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## Summary of the Pull Request
SettingsUtils is initialized multiple times over the whole solution.
This creates one singeltone instance (with the default settings), so it
only has to be initialized once (and improve performance a bit with
that)
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## PR Checklist
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- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
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- [ ] **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
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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)
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## Validation Steps Performed
* [Deps] Upgrade Framework Libraries to .NET 9 RC2
* [Common][Build] Update TFM to NET9
* [FileLocksmith][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [PreviewPane][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [PTRun][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [Settings][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [MouseWithoutBorders][Analyzers] Resolve WFO1000 by configuring Designer Serialization Visibility
* [Deps] Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers
* [Analyzers] Set CA1859,CA2263,CA2022 to be excluded from error
* [MouseWithoutBorders] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [ColorPicker] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [AdvancedPaste] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [TextExtractor] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Hosts] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [MouseJump] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [PTRun] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Wox] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Peek] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [PowerAccent] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Settings] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Deps] Update NOTICE.md
* [CI] Update .NET version step to target 9.0
* [Build] Attempt to add manual trigger for using Visual Studio Preview for building
* [Build] Fix variable typo
* [Build][Temporary] set to use preview builds
* [Build] Add missing parameters
* [Build][Temporary] directly hardcode preview image
* [Build][Temporary] Trying ImageOverride
* [Build] Revert hardcode and use ImageOverride
* [Build] Add env var for adding prerelease argument for vswhere
* [Build] Update VCToolsVersion script to use env var to optionally add prerelease version checking
* [Build] Remove unneeded parameter
* [Build] Re-add parameter in all the right places
* [CI][Build] Add NoWarn NU5104 when building with VS Preview
* [Deps] Update to stable .NET 9 packages
* [Deps] Update NOTICE.md
* Everything is WPF and WindowsForms now to fix .NET 9 dependency conflicts
* Ensure .NET 9 SDK for tests too
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Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
* 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>
