Support vscode debugging

<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
Updates .NET 9 Runtime / Library packages to the latest 9.0.6 servicing
release for security fixes.
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist

- [ ] **Closes:** #xxx
- [ ] **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

<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed,
or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
This PR also updates the version of System.Text.Json to 9.0.6 in the
CmdPal extension template.
<!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests
wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed

---------

Co-authored-by: Gordon Lam (SH) <yeelam@microsoft.com>

.config/configuration.vsEnterprise.winget

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#compiling-powertoys
 properties:
   resources:
-    - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Developer/DeveloperMode
+    - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Settings/WindowsSettings
       directives:
         description: Enable Developer Mode
         allowPrerelease: true
         # Requires elevation for the set operation
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
-        Ensure: Present
+        DeveloperMode: true
     - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
       id: vsPackage
       directives:

.config/configuration.vsProfessional.winget

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#compiling-powertoys
 properties:
   resources:
-    - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Developer/DeveloperMode
+    - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Settings/WindowsSettings
       directives:
         description: Enable Developer Mode
         allowPrerelease: true
         # Requires elevation for the set operation
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
-        Ensure: Present
+        DeveloperMode: true
     - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
       id: vsPackage
       directives:

.config/configuration.winget

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#compiling-powertoys
 properties:
   resources:
-    - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Developer/DeveloperMode
+    - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Settings/WindowsSettings
       directives:
         description: Enable Developer Mode
         allowPrerelease: true
         # Requires elevation for the set operation
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
-        Ensure: Present
+        DeveloperMode: true
     - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
       id: vsPackage
       directives:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Microsoft PowerToys version
     placeholder: X.XX.X
-    description: Hover over system tray icon or look at Settings
+    description: Hover over the system tray icon or look at Settings
   validations:
     required: true
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ body:
   type: dropdown
   attributes:
     label: Installation method
-    description: How / Where was PowerToys installed from?
+    description: How / where was PowerToys installed from?
     multiple: true
     options:
       - GitHub

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation-issue.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ labels:
 body:
 - type: textarea
   attributes: 
-    label: Provide a description of requested docs changes
+    label: Describe the requested doc changes
     placeholder: Briefly describe which document needs to be corrected and why.
   validations:
     required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ body:
 - type: textarea
   attributes:
     label: Scenario when this would be used?
-    placeholder: What is the scenario this would be used? Why is this important to your workflow as a power user?
+    placeholder: What is the scenario this would be used in? Why is this important to your workflow as a power user?
   validations:
     required: true
 - type: textarea

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/translation_issue.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Microsoft PowerToys version
     placeholder: 0.70.0
-    description: Hover over system tray icon or look at Settings
+    description: Hover over the system tray icon or look at Settings
   validations:
     required: true
 - type: dropdown
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ body:
 - type: textarea
   attributes: 
     label: ❌ Actual phrase(s)
-    placeholder: What is there? Please include a screenshot as that is extremely helpful.
+    placeholder: What is there? Please include a screenshot, as that is extremely helpful.
   validations:
     required: true
 - type: textarea

.github/actions/spell-check/allow/code.txt

@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ mengyuanchen
 
 # DllName
 testhost
+Testably
 
 #Tools
-OIP
+OIP
+xef
+xes
+PACKAGEVERSIONNUMBER
+APPXMANIFESTVERSION

.github/actions/spell-check/allow/names.txt

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ betsegaw
 bricelam
 bsky
 CCcat
-chenmy
 chemwolf
+chenmy
 Chinh
 chrdavis
 Chrzan
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Deondre
 DHowett
 ductdo
 Essey
-Feng
 ethanfangg
+Feng
 ferraridavide
 foxmsft
 frankychen
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ Galaxi
 Garside
 Gershaft
 Giordani
+Gleb
 Gokce
 gordon
 Griese
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ Huynh
 Ionut
 jamrobot
 Jaswal
+Jaylyn
 jefflord
 Jordi
 jyuwono
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ Kantarci
 Karthick
 kaylacinnamon
 kevinguo
+Khmyznikov
 Krigun
 Lambson
 Laute
@@ -127,6 +130,8 @@ Naro
 nathancartlidge
 Nemeth
 nielslaute
+Noraa
+noraajunker
 oldnewthing
 onegreatworld
 palenshus
@@ -146,11 +151,13 @@ ricardosantos
 riri
 ritchielawrence
 robmikh
+ruslanlap
 Russinovich
 Rutkas
 ryanbodrug
 saahmedm
 sachaple
+Sameerjs
 Santossio
 Schoen
 Sekan
@@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ TBM
 tilovell
 Triet
 urnotdfs
+vednig
 waaverecords
 wang
 Whuihuan
@@ -187,9 +195,6 @@ zhaopy
 zhaoqpcn
 Zoltan
 Zykova
-Sameerjs
-ruslanlap
-vednig
 
 # OTHERS
 

.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ AColumn
 acrt
 ACTIVATEAPP
 activationaction
+ACTIVATEOPTIONS
 ACVS
 adaptivecards
 ADate
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ debugbreak
 declatory
 decryptor
 Dedup
+Deeplink
 DEFAULTBOOTSTRAPPERINSTALLFOLDER
 DEFAULTCOLOR
 DEFAULTFLAGS
@@ -326,6 +328,7 @@ DEFAULTTONULL
 DEFAULTTOPRIMARY
 DEFERERASE
 DEFPUSHBUTTON
+DEFT
 deinitialization
 DELA
 DELETEDKEYIMAGE
@@ -346,6 +349,7 @@ devmgmt
 DEVMODE
 DEVMODEW
 devpal
+DFX
 DIALOGEX
 digicert
 dimm
@@ -785,6 +789,7 @@ LCIDTo
 Lclean
 Ldone
 Ldr
+LEFTALIGN
 LEFTSCROLLBAR
 LEFTTEXT
 LError
@@ -1532,6 +1537,7 @@ SMALLICON
 smartphone
 SMTO
 SNAPPROCESS
+snk
 snwprintf
 softline
 SOURCECLIENTAREAONLY
@@ -1584,6 +1590,7 @@ steamapps
 STGC
 STGM
 STGMEDIUM
+STGMREAD
 STICKYKEYS
 sticpl
 storelogo
@@ -1688,6 +1695,7 @@ TLayout
 tlb
 tlbimp
 tlc
+TGM
 TNP
 Toolhelp
 toolkitconverters
@@ -1991,3 +1999,15 @@ culori
 Evercoder
 LCh
 CIELCh
+CLSCTXINPROCALL
+IIDI
+irow
+lcid
+OTHERUNZOOM
+OTHERZOOM
+PARENTCLOSING
+PARENTOPENING
+ppwsz
+rguid
+SCROLLCHILDREN
+VARTYPE

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 ## PR Checklist
 
 - [ ] **Closes:** #xxx
-- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors already. If work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
+- [ ] **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
+- [ ] **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
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    - [ ] [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
 
-<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed or any additional comments/features here -->
+<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed, or any additional comments/features here -->
 ## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
 
 <!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->

.github/workflows/spelling2.yml

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: check-spelling
         id: spelling
-        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@67debf50669c7fc76fc8f5d7f996384535a72b77 # v0.0.24
+        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@c635c2f3f714eec2fcf27b643a1919b9a811ef2e # v0.0.25
         with:
           config: .github/actions/spell-check
           suppress_push_for_open_pull_request: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && 1 }}
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
     if: (success() || failure()) && needs.spelling.outputs.followup && github.event_name == 'push'
     steps:
       - name: comment
-        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@67debf50669c7fc76fc8f5d7f996384535a72b77 # v0.0.24
+        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@c635c2f3f714eec2fcf27b643a1919b9a811ef2e # v0.0.25
         with:
           config: .github/actions/spell-check
           checkout: true
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
     if: (success() || failure()) && needs.spelling.outputs.followup && contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request')
     steps:
       - name: comment
-        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@67debf50669c7fc76fc8f5d7f996384535a72b77 # v0.0.24
+        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@c635c2f3f714eec2fcf27b643a1919b9a811ef2e # v0.0.25
         with:
           config: .github/actions/spell-check
           checkout: true
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: false
     steps:
       - name: apply spelling updates
-        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@67debf50669c7fc76fc8f5d7f996384535a72b77 # v0.0.24
+        uses: check-spelling/check-spelling@c635c2f3f714eec2fcf27b643a1919b9a811ef2e # v0.0.25
         with:
           experimental_apply_changes_via_bot: ${{ github.repository_owner != 'microsoft' && 1 }}
           checkout: true

.pipelines/ESRPSigning_sdk.json

@@ -4,9 +4,66 @@
     "SignBatches": [
         {
             "MatchedPath": [
-                "Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.dll",
                 "Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.dll"
             ],
+            "SigningInfo": {
+                "Operations": [
+                    {
+                        "KeyCode": "CP-233904-SN",
+                        "OperationSetCode": "StrongNameSign",
+                        "ToolName": "sign",
+                        "ToolVersion": "1.0",
+                        "Parameters": []
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "KeyCode": "CP-233904-SN",
+                        "OperationSetCode": "StrongNameVerify",
+                        "ToolName": "sign",
+                        "ToolVersion": "1.0",
+                        "Parameters": []
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
+                        "OperationSetCode": "SigntoolSign",
+                        "Parameters": [
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "OpusName",
+                                "parameterValue": "Microsoft"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "OpusInfo",
+                                "parameterValue": "http://www.microsoft.com"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "FileDigest",
+                                "parameterValue": "/fd \"SHA256\""
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "PageHash",
+                                "parameterValue": "/NPH"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "TimeStamp",
+                                "parameterValue": "/tr \"http://rfc3161.gtm.corp.microsoft.com/TSS/HttpTspServer\" /td sha256"
+                            }
+                        ],
+                        "ToolName": "sign",
+                        "ToolVersion": "1.0"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
+                        "OperationSetCode": "SigntoolVerify",
+                        "Parameters": [],
+                        "ToolName": "sign",
+                        "ToolVersion": "1.0"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "MatchedPath": [
+                "Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.dll"
+            ],
             "SigningInfo": {
                 "Operations": [
                     {

.pipelines/UpdateVersions.ps1

@@ -126,16 +126,15 @@ Get-ChildItem -Path $rootPath -Recurse packages.config | ForEach-Object {
 }
 
 # Update Directory.Packages.props file
-$propsFile = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($rootPath,"Directory.Packages.props")
-if (Test-Path $propsFile) {
-    $file = Read-FileWithEncoding -Path $propsFile
+Get-ChildItem -Path $rootPath -Recurse "Directory.Packages.props" | ForEach-Object {
+    $file = Read-FileWithEncoding -Path $_.FullName
     $content = $file.Content
     if ($content -match '<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK"') {
         $newVersionString = '<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="' + $WinAppSDKVersion + '" />'
         $oldVersionString = '<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="[-.0-9a-zA-Z]*" />'
         $content = $content -replace $oldVersionString, $newVersionString
-        Write-FileWithEncoding -Path $propsFile -Content $content -Encoding $file.encoding
-        Write-Host "Modified " $propsFile
+        Write-FileWithEncoding -Path $_.FullName -Content $content -Encoding $file.encoding
+        Write-Host "Modified " $_.FullName
     }
 }
 
@@ -144,8 +143,8 @@ Get-ChildItem -Path $rootPath -Recurse *.vcxproj | ForEach-Object {
     $file = Read-FileWithEncoding -Path $_.FullName
     $content = $file.Content
     if ($content -match '\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.') {
-        $newVersionString = '\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.' + $WinAppSDKVersion + '\'
-        $oldVersionString = '\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.[-.0-9a-zA-Z]*\\'
+        $newVersionString = '\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.' + $WinAppSDKVersion
+        $oldVersionString = '\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.(?=[-.0-9a-zA-Z]*\d)[-.0-9a-zA-Z]*'    #positive lookahead for at least a digit
         $content = $content -replace $oldVersionString, $newVersionString
         Write-FileWithEncoding -Path $_.FullName -Content $content -Encoding $file.encoding
         Write-Host "Modified " $_.FullName

.pipelines/loc/loc.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ steps:
   fetchDepth: 1 # Don't need a deep checkout for loc files!
   persistCredentials: true
 
-- task: MicrosoftTDBuild.tdbuild-task.tdbuild-task.TouchdownBuildTask@3
+- task: MicrosoftTDBuild.tdbuild-task.tdbuild-task.TouchdownBuildTask@5
   displayName: 'Touchdown Build - 37400, PRODEXT'
   inputs:
     teamId: 37400

.pipelines/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry" version="2.0.2" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry" version="2.0.3" />
 </packages>

.pipelines/tsa.json

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
     "notificationAliases": ["powertoys@microsoft.com"],
     "instanceUrl": "https://microsoft.visualstudio.com",
     "projectName": "OS",
-    "areaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DEEP-Developer Experience, Ecosystem and Partnerships\\DIVE\\PowerToys"
+    "areaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DFX-Developer Fundamentals and Experiences\\DEFT\\PowerToys"
 }

.pipelines/v2/release.yml

@@ -20,16 +20,6 @@ parameters:
     type: string
     default: '0.0.1'
 
-  - name: cmdPalVersionNumber
-    displayName: "Command Palette Version Number"
-    type: string
-    default: '0.0.1'
-
-  - name: cmdPalSdkVersionNumber
-    displayName: "Command Palette SDK Version Number"
-    type: string
-    default: '0.0.1'
-
   - name: buildConfigurations
     displayName: "Build Configurations"
     type: object
@@ -50,6 +40,9 @@ parameters:
 
 name: $(BuildDefinitionName)_$(date:yyMM).$(date:dd)$(rev:rrr)
 
+variables:
+  - template: templates/variables-nuget-package-version.yml
+
 extends:
   template: v1/1ES.Official.PipelineTemplate.yml@1ESPipelineTemplates
   parameters:
@@ -88,8 +81,8 @@ extends:
               buildPlatforms: ${{ parameters.buildPlatforms }}
               buildConfigurations: ${{ parameters.buildConfigurations }}
               versionNumber: ${{ parameters.versionNumber }}
-              cmdPalVersionNumber: ${{ parameters.cmdPalVersionNumber }}
               publishArtifacts: false # 1ES PT handles publication for us.
+              official: true
               codeSign: true
               runTests: false
               signingIdentity:
@@ -106,16 +99,18 @@ extends:
               beforeBuildSteps:
                 # Sets versions for all PowerToy created DLLs
                 - pwsh: |-
-                    .pipelines/versionSetting.ps1 -versionNumber '${{ parameters.versionNumber }}' -DevEnvironment '' -cmdPalVersionNumber '${{ parameters.cmdPalVersionNumber }}'
+                    .pipelines/versionSetting.ps1 -versionNumber '${{ parameters.versionNumber }}' -DevEnvironment ''
                   displayName: Prepare versioning
 
                 # Prepare the localizations and telemetry config before the release build
                 - template: .pipelines/v2/templates/steps-fetch-and-prepare-localizations.yml@self
 
-                - script: |
-                    call nuget.exe restore -configFile .pipelines/release-nuget.config -PackagesDirectory . .pipelines/packages.config || exit /b 1
-                    move /Y "Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.2.0.2\build\include\TraceLoggingDefines.h" "src\common\Telemetry\TraceLoggingDefines.h" || exit /b 1
-                    move /Y "Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.2.0.2\build\include\TelemetryBase.cs" "src\common\Telemetry\TelemetryBase.cs" || exit /b 1
+                - pwsh: |-
+                    $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+                    $PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference = $true
+                    & nuget.exe restore -configFile .pipelines/release-nuget.config -PackagesDirectory . .pipelines/packages.config
+                    Move-Item -Force -Verbose "Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.*\build\include\TraceLoggingDefines.h" "src\common\Telemetry\TraceLoggingDefines.h"
+                    Move-Item -Force -Verbose "Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.*\build\include\TelemetryBase.cs" "src\common\Telemetry\TelemetryBase.cs"
                   displayName: Emplace telemetry files
 
       - stage: Build_SDK
@@ -128,8 +123,8 @@ extends:
                 name: SHINE-INT-L
                 image: SHINE-VS17-Latest
                 os: windows
+              official: true
               codeSign: true
-              sdkVersionNumber: ${{ parameters.cmdPalSdkVersionNumber }}
               signingIdentity:
                 serviceName: $(SigningServiceName)
                 appId: $(SigningAppId)

.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ parameters:
     default:
       - x64
       - arm64
+  - name: official
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
   - name: codeSign
     type: boolean
     default: false
@@ -56,9 +59,6 @@ parameters:
   - name: versionNumber
     type: string
     default: '0.0.1'
-  - name: cmdPalVersionNumber
-    type: string
-    default: '0.0.1'
   - name: useLatestWinAppSDK
     type: boolean
     default: false
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ jobs:
       env:
         VCWhereExtraVersionTarget: '-prerelease'
 
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.official, true) }}:
+    - template: .\steps-setup-versioning.yml
+      parameters:
+        directory: $(build.sourcesdirectory)\src\modules\cmdpal
+
   - pwsh: |-
       & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\installWiX.ps1"
     displayName: Download and install WiX 3.14 development build
@@ -344,6 +349,11 @@ jobs:
       flattenFolders: True
       OverWrite: True
 
+  # Check if all projects (located in src sub-folder) import common props
+  - pwsh: |-
+      & '.pipelines/verifyCommonProps.ps1' -sourceDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\src'
+    displayName: Audit shared common props for CSharp projects in src sub-folder
+
   # Check if deps.json files don't reference different dll versions.
   - pwsh: |-
       & '.pipelines/verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1' -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)'
@@ -389,13 +399,13 @@ jobs:
           **\UnitTests-FancyZones.dll
           !**\obj\**
 
-  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
-    - pwsh: |-
-        $Package = (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter "Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_*.msix" | Select -First 1)
-        $PackageFilename = $Package.FullName
-        Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=CmdPalPackagePath]${PackageFilename}"
-      displayName: Locate the MSIX
+  - pwsh: |-
+      $Package = (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter "Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_*.msix" | Select -First 1)
+      $PackageFilename = $Package.FullName
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=CmdPalPackagePath]${PackageFilename}"
+    displayName: Locate the CmdPal MSIX
 
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
     - pwsh: |-
         & "$(MakeAppxPath)" unpack /p "$(CmdPalPackagePath)" /d "$(JobOutputDirectory)/CmdPalPackageContents"
       displayName: Unpack the MSIX for signing
@@ -415,6 +425,8 @@ jobs:
         $PackageFilename = Join-Path $outDir.FullName (Split-Path -Leaf "$(CmdPalPackagePath)")
         & "$(MakeAppxPath)" pack /h SHA256 /o /p $PackageFilename /d "$(JobOutputDirectory)/CmdPalPackageContents"
         Copy-Item -Force $PackageFilename "$(CmdPalPackagePath)"
+        Remove-Item -Force -Recurse "$(JobOutputDirectory)/CmdPalPackageContents" -ErrorAction:Ignore
+        Remove-Item -Force -Recurse "$(JobOutputDirectory)/_appx" -ErrorAction:Ignore
       displayName: Re-pack the new CmdPal package after signing
 
     - template: steps-esrp-signing.yml
@@ -437,6 +449,10 @@ jobs:
           batchSignPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\ESRPSigning_DSC.json'
           ciPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\CIPolicy.xml'
 
+  - pwsh: |-
+      Copy-Item -Verbose -Force "$(CmdPalPackagePath)" "$(JobOutputDirectory)"
+    displayName: Stage the final CmdPal package
+
   - template: steps-build-installer.yml
     parameters:
       codeSign: ${{ parameters.codeSign }}

.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-sdk.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ parameters:
     type: object
     default:
       - Release
+  - name: official
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
   - name: codeSign
     type: boolean
     default: false
@@ -12,9 +15,6 @@ parameters:
   - name: signingIdentity
     type: object
     default: {}
-  - name: sdkVersionNumber
-    type: string
-    default: '0.0.1'
 
 jobs:
 - job: "BuildSDK"
@@ -36,8 +36,17 @@ jobs:
     fetchTags: false
     fetchDepth: 1
 
+  - template: .\steps-ensure-nuget-version.yml
+
+  - task: NuGetAuthenticate@1
+
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.official, true) }}:
+    - template: .\steps-setup-versioning.yml
+      parameters:
+        directory: $(build.sourcesdirectory)\src\modules\cmdpal
+
   - pwsh: |-
-      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\src\modules\cmdpal\extensionsdk\nuget\BuildSDKHelper.ps1" -Configuration "Release" -VersionOfSDK ${{ parameters.sdkVersionNumber }} -BuildStep "build" -IsAzurePipelineBuild
+      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\src\modules\cmdpal\extensionsdk\nuget\BuildSDKHelper.ps1" -Configuration "Release" -BuildStep "build" -IsAzurePipelineBuild
     displayName: Build SDK
 
   - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
@@ -52,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           ciPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\CIPolicy.xml'
 
   - pwsh: |-
-      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\src\modules\cmdpal\extensionsdk\nuget\BuildSDKHelper.ps1" -Configuration "Release" -VersionOfSDK ${{ parameters.sdkVersionNumber }} -BuildStep "pack" -IsAzurePipelineBuild
+      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\src\modules\cmdpal\extensionsdk\nuget\BuildSDKHelper.ps1" -Configuration "Release" -BuildStep "pack" -IsAzurePipelineBuild
     displayName: Pack SDK
 
   - task: CopyFiles@2

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-fetch-and-prepare-localizations.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ parameters:
     default: false
 
 steps:
-  - task: TouchdownBuildTask@3
+  - task: TouchdownBuildTask@5
     displayName: 'Download Localization Files -- PowerToys 37400'
     inputs:
       teamId: 37400

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-setup-versioning.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+parameters:
+  - name: directory
+    type: string
+    default: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
+
+steps:
+  - pwsh: |-
+      nuget install Microsoft.Windows.Terminal.Versioning -ConfigFile "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\.pipelines\release-nuget.config" -OutputDirectory _versioning
+      $VersionRoot = (Get-Item _versioning\Microsoft.Windows.*).FullName
+      & "$VersionRoot\build\Setup.ps1" -ProjectDirectory "${{ parameters.directory }}" -Verbose
+    displayName: Set up versioning for ${{ parameters.directory }} via M.W.T.V

.pipelines/v2/templates/variables-nuget-package-version.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+variables:
+  # If we are building a branch called "stable*", hide the NuGet suffix.
+  # If we don't do that, XES will set the suffix to "stable".
+  # main is special, however. XES ignores main. Since we never produce actual
+  # shipping builds from main, we want to force it to have a beta label.
+  #
+  # In effect:
+  # BRANCH / BRANDING | Version                    |
+  # ------------------|----------------------------|
+  # stable            | 0.2.250512001              |
+  # main              | 0.2.250512001-experimental |
+  # all others        | 0.2.250512001-branch       |
+  ${{ if startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'stable') }}:
+    NoNuGetPackBetaVersion: true
+  ${{ elseif eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main') }}:
+    NuGetPackBetaVersion: experimental
+

.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
 $VSInstances = ([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -include packages -format xml))
 $VSPackages = $VSInstances.instances.instance.packages.package
-$LatestVCPackage = ($VSInstances.instances.instance.packages.package | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.Tools.Core" })
+$LatestVCPackage = ($VSPackages | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.Tools.Core" })
 $LatestVCToolsVersion = $LatestVCPackage.version;
+
+$VSRoot = (& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -property 'resolvedInstallationPath')
+$VCToolsRoot = Join-Path $VSRoot "VC\Tools\MSVC"
+
+# We have observed a few instances where the VC tools package version actually
+# differs from the version on the files themselves. We might as well check
+# whether the version we just found _actually exists_ before we use it.
+# We'll use whichever highest version exists.
+$PackageVCToolPath = Join-Path $VCToolsRoot $LatestVCToolsVersion
+If ($Null -Eq (Get-Item $PackageVCToolPath -ErrorAction:Ignore)) {
+    $VCToolsVersions = Get-ChildItem $VCToolsRoot | ForEach-Object {
+        [Version]$_.Name
+    } | Sort -Descending
+    $LatestActualVCToolsVersion = $VCToolsVersions | Select -First 1
+
+    If ([Version]$LatestVCToolsVersion -Ne $LatestActualVCToolsVersion) {
+        Write-Output "VC Tools Mismatch: Directory = $LatestActualVCToolsVersion, Package = $LatestVCToolsVersion"
+        $LatestVCToolsVersion = $LatestActualVCToolsVersion.ToString(3)
+    }
+}
+
 Write-Output "Latest VCToolsVersion: $LatestVCToolsVersion"
 Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
 Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"

.pipelines/verifyCommonProps.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+[CmdletBinding()]
+Param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 1)]
+    [string]$sourceDir
+)
+
+# scan all csharp project in the source directory
+function Get-CSharpProjects {
+    param (
+        [string]$path
+    )
+
+    # Get all .csproj files under the specified path
+    return Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -Filter *.csproj | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName
+}
+
+# Check if the project file imports 'Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props'
+function Test-ImportSharedCsWinRTProps {
+    param (
+        [string]$filePath
+    )
+
+    # Load the XML content of the .csproj file
+    [xml]$csprojContent = Get-Content -Path $filePath
+
+    
+    # Check if the Import element with Project attribute containing 'Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props' exists
+    return $csprojContent.Project.Import | Where-Object { $null -ne $_.Project -and $_.Project.EndsWith('Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props') }
+}
+
+# Call the function with the provided source directory
+$csprojFilesArray = Get-CSharpProjects -path $sourceDir
+
+$hasInvalidCsProj = $false
+
+# Enumerate the array of file paths and call Validate-ImportSharedCsWinRTProps for each file
+foreach ($csprojFile in $csprojFilesArray) {
+    # Skip if the file ends with 'TemplateCmdPalExtension.csproj'
+    if ($csprojFile -like '*TemplateCmdPalExtension.csproj') {
+        continue
+    }
+
+    $importExists = Test-ImportSharedCsWinRTProps -filePath $csprojFile
+    if (!$importExists) {
+        Write-Output "$csprojFile need to import 'Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props'."
+        $hasInvalidCsProj = $true
+    }
+}
+
+if ($hasInvalidCsProj) {
+    exit 1
+}
+
+exit 0

.pipelines/versionSetting.ps1

@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ Param(
 
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=2)]
   [AllowEmptyString()]
-  [string]$DevEnvironment = "Local",
-
-  [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=3)]
-  [string]$cmdPalVersionNumber = "0.0.1"
+  [string]$DevEnvironment = "Local"
 )
 
 Write-Host $PSScriptRoot
@@ -49,7 +46,6 @@ $verProps.Save($verPropWriteFileLocation);
 $verPropWriteFileLocation = $PSScriptRoot + '/../src/CmdPalVersion.props';
 $verPropReadFileLocation = $verPropWriteFileLocation;
 [XML]$verProps = Get-Content $verPropReadFileLocation
-$verProps.Project.PropertyGroup.CmdPalVersion = $cmdPalVersionNumber;
 $verProps.Project.PropertyGroup.DevEnvironment = $DevEnvironment;
 Write-Host "xml" $verProps.Project.PropertyGroup.Version
 $verProps.Save($verPropWriteFileLocation);
@@ -90,12 +86,3 @@ $newPlusContextMenuAppManifestReadFileLocation = $newPlusContextMenuAppManifestW
 $newPlusContextMenuAppManifest.Package.Identity.Version = $versionNumber + '.0'
 Write-Host "NewPlusContextMenu version" $newPlusContextMenuAppManifest.Package.Identity.Version
 $newPlusContextMenuAppManifest.Save($newPlusContextMenuAppManifestWriteFileLocation);
-
-# Set package version in Package.appxmanifest
-$cmdPalAppManifestWriteFileLocation = $PSScriptRoot + '/../src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Package.appxmanifest';
-$cmdPalAppManifestReadFileLocation = $cmdPalAppManifestWriteFileLocation;
-
-[XML]$cmdPalAppManifest = Get-Content $cmdPalAppManifestReadFileLocation
-$cmdPalAppManifest.Package.Identity.Version = $cmdPalVersionNumber + '.0'
-Write-Host "CmdPal Package version: " $cmdPalAppManifest.Package.Identity.Version
-$cmdPalAppManifest.Save($cmdPalAppManifestWriteFileLocation);

COMMUNITY.md

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Names are in alphabetical order based on first name.
 
 ## High impact community members
 
-### [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker) - [Aaron Junker](https://aaron-junker.github.io)
-Aaron has helped triaging, discussing, and creating a substantial number of issues and contributed features/fixes. Aaron was the primary person for helping build the File Explorer preview pane handler for developer files.
+### [@Noraa-Junker](https://github.com/Noraa-Junker) - [Noraa Junker](https://noraajunker.ch)
+Noraa has helped triaging, discussing, and creating a substantial number of issues and contributed features/fixes. Noraa was the primary person for helping build the File Explorer preview pane handler for developer files.
 
 ### [@cgaarden](https://github.com/cgaarden) - [Christian Gaarden Gaardmark](https://www.onegreatworld.com) 
 Christian contributed New+ utility
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ PowerRename is from Chris's SmartRename and icon rendering for SVGs in File Expl
 
 PowerToys Awake is a tool to keep your computer awake.
 
-### [@Niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001/) - [Niels Laute](https://nielslaute.com/)
-
-Niels has helped drive large sums of our update toward a new [consistent and modern UX](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/891). This includes the [launcher work](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/44), color picker UX update and [icon design](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/1118).
-
 ### [@randyrants](https://github.com/randyrants) - [Randy Santossio](https://www.randyrants.com)
 
 Randy contributed Registry Preview and some very early conversations about keyboard remapping.
@@ -184,10 +180,10 @@ ZoomIt source code was originally implemented by [Sysinternals](https://sysinter
 
 ## PowerToys core team
 
-- [@crutkas](https://github.com/crutkas/) - Clint Rutkas - Lead
 - [@cinnamon-msft](https://github.com/cinnamon-msft) - Kayla Cinnamon - Lead
 - [@nguyen-dows](https://github.com/nguyen-dows) - Christopher Nguyen - Product Manager
 - [@craigloewen-msft](https://github.com/craigloewen-msft) - Craig Loewen - Product Manager
+- [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001/) - Niels Laute - Product Manager
 - [@zhiwei-ms](https://github.com/zhiwei-ms) - Zhiwei Yu - Product Manager
 - [@dhowett](https://github.com/dhowett) - Dustin Howett - Dev lead
 - [@yeelam-gordon](https://github.com/yeelam-gordon) - Gordon Lam - Dev lead
@@ -204,6 +200,12 @@ ZoomIt source code was originally implemented by [Sysinternals](https://sysinter
 - [@zhaopy536](https://github.com/zhaopy536) - Peiyao Zhao - Dev
 - [@wang563681252](https://github.com/wang563681252) - Zhaopeng Wang - Dev
 - [@vanzue](https://github.com/vanzue) - Kai Tao - Dev
+- [@zadjii-msft](https://github.com/zadjii-msft) - Mike Griese - Dev
+- [@khmyznikov](https://github.com/khmyznikov) - Gleb Khmyznikov - Dev
+- [@chatasweetie](https://github.com/chatasweetie) - Jessica Earley-Cha - Dev
+- [@MichaelJolley](https://github.com/MichaelJolley) - Michael Jolley - Dev
+- [@Jaylyn-Barbee](https://github.com/Jaylyn-Barbee) - Jaylyn Barbee - Dev
+- [@crutkas](https://github.com/crutkas/) - Clint Rutkas - Overhead
 
 ## Former PowerToys core team members
 

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@
     <!-- Including MessagePack to force version, since it's used by StreamJsonRpc but contains vulnerabilities. After StreamJsonRpc updates the version of MessagePack, we can upgrade StreamJsonRpc instead. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="MessagePack" Version="3.1.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers" Version="9.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.6" />
     <!-- Including Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces to force version, since it's used by Microsoft.SemanticKernel. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent" Version="3.1.16" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.15.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.2903.40" />
     <!-- Package Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.1. This is a dependency of System.Drawing.Common but the 8.0.1 version wasn't published to nuget. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.ComInterop" Version="1.10.340" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32" Version="0.2.46-beta" />
     <!-- CsWinRT version needs to be set to have a WinRT.Runtime.dll at the same version contained inside the NET SDK we're currently building on CI. -->
     <!-- 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	-->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.22621.2428" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.7.250401001" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.7.250513003" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed" Version="2.0.9" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf" Version="1.1.39" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ModernWpfUI" Version="0.9.4" />
@@ -72,28 +72,28 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="StreamJsonRpc" Version="2.21.69" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.556" />
     <!-- Package System.CodeDom added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.1. This is a dependency of System.Management but the 8.0.1 version wasn't published to nuget. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.CodeDom" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.CodeDom" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.CommandLine" Version="2.0.0-beta4.22272.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="9.0.6" />
     <!-- Package System.Data.SqlClient added to force it as a dependency of Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility to the latest version available at this time. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.9.0" />
     <!-- Package System.Diagnostics.EventLog added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.1. This is a dependency of System.Data.OleDb but the 8.0.1 version wasn't published to nuget. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.EventLog" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.EventLog" Version="9.0.6" />
     <!-- Package System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.11. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="22.0.13" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers" Version="22.0.13" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Management" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Management" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="4.3.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Reactive" Version="6.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="UnicodeInformation" Version="2.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="UnitsNet" Version="5.56.0" />

NOTICE.md

@@ -1453,26 +1453,26 @@ SOFTWARE.
 - Mages 3.0.0
 - Markdig.Signed 0.34.0
 - MessagePack 3.1.3
-- Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces 9.0.4
+- Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces 9.0.6
 - Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers 9.0.0
-- Microsoft.Data.Sqlite 9.0.4
+- Microsoft.Data.Sqlite 9.0.6
 - Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent 3.1.16
 - Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler (A)
-- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection 9.0.4
-- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting 9.0.4
-- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices 9.0.4
-- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging 9.0.4
-- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions 9.0.4
+- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions 9.0.6
 - Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks (A)
 - Microsoft.SemanticKernel 1.15.0
 - Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications 7.1.2
 - Microsoft.Web.WebView2 1.0.2903.40
-- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents 9.0.4
-- Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility 9.0.4
+- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility 9.0.6
 - Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 0.2.46-beta
 - Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT 2.2.0
 - Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools 10.0.22621.2428
-- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.7.250401001
+- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.7.250513003
 - Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.ComInterop 1.10.340
 - Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed 2.0.9
 - Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf 1.1.39
@@ -1487,25 +1487,25 @@ SOFTWARE.
 - SharpCompress 0.37.2
 - StreamJsonRpc 2.21.69
 - StyleCop.Analyzers 1.2.0-beta.556
-- System.CodeDom 9.0.4
+- System.CodeDom 9.0.6
 - System.CommandLine 2.0.0-beta4.22272.1
-- System.ComponentModel.Composition 9.0.4
-- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 9.0.4
-- System.Data.OleDb 9.0.4
-- System.Data.SqlClient 4.8.6
-- System.Diagnostics.EventLog 9.0.4
-- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter 9.0.4
-- System.Drawing.Common 9.0.4
+- System.ComponentModel.Composition 9.0.6
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 9.0.6
+- System.Data.OleDb 9.0.6
+- System.Data.SqlClient 4.9.0
+- System.Diagnostics.EventLog 9.0.6
+- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter 9.0.6
+- System.Drawing.Common 9.0.6
 - System.IO.Abstractions 22.0.13
 - System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers 22.0.13
-- System.Management 9.0.4
+- System.Management 9.0.6
 - System.Net.Http 4.3.4
 - System.Private.Uri 4.3.2
 - System.Reactive 6.0.1
-- System.Runtime.Caching 9.0.4
-- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController 9.0.4
-- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 9.0.4
-- System.Text.Json 9.0.4
+- System.Runtime.Caching 9.0.6
+- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController 9.0.6
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 9.0.6
+- System.Text.Json 9.0.6
 - System.Text.RegularExpressions 4.3.1
 - UnicodeInformation 2.6.0
 - UnitsNet 5.56.0

PowerToys.sln

@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "RegistryPreview.FuzzTests",
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System", "src\modules\cmdpal\ext\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.csproj", "{64B88F02-CD88-4ED8-9624-989A800230F9}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "FancyZones.FuzzTests", "src\modules\fancyzones\FancyZones.FuzzTests\FancyZones.FuzzTests.csproj", "{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}"
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "CmdPalKeyboardService", "src\modules\cmdpal\CmdPalKeyboardService\CmdPalKeyboardService.vcxproj", "{5F63C743-F6CE-4DBA-A200-2B3F8A14E8C2}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PowerRename.FuzzingTest", "src\modules\powerrename\PowerRename.FuzzingTest\PowerRename.FuzzingTest.vcxproj", "{2694E2FB-DCD5-4BFF-A418-B6C3C7CE3B8E}"
@@ -2596,6 +2598,14 @@ Global
 		{2694E2FB-DCD5-4BFF-A418-B6C3C7CE3B8E}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
 		{2694E2FB-DCD5-4BFF-A418-B6C3C7CE3B8E}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{2694E2FB-DCD5-4BFF-A418-B6C3C7CE3B8E}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -2866,6 +2876,7 @@ Global
 		{4E0AE3A4-2EE0-44D7-A2D0-8769977254A0} = {F05E590D-AD46-42BE-9C25-6A63ADD2E3EA}
 		{5702B3CC-8575-48D5-83D8-15BB42269CD3} = {929C1324-22E8-4412-A9A8-80E85F3985A5}
 		{64B88F02-CD88-4ED8-9624-989A800230F9} = {ECB8E0D1-7603-4E5C-AB10-D1E545E6F8E2}
+		{0217E86E-3476-9946-DE8E-9D200CEBD47A} = {D1D6BC88-09AE-4FB4-AD24-5DED46A791DD}
 		{5F63C743-F6CE-4DBA-A200-2B3F8A14E8C2} = {3846508C-77EB-4034-A702-F8BB263C4F79}
 		{2694E2FB-DCD5-4BFF-A418-B6C3C7CE3B8E} = {89E20BCE-EB9C-46C8-8B50-E01A82E6FDC3}
 	EndGlobalSection

README.md

@@ -37,26 +37,26 @@ Go to the [Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link] and cl
 <!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
 [github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.92%22
 [github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.91%22
-[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.90.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.0-x64.exe 
-[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.90.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.0-arm64.exe 
-[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.90.0/PowerToysSetup-0.91.0-x64.exe 
-[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.90.0/PowerToysSetup-0.91.0-arm64.exe
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe 
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-arm64.exe 
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe 
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-arm64.exe
  
 |  Description   | Filename | sha256 hash |
 |----------------|----------|-------------|
-| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 190DD702EDE2D3AC27A253DF8BC2416B1AF05E6594FF25CABEE844E6D3C8CCB0 |
-| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | BE6C964C40147B5F7838E51A13837347756CC45E6AC5BC0DD11AF9AF605ABDCD |
-| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.91.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 2308D896D9A66C56B98AC8B3CE9B7C945C7A2315551E36C118C7ECAC4A6D05C2 |
-| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.91.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 28BD1FEFA22C52279C6B600E677B425B014D1F9190EA449D6C63FC2702092DA3 |
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 42EA4A3E8C79A5456476D19E72B3E2AB9393A89C4DC7442EB7EE5A1E3490D38A |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | F3F433FE04049F9197411D792AADEBF34E3BE7FE16327BD8B73D2A046ED8BAF6 |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | EC4BC3A8625775866B0ED4577CCF83E6EC7B1A0AD267379DDBAF4FE49C7B5BDD |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 9CB8911008420D0E446AE3D5CE365E447FA4DF9DCF9337F3A80F933C00FC3689 |
 
 This is our preferred method.
 
 ### Via Microsoft Store
 
-Install from the [Microsoft Store's PowerToys page][microsoft-store-link]. You must be using the [new Microsoft Store](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsExperience/2021/06/24/building-a-new-open-microsoft-store-on-windows-11/) which is available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
+Install from the [Microsoft Store's PowerToys page][microsoft-store-link]. You must be using the [new Microsoft Store](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsExperience/2021/06/24/building-a-new-open-microsoft-store-on-windows-11/), which is available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
 
 ### Via WinGet
-Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
+Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
 
 #### User scope installer [default]
 ```powershell
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ There is a collection of [third-party plugins](./doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md) cr
 
 ## Contributing
 
-This project welcomes contributions of all types.  Besides  coding features / bug fixes,  other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows.
+This project welcomes contributions of all types. Besides coding features / bug fixes, other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows.
 
 We ask that **before you start work on a feature that you would like to contribute**, please read our [Contributor's Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). We would be happy to work with you to figure out the best approach, provide guidance and mentorship throughout feature development, and help avoid any wasted or duplicate effort.
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ In this release, we focused on new features, stability, and automation.
 
 **✨Highlights**
 
- - We focused on greatly improving Command Palette's performance and fixing a large amount of bugs. Some new features we've added are:
+ - We focused on greatly improving the Command Palette's performance and fixing a large number of bugs. Some new features we've added are:
  - Added the ability for Command Palette to search any file using a fallback command.
  - Added the ability to make the Command Palette global hotkey a low-level keyboard hook.
  - Added open URL fallback command for the WebSearch extension, enabling users to directly open URLs in the browser from Command Palette.
@@ -117,17 +117,17 @@ In this release, we focused on new features, stability, and automation.
 
 ### Command Not Found
 
- - Updated the WinGet Command Not Found script to only enable the experimental features if they actually exist.
+ - Updated the WinGet Command Not Found script to only enable the experimental features if they exist.
 
 ### Command Palette
 
  - Updated bug template to include Command Palette module.
  - Fixed an issue where the toast window was not scaled for DPI, causing layout issues under display scaling.
- - Fixed an issue where Up/Down keyboard navigation didn't move selection when caret was at position 0, and add continuous navigation like PT Run v1. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Fixed an issue where Up/Down keyboard navigation didn't move selection when the caret was at position 0, and added continuous navigation like PT Run v1. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
  - Updated the Time and Date extension code to simplify it and improve clarity.
  - Fixed an issue where capitalization in the command causes failure when trying to go to the mouse pointer, resolved by adjusting the command to lowercase.
- - Added open URL fallback command for the WebSearch extension, enabling users to directly open URLs in the browser from Command Palette. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Added setting to enable/disable system tray icon in CmdPal and align terminology with Windows 11. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Added open URL fallback command for the WebSearch extension, enabling users to directly open URLs in the browser from the Command Palette. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
+ - Added setting to enable/disable system tray icon in CmdPal and aligned terminology with Windows 11. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
  - Fixed an alias update issue by removing the old alias when a new one is set.
  - Resolved GitHub casing conflict by migrating Exts and exts into a new ext directory, ensuring consistent structure across platforms and preventing path fragmentation.
  - Fix an issue where the 'Create New Extension' command generated empty file names.
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ In this release, we focused on new features, stability, and automation.
  - Refactored CmdPal classes to improve JSON serialization and introduced new serialization contexts for better performance and maintainability.
  - Added support for ahead-of-time (AoT) compilation.
  - Added retry mechanism for CmdPal launch.
- - Removed some unused files from CmdPal.Common to simplify codebase and facilitate marking it as AoT-compatible.
+ - Removed some unused files from CmdPal.Common to simplify the codebase and facilitate marking it as AoT-compatible.
  - Fixed a bug where a race condition in the update of SearchText caused the cursor in the input box to automatically jump to the end of the line, ensuring SearchText is only updated after it has actually been changed.
- - Added support for searching any file in fallback command.
+ - Added support for searching any file in the fallback command.
  - Cleaned up AoT-related code to prevent duplicate operations during testing.
  - Reduced CmdPal load time by parallelizing extension startup and adding timeouts to prevent misbehaving extensions from blocking others.
  - Enhanced UI behavior by dismissing the details pane when the list gets emptied, avoiding inconsistent visual states.
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ In this release, we focused on new features, stability, and automation.
 
 ### Keyboard Manager
 
- - Fixed an issue where a modifier key, when set without specifying left or right, would get stuck due to incorrect key handling, by tracking the pressed keys and sending the correct key accordingly. Thanks [@mantaionut](https://github.com/mantaionut)!
+ - Fixed an issue where a modifier key, when set without specifying left or right, would get stuck due to incorrect key handling by tracking the pressed keys and sending the correct key accordingly. Thanks [@mantaionut](https://github.com/mantaionut)!
 
 ### PowerRename
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ In this release, we focused on new features, stability, and automation.
 
 ### PowerToys Run
 
- - Added support for custom formats in the "Time and Date" plugin and improves error messages for invalid input formats. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
+ - Added support for custom formats in the "Time and Date" plugin and improved error messages for invalid input formats. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
  - Fix two crashes: one for WFT on very early dates and another for calculating the week of the month on very late dates (e.g., 31.12.9999), and reorder UI settings. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
  - Fix an issue where capitalization in the command causes failure when trying to go to the mouse pointer, resolved by adjusting the command to lowercase.
  - Added version details to plugin error messages for 'Loading error' and 'Init error'. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ For [v0.92][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below:
  - New UI Automation tests
  - Working on installer upgrades
  - Upgrading Keyboard Manager's editor UI
- - Stability / bug fixes
+ - Stability, bug fixes
 
 ## PowerToys Community
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][oss-conduct
 
 ## Privacy Statement
 
-The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more information on privacy and what we collect, see our [PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation](https://aka.ms/powertoys-data-and-privacy-documentation).
+The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more privacy information and what we collect, see our [PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation](https://aka.ms/powertoys-data-and-privacy-documentation).
 
 [oss-CLA]: https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com
 [oss-conduct-code]: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Contact the developers of a plugin directly for assistance with a specific plugi
 | [QuickNotes](https://github.com/ruslanlap/CommunityPowerToysRunPlugin-QuickNotes) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | Create, manage, and search notes directly from PowerToys Run. |
 | [Weather](https://github.com/ruslanlap/PowerToysRun-Weather) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | Get real-time weather information directly from PowerToys Run. |
 | [Pomodoro](https://github.com/ruslanlap/PowerToysRun-Pomodoro) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | Manage Pomodoro productivity sessions directly from PowerToys Run. |
+| [Definition](https://github.com/ruslanlap/PowerToysRun-Definition) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | Lookup word definitions, phonetics, and synonyms directly in PowerToys Run. |
 
 ## Extending software plugins
 
@@ -68,4 +69,5 @@ Below are community created plugins that target a website or software.  They are
 | [Bilibili](https://github.com/Whuihuan/PowerToysRun-Bilibili) | [Whuihuan](https://github.com/Whuihuan) | Use AVID or BVID to parse and jump to Bilibili |
 | [YubicoOauthOTP](https://github.com/dlnilsson/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.YubicoOauthOTP) | [dlnilsson](https://github.com/dlnilsson) | Display generated codes from OATH accounts stored on the YubiKey in powerToys Run  |
 | [Firefox Bookmark](https://github.com/8LWXpg/PowerToysRun-FirefoxBookmark) | [8LWXpg](https://github.com/8LWXpg) | Open bookmarks in Firefox based browser |
-[Linear](https://github.com/vednig/powertoys-linear) | [vednig](https://github.com/vednig) | Create Linear Issues directly from Powertoys Run |
+| [Linear](https://github.com/vednig/powertoys-linear) | [vednig](https://github.com/vednig) | Create Linear Issues directly from Powertoys Run |
+| [SpeedTest](https://github.com/ruslanlap/PowerToysRun-SpeedTest) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | One-command internet speed tests with real-time results, modern UI, and shareable links. |

installer/PowerToysSetup/CmdPal.wxs

@@ -19,36 +19,36 @@
       </Directory>
     </DirectoryRef>
 
-    <DirectoryRef Id="CmdPalInstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_Test">
+    <DirectoryRef Id="CmdPalInstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_Test">
       <Component Id="Module_CmdPal" Win64="yes" Guid="3A4942B2-1A86-4182-B3B4-65157365A980">
         <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\powertoys\components">
           <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Module_CmdPal" Value="" KeyPath="yes"/>
         </RegistryKey>
         <?if $(sys.BUILDARCH) = x64 ?>
-        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_Test\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_x64.msix" />
+        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_Test\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_x64.msix" />
         <?else ?>
-        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_Test\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_arm64.msix" />
+        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_Test\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_arm64.msix" />
         <?endif ?>
 
       </Component>
     </DirectoryRef>
 
     <?if $(sys.BUILDARCH) = x64 ?>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="CmdPalDepsX64InstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_Test\Dependencies\x64">
+    <DirectoryRef Id="CmdPalDepsX64InstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_Test\Dependencies\x64">
       <Component Id="Module_CmdPal_Deps" Win64="yes" Guid="C2790FC4-0665-4462-947A-D942A2AABFF0">
         <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\powertoys\components">
           <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Module_CmdPal_Deps" Value="" KeyPath="yes"/>
         </RegistryKey>
-        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_Test\Dependencies\x64\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx" />
+        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_Test\Dependencies\x64\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx" />
       </Component>
     </DirectoryRef>
     <?else ?>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="CmdPalDepsArm64InstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_Test\Dependencies\arm64">
+    <DirectoryRef Id="CmdPalDepsArm64InstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_Test\Dependencies\arm64">
       <Component Id="Module_CmdPal_Deps" Win64="yes" Guid="C2790FC4-0665-4462-947A-D942A2AABFF0">
         <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\powertoys\components">
           <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Module_CmdPal_Deps" Value="" KeyPath="yes"/>
         </RegistryKey>
-        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion).0_Test\Dependencies\arm64\Microsoft.VCLibs.ARM64.14.00.Desktop.appx" />
+        <File Source="$(var.CmdPalBuildDir)AppPackages\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_$(var.CmdPalVersion)_Test\Dependencies\arm64\Microsoft.VCLibs.ARM64.14.00.Desktop.appx" />
       </Component>
     </DirectoryRef>
     <?endif ?>

src/CmdPalVersion.props

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <CmdPalVersion>0.0.1</CmdPalVersion>
+    <CmdPalVersion Condition="'$(CmdPalVersion)'=='' and '$(XES_APPXMANIFESTVERSION)'!=''">$(XES_APPXMANIFESTVERSION)</CmdPalVersion>
+    <CmdPalVersion Condition="'$(CmdPalVersion)'==''">0.0.1.0</CmdPalVersion>
     <DevEnvironment>Local</DevEnvironment>
 
     <!-- Forcing for every DLL on by default -->

src/Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props

@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     <CsWinRTAotWarningLevel>2</CsWinRTAotWarningLevel>
 
     <!-- Suppress DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicParameterlessConstructor in fallback code path of Windows SDK projection -->
-    <WarningsNotAsErrors>IL2081</WarningsNotAsErrors>
+    <WarningsNotAsErrors>IL2081;CsWinRT1028;$(WarningsNotAsErrors)</WarningsNotAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

src/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <NoWarn></NoWarn>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>True</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-    <WarningsNotAsErrors>CA1720;CA1859;CA2263;CA2022;MVVMTK0045;MVVMTK0049</WarningsNotAsErrors>
+    <WarningsNotAsErrors>CA1824;CA1416;CA1720;CA1859;CA2263;CA2022;MVVMTK0045;MVVMTK0049</WarningsNotAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
       <Analyzer Remove="@(Analyzer)" Condition="%(Analyzer.NuGetPackageId) == 'Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT'" />	  
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
-</Project>
+</Project>

src/Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Some items may be set in Directory.Build.props in root -->
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <!-- OneFuzz does not currently support testing with .NET 9.
+       As a temporary workaround, create a .NET 8 project and use file links 
+       to include the code that needs testing. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>

src/common/FilePreviewCommon/QoiImage.cs

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon
                 var run = 0;
                 var chunksLen = fileSize - QOI_PADDING_LENGTH;
 
+                var x = 0;
+                var rowAdd = bitmapData.Stride - (channels * bitmapData.Width);
+
                 for (var dataIndex = 0; dataIndex < dataLength; dataIndex += channels)
                 {
                     if (run > 0)
@@ -153,6 +156,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon
                             bitmapPixel[3] = pixel.A;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    x++;
+                    if (x == bitmapData.Width)
+                    {
+                        // We align dataIndex with the stride
+                        dataIndex += rowAdd;
+                        x = 0;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 bitmap.UnlockBits(bitmapData);

src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using PowerToys.Interop;
 
 namespace ManagedCommon
@@ -40,25 +41,72 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
         /// <param name="isLocalLow">If the process using Logger is a low-privilege process.</param>
         public static void InitializeLogger(string applicationLogPath, bool isLocalLow = false)
         {
+            string basePath;
             if (isLocalLow)
             {
-                applicationLogPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("userprofile") + "\\appdata\\LocalLow\\Microsoft\\PowerToys" + applicationLogPath + "\\" + Version;
+                basePath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("userprofile") + "\\appdata\\LocalLow\\Microsoft\\PowerToys" + applicationLogPath;
             }
             else
             {
-                applicationLogPath = Constants.AppDataPath() + applicationLogPath + "\\" + Version;
+                basePath = Constants.AppDataPath() + applicationLogPath;
             }
 
-            if (!Directory.Exists(applicationLogPath))
+            string versionedPath = Path.Combine(basePath, Version);
+
+            if (!Directory.Exists(versionedPath))
             {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(applicationLogPath);
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(versionedPath);
             }
 
-            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(applicationLogPath, "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log");
+            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(versionedPath, "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log");
 
             Trace.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(logFilePath));
 
             Trace.AutoFlush = true;
+
+            // Clean up old version log folders
+            Task.Run(() => DeleteOldVersionLogFolders(basePath, versionedPath));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deletes old version log folders, keeping only the current version's folder.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="basePath">The base path to the log files folder.</param>
+        /// <param name="currentVersionPath">The path to the current version's log folder.</param>
+        private static void DeleteOldVersionLogFolders(string basePath, string currentVersionPath)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (!Directory.Exists(basePath))
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                var dirs = Directory.GetDirectories(basePath)
+                    .Select(d => new DirectoryInfo(d))
+                    .OrderBy(d => d.CreationTime)
+                    .Where(d => !string.Equals(d.FullName, currentVersionPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    .Take(3)
+                    .ToList();
+
+                foreach (var directory in dirs)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        Directory.Delete(directory.FullName, true);
+                        LogInfo($"Deleted old log directory: {directory.FullName}");
+                        Task.Delay(500).Wait();
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        LogError($"Failed to delete old log directory: {directory.FullName}", ex);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                LogError("Error cleaning up old log folders", ex);
+            }
         }
 
         public static void LogError(string message, [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerMemberName] string memberName = "", [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerFilePath] string sourceFilePath = "", [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallerLineNumber] int sourceLineNumber = 0)

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests/AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
 		<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
 		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests/OneFuzzConfig.json

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "org": "microsoft",
         "project": "OS",
         "AssignedTo": "leilzh@microsoft.com",
-        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DEEP-Developer Experience, Ecosystem and Partnerships\\SHINE\\PowerToys",
+        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DFX-Developer Fundamentals and Experiences\\DEFT\\SALT",
         "IterationPath": "OS\\Future"
       },
       "jobNotificationEmail": "leilzh@microsoft.com",

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
   </data>
   <data name="ClipboardHistoryImage" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Image data</value>
+    <comment>Label used to represent an image in the clipboard history</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="ClipboardHistoryItemMoreOptionsButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>More options</value>
@@ -194,15 +195,19 @@
   </data>
   <data name="TranscodeToMp3" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Transcode to .mp3</value>
+    <comment>Option to transcode audio files to MP3 format</comment>
   </data>  
   <data name="TranscodeToMp4" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Transcode to .mp4 (H.264/AAC)</value>
+    <comment>Option to transcode video files to MP4 format with H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="TranscodeErrorGeneral" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>An error occurred while transcoding media file</value>
+    <comment>Error message displayed when media conversion fails for an unknown or general reason</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="TranscodeErrorUnsupportedCodec" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The media file contains an unsupported codec</value>
+    <comment>Error message displayed when media conversion fails due to an unsupported codec in the source file</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="PasteButtonAutomation.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Paste</value>

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts.FuzzTests/Hosts.FuzzTests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
+
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
 		<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
 		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
 	</PropertyGroup>

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts.FuzzTests/OneFuzzConfig.json

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "org": "microsoft",
         "project": "OS",
         "AssignedTo": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
-        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DEEP-Developer Experience, Ecosystem and Partnerships\\SHINE\\PowerToys",
+        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DFX-Developer Fundamentals and Experiences\\DEFT\\SALT",
         "IterationPath": "OS\\Future"
       },
       "jobNotificationEmail": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         "org": "microsoft",
         "project": "OS",
         "AssignedTo": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
-        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DEEP-Developer Experience, Ecosystem and Partnerships\\SHINE\\PowerToys",
+        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DFX-Developer Fundamentals and Experiences\\DEFT\\SALT",
         "IterationPath": "OS\\Future"
       },
       "jobNotificationEmail": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         "org": "microsoft",
         "project": "OS",
         "AssignedTo": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
-        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DEEP-Developer Experience, Ecosystem and Partnerships\\SHINE\\PowerToys",
+        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DFX-Developer Fundamentals and Experiences\\DEFT\\SALT",
         "IterationPath": "OS\\Future"
       },
       "jobNotificationEmail": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         "org": "microsoft",
         "project": "OS",
         "AssignedTo": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
-        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DEEP-Developer Experience, Ecosystem and Partnerships\\SHINE\\PowerToys",
+        "AreaPath": "OS\\Windows Client and Services\\WinPD\\DFX-Developer Fundamentals and Experiences\\DEFT\\SALT",
         "IterationPath": "OS\\Future"
       },
       "jobNotificationEmail": "mengyuanchen@microsoft.com",
@@ -158,19 +158,19 @@
         // the DLL and PDB files
         // you will need to add any other files required
         // (globs are supported)
+        "Castle.Core.dll",
+        "CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.dll",
         "Hosts.FuzzTests.dll",
         "Hosts.FuzzTests.pdb",
         "Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.dll",
-        "WinRT.Runtime.dll",
         "Moq.dll",
-        "testhost.dll",
-        "Castle.Core.dll",
         "System.IO.Abstractions.dll",
-        "CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.dll",
         "System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.dll",
         "TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.dll",
         "TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.dll",
-        "TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.Wrappers.dll"
+        "TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.Wrappers.dll",
+        "Testably.Abstractions.FileSystem.Interface.dll",
+        "WinRT.Runtime.dll"
       ],
       "SdlWorkItemId": 49911822
     }

src/modules/MeasureTool/MeasureToolCore/PowerToys.MeasureToolCore.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" />
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props')" />
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.1.0.2903.40\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.1.0.2903.40\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.22621.2428\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.1.0.2903.40\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.1.0.2903.40\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250401001\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.7.250513003\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/modules/MeasureTool/MeasureToolCore/packages.config

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" version="10.0.22621.2428" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" version="1.7.250401001" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" version="1.7.250513003" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/ModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <common/utils/winapi_error.h>
 #include <common/utils/processApi.h>
 #include <common/utils/elevation.h>
+#include <common/utils/logger_helper.h>
 
 HINSTANCE g_hInst_MouseWithoutBorders = 0;
 
@@ -409,9 +410,12 @@ public:
     {
         app_name = L"MouseWithoutBorders";
         app_key = app_name;
-        std::filesystem::path logFilePath(PTSettingsHelper::get_module_save_folder_location(app_key));
-        logFilePath.append(LogSettings::mouseWithoutBordersLogPath);
-        Logger::init(LogSettings::mouseWithoutBordersLoggerName, logFilePath.wstring(), PTSettingsHelper::get_log_settings_file_location());
+
+        LoggerHelpers::init_logger(app_key, L"ModuleInterface", LogSettings::mouseWithoutBordersLoggerName);
+
+        std::filesystem::path oldLogPath(PTSettingsHelper::get_module_save_folder_location(app_key));
+        oldLogPath.append("LogsModuleInterface");
+        LoggerHelpers::delete_old_log_folder(oldLogPath);
 
         try
         {
@@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ public:
         executable_args.append(L"\" & echo \"Adding an inbound firewall rule for PowerToys.MouseWithoutBorders.exe\"");
         executable_args.append(L" & netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=\"PowerToys.MouseWithoutBorders\" dir=in action=allow program=\"");
         executable_args.append(executable_path);
-        executable_args.append(L"\" enable=yes remoteip=LocalSubnet profile=any protocol=tcp & pause\"");
+        executable_args.append(L"\" enable=yes remoteip=any profile=any protocol=tcp & pause\"");
 
         SHELLEXECUTEINFOW sei{ sizeof(sei) };
         sei.fMask = { SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS | SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI };

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs

@@ -193,27 +193,29 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor.ViewModels
             ApplyShortcut(editedProject);
         }
 
+        private string GetDesktopShortcutAddress(Project project) => Path.Combine(FolderUtils.Desktop(), project.Name + ".lnk");
+
+        private string GetShortcutStoreAddress(Project project)
+        {
+            var dataFolder = FolderUtils.DataFolder();
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(dataFolder);
+            var shortcutStoreFolder = Path.Combine(dataFolder, "WorkspacesIcons");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(shortcutStoreFolder);
+            return Path.Combine(shortcutStoreFolder, project.Id + ".ico");
+        }
+
         private void ApplyShortcut(Project project)
         {
-            string basePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
-            string shortcutAddress = Path.Combine(FolderUtils.Desktop(), project.Name + ".lnk");
-            string shortcutIconFilename = Path.Combine(FolderUtils.Temp(), project.Id + ".ico");
-
             if (!project.IsShortcutNeeded)
             {
-                if (File.Exists(shortcutIconFilename))
-                {
-                    File.Delete(shortcutIconFilename);
-                }
-
-                if (File.Exists(shortcutAddress))
-                {
-                    File.Delete(shortcutAddress);
-                }
-
+                RemoveShortcut(project);
                 return;
             }
 
+            var basePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
+            var shortcutAddress = GetDesktopShortcutAddress(project);
+            var shortcutIconFilename = GetShortcutStoreAddress(project);
+
             Bitmap icon = WorkspacesIcon.DrawIcon(WorkspacesIcon.IconTextFromProjectName(project.Name), App.ThemeManager.GetCurrentTheme());
             WorkspacesIcon.SaveIcon(icon, shortcutIconFilename);
 
@@ -360,8 +362,8 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor.ViewModels
 
         private void RemoveShortcut(Project selectedProject)
         {
-            string shortcutAddress = Path.Combine(FolderUtils.Desktop(), selectedProject.Name + ".lnk");
-            string shortcutIconFilename = Path.Combine(FolderUtils.Temp(), selectedProject.Id + ".ico");
+            string shortcutAddress = GetDesktopShortcutAddress(selectedProject);
+            string shortcutIconFilename = GetShortcutStoreAddress(selectedProject);
 
             if (File.Exists(shortcutIconFilename))
             {

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesLauncher/AppLauncher.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace AppLauncher
         const std::wstring ChromeFilename = L"chrome.exe";
         const std::wstring ChromePwaFilename = L"chrome_proxy.exe";
         const std::wstring PwaCommandLineAddition = L"--profile-directory=Default --app-id=";
+        const std::wstring SteamProtocolPrefix = L"steam:";
     }
 
     Result<SHELLEXECUTEINFO, std::wstring> LaunchApp(const std::wstring& appPath, const std::wstring& commandLineArgs, bool elevated)
@@ -134,12 +135,11 @@ namespace AppLauncher
             }
         }
 
-        // win32 app with appUserModelId:
-        // usage example: steam games
-        if (!launched && !app.appUserModelId.empty())
+        // protocol launch for steam
+        if (!launched && !app.appUserModelId.empty() && app.appUserModelId.contains(NonLocalizable::SteamProtocolPrefix))
         {
             Logger::trace(L"Launching {} as {}", app.name, app.appUserModelId);
-            auto res = LaunchApp(L"shell:AppsFolder\\" + app.appUserModelId, app.commandLineArgs, app.isElevated);
+            auto res = LaunchApp(app.appUserModelId, app.commandLineArgs, app.isElevated);
             if (res.isOk())
             {
                 launched = true;

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalKeyboardService/CmdPalKeyboardService.rc

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#include <windows.h>
-#include "resource.h"
-#include "../../../common/version/version.h"
-
-#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-#include "winres.h"
-#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-
-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalKeyboardService/CmdPalKeyboardService.vcxproj

@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="KeyboardListener.h">
       <DependentUpon>KeyboardListener.idl</DependentUpon>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="pch.cpp">
@@ -130,9 +129,6 @@
     <None Include="PropertySheet.props" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ResourceCompile Include="CmdPalKeyboardService.rc" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalKeyboardService/CmdPalKeyboardService.vcxproj.filters

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="pch.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Midl Include="KeyboardListener.idl" />
@@ -28,9 +27,4 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="PropertySheet.props" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ResourceCompile Include="CmdPalKeyboardService.rc">
-      <Filter>Resources</Filter>
-    </ResourceCompile>
-  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalKeyboardService/resource.h

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
-// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
-// Used by PowerToys.MeasureToolCore.rc
-
-//////////////////////////////
-// Non-localizable
-
-#define FILE_DESCRIPTION "CmdPalKeyboardService"
-#define INTERNAL_NAME "CmdPalKeyboardService"
-#define ORIGINAL_FILENAME "CmdPalKeyboardService.dll"
-
-// Non-localizable
-//////////////////////////////

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalModuleInterface/CmdPalModuleInterface.rc

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#include <windows.h>
-#include "resource.h"
-#include "../../../common/version/version.h"
-
-#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-#include "winres.h"
-#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-
-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalModuleInterface/CmdPalModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\version\version.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="pch.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="dllmain.cpp" />
@@ -74,9 +70,6 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ResourceCompile Include="CmdPalModuleInterface.rc" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -92,4 +85,4 @@
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
-</Project>
+</Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp

@@ -217,10 +217,11 @@ public:
         CmdPal::m_enabled.store(true);
 
         std::wstring packageName = L"Microsoft.CommandPalette";
-        std::wstring launchPath = L"shell:AppsFolder\\Microsoft.CommandPalette_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App";
+        // Launch CmdPal as normal user using explorer
+        std::wstring launchPath = L"explorer.exe";
+        std::wstring launchArgs = L"x-cmdpal://background";
 #ifdef IS_DEV_BRANDING
         packageName = L"Microsoft.CommandPalette.Dev";
-        launchPath = L"shell:AppsFolder\\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Dev_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App";
 #endif
 
         if (!package::GetRegisteredPackage(packageName, false).has_value())
@@ -269,13 +270,13 @@ public:
         if (!firstEnableCall)
         {
             Logger::trace("Not first attempt, try to launch");
-            LaunchApp(launchPath, L"RunFromPT", false /*no elevated*/, false /*error pop up*/);
+            LaunchApp(launchPath, launchArgs, false /*no elevated*/, false /*error pop up*/);
         }
         else
         {
             // If first time enable, do retry launch.
             Logger::trace("First attempt, try to launch");
-            std::thread launchThread(&CmdPal::RetryLaunch, launchPath);
+            std::thread launchThread(&CmdPal::RetryLaunch, launchPath, launchArgs);
             launchThread.detach();
         }
 
@@ -290,14 +291,14 @@ public:
         CmdPal::m_enabled.store(false);
     }
 
-    static void RetryLaunch(std::wstring path)
+    static void RetryLaunch(std::wstring path, std::wstring cmdArgs)
     {
         const int base_delay_milliseconds = 1000;
         int max_retry = 9; // 2**9 - 1 seconds. Control total wait time within 10 min.
         int retry = 0;
         do
         {
-            auto launch_result = LaunchApp(path, L"RunFromPT", false, retry < max_retry);
+            auto launch_result = LaunchApp(path, cmdArgs, false, retry < max_retry);
             if (launch_result)
             {
                 Logger::info(L"CmdPal launched successfully after {} retries.", retry);
@@ -349,4 +350,4 @@ std::atomic<bool> CmdPal::m_launched{ false };
 extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) PowertoyModuleIface* __cdecl powertoy_create()
 {
     return new CmdPal();
-}
+}

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalModuleInterface/resource.h

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
-// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
-// Used by AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface.rc
-
-//////////////////////////////
-// Non-localizable
-
-#define FILE_DESCRIPTION "PowerToys Command Palette Module"
-#define INTERNAL_NAME "PowerToys.CmdPalModuleInterface"
-#define ORIGINAL_FILENAME "PowerToys.CmdPalModuleInterface.dll"
-
-// Non-localizable
-//////////////////////////////

src/modules/cmdpal/ExtensionTemplate/TemplateCmdPalExtension/Directory.Packages.props

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-<Project>
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions" Version="0.1.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions" Version="0.2.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers" Version="9.0.0-preview.24508.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.2903.40" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32" Version="0.2.46-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.22621.2428" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.7.250401001" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.7.250513003" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Shmuelie.WinRTServer" Version="2.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.556" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.6" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/ExtensionTemplate/TemplateCmdPalExtension/TemplateCmdPalExtension/Program.cs

@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ namespace TemplateCmdPalExtension;
 public class Program
 {
     [MTAThread]
-    public static async Task Main(string[] args)
+    public static void Main(string[] args)
     {
         if (args.Length > 0 && args[0] == "-RegisterProcessAsComServer")
         {
-            await using global::Shmuelie.WinRTServer.ComServer server = new();
+            global::Shmuelie.WinRTServer.ComServer server = new();
+
             ManualResetEvent extensionDisposedEvent = new(false);
             
             // We are instantiating an extension instance once above, and returning it every time the callback in RegisterExtension below is called.
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ public class Program
             // This will make the main thread wait until the event is signalled by the extension class.
             // Since we have single instance of the extension object, we exit as soon as it is disposed.
             extensionDisposedEvent.WaitOne();
+            server.Stop();
+            server.UnsafeDispose();
         }
         else
         {

src/modules/cmdpal/ExtensionTemplate/TemplateCmdPalExtension/TemplateCmdPalExtension/TemplateCmdPalExtension.csproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>TemplateCmdPalExtension</RootNamespace>
@@ -56,13 +56,35 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
     <IsAotCompatible>true</IsAotCompatible>
+
     <CsWinRTAotOptimizerEnabled>true</CsWinRTAotOptimizerEnabled>
     <CsWinRTAotWarningLevel>2</CsWinRTAotWarningLevel>
     <!-- Suppress DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicParameterlessConstructor in fallback code path of Windows SDK projection -->
-    <WarningsNotAsErrors>IL2081</WarningsNotAsErrors>
+    <WarningsNotAsErrors>IL2081;$(WarningsNotAsErrors)</WarningsNotAsErrors>
+
+    <!-- When publishing trimmed, make sure to treat trimming warnings as build errors -->
+    <ILLinkTreatWarningsAsErrors>true</ILLinkTreatWarningsAsErrors>
 
-    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
-    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
+    <!-- In Debug builds, trimming is disabled by default, but all the trim & 
+         AOT warnings are enabled. This gives debug builds a tighter inner loop,
+         while at least warning about future trim violations -->
+    <PublishTrimmed>false</PublishTrimmed>
+    
+    <EnableTrimAnalyzer>true</EnableTrimAnalyzer>
+    <EnableSingleFileAnalyzer>true</EnableSingleFileAnalyzer>
+    <EnableAotAnalyzer>true</EnableAotAnalyzer>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'!='Debug'">
+    <!-- In Release builds, trimming is enabled by default. 
+         feel free to disable this if needed -->
+    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+
 </Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.csproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/CommandBarViewModel.cs

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public partial class CommandBarViewModel : ObservableObject,
     // this comes in when the primary button is tapped
     public void InvokePrimaryCommand()
     {
-        PerformCommand(SecondaryCommand);
+        PerformCommand(PrimaryCommand);
     }
 
     // this comes in when the secondary button is tapped

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/CommandItemViewModel.cs

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public partial class CommandItemViewModel : ExtensionObjectViewModel, ICommandBa
             contextItem.SlowInitializeProperties();
         });
 
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.Command.Name))
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.Command?.Name))
         {
             _defaultCommandContextItem = new(new CommandContextItem(model.Command!), PageContext)
             {

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/CommandProviderWrapper.cs

@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ public sealed class CommandProviderWrapper
         DisplayName = provider.DisplayName;
         Icon = new(provider.Icon);
         Icon.InitializeProperties();
+
+        // Note: explicitly not InitializeProperties()ing the settings here. If
+        // we do that, then we'd regress GH #38321
         Settings = new(provider.Settings, this, _taskScheduler);
-        Settings.InitializeProperties();
 
         Logger.LogDebug($"Initialized command provider {ProviderId}");
     }
@@ -151,9 +153,11 @@ public sealed class CommandProviderWrapper
             Icon = new(model.Icon);
             Icon.InitializeProperties();
 
+            // Note: explicitly not InitializeProperties()ing the settings here. If
+            // we do that, then we'd regress GH #38321
             Settings = new(model.Settings, this, _taskScheduler);
-            Settings.InitializeProperties();
 
+            // We do need to explicitly initialize commands though
             InitializeCommands(commands, fallbacks, serviceProvider, pageContext);
 
             Logger.LogDebug($"Loaded commands from {DisplayName} ({ProviderId})");
@@ -194,21 +198,6 @@ public sealed class CommandProviderWrapper
         }
     }
 
-    /* This is a View/ExtensionHost piece
-     * public void AllowSetForeground(bool allow)
-    {
-        if (!IsExtension)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var iextn = extensionWrapper?.GetExtensionObject();
-        unsafe
-        {
-            PInvoke.CoAllowSetForegroundWindow(iextn);
-        }
-    }*/
-
     public override bool Equals(object? obj) => obj is CommandProviderWrapper wrapper && isValid == wrapper.isValid;
 
     public override int GetHashCode() => _commandProvider.GetHashCode();

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/CommandSettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -2,18 +2,25 @@
 // The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using ManagedCommon;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Models;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 
-public partial class CommandSettingsViewModel(ICommandSettings _unsafeSettings, CommandProviderWrapper provider, TaskScheduler mainThread)
+public partial class CommandSettingsViewModel(ICommandSettings? _unsafeSettings, CommandProviderWrapper provider, TaskScheduler mainThread)
 {
     private readonly ExtensionObject<ICommandSettings> _model = new(_unsafeSettings);
 
     public ContentPageViewModel? SettingsPage { get; private set; }
 
-    public void InitializeProperties()
+    public bool Initialized { get; private set; }
+
+    public bool HasSettings =>
+        _model.Unsafe != null && // We have a settings model AND
+        (!Initialized || SettingsPage != null); // we weren't initialized, OR we were, and we do have a settings page
+
+    private void UnsafeInitializeProperties()
     {
         var model = _model.Unsafe;
         if (model == null)
@@ -27,4 +34,27 @@ public partial class CommandSettingsViewModel(ICommandSettings _unsafeSettings,
             SettingsPage.InitializeProperties();
         }
     }
+
+    public void SafeInitializeProperties()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            UnsafeInitializeProperties();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"Failed to load settings page", ex: ex);
+        }
+
+        Initialized = true;
+    }
+
+    public void DoOnUiThread(Action action)
+    {
+        Task.Factory.StartNew(
+            action,
+            CancellationToken.None,
+            TaskCreationOptions.None,
+            mainThread);
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/NewExtensionForm.cs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ internal sealed partial class NewExtensionForm : NewExtensionFormBase
             "errorMessage": {{FormatJsonString(Properties.Resources.builtin_create_extension_name_required)}},
             "id": "ExtensionName",
             "placeholder": "ExtensionName",
-            "regex": "^[^\\s]+$"
+            "regex": "^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"
         },
         {
             "type": "TextBlock",

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/ContentFormViewModel.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Text.Json;
 using AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3;
 using AdaptiveCards.Templating;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Messaging;
+using ManagedCommon;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Models;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
@@ -28,43 +29,67 @@ public partial class ContentFormViewModel(IFormContent _form, WeakReference<IPag
 
     public AdaptiveCardParseResult? Card { get; private set; }
 
+    private static string Serialize(string? s) =>
+        JsonSerializer.Serialize(s, JsonSerializationContext.Default.String);
+
+    private static bool TryBuildCard(
+        string templateJson,
+        string dataJson,
+        out AdaptiveCardParseResult? card,
+        out Exception? error)
+    {
+        card = null;
+        error = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            var template = new AdaptiveCardTemplate(templateJson);
+            var cardJson = template.Expand(dataJson);
+            card = AdaptiveCard.FromJsonString(cardJson);
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError("Error building card from template: {Message}", ex.Message);
+            error = ex;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     public override void InitializeProperties()
     {
         var model = _formModel.Unsafe;
-        if (model == null)
+        if (model is null)
         {
             return;
         }
 
-        try
-        {
-            TemplateJson = model.TemplateJson;
-            StateJson = model.StateJson;
-            DataJson = model.DataJson;
+        TemplateJson = model.TemplateJson;
+        StateJson = model.StateJson;
+        DataJson = model.DataJson;
 
-            AdaptiveCardTemplate template = new(TemplateJson);
-            var cardJson = template.Expand(DataJson);
-            Card = AdaptiveCard.FromJsonString(cardJson);
+        if (TryBuildCard(TemplateJson, DataJson, out var builtCard, out var renderingError))
+        {
+            Card = builtCard;
+            UpdateProperty(nameof(Card));
+            return;
         }
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-            // If we fail to parse the card JSON, then display _our own card_
-            // with the exception
-            AdaptiveCardTemplate template = new(ErrorCardJson);
-            var serializeString = (string? s) => JsonSerializer.Serialize(s, JsonSerializationContext.Default.String);
 
-            // todo: we could probably stick Card.Errors in there too
-            var dataJson = $$"""
-{
-    "error_message": {{serializeString(e.Message)}},
-    "error_stack": {{serializeString(e.StackTrace)}},
-    "inner_exception": {{serializeString(e.InnerException?.Message)}},
-    "template_json": {{serializeString(TemplateJson)}},
-    "data_json": {{serializeString(DataJson)}}
-}
-""";
-            var cardJson = template.Expand(dataJson);
-            Card = AdaptiveCard.FromJsonString(cardJson);
+        var errorPayload = $$"""
+    {
+        "error_message": {{Serialize(renderingError!.Message)}},
+        "error_stack":   {{Serialize(renderingError.StackTrace)}},
+        "inner_exception": {{Serialize(renderingError.InnerException?.Message)}},
+        "template_json": {{Serialize(TemplateJson)}},
+        "data_json":     {{Serialize(DataJson)}}
+    }
+    """;
+
+        if (TryBuildCard(ErrorCardJson, errorPayload, out var errorCard, out var _))
+        {
+            Card = errorCard;
+            UpdateProperty(nameof(Card));
+            return;
         }
 
         UpdateProperty(nameof(Card));

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/ContentPageViewModel.cs

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public partial class ContentPageViewModel : PageViewModel, ICommandBarContext
             throw;
         }
 
+        var oneContent = newContent.Count == 1;
+        newContent.ForEach(c => c.OnlyControlOnPage = oneContent);
+
         // Now, back to a UI thread to update the observable collection
         DoOnUiThread(
         () =>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/ContentViewModel.cs

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 public abstract partial class ContentViewModel(WeakReference<IPageContext> context) :
     ExtensionObjectViewModel(context)
 {
+    public bool OnlyControlOnPage { get; internal set; }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/DetailsCommandsViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Models;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
+
+public partial class DetailsCommandsViewModel(
+    IDetailsElement _detailsElement,
+    WeakReference<IPageContext> context) : DetailsElementViewModel(_detailsElement, context)
+{
+    public List<CommandViewModel> Commands { get; private set; } = [];
+
+    public bool HasCommands => Commands.Count > 0;
+
+    private readonly ExtensionObject<IDetailsCommands> _dataModel =
+        new(_detailsElement.Data as IDetailsCommands);
+
+    public override void InitializeProperties()
+    {
+        base.InitializeProperties();
+        var model = _dataModel.Unsafe;
+        if (model == null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Commands = model
+            .Commands?
+            .Select(c =>
+            {
+                var vm = new CommandViewModel(c, PageContext);
+                vm.InitializeProperties();
+                return vm;
+            })
+            .ToList() ?? [];
+        UpdateProperty(nameof(HasCommands));
+        UpdateProperty(nameof(Commands));
+    }
+}

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/DetailsViewModel.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public partial class DetailsViewModel(IDetails _details, WeakReference<IPageCont
                 {
                     IDetailsSeparator => new DetailsSeparatorViewModel(element, this.PageContext),
                     IDetailsLink => new DetailsLinkViewModel(element, this.PageContext),
+                    IDetailsCommands => new DetailsCommandsViewModel(element, this.PageContext),
                     IDetailsTags => new DetailsTagsViewModel(element, this.PageContext),
                     _ => null,
                 };

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/ListItemViewModel.cs

@@ -107,17 +107,17 @@ public partial class ListItemViewModel(IListItem model, WeakReference<IPageConte
 
     private void UpdateTags(ITag[]? newTagsFromModel)
     {
+        var newTags = newTagsFromModel?.Select(t =>
+        {
+            var vm = new TagViewModel(t, PageContext);
+            vm.InitializeProperties();
+            return vm;
+        })
+            .ToList() ?? [];
+
         DoOnUiThread(
             () =>
             {
-                var newTags = newTagsFromModel?.Select(t =>
-                {
-                    var vm = new TagViewModel(t, PageContext);
-                    vm.InitializeProperties();
-                    return vm;
-                })
-                    .ToList() ?? [];
-
                 // Tags being an ObservableCollection instead of a List lead to
                 // many COM exception issues.
                 Tags = new(newTags);

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/ListViewModel.cs

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public partial class ListViewModel : PageViewModel, IDisposable
     private Task? _initializeItemsTask;
     private CancellationTokenSource? _cancellationTokenSource;
 
+    private ListItemViewModel? _lastSelectedItem;
+
     public override bool IsInitialized
     {
         get => base.IsInitialized; protected set
@@ -328,7 +330,24 @@ public partial class ListViewModel : PageViewModel, IDisposable
     }
 
     [RelayCommand]
-    private void UpdateSelectedItem(ListItemViewModel item)
+    private void UpdateSelectedItem(ListItemViewModel? item)
+    {
+        if (_lastSelectedItem != null)
+        {
+            _lastSelectedItem.PropertyChanged -= SelectedItemPropertyChanged;
+        }
+
+        if (item != null)
+        {
+            SetSelectedItem(item);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ClearSelectedItem();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void SetSelectedItem(ListItemViewModel item)
     {
         if (!item.SafeSlowInit())
         {
@@ -355,6 +374,60 @@ public partial class ListViewModel : PageViewModel, IDisposable
 
                TextToSuggest = item.TextToSuggest;
            });
+
+        _lastSelectedItem = item;
+        _lastSelectedItem.PropertyChanged += SelectedItemPropertyChanged;
+    }
+
+    private void SelectedItemPropertyChanged(object? sender, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        var item = _lastSelectedItem;
+        if (item == null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // already on the UI thread here
+        switch (e.PropertyName)
+        {
+            case nameof(item.Command):
+            case nameof(item.SecondaryCommand):
+            case nameof(item.AllCommands):
+            case nameof(item.Name):
+                WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<UpdateCommandBarMessage>(new(item));
+                break;
+            case nameof(item.Details):
+                if (ShowDetails && item.HasDetails)
+                {
+                    WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<ShowDetailsMessage>(new(item.Details));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<HideDetailsMessage>();
+                }
+
+                break;
+            case nameof(item.TextToSuggest):
+                TextToSuggest = item.TextToSuggest;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ClearSelectedItem()
+    {
+        // GH #322:
+        // For inexplicable reasons, if you try updating the command bar and
+        // the details on the same UI thread tick as updating the list, we'll
+        // explode
+        DoOnUiThread(
+           () =>
+           {
+               WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<UpdateCommandBarMessage>(new(null));
+
+               WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<HideDetailsMessage>();
+
+               TextToSuggest = string.Empty;
+           });
     }
 
     public override void InitializeProperties()

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Properties {
         }
         
         /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Extension name is required, without spaces.
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Extension name is required and must be a valid C# identifier (start with a letter or underscore, followed by letters, numbers, or underscores).
         /// </summary>
         public static string builtin_create_extension_name_required {
             get {

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Properties/Resources.resx

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
     <value>Extension name</value>
   </data>
   <data name="builtin_create_extension_name_required" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Extension name is required, without spaces</value>
+    <value>Extension name is required and must be a valid C# identifier (start with a letter or underscore, followed by letters, numbers, or underscores)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="builtin_create_extension_display_name_header" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Display name</value>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/ProviderSettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public partial class ProviderSettingsViewModel(
     IServiceProvider _serviceProvider) : ObservableObject
 {
     private readonly SettingsModel _settings = _serviceProvider.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
+    private readonly Lock _initializeSettingsLock = new();
+    private Task? _initializeSettingsTask;
 
     public string DisplayName => _provider.DisplayName;
 
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ public partial class ProviderSettingsViewModel(
 
     public IconInfoViewModel Icon => _provider.Icon;
 
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial bool LoadingSettings { get; set; } = _provider.Settings?.HasSettings ?? false;
+
     public bool IsEnabled
     {
         get => _providerSettings.IsEnabled;
@@ -56,15 +61,60 @@ public partial class ProviderSettingsViewModel(
         }
     }
 
-    private void Provider_CommandsChanged(CommandProviderWrapper sender, CommandPalette.Extensions.IItemsChangedEventArgs args)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a value indicating whether returns true if we have a settings page
+    /// that's initialized, or we are still working on initializing that
+    /// settings page. If we don't have a settings object, or that settings
+    /// object doesn't have a settings page, then we'll return false.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool HasSettings
     {
-        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ExtensionSubtext));
-        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(TopLevelCommands));
+        get
+        {
+            if (_provider.Settings == null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (_provider.Settings.Initialized)
+            {
+                return _provider.Settings.HasSettings;
+            }
+
+            // settings still need to be loaded.
+            return LoadingSettings;
+        }
     }
 
-    public bool HasSettings => _provider.Settings != null && _provider.Settings.SettingsPage != null;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets will return the settings page, if we have one, and have initialized it.
+    /// If we haven't initialized it, this will kick off a thread to start
+    /// initializing it.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ContentPageViewModel? SettingsPage
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            if (_provider.Settings == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
 
-    public ContentPageViewModel? SettingsPage => HasSettings ? _provider?.Settings?.SettingsPage : null;
+            if (_provider.Settings.Initialized)
+            {
+                LoadingSettings = false;
+                return _provider.Settings.SettingsPage;
+            }
+
+            // Don't load the settings if we're already working on it
+            lock (_initializeSettingsLock)
+            {
+                _initializeSettingsTask ??= Task.Run(InitializeSettingsPage);
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 
     [field: AllowNull]
     public List<TopLevelViewModel> TopLevelCommands
@@ -90,4 +140,30 @@ public partial class ProviderSettingsViewModel(
     }
 
     private void Save() => SettingsModel.SaveSettings(_settings);
+
+    private void InitializeSettingsPage()
+    {
+        if (_provider.Settings == null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _provider.Settings.SafeInitializeProperties();
+        _provider.Settings.DoOnUiThread(() =>
+        {
+            // Changing these properties will try to update XAML, and that has
+            // to be handled on the UI thread, so we need to raise them on the
+            // UI thread
+            LoadingSettings = false;
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasSettings));
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(LoadingSettings));
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(SettingsPage));
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void Provider_CommandsChanged(CommandProviderWrapper sender, CommandPalette.Extensions.IItemsChangedEventArgs args)
+    {
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ExtensionSubtext));
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(TopLevelCommands));
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/SettingsModel.cs

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public partial class SettingsModel : ObservableObject
 
     public bool ShowSystemTrayIcon { get; set; } = true;
 
-    public bool IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen { get; set; } = true;
+    public bool IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen { get; set; }
 
     public Dictionary<string, ProviderSettings> ProviderSettings { get; set; } = [];
 

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/ShellViewModel.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
-using CommunityToolkit.Common;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Messaging;
@@ -109,13 +108,11 @@ public partial class ShellViewModel(IServiceProvider _serviceProvider, TaskSched
                     // TODO GH #239 switch back when using the new MD text block
                     // _ = _queue.EnqueueAsync(() =>
                     _ = Task.Factory.StartNew(
-                        async () =>
+                        () =>
                         {
                             // bool f = await viewModel.InitializeCommand.ExecutionTask.;
                             // var result = viewModel.InitializeCommand.ExecutionTask.GetResultOrDefault()!;
                             // var result = viewModel.InitializeCommand.ExecutionTask.GetResultOrDefault<bool?>()!;
-                            var result = await viewModel.InitializeAsync();
-
                             CurrentPage = viewModel; // result ? viewModel : null;
                             ////LoadedState = result ? ViewModelLoadedState.Loaded : ViewModelLoadedState.Error;
                         },

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/TopLevelCommandManager.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Messaging;
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ public partial class TopLevelCommandManager : ObservableObject,
 
     public async Task<bool> LoadBuiltinsAsync()
     {
+        var s = new Stopwatch();
+        s.Start();
+
         _builtInCommands.Clear();
 
         // Load built-In commands first. These are all in-proc, and
@@ -53,53 +57,48 @@ public partial class TopLevelCommandManager : ObservableObject,
         {
             CommandProviderWrapper wrapper = new(provider, _taskScheduler);
             _builtInCommands.Add(wrapper);
-            await LoadTopLevelCommandsFromProvider(wrapper);
+            var commands = await LoadTopLevelCommandsFromProvider(wrapper);
+            lock (TopLevelCommands)
+            {
+                foreach (var c in commands)
+                {
+                    TopLevelCommands.Add(c);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
+        s.Stop();
+
+        Logger.LogDebug($"Loading built-ins took {s.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+
         return true;
     }
 
     // May be called from a background thread
-    private async Task LoadTopLevelCommandsFromProvider(CommandProviderWrapper commandProvider)
+    private async Task<IEnumerable<TopLevelViewModel>> LoadTopLevelCommandsFromProvider(CommandProviderWrapper commandProvider)
     {
         WeakReference<IPageContext> weakSelf = new(this);
 
         await commandProvider.LoadTopLevelCommands(_serviceProvider, weakSelf);
 
         var settings = _serviceProvider.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-        var makeAndAdd = (ICommandItem? i, bool fallback) =>
+
+        List<TopLevelViewModel> commands = [];
+
+        foreach (var item in commandProvider.TopLevelItems)
         {
-            var commandItemViewModel = new CommandItemViewModel(new(i), weakSelf);
-            var topLevelViewModel = new TopLevelViewModel(commandItemViewModel, fallback, commandProvider.ExtensionHost, commandProvider.ProviderId, settings, _serviceProvider);
+            commands.Add(item);
+        }
 
-            lock (TopLevelCommands)
-            {
-                TopLevelCommands.Add(topLevelViewModel);
-            }
-        };
-
-        await Task.Factory.StartNew(
-            () =>
-            {
-                lock (TopLevelCommands)
-                {
-                    foreach (var item in commandProvider.TopLevelItems)
-                    {
-                        TopLevelCommands.Add(item);
-                    }
-
-                    foreach (var item in commandProvider.FallbackItems)
-                    {
-                        TopLevelCommands.Add(item);
-                    }
-                }
-            },
-            CancellationToken.None,
-            TaskCreationOptions.None,
-            _taskScheduler);
+        foreach (var item in commandProvider.FallbackItems)
+        {
+            commands.Add(item);
+        }
 
         commandProvider.CommandsChanged -= CommandProvider_CommandsChanged;
         commandProvider.CommandsChanged += CommandProvider_CommandsChanged;
+
+        return commands;
     }
 
     // By all accounts, we're already on a background thread (the COM call
@@ -239,25 +238,71 @@ public partial class TopLevelCommandManager : ObservableObject,
 
     private async Task StartExtensionsAndGetCommands(IEnumerable<IExtensionWrapper> extensions)
     {
-        // TODO This most definitely needs a lock
-        foreach (var extension in extensions)
-        {
-            Logger.LogDebug($"Starting {extension.PackageFullName}");
-            try
-            {
-                // start it ...
-                await extension.StartExtensionAsync();
+        var timer = new Stopwatch();
+        timer.Start();
 
-                // ... and fetch the command provider from it.
-                CommandProviderWrapper wrapper = new(extension, _taskScheduler);
-                _extensionCommandProviders.Add(wrapper);
-                await LoadTopLevelCommandsFromProvider(wrapper);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
+        // Start all extensions in parallel
+        var startTasks = extensions.Select(StartExtensionWithTimeoutAsync);
+
+        // Wait for all extensions to start
+        var wrappers = (await Task.WhenAll(startTasks)).Where(wrapper => wrapper != null).Select(w => w!).ToList();
+
+        foreach (var wrapper in wrappers)
+        {
+            _extensionCommandProviders.Add(wrapper!);
+        }
+
+        // Load the commands from the providers in parallel
+        var loadTasks = wrappers.Select(LoadCommandsWithTimeoutAsync);
+
+        var commandSets = (await Task.WhenAll(loadTasks)).Where(results => results != null).Select(r => r!).ToList();
+
+        lock (TopLevelCommands)
+        {
+            foreach (var commands in commandSets)
             {
-                Logger.LogError(ex.ToString());
+                foreach (var c in commands)
+                {
+                    TopLevelCommands.Add(c);
+                }
             }
         }
+
+        timer.Stop();
+        Logger.LogDebug($"Loading extensions took {timer.ElapsedMilliseconds} ms");
+    }
+
+    private async Task<CommandProviderWrapper?> StartExtensionWithTimeoutAsync(IExtensionWrapper extension)
+    {
+        Logger.LogDebug($"Starting {extension.PackageFullName}");
+        try
+        {
+            await extension.StartExtensionAsync().WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+            return new CommandProviderWrapper(extension, _taskScheduler);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"Failed to start extension {extension.PackageFullName}: {ex}");
+            return null; // Return null for failed extensions
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<IEnumerable<TopLevelViewModel>?> LoadCommandsWithTimeoutAsync(CommandProviderWrapper wrapper)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return await LoadTopLevelCommandsFromProvider(wrapper!).WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+        }
+        catch (TimeoutException)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"Loading commands from {wrapper!.ExtensionHost?.Extension?.PackageFullName} timed out");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"Failed to load commands for extension {wrapper!.ExtensionHost?.Extension?.PackageFullName}: {ex}");
+        }
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     private void ExtensionService_OnExtensionRemoved(IExtensionService sender, IEnumerable<IExtensionWrapper> extensions)

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/App.xaml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
                 <!--  Other merged dictionaries here  -->
                 <ResourceDictionary Source="Styles/Button.xaml" />
                 <ResourceDictionary Source="Styles/Colors.xaml" />
+                <ResourceDictionary Source="Styles/TextBlock.xaml" />
                 <ResourceDictionary Source="Styles/TextBox.xaml" />
                 <ResourceDictionary Source="Styles/Settings.xaml" />
                 <ResourceDictionary Source="Controls/Tag.xaml" />

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/App.xaml.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.Services;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.BuiltinCommands;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Models;
@@ -73,26 +75,12 @@ public partial class App : Application
     /// Invoked when the application is launched.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="args">Details about the launch request and process.</param>
-    protected override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
+    protected override void OnLaunched(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
     {
         AppWindow = new MainWindow();
 
-        var cmdArgs = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
-
-        var runFromPT = false;
-        foreach (var arg in cmdArgs)
-        {
-            if (arg == "RunFromPT")
-            {
-                runFromPT = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!runFromPT)
-        {
-            AppWindow.Activate();
-        }
+        var activatedEventArgs = Microsoft.Windows.AppLifecycle.AppInstance.GetCurrent().GetActivatedEventArgs();
+        ((MainWindow)AppWindow).HandleLaunch(activatedEventArgs);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -114,8 +102,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
         services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, IndexerCommandsProvider>();
         services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, BookmarksCommandProvider>();
 
-        // TODO GH #527 re-enable the clipboard commands
-        // services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, ClipboardHistoryCommandsProvider>();
+        services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, ClipboardHistoryCommandsProvider>();
         services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, WindowWalkerCommandsProvider>();
         services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, WebSearchCommandsProvider>();
 
@@ -154,6 +141,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
         var state = AppStateModel.LoadState();
         services.AddSingleton(state);
         services.AddSingleton<IExtensionService, ExtensionService>();
+        services.AddSingleton<TrayIconService>();
 
         // ViewModels
         services.AddSingleton<ShellViewModel>();

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/CmdPal.pre.props

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <!-- Reset this because the Versioning task might have overwritten it before it knew about OutDir -->
+    <AppxPackageDir>$(OutputPath)\AppPackages\</AppxPackageDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/CommandBar.xaml

@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@
                 Orientation="Vertical"
                 Spacing="4" />
 
-            <!--  Template for actions in the mode actions dropdown button  -->
-            <DataTemplate x:Key="ContextMenuViewModelTemplate" x:DataType="viewmodels:CommandContextItemViewModel">
+            <cmdpalUI:ContextItemTemplateSelector
+                x:Key="ContextItemTemplateSelector"
+                Critical="{StaticResource CriticalContextMenuViewModelTemplate}"
+                Default="{StaticResource DefaultContextMenuViewModelTemplate}" />
+
+            <!--  Template for context items in the context item menu  -->
+            <DataTemplate x:Key="DefaultContextMenuViewModelTemplate" x:DataType="viewmodels:CommandContextItemViewModel">
                 <Grid AutomationProperties.Name="{x:Bind Title, Mode=OneWay}">
                     <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                         <ColumnDefinition Width="32" />
@@ -63,6 +68,38 @@
                         Text="{x:Bind RequestedShortcut, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource KeyChordToStringConverter}}" />
                 </Grid>
             </DataTemplate>
+
+            <!--  Template for context items flagged as critical  -->
+            <DataTemplate x:Key="CriticalContextMenuViewModelTemplate" x:DataType="viewmodels:CommandContextItemViewModel">
+                <Grid AutomationProperties.Name="{x:Bind Title, Mode=OneWay}">
+                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                        <ColumnDefinition Width="32" />
+                        <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
+                        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
+                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                    <cpcontrols:IconBox
+                        Width="16"
+                        Height="16"
+                        Margin="4,0,0,0"
+                        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+                        Foreground="{ThemeResource SystemFillColorCriticalBrush}"
+                        SourceKey="{x:Bind Icon, Mode=OneWay}"
+                        SourceRequested="{x:Bind help:IconCacheProvider.SourceRequested}" />
+                    <TextBlock
+                        Grid.Column="1"
+                        VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                        Style="{StaticResource ContextItemTitleTextBlockCriticalStyle}"
+                        Text="{x:Bind Title, Mode=OneWay}" />
+                    <TextBlock
+                        Grid.Column="2"
+                        Margin="16,0,0,0"
+                        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                        VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                        Style="{StaticResource ContextItemCaptionTextBlockCriticalStyle}"
+                        Text="{x:Bind RequestedShortcut, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource KeyChordToStringConverter}}" />
+                </Grid>
+            </DataTemplate>
+
         </ResourceDictionary>
     </UserControl.Resources>
 
@@ -237,7 +274,7 @@
                                 Margin="-16,-12,-16,-12"
                                 IsItemClickEnabled="True"
                                 ItemClick="CommandsDropdown_ItemClick"
-                                ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ContextMenuViewModelTemplate}"
+                                ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource ContextItemTemplateSelector}"
                                 ItemsSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.ContextMenu.FilteredItems, Mode=OneWay}"
                                 KeyDown="CommandsDropdown_KeyDown"
                                 SelectionMode="Single">

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ContentFormControl.xaml.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 using AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3;
 using AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Controls;
 
@@ -96,11 +98,65 @@ public sealed partial class ContentFormControl : UserControl
         if (_renderedCard.FrameworkElement != null)
         {
             ContentGrid.Children.Add(_renderedCard.FrameworkElement);
+
+            // Use the Loaded event to ensure we focus after the card is in the visual tree
+            _renderedCard.FrameworkElement.Loaded += OnFrameworkElementLoaded;
         }
 
         _renderedCard.Action += Rendered_Action;
     }
 
+    private void OnFrameworkElementLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        // Unhook the event handler to avoid multiple registrations
+        if (sender is FrameworkElement element)
+        {
+            element.Loaded -= OnFrameworkElementLoaded;
+
+            if (!ViewModel?.OnlyControlOnPage ?? true)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Focus on the first focusable element asynchronously to ensure the visual tree is fully built
+            element.DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(Microsoft.UI.Dispatching.DispatcherQueuePriority.Normal, () =>
+            {
+                var focusableElement = FindFirstFocusableElement(element);
+                focusableElement?.Focus(FocusState.Programmatic);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Control? FindFirstFocusableElement(DependencyObject parent)
+    {
+        var childCount = VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(parent);
+
+        // Process children first (depth-first search)
+        for (var i = 0; i < childCount; i++)
+        {
+            var child = VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(parent, i);
+
+            // If the child is a focusable control like TextBox, ComboBox, etc.
+            if (child is Control control &&
+                control.IsEnabled &&
+                control.IsTabStop &&
+                control.Visibility == Visibility.Visible &&
+                control.AllowFocusOnInteraction)
+            {
+                return control;
+            }
+
+            // Recursively check children
+            var result = FindFirstFocusableElement(child);
+            if (result != null)
+            {
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     private void Rendered_Action(RenderedAdaptiveCard sender, AdaptiveActionEventArgs args) =>
         ViewModel?.HandleSubmit(args.Action, args.Inputs.AsJson());
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Converters/ContextItemTemplateSelector.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI;
+
+internal sealed partial class ContextItemTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
+{
+    public DataTemplate? Default { get; set; }
+
+    public DataTemplate? Critical { get; set; }
+
+    protected override DataTemplate? SelectTemplateCore(object item)
+    {
+        return ((CommandContextItemViewModel)item).IsCritical ? Critical : Default;
+    }
+}

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Converters/DetailsDataTemplateSelector.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public partial class DetailsDataTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
 
     public DataTemplate? TagTemplate { get; set; }
 
+    public DataTemplate? CommandTemplate { get; set; }
+
     protected override DataTemplate? SelectTemplateCore(object item)
     {
         if (item is DetailsElementViewModel element)
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ public partial class DetailsDataTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
             {
                 DetailsSeparatorViewModel => SeparatorTemplate,
                 DetailsLinkViewModel => LinkTemplate,
+                DetailsCommandsViewModel => CommandTemplate,
                 DetailsTagsViewModel => TagTemplate,
                 _ => null,
             };

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Events/BeginInvoke.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
-using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;
 
@@ -13,4 +12,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Events;
 public class BeginInvoke : EventBase, IEvent
 {
     public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;
+
+    public BeginInvoke()
+    {
+        EventName = "CmdPal_BeginInvoke";
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Events/ColdLaunch.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
-using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;
 
@@ -13,4 +12,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Events;
 public class ColdLaunch : EventBase, IEvent
 {
     public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;
+
+    public ColdLaunch()
+    {
+        EventName = "CmdPal_ColdLaunch";
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Events/OpenPage.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
-using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;
 
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ public class OpenPage : EventBase, IEvent
     public OpenPage(int pageDepth)
     {
         PageDepth = pageDepth;
+
+        EventName = "CmdPal_OpenPage";
     }
 
     public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Events/ReactivateInstance.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
-using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;
 
@@ -13,4 +12,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Events;
 public class ReactivateInstance : EventBase, IEvent
 {
     public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;
+
+    public ReactivateInstance()
+    {
+        EventName = "CmdPal_ReactivateInstance";
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/ExtViews/ListPage.xaml.cs

@@ -124,14 +124,12 @@ public sealed partial class ListPage : Page,
     [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("CodeQuality", "IDE0051:Remove unused private members", Justification = "VS is too aggressive at pruning methods bound in XAML")]
     private void ItemsList_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
     {
-        if (ItemsList.SelectedItem is ListItemViewModel item)
+        var vm = ViewModel;
+        var li = ItemsList.SelectedItem as ListItemViewModel;
+        _ = Task.Run(() =>
         {
-            var vm = ViewModel;
-            _ = Task.Run(() =>
-            {
-                vm?.UpdateSelectedItemCommand.Execute(item);
-            });
-        }
+            vm?.UpdateSelectedItemCommand.Execute(li);
+        });
 
         // There's mysterious behavior here, where the selection seemingly
         // changes to _nothing_ when we're backspacing to a single character.

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Helpers/TrayIconService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Messaging;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Messages;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using Windows.Win32;
+using Windows.Win32.Foundation;
+using Windows.Win32.UI.Shell;
+using Windows.Win32.UI.WindowsAndMessaging;
+using WinRT.Interop;
+using RS_ = Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers.ResourceLoaderInstance;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
+
+[SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules", "SA1310:Field names should not contain underscore", Justification = "Stylistically, window messages are WM_*")]
+[SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules", "SA1306:Field names should begin with lower-case letter", Justification = "Stylistically, window messages are WM_*")]
+internal sealed partial class TrayIconService
+{
+    private const uint MY_NOTIFY_ID = 1000;
+    private const uint WM_TRAY_ICON = PInvoke.WM_USER + 1;
+
+    private readonly SettingsModel _settingsModel;
+    private readonly uint WM_TASKBAR_RESTART;
+
+    private Window? _window;
+    private HWND _hwnd;
+    private WNDPROC? _originalWndProc;
+    private WNDPROC? _trayWndProc;
+    private NOTIFYICONDATAW? _trayIconData;
+    private DestroyIconSafeHandle? _largeIcon;
+    private DestroyMenuSafeHandle? _popupMenu;
+
+    public TrayIconService(SettingsModel settingsModel)
+    {
+        _settingsModel = settingsModel;
+
+        // TaskbarCreated is the message that's broadcast when explorer.exe
+        // restarts. We need to know when that happens to be able to bring our
+        // notification area icon back
+        WM_TASKBAR_RESTART = PInvoke.RegisterWindowMessage("TaskbarCreated");
+    }
+
+    public void SetupTrayIcon(bool? showSystemTrayIcon = null)
+    {
+        if (showSystemTrayIcon ?? _settingsModel.ShowSystemTrayIcon)
+        {
+            if (_window == null)
+            {
+                _window = new Window();
+                _hwnd = new HWND(WindowNative.GetWindowHandle(_window));
+
+                // LOAD BEARING: If you don't stick the pointer to HotKeyPrc into a
+                // member (and instead like, use a local), then the pointer we marshal
+                // into the WindowLongPtr will be useless after we leave this function,
+                // and our **WindProc will explode**.
+                _trayWndProc = WindowProc;
+                var hotKeyPrcPointer = Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(_trayWndProc);
+                _originalWndProc = Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer<WNDPROC>(PInvoke.SetWindowLongPtr(_hwnd, WINDOW_LONG_PTR_INDEX.GWL_WNDPROC, hotKeyPrcPointer));
+            }
+
+            if (_trayIconData == null)
+            {
+                // We need to stash this handle, so it doesn't clean itself up. If
+                // explorer restarts, we'll come back through here, and we don't
+                // really need to re-load the icon in that case. We can just use
+                // the handle from the first time.
+                _largeIcon = GetAppIconHandle();
+                _trayIconData = new NOTIFYICONDATAW()
+                {
+                    cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NOTIFYICONDATAW)),
+                    hWnd = _hwnd,
+                    uID = MY_NOTIFY_ID,
+                    uFlags = NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_MESSAGE | NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_ICON | NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_TIP,
+                    uCallbackMessage = WM_TRAY_ICON,
+                    hIcon = (HICON)_largeIcon.DangerousGetHandle(),
+                    szTip = RS_.GetString("AppStoreName"),
+                };
+            }
+
+            var d = (NOTIFYICONDATAW)_trayIconData;
+
+            // Add the notification icon
+            PInvoke.Shell_NotifyIcon(NOTIFY_ICON_MESSAGE.NIM_ADD, in d);
+
+            if (_popupMenu == null)
+            {
+                _popupMenu = PInvoke.CreatePopupMenu_SafeHandle();
+                PInvoke.InsertMenu(_popupMenu, 0, MENU_ITEM_FLAGS.MF_BYPOSITION | MENU_ITEM_FLAGS.MF_STRING, PInvoke.WM_USER + 1, RS_.GetString("TrayMenu_Settings"));
+                PInvoke.InsertMenu(_popupMenu, 1, MENU_ITEM_FLAGS.MF_BYPOSITION | MENU_ITEM_FLAGS.MF_STRING, PInvoke.WM_USER + 2, RS_.GetString("TrayMenu_Exit"));
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Destroy();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Destroy()
+    {
+        if (_trayIconData != null)
+        {
+            var d = (NOTIFYICONDATAW)_trayIconData;
+            if (PInvoke.Shell_NotifyIcon(NOTIFY_ICON_MESSAGE.NIM_DELETE, in d))
+            {
+                _trayIconData = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (_popupMenu != null)
+        {
+            _popupMenu.Close();
+            _popupMenu = null;
+        }
+
+        if (_largeIcon != null)
+        {
+            _largeIcon.Close();
+            _largeIcon = null;
+        }
+
+        if (_window != null)
+        {
+            _window.Close();
+            _window = null;
+            _hwnd = HWND.Null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private DestroyIconSafeHandle GetAppIconHandle()
+    {
+        var exePath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
+        DestroyIconSafeHandle largeIcon;
+        PInvoke.ExtractIconEx(exePath, 0, out largeIcon, out _, 1);
+        return largeIcon;
+    }
+
+    private LRESULT WindowProc(
+        HWND hwnd,
+        uint uMsg,
+        WPARAM wParam,
+        LPARAM lParam)
+    {
+        switch (uMsg)
+        {
+            case PInvoke.WM_COMMAND:
+                {
+                    if (wParam == PInvoke.WM_USER + 1)
+                    {
+                        WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<OpenSettingsMessage>();
+                    }
+                    else if (wParam == PInvoke.WM_USER + 2)
+                    {
+                        WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<QuitMessage>();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                break;
+
+            // Shell_NotifyIcon can fail when we invoke it during the time explorer.exe isn't present/ready to handle it.
+            // We'll also never receive WM_TASKBAR_RESTART message if the first call to Shell_NotifyIcon failed, so we use
+            // WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING which is always received on explorer startup sequence.
+            case PInvoke.WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING:
+                {
+                    if (_trayIconData == null)
+                    {
+                        SetupTrayIcon();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                break;
+            default:
+                // WM_TASKBAR_RESTART isn't a compile-time constant, so we can't
+                // use it in a case label
+                if (uMsg == WM_TASKBAR_RESTART)
+                {
+                    // Handle the case where explorer.exe restarts.
+                    // Even if we created it before, do it again
+                    SetupTrayIcon();
+                }
+                else if (uMsg == WM_TRAY_ICON)
+                {
+                    switch ((uint)lParam.Value)
+                    {
+                        case PInvoke.WM_RBUTTONUP:
+                            {
+                                if (_popupMenu != null)
+                                {
+                                    PInvoke.GetCursorPos(out var cursorPos);
+                                    PInvoke.SetForegroundWindow(_hwnd);
+                                    PInvoke.TrackPopupMenuEx(_popupMenu, (uint)TRACK_POPUP_MENU_FLAGS.TPM_LEFTALIGN | (uint)TRACK_POPUP_MENU_FLAGS.TPM_BOTTOMALIGN, cursorPos.X, cursorPos.Y, _hwnd, null);
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            break;
+                        case PInvoke.WM_LBUTTONUP:
+                        case PInvoke.WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK:
+                            WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<HotkeySummonMessage>(new(string.Empty, HWND.Null));
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return PInvoke.CallWindowProc(_originalWndProc, hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
+    }
+}

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Window
+<winuiex:WindowEx
     x:Class="Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.MainWindow"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
     xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
     xmlns:pages="using:Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Pages"
     xmlns:viewmodels="using:Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels"
+    xmlns:winuiex="using:WinUIEx"
+    Width="800"
+    Height="480"
+    MinWidth="320"
+    MinHeight="240"
     Activated="MainWindow_Activated"
     Closed="MainWindow_Closed"
     mc:Ignorable="d">
     <pages:ShellPage x:Name="RootShellPage" />
-</Window>
+</winuiex:WindowEx>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -19,21 +19,24 @@ using Microsoft.UI.Composition.SystemBackdrops;
 using Microsoft.UI.Input;
 using Microsoft.UI.Windowing;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using Microsoft.Windows.AppLifecycle;
+using Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation;
 using Windows.Foundation;
 using Windows.Graphics;
 using Windows.UI;
 using Windows.UI.WindowManagement;
 using Windows.Win32;
 using Windows.Win32.Foundation;
+using Windows.Win32.Graphics.Dwm;
 using Windows.Win32.UI.Input.KeyboardAndMouse;
-using Windows.Win32.UI.Shell;
 using Windows.Win32.UI.WindowsAndMessaging;
 using WinRT;
+using WinUIEx;
 using RS_ = Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers.ResourceLoaderInstance;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI;
 
-public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
+public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
     IRecipient<DismissMessage>,
     IRecipient<ShowWindowMessage>,
     IRecipient<HideWindowMessage>,
@@ -43,22 +46,8 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
     private readonly WNDPROC? _hotkeyWndProc;
     private readonly WNDPROC? _originalWndProc;
     private readonly List<TopLevelHotkey> _hotkeys = [];
-    private bool _ignoreHotKeyWhenFullScreen = true;
-
-    // Stylistically, window messages are WM_*
-#pragma warning disable SA1310 // Field names should not contain underscore
-#pragma warning disable SA1306 // Field names should begin with lower-case letter
-    private const uint MY_NOTIFY_ID = 1000;
-    private const uint WM_TRAY_ICON = PInvoke.WM_USER + 1;
-    private readonly uint WM_TASKBAR_RESTART;
-#pragma warning restore SA1306 // Field names should begin with lower-case letter
-#pragma warning restore SA1310 // Field names should not contain underscore
-
     private readonly KeyboardListener _keyboardListener;
-
-    // Notification Area ("Tray") icon data
-    private NOTIFYICONDATAW? _trayIconData;
-    private DestroyIconSafeHandle? _largeIcon;
+    private bool _ignoreHotKeyWhenFullScreen = true;
 
     private DesktopAcrylicController? _acrylicController;
     private SystemBackdropConfiguration? _configurationSource;
@@ -75,14 +64,8 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
 
         _keyboardListener.SetProcessCommand(new CmdPalKeyboardService.ProcessCommand(HandleSummon));
 
-        // TaskbarCreated is the message that's broadcast when explorer.exe
-        // restarts. We need to know when that happens to be able to bring our
-        // notification area icon back
-        WM_TASKBAR_RESTART = PInvoke.RegisterWindowMessage("TaskbarCreated");
-
         this.SetIcon();
         AppWindow.Title = RS_.GetString("AppName");
-        AppWindow.Resize(new SizeInt32 { Width = 1000, Height = 620 });
         PositionCentered();
         SetAcrylic();
 
@@ -156,7 +139,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
 
         SetupHotkey(settings);
-        SetupTrayIcon(settings.ShowSystemTrayIcon);
+        App.Current.Services.GetService<TrayIconService>()!.SetupTrayIcon(settings.ShowSystemTrayIcon);
 
         _ignoreHotKeyWhenFullScreen = settings.IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen;
 
@@ -216,7 +199,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
 
     private void ShowHwnd(IntPtr hwndValue, MonitorBehavior target)
     {
-        var hwnd = new HWND(hwndValue);
+        var hwnd = new HWND(hwndValue != 0 ? hwndValue : _hwnd);
 
         // Remember, IsIconic == "minimized", which is entirely different state
         // from "show/hide"
@@ -232,6 +215,16 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         PositionCentered(display);
 
         PInvoke.ShowWindow(hwnd, SHOW_WINDOW_CMD.SW_SHOW);
+
+        // instead of showing the window, uncloak it from DWM
+        // This will make it visible to the user, without the animation or frames for
+        // loading XAML with composition
+        unsafe
+        {
+            BOOL value = false;
+            PInvoke.DwmSetWindowAttribute(_hwnd, DWMWINDOWATTRIBUTE.DWMWA_CLOAK, &value, (uint)sizeof(BOOL));
+        }
+
         PInvoke.SetForegroundWindow(hwnd);
         PInvoke.SetActiveWindow(hwnd);
     }
@@ -289,7 +282,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         ShowHwnd(message.Hwnd, settings.SummonOn);
     }
 
-    public void Receive(HideWindowMessage message) => PInvoke.ShowWindow(_hwnd, SHOW_WINDOW_CMD.SW_HIDE);
+    public void Receive(HideWindowMessage message) => HideWindow();
 
     public void Receive(QuitMessage message) =>
 
@@ -297,7 +290,21 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(() => Close());
 
     public void Receive(DismissMessage message) =>
-        PInvoke.ShowWindow(_hwnd, SHOW_WINDOW_CMD.SW_HIDE);
+        HideWindow();
+
+    private void HideWindow()
+    {
+        // Hide our window
+
+        // Instead of hiding the window, cloak it from DWM
+        // This will make it invisible to the user, such that we can show it again
+        // by uncloaking it, which avoids an unnecessary "flicker in" that XAML does
+        unsafe
+        {
+            BOOL value = true;
+            PInvoke.DwmSetWindowAttribute(_hwnd, DWMWINDOWATTRIBUTE.DWMWA_CLOAK, &value, (uint)sizeof(BOOL));
+        }
+    }
 
     internal void MainWindow_Closed(object sender, WindowEventArgs args)
     {
@@ -305,7 +312,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         var extensionService = serviceProvider.GetService<IExtensionService>()!;
         extensionService.SignalStopExtensionsAsync();
 
-        RemoveTrayIcon();
+        App.Current.Services.GetService<TrayIconService>()!.Destroy();
 
         // WinUI bug is causing a crash on shutdown when FailFastOnErrors is set to true (#51773592).
         // Workaround by turning it off before shutdown.
@@ -313,6 +320,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         DisposeAcrylic();
 
         _keyboardListener.Stop();
+        Environment.Exit(0);
     }
 
     private void DisposeAcrylic()
@@ -386,7 +394,9 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
                 return;
             }
 
-            PInvoke.ShowWindow(_hwnd, SHOW_WINDOW_CMD.SW_HIDE);
+            // This will DWM cloak our window:
+            HideWindow();
+
             PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(new CmdPalDismissedOnLostFocus());
         }
 
@@ -396,6 +406,40 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         }
     }
 
+    public void HandleLaunch(AppActivationArguments? activatedEventArgs)
+    {
+        if (activatedEventArgs == null)
+        {
+            Summon(string.Empty);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (activatedEventArgs.Kind == Microsoft.Windows.AppLifecycle.ExtendedActivationKind.Protocol)
+        {
+            if (activatedEventArgs.Data is IProtocolActivatedEventArgs protocolArgs)
+            {
+                if (protocolArgs.Uri.ToString() is string uri)
+                {
+                    // was the URI "x-cmdpal://background" ?
+                    if (uri.StartsWith("x-cmdpal://background", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        // we're running, we don't want to activate our window. bail
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    else if (uri.StartsWith("x-cmdpal://settings", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<OpenSettingsMessage>(new());
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Activate();
+    }
+
     public void Summon(string commandId) =>
 
         // The actual showing and hiding of the window will be done by the
@@ -404,11 +448,6 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         // know till the message is being handled.
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<HotkeySummonMessage>(new(commandId, _hwnd));
 
-#pragma warning disable SA1310 // Field names should not contain underscore
-    private const uint DOT_KEY = 0xBE;
-    private const uint WM_HOTKEY = 0x0312;
-#pragma warning restore SA1310 // Field names should not contain underscore
-
     private void UnregisterHotkeys()
     {
         _keyboardListener.ClearHotkeys();
@@ -457,18 +496,27 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
 
             if (key != null)
             {
-                var vk = key.Code;
-                var modifiers =
-                    (key.Alt ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_ALT : 0) |
-                    (key.Ctrl ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_CONTROL : 0) |
-                    (key.Shift ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_SHIFT : 0) |
-                    (key.Win ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_WIN : 0)
-                    ;
-
-                var success = PInvoke.RegisterHotKey(_hwnd, _hotkeys.Count, modifiers, (uint)vk);
-                if (success)
+                if (settings.UseLowLevelGlobalHotkey)
                 {
-                    _hotkeys.Add(commandHotkey);
+                    _keyboardListener.SetHotkeyAction(key.Win, key.Ctrl, key.Shift, key.Alt, (byte)key.Code, commandHotkey.CommandId);
+
+                    _hotkeys.Add(new(globalHotkey, string.Empty));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var vk = key.Code;
+                    var modifiers =
+                        (key.Alt ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_ALT : 0) |
+                        (key.Ctrl ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_CONTROL : 0) |
+                        (key.Shift ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_SHIFT : 0) |
+                        (key.Win ? HOT_KEY_MODIFIERS.MOD_WIN : 0)
+                        ;
+
+                    var success = PInvoke.RegisterHotKey(_hwnd, _hotkeys.Count, modifiers, (uint)vk);
+                    if (success)
+                    {
+                        _hotkeys.Add(commandHotkey);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -479,10 +527,24 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         var isRootHotkey = string.IsNullOrEmpty(commandId);
         PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(new CmdPalHotkeySummoned(isRootHotkey));
 
+        var isVisible = this.Visible;
+        unsafe
+        {
+            // We need to check if our window is cloaked or not. A cloaked window is still
+            // technically visible, because SHOW/HIDE != iconic (minimized) != cloaked
+            // (these are all separate states)
+            long attr = 0;
+            PInvoke.DwmGetWindowAttribute(_hwnd, DWMWINDOWATTRIBUTE.DWMWA_CLOAKED, &attr, sizeof(long));
+            if (attr == 1 /* DWM_CLOAKED_APP */)
+            {
+                isVisible = false;
+            }
+        }
+
         // Note to future us: the wParam will have the index of the hotkey we registered.
         // We can use that in the future to differentiate the hotkeys we've pressed
         // so that we can bind hotkeys to individual commands
-        if (!this.Visible || !isRootHotkey)
+        if (!isVisible || !isRootHotkey)
         {
             Activate();
 
@@ -490,7 +552,16 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
         }
         else if (isRootHotkey)
         {
-            PInvoke.ShowWindow(_hwnd, SHOW_WINDOW_CMD.SW_HIDE);
+            // If there's a debugger attached...
+            if (System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached)
+            {
+                // ... then manually hide our window. When debugged, we won't get the cool cloaking,
+                // but that's the price to pay for having the HWND not light-dismiss while we're debugging.
+                PInvoke.ShowWindow(_hwnd, SHOW_WINDOW_CMD.SW_HIDE);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            HideWindow();
         }
     }
 
@@ -502,7 +573,10 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
     {
         switch (uMsg)
         {
-            case WM_HOTKEY:
+            // Prevent the window from maximizing when double-clicking the title bar area
+            case PInvoke.WM_NCLBUTTONDBLCLK:
+                return (LRESULT)IntPtr.Zero;
+            case PInvoke.WM_HOTKEY:
                 {
                     var hotkeyIndex = (int)wParam.Value;
                     if (hotkeyIndex < _hotkeys.Count)
@@ -518,120 +592,12 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
 
                         var hotkey = _hotkeys[hotkeyIndex];
                         HandleSummon(hotkey.CommandId);
-
-                        // var isRootHotkey = string.IsNullOrEmpty(hotkey.CommandId);
-
-                        // // Note to future us: the wParam will have the index of the hotkey we registered.
-                        // // We can use that in the future to differentiate the hotkeys we've pressed
-                        // // so that we can bind hotkeys to individual commands
-                        // if (!this.Visible || !isRootHotkey)
-                        // {
-                        //     Activate();
-
-                        // Summon(hotkey.CommandId);
-                        // }
-                        // else if (isRootHotkey)
-                        // {
-                        //     PInvoke.ShowWindow(hwnd, SHOW_WINDOW_CMD.SW_HIDE);
-                        // }
                     }
 
                     return (LRESULT)IntPtr.Zero;
                 }
-
-            // Shell_NotifyIcon can fail when we invoke it during the time explorer.exe isn't present/ready to handle it.
-            // We'll also never receive WM_TASKBAR_RESTART message if the first call to Shell_NotifyIcon failed, so we use
-            // WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING which is always received on explorer startup sequence.
-            case PInvoke.WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING:
-                {
-                    if (_trayIconData == null)
-                    {
-                        SetupTrayIcon();
-                    }
-                }
-
-                break;
-            default:
-                // WM_TASKBAR_RESTART isn't a compile-time constant, so we can't
-                // use it in a case label
-                if (uMsg == WM_TASKBAR_RESTART)
-                {
-                    // Handle the case where explorer.exe restarts.
-                    // Even if we created it before, do it again
-                    SetupTrayIcon();
-                }
-                else if (uMsg == WM_TRAY_ICON)
-                {
-                    switch ((uint)lParam.Value)
-                    {
-                        case PInvoke.WM_RBUTTONUP:
-                        case PInvoke.WM_LBUTTONUP:
-                        case PInvoke.WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK:
-                            Summon(string.Empty);
-                            break;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                break;
         }
 
         return PInvoke.CallWindowProc(_originalWndProc, hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
     }
-
-    private void SetupTrayIcon(bool? showSystemTrayIcon = null)
-    {
-        if (showSystemTrayIcon ?? App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!.ShowSystemTrayIcon)
-        {
-            // We only need to build the tray data once.
-            if (_trayIconData == null)
-            {
-                // We need to stash this handle, so it doesn't clean itself up. If
-                // explorer restarts, we'll come back through here, and we don't
-                // really need to re-load the icon in that case. We can just use
-                // the handle from the first time.
-                _largeIcon = GetAppIconHandle();
-                _trayIconData = new NOTIFYICONDATAW()
-                {
-                    cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NOTIFYICONDATAW)),
-                    hWnd = _hwnd,
-                    uID = MY_NOTIFY_ID,
-                    uFlags = NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_MESSAGE | NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_ICON | NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_TIP,
-                    uCallbackMessage = WM_TRAY_ICON,
-                    hIcon = (HICON)_largeIcon.DangerousGetHandle(),
-                    szTip = RS_.GetString("AppStoreName"),
-                };
-            }
-
-            var d = (NOTIFYICONDATAW)_trayIconData;
-
-            // Add the notification icon
-            PInvoke.Shell_NotifyIcon(NOTIFY_ICON_MESSAGE.NIM_ADD, in d);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            RemoveTrayIcon();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void RemoveTrayIcon()
-    {
-        if (_trayIconData != null)
-        {
-            var d = (NOTIFYICONDATAW)_trayIconData;
-            if (PInvoke.Shell_NotifyIcon(NOTIFY_ICON_MESSAGE.NIM_DELETE, in d))
-            {
-                _trayIconData = null;
-            }
-        }
-
-        _largeIcon?.Close();
-    }
-
-    private DestroyIconSafeHandle GetAppIconHandle()
-    {
-        var exePath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
-        DestroyIconSafeHandle largeIcon;
-        PInvoke.ExtractIconEx(exePath, 0, out largeIcon, out _, 1);
-        return largeIcon;
-    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj

@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@
     <DefineConstants>DISABLE_XAML_GENERATED_MAIN</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- BODGY: XES Versioning and WinAppSDK get into a fight about the app manifest, which breaks WinAppSDK. -->
+  <Target Name="RearrangeXefVersioningAndWinAppSDKResourceGeneration" DependsOnTargets="GetNewAppManifestValues;CreateWinRTRegistration" BeforeTargets="XesWriteVersionInfoResourceFile">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <!-- XES uses this property to store the "final" location of the app manifest, before it erases it.
+           We have to update it to the value WinAppSDK set it to. -->
+      <OriginalApplicationManifest>$(ApplicationManifest.Replace("$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\",""))</OriginalApplicationManifest>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <Message Importance="High" Text="Updated final manifest path to $(OriginalApplicationManifest)" />
+  </Target>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Remove="Controls\ActionBar.xaml" />
     <None Remove="Controls\SearchBar.xaml" />
@@ -66,7 +76,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed" />
-
+	<PackageReference Include="WinUIEx" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.txt

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ SHCreateStreamOnFileEx
 CoAllowSetForegroundWindow
 SHCreateStreamOnFileEx
 SHLoadIndirectString
+WM_HOTKEY
+WM_NCLBUTTONDBLCLK
 
 Shell_NotifyIcon
 LoadIcon
@@ -33,6 +35,16 @@ WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING
 RegisterWindowMessageW
 GetModuleHandleW
 ExtractIconEx
+TRACK_POPUP_MENU_FLAGS
+WM_COMMAND
 WM_RBUTTONUP
 WM_LBUTTONUP
 WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK
+CreatePopupMenu
+TrackPopupMenuEx
+InsertMenu
+
+MessageBox
+DwmGetWindowAttribute
+DwmSetWindowAttribute
+DWM_CLOAKED_APP

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Package-Dev.appxmanifest

@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
             DisplayName="ms-resource:StartupTaskNameDev" />
         </uap5:Extension>
 
+        <uap:Extension Category="windows.protocol">
+          <uap:Protocol Name="x-cmdpal">
+            <uap:Logo>Assets\StoreLogo.png</uap:Logo>
+            <uap:DisplayName>Command Palette Dev URI scheme</uap:DisplayName>
+          </uap:Protocol>
+        </uap:Extension>
+
       </Extensions>
 
     </Application>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Package.appxmanifest

@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@
             DisplayName="ms-resource:StartupTaskName" />
         </uap5:Extension>
 
+
+        <uap:Extension Category="windows.protocol">
+          <uap:Protocol Name="x-cmdpal">
+            <uap:Logo>Assets\StoreLogo.png</uap:Logo>
+            <uap:DisplayName>Command Palette URI scheme</uap:DisplayName>
+          </uap:Protocol>
+        </uap:Extension>
+
       </Extensions>
 
     </Application>