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## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR updates the PowerToys solution to support **Visual Studio 2026
(PlatformToolset v145)**. It centralizes the build configuration,
updates the C++ language standards, and fixes an issue with a MouseJump
unit test that appears while using the VS 2026 supported build agent.
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- [ ] Closes: #xxx
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- [x] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [x] **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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## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
**Build System & Configuration:**
- Updated `Cpp.Build.props` to use `v145` (VS 2026) as the default
`PlatformToolset`, with fall back to `v143` for VS 2022.
- Configured C++ Language Standard:
- `stdcpplatest` for production projects.
- Removed explicit `<PlatformToolset>` definitions from individual
project files (approx. 37 modules) to inherit correctly from the central
`Cpp.Build.props`.
**Code Refactoring & Fixes:**
- Updated `DrawingHelperTests.cs` in MouseJump Unit Test to ease the
pixel difference tolerance. This became an issue after switching to the
new VS2026 build agent.
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- Validated successful compilation of the entire solution. Similar
updates have been made to the .NET 10 branch, but these are much cleaner
and will be merged into that branch once fully confirmed working.
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Co-authored-by: Kai Tao (from Dev Box) <kaitao@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Gordon Lam (SH) <yeelam@microsoft.com>
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- [ ] **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
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Installer built, and every command works as expected,
Now use sparse app deployment, so we don't need an extra msix
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Co-authored-by: kaitao-ms <kaitao1105@gmail.com>
* Data diagnostics opt-in
* [c++] Drop DROP_PII flag
* Bump telemtry package to 2.0.2
* Drop DropPii from custom actions
* Cleanup
* Do not start manually C# EtwTrace. FZ engine exit event.
* ImageResizer, PowerRename, FileLocksmith prev handlers
* Revert C# handlers exe logging
* Revert "Revert C# handlers exe logging"
This reverts commit 4c75a3953b.
* Do not recreate EtwTrace
* consume package
* xaml formatting
* Fix deps.json audit
* Update telem package paths
* Address PR comments
* Fix AdvancedPaste close on PT close
* Override etl file name for explorer loaded dlls
Start/stop tracer when needed for explorer loaded dlls to prevent explorer overload
* Fix setting desc
* Fix missing events
* Add infobar to restart when enable data viewing
* Flush on timer every 30s
* [Settings] Update View Data diagnostic description text
[New+] Add tracer
* Show Restart info bar for both enable/disable data viewer
* Fix newplus
* Fix stuck on restart and terminate AdvPaste exe on destroy()
* [Installer] Add tracer
* Address PR comment
* Add missing tracers
* Exclude etw dir from BugReport
* Fix bad merge
* [Hosts] Proper exit on initial dialog
* [OOBE] Make Data diagnostic setting visible without scroll
* [OOBE] Add hiperlynk to open general settings
* Disable data view on disabling data diagnostics
* Don't disable View data button
* Fix disabling data viewing
* Add missing dot
* Revert formatting
* [Deps]Update CppWinRT to 2.0.240111.5
* Apply fix for robmikh.common incompatibility with cppwinrt
* Add CppWinRT to projects that were missing it
* Fix spellcheck
* Update to WASDK 1.4
* Remove redundant title bar styles.
* Update notice
* Update C++ projects as well
* Upgrade CppWinRT too
* Add exception to WASDK file version set to 1.0.0.0
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Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
* Flatten everything and succeed build
* Figure out Settings assets
* Remove UseCommonOutputDirectory tag
* Proper settings app path
* [VCM] Fix assets location
* Fix some runtime paths
* [RegistryPreview]Use MRTCore specific pri file
* [Hosts]Use MRTCore specific pri file
* [Settings]Use MRTCore specific pri file
* [Peek]Use MRTCore specific pri file
* [FileLocksmith]Use MRTCore specific pri file
* [ScreenRuler]Use MRTCore specific pri file
* [PowerRename]Use MRTCore specific pri file
* [Peek]Move assets to own folder
* [FileLocksmith] Use own Assets path
* [Hosts]Use own assets folder
* [PowerRename]Use own assets dir
* [MeasureTool] Use its own assets folder
* [ImageResizer]Use its own assets path
* Fix spellcheck
* Fix tab instead of space in project files
* Normalize target frameworks and platforms
* Remove WINRT_NO_MAKE_DETECTION flag. No longer needed?
* Fix AOT and Hosts locations
* Fix Dll version differences on dependency
* Add Common.UI.csproj as refernce to fix dll versions
* Update ControlzEx to normalize dll versions
* Update System.Management version to 7.0.2
* Add GPOWrapper to Registry Preview to fix dll versions
* [PTRun]Reference Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting to fix dll versions
* Fix remaining output paths / dll version conflicts
* [KeyboardManager]Executables still on their own directories
* Fix Monaco paths
* WinAppSDK apps get to play outside again
* Enable VCM settings again
* Fix KBM Editor path again
* [Monaco]Set to own Assets dir
* Fix installer preamble; Fix publish. remove unneeded publishes
* Remove Hardlink functions
* Installer builds again (still needs work to work)
* Readd Monaco to spellcheck excludes
* Fix spellcheck and call publish.cmd again
* [Installer] Remove components that don't need own dirs
* [Installer] Refactor Power Launcher
* [Installer] Refactor Color Picker
* [Installer] Refactor Monaco assets
* [Installer]Generate File script no longer needs to remove files
* [Installer]Refactor FileLocksmith
* [Installer] Refactor Hosts
* [Installer]Refactor Image Resizer
* [Installer]Refactor MouseUtils
* [Installer]Refactor MWB
* [Installer]Refactor MeasureTool
* [Installer]Refactor Peek
* [Installer]Refactor PowerRename and registry fixes
* [Installer]Refactor RegistryPreview
* [Installer]Refactor ShortcutGuide
* [Installer]Refactor Settings
* [Installer]Clean up some unused stuff
* [Installer]Clean up stuff for user install
* [Installer]Fix WinUi3Apps wxs
* [Installer]Fix misplaced folders
* [Installer]Move x86 VCM dll to right path
* Fix monaco language list location
* [Installer]Fix VCM directory reference
* [CI]Fix signing
* [Installer] Fix resources folder for release CI
* [ci]Looks like we still ship NLog on PowerToys Run
* [Settings]Add dependency to avoid dll collision with Experimentation
* [RegistryPreview]Move XAML files to own path
* [RegistryPreview]Fix app icon
* [Hosts]Move XAML files to their own path
* [FileLocksmith]Move XAML files to their own path
* [Peek]Move XAML files to own path
* [ScreenRuler]Move XAML files to its own path
* [Settings]Move XAML to its own path
* [ColorPicker]Move Resources to Assets
* [ShortcutGuide]Move svgs to own Assets path
* [Awake]Move images to assets path
* [Runner]Remove debug checks for PowerToys Run assets
* [PTRun]Move images to its own assets path
* [ImageResizer]Icon for context menu on own assets path
* [PowerRename]Move ico to its own path
* Remove unneeded intermediary directories
* Remove further int dirs
* Move tests to its own output path
* Fix spellcheck
* spellcheck: remove warnings
* [CppAnalyzers]Ignore rule in a tool
* [CI]Check if all deps.json files reference same versions
* fix spellcheck
* [ci]Fix task identation
* [ci]Add script to guard against asset conflicts
* [ci]Add more deps.json audit steps in the release build
* Add xbf to spellcheck expects
* Fix typo in asset conflict check scripts
* Fix some more dependency conflicts
* Downgrade CsWinRT to have the same dll version as sdk
* [ci]Do a recursive check for every deps.json
* Fix spellcheck error inside comment
* [ci]Fix asset script error
* [ci]Name deps.json verify tasks a bit better
* [ci]Improve deps json verify script output
* [ci]Update WinRT version to the same running in CI
* Also upgrade CsWinRT in NOTICE.MD
* [PowerRename]Move XAML files to own path
* [Common]Fix Settings executable path
* [ci]Verify there's no xbf files in app directories
* [installer]Fix firewall path
* [Monaco]Move new files to their proper assets path
* [Monaco]Fix paths for new files after merge
* [Feedback]Removed unneeded build conditions
* [Feedback]Clear vcxproj direct reference to frameworks
* [Feedback]RunPlugins name to hold PTRun plugins
* [Feedback]Remove unneeded foreach
* [Feedback]Shortcut Guide svgs with ** in project file
* [Feedback]Fix spellcheck
* Init
* Fix running settings
* UI design
* Left click trigger
Wire up colorpicker and pt run
* Wire up others
* Update FlyoutWindow.xaml.cs
* Removed comments
* Update FlyoutWindow.xaml
* More work
* Open Settings page
* More UI work
* Resolve conflicts
* [General] SystemTray Flyout: Add update on tray items' visibility when module gets enabled/disabled
Also remove context menu opening on tray icon.
* Adding app list
* Adding more buttons, resolving conflicts
* [General] Flyout: improving opening, closing flyout/settings window. Implementing basic bahaviour on enabling/disabling modules.
* [General] FlyoutWindow: proceed with implementation. GPO works. Main functionallity works (launching and enabling apps).
* [general] flyout: fix exit button
* [general] flyout: implement double click handling
* Localization
* [Generel] Flyout: Re-implement flyout launching, add workaround: disable flyout hiding in case the user switches on modules on the all apps page
+ minor changes
* [general] flyout: restore the context menu when right clicking on system tray icon
* Fix spellchecker
* [installer] fixing missing dll files + suppress error on not signed script
* Fix spell checker
* Fix flyout not focusing when activated
* Refresh Settings UI enabled state when flyout changes
* fix spellcheck
* Remove VCM from the list
* [General] flyout: fix settings window opening. Switch to general page only if there is no page opened
* [general] flyout: add launching hosts app
* Fix CI build
* adding check on elevation when launching hosts
* Use localization strings that already exist
* Remove dll not present in arm64 build
* Adding GPO policy check for the launcher page items
* fix hosts launching
* Add telemetry
* Also hide from all apps list when gpo is force enabling
* fix spellchecker
* Improve focus issues
* Fix flickering Bitmap Icons
* Fix telemetry error
* Fix telemetry call
* Fix wrong comment
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Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <stefan@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Laszlo Nemeth <laszlo.nemeth.hu@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
* Implement the delayed rendering
* Impelement settings UI
* Rename
* Set the minimum of ShortcutGuide_PressTimeForTaskbarIconShortcuts to 100ms
* Separate the animations of the global windows shortcuts and the taskbar icon shortcuts
* Amend
* Handle the case when the shortcut guide is not activated by win key long press
* Remove .vscode
* Keep the user's original setting of the win key press time
* Revert the default press time to 900 ms
* Restore default as 900
* Analyzers CPP
Changing the warning level from 3 to 4.
change some project files to make them use the warning config in cpp props file.
* Analyzers C++ turn on warning 4706
Change Cpp.Build.props file to enable 4706
fix BugReportTool code to get rid of 4706
* Turn on warning 4100 and fix the code
* Follow c++ core guidelines
* Adapting to PR comments
* Add GPOWrapper headers and C++/WinRT library
* Check GPO before starting utilities
* Show message on GPO having disabled preview panes.
* Don't generate thumbnails if GPO disabled
* Fix FancyZonesEditor unable to recognize GPOWrapper
* Move settings view models to the settings project
* Use GPO to block enabling utilities in Settings
* Hide context menu entries when gpo disables utilities
* Apply gpo policies when enabling PowerToys on runner
* Add version and metadata to dll
* Add GPOWrapper to the installer
* Fix MSBuild errors on WPF apps by using Projection
* Signing
* Add gpo files and publish them
* Add GPO policies to the bug report tool
* Add some documentation for using GPO
* Mention support to actual lowest supported version of Windows
* Move PowerToys to the root of administrative templates tree
* Save policies on Software\Policies\PowerToys
* Support both machine and user scopes
* Fix documentation to reference computer and user scopes
* Mention incompatibility with outlook in gpo
* Set a better folder structure for gpo assets
* Move PDF Handler warning to the description
* Update doc/gpo/README.md
Co-authored-by: Heiko <61519853+htcfreek@users.noreply.github.com>
* Add actual minimum version of PowerToys to gpo files
* Fix identation
* Remove GPOWrapper Readme
* Add Active Directory instructions to doc
Co-authored-by: Heiko <61519853+htcfreek@users.noreply.github.com>
* Migrate PowerRename to Unpackaged WinUI3
* [ARM64] PowerRename (#18002)
* Migrate PowerRename to Unpackaged WinUI3
* Removed Project Config and update PlatformToolset to v143
* Updated solution config
* Migrate PowerRename to Unpackaged WinUI3
* Fixed configs changed from ARM64 build
* Left one project out of fix
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <stefan@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
* Minor fixes
* Remove PowerRenameUILib from signing list - doesn't exist anymore
* Remove PowerRenameUILib from move_uwp_resources.ps1
* Bring back old dir name to see if localization is preserved
Remove move_uwp_resources.ps1 - not needed anymore
* Remove UWP localization docs part
* Fix minor UI quirk
Co-authored-by: Jeremy Sinclair <4016293+snickler@users.noreply.github.com>
* remove unnecessary sdk
* add .vsconfig to sln, remove dead link
* spell check
* Update WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion to 18362 (Minimum required version in README.md)
* Update release.yml
* Update ColorPickerUI.csproj
* Update release.yml
adding in .net6 sdk and moving stuff sooner
* Update release.yml
* Update release.yml
* fixing test
* Forcing vs17 and adding in .net 6 sdk
* forcing pool
* fixing issues in each pipeline
* moving release .net up
* fixing diff on agent version for nuget installer
* Removing system.text.json.dll as included now
* getting unit tests it looks like to work
* updating everythign to .net 6 minus wxs for runtime
* unit test still have
* getting 6.0 stuff up and going. Terminal Unit tests have file max length issue ....
* found i think the last .net 5 issue
* looks like i wasn't aggressive enough with the 6.0 upgrade
* Getting stuff .net 6 buildable again
* tweaking with new stuff for installer
* Update newly added merged projects to .net 6
* Fix HeatDirectory bug on VS 2022
* Settings still needs JSON dependency
* Revert "getting 6.0 stuff up and going. Terminal Unit tests have file max length issue ...."
This reverts commit b9cb4586dc.
* Update sln version
* supress obsolete warning, since this is not a new development
* Partially Revert "Getting stuff .net 6 buildable again"
This reverts commit 42b4201c6b.
* supress another obsolete warning, since this is not a new development
* Reduce the unit test project name to avoid MAX PATH in CI
* Upgrade project's toolset in the main solution
* Some TODOs to review HttpClient usage
* Upgrade project toolsets from other solutions
* Install .net 6 instead of .net 5
* Fix issue when disabling PowerToys Run on .net framework 6
* Update docs for Visual Studio 2022
* PR comments: manually upgrade missing VS 2019 references
* Discard no discard values to solve compiler warnings
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
