🚧 [Dev][Build] .NET 8 Upgrade (#28655)

* Upgraded projects to target .NET 8

* Updated .NET runtime package targets to use latest .NET 8 build

* Updated PowerToys Interop to target .NET 8

* Switch to use ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull

* ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull for CropAndLockViewModel

* Switching to ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf

* Upgrade System.ComponentModel.Composition to 8.0

* ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull in Helper

* Switch to StartsWith using StringComparison.Ordinal

* Disabled CA1859, CA1716, SYSLIB1096 analyzers

* Update RIDs to reflect breaking changes in .NET 8

* Updated Microsoft NuGet packages to RC1

* Updated Analyzer package to latest .NET 8 preview package

* CA1854: Use TryGetValue instead of ContainsKey

* [Build] Update TFM to .NET 8 for publish profiles

* [Analyzers] Remove CA1309, CA1860-CA1865, CA1869, CA2208 from warning.

* [Analyzers] Fix for C26495

* [Analyzers] Disable CS1615, CS9191

* [CI] Target .NET 8 in YAML

* [CI] Add .NET preview version flag temporarily.

* [FileLocksmith] Update TFM to .NET 8

* [CI] Switch to preview agent

* [CI] Update NOTICE.md

* [CI] Update Release to target .NET 8 and use Preview agent

* [Analyzers] Disable CA1854

* Fix typo

* Updated Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers to latest preview

Updated packages to rc2

* [Analyzers][CPP] Turn off warning for 5271

* [Analyzers][CPP] Turn off warning for 26493

* [KeyboardListener] Add mutex include to resolve error

* [PT Run][Folder] Use static SearchValues to resolve CA1870

* [PowerLauncher] Fix TryGetValue

* [MouseJumpSettings] Use ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull

* [Build] Disable parallel dotnet tool restore

* [Build] No cache of dotnet tool packages

* [Build] Temporarily move .NET 8 SDK task before XAML formatting

* [Build][Temp] Try using .NET 7 prior to XAML formatting and then switch to .NET 8 after

* [Build] Use .NET 6 for XAML Styler

* [CI] Updated NOTICE.md

* [FancyZones] Update TFM to .NET 8

* [EnvVar] Update TFM to .NET 8 and update RID

* [EnvVar] Use ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull

* [Dev] Updated packages to .NET 8 RTM version

* [Dev] Updated Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers to latest

* [CI] Updated NOTICE.md with latest package versions

* Fix new utility target fameworks and runtimeids

* Don't use preview images anymore

* [CI] Add script to update VCToolsVersion environment variable

* [CI] Add Step to Verify VCToolsVersion

* [CI] Use latest flag for vswhere to set proper VCToolsVersion

* Add VCToolsVersion checking to release.yml

* Remove net publishing from local/ PR CI builds

* Revert "Remove net publishing from local/ PR CI builds"

This reverts commit f469778996.

* Only publish necessary projects

* Add verbosity to release pipelines builds of PowerTOys

* Set VCToolsVersion for publish.cmd when called from installer

* [Installer] Moved project publish logic to MSBuild Task

* [CI] Revert using publish.cmd

* [CI] Set VCToolsVersion and unset ClearDevCommandPromptEnvVars property

* Installer publishes for x64 too

* Revert "Add verbosity to release pipelines builds of PowerTOys"

This reverts commit 654d4a7f78.

* [Dev] Update CodeAnalysis library to non-preview package

* Remove unneeded warning removal

* Fix Notice.md

* Rename VCToolsVersion file and task name

* Remove unneeded mutex header include

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

.pipelines/applyXamlStyling.ps1

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ param(
 Write-Output "Use 'Help .\applyXamlStyling.ps1' for more info or '-Main' to run against all files."
 Write-Output ""
 Write-Output "Restoring dotnet tools..."
-dotnet tool restore
+dotnet tool restore --disable-parallel --no-cache
 
 if (-not $Passive)
 {

.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ steps:
   submodules: true
   clean: true
 
+- task: UseDotNet@2
+  displayName: 'Use .NET 6 SDK'
+  inputs:
+    packageType: sdk
+    version: '6.x'
+
 - task: PowerShell@2
   displayName: Verify XAML formatting
   inputs:
@@ -56,11 +62,18 @@ steps:
     arguments: -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln'
     pwsh: true
 
+- task: PowerShell@2
+  displayName: Verify and set latest VCToolsVersion usage
+  inputs:
+    filePath: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1'
+    pwsh: true
+
 - task: UseDotNet@2
-  displayName: 'Use .NET 7 SDK'
+  displayName: 'Use .NET 8 SDK'
   inputs:
     packageType: sdk
-    version: '7.x'
+    version: '8.x'
+    includePreviewVersions: true
 
 - task: VisualStudioTestPlatformInstaller@1
   displayName: Ensure VSTest Platform

.pipelines/release.yml

@@ -88,10 +88,16 @@ extends:
             version: '6.x'
 
         - task: UseDotNet@2
-          displayName: 'Use .NET 7 SDK'
+          displayName: 'Use .NET 8 SDK'
           inputs:
             packageType: sdk
-            version: '7.x'
+            version: '8.x'
+
+        - task: PowerShell@2
+          displayName: Verify and set latest VCToolsVersion usage
+          inputs:
+            filePath: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1'
+            pwsh: true
 
         - task: NuGetAuthenticate@1
             

.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+$LatestVCToolsVersion = (([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -include packages -format xml)).instances.instance.packages.package | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.Redist.14.Latest" -and $_.chip -eq "x64" }).version;
+
+Write-Output "Latest VCToolsVersion: $LatestVCToolsVersion"
+Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
+Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"