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Author SHA1 Message Date
Jiří Polášek
09c1575fa0 Ensure Command Palette main window remains hidden on taskbar Windows Explorer restarts (#40406)
## Summary of the Pull Request

Ensures the Command Palette main window stays hidden from the taskbar
after Windows Explorer restarts. Also updates how app switcher
visibility is managed to prevent unhandled exceptions and avoid startup
crashes when Explorer is not running or is not responsive.

## PR Checklist

- [x] Closes: #40334
- [x] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [x] **Tests:** no tests
- [x] **Localization:** nothing to localize
- [x] **Dev docs:** nothing to update
- [x] **New binaries:** no new binaries
- [x] **Documentation updated:** nothing to update

## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
- Settings on the main window are reapplied after the taskbar is
re-created (e.g., after Windows Explorer restarts), restoring visibility
settings for the app switcher and taskbar button.
- Defensive handling of the property AppWindow.IsShownInSwitchers
controlling appearance in system representations such as ALT+TAB and the
taskbar, to avoid errors when Windows Explorer is not running (see
https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/8596).
- Prevents application startup failures when the Command Palette is
launched in environments without Windows Explorer.

## Validation Steps Performed
- Verified that the CmdPal main window taskbar button is not visible
after Explorer is restarted (without an attached debugger).
- Verified that CmdPal can be started when Explorer is not running.
- Verified that the CmdPal main window taskbar button is visible after
Explorer is restarted (if a debugger is attached to CmdPal).
2025-07-09 12:35:42 -05:00
Davide Giacometti
a9a41ca1a2 [CmdPal] Settings UI polishing (#38094)
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## Summary of the Pull Request

Settings window UI polishing:
- Make the navigation view toggle button move in the title bar when navigation view mode is compact or minimal
- Center settings card in the window
- Properly set windows icon in order to make it visible in task manager and task view

_main branch_
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_PR_
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## PR Checklist

- [ ] **Closes:**: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/581

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Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-03-24 07:32:59 -07:00