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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:24:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Settings: Fix SCOOBE showing unknown symbol instead of bullet
 (#45696)
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The bullet separator between the release date and "View on GitHub" in
the SCOOBE release notes page was rendering as an unknown symbol (◆?)
instead of `•`. The character stored in the source file was `\x95`
(Windows-1252 bullet), which is invalid in UTF-8 and maps to U+0095 (a
control character).

## Changes

- `ScoobeReleaseNotesPage.xaml.cs`: Replace `\x95` (Windows-1252) with
`•` (U+2022, UTF-8: `\xE2\x80\xA2`)

```diff
- $"{release.PublishedDate.ToString(...)} \x95 [View on GitHub]({releaseUrl})"
+ $"{release.PublishedDate.ToString(...)} • [View on GitHub]({releaseUrl})"
```

## PR Checklist

- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx

## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

Single-byte fix: the bullet character in
`ScoobeReleaseNotesPage.xaml.cs` was a Windows-1252 `\x95` byte embedded
in a UTF-8 source file. UTF-8 treats `0x95` as U+0095 (MESSAGE WAITING,
a C1 control), which has no glyph and renders as the replacement/unknown
symbol. Replaced with the correct Unicode bullet `•` (U+2022).

## Validation Steps Performed

- Confirmed `\x95` byte present in original file via hex inspection
- Verified replacement byte sequence is `\xE2\x80\xA2` (valid UTF-8 for
U+2022)
- No other occurrences of `\x95` in the file

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> <issue_title>Settings: SCOOBE shows an unknown symbol instead of a
bullet</issue_title>
> <issue_description>### Microsoft PowerToys version
>
> main
>
> ### Installation method
>
> Dev build in Visual Studio
>
> ### Area(s) with issue?
>
> Settings
>
> ### Steps to reproduce
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> Main (0.98):
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 .../SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/ScoobeReleaseNotesPage.xaml.cs      | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/ScoobeReleaseNotesPage.xaml.cs b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/ScoobeReleaseNotesPage.xaml.cs
index 9371fcbaed..278612290a 100644
--- a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/ScoobeReleaseNotesPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/OOBE/Views/ScoobeReleaseNotesPage.xaml.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.OOBE.Views
 
                 var releaseUrl = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, GitHubReleaseLinkTemplate, release.TagName);
                 releaseNotesHtmlBuilder.AppendLine(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"# {release.Name}");
-                releaseNotesHtmlBuilder.AppendLine(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{release.PublishedDate.ToString("MMMM d, yyyy", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)} � [View on GitHub]({releaseUrl})");
+                releaseNotesHtmlBuilder.AppendLine(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{release.PublishedDate.ToString("MMMM d, yyyy", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)} • [View on GitHub]({releaseUrl})");
                 releaseNotesHtmlBuilder.AppendLine();
                 releaseNotesHtmlBuilder.AppendLine("&nbsp;");
                 releaseNotesHtmlBuilder.AppendLine();