   | Filename |
 |----------------|----------|
-| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
-| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
-| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
-| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |

 </details>

--- a/src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
        /// </summary>
        public static string CurrentVersionLogDirectoryPath { get; private set; }

+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the path to the current log file.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string CurrentLogFile { get; private set; }
+
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the path to the log directory for the app.
        /// </summary>
@@ -55,7 +60,9 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
            AppLogDirectoryPath = basePath;
            CurrentVersionLogDirectoryPath = versionedPath;

-            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(versionedPath, "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log");
+            var logFile = "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log";
+            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(versionedPath, logFile);
+            CurrentLogFile = logFilePath;

            Trace.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(logFilePath));

--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/MainListPage.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/MainListPage.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
        "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.websearch",
        "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.windowssettings",
        "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.datetime",
+        "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.remotedesktop",
    ];

    private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsModel.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+using ManagedCommon;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Settings;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
 using Windows.Foundation;
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;

 public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject
 {
+    private const string DeprecatedHotkeyGoesHomeKey = "HotkeyGoesHome";
+
    [JsonIgnore]
    public static readonly string FilePath;

@@ -30,8 +34,6 @@ public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject

    public bool ShowAppDetails { get; set; }

-    public bool HotkeyGoesHome { get; set; }
-
    public bool BackspaceGoesBack { get; set; }

    public bool SingleClickActivates { get; set; }
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject

    public WindowPosition? LastWindowPosition { get; set; }

+    public TimeSpan AutoGoHomeInterval { get; set; } = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan;
+
    // END SETTINGS
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@@ -98,12 +102,29 @@ public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject
        {
            // Read the JSON content from the file
            var jsonContent = File.ReadAllText(FilePath);
+            var loaded = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SettingsModel>(jsonContent, JsonSerializationContext.Default.SettingsModel) ?? new();

-            var loaded = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SettingsModel>(jsonContent, JsonSerializationContext.Default.SettingsModel);
+            var migratedAny = false;
+            try
+            {
+                if (JsonNode.Parse(jsonContent) is JsonObject root)
+                {
+                    migratedAny |= ApplyMigrations(root, loaded);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Debug.WriteLine($"Migration check failed: {ex}");
+            }

-            Debug.WriteLine(loaded is not null ? "Loaded settings file" : "Failed to parse");
+            Debug.WriteLine("Loaded settings file");

-            return loaded ?? new();
+            if (migratedAny)
+            {
+                SaveSettings(loaded);
+            }
+
+            return loaded;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
@@ -113,6 +134,51 @@ public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject
        return new();
    }

+    private static bool ApplyMigrations(JsonObject root, SettingsModel model)
+    {
+        var migrated = false;
+
+        // Migration #1: HotkeyGoesHome (bool) -> AutoGoHomeInterval (TimeSpan)
+        // The old 'HotkeyGoesHome' boolean indicated whether the "go home" action should happen immediately (true) or never (false).
+        // The new 'AutoGoHomeInterval' uses a TimeSpan: 'TimeSpan.Zero' means immediate, 'Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan' means never.
+        migrated |= TryMigrate(
+            "Migration #1: HotkeyGoesHome (bool) -> AutoGoHomeInterval (TimeSpan)",
+            root,
+            model,
+            nameof(AutoGoHomeInterval),
+            DeprecatedHotkeyGoesHomeKey,
+            (settingsModel, goesHome) => settingsModel.AutoGoHomeInterval = goesHome ? TimeSpan.Zero : Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan,
+            JsonSerializationContext.Default.Boolean);
+
+        return migrated;
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryMigrate<T>(string migrationName, JsonObject root, SettingsModel model, string newKey, string oldKey, Action<SettingsModel, T> apply, JsonTypeInfo<T> jsonTypeInfo)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // If new key already present, skip migration
+            if (root.ContainsKey(newKey) && root[newKey] is not null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // If old key present, try to deserialize and apply
+            if (root.TryGetPropertyValue(oldKey, out var oldNode) && oldNode is not null)
+            {
+                var value = oldNode.Deserialize<T>(jsonTypeInfo);
+                apply(model, value!);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"Error during migration {migrationName}.", ex);
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
    public static void SaveSettings(SettingsModel model)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(FilePath))
@@ -139,6 +205,9 @@ public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject
                        savedSettings[item.Key] = item.Value?.DeepClone();
                    }

+                    // Remove deprecated keys
+                    savedSettings.Remove(DeprecatedHotkeyGoesHomeKey);
+
                    var serialized = savedSettings.ToJsonString(JsonSerializationContext.Default.Options);
                    File.WriteAllText(FilePath, serialized);

--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;

 public partial class SettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
 {
+    private static readonly List<TimeSpan> AutoGoHomeIntervals =
+    [
+        Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan,
+        TimeSpan.Zero,
+        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10),
+        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
+        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
+        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60),
+        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(90),
+        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120),
+        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(180),
+    ];
+
    private readonly SettingsModel _settings;
    private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;

@@ -58,16 +71,6 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
        }
    }

-    public bool HotkeyGoesHome
-    {
-        get => _settings.HotkeyGoesHome;
-        set
-        {
-            _settings.HotkeyGoesHome = value;
-            Save();
-        }
-    }
-
    public bool BackspaceGoesBack
    {
        get => _settings.BackspaceGoesBack;
@@ -138,6 +141,25 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
        }
    }

+    public int AutoGoBackIntervalIndex
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            var index = AutoGoHomeIntervals.IndexOf(_settings.AutoGoHomeInterval);
+            return index >= 0 ? index : 0;
+        }
+
+        set
+        {
+            if (value >= 0 && value < AutoGoHomeIntervals.Count)
+            {
+                _settings.AutoGoHomeInterval = AutoGoHomeIntervals[value];
+            }
+
+            Save();
+        }
+    }
+
    public ObservableCollection<ProviderSettingsViewModel> CommandProviders { get; } = [];

    public SettingsExtensionsViewModel Extensions { get; }
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/App.xaml.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate;
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
        services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, BuiltInsCommandProvider>();
        services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, TimeDateCommandsProvider>();
        services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, SystemCommandExtensionProvider>();
+        services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, RemoteDesktopCommandProvider>();

        // Models
        services.AddSingleton<TopLevelCommandManager>();
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/DevRibbon.xaml
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/DevRibbon.xaml
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<UserControl
+    x:Class="Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Controls.DevRibbon"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+    xmlns:controls="using:CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls"
+    xmlns:converters="using:CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters"
+    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    xmlns:viewModels="using:Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels"
+    mc:Ignorable="d">
+
+    <UserControl.Resources>
+        <DataTemplate x:Key="LogEntryTemplate" x:DataType="viewModels:LogEntryViewModel">
+            <controls:SettingsExpander Description="{x:Bind Description}" Header="{x:Bind Header}">
+                <controls:SettingsExpander.HeaderIcon>
+                    <FontIcon Glyph="{x:Bind SeverityGlyph}" />
+                </controls:SettingsExpander.HeaderIcon>
+                <controls:SettingsExpander.Items>
+                    <controls:SettingsCard HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" ContentAlignment="Vertical">
+                        <ScrollViewer
+                            MaxWidth="1160"
+                            HorizontalScrollMode="Auto"
+                            VerticalScrollMode="Auto">
+                            <TextBlock
+                                FontFamily="Consolas"
+                                FontSize="11"
+                                Foreground="{ThemeResource SystemControlPageTextBaseMediumBrush}"
+                                IsTextSelectionEnabled="True"
+                                Text="{x:Bind Details}"
+                                TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
+                        </ScrollViewer>
+                    </controls:SettingsCard>
+                </controls:SettingsExpander.Items>
+            </controls:SettingsExpander>
+        </DataTemplate>
+
+        <converters:BoolToVisibilityConverter
+            x:Key="InvertedBoolToVisibilityConverter"
+            FalseValue="Visible"
+            TrueValue="Collapsed" />
+
+    </UserControl.Resources>
+
+    <Grid>
+        <Border
+            x:Name="RootBorder"
+            Height="26"
+            HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+            VerticalAlignment="Top"
+            Background="{ThemeResource SettingsCardBackground}"
+            BorderBrush="{ThemeResource SurfaceStrokeColorFlyoutBrush}"
+            BorderThickness="1,0,1,1"
+            CornerRadius="0,0,8,8"
+            Opacity="0.3">
+            <Button
+                Padding="0"
+                CornerRadius="0,0,8,8"
+                FontSize="11"
+                PointerEntered="DevRibbonButton_PointerEntered"
+                PointerExited="DevRibbonButton_PointerExited">
+                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
+                    <StackPanel
+                        Padding="8,4"
+                        VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                        Background="DarkOrange"
+                        Orientation="Horizontal"
+                        Visibility="{x:Bind VisibleIfGreaterThanZero(ViewModel.WarningCount), Mode=OneWay}">
+                        <FontIcon
+                            Margin="0,0,8,0"
+                            VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                            FontFamily="{ThemeResource SymbolThemeFontFamily}"
+                            FontSize="12"
+                            Glyph="&#xE7BA;" />
+                        <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center">
+                            <Run Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.WarningCount, Mode=OneWay}" />
+                        </TextBlock>
+                    </StackPanel>
+                    <StackPanel
+                        Padding="8,4"
+                        VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                        Background="Maroon"
+                        Orientation="Horizontal"
+                        Visibility="{x:Bind VisibleIfGreaterThanZero(ViewModel.ErrorCount), Mode=OneWay}">
+                        <FontIcon
+                            Margin="0,0,8,0"
+                            VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                            FontFamily="{ThemeResource SymbolThemeFontFamily}"
+                            FontSize="12"
+                            Glyph="&#xEA39;" />
+                        <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center">
+                            <Run Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.ErrorCount, Mode=OneWay}" />
+                        </TextBlock>
+                    </StackPanel>
+                    <Border Padding="8,4">
+                        <Border.Background>
+                            <SolidColorBrush Color="{x:Bind ViewModel.TagColor}" />
+                        </Border.Background>
+                        <TextBlock Padding="4" VerticalAlignment="Center">
+                            <Run Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.Tag}" />
+                        </TextBlock>
+                    </Border>
+                </StackPanel>
+
+                <Button.Flyout>
+                    <Flyout
+                        Placement="Bottom"
+                        ShouldConstrainToRootBounds="False"
+                        SystemBackdrop="{ThemeResource AcrylicBackgroundFillColorDefaultBackdrop}">
+                        <Flyout.FlyoutPresenterStyle>
+                            <Style BasedOn="{StaticResource DefaultFlyoutPresenterStyle}" TargetType="FlyoutPresenter">
+                                <Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="600" />
+                                <Setter Property="MaxWidth" Value="1200" />
+                                <Setter Property="Padding" Value="0" />
+                            </Style>
+                        </Flyout.FlyoutPresenterStyle>
+
+                        <Grid x:Name="FlyoutContent">
+                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
+                                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
+                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+
+                            <StackPanel Padding="16" Spacing="8">
+
+                                <!--  Logs section  -->
+                                <TextBlock
+                                    Margin="1,0,0,6"
+                                    Style="{ThemeResource SettingsSectionHeaderTextBlockStyle}"
+                                    Text="Logs" />
+                                <ItemsControl ItemTemplate="{StaticResource LogEntryTemplate}" ItemsSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.LatestLogs, Mode=OneWay}" />
+                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="8">
+                                    <Button Command="{x:Bind ViewModel.OpenLogFileCommand}" Content="Open Log File" />
+                                    <Button Command="{x:Bind ViewModel.OpenLogFolderCommand}" Content="Open Log Folder" />
+                                    <Button Command="{x:Bind ViewModel.ResetErrorCountersCommand}" Content="Clear Counters" />
+                                </StackPanel>
+
+                                <!--  Build info section  -->
+                                <TextBlock Style="{ThemeResource SettingsSectionHeaderTextBlockStyle}" Text="Build Info" />
+                                <Border
+                                    Padding="16"
+                                    Background="{ThemeResource SettingsCardBackground}"
+                                    BorderBrush="{ThemeResource SettingsCardBorderBrush}"
+                                    BorderThickness="1">
+                                    <Grid ColumnSpacing="8">
+                                        <Grid.Resources>
+                                            <Style
+                                                x:Key="KeyTextBlockStyle"
+                                                BasedOn="{StaticResource CaptionTextBlockStyle}"
+                                                TargetType="TextBlock">
+                                                <Setter Property="IsTextSelectionEnabled" Value="True" />
+                                                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
+                                            </Style>
+                                            <Style
+                                                x:Key="ValueTextBlockStyle"
+                                                BasedOn="{StaticResource CaptionTextBlockStyle}"
+                                                TargetType="TextBlock">
+                                                <Setter Property="IsTextSelectionEnabled" Value="True" />
+                                                <Setter Property="TextAlignment" Value="Right" />
+                                            </Style>
+                                        </Grid.Resources>
+                                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                                            <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
+                                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
+                                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                                        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                                            <RowDefinition />
+                                            <RowDefinition />
+                                            <RowDefinition />
+                                        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                                        <TextBlock
+                                            Grid.Row="0"
+                                            Grid.Column="0"
+                                            Style="{StaticResource KeyTextBlockStyle}"
+                                            Text="Configuration:" />
+                                        <TextBlock
+                                            Grid.Row="0"
+                                            Grid.Column="1"
+                                            Style="{StaticResource ValueTextBlockStyle}"
+                                            Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.BuildConfiguration, Mode=OneWay}" />
+
+                                        <TextBlock
+                                            Grid.Row="1"
+                                            Grid.Column="0"
+                                            Style="{StaticResource KeyTextBlockStyle}"
+                                            Text="AOT:" />
+                                        <TextBlock
+                                            Grid.Row="1"
+                                            Grid.Column="1"
+                                            Style="{StaticResource ValueTextBlockStyle}"
+                                            Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsAot, Mode=OneWay}" />
+
+                                        <TextBlock
+                                            Grid.Row="2"
+                                            Grid.Column="0"
+                                            Style="{StaticResource KeyTextBlockStyle}"
+                                            Text="Trimmed:" />
+                                        <TextBlock
+                                            Grid.Row="2"
+                                            Grid.Column="1"
+                                            Style="{StaticResource ValueTextBlockStyle}"
+                                            Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsPublishTrimmed, Mode=OneWay}" />
+
+                                    </Grid>
+                                </Border>
+                            </StackPanel>
+
+                            <!--  Footer  -->
+                            <Border
+                                Grid.Row="1"
+                                Padding="16"
+                                Background="{ThemeResource SettingsCardBackground}"
+                                BorderBrush="{ThemeResource SettingsCardBorderBrush}"
+                                BorderThickness="1"
+                                CornerRadius="{ThemeResource ControlCornerRadius}"
+                                Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsAotReleaseConfiguration, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource InvertedBoolToVisibilityConverter}}">
+                                <TextBlock Text="Warning: Test in Release/AOT configuration to verify everything works." TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                            </Border>
+
+                        </Grid>
+                    </Flyout>
+                </Button.Flyout>
+            </Button>
+        </Border>
+        <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
+            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
+                <VisualState x:Name="Normal" />
+                <VisualState x:Name="PointerOver">
+                    <Storyboard>
+                        <DoubleAnimation
+                            Storyboard.TargetName="RootBorder"
+                            Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
+                            To="1.0"
+                            Duration="0:0:0.1" />
+                    </Storyboard>
+                </VisualState>
+            </VisualStateGroup>
+            <VisualStateGroup x:Name="SeverityStates">
+                <VisualState x:Name="NoLog" />
+                <VisualState x:Name="WarningLog">
+                    <Storyboard>
+                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="SeverityIcon" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Glyph">
+                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="&#xE7BA;" />
+                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+                    </Storyboard>
+                </VisualState>
+                <VisualState x:Name="ErrorLog">
+                    <Storyboard>
+                        <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="SeverityIcon" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Glyph">
+                            <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="&#xEA39;" />
+                        </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+                    </Storyboard>
+                </VisualState>
+            </VisualStateGroup>
+        </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
+    </Grid>
+</UserControl>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/DevRibbon.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/DevRibbon.xaml.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// 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.UI.Xaml;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Controls;
+
+internal sealed partial class DevRibbon : UserControl
+{
+    public ViewModels.DevRibbonViewModel ViewModel { get; }
+
+    public DevRibbon()
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        ViewModel = new ViewModels.DevRibbonViewModel();
+
+        if (FlyoutContent != null)
+        {
+            FlyoutContent.DataContext = ViewModel;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void DevRibbonButton_PointerEntered(object sender, PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "PointerOver", true);
+    }
+
+    private void DevRibbonButton_PointerExited(object sender, PointerRoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Normal", true);
+    }
+
+    private Visibility VisibleIfGreaterThanZero(int value)
+    {
+        return value > 0 ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Helpers/BuildInfo.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Helpers/BuildInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// 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.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
+
+internal static class BuildInfo
+{
+#if DEBUG
+    public const string Configuration = "Debug";
+#else
+    public const string Configuration = "Release";
+#endif
+
+    // Runtime AOT detection
+    public static bool IsNativeAot => !RuntimeFeature.IsDynamicCodeSupported;
+
+    // From assembly metadata (build-time values)
+    public static bool PublishTrimmed => GetBoolMetadata("PublishTrimmed", false);
+
+    // From assembly metadata (build-time values)
+    public static bool PublishAot => GetBoolMetadata("PublishAot", false);
+
+    public static bool IsCiBuild => GetBoolMetadata("CIBuild", false);
+
+    private static string? GetMetadata(string key) =>
+        Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
+            .GetCustomAttributes<AssemblyMetadataAttribute>()
+            .FirstOrDefault(a => a.Key == key)?.Value;
+
+    private static bool GetBoolMetadata(string key, bool defaultValue) =>
+        bool.TryParse(GetMetadata(key), out var result) ? result : defaultValue;
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@
    Activated="MainWindow_Activated"
    Closed="MainWindow_Closed"
    mc:Ignorable="d">
-    <pages:ShellPage x:Name="RootShellPage" />
+    <Grid x:Name="RootElement">
+        <pages:ShellPage />
+    </Grid>
 </winuiex:WindowEx>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.Common.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.Common.Services;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.Messages;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Controls;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Events;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Messages;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
    [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules", "SA1306:Field names should begin with lower-case letter", Justification = "Stylistically, window messages are WM_")]
    private readonly uint WM_TASKBAR_RESTART;
    private readonly HWND _hwnd;
+    private readonly DispatcherTimer _autoGoHomeTimer;
    private readonly WNDPROC? _hotkeyWndProc;
    private readonly WNDPROC? _originalWndProc;
    private readonly List<TopLevelHotkey> _hotkeys = [];
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,

    private DesktopAcrylicController? _acrylicController;
    private SystemBackdropConfiguration? _configurationSource;
+    private TimeSpan _autoGoHomeInterval = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan;

    private WindowPosition _currentWindowPosition = new();

@@ -75,6 +78,9 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
    {
        InitializeComponent();

+        _autoGoHomeTimer = new DispatcherTimer();
+        _autoGoHomeTimer.Tick += OnAutoGoHomeTimerOnTick;
+
        _hwnd = new HWND(WinRT.Interop.WindowNative.GetWindowHandle(this).ToInt32());

        unsafe
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
        ExtendsContentIntoTitleBar = true;
        AppWindow.TitleBar.PreferredHeightOption = TitleBarHeightOption.Collapsed;
        SizeChanged += WindowSizeChanged;
-        RootShellPage.Loaded += RootShellPage_Loaded;
+        RootElement.Loaded += RootElementLoaded;

        WM_TASKBAR_RESTART = PInvoke.RegisterWindowMessage("TaskbarCreated");

@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
        App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!.SettingsChanged += SettingsChangedHandler;

        // Make sure that we update the acrylic theme when the OS theme changes
-        RootShellPage.ActualThemeChanged += (s, e) => DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(UpdateAcrylic);
+        RootElement.ActualThemeChanged += (s, e) => DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(UpdateAcrylic);

        // Hardcoding event name to avoid bringing in the PowerToys.interop dependency. Event name must match CMDPAL_SHOW_EVENT from shared_constants.h
        NativeEventWaiter.WaitForEventLoop("Local\\PowerToysCmdPal-ShowEvent-62336fcd-8611-4023-9b30-091a6af4cc5a", () =>
@@ -141,6 +147,15 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
        HideWindow();
    }

+    private void OnAutoGoHomeTimerOnTick(object? s, object e)
+    {
+        _autoGoHomeTimer.Stop();
+
+        // BEAR LOADING: Focus Search must be suppressed here; otherwise it may steal focus (for example, from the system tray icon)
+        // and prevent the user from opening its context menu.
+        WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send(new GoHomeMessage(WithAnimation: false, FocusSearch: false));
+    }
+
    private static void LocalKeyboardListener_OnKeyPressed(object? sender, LocalKeyboardListenerKeyPressedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Key == VirtualKey.GoBack)
@@ -151,11 +166,18 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,

    private void SettingsChangedHandler(SettingsModel sender, object? args) => HotReloadSettings();

-    private void RootShellPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) =>
-
+    private void RootElementLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
        // Now that our content has loaded, we can update our draggable regions
        UpdateRegionsForCustomTitleBar();

+        // Add dev ribbon if enabled
+        if (!BuildInfo.IsCiBuild)
+        {
+            RootElement.Children.Add(new DevRibbon { Margin = new Thickness(-1, -1, 120, -1) });
+        }
+    }
+
    private void WindowSizeChanged(object sender, WindowSizeChangedEventArgs args) => UpdateRegionsForCustomTitleBar();

    private void PositionCentered()
@@ -220,6 +242,9 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
        App.Current.Services.GetService<TrayIconService>()!.SetupTrayIcon(settings.ShowSystemTrayIcon);

        _ignoreHotKeyWhenFullScreen = settings.IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen;
+
+        _autoGoHomeInterval = settings.AutoGoHomeInterval;
+        _autoGoHomeTimer.Interval = _autoGoHomeInterval;
    }

    // We want to use DesktopAcrylicKind.Thin and custom colors as this is the default material
@@ -279,6 +304,8 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,

    private void ShowHwnd(IntPtr hwndValue, MonitorBehavior target)
    {
+        StopAutoGoHome();
+
        var hwnd = new HWND(hwndValue != 0 ? hwndValue : _hwnd);

        // Remember, IsIconic == "minimized", which is entirely different state
@@ -533,6 +560,25 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
            // If the window was not cloaked, then leave it hidden.
            // Sure, it's not ideal, but at least it's not visible.
        }
+
+        // Start auto-go-home timer
+        RestartAutoGoHome();
+    }
+
+    private void StopAutoGoHome()
+    {
+        _autoGoHomeTimer.Stop();
+    }
+
+    private void RestartAutoGoHome()
+    {
+        if (_autoGoHomeInterval == Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _autoGoHomeTimer.Stop();
+        _autoGoHomeTimer.Start();
    }

    private bool Cloak()
@@ -620,28 +666,28 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
    private void UpdateRegionsForCustomTitleBar()
    {
        // Specify the interactive regions of the title bar.
-        var scaleAdjustment = RootShellPage.XamlRoot.RasterizationScale;
+        var scaleAdjustment = RootElement.XamlRoot.RasterizationScale;

        // Get the rectangle around our XAML content. We're going to mark this
        // rectangle as "Passthrough", so that the normal window operations
        // (resizing, dragging) don't apply in this space.
-        var transform = RootShellPage.TransformToVisual(null);
+        var transform = RootElement.TransformToVisual(null);

        // Reserve 16px of space at the top for dragging.
        var topHeight = 16;
        var bounds = transform.TransformBounds(new Rect(
            0,
            topHeight,
-            RootShellPage.ActualWidth,
-            RootShellPage.ActualHeight));
+            RootElement.ActualWidth,
+            RootElement.ActualHeight));
        var contentRect = GetRect(bounds, scaleAdjustment);
        var rectArray = new RectInt32[] { contentRect };
        var nonClientInputSrc = InputNonClientPointerSource.GetForWindowId(this.AppWindow.Id);
        nonClientInputSrc.SetRegionRects(NonClientRegionKind.Passthrough, rectArray);

        // Add a drag-able region on top
-        var w = RootShellPage.ActualWidth;
-        _ = RootShellPage.ActualHeight;
+        var w = RootElement.ActualWidth;
+        _ = RootElement.ActualHeight;
        var dragSides = new RectInt32[]
        {
            GetRect(new Rect(0, 0, w, topHeight), scaleAdjustment), // the top, {topHeight=16} tall
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>true</WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>
+  <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>

    <Version>$(CmdPalVersion)</Version>

@@ -25,10 +26,10 @@
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <!-- For debugging purposes, uncomment this block to enable AOT builds -->
-  <!-- <PropertyGroup>
+   <!--<PropertyGroup>
    <EnableCmdPalAOT>true</EnableCmdPalAOT>
-    <CIBuild>true</CIBuild>
-  </PropertyGroup> -->
+    <GeneratePackageLocally>true</GeneratePackageLocally>
+  </PropertyGroup>--> 

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(EnableCmdPalAOT)' == 'true'">
    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
    <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
  </PropertyGroup>

-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CIBuild)'=='true'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CIBuild)' == 'true' or '$(GeneratePackageLocally)' == 'true'">
    <GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>true</GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>
    <AppxBundle>Never</AppxBundle>
    <AppxPackageTestDir>$(OutputPath)\AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(Version)_Test\</AppxPackageTestDir>
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@

  <ItemGroup>
    <None Remove="Controls\ActionBar.xaml" />
+    <None Remove="Controls\DevRibbon.xaml" />
    <None Remove="Controls\KeyVisual\KeyCharPresenter.xaml" />
    <None Remove="Controls\SearchBar.xaml" />
    <None Remove="IsEnabledTextBlock.xaml" />
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\ManagedTelemetry\Telemetry\ManagedTelemetry.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.csproj" />
@@ -167,6 +170,9 @@
    <Page Update="Controls\SearchBar.xaml">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </Page>
+    <Page Update="Controls\DevRibbon.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
    <Page Update="Styles\TextBox.xaml">
      <XamlRuntime>$(DefaultXamlRuntime)</XamlRuntime>
    </Page>
@@ -234,4 +240,24 @@
  </ItemGroup>
  <!-- </AdaptiveCardsWorkaround> -->

+  <!-- Metadata for build information  -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute">
+      <_Parameter1>PublishTrimmed</_Parameter1>
+      <_Parameter2>$(PublishTrimmed)</_Parameter2>
+    </AssemblyAttribute>
+    <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute">
+      <_Parameter1>PublishAot</_Parameter1>
+      <_Parameter2>$(PublishAot)</_Parameter2>
+    </AssemblyAttribute>
+    <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute">
+      <_Parameter1>CIBuild</_Parameter1>
+      <_Parameter2>$(CIBuild)</_Parameter2>
+    </AssemblyAttribute>
+    <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute">
+      <_Parameter1>CommandPaletteBranding</_Parameter1>
+      <_Parameter2>$(CommandPaletteBranding)</_Parameter2>
+    </AssemblyAttribute>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Pages/ShellPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Pages/ShellPage.xaml.cs
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
            // Depending on the settings, either
            // * Go home, or
            // * Select the search text (if we should remain open on this page)
-            if (settings.HotkeyGoesHome)
+            if (settings.AutoGoHomeInterval == TimeSpan.Zero)
            {
                GoHome(false);
            }
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Settings/GeneralPage.xaml
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Settings/GeneralPage.xaml
@@ -51,8 +51,18 @@
                            </controls:SettingsCard>
                        </controls:SettingsExpander.Items>
                    </controls:SettingsExpander>
-                    <controls:SettingsCard x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_GoHome_SettingsCard" HeaderIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xE80F;}">
-                        <ToggleSwitch IsOn="{x:Bind viewModel.HotkeyGoesHome, Mode=TwoWay}" />
+                    <controls:SettingsCard x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_SettingsCard" HeaderIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xE80F;}">
+                        <ComboBox MinWidth="{StaticResource SettingActionControlMinWidth}" SelectedIndex="{x:Bind viewModel.AutoGoBackIntervalIndex, Mode=TwoWay}">
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_Never" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_Immediately" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After10Seconds" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After20Seconds" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After30Seconds" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After60Seconds" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After90Seconds" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After120Seconds" />
+                            <ComboBoxItem x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After180Seconds" />
+                        </ComboBox>
                    </controls:SettingsCard>
                    <controls:SettingsCard x:Uid="Settings_GeneralPage_HighlightSearch_SettingsCard" HeaderIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xE933;}">
                        <ToggleSwitch IsOn="{x:Bind viewModel.HighlightSearchOnActivate, Mode=TwoWay}" />
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw
@@ -344,12 +344,6 @@ Right-click to remove the key combination, thereby deactivating the shortcut.</v
  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Preventing disruption of the program running in fullscreen by unintentional activation of shortcut</value>
  </data>
-  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_GoHome_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Go home when activated</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_GoHome_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Automatically opens the home page upon activation</value>
-  </data>
  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_HighlightSearch_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Highlight search on activate</value>
  </data>
@@ -523,4 +517,37 @@ Right-click to remove the key combination, thereby deactivating the shortcut.</v
  <data name="GlobalErrorHandler_CrashMessageBox_Caption" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Command Palette - Fatal error</value>
  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_Never.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Never</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_Immediately.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Immediately</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After10Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>10 seconds</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After20Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>20 seconds</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After30Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>30 seconds</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After60Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>60 seconds</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After90Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>90 seconds</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After120Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>2 minutes</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After180Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>3 minutes</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Automatically return home</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Automatically returns to home page after a period of inactivity when Command Palette is closed</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/ViewModels/DevRibbonViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/ViewModels/DevRibbonViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+// 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.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.UI;
+using Windows.System;
+using Windows.UI;
+using DispatcherQueue = Microsoft.UI.Dispatching.DispatcherQueue;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
+
+internal sealed partial class DevRibbonViewModel : ObservableObject
+{
+    private const int MaxLogEntries = 2;
+    private const string Release = "Release";
+    private const string Debug = "Debug";
+
+    private static readonly Color ReleaseAotColor = ColorHelper.FromArgb(255, 124, 58, 237);
+    private static readonly Color ReleaseColor = ColorHelper.FromArgb(255, 51, 65, 85);
+    private static readonly Color DebugAotColor = ColorHelper.FromArgb(255, 99, 102, 241);
+    private static readonly Color DebugColor = ColorHelper.FromArgb(255, 107, 114, 128);
+
+    private readonly DispatcherQueue _dispatcherQueue;
+
+    public DevRibbonViewModel()
+    {
+        _dispatcherQueue = DispatcherQueue.GetForCurrentThread();
+        Trace.Listeners.Add(new DevRibbonTraceListener(this));
+
+        var configLabel = BuildConfiguration == Release ? "RLS" : "DBG"; /* #no-spell-check-line */
+        var aotLabel = BuildInfo.IsNativeAot ? "⚡AOT" : "NO AOT";
+        Tag = $"{configLabel} | {aotLabel}";
+
+        TagColor = (BuildConfiguration, BuildInfo.IsNativeAot) switch
+        {
+            (Release, true) => ReleaseAotColor,
+            (Release, false) => ReleaseColor,
+            (Debug, true) => DebugAotColor,
+            (Debug, false) => DebugColor,
+            _ => Colors.Fuchsia,
+        };
+    }
+
+    public string BuildConfiguration => BuildInfo.Configuration;
+
+    public bool IsAotReleaseConfiguration => BuildConfiguration == Release && BuildInfo.IsNativeAot;
+
+    public bool IsAot => BuildInfo.IsNativeAot;
+
+    public bool IsPublishTrimmed => BuildInfo.PublishTrimmed;
+
+    public ObservableCollection<LogEntryViewModel> LatestLogs { get; } = [];
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial int WarningCount { get; private set; }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial int ErrorCount { get; private set; }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial string Tag { get; private set; }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial Color TagColor { get; private set; }
+
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private async Task OpenLogFileAsync()
+    {
+        var logPath = Logger.CurrentLogFile;
+        if (File.Exists(logPath))
+        {
+            await Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri(logPath));
+        }
+    }
+
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private async Task OpenLogFolderAsync()
+    {
+        var logFolderPath = Logger.CurrentVersionLogDirectoryPath;
+        if (Directory.Exists(logFolderPath))
+        {
+            await Launcher.LaunchFolderPathAsync(logFolderPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private void ResetErrorCounters()
+    {
+        WarningCount = 0;
+        ErrorCount = 0;
+        LatestLogs.Clear();
+    }
+
+    private sealed partial class DevRibbonTraceListener(DevRibbonViewModel viewModel) : TraceListener
+    {
+        private const string TimestampFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff";
+
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\[(?<timestamp>.*?)\] \[(?<severity>.*?)\] (?<message>.*)")]
+        private static partial Regex LogRegex();
+
+        private readonly Lock _lock = new();
+        private LogEntryViewModel? _latestLogEntry;
+
+        public override void Write(string? message)
+        {
+            // Not required for this scenario.
+        }
+
+        public override void WriteLine(string? message)
+        {
+            if (message is null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                var match = LogRegex().Match(message);
+                if (match.Success)
+                {
+                    var severity = match.Groups["severity"].Value;
+                    var isWarning = severity.Equals("Warning", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                    var isError = severity.Equals("Error", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+                    if (isWarning || isError)
+                    {
+                        var timestampStr = match.Groups["timestamp"].Value;
+                        var timestamp = DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(
+                            timestampStr,
+                            TimestampFormat,
+                            CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                            DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal,
+                            out var parsed)
+                            ? parsed
+                            : DateTimeOffset.Now;
+
+                        var logEntry = new LogEntryViewModel(
+                            timestamp,
+                            severity,
+                            match.Groups["message"].Value,
+                            string.Empty);
+
+                        _latestLogEntry = logEntry;
+
+                        viewModel._dispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(() =>
+                        {
+                            if (isWarning)
+                            {
+                                viewModel.WarningCount++;
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                viewModel.ErrorCount++;
+                            }
+
+                            viewModel.LatestLogs.Insert(0, logEntry);
+
+                            while (viewModel.LatestLogs.Count > MaxLogEntries)
+                            {
+                                viewModel.LatestLogs.RemoveAt(viewModel.LatestLogs.Count - 1);
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        _latestLogEntry = null;
+                    }
+
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (IndentLevel > 0 && _latestLogEntry is { } latest)
+                {
+                    viewModel._dispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(() =>
+                    {
+                        latest.AppendDetails(message);
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/ViewModels/LogEntryViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/ViewModels/LogEntryViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// 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.Globalization;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
+
+internal sealed partial class LogEntryViewModel : ObservableObject
+{
+    private const int HeaderMaxLength = 80;
+    private const string WarningGlyph = "\uE7BA";
+    private const string ErrorGlyph = "\uEA39";
+    private const string TimestampFormat = "HH:mm:ss";
+
+    private DateTimeOffset Timestamp { get; }
+
+    private string Severity { get; }
+
+    private string Message { get; }
+
+    private string FormattedTimestamp { get; }
+
+    public string SeverityGlyph { get; }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial string Header { get; private set; }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial string Description { get; private set; }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial string Details { get; private set; }
+
+    public LogEntryViewModel(DateTimeOffset timestamp, string severity, string message, string details)
+    {
+        Timestamp = timestamp;
+        Severity = severity;
+        Message = message;
+        Details = details;
+
+        SeverityGlyph = severity.ToUpperInvariant() switch
+        {
+            "WARNING" => WarningGlyph,
+            "ERROR" => ErrorGlyph,
+            _ => string.Empty,
+        };
+
+        FormattedTimestamp = timestamp.ToString(TimestampFormat, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
+        Description = $"{FormattedTimestamp} • {Message}";
+        Header = Message;
+    }
+
+    public void AppendDetails(string? message)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(message))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Details += Environment.NewLine + message;
+
+        // Make header the second line of details (because that's actually the message itself):
+        var detailsLines = Details.Split([Environment.NewLine], StringSplitOptions.None);
+        if (detailsLines.Length < 2)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Header = detailsLines[1].Trim();
+        if (Header.Length > HeaderMaxLength)
+        {
+            Header = Header[..(HeaderMaxLength - 1)] + "…";
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/FallbackRemoteDesktopItemTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/FallbackRemoteDesktopItemTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// 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.Globalization;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests;
+
+[TestClass]
+public class FallbackRemoteDesktopItemTests
+{
+    private static readonly CompositeFormat OpenHostCompositeFormat = CompositeFormat.Parse(Resources.remotedesktop_open_host);
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void UpdateQuery_WhenMatchingConnectionExists_UsesConnectionName()
+    {
+        var connectionName = "my-rdp-server";
+
+        // Arrange
+        var setup = CreateFallback(connectionName);
+        var fallback = setup.Fallback;
+
+        // Act
+        fallback.UpdateQuery("my-rdp-server");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.AreEqual(connectionName, fallback.Title);
+        var expectedSubtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, OpenHostCompositeFormat, connectionName);
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedSubtitle, fallback.Subtitle);
+
+        var command = fallback.Command as OpenRemoteDesktopCommand;
+        Assert.IsNotNull(command);
+        Assert.AreEqual(Resources.remotedesktop_command_connect, command.Name);
+        Assert.AreEqual(connectionName, GetCommandHost(command));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void UpdateQuery_WhenQueryIsValidHostWithoutExistingConnection_UsesQuery()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var setup = CreateFallback();
+        var fallback = setup.Fallback;
+        const string hostname = "test.corp";
+
+        // Act
+        fallback.UpdateQuery(hostname);
+
+        // Assert
+        var expectedTitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, OpenHostCompositeFormat, hostname);
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedTitle, fallback.Title);
+        Assert.AreEqual(Resources.remotedesktop_title, fallback.Subtitle);
+
+        var command = fallback.Command as OpenRemoteDesktopCommand;
+        Assert.IsNotNull(command);
+        Assert.AreEqual(Resources.remotedesktop_command_connect, command.Name);
+        Assert.AreEqual(hostname, GetCommandHost(command));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void UpdateQuery_WhenQueryIsWhitespace_ResetsCommand()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var setup = CreateFallback("rdp-server-two");
+        var fallback = setup.Fallback;
+
+        // Act
+        fallback.UpdateQuery("   ");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.AreEqual(Resources.remotedesktop_command_open, fallback.Title);
+        Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, fallback.Subtitle);
+
+        var command = fallback.Command as OpenRemoteDesktopCommand;
+        Assert.IsNotNull(command);
+        Assert.AreEqual(Resources.remotedesktop_command_open, command.Name);
+        Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, GetCommandHost(command));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void UpdateQuery_WhenQueryIsInvalidHost_ClearsCommand()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var setup = CreateFallback("rdp-server-three");
+        var fallback = setup.Fallback;
+
+        // Act
+        fallback.UpdateQuery("not a valid host");
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.AreEqual(Resources.remotedesktop_command_open, fallback.Title);
+        Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, fallback.Subtitle);
+
+        var command = fallback.Command as OpenRemoteDesktopCommand;
+        Assert.IsNotNull(command);
+        Assert.AreEqual(Resources.remotedesktop_command_open, command.Name);
+        Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, GetCommandHost(command));
+    }
+
+    private static string GetCommandHost(OpenRemoteDesktopCommand command)
+    {
+        var field = typeof(OpenRemoteDesktopCommand).GetField("_rdpHost", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
+        if (field is null)
+        {
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        return field.GetValue(command) as string ?? string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    private static (FallbackRemoteDesktopItem Fallback, IRdpConnectionsManager Manager) CreateFallback(params string[] connectionNames)
+    {
+        var settingsManager = new MockSettingsManager(connectionNames);
+        var connectionsManager = new MockRdpConnectionsManager(settingsManager);
+
+        var fallback = new FallbackRemoteDesktopItem(connectionsManager);
+
+        return (fallback, connectionsManager);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
+    <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
+    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
+    <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
+	<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.UnitTestsBase\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.UnitTestBase.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/MockRdpConnectionsManager.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/MockRdpConnectionsManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Settings;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests;
+
+internal sealed class MockRdpConnectionsManager : IRdpConnectionsManager
+{
+    private readonly List<ConnectionListItem> _connections = new();
+
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<ConnectionListItem> Connections => _connections.AsReadOnly();
+
+    public MockRdpConnectionsManager(ISettingsInterface settingsManager)
+    {
+        _connections.AddRange(settingsManager.PredefinedConnections.Select(ConnectionHelpers.MapToResult));
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/MockSettingsManager.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/MockSettingsManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Settings;
+using ToolkitSettings = Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.Settings;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests;
+
+internal sealed class MockSettingsManager : ISettingsInterface
+{
+    private readonly List<string> _connections;
+
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> PredefinedConnections => _connections;
+
+    public ToolkitSettings Settings { get; } = new();
+
+    public MockSettingsManager(params string[] predefinedConnections)
+    {
+        _connections = new(predefinedConnections);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/RdpConnectionsManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/RdpConnectionsManagerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// 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.Linq;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests;
+
+[TestClass]
+public class RdpConnectionsManagerTests
+{
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void Constructor_AddsOpenCommandItem()
+    {
+        // Act
+        var manager = new RdpConnectionsManager(new MockSettingsManager(["test.local"]));
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsTrue(manager.Connections.Any(item => string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.ConnectionName)));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void FindConnection_ReturnsExactMatch()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var connectionName = "rdp-test";
+        var connection = new ConnectionListItem(connectionName);
+
+        // Act
+        var result = ConnectionHelpers.FindConnection(connectionName, new[] { connection });
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsNotNull(result);
+        Assert.AreEqual(connectionName, result.ConnectionName);
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void FindConnection_ReturnsNullForWhitespaceQuery()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var connection = new ConnectionListItem("rdp-test");
+
+        // Act
+        var result = ConnectionHelpers.FindConnection("   ", new[] { connection });
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsNull(result);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/RemoteDesktopCommandProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/RemoteDesktopCommandProviderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// 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.Linq;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Pages;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests;
+
+[TestClass]
+public class RemoteDesktopCommandProviderTests
+{
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void ProviderHasCorrectId()
+    {
+        // Setup
+        var provider = new RemoteDesktopCommandProvider();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.AreEqual("com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.remotedesktop", provider.Id);
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void ProviderHasDisplayName()
+    {
+        // Setup
+        var provider = new RemoteDesktopCommandProvider();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsNotNull(provider.DisplayName);
+        Assert.IsTrue(provider.DisplayName.Length > 0);
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void ProviderHasIcon()
+    {
+        // Setup
+        var provider = new RemoteDesktopCommandProvider();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsNotNull(provider.Icon);
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void TopLevelCommandsNotEmpty()
+    {
+        // Setup
+        var provider = new RemoteDesktopCommandProvider();
+
+        // Act
+        var commands = provider.TopLevelCommands();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsNotNull(commands);
+        Assert.IsTrue(commands.Length > 0);
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void FallbackCommandsNotEmpty()
+    {
+        // Setup
+        var provider = new RemoteDesktopCommandProvider();
+
+        // Act
+        var commands = provider.FallbackCommands();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsNotNull(commands);
+        Assert.IsTrue(commands.Length > 0);
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void TopLevelCommandsContainListPageCommand()
+    {
+        // Setup
+        var provider = new RemoteDesktopCommandProvider();
+
+        // Act
+        var commands = provider.TopLevelCommands();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.AreEqual(1, commands.Length);
+        Assert.IsInstanceOfType(commands.Single().Command, typeof(RemoteDesktopListPage));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void FallbackCommandsContainFallbackItem()
+    {
+        // Setup
+        var provider = new RemoteDesktopCommandProvider();
+
+        // Act
+        var commands = provider.FallbackCommands();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.AreEqual(1, commands.Length);
+        Assert.IsInstanceOfType(commands.Single(), typeof(FallbackRemoteDesktopItem));
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/MockBrowserInfoService.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/MockBrowserInfoService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// 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.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests;
+
+public class MockBrowserInfoService : IBrowserInfoService
+{
+    public BrowserInfo GetDefaultBrowser() => new() { Name = "mocked browser", Path = "C:\\mockery\\mock.exe" };
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/MockSettingsInterface.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/MockSettingsInterface.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public class MockSettingsInterface : ISettingsInterface

    public int HistoryItemCount { get; set; }

+    public string CustomSearchUri { get; }
+
    public IReadOnlyList<HistoryItem> HistoryItems => _historyItems;

    public MockSettingsInterface(int historyItemCount = 0, bool globalIfUri = true, List<HistoryItem> mockHistory = null)
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/QueryTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/QueryTests.cs
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ public class QueryTests : CommandPaletteUnitTestBase
    {
        // Setup
        var settings = new MockSettingsInterface();
+        var browserInfoService = new MockBrowserInfoService();

-        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings);
+        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings, browserInfoService);

        // Act
        page.UpdateSearchText(string.Empty, query);
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ public class QueryTests : CommandPaletteUnitTestBase
        };

        var settings = new MockSettingsInterface(mockHistory: mockHistoryItems, historyItemCount: 5);
+        var browserInfoService = new MockBrowserInfoService();

-        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings);
+        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings, browserInfoService);

        // Act
        page.UpdateSearchText("abcdef", string.Empty);
@@ -90,8 +92,9 @@ public class QueryTests : CommandPaletteUnitTestBase
        };

        var settings = new MockSettingsInterface(mockHistory: mockHistoryItems, historyItemCount: 5);
+        var browserInfoService = new MockBrowserInfoService();

-        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings);
+        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings, browserInfoService);

        mockHistoryItems.Add(new HistoryItem("another search5", DateTime.Parse("2024-01-06 13:00:00", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)));

@@ -123,8 +126,9 @@ public class QueryTests : CommandPaletteUnitTestBase
        };

        var settings = new MockSettingsInterface(mockHistory: mockHistoryItems, historyItemCount: 0);
+        var browserInfoService = new MockBrowserInfoService();

-        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings);
+        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings, browserInfoService);

        // Act
        page.UpdateSearchText("abcdef", string.Empty);
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/SettingsManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/SettingsManagerTests.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ public class SettingsManagerTests : CommandPaletteUnitTestBase
    {
        // Setup
        var settings = new MockSettingsInterface(historyItemCount: 5);
-        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings);
+        var browserInfoService = new MockBrowserInfoService();
+
+        var page = new WebSearchListPage(settings, browserInfoService);

        var eventRaised = false;

--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Assets/RemoteDesktop.png
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Assets/RemoteDesktop.png
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Assets/RemoteDesktop.svg
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Assets/RemoteDesktop.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<rect x="3" y="3.55078" width="9.36537" height="9.36537" rx="0.720413" fill="url(#paint0_linear_2155_27162)"/>
+<rect x="1" y="2" width="13" height="9" rx="0.722222" fill="url(#paint1_linear_2155_27162)"/>
+<circle cx="11.4" cy="9.4" r="4.4" fill="url(#paint2_radial_2155_27162)"/>
+<path d="M13.8703 11.2497C13.964 11.3434 14.116 11.3434 14.2097 11.2497C14.3034 11.156 14.3034 11.004 14.2097 10.9103L12.4594 9.16L14.2097 7.40971C14.3034 7.31598 14.3034 7.16402 14.2097 7.07029C14.116 6.97657 13.964 6.97657 13.8703 7.07029L11.9503 8.9903C11.8566 9.08402 11.8566 9.23598 11.9503 9.32971L13.8703 11.2497ZM9.40971 8.0303C9.31598 7.93657 9.16402 7.93657 9.07029 8.0303C8.97657 8.12402 8.97657 8.27598 9.07029 8.36971L10.8206 10.12L9.07029 11.8703C8.97657 11.964 8.97657 12.116 9.07029 12.2097C9.16402 12.3034 9.31598 12.3034 9.40971 12.2097L11.3297 10.2897C11.4234 10.196 11.4234 10.044 11.3297 9.95031L9.40971 8.0303Z" fill="#666666" stroke="#666666" stroke-width="0.146667"/>
+<defs>
+<linearGradient id="paint0_linear_2155_27162" x1="3.22298" y1="3.55078" x2="8.52487" y2="6.68847" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+<stop stop-color="#246FB0"/>
+<stop offset="1" stop-color="#14518A"/>
+</linearGradient>
+<linearGradient id="paint1_linear_2155_27162" x1="1.15476" y1="1.66667" x2="14.867" y2="9.90553" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+<stop stop-color="#86D6F9"/>
+<stop offset="1" stop-color="#1FA3E4"/>
+</linearGradient>
+<radialGradient id="paint2_radial_2155_27162" cx="0" cy="0" r="1" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" gradientTransform="translate(10.9111 6.22222) rotate(90) scale(7.57778)">
+<stop stop-color="#E7ECF1"/>
+<stop offset="0.84" stop-color="#D2D4D6"/>
+<stop offset="1" stop-color="#A9ABAC"/>
+</radialGradient>
+</defs>
+</svg>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Commands/ConnectionListItem.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Commands/ConnectionListItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// 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.Globalization;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+
+internal sealed partial class ConnectionListItem : ListItem
+{
+    public ConnectionListItem(string connectionName)
+    {
+        ConnectionName = connectionName;
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(connectionName))
+        {
+            Title = Resources.remotedesktop_open_rdp;
+            Subtitle = Resources.remotedesktop_subtitle;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Title = connectionName;
+            CompositeFormat remoteDesktopOpenHostFormat = CompositeFormat.Parse(Resources.remotedesktop_open_host);
+            Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, remoteDesktopOpenHostFormat, connectionName);
+        }
+
+        Icon = Icons.RDPIcon;
+        Command = new OpenRemoteDesktopCommand(connectionName);
+    }
+
+    public string ConnectionName { get; }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Commands/FallbackRemoteDesktopItem.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Commands/FallbackRemoteDesktopItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// 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.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+
+internal sealed partial class FallbackRemoteDesktopItem : FallbackCommandItem
+{
+    private const string _id = "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.remotedesktop.fallback";
+
+    private static readonly UriHostNameType[] ValidUriHostNameTypes = [
+        UriHostNameType.IPv6,
+        UriHostNameType.IPv4,
+        UriHostNameType.Dns
+        ];
+
+    private static readonly CompositeFormat RemoteDesktopOpenHostFormat = CompositeFormat.Parse(Resources.remotedesktop_open_host);
+    private readonly IRdpConnectionsManager _rdpConnectionsManager;
+
+    public FallbackRemoteDesktopItem(IRdpConnectionsManager rdpConnectionsManager)
+    : base(new OpenRemoteDesktopCommand(string.Empty), Resources.remotedesktop_title)
+    {
+        _rdpConnectionsManager = rdpConnectionsManager;
+
+        Title = string.Empty;
+        Subtitle = string.Empty;
+        Icon = Icons.RDPIcon;
+    }
+
+    public override void UpdateQuery(string query)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(query))
+        {
+            Title = string.Empty;
+            Subtitle = string.Empty;
+            Command = new OpenRemoteDesktopCommand(string.Empty);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var connections = _rdpConnectionsManager.Connections.Where(w => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(w.ConnectionName));
+
+        var queryConnection = ConnectionHelpers.FindConnection(query, connections);
+
+        if (queryConnection is not null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(queryConnection.ConnectionName))
+        {
+            var connectionName = queryConnection.ConnectionName;
+
+            Command = new OpenRemoteDesktopCommand(connectionName);
+            Title = connectionName;
+            Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, RemoteDesktopOpenHostFormat, connectionName);
+        }
+        else if (ValidUriHostNameTypes.Contains(Uri.CheckHostName(query)))
+        {
+            var connectionName = query.Trim();
+            Command = new OpenRemoteDesktopCommand(connectionName);
+            Title = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, RemoteDesktopOpenHostFormat, connectionName);
+            Subtitle = Resources.remotedesktop_title;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Title = string.Empty;
+            Subtitle = string.Empty;
+            Command = new OpenRemoteDesktopCommand(string.Empty);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Commands/OpenRemoteDesktopCommand.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Commands/OpenRemoteDesktopCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// 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.Text;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+
+internal sealed partial class OpenRemoteDesktopCommand : BaseObservable, IInvokableCommand
+{
+    private static readonly CompositeFormat ProcessErrorFormat =
+        CompositeFormat.Parse(Resources.remotedesktop_log_mstsc_error);
+
+    private static readonly CompositeFormat InvalidHostnameFormat =
+        CompositeFormat.Parse(Resources.remotedesktop_log_invalid_hostname);
+
+    public string Name { get; }
+
+    public string Id { get; } = "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.remotedesktop.openrdp";
+
+    public IIconInfo Icon => Icons.RDPIcon;
+
+    private readonly string _rdpHost;
+
+    public OpenRemoteDesktopCommand(string rdpHost)
+    {
+        _rdpHost = rdpHost;
+
+        Name = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_rdpHost) ?
+                    Resources.remotedesktop_command_open :
+                    Resources.remotedesktop_command_connect;
+    }
+
+    public ICommandResult Invoke(object sender)
+    {
+        using var process = new Process();
+        process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
+        process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments.ToString();
+        process.StartInfo.FileName = "mstsc";
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_rdpHost))
+        {
+            // validate that _rdpHost is a proper hostname or IP address
+            if (Uri.CheckHostName(_rdpHost) == UriHostNameType.Unknown)
+            {
+                return CommandResult.ShowToast(new ToastArgs()
+                {
+                    Message = string.Format(
+                        System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
+                        InvalidHostnameFormat,
+                        _rdpHost),
+                    Result = CommandResult.KeepOpen(),
+                });
+            }
+
+            process.StartInfo.Arguments = $"/v:{_rdpHost}";
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            process.Start();
+
+            return CommandResult.Dismiss();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return CommandResult.ShowToast(new ToastArgs()
+            {
+                Message = string.Format(
+                    System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
+                    ProcessErrorFormat,
+                    ex.Message),
+                Result = CommandResult.KeepOpen(),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Helper/ConnectionHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Helper/ConnectionHelpers.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+
+internal static class ConnectionHelpers
+{
+    public static ConnectionListItem MapToResult(string item) => new(item);
+
+    public static ConnectionListItem? FindConnection(string query, IEnumerable<ConnectionListItem> connections)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(query))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var matchedConnection = ListHelpers.FilterList(
+                                            connections,
+                                            query,
+                                            (s, i) => ListHelpers.ScoreListItem(s, i))
+                                            .FirstOrDefault();
+        return matchedConnection;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Helper/IRdpConnectionsManager.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Helper/IRdpConnectionsManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+
+internal interface IRdpConnectionsManager
+{
+    IReadOnlyCollection<ConnectionListItem> Connections { get; }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Helper/RdpConnectionsManager.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Helper/RdpConnectionsManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Settings;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+
+internal class RdpConnectionsManager : IRdpConnectionsManager
+{
+    private readonly ISettingsInterface _settingsManager;
+    private readonly ConnectionListItem _openRdpCommandListItem = new(string.Empty);
+
+    private ReadOnlyCollection<ConnectionListItem> _connections = new(Array.Empty<ConnectionListItem>());
+
+    private const int MinutesToCache = 1;
+    private DateTime? _connectionsLastLoaded;
+
+    public RdpConnectionsManager(ISettingsInterface settingsManager)
+    {
+        _settingsManager = settingsManager;
+        _settingsManager.Settings.SettingsChanged += (s, e) =>
+        {
+            _connectionsLastLoaded = null;
+        };
+    }
+
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<ConnectionListItem> Connections
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            if (!_connectionsLastLoaded.HasValue ||
+           (DateTime.Now - _connectionsLastLoaded.Value).TotalMinutes >= MinutesToCache)
+            {
+                var registryConnections = GetRdpConnectionsFromRegistry();
+                var predefinedConnections = GetPredefinedConnectionsFromSettings();
+                _connectionsLastLoaded = DateTime.Now;
+
+                var newConnections = new List<ConnectionListItem>(registryConnections.Count + predefinedConnections.Count + 1);
+                newConnections.AddRange(registryConnections);
+                newConnections.AddRange(predefinedConnections);
+                newConnections.Insert(0, _openRdpCommandListItem);
+
+                Interlocked.Exchange(ref _connections, new ReadOnlyCollection<ConnectionListItem>(newConnections));
+            }
+
+            return _connections;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<ConnectionListItem> GetRdpConnectionsFromRegistry()
+    {
+        using var key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default");
+
+        var validConnections = new List<ConnectionListItem>();
+
+        if (key is not null)
+        {
+            validConnections = key.GetValueNames()
+                                        .Select(name => key.GetValue(name))
+                                        .OfType<string>() // Keep only string values
+                                        .Select(v => v.Trim()) // Normalize
+                                        .Where(v => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(v))
+                                        .Distinct() // Remove dupes if any
+                                        .Select(ConnectionHelpers.MapToResult)
+                                        .ToList();
+        }
+
+        return validConnections;
+    }
+
+    private List<ConnectionListItem> GetPredefinedConnectionsFromSettings()
+    {
+        var validConnections = _settingsManager.PredefinedConnections
+                                    .Select(s => s.Trim())
+                                    .Where(value => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+                                    .Select(ConnectionHelpers.MapToResult)
+                                    .ToList();
+
+        return validConnections;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Icons.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Icons.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// 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.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop;
+
+internal static class Icons
+{
+    internal static IconInfo RDPIcon { get; } = IconHelpers.FromRelativePath("Assets\\RemoteDesktop.svg");
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\Common.ExtDependencies.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop</RootNamespace>
+    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
+    <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
+    <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
+    <ProjectPriFileName>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.pri</ProjectPriFileName>
+	<nullable>enable</nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\common\ManagedCommon\ManagedCommon.csproj" />
+    <!-- CmdPal Toolkit reference now included via Common.ExtDependencies.props -->
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Update="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
+      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+    </Compile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Update="Properties\Resources.resx">
+      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+      <Generator>PublicResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Assets\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Update="Assets\RemoteDesktop.png">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Update="Assets\RemoteDesktop.svg">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Pages/RemoteDesktopListPage.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Pages/RemoteDesktopListPage.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// 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.Linq;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Pages;
+
+internal sealed partial class RemoteDesktopListPage : ListPage
+{
+    private readonly IRdpConnectionsManager _rdpConnectionsManager;
+
+    public RemoteDesktopListPage(IRdpConnectionsManager rdpConnectionsManager)
+    {
+        Icon = Icons.RDPIcon;
+        Name = Resources.remotedesktop_title;
+        Id = "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.remotedesktop";
+
+        _rdpConnectionsManager = rdpConnectionsManager;
+    }
+
+    public override IListItem[] GetItems() => _rdpConnectionsManager.Connections.ToArray();
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// 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.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests")]
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <auto-generated>
+//     This code was generated by a tool.
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
+//
+//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
+//     the code is regenerated.
+// </auto-generated>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties {
+    using System;
+    
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
+    /// </summary>
+    // This class was auto-generated by the StronglyTypedResourceBuilder
+    // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
+    // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
+    // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "17.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
+    public class Resources {
+        
+        private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;
+        
+        private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;
+        
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
+        internal Resources() {
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
+        /// </summary>
+        [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
+        public static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
+            get {
+                if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
+                    global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
+                    resourceMan = temp;
+                }
+                return resourceMan;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
+        ///   resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
+        /// </summary>
+        [global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
+        public static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture {
+            get {
+                return resourceCulture;
+            }
+            set {
+                resourceCulture = value;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Connect.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_command_connect {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_command_connect", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Open.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_command_open {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_command_open", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to The hostname &apos;{0}&apos; was invalid. Ensure you&apos;re using a valid hostname or IP address..
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_log_invalid_hostname {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_log_invalid_hostname", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Unable to initialize Microsoft Terminal Service Client. Ensure it is enabled in Windows Settings.\r{0}.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_log_mstsc_error {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_log_mstsc_error", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Connect to {0}.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_open_host {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_open_host", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Open Remote Desktop Client.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_open_rdp {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_open_rdp", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to A list of connections to include in the query results by default.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_description {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_description", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Predefined connections.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_title {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_title", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Establish Remote Desktop connections.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_subtitle {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_subtitle", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Remote Desktop.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string remotedesktop_title {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("remotedesktop_title", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_title" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Remote Desktop</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_subtitle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Establish Remote Desktop connections</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_command_open" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Open</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_open_host" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Connect to {0}</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_command_connect" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Connect</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_open_rdp" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Open Remote Desktop Client</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_title" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Predefined connections</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>A list of connections to include in the query results by default</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_log_mstsc_error" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Unable to initialize Microsoft Terminal Service Client. Ensure it is enabled in Windows Settings.\r{0}</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="remotedesktop_log_invalid_hostname" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The hostname '{0}' was invalid. Ensure you're using a valid hostname or IP address.</value>
+  </data>
+</root>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopCommandProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopCommandProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// 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.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Commands;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Helper;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Pages;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Settings;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop;
+
+public partial class RemoteDesktopCommandProvider : CommandProvider
+{
+    private readonly CommandItem listPageCommand;
+    private readonly FallbackRemoteDesktopItem fallback;
+
+    public RemoteDesktopCommandProvider()
+    {
+        Id = "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.remotedesktop";
+        DisplayName = Resources.remotedesktop_title;
+        Icon = Icons.RDPIcon;
+
+        var settingsManager = new SettingsManager();
+        var rdpConnectionsManager = new RdpConnectionsManager(settingsManager);
+        var listPage = new RemoteDesktopListPage(rdpConnectionsManager);
+
+        fallback = new FallbackRemoteDesktopItem(rdpConnectionsManager);
+
+        listPageCommand = new CommandItem(listPage)
+        {
+            Subtitle = Resources.remotedesktop_subtitle,
+            Icon = Icons.RDPIcon,
+            MoreCommands = [
+                new CommandContextItem(settingsManager.Settings.SettingsPage),
+            ],
+        };
+    }
+
+    public override ICommandItem[] TopLevelCommands() => [listPageCommand];
+
+    public override IFallbackCommandItem[] FallbackCommands() => [fallback];
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Settings/ISettingsInterface.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Settings/ISettingsInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using ToolkitSettings = Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.Settings;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Settings;
+
+internal interface ISettingsInterface
+{
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> PredefinedConnections { get; }
+
+    public ToolkitSettings Settings { get; }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Settings/SettingsManager.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Settings/SettingsManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Properties;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.Settings;
+
+internal class SettingsManager : JsonSettingsManager, ISettingsInterface
+{
+    // Line break character used in WinUI3 TextBox and TextBlock.
+    private const char TEXTBOXNEWLINE = '\r';
+
+    private static readonly string _namespace = "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.remotedesktop";
+
+    private static string Namespaced(string propertyName) => $"{_namespace}.{propertyName}";
+
+    private readonly TextSetting _predefinedConnections = new(
+        Namespaced(nameof(PredefinedConnections)),
+        Resources.remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_title,
+        Resources.remotedesktop_settings_predefined_connections_description,
+        string.Empty)
+    {
+        Multiline = true,
+        Placeholder = $"server1.domain.com{TEXTBOXNEWLINE}server2.domain.com{TEXTBOXNEWLINE}192.168.1.1",
+    };
+
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<string> PredefinedConnections => _predefinedConnections.Value?.Split(TEXTBOXNEWLINE).ToList() ?? [];
+
+    internal static string SettingsJsonPath()
+    {
+        var directory = Utilities.BaseSettingsPath("Microsoft.CmdPal");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+
+        return Path.Combine(directory, "settings.json");
+    }
+
+    public SettingsManager()
+    {
+        FilePath = SettingsJsonPath();
+
+        Settings.Add(_predefinedConnections);
+
+        // Load settings from file upon initialization
+        LoadSettings();
+
+        Settings.SettingsChanged += (s, a) => this.SaveSettings();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Commands/OpenURLCommand.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Commands/OpenURLCommand.cs
@@ -2,32 +2,28 @@
 // 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.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;

-using BrowserInfo = Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.DefaultBrowserInfo;
-
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Commands;

 internal sealed partial class OpenURLCommand : InvokableCommand
 {
+    private readonly IBrowserInfoService _browserInfoService;
+
    public string Url { get; internal set; } = string.Empty;

-    internal OpenURLCommand(string url)
+    internal OpenURLCommand(string url, IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
    {
+        _browserInfoService = browserInfoService;
        Url = url;
-        BrowserInfo.UpdateIfTimePassed();
        Icon = Icons.WebSearch;
        Name = string.Empty;
    }

    public override CommandResult Invoke()
-    {
-        if (!ShellHelpers.OpenCommandInShell(BrowserInfo.Path, BrowserInfo.ArgumentsPattern, $"{Url}"))
    {
        // TODO GH# 138 --> actually display feedback from the extension somewhere.
-            return CommandResult.KeepOpen();
-        }
-
-        return CommandResult.Dismiss();
+        return _browserInfoService.Open(Url) ? CommandResult.Dismiss() : CommandResult.KeepOpen();
    }
 }
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Commands/SearchWebCommand.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Commands/SearchWebCommand.cs
@@ -4,36 +4,39 @@

 using System;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;

-using BrowserInfo = Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.DefaultBrowserInfo;
-
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Commands;

 internal sealed partial class SearchWebCommand : InvokableCommand
 {
    private readonly ISettingsInterface _settingsManager;
+    private readonly IBrowserInfoService _browserInfoService;

-    public string Arguments { get; internal set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Arguments { get; internal set; }

-    internal SearchWebCommand(string arguments, ISettingsInterface settingsManager)
+    internal SearchWebCommand(string arguments, ISettingsInterface settingsManager, IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
    {
        Arguments = arguments;
-        BrowserInfo.UpdateIfTimePassed();
        Icon = Icons.WebSearch;
-        Name = Properties.Resources.open_in_default_browser;
+        Name = Resources.open_in_default_browser;
        _settingsManager = settingsManager;
+        _browserInfoService = browserInfoService;
    }

    public override CommandResult Invoke()
    {
-        if (!ShellHelpers.OpenCommandInShell(BrowserInfo.Path, BrowserInfo.ArgumentsPattern, $"? {Arguments}"))
+        var uri = BuildUri();
+
+        if (!_browserInfoService.Open(uri))
        {
            // TODO GH# 138 --> actually display feedback from the extension somewhere.
            return CommandResult.KeepOpen();
        }

+        // remember only the query, not the full URI
        if (_settingsManager.HistoryItemCount != 0)
        {
            _settingsManager.AddHistoryItem(new HistoryItem(Arguments, DateTime.Now));
@@ -41,4 +44,28 @@ internal sealed partial class SearchWebCommand : InvokableCommand

        return CommandResult.Dismiss();
    }
+
+    private string BuildUri()
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_settingsManager.CustomSearchUri))
+        {
+            return $"? " + Arguments;
+        }
+
+        // if the custom search URI contains query placeholder, replace it with the actual query
+        // otherwise append the query to the end of the URI
+        // support {query}, %query% or %s as placeholder
+        var placeholderVariants = new[] { "{query}", "%query%", "%s" };
+        foreach (var placeholder in placeholderVariants)
+        {
+            if (_settingsManager.CustomSearchUri.Contains(placeholder, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return _settingsManager.CustomSearchUri.Replace(placeholder, Uri.EscapeDataString(Arguments), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // is this too smart?
+        var separator = _settingsManager.CustomSearchUri.Contains('?') ? '&' : '?';
+        return $"{_settingsManager.CustomSearchUri}{separator}q={Uri.EscapeDataString(Arguments)}";
+    }
 }
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/FallbackExecuteSearchItem.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/FallbackExecuteSearchItem.cs
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
-using BrowserInfo = Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.DefaultBrowserInfo;

 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Commands;

@@ -16,25 +16,34 @@ internal sealed partial class FallbackExecuteSearchItem : FallbackCommandItem
    private readonly SearchWebCommand _executeItem;
    private static readonly CompositeFormat PluginOpen = System.Text.CompositeFormat.Parse(Properties.Resources.plugin_open);
    private static readonly CompositeFormat SubtitleText = System.Text.CompositeFormat.Parse(Properties.Resources.web_search_fallback_subtitle);
-    private string _title;

-    public FallbackExecuteSearchItem(SettingsManager settings)
-        : base(new SearchWebCommand(string.Empty, settings) { Id = "com.microsoft.websearch.fallback" }, Resources.command_item_title)
+    private readonly IBrowserInfoService _browserInfoService;
+
+    public FallbackExecuteSearchItem(ISettingsInterface settings, IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
+        : base(new SearchWebCommand(string.Empty, settings, browserInfoService) { Id = "com.microsoft.websearch.fallback" }, Resources.command_item_title)
    {
-        _executeItem = (SearchWebCommand)this.Command!;
+        _executeItem = (SearchWebCommand)Command!;
+        _browserInfoService = browserInfoService;
        Title = string.Empty;
        Subtitle = string.Empty;
        _executeItem.Name = string.Empty;
-        _title = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginOpen, BrowserInfo.Name ?? BrowserInfo.MSEdgeName);
        Icon = Icons.WebSearch;
    }

+    private static string UpdateBrowserName(IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
+    {
+        var browserName = browserInfoService.GetDefaultBrowser()?.Name;
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(browserName)
+            ? Resources.open_in_default_browser
+            : string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginOpen, browserName);
+    }
+
    public override void UpdateQuery(string query)
    {
        _executeItem.Arguments = query;
        var isEmpty = string.IsNullOrEmpty(query);
-        _executeItem.Name = isEmpty ? string.Empty : Properties.Resources.open_in_default_browser;
-        Title = isEmpty ? string.Empty : _title;
+        _executeItem.Name = isEmpty ? string.Empty : Resources.open_in_default_browser;
+        Title = isEmpty ? string.Empty : UpdateBrowserName(_browserInfoService);
        Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, SubtitleText, query);
    }
 }
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/FallbackOpenURLItem.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/FallbackOpenURLItem.cs
@@ -7,21 +7,26 @@ using System.Globalization;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Commands;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
-using BrowserInfo = Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.DefaultBrowserInfo;

 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch;

 internal sealed partial class FallbackOpenURLItem : FallbackCommandItem
 {
+    private readonly IBrowserInfoService _browserInfoService;
    private readonly OpenURLCommand _executeItem;
    private static readonly CompositeFormat PluginOpenURL = System.Text.CompositeFormat.Parse(Properties.Resources.plugin_open_url);
    private static readonly CompositeFormat PluginOpenUrlInBrowser = System.Text.CompositeFormat.Parse(Properties.Resources.plugin_open_url_in_browser);

-    public FallbackOpenURLItem(SettingsManager settings)
-        : base(new OpenURLCommand(string.Empty), Properties.Resources.open_url_fallback_title)
+    public FallbackOpenURLItem(ISettingsInterface settings, IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
+        : base(new OpenURLCommand(string.Empty, browserInfoService), Resources.open_url_fallback_title)
    {
-        _executeItem = (OpenURLCommand)this.Command!;
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(browserInfoService);
+
+        _browserInfoService = browserInfoService;
+        _executeItem = (OpenURLCommand)Command!;
        Title = string.Empty;
        _executeItem.Name = string.Empty;
        Subtitle = string.Empty;
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ internal sealed partial class FallbackOpenURLItem : FallbackCommandItem
            return;
        }

-        var success = Uri.TryCreate(query, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri);
+        var success = Uri.TryCreate(query, UriKind.Absolute, out _);

        // if url not contain schema, add http:// by default.
        if (!success)
@@ -48,13 +53,15 @@ internal sealed partial class FallbackOpenURLItem : FallbackCommandItem
        }

        _executeItem.Url = query;
-        _executeItem.Name = string.IsNullOrEmpty(query) ? string.Empty : Properties.Resources.open_in_default_browser;
+        _executeItem.Name = string.IsNullOrEmpty(query) ? string.Empty : Resources.open_in_default_browser;

        Title = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginOpenURL, query);
-        Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginOpenUrlInBrowser, BrowserInfo.Name ?? BrowserInfo.MSEdgeName);
+
+        var browserName = _browserInfoService.GetDefaultBrowser()?.Name;
+        Subtitle = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(browserName) ? Resources.open_in_default_browser : string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginOpenUrlInBrowser, browserName);
    }

-    public static bool IsValidUrl(string url)
+    private static bool IsValidUrl(string url)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(url))
        {
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/BrowserInfo.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/BrowserInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// 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.
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
+
+public record BrowserInfo
+{
+    public required string Path { get; init; }
+
+    public required string Name { get; init; }
+
+    public string? ArgumentsPattern { get; init; }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/BrowserInfoServiceExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/BrowserInfoServiceExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// 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.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Extension methods for <see cref="IBrowserInfoService"/>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <seealso cref="IBrowserInfoService"/>
+internal static class BrowserInfoServiceExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Opens the specified URL in the system's default web browser.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="browserInfoService">The browser information service used to resolve the system's default browser.</param>
+    /// <param name="url">The URL to open.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// <see langword="true"/> if a default browser is found and the URL launch command is issued successfully;
+    /// otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.
+    /// </returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Returns <see langword="false"/> if the default browser cannot be determined.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static bool Open(this IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService, string url)
+    {
+        var defaultBrowser = browserInfoService.GetDefaultBrowser();
+        return defaultBrowser != null && ShellHelpers.OpenCommandInShell(defaultBrowser.Path, defaultBrowser.ArgumentsPattern, url);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/DefaultBrowserInfoService.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/DefaultBrowserInfoService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// 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.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser.Providers;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Service to get information about the default browser.
+/// </summary>
+internal class DefaultBrowserInfoService : IBrowserInfoService
+{
+    private static readonly IDefaultBrowserProvider[] Providers =
+    [
+        new ShellAssociationProvider(),
+        new LegacyRegistryAssociationProvider(),
+        new FallbackMsEdgeBrowserProvider(),
+    ];
+
+    private readonly Lock _updateLock = new();
+
+    private readonly Dictionary<Type, string> _lastLoggedErrors = [];
+
+    private const long UpdateTimeout = 3000;
+    private long _lastUpdateTickCount = -UpdateTimeout;
+
+    private BrowserInfo? _defaultBrowser;
+
+    public BrowserInfo? GetDefaultBrowser()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            UpdateIfTimePassed();
+        }
+        catch (Exception)
+        {
+            // exception is already logged at this point
+        }
+
+        return _defaultBrowser;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Updates only if at least more than 3000ms has passed since the last update, to avoid multiple calls to <see cref="UpdateCore"/>.
+    /// (because of multiple plugins calling update at the same time.)
+    /// </summary>
+    private void UpdateIfTimePassed()
+    {
+        lock (_updateLock)
+        {
+            var curTickCount = Environment.TickCount64;
+            if (curTickCount - _lastUpdateTickCount < UpdateTimeout && _defaultBrowser != null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var newDefaultBrowser = UpdateCore();
+            _defaultBrowser = newDefaultBrowser;
+            _lastUpdateTickCount = curTickCount;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Consider using <see cref="UpdateIfTimePassed"/> to avoid updating multiple times.
+    /// (because of multiple plugins calling update at the same time.)
+    /// </summary>
+    private BrowserInfo UpdateCore()
+    {
+        foreach (var provider in Providers)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var result = provider.GetDefaultBrowserInfo();
+#if DEBUG
+                result = result with { Name = result.Name + " (" + provider.GetType().Name + ")" };
+#endif
+                return result;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                // since we run this fairly often, avoid logging the same error multiple times
+                var lastLoggedError = _lastLoggedErrors.GetValueOrDefault(provider.GetType());
+                var error = ex.ToString();
+                if (error != lastLoggedError)
+                {
+                    _lastLoggedErrors[provider.GetType()] = error;
+                    Logger.LogError($"Exception when retrieving browser using provider {provider.GetType()}", ex);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to determine default browser");
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/IBrowserInfoService.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/IBrowserInfoService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// 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.
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Provides functionality to retrieve information about the system's default web browser.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IBrowserInfoService
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets information about the system's default web browser.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    BrowserInfo? GetDefaultBrowser();
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/AssociatedApp.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/AssociatedApp.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// 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.
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser.Providers;
+
+internal record AssociatedApp(string? Command, string? FriendlyName);
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/AssociationProviderBase.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/AssociationProviderBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+// 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.IO;
+using Windows.Win32;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser.Providers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Base class for providers that determine the default browser via application associations.
+/// </summary>
+internal abstract class AssociationProviderBase : IDefaultBrowserProvider
+{
+    protected abstract AssociatedApp? FindAssociation();
+
+    public BrowserInfo GetDefaultBrowserInfo()
+    {
+        var appAssociation = FindAssociation();
+        if (appAssociation is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(appAssociation), "Could not determine default browser application.");
+        }
+
+        var commandPattern = appAssociation.Command;
+        var appAndArgs = SplitAppAndArgs(commandPattern);
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(appAndArgs.Path))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(appAndArgs.Path), "Default browser program path could not be determined.");
+        }
+
+        // Packaged applications could be an URI. Example: shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
+        if (!Path.Exists(appAndArgs.Path) && !Uri.TryCreate(appAndArgs.Path, UriKind.Absolute, out _))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Command validation failed: {commandPattern}", nameof(commandPattern));
+        }
+
+        return new BrowserInfo
+        {
+            Path = appAndArgs.Path,
+            Name = appAssociation.FriendlyName ?? Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(appAndArgs.Path),
+            ArgumentsPattern = appAndArgs.Arguments,
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static (string? Path, string? Arguments) SplitAppAndArgs(string? commandPattern)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(commandPattern))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(commandPattern), "Default browser program command is not specified.");
+        }
+
+        commandPattern = GetIndirectString(commandPattern);
+
+        // HACK: for firefox installed through Microsoft store
+        // When installed through Microsoft Firefox the commandPattern does not have
+        // quotes for the path. As the Program Files does have a space
+        // the extracted path would be invalid, here we add the quotes to fix it
+        const string FirefoxExecutableName = "firefox.exe";
+        if (commandPattern.Contains(FirefoxExecutableName) && commandPattern.Contains(@"\WindowsApps\") &&
+            !commandPattern.StartsWith('\"'))
+        {
+            var pathEndIndex = commandPattern.IndexOf(FirefoxExecutableName, StringComparison.Ordinal) +
+                               FirefoxExecutableName.Length;
+            commandPattern = commandPattern.Insert(pathEndIndex, "\"");
+            commandPattern = commandPattern.Insert(0, "\"");
+        }
+
+        if (commandPattern.StartsWith('\"'))
+        {
+            var endQuoteIndex = commandPattern.IndexOf('\"', 1);
+            if (endQuoteIndex != -1)
+            {
+                return (commandPattern[1..endQuoteIndex], commandPattern[(endQuoteIndex + 1)..].Trim());
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var spaceIndex = commandPattern.IndexOf(' ');
+            if (spaceIndex != -1)
+            {
+                return (commandPattern[..spaceIndex], commandPattern[(spaceIndex + 1)..].Trim());
+            }
+        }
+
+        return (null, null);
+    }
+
+    protected static string GetIndirectString(string str)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str) || str[0] != '@')
+        {
+            return str;
+        }
+
+        const int initialCapacity = 128;
+        const int maxCapacity = 8192; // Reasonable upper limit
+        int hresult;
+
+        unsafe
+        {
+            // Try with stack allocation first for common cases
+            var stackBuffer = stackalloc char[initialCapacity];
+
+            fixed (char* pszSource = str)
+            {
+                hresult = PInvoke.SHLoadIndirectString(
+                    pszSource,
+                    stackBuffer,
+                    initialCapacity,
+                    null);
+
+                // S_OK (0) means success
+                if (hresult == 0)
+                {
+                    return new string(stackBuffer);
+                }
+
+                // STRSAFE_E_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER (0x8007007A) means buffer too small
+                // Try with progressively larger heap buffers
+                if (unchecked((uint)hresult) == 0x8007007A)
+                {
+                    for (var capacity = initialCapacity * 2; capacity <= maxCapacity; capacity *= 2)
+                    {
+                        var heapBuffer = new char[capacity];
+                        fixed (char* pBuffer = heapBuffer)
+                        {
+                            hresult = PInvoke.SHLoadIndirectString(
+                                pszSource,
+                                pBuffer,
+                                (uint)capacity,
+                                null);
+
+                            if (hresult == 0)
+                            {
+                                return new string(pBuffer);
+                            }
+
+                            if (unchecked((uint)hresult) != 0x8007007A)
+                            {
+                                break; // Different error, stop retrying
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new InvalidOperationException(
+            $"Could not load indirect string. HRESULT: 0x{unchecked((uint)hresult):X8}");
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/FallbackMsEdgeBrowserProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/FallbackMsEdgeBrowserProvider.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;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser.Providers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides a fallback implementation of the default browser provider that returns information for Microsoft Edge.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>This class is used when no other default browser provider is available. It supplies the path,
+/// arguments pattern, and name for Microsoft Edge as the default browser information.</remarks>
+internal sealed class FallbackMsEdgeBrowserProvider : IDefaultBrowserProvider
+{
+    private const string MsEdgeArgumentsPattern = "--single-argument %1";
+
+    private const string MsEdgeName = "Microsoft Edge";
+
+    private static string MsEdgePath => Path.Combine(
+        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86),
+        @"Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe");
+
+    public BrowserInfo GetDefaultBrowserInfo() => new()
+    {
+        Path = MsEdgePath,
+        ArgumentsPattern = MsEdgeArgumentsPattern,
+        Name = MsEdgeName,
+    };
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/IDefaultBrowserProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/IDefaultBrowserProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// 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.
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser.Providers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Retrieves information about the default browser.
+/// </summary>
+internal interface IDefaultBrowserProvider
+{
+    BrowserInfo GetDefaultBrowserInfo();
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/LegacyRegistryAssociationProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/LegacyRegistryAssociationProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// 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 Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser.Providers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides the default web browser by reading registry keys. This is a legacy method and may not work on all systems.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class LegacyRegistryAssociationProvider : AssociationProviderBase
+{
+    protected override AssociatedApp? FindAssociation()
+    {
+        var progId = GetRegistryValue(
+                         @"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoiceLatest\ProgId",
+                         "ProgId")
+                     ?? GetRegistryValue(
+                         @"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice",
+                         "ProgId");
+        var appName = GetRegistryValue($@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\{progId}\Application", "ApplicationName")
+                      ?? GetRegistryValue($@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\{progId}", "FriendlyTypeName");
+
+        if (appName is not null)
+        {
+            appName = GetIndirectString(appName);
+            appName = appName
+                .Replace("URL", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .Replace("HTML", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .Replace("Document", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .Replace("Web", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .TrimEnd();
+        }
+
+        var commandPattern = GetRegistryValue($@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\{progId}\shell\open\command", null);
+
+        return commandPattern is null ? null : new AssociatedApp(commandPattern, appName);
+
+        static string? GetRegistryValue(string registryLocation, string? valueName)
+        {
+            return Registry.GetValue(registryLocation, valueName, null) as string;
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/ShellAssociationProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/Browser/Providers/ShellAssociationProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// 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.
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser.Providers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Retrieves the default web browser using the system shell functions.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class ShellAssociationProvider : AssociationProviderBase
+{
+    private static readonly string[] Protocols = ["https", "http"];
+
+    protected override AssociatedApp FindAssociation()
+    {
+        foreach (var protocol in Protocols)
+        {
+            var command = AssocQueryStringSafe(NativeMethods.AssocStr.Command, protocol);
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(command))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var appName = AssocQueryStringSafe(NativeMethods.AssocStr.FriendlyAppName, protocol);
+
+            return new AssociatedApp(command, appName);
+        }
+
+        return new AssociatedApp(null, null);
+    }
+
+    private static unsafe string? AssocQueryStringSafe(NativeMethods.AssocStr what, string protocol)
+    {
+        uint cch = 0;
+
+        // First call: get required length (incl. null)
+        _ = NativeMethods.AssocQueryStringW(NativeMethods.AssocF.IsProtocol, what, protocol, null, null, ref cch);
+        if (cch == 0)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Small buffers on stack; large on heap
+        var span = cch <= 512 ? stackalloc char[(int)cch] : new char[(int)cch];
+
+        fixed (char* p = span)
+        {
+            var hr = NativeMethods.AssocQueryStringW(NativeMethods.AssocF.IsProtocol, what, protocol, null, p, ref cch);
+            if (hr != 0 || cch == 0)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            // cch includes the null terminator; slice it off
+            var len = (int)cch - 1;
+            if (len < 0)
+            {
+                len = 0;
+            }
+
+            return new string(span[..len]);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/DefaultBrowserInfo.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/DefaultBrowserInfo.cs
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-// 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.Text;
-using System.Threading;
-using ManagedCommon;
-
-namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Contains information (e.g. path to executable, name...) about the default browser.
-/// </summary>
-public static class DefaultBrowserInfo
-{
-    private static readonly Lock _updateLock = new();
-
-    /// <summary>Gets the path to the MS Edge browser executable.</summary>
-    public static string MSEdgePath => System.IO.Path.Combine(
-        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86),
-        @"Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe");
-
-    /// <summary>Gets the command line pattern of the MS Edge.</summary>
-    public const string MSEdgeArgumentsPattern = "--single-argument %1";
-
-    public const string MSEdgeName = "Microsoft Edge";
-
-    /// <summary>Gets the path to default browser's executable.</summary>
-    public static string? Path { get; private set; }
-
-    /// <summary>Gets <see cref="Path"/> since the icon is embedded in the executable.</summary>
-    public static string? IconPath => Path;
-
-    /// <summary>Gets the user-friendly name of the default browser.</summary>
-    public static string? Name { get; private set; }
-
-    /// <summary>Gets the command line pattern of the default browser.</summary>
-    public static string? ArgumentsPattern { get; private set; }
-
-    public static bool IsDefaultBrowserSet => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Path);
-
-    public const long UpdateTimeout = 300;
-
-    private static long _lastUpdateTickCount = -UpdateTimeout;
-
-    private static bool _updatedOnce;
-    private static bool _errorLogged;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Updates only if at least more than 300ms has passed since the last update, to avoid multiple calls to <see cref="Update"/>.
-    /// (because of multiple plugins calling update at the same time.)
-    /// </summary>
-    public static void UpdateIfTimePassed()
-    {
-        var curTickCount = Environment.TickCount64;
-        if (curTickCount - _lastUpdateTickCount >= UpdateTimeout)
-        {
-            _lastUpdateTickCount = curTickCount;
-            Update();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Consider using <see cref="UpdateIfTimePassed"/> to avoid updating multiple times.
-    /// (because of multiple plugins calling update at the same time.)
-    /// </summary>
-    public static void Update()
-    {
-        lock (_updateLock)
-        {
-            if (!_updatedOnce)
-            {
-                // Log.Info("I've tried updating the chosen Web Browser info at least once.", typeof(DefaultBrowserInfo));
-                _updatedOnce = true;
-            }
-
-            try
-            {
-                var progId = GetRegistryValue(
-                    @"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoiceLatest\ProgId",
-                    "ProgId")
-                    ?? GetRegistryValue(
-                        @"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice",
-                        "ProgId");
-                var appName = GetRegistryValue($@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\{progId}\Application", "ApplicationName")
-                    ?? GetRegistryValue($@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\{progId}", "FriendlyTypeName");
-
-                if (appName is not null)
-                {
-                    // Handle indirect strings:
-                    if (appName.StartsWith('@'))
-                    {
-                        appName = GetIndirectString(appName);
-                    }
-
-                    appName = appName
-                        .Replace("URL", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                        .Replace("HTML", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                        .Replace("Document", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                        .Replace("Web", null, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                        .TrimEnd();
-                }
-
-                Name = appName;
-
-                var commandPattern = GetRegistryValue($@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\{progId}\shell\open\command", null);
-
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(commandPattern))
-                {
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
-                        nameof(commandPattern),
-                        "Default browser program command is not specified.");
-                }
-
-                if (commandPattern.StartsWith('@'))
-                {
-                    commandPattern = GetIndirectString(commandPattern);
-                }
-
-                // HACK: for firefox installed through Microsoft store
-                // When installed through Microsoft Firefox the commandPattern does not have
-                // quotes for the path. As the Program Files does have a space
-                // the extracted path would be invalid, here we add the quotes to fix it
-                const string FirefoxExecutableName = "firefox.exe";
-                if (commandPattern.Contains(FirefoxExecutableName) && commandPattern.Contains(@"\WindowsApps\") && (!commandPattern.StartsWith('\"')))
-                {
-                    var pathEndIndex = commandPattern.IndexOf(FirefoxExecutableName, StringComparison.Ordinal) + FirefoxExecutableName.Length;
-                    commandPattern = commandPattern.Insert(pathEndIndex, "\"");
-                    commandPattern = commandPattern.Insert(0, "\"");
-                }
-
-                if (commandPattern.StartsWith('\"'))
-                {
-                    var endQuoteIndex = commandPattern.IndexOf('\"', 1);
-                    if (endQuoteIndex != -1)
-                    {
-                        Path = commandPattern.Substring(1, endQuoteIndex - 1);
-                        ArgumentsPattern = commandPattern.Substring(endQuoteIndex + 1).Trim();
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    var spaceIndex = commandPattern.IndexOf(' ');
-                    if (spaceIndex != -1)
-                    {
-                        Path = commandPattern.Substring(0, spaceIndex);
-                        ArgumentsPattern = commandPattern.Substring(spaceIndex + 1).Trim();
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Packaged applications could be an URI. Example: shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
-                if (!System.IO.Path.Exists(Path) && !Uri.TryCreate(Path, UriKind.Absolute, out _))
-                {
-                    throw new ArgumentException(
-                        $"Command validation failed: {commandPattern}",
-                        nameof(commandPattern));
-                }
-
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Path))
-                {
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
-                        nameof(Path),
-                        "Default browser program path could not be determined.");
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception)
-            {
-                // Fallback to MS Edge
-                Path = MSEdgePath;
-                Name = MSEdgeName;
-                ArgumentsPattern = MSEdgeArgumentsPattern;
-
-                if (!_errorLogged)
-                {
-                    // Log.Exception("Exception when retrieving browser path/name. Path and Name are set to use Microsoft Edge.", e, typeof(DefaultBrowserInfo));
-                    Logger.LogError("Exception when retrieving browser path/name. Path and Name are set to use Microsoft Edge.");
-                    _errorLogged = true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            string? GetRegistryValue(string registryLocation, string? valueName)
-            {
-                return Microsoft.Win32.Registry.GetValue(registryLocation, valueName, null) as string;
-            }
-
-            string GetIndirectString(string str)
-            {
-                var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(128);
-                unsafe
-                {
-                    var buffer = stackalloc char[128];
-                    var capacity = 128;
-                    var firstChar = str[0];
-                    var strPtr = &firstChar;
-
-                    // S_OK == 0
-                    fixed (char* pszSourceLocal = str)
-                    {
-                        if (global::Windows.Win32.PInvoke.SHLoadIndirectString(
-                            pszSourceLocal,
-                            buffer,
-                            (uint)capacity,
-                            default) == 0)
-                        {
-                            return new string(buffer);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(str), "Could not load indirect string.");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/ISettingsInterface.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/ISettingsInterface.cs
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ public interface ISettingsInterface

    public IReadOnlyList<HistoryItem> HistoryItems { get; }

+    string CustomSearchUri { get; }
+
    public void AddHistoryItem(HistoryItem historyItem);
 }
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// 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.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
+
+internal static partial class NativeMethods
+{
+    [LibraryImport("shlwapi.dll", StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf16, SetLastError = false)]
+    internal static unsafe partial int AssocQueryStringW(
+        AssocF flags,
+        AssocStr str,
+        string pszAssoc,
+        string? pszExtra,
+        char* pszOut,
+        ref uint pcchOut);
+
+    [Flags]
+    public enum AssocF : uint
+    {
+        None = 0,
+        IsProtocol = 0x00001000,
+    }
+
+    public enum AssocStr
+    {
+        Command = 1,
+        Executable,
+        FriendlyDocName,
+        FriendlyAppName,
+        NoOpen,
+        ShellNewValue,
+        DDECommand,
+        DDEIfExec,
+        DDEApplication,
+        DDETopic,
+        InfoTip,
+        QuickTip,
+        TileInfo,
+        ContentType,
+        DefaultIcon,
+        ShellExtension,
+        DropTarget,
+        DelegateExecute,
+        SupportedUriProtocols,
+        ProgId,
+        AppId,
+        AppPublisher,
+        AppIconReference, // sometimes present, but DefaultIcon is most common
+    }
+}
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/SettingsManager.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Helpers/SettingsManager.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ public class SettingsManager : JsonSettingsManager, ISettingsInterface
        Resources.plugin_global_if_uri,
        false);

+    private readonly TextSetting _customSearchUri = new(
+        Namespaced(nameof(CustomSearchUri)),
+        Resources.plugin_custom_search_uri,
+        Resources.plugin_custom_search_uri,
+        string.Empty)
+    {
+        Placeholder = Resources.plugin_custom_search_uri_placeholder,
+    };
+
    private readonly ChoiceSetSetting _historyItemCount = new(
        Namespaced(HistoryItemCountLegacySettingsKey),
        Resources.plugin_history_item_count,
@@ -51,6 +60,8 @@ public class SettingsManager : JsonSettingsManager, ISettingsInterface

    public int HistoryItemCount => int.TryParse(_historyItemCount.Value, out var value) && value >= 0 ? value : 0;

+    public string CustomSearchUri => _customSearchUri.Value ?? string.Empty;
+
    public IReadOnlyList<HistoryItem> HistoryItems => _history.HistoryItems;

    public SettingsManager()
@@ -59,6 +70,7 @@ public class SettingsManager : JsonSettingsManager, ISettingsInterface

        Settings.Add(_globalIfURI);
        Settings.Add(_historyItemCount);
+        Settings.Add(_customSearchUri);

        LoadSettings();

--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Pages/WebSearchListPage.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Pages/WebSearchListPage.cs
@@ -9,23 +9,24 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Commands;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
-using BrowserInfo = Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.DefaultBrowserInfo;

 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Pages;

 internal sealed partial class WebSearchListPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
 {
    private readonly ISettingsInterface _settingsManager;
+    private readonly IBrowserInfoService _browserInfoService;
    private readonly Lock _sync = new();
    private static readonly CompositeFormat PluginInBrowserName = System.Text.CompositeFormat.Parse(Properties.Resources.plugin_in_browser_name);
    private static readonly CompositeFormat PluginOpen = System.Text.CompositeFormat.Parse(Properties.Resources.plugin_open);
    private IListItem[] _allItems = [];
    private List<ListItem> _historyItems = [];

-    public WebSearchListPage(ISettingsInterface settingsManager)
+    public WebSearchListPage(ISettingsInterface settingsManager, IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(settingsManager);

@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ internal sealed partial class WebSearchListPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
        Id = "com.microsoft.cmdpal.websearch";

        _settingsManager = settingsManager;
+        _browserInfoService = browserInfoService;
        _settingsManager.HistoryChanged += SettingsManagerOnHistoryChanged;

        // It just looks viewer to have string twice on the page, and default placeholder is good enough
@@ -43,8 +45,8 @@ internal sealed partial class WebSearchListPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
        EmptyContent = new CommandItem(new NoOpCommand())
        {
            Icon = Icon,
-            Title = Properties.Resources.plugin_description,
-            Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginInBrowserName, BrowserInfo.Name ?? BrowserInfo.MSEdgeName),
+            Title = Resources.plugin_description,
+            Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginInBrowserName, browserInfoService.GetDefaultBrowser()?.Name ?? Resources.default_browser),
        };

        UpdateHistory();
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ internal sealed partial class WebSearchListPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
            for (var index = items.Count - 1; index >= 0; index--)
            {
                var historyItem = items[index];
-                history.Add(new ListItem(new SearchWebCommand(historyItem.SearchString, _settingsManager))
+                history.Add(new ListItem(new SearchWebCommand(historyItem.SearchString, _settingsManager, _browserInfoService))
                {
                    Icon = Icons.History,
                    Title = historyItem.SearchString,
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ internal sealed partial class WebSearchListPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
        }
    }

-    private static IListItem[] Query(string query, List<ListItem> historySnapshot, ISettingsInterface settingsManager)
+    private static IListItem[] Query(string query, List<ListItem> historySnapshot, ISettingsInterface settingsManager, IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(query);

@@ -95,10 +97,10 @@ internal sealed partial class WebSearchListPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(query))
        {
            var searchTerm = query;
-            var result = new ListItem(new SearchWebCommand(searchTerm, settingsManager))
+            var result = new ListItem(new SearchWebCommand(searchTerm, settingsManager, browserInfoService))
            {
                Title = searchTerm,
-                Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginOpen, BrowserInfo.Name ?? BrowserInfo.MSEdgeName),
+                Subtitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, PluginOpen, browserInfoService.GetDefaultBrowser()?.Name ?? Resources.default_browser),
                Icon = Icons.Search,
            };
            results.Add(result);
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ internal sealed partial class WebSearchListPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
            historySnapshot = _historyItems;
        }

-        var items = Query(search ?? string.Empty, historySnapshot, _settingsManager);
+        var items = Query(search ?? string.Empty, historySnapshot, _settingsManager, _browserInfoService);

        lock (_sync)
        {
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties {
    // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
    // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
    // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "17.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "18.0.0.0")]
    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
    public class Resources {
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties {
            }
        }
        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to default browser.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string default_browser {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("default_browser", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
        /// <summary>
        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Web Search.
        /// </summary>
@@ -150,6 +159,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties {
            }
        }
        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Custom search engine URL.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string plugin_custom_search_uri {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("plugin_custom_search_uri", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Use {query} or %s as the search query placeholder; e.g. https://www.bing.com/search?q={query}.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string plugin_custom_search_uri_placeholder {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("plugin_custom_search_uri_placeholder", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
        /// <summary>
        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Searches the web with your default search engine.
        /// </summary>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -184,4 +184,13 @@
  <data name="open_url_fallback_title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Open URL</value>
  </data>
+  <data name="default_browser" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>default browser</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="plugin_custom_search_uri" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Custom search engine URL</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="plugin_custom_search_uri_placeholder" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Use {query} or %s as the search query placeholder; e.g. https://www.bing.com/search?q={query}</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/WebSearchCommandsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/WebSearchCommandsProvider.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Commands;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ public sealed partial class WebSearchCommandsProvider : CommandProvider
    private readonly WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem _webSearchTopLevelItem;
    private readonly ICommandItem[] _topLevelItems;
    private readonly IFallbackCommandItem[] _fallbackCommands;
+    private readonly IBrowserInfoService _browserInfoService = new DefaultBrowserInfoService();

    public WebSearchCommandsProvider()
    {
@@ -27,10 +29,10 @@ public sealed partial class WebSearchCommandsProvider : CommandProvider
        Icon = Icons.WebSearch;
        Settings = _settingsManager.Settings;

-        _fallbackItem = new FallbackExecuteSearchItem(_settingsManager);
-        _openUrlFallbackItem = new FallbackOpenURLItem(_settingsManager);
+        _fallbackItem = new FallbackExecuteSearchItem(_settingsManager, _browserInfoService);
+        _openUrlFallbackItem = new FallbackOpenURLItem(_settingsManager, _browserInfoService);

-        _webSearchTopLevelItem = new WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem(_settingsManager)
+        _webSearchTopLevelItem = new WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem(_settingsManager, _browserInfoService)
        {
            MoreCommands =
            [
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Commands;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Helpers.Browser;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Pages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
@@ -15,13 +16,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch;
 public partial class WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem : CommandItem, IFallbackHandler, IDisposable
 {
    private readonly SettingsManager _settingsManager;
+    private readonly IBrowserInfoService _browserInfoService;

-    public WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem(SettingsManager settingsManager)
-        : base(new WebSearchListPage(settingsManager))
+    public WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem(SettingsManager settingsManager, IBrowserInfoService browserInfoService)
+        : base(new WebSearchListPage(settingsManager, browserInfoService))
    {
        Icon = Icons.WebSearch;
        SetDefaultTitle();
        _settingsManager = settingsManager;
+        _browserInfoService = browserInfoService;
    }

    private void SetDefaultTitle() => Title = Resources.command_item_title;
@@ -37,12 +40,12 @@ public partial class WebSearchTopLevelCommandItem : CommandItem, IFallbackHandle
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(query))
        {
            SetDefaultTitle();
-            ReplaceCommand(new WebSearchListPage(_settingsManager));
+            ReplaceCommand(new WebSearchListPage(_settingsManager, _browserInfoService));
        }
        else
        {
            Title = query;
-            ReplaceCommand(new SearchWebCommand(query, _settingsManager));
+            ReplaceCommand(new SearchWebCommand(query, _settingsManager, _browserInfoService));
        }
    }

--- a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw
+++ b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw
@@ -5164,7 +5164,7 @@ To record a specific window, enter the hotkey with the Alt key in the opposite m
    <comment>Command Palette is a product name, do not loc</comment>
  </data>
  <data name="LearnMore_CmdPal.Text" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Learn more</value>
+    <value>Learn more about Command Palette</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Shell_CmdPal.Content" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Command Palette</value>