fix spelling

## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR removes title bar controls from tab navigation, solving one of
hidden tab stops (the other being #40637).

Affected apps:
- Command Palette - Settings
- Environment Variables
- File Locksmith
- Hosts File Editor
- Registry Preview
- Settings (the search box in the title bar is still tab navigable)

<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist

- [x] Closes: #41944 
- [ ] **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

<!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests
wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed

All apps were manually tests, by pressing tab and shift + tab.

---------

Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>

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

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ ASSOCSTR
 ASYNCWINDOWPLACEMENT
 ASYNCWINDOWPOS
 atl
+ATX
 ATRIOX
 aumid
 Authenticode
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ azman
 bbwe
 BCIE
 bck
+backticks
 BESTEFFORT
 bezelled
 bhid
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ countof
 covrun
 cpcontrols
 cph
+cppcoreguidelines
 cplusplus
 CPower
 cpptools

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@@ -1,43 +1,59 @@
-# PowerToys – Copilot guide (concise)
+---
+description: PowerToys AI contributor guidance.
+applyTo: pullRequests
+---
+
+# PowerToys - Copilot guide (concise)
 
 This is the top-level guide for AI changes. Keep edits small, follow existing patterns, and cite exact paths in PRs.
 
-Repo map (1‑line per area)
+# Repo map (1-line per area)
 - Core apps: `src/runner/**` (tray/loader), `src/settings-ui/**` (Settings app)
 - Shared libs: `src/common/**`
 - Modules: `src/modules/*` (one per utility; Command Palette in `src/modules/cmdpal/**`)
 - Build tools/docs: `tools/**`, `doc/devdocs/**`
 
-Build and test (defaults)
+# Build and test (defaults)
 - Prerequisites: Visual Studio 2022 17.4+, minimal Windows 10 1803+.
 - Build discipline:
-  - One terminal per operation (build → test). Don’t switch/open new ones mid-flow.
+  - One terminal per operation (build -> test). Do not switch or open new ones mid-flow.
   - After making changes, `cd` to the project folder that changed (`.csproj`/`.vcxproj`).
-  - Use script(s) to build, synchronously block and wait in foreground for it to finish: `tools/build/build.ps1|.cmd` (current folder), `build-essentials.*` (once per brand new build for missing nuget packages)
-  - Treat build **exit code 0** as success; any non-zero exit code is a failure, have Copilot read the errors log in the build folder (e.g., `build.*.*.errors.log`) and surface problems.
-  - Don’t start tests or launch Runner until the previous step succeeded.
-- Tests (fast + targeted):
-  - Find the test project by product code prefix (e.g., FancyZones, AdvancedPaste). Look for a sibling folder or 1–2 levels up named like `<Product>*UnitTests` or `<Product>*UITests`.
-  - Build the test project, wait for **exit**, then run only those tests via VS Test Explorer or `vstest.console.exe` with filters. Avoid `dotnet test` in this repo.
-  - Add/adjust tests when changing behavior; if skipped, state why (e.g., comment-only, string rename).
+  - Use scripts to build, synchronously block and wait in foreground for completion: `tools/build/build.ps1|.cmd` (current folder), `build-essentials.*` (once per brand new build for missing nuget packages).
+  - Treat build exit code 0 as success; any non-zero exit code is a failure. Read the errors log in the build folder (such as `build.*.*.errors.log`) and surface problems.
+  - Do not start tests or launch Runner until the previous step succeeded.
+- Tests (fast and targeted):
+  - Find the test project by product code prefix (for example FancyZones, AdvancedPaste). Look for a sibling folder or one to two levels up named like `<Product>*UnitTests` or `<Product>*UITests`.
+  - Build the test project, wait for exit, then run only those tests via VS Test Explorer or `vstest.console.exe` with filters. Avoid `dotnet test` in this repo.
+  - Add or adjust tests when changing behavior; if skipped, state why (for example comment-only or string rename).
 
-Pull requests (expectations)
-- Atomic: one logical change; no drive‑by refactors.
-- Describe: problem / approach / risk / test evidence.
+# Pull requests (expectations)
+- Atomic: one logical change; no drive-by refactors.
+- Describe: problem, approach, risk, test evidence.
 - List: touched paths if not obvious.
 
-When to ask for clarification
+# When to ask for clarification
 - Ambiguous spec after scanning relevant docs (see below).
-- Cross-module impact (shared enum/struct) not clear.
-- Security / elevation / installer changes.
+- Cross-module impact (shared enum or struct) not clear.
+- Security, elevation, or installer changes.
 
-Logging (use existing stacks)
-- C++: `src/common/logger/**` (`Logger::info|warn|error|debug`). Keep hot paths quiet (hooks, tight loops).
-- C#: `ManagedCommon.Logger` (`LogInfo|LogWarning|LogError|LogDebug|LogTrace`). Some UIs use injected `ILogger` via `LoggerInstance.Logger`.
+# Logging (use existing stacks)
+- C++ logging lives in `src/common/logger/**` (`Logger::info`, `Logger::warn`, `Logger::error`, `Logger::debug`). Keep hot paths quiet (hooks, tight loops).
+- C# logging goes through `ManagedCommon.Logger` (`LogInfo`, `LogWarning`, `LogError`, `LogDebug`, `LogTrace`). Some UIs use injected `ILogger` via `LoggerInstance.Logger`.
 
-Docs to consult
+# Docs to consult
 - `tools/build/BUILD-GUIDELINES.md`
-- `doc/devdocs/core/architecture.md`, `doc/devdocs/core/runner.md`, `doc/devdocs/core/settings/readme.md`, `doc/devdocs/modules/readme.md`
+- `doc/devdocs/core/architecture.md`
+- `doc/devdocs/core/runner.md`
+- `doc/devdocs/core/settings/readme.md`
+- `doc/devdocs/modules/readme.md`
 
-Done checklist (self review before finishing)
-- Build clean? Tests updated/passed? No unintended formatting? Any new dependency? Documented skips?
+# Language style rules
+- Always enforce repo analyzers: root `.editorconfig` plus any `stylecop.json`.
+- C# code follows StyleCop.Analyzers and Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers.
+- C++ code honors `.clang-format` plus `.clang-tidy` (modernize/cppcoreguidelines/readability).
+- Markdown files wrap at 80 characters and use ATX headers with fenced code blocks that include language tags.
+- YAML files indent two spaces and add comments for complex settings while keeping keys clear.
+- PowerShell scripts use Verb-Noun names and prefer single-quoted literals while documenting parameters and satisfying PSScriptAnalyzer.
+
+# Done checklist (self review before finishing)
+- Build clean? Tests updated or passed? No unintended formatting? Any new dependency? Documented skips?

.github/prompts/create-commit-title.prompt.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+mode: 'agent'
+model: GPT-5-Codex (Preview)
+description: 'Generate an 80-character git commit title for the local diff.'
+---
+
+**Goal:** Provide a ready-to-paste git commit title (<= 80 characters) that captures the most important local changes since `HEAD`.
+
+**Workflow:**
+1. Run a single command to view the local diff since the last commit:
+   ```@terminal
+   git diff HEAD
+   ```
+2. From that diff, identify the dominant area (reference key paths like `src/modules/*`, `doc/devdocs/**`, etc.), the type of change (bug fix, docs update, config tweak), and any notable impact.
+3. Draft a concise, imperative commit title summarizing the dominant change. Keep it plain ASCII, <= 80 characters, and avoid trailing punctuation. Mention the primary component when obvious (for example `FancyZones:` or `Docs:`).
+4. Respond with only the final commit title on a single line so it can be pasted directly into `git commit`.

.github/prompts/create-pr-summary.prompt.md

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+mode: 'agent'
+model: GPT-5-Codex (Preview)
+description: 'Generate a PowerToys-ready pull request description from the local diff.'
+---
+
+**Goal:** Produce a ready-to-paste PR title and description that follows PowerToys conventions by comparing the current branch against a user-selected target branch.
+
+**Repo guardrails:**
+- Treat `.github/pull_request_template.md` as the single source of truth; load it at runtime instead of embedding hardcoded content in this prompt.
+- Preserve section order from the template but only surface checklist lines that are relevant for the detected changes, filling them with `[x]`/`[ ]` as appropriate.
+- Cite touched paths with inline backticks, matching the guidance in `.github/copilot-instructions.md`.
+- Call out test coverage explicitly: list automated tests run (unit/UI) or state why they are not applicable.
+
+**Workflow:**
+1. Determine the target branch from user context; default to `main` when no branch is supplied.
+2. Run `git status --short` once to surface uncommitted files that may influence the summary.
+3. Run `git diff <target-branch>...HEAD` a single time to review the detailed changes. Only when confidence stays low dig deeper with focused calls such as `git diff <target-branch>...HEAD -- <path>`.
+4. From the diff, capture impacted areas, key file changes, behavioral risks, migrations, and noteworthy edge cases.
+5. Confirm validation: list tests executed with results or state why tests were skipped in line with repo guidance.
+6. Load `.github/pull_request_template.md`, mirror its section order, and populate it with the gathered facts. Include only relevant checklist entries, marking them `[x]/[ ]` and noting any intentional omissions as "N/A".
+7. Present the filled template inside a fenced ```markdown code block with no extra commentary so it is ready to paste into a PR, clearly flagging any placeholders that still need user input.

.github/prompts/fix-spelling.prompt.md

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+mode: 'agent'
+model: GPT-5-Codex (Preview)
+description: 'Resolve Code scanning / check-spelling comments on the active PR.'
+---
+
+**Goal:** Clear every outstanding GitHub pull request comment created by the `Code scanning / check-spelling` workflow by explicitly allowing intentional terms.
+
+**Guardrails:**
+- Update only discussion threads authored by `github-actions` or `github-actions[bot]` that mention `Code scanning results / check-spelling`.
+- Resolve findings solely by editing `.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt`; reuse existing entries.
+- Leave all other files and topics untouched.
+
+**Prerequisites:**
+- Install GitHub CLI if it is not present: `winget install GitHub.cli`.
+- Run `gh auth login` once before the first CLI use.
+
+**Workflow:**
+1. Determine the active pull request with a single `gh pr view --json number` call (default to the current branch).
+2. Fetch all PR discussion data once via `gh pr view --json comments,reviews` and filter to check-spelling comments authored by `github-actions` or `github-actions[bot]` that are not minimized; when several remain, process only the most recent comment body.
+3. For each flagged token, review `.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt` for an equivalent term (for example an existing lowercase variant); when found, reuse that normalized term rather than adding a new entry, even if the flagged token differs only by casing. Only add a new entry after confirming no equivalent already exists.
+4. Add any remaining missing token to `.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt`, keeping surrounding formatting intact.

.pipelines/v2/release.yml

@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ extends:
             parameters:
               pool:
                 name: SHINE-INT-L
-                ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-                  demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
-                ${{ else }}:
-                  image: SHINE-VS17-Latest
+                demands:
+                  # Our INT agents have a large disk mounted at P:\
+                  - WorkFolder -equals P:\_work
+                  - ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+                    - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
                 os: windows
               variables:
                 IsPipeline: 1 # The installer uses this to detect whether it should pick up localizations

Cpp.Build.props

@@ -1,6 +1,56 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <!-- Hybrid CRT configuration -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(HybridCrtConfiguration)'==''">
+    <HybridCrtConfiguration>$(Configuration)</HybridCrtConfiguration>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Skip Hybrid CRT for AppContainer/UWP projects as they require MultiThreadedDLL -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(AppContainerApplication)'=='true' and '$(_VC_Target_Library_Platform)'!='Desktop'">
+    <HybridCrtConfiguration></HybridCrtConfiguration>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(HybridCrtConfiguration)'=='Debug'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
+           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
+           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
+           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
+      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(HybridCrtConfiguration)'=='Release'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
+           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
+           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
+           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
+      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+  <!-- AppContainer/UWP projects must use MultiThreadedDLL -->
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(AppContainerApplication)'=='true' and '$(_VC_Target_Library_Platform)'!='Desktop' And '$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(AppContainerApplication)'=='true' and '$(_VC_Target_Library_Platform)'!='Desktop' And '$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
   <!-- Project configurations -->
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
@@ -73,7 +123,6 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -83,7 +132,6 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

README.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Before you begin, make sure your device meets the system requirements:
 
 Choose one of the installation methods below:
 
-<details>
+<details open>
 <summary>Download .exe from GitHub</summary>
 
 Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reveal the downloads, and choose the installer that matches your architecture and install scope. For most devices, that's the x64 per-user installer.
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reve
 <!-- 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+0.96%22
 [github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.95%22
-[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.0-x64.exe 
-[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.0-arm64.exe 
-[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.0/PowerToysSetup-0.95.0-x64.exe 
-[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.0/PowerToysSetup-0.95.0-arm64.exe
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe 
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe 
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe 
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe
  
 |  Description   | Filename |
 |----------------|----------|
-| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
-| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
-| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
-| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
 
 </details>
 
@@ -281,4 +281,4 @@ The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more privacy informa
 [roadmap]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/Roadmap
 [privacy-link]: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839 
 [loc-bug]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=translation_issue.md&title= 
-[usingPowerToys-docs-link]: https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs
+[usingPowerToys-docs-link]: https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     <OutDir Condition=" '$(PerUser)' == 'true' ">$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\UserSetup\</OutDir>
     <IntDir Condition=" '$(PerUser)' != 'true' ">$(SolutionDir)$(ProjectName)\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\MachineSetup\obj\</IntDir>
     <IntDir Condition=" '$(PerUser)' == 'true' ">$(SolutionDir)$(ProjectName)\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\UserSetup\obj\</IntDir>
-    <!-- The CMD script below checks this value, and it is **CASE SENSITIVE** -->
     <NormalizedPerUserValue>false</NormalizedPerUserValue>
     <NormalizedPerUserValue Condition=" '$(PerUser)' == 'true' ">true</NormalizedPerUserValue>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;CUSTOMACTIONTEST_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -128,7 +126,6 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;CUSTOMACTIONTEST_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="..\..\Directory.Build.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\Directory.Build.props')" />
   <Import Project="..\..\src\Version.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\src\Version.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Set BaseIntermediateOutputPath for each project to avoid conflicts -->
@@ -8,4 +9,4 @@
     <!-- Set MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath to use the BaseIntermediateOutputPath -->
     <MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)' != ''">$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)</MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj

@@ -1,30 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information. -->
-
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM64">
-      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
-      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|ARM64">
-      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
-      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
-      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
-      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{F8B9F842-F5C3-4A2D-8C85-7F8B9E2B4F1D}</ProjectGuid>
-    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <TargetName>SilentFilesInUseBAFunction</TargetName>
     <ProjectName>PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext</ProjectName>
     <ProjectModuleDefinitionFile>bafunctions.def</ProjectModuleDefinitionFile>
@@ -33,7 +10,6 @@
 
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   
-  <!-- Configuration-specific property groups -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
@@ -65,7 +41,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp">
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="bafunctions.cpp">
       <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
@@ -92,31 +71,5 @@
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <!-- C++ source compile-specific things for Debug/Release configurations -->
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
-      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public: // IBootstrapperApplication
 
         BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION SYSTEM ACTIVE *** Running detect begin BA function. fCached=%d, registrationType=%d, cPackages=%u, fCancel=%d", fCached, registrationType, cPackages, *pfCancel);
 
-    LExit:
         return hr;
     }
 
@@ -32,12 +31,6 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
 
         BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION SYSTEM ACTIVE *** Running plan begin BA function. cPackages=%u, fCancel=%d", cPackages, *pfCancel);
 
-        //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-        // YOUR CODE GOES HERE
-        // BalExitOnFailure(hr, "Change this message to represent real error handling.");
-        //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    LExit:
         return hr;
     }
 
@@ -63,6 +56,7 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
         )
     {
         HRESULT hr = S_OK;
+        UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(source);
 
         BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION CALLED *** Running OnExecuteFilesInUse BA function. packageId=%ls, cFiles=%u, recommendation=%d", wzPackageId, cFiles, nRecommendation);
         

src/PackageIdentity/AppxManifest.xml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </Capabilities>
 
   <Applications>
-    <Application Id="PowerToys.OCR" Executable="PowerToys.PowerOCR.exe" uap10:TrustLevel="mediumIL" uap10:RuntimeBehavior="win32App">
+    <Application Id="PowerToys.OCR" Executable="PowerToys.PowerOCR.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
       <uap:VisualElements
         DisplayName="PowerToys.OCR"
         Description="PowerToys OCR Module"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png">
       </uap:VisualElements>
     </Application>
-    <Application Id="PowerToys.SettingsUI" Executable="PowerToys.Settings.exe" uap10:TrustLevel="mediumIL" uap10:RuntimeBehavior="win32App">
+    <Application Id="PowerToys.SettingsUI" Executable="WinUI3Apps\PowerToys.Settings.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
       <uap:VisualElements
         DisplayName="PowerToys.SettingsUI"
         Description="PowerToys Settings UI"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png">
       </uap:VisualElements>
     </Application>
-    <Application Id="PowerToys.ImageResizerUI" Executable="WinUI3Apps\PowerToys.ImageResizer.exe" uap10:TrustLevel="mediumIL" uap10:RuntimeBehavior="win32App">
+    <Application Id="PowerToys.ImageResizerUI" Executable="WinUI3Apps\PowerToys.ImageResizer.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
       <uap:VisualElements
         DisplayName="PowerToys.ImageResizer"
         Description="PowerToys Image Resizer UI"

src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <CIBuildParam Condition="'$(CIBuild)' != 'true'"></CIBuildParam>
     </PropertyGroup>
     
-  <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File &quot;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)BuildSparsePackage.ps1&quot; -Platform $(Platform) -Configuration $(Configuration) $(NoSignParam) $(CIBuildParam)" 
+  <Exec Command="pwsh -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File &quot;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)BuildSparsePackage.ps1&quot; -Platform $(Platform) -Configuration $(Configuration) $(NoSignParam) $(CIBuildParam)" 
           ContinueOnError="false"
           WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)" />
   </Target>

src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj

@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>CalculatorEngineCommon</RootNamespace>
     <AppxPackage>false</AppxPackage>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <!-- BEGIN common.build.pre.props -->
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <EnableHybridCRT>true</EnableHybridCRT>
-    <UseCrtSDKReferenceStaticWarning Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true'">false</UseCrtSDKReferenceStaticWarning>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <!-- END common.build.pre.props -->
   <!-- BEGIN cppwinrt.build.pre.props -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTEnabled>true</CppWinRTEnabled>
@@ -25,11 +19,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MinimalCoreWin>true</MinimalCoreWin>
-    <AppContainerApplication>true</AppContainerApplication>
+    <AppContainerApplication>false</AppContainerApplication>
     <WindowsStoreApp>true</WindowsStoreApp>
     <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
-    <UseCrtSDKReference Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true'">false</UseCrtSDKReference>
-    <!-- The SDK reference breaks the Hybrid CRT -->
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- We have to use the Desktop platform for Hybrid CRT to work. -->
@@ -148,43 +140,5 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
     <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>
-  <!-- BEGIN common.build.post.props -->
-  <!--
-    The Hybrid CRT model statically links the runtime and STL and dynamically
-    links the UCRT instead of the VC++ CRT. The UCRT ships with Windows.
-    WinAppSDK asserts that this is "supported according to the CRT maintainer."
-
-    This must come before Microsoft.Cpp.targets because it manipulates ClCompile.RuntimeLibrary.
-  -->
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true' and '$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <LanguageStandard Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true' and ('$(Configuration)'=='Release' or '$(Configuration)'=='AuditMode')">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <!-- END common.build.post.props -->
+  </Target>  <!-- END common.build.post.props -->
 </Project>

src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
                 {
                     exMessage +=
                         "Inner exception: " + Environment.NewLine +
-                        ex.InnerException.GetType() + " (" + ex.HResult + "): " + ex.InnerException.Message + Environment.NewLine;
+                        ex.InnerException.GetType() + " (" + ex.InnerException.HResult + "): " + ex.InnerException.Message + Environment.NewLine;
                 }
 
                 exMessage +=

src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj

@@ -63,14 +63,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
       <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>

src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj

@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>notifications</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>

src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj

@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|ARM64'">MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateWindowsMetadata>false</GenerateWindowsMetadata>
@@ -95,8 +93,6 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64'">MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>

src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesXAML/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
             <RowDefinition Height="*" />
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar">
+        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar" IsTabStop="False">
             <!--  This is a workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/10374, once fixed we should just be using IconSource  -->
             <TitleBar.LeftHeader>
                 <ImageIcon

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/FileLocksmithLibInterop.vcxproj

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
       <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithUI/FileLocksmithXAML/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
             <RowDefinition Height="*" />
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar">
+        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar" IsTabStop="False">
             <!--  This is a workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/10374, once fixed we should just be using IconSource  -->
             <TitleBar.LeftHeader>
                 <ImageIcon

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts/HostsXAML/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
             <RowDefinition Height="*" />
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar">
+        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar" IsTabStop="False">
             <!--  This is a workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/10374, once fixed we should just be using IconSource  -->
             <TitleBar.LeftHeader>
                 <ImageIcon

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SERVICE_STATUS g_ServiceStatus = {};
 SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE g_StatusHandle = nullptr;
 HANDLE g_ServiceStopEvent = nullptr;
 static int g_lastUpdatedDay = -1;
+static ScheduleMode prevMode = ScheduleMode::Off;
+static std::wstring prevLat, prevLon;
 
 VOID WINAPI ServiceMain(DWORD argc, LPTSTR* argv);
 VOID WINAPI ServiceCtrlHandler(DWORD dwCtrl);
@@ -185,20 +187,28 @@ DWORD WINAPI ServiceWorkerThread(LPVOID lpParam)
         if (isLightActive)
         {
             if (settings.changeSystem && !isSystemCurrentlyLight)
+            {
                 SetSystemTheme(true);
                 Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing system theme to light mode.");
+            }
             if (settings.changeApps && !isAppsCurrentlyLight)
+            {
                 SetAppsTheme(true);
                 Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing apps theme to light mode.");
+            }
         }
         else
         {
             if (settings.changeSystem && isSystemCurrentlyLight)
+            {
                 SetSystemTheme(false);
                 Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing system theme to dark mode.");
+            }
             if (settings.changeApps && isAppsCurrentlyLight)
+            {
                 SetAppsTheme(false);
-                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing apps theme to light mode.");
+                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing apps theme to dark mode.");
+            }
         }
     };
 
@@ -228,6 +238,23 @@ DWORD WINAPI ServiceWorkerThread(LPVOID lpParam)
         LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
         const auto& settings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
 
+        // Check for changes in schedule mode or coordinates
+        bool modeChangedToSunset = (prevMode != settings.scheduleMode &&
+                                    settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise);
+        bool coordsChanged = (prevLat != settings.latitude || prevLon != settings.longitude);
+
+        if ((modeChangedToSunset || coordsChanged) && settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise)
+        {
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Mode or coordinates changed, recalculating sun times.");
+            update_sun_times(settings);
+            SYSTEMTIME st;
+            GetLocalTime(&st);
+            g_lastUpdatedDay = st.wDay;
+            prevMode = settings.scheduleMode;
+            prevLat = settings.latitude;
+            prevLon = settings.longitude;
+        }
+
         // If schedule is off, idle but keep watching settings and manual override
         if (settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::Off)
         {

src/modules/MouseUtils/FindMyMouse/FindMyMouse.cpp

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ bool SuperSonar<D>::Initialize(HINSTANCE hinst)
         return false;
     }
 
-    DWORD exStyle = WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW | Shim()->GetExtendedStyle();
+    DWORD exStyle = WS_EX_TRANSPARENT | WS_EX_LAYERED | WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW | Shim()->GetExtendedStyle();
     HWND created = CreateWindowExW(exStyle, className, windowTitle, WS_POPUP, CW_USEDEFAULT, 0, CW_USEDEFAULT, 0, m_hwndOwner, nullptr, hinst, this);
     if (!created)
     {

src/modules/MouseUtils/FindMyMouse/FindMyMouse.vcxproj

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>

src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseHighlighter/MouseHighlighter.vcxproj

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>

src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJump/MouseJump.vcxproj

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>

src/modules/MouseUtils/MousePointerCrosshairs/MousePointerCrosshairs.vcxproj

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>

src/modules/MouseUtils/MousePointerCrosshairs/dllmain.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ extern void InclusiveCrosshairsRequestUpdatePosition();
 extern void InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOn();
 extern void InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOff();
 extern void InclusiveCrosshairsSetExternalControl(bool enabled);
+extern void InclusiveCrosshairsSetOrientation(CrosshairsOrientation orientation);
+extern bool InclusiveCrosshairsIsEnabled();
+extern void InclusiveCrosshairsSwitch();
 
 // Non-Localizable strings
 namespace
@@ -244,12 +247,19 @@ public:
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (hotkeyId == 0)
+        if (hotkeyId == 0) // Crosshairs activation
         {
+            // If gliding cursor is active, cancel it and activate crosshairs
+            if (m_glideState.load() != 0)
+            {
+                CancelGliding(true /*activateCrosshairs*/);
+                return true;
+            }
+            // Otherwise, normal crosshairs toggle
             InclusiveCrosshairsSwitch();
             return true;
         }
-        if (hotkeyId == 1)
+        if (hotkeyId == 1) // Gliding cursor activation
         {
             HandleGlidingHotkey();
             return true;
@@ -268,25 +278,44 @@ private:
         SendInput(2, inputs, sizeof(INPUT));
     }
 
-    // Cancel gliding without performing the final click (Escape handling)
-    void CancelGliding()
+    // Cancel gliding with option to activate crosshairs in user's preferred orientation
+    void CancelGliding(bool activateCrosshairs)
     {
         int state = m_glideState.load();
         if (state == 0)
         {
             return; // nothing to cancel
         }
+        
+        // Stop all gliding operations
         StopXTimer();
         StopYTimer();
         m_glideState = 0;
-        InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOff();
+        UninstallKeyboardHook();
+        
+        // Reset crosshairs control and restore user settings
         InclusiveCrosshairsSetExternalControl(false);
+        InclusiveCrosshairsSetOrientation(m_inclusiveCrosshairsSettings.crosshairsOrientation);
+        
+        if (activateCrosshairs)
+        {
+            // User is switching to crosshairs mode - enable with their settings
+            InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOn();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // User canceled (Escape) - turn off crosshairs completely
+            InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOff();
+        }
+        
+        // Reset gliding state
         if (auto s = m_state)
         {
             s->xFraction = 0.0;
             s->yFraction = 0.0;
         }
-        Logger::debug("Gliding cursor cancelled via Escape key");
+        
+        Logger::debug("Gliding cursor cancelled (activateCrosshairs={})", activateCrosshairs ? 1 : 0);
     }
 
     // Stateless helpers operating on shared State
@@ -425,21 +454,22 @@ private:
         {
             return;
         }
-        // Simulate the AHK state machine
+        
         int state = m_glideState.load();
         switch (state)
         {
-        case 0:
+        case 0: // Starting gliding
         {
-            // For detect for cancel key
+            // Install keyboard hook for Escape cancellation
             InstallKeyboardHook();
-            // Ensure crosshairs on (do not toggle off if already on)
-            InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOn();
-            // Disable internal mouse hook so we control position updates explicitly
+            
+            // Force crosshairs visible in BOTH orientation for gliding, regardless of user setting
+            // Set external control before enabling to prevent internal movement hook from attaching
             InclusiveCrosshairsSetExternalControl(true);
-            // Override crosshairs to show both for Gliding Cursor
             InclusiveCrosshairsSetOrientation(CrosshairsOrientation::Both);
+            InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOn(); // Always ensure they are visible
 
+            // Initialize gliding state
             s->currentXPos = 0;
             s->currentXSpeed = s->fastHSpeed;
             s->xFraction = 0.0;
@@ -447,20 +477,17 @@ private:
             int y = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYVIRTUALSCREEN) / 2;
             SetCursorPos(0, y);
             InclusiveCrosshairsRequestUpdatePosition();
+            
             m_glideState = 1;
             StartXTimer();
             break;
         }
-        case 1:
-        {
-            // Slow horizontal
+        case 1: // Slow horizontal
             s->currentXSpeed = s->slowHSpeed;
             m_glideState = 2;
             break;
-        }
-        case 2:
+        case 2: // Switch to vertical fast
         {
-            // Stop horizontal, start vertical (fast)
             StopXTimer();
             s->currentYSpeed = s->fastVSpeed;
             s->currentYPos = 0;
@@ -471,33 +498,37 @@ private:
             StartYTimer();
             break;
         }
-        case 3:
-        {
-            // Slow vertical
+        case 3: // Slow vertical
             s->currentYSpeed = s->slowVSpeed;
             m_glideState = 4;
             break;
-        }
-        case 4:
+        case 4: // Finalize (click and end)
         default:
         {
-            UninstallKeyboardHook();
-            // Stop vertical, click, turn crosshairs off, re-enable internal tracking, reset state
+            // Complete the gliding sequence
             StopYTimer();
             m_glideState = 0;
             LeftClick();
-            InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOff();
+            
+            // Restore normal crosshairs operation and turn them off
             InclusiveCrosshairsSetExternalControl(false);
-            // Restore original crosshairs orientation setting
             InclusiveCrosshairsSetOrientation(m_inclusiveCrosshairsSettings.crosshairsOrientation);
-            s->xFraction = 0.0;
-            s->yFraction = 0.0;
+            InclusiveCrosshairsEnsureOff();
+            
+            UninstallKeyboardHook();
+            
+            // Reset state
+            if (auto sp = m_state)
+            {
+                sp->xFraction = 0.0;
+                sp->yFraction = 0.0;
+            }
             break;
         }
         }
     }
 
-    // Low-level keyboard hook procedures
+    // Low-level keyboard hook for Escape cancellation
     static LRESULT CALLBACK LowLevelKeyboardProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
     {
         if (nCode == HC_ACTION)
@@ -509,14 +540,11 @@ private:
                 {
                     if (inst->m_enabled && inst->m_glideState.load() != 0)
                     {
-                        inst->UninstallKeyboardHook();
-                        inst->CancelGliding();
+                        inst->CancelGliding(false); // Escape cancels without activating crosshairs
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        // Do not swallow Escape; pass it through
         return CallNextHookEx(nullptr, nCode, wParam, lParam);
     }
 

src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Class/Common.VK.cs

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ namespace MouseWithoutBorders
         internal const int WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x206;
         internal const int WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x209;
         internal const int WM_MOUSEWHEEL = 0x020A;
+        internal const int WM_MOUSEHWHEEL = 0x020E;
 
         internal const int WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100;
         internal const int WM_KEYUP = 0x101;

src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Class/InputSimulation.cs

@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ namespace MouseWithoutBorders.Class
                 case Common.WM_MOUSEWHEEL:
                     mouse_input.mi.dwFlags |= (int)NativeMethods.MOUSEEVENTF.WHEEL;
                     break;
+                case Common.WM_MOUSEHWHEEL:
+                    mouse_input.mi.dwFlags |= (int)NativeMethods.MOUSEEVENTF.HWHEEL;
+                    break;
                 case Common.WM_XBUTTONUP:
                     mouse_input.mi.dwFlags |= (int)NativeMethods.MOUSEEVENTF.XUP;
                     break;

src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Class/NativeMethods.cs

@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ namespace MouseWithoutBorders.Class
             XDOWN = 0x0080,
             XUP = 0x0100,
             WHEEL = 0x0800,
+            HWHEEL = 0x1000,
             VIRTUALDESK = 0x4000,
             ABSOLUTE = 0x8000,
         }

src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.vcxproj

@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@
       <EnableUAC>false</EnableUAC>
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>dll.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
       <AdditionalDependencies>runtimeobject.lib;$(CoreLibraryDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      </IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
     </Link>
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>del $(OutDir)\NewPlusPackage.msix /q
@@ -100,8 +98,6 @@ MakeAppx.exe pack /d . /p $(OutDir)NewPlusPackage.msix /nv</Command>
       <EnableUAC>false</EnableUAC>
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>dll.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
       <AdditionalDependencies>runtimeobject.lib;$(CoreLibraryDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      </IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
     </Link>
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>del $(OutDir)\NewPlusPackage.msix /q

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesLauncher/WorkspacesLauncher.vcxproj

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesSnapshotTool/WorkspacesSnapshotTool.vcxproj

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesWindowArranger/WorkspacesWindowArranger.vcxproj

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ZOOMIT_POWERTOYS__;_UNICODE;UNICODE;WINVER=0x602;NDEBUG;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602;_WIN32_WINDOWS=0x501;WIN32;_WINDOWS;MSVC6=1;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ZOOMIT_POWERTOYS__;_UNICODE;UNICODE;WINVER=0x602;NDEBUG;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602;_WIN32_WINDOWS=0x501;WIN32;_WINDOWS;MSVC6=1;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ZOOMIT_POWERTOYS__;_UNICODE;UNICODE;WINVER=0x602;NDEBUG;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602;_WIN32_WINDOWS=0x501;WIN32;_WINDOWS;MSVC6=1;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
@@ -148,7 +145,6 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ZOOMIT_POWERTOYS__;_UNICODE;UNICODE;WINVER=0x0602;_DEBUG;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602.MSVC6;_WIN32_WINDOWS=0x600;WIN32;_WINDOWS;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602;MSVC6=1;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_M_IX86;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -169,7 +165,6 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ZOOMIT_POWERTOYS__;_UNICODE;UNICODE;WINVER=0x0602;_DEBUG;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602.MSVC6;_WIN32_WINDOWS=0x600;WIN32;_WINDOWS;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602;MSVC6=1;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_M_X64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -191,7 +186,6 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ZOOMIT_POWERTOYS__;_UNICODE;UNICODE;WINVER=0x0602;_DEBUG;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602.MSVC6;_WIN32_WINDOWS=0x600;WIN32;_WINDOWS;_WIN32_WINNT=0x602;MSVC6=1;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_M_ARM64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>

src/modules/alwaysontop/AlwaysOnTop/AlwaysOnTop.vcxproj

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalKeyboardService/CmdPalKeyboardService.vcxproj

@@ -141,43 +141,4 @@
     <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>
-
-  <!-- BEGIN common.build.post.props -->
-  <!--
-    The Hybrid CRT model statically links the runtime and STL and dynamically
-    links the UCRT instead of the VC++ CRT. The UCRT ships with Windows.
-    WinAppSDK asserts that this is "supported according to the CRT maintainer."
-
-    This must come before Microsoft.Cpp.targets because it manipulates ClCompile.RuntimeLibrary.
-  -->
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true' and '$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true' and ('$(Configuration)'=='Release' or '$(Configuration)'=='AuditMode')">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <!-- END common.build.post.props -->
-
 </Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/Core/Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels/PageViewModel.cs

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public partial class PageViewModel : ExtensionObjectViewModel, IPageContext
     // `IsLoading` property as a combo of this value and `IsInitialized`
     public bool ModelIsLoading { get; protected set; } = true;
 
-    public bool HasSearchBox { get; protected set; }
+    public bool HasSearchBox { get; protected set; } = true;
 
     public IconInfoViewModel Icon { get; protected set; }
 

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

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // 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.ComponentModel;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Messaging;
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ public partial class ShellViewModel : ObservableObject,
             var oldValue = _currentPage;
             if (SetProperty(ref _currentPage, value))
             {
+                oldValue.PropertyChanged -= CurrentPage_PropertyChanged;
+                value.PropertyChanged += CurrentPage_PropertyChanged;
+
                 if (oldValue is IDisposable disposable)
                 {
                     try
@@ -63,6 +67,14 @@ public partial class ShellViewModel : ObservableObject,
         }
     }
 
+    private void CurrentPage_PropertyChanged(object? sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.PropertyName == nameof(PageViewModel.HasSearchBox))
+        {
+            IsSearchBoxVisible = CurrentPage.HasSearchBox;
+        }
+    }
+
     private IPage? _rootPage;
 
     private bool _isNested;

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

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public sealed partial class TopLevelViewModel : ObservableObject, IListItem
         {
             PropChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropChangedEventArgs(e.PropertyName));
 
-            if (e.PropertyName == "IsInitialized")
+            if (e.PropertyName is "IsInitialized" or nameof(CommandItemViewModel.Command))
             {
                 GenerateId();
 

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Pages/ShellPage.xaml.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
     IRecipient<ShowConfirmationMessage>,
     IRecipient<ShowToastMessage>,
     IRecipient<NavigateToPageMessage>,
-    INotifyPropertyChanged
+    INotifyPropertyChanged,
+    IDisposable
 {
     private readonly DispatcherQueue _queue = DispatcherQueue.GetForCurrentThread();
 
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
 
     private SettingsWindow? _settingsWindow;
 
+    private CancellationTokenSource? _focusAfterLoadedCts;
+    private WeakReference<Page>? _lastNavigatedPageRef;
+
     public ShellViewModel ViewModel { get; private set; } = App.Current.Services.GetService<ShellViewModel>()!;
 
     public event PropertyChangedEventHandler? PropertyChanged;
@@ -447,7 +451,15 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
     {
         while (RootFrame.CanGoBack)
         {
-            GoBack(withAnimation, focusSearch);
+            // don't focus on each step, just at the end
+            GoBack(withAnimation, focusSearch: false);
+        }
+
+        // focus search box, even if we were already home
+        if (focusSearch)
+        {
+            SearchBox.Focus(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.FocusState.Programmatic);
+            SearchBox.SelectSearch();
         }
     }
 
@@ -488,6 +500,7 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
 
         if (e.Content is Page element)
         {
+            _lastNavigatedPageRef = new WeakReference<Page>(element);
             element.Loaded += FocusAfterLoaded;
         }
     }
@@ -497,6 +510,18 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
         var page = (Page)sender;
         page.Loaded -= FocusAfterLoaded;
 
+        // Only handle focus for the latest navigated page
+        if (_lastNavigatedPageRef is null || !_lastNavigatedPageRef.TryGetTarget(out var last) || !ReferenceEquals(page, last))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Cancel any previous pending focus work
+        _focusAfterLoadedCts?.Cancel();
+        _focusAfterLoadedCts?.Dispose();
+        _focusAfterLoadedCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        var token = _focusAfterLoadedCts.Token;
+
         AnnounceNavigationToPage(page);
 
         var shouldSearchBoxBeVisible = ViewModel.CurrentPage?.HasSearchBox ?? false;
@@ -509,34 +534,57 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
         }
         else
         {
-            _ = Task.Run(async () =>
-            {
-                await page.DispatcherQueue.EnqueueAsync(async () =>
+            _ = Task.Run(
+                async () =>
                 {
-                    // I hate this so much, but it can take a while for the page to be ready to accept focus;
-                    // focusing page with MarkdownTextBlock takes up to 5 attempts (* 100ms delay between attempts)
-                    for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+                    if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                     {
-                        if (FocusManager.FindFirstFocusableElement(page) is FrameworkElement frameworkElement)
-                        {
-                            var set = frameworkElement.Focus(FocusState.Programmatic);
-                            if (set)
-                            {
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        await Task.Delay(100);
+                        return;
                     }
 
-                    // Update the search box visibility based on the current page:
-                    // - We do this here after navigation so the focus is not jumping around too much,
-                    //   it messes with screen readers if we do it too early
-                    // - Since this should hide the search box on content pages, it's not a problem if we
-                    //   wait for the code above to finish trying to focus the content
-                    ViewModel.IsSearchBoxVisible = ViewModel.CurrentPage?.HasSearchBox ?? false;
-                });
-            });
+                    try
+                    {
+                        await page.DispatcherQueue.EnqueueAsync(
+                            async () =>
+                            {
+                                // I hate this so much, but it can take a while for the page to be ready to accept focus;
+                                // focusing page with MarkdownTextBlock takes up to 5 attempts (* 100ms delay between attempts)
+                                for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+                                {
+                                    token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                                    if (FocusManager.FindFirstFocusableElement(page) is FrameworkElement frameworkElement)
+                                    {
+                                        var set = frameworkElement.Focus(FocusState.Programmatic);
+                                        if (set)
+                                        {
+                                            break;
+                                        }
+                                    }
+
+                                    await Task.Delay(100, token);
+                                }
+
+                                token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                                // Update the search box visibility based on the current page:
+                                // - We do this here after navigation so the focus is not jumping around too much,
+                                //   it messes with screen readers if we do it too early
+                                // - Since this should hide the search box on content pages, it's not a problem if we
+                                //   wait for the code above to finish trying to focus the content
+                                ViewModel.IsSearchBoxVisible = ViewModel.CurrentPage?.HasSearchBox ?? false;
+                            });
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                    {
+                        // Swallow cancellation - another FocusAfterLoaded invocation superseded this one
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        Logger.LogError("Error during FocusAfterLoaded async focus work", ex);
+                    }
+                },
+                token);
         }
     }
 
@@ -591,24 +639,31 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
                          InputKeyboardSource.GetKeyStateForCurrentThread(VirtualKey.RightWindows).HasFlag(CoreVirtualKeyStates.Down);
 
         var onlyAlt = altPressed && !ctrlPressed && !shiftPressed && !winPressed;
-        if (e.Key == VirtualKey.Left && onlyAlt)
+        var onlyCtrl = !altPressed && ctrlPressed && !shiftPressed && !winPressed;
+        switch (e.Key)
         {
-            WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<NavigateBackMessage>(new());
-            e.Handled = true;
-        }
-        else if (e.Key == VirtualKey.Home && onlyAlt)
-        {
-            WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<GoHomeMessage>(new(WithAnimation: false));
-            e.Handled = true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // The CommandBar is responsible for handling all the item keybindings,
-            // since the bound context item may need to then show another
-            // context menu
-            TryCommandKeybindingMessage msg = new(ctrlPressed, altPressed, shiftPressed, winPressed, e.Key);
-            WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send(msg);
-            e.Handled = msg.Handled;
+            case VirtualKey.Left when onlyAlt: // Alt+Left arrow
+                WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<NavigateBackMessage>(new());
+                e.Handled = true;
+                break;
+            case VirtualKey.Home when onlyAlt: // Alt+Home
+                WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<GoHomeMessage>(new(WithAnimation: false));
+                e.Handled = true;
+                break;
+            case (VirtualKey)188 when onlyCtrl: // Ctrl+,
+                WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<OpenSettingsMessage>(new());
+                e.Handled = true;
+                break;
+            default:
+            {
+                // The CommandBar is responsible for handling all the item keybindings,
+                // since the bound context item may need to then show another
+                // context menu
+                TryCommandKeybindingMessage msg = new(ctrlPressed, altPressed, shiftPressed, winPressed, e.Key);
+                WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send(msg);
+                e.Handled = msg.Handled;
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -658,4 +713,11 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
             Logger.LogError("Error handling mouse button press event", ex);
         }
     }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _focusAfterLoadedCts?.Cancel();
+        _focusAfterLoadedCts?.Dispose();
+        _focusAfterLoadedCts = null;
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Settings/SettingsWindow.xaml

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
             <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
             <RowDefinition Height="*" />
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-        <TitleBar x:Name="AppTitleBar" PaneToggleRequested="AppTitleBar_PaneToggleRequested">
+        <TitleBar
+            x:Name="AppTitleBar"
+            IsTabStop="False"
+            PaneToggleRequested="AppTitleBar_PaneToggleRequested">
             <!--  This is a workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/10374, once fixed we should just be using IconSource  -->
             <TitleBar.LeftHeader>
                 <ImageIcon

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw

@@ -471,4 +471,7 @@ Right-click to remove the key combination, thereby deactivating the shortcut.</v
   <data name="ScreenReader_Announcement_NavigatedToPage0" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Navigated to {0} page</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="SettingsButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Settings (Ctrl+,)</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.Terminal.UI/Microsoft.Terminal.UI.vcxproj

@@ -74,35 +74,11 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib /profile /opt:ref /opt:icf</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <ClCompile>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib /profile /opt:ref /opt:icf</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests/BookmarkManagerTests.cs

@@ -186,4 +186,48 @@ public class BookmarkManagerTests
         Assert.AreEqual("D:\\UpdatedPath", updatedBookmark.Bookmark);
         Assert.IsTrue(bookmarkUpdatedEventFired);
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void BookmarkManager_LegacyData_IdsArePersistedAcrossLoads()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        const string json = """
+                            {
+                                "Data": 
+                                [
+                                    { "Name": "C:\\","Bookmark": "C:\\" },
+                                    { "Name": "Bing.com","Bookmark": "https://bing.com" }
+                                ]
+                            }
+                            """;
+
+        var dataSource = new MockBookmarkDataSource(json);
+
+        // First load: IDs should be generated for legacy entries
+        var manager1 = new BookmarksManager(dataSource);
+        var firstLoad = manager1.Bookmarks.ToList();
+        Assert.AreEqual(2, firstLoad.Count);
+        Assert.AreNotEqual(Guid.Empty, firstLoad[0].Id);
+        Assert.AreNotEqual(Guid.Empty, firstLoad[1].Id);
+
+        // Keep a name->id map to be insensitive to ordering
+        var firstIdsByName = firstLoad.ToDictionary(b => b.Name, b => b.Id);
+
+        // Wait deterministically for async persistence to complete
+        var wasSaved = dataSource.WaitForSave(1, 5000);
+        Assert.IsTrue(wasSaved, "Data was not saved within the expected time.");
+
+        // Second load: should read back the same IDs from persisted data
+        var manager2 = new BookmarksManager(dataSource);
+        var secondLoad = manager2.Bookmarks.ToList();
+        Assert.AreEqual(2, secondLoad.Count);
+
+        var secondIdsByName = secondLoad.ToDictionary(b => b.Name, b => b.Id);
+
+        foreach (var kvp in firstIdsByName)
+        {
+            Assert.IsTrue(secondIdsByName.ContainsKey(kvp.Key), $"Missing bookmark '{kvp.Key}' after reload.");
+            Assert.AreEqual(kvp.Value, secondIdsByName[kvp.Key], $"Bookmark '{kvp.Key}' upgraded ID was not persisted across loads.");
+        }
+    }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests/MockBookmarkDataSource.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // 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;
+using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.Persistence;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests;
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests;
 internal sealed class MockBookmarkDataSource : IBookmarkDataSource
 {
     private string _jsonData;
+    private int _saveCount;
 
     public MockBookmarkDataSource(string initialJsonData = "[]")
     {
@@ -23,5 +26,26 @@ internal sealed class MockBookmarkDataSource : IBookmarkDataSource
     public void SaveBookmarkData(string jsonData)
     {
         _jsonData = jsonData;
+        Interlocked.Increment(ref _saveCount);
+    }
+
+    public int SaveCount => Volatile.Read(ref _saveCount);
+
+    // Waits until at least expectedMinSaves have occurred or the timeout elapses.
+    // Returns true if the condition was met, false on timeout.
+    public bool WaitForSave(int expectedMinSaves = 1, int timeoutMs = 2000)
+    {
+        var start = Environment.TickCount;
+        while (Volatile.Read(ref _saveCount) < expectedMinSaves)
+        {
+            if (Environment.TickCount - start > timeoutMs)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Thread.Sleep(50);
+        }
+
+        return true;
     }
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmark/BookmarksManager.cs

@@ -103,7 +103,33 @@ internal sealed partial class BookmarksManager : IDisposable, IBookmarksManager
         try
         {
             var jsonData = _dataSource.GetBookmarkData();
-            _bookmarksData = _parser.ParseBookmarks(jsonData);
+            var bookmarksData = _parser.ParseBookmarks(jsonData);
+
+            // Upgrade old bookmarks if necessary
+            // Pre .95 versions did not assign IDs to bookmarks
+            var upgraded = false;
+            for (var index = 0; index < bookmarksData.Data.Count; index++)
+            {
+                var bookmark = bookmarksData.Data[index];
+                if (bookmark.Id == Guid.Empty)
+                {
+                    bookmarksData.Data[index] = bookmark with { Id = Guid.NewGuid() };
+                    upgraded = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                _bookmarksData = bookmarksData;
+            }
+
+            // LOAD BEARING: Save upgraded data back to file
+            // This ensures that old bookmarks are not repeatedly upgraded on each load,
+            // as the hotkeys and aliases are tied to the generated bookmark IDs.
+            if (upgraded)
+            {
+                _ = SaveChangesAsync();
+            }
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmark/Persistence/BookmarkData.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public sealed record BookmarkData
     [SetsRequiredMembers]
     public BookmarkData(Guid id, string? name, string? bookmark)
     {
-        Id = id == Guid.Empty ? Guid.NewGuid() : id;
+        Id = id;
         Name = name ?? string.Empty;
         Bookmark = bookmark ?? string.Empty;
     }

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Icons.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer;
 
-internal sealed class Icons
+internal static class Icons
 {
     internal static IconInfo FileExplorerSegoeIcon { get; } = new("\uEC50");
 
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ internal sealed class Icons
     internal static IconInfo DocumentIcon { get; } = new("\uE8A5"); // Document
 
     internal static IconInfo FolderOpenIcon { get; } = new("\uE838"); // FolderOpen
+
+    internal static IconInfo FilesIcon { get; } = new("\uF571"); // PrintAllPages
+
+    internal static IconInfo FilterIcon { get; } = new("\uE71C"); // Filter
 }

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Indexer/SearchFilters.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// 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.Ext.Indexer.Properties;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.Indexer;
+
+internal sealed partial class SearchFilters : Filters
+{
+    public SearchFilters()
+    {
+        CurrentFilterId = "all";
+    }
+
+    public override IFilterItem[] GetFilters()
+    {
+        return [
+            new Filter() { Id = "all", Name = Resources.Indexer_Filter_All, Icon = Icons.FilterIcon },
+            new Separator(),
+            new Filter() { Id = "folders", Name = Resources.Indexer_Filter_Folders_Only, Icon = Icons.FolderOpenIcon },
+            new Filter() { Id = "files", Name = Resources.Indexer_Filter_Files_Only, Icon = Icons.FilesIcon },
+        ];
+    }
+}

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Pages/IndexerPage.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.Indexer;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ internal sealed partial class IndexerPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
         PlaceholderText = Resources.Indexer_PlaceholderText;
         _searchEngine = new();
         _queryCookie = 10;
+
+        var filters = new SearchFilters();
+        filters.PropChanged += Filters_PropChanged;
+        Filters = filters;
+
         CreateEmptyContent();
     }
 
@@ -49,6 +55,11 @@ internal sealed partial class IndexerPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
         initialQuery = query;
         SearchText = query;
         disposeSearchEngine = false;
+
+        var filters = new SearchFilters();
+        filters.PropChanged += Filters_PropChanged;
+        Filters = filters;
+
         CreateEmptyContent();
     }
 
@@ -79,30 +90,56 @@ internal sealed partial class IndexerPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
     {
         // {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} is CLSID for "This PC"
         const string template = "search-ms:query={0}&crumb=location:::{{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}}";
-        var encodedSearchText = UrlEncoder.Default.Encode(SearchText);
+        var fullSearchText = FullSearchString(SearchText);
+        var encodedSearchText = UrlEncoder.Default.Encode(fullSearchText);
         var command = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, template, encodedSearchText);
         ShellHelpers.OpenInShell(command);
     }
 
     public override ICommandItem EmptyContent => _isEmptyQuery ? _noSearchEmptyContent : _nothingFoundEmptyContent;
 
+    private void Filters_PropChanged(object sender, IPropChangedEventArgs args)
+    {
+        PerformSearch(SearchText);
+    }
+
     public override void UpdateSearchText(string oldSearch, string newSearch)
     {
         if (oldSearch != newSearch && newSearch != initialQuery)
         {
-            _ = Task.Run(() =>
-            {
-                _isEmptyQuery = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(newSearch);
-                Query(newSearch);
-                LoadMore();
-                OnPropertyChanged(nameof(EmptyContent));
-                initialQuery = null;
-            });
+            PerformSearch(newSearch);
         }
     }
 
+    private void PerformSearch(string newSearch)
+    {
+        var actualSearch = FullSearchString(newSearch);
+        _ = Task.Run(() =>
+        {
+            _isEmptyQuery = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(actualSearch);
+            Query(actualSearch);
+            LoadMore();
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(EmptyContent));
+            initialQuery = null;
+        });
+    }
+
     public override IListItem[] GetItems() => [.. _indexerListItems];
 
+    private string FullSearchString(string query)
+    {
+        switch (Filters.CurrentFilterId)
+        {
+            case "folders":
+                return $"{query} kind:folders";
+            case "files":
+                return $"{query} kind:NOT folders";
+            case "all":
+            default:
+                return query;
+        }
+    }
+
     public override void LoadMore()
     {
         IsLoading = true;

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs

@@ -177,6 +177,33 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.Properties {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Files and folders.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string Indexer_Filter_All {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("Indexer_Filter_All", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Files.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string Indexer_Filter_Files_Only {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("Indexer_Filter_Files_Only", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Folders.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string Indexer_Filter_Folders_Only {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("Indexer_Filter_Folders_Only", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Find file from path.
         /// </summary>

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Properties/Resources.resx

@@ -196,4 +196,13 @@ You can try searching all files on this PC or adjust your indexing settings.</va
   <data name="Indexer_Command_SearchAllFiles" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Search all files</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Indexer_Filter_All" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Files and folders</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Indexer_Filter_Folders_Only" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Folders</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Indexer_Filter_Files_Only" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Files</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet/Pages/WinGetExtensionPage.cs

@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
     public bool HasTag => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(_tag);
 
     private readonly Lock _resultsLock = new();
+    private readonly Lock _taskLock = new();
 
-    private CancellationTokenSource? _cancellationTokenSource;
-    private Task<IEnumerable<CatalogPackage>>? _currentSearchTask;
+    private string? _nextSearchQuery;
+    private bool _isTaskRunning;
 
     private List<CatalogPackage>? _results;
 
@@ -85,7 +86,6 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
 
                 stopwatch.Stop();
                 Logger.LogDebug($"Building ListItems took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms", memberName: nameof(GetItems));
-                IsLoading = false;
                 return results;
             }
         }
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
                             Properties.Resources.winget_no_packages_found,
         };
 
-        IsLoading = false;
-
         return [];
     }
 
@@ -117,64 +115,70 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
 
     private void DoUpdateSearchText(string newSearch)
     {
-        // Cancel any ongoing search
-        if (_cancellationTokenSource is not null)
+        lock (_taskLock)
         {
-            Logger.LogDebug("Cancelling old search", memberName: nameof(DoUpdateSearchText));
-            _cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
-        }
-
-        _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-
-        var cancellationToken = _cancellationTokenSource.Token;
-
-        IsLoading = true;
-
-        try
-        {
-            // Save the latest search task
-            _currentSearchTask = DoSearchAsync(newSearch, cancellationToken);
-        }
-        catch (OperationCanceledException)
-        {
-            // DO NOTHING HERE
-            return;
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            // Handle other exceptions
-            ExtensionHost.LogMessage($"[WinGet] DoUpdateSearchText throw exception: {ex.Message}");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Await the task to ensure only the latest one gets processed
-        _ = ProcessSearchResultsAsync(_currentSearchTask, newSearch);
-    }
-
-    private async Task ProcessSearchResultsAsync(
-        Task<IEnumerable<CatalogPackage>> searchTask,
-        string newSearch)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            var results = await searchTask;
-
-            // Ensure this is still the latest task
-            if (_currentSearchTask == searchTask)
+            if (_isTaskRunning)
             {
-                // Process the results (e.g., update UI)
-                UpdateWithResults(results, newSearch);
+                // If a task is running, queue the next search query
+                // Keep IsLoading = true since we still have work to do
+                Logger.LogDebug($"Task is running, queueing next search: '{newSearch}'", memberName: nameof(DoUpdateSearchText));
+                _nextSearchQuery = newSearch;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // No task is running, start a new search
+                Logger.LogDebug($"Starting new search: '{newSearch}'", memberName: nameof(DoUpdateSearchText));
+                _isTaskRunning = true;
+                _nextSearchQuery = null;
+                IsLoading = true;
+
+                _ = ExecuteSearchChainAsync(newSearch);
             }
         }
-        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+    }
+
+    private async Task ExecuteSearchChainAsync(string query)
+    {
+        while (true)
         {
-            // Handle cancellation gracefully (e.g., log or ignore)
-            Logger.LogDebug($"  Cancelled search for '{newSearch}'");
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            // Handle other exceptions
-            Logger.LogError("Unexpected error while processing results", ex);
+            try
+            {
+                Logger.LogDebug($"Executing search for '{query}'", memberName: nameof(ExecuteSearchChainAsync));
+
+                var results = await DoSearchAsync(query);
+
+                // Update UI with results
+                UpdateWithResults(results, query);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Unexpected error while searching for '{query}'", ex);
+            }
+
+            // Check if there's a next query to process
+            string? nextQuery;
+            lock (_taskLock)
+            {
+                if (_nextSearchQuery is not null)
+                {
+                    // There's a queued search, execute it
+                    nextQuery = _nextSearchQuery;
+                    _nextSearchQuery = null;
+
+                    Logger.LogDebug($"Found queued search, continuing with: '{nextQuery}'", memberName: nameof(ExecuteSearchChainAsync));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // No more searches queued, mark task as completed
+                    _isTaskRunning = false;
+                    IsLoading = false;
+                    Logger.LogDebug("No more queued searches, task chain completed", memberName: nameof(ExecuteSearchChainAsync));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Continue with the next query
+            query = nextQuery;
         }
     }
 
@@ -189,11 +193,8 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
         RaiseItemsChanged();
     }
 
-    private async Task<IEnumerable<CatalogPackage>> DoSearchAsync(string query, CancellationToken ct)
+    private async Task<IEnumerable<CatalogPackage>> DoSearchAsync(string query)
     {
-        // Were we already canceled?
-        ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
         Stopwatch stopwatch = new();
         stopwatch.Start();
 
@@ -230,9 +231,6 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
             opts.Filters.Add(tagFilter);
         }
 
-        // Clean up here, then...
-        ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
         var catalogTask = HasTag ? WinGetStatics.CompositeWingetCatalog : WinGetStatics.CompositeAllCatalog;
 
         // Both these catalogs should have been instantiated by the
@@ -251,13 +249,11 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
             findPackages_stopwatch.Start();
             Logger.LogDebug($"  Searching {catalog.Info.Name} ({query})", memberName: nameof(DoSearchAsync));
 
-            ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
             Logger.LogDebug($"Preface for \"{searchDebugText}\" took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms", memberName: nameof(DoSearchAsync));
 
             // BODGY, re: microsoft/winget-cli#5151
             // FindPackagesAsync isn't actually async.
-            var internalSearchTask = Task.Run(() => catalog.FindPackages(opts), ct);
+            var internalSearchTask = Task.Run(() => catalog.FindPackages(opts));
             var searchResults = await internalSearchTask;
 
             findPackages_stopwatch.Stop();
@@ -271,8 +267,6 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
                 return [];
             }
 
-            ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
             Logger.LogDebug($"    got results for ({query})", memberName: nameof(DoSearchAsync));
 
             // FYI Using .ToArray or any other kind of enumerable loop
@@ -282,8 +276,6 @@ internal sealed partial class WinGetExtensionPage : DynamicListPage, IDisposable
             {
                 var match = searchResults.Matches[i];
 
-                ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
                 var package = match.CatalogPackage;
                 results.Add(package);
             }

src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj

@@ -68,34 +68,6 @@
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib /profile /opt:ref /opt:icf</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib /profile /opt:ref /opt:icf</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZones/FancyZones.vcxproj

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditor/KeyboardManagerEditor.vcxproj

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/powerrename/PowerRename.FuzzingTest/PowerRename.FuzzingTest.vcxproj

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
       <AdditionalOptions>/fsanitize=address /fsanitize-coverage=inline-8bit-counters /fsanitize-coverage=edge /fsanitize-coverage=trace-cmp /fsanitize-coverage=trace-div %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\lib\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/registrypreview/RegistryPreview/RegistryPreviewXAML/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
             <RowDefinition Height="*" />
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar">
+        <TitleBar x:Name="titleBar" IsTabStop="False">
             <!--  This is a workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/10374, once fixed we should just be using IconSource  -->
             <TitleBar.LeftHeader>
                 <ImageIcon

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/ShellPage.xaml

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
         <controls:TitleBar
             x:Name="AppTitleBar"
             AutoConfigureCustomTitleBar="True"
+            IsTabStop="False"
             PaneButtonClick="PaneToggleBtn_Click">
             <controls:TitleBar.Resources>
                 <x:Double x:Key="TitleBarContentMinWidth">516</x:Double>

tools/project_template/ModuleTemplate/ModuleTemplate.vcxproj

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>

tools/project_template/ModuleTemplate/ModuleTemplateCompileTest.vcxproj

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>