Address review: validate settings type and preserve exception details

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

src/common/SettingsAPI/settings_objects.h

@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ namespace PowerToysSettings
         {
             json::JsonObject prop_value;
             prop_value.SetNamedValue(L"value", json::value(value));
+            if (!json::has(m_json, L"properties", json::JsonValueType::Object))
+            {
+                m_json.SetNamedValue(L"properties", json::JsonObject{});
+            }
             m_json.GetNamedObject(L"properties").SetNamedValue(name, prop_value);
         }
 

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchStateManager.cpp

@@ -143,11 +143,17 @@ static std::pair<int, int> update_sun_times(auto& settings)
 
         Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Updated sun times and saved to config.");
     }
+    catch (const winrt::hresult_error& e)
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"[LightSwitchService] Exception during sun time update: hresult_error 0x{:08X} - {}", e.code(), e.message().c_str());
+    }
     catch (const std::exception& e)
     {
-        std::string msg = e.what();
-        std::wstring wmsg(msg.begin(), msg.end());
-        Logger::error(L"[LightSwitchService] Exception during sun time update: {}", wmsg);
+        Logger::error(L"[LightSwitchService] Exception during sun time update: std::exception - {}", winrt::to_hstring(e.what()).c_str());
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"[LightSwitchService] Exception during sun time update: unknown exception");
     }
 
     return { newLightTime, newDarkTime };