More of the service stuff

<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
This pull request removes legacy provider configuration migration logic
and associated data structures from the Advanced Paste AI provider
settings. The changes simplify the codebase by eliminating support for
legacy provider configuration snapshots and related migration methods,
focusing configuration management on the current provider model.

## PR Checklist

- [ ] Closes: #xxx
<!-- - [ ] Closes: #yyy (add separate lines for additional resolved
issues) -->
- [ ] **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

---------

Signed-off-by: Shawn Yuan (from Dev Box) <shuaiyuan@microsoft.com>

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

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Allmodule
 ALLOWUNDO
 ALLVIEW
 ALPHATYPE
-amazonbedrock
 AModifier
 amr
 ANDSCANS
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ APIIs
 Apm
 APPBARDATA
 APPEXECLINK
+appext
 APPLICATIONFRAMEHOST
 appmanifest
 APPMODEL
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ bla
 BLACKFRAME
 BLENDFUNCTION
 Blockquotes
-Blt
+blt
 BLURBEHIND
 BLURREGION
 bmi
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ CAPTUREBLT
 CAPTURECHANGED
 CARETBLINKING
 CAtl
+CBN
 cch
 CCHDEVICENAME
 CCHFORMNAME
@@ -414,6 +415,9 @@ DNLEN
 DONOTROUND
 DONTVALIDATEPATH
 dotnet
+downsampled
+downsampling
+Downsampled
 downscale
 DPICHANGED
 DPIs
@@ -598,6 +602,7 @@ getfilesiginforedist
 geolocator
 GETHOTKEY
 GETICON
+GETLBTEXT
 GETMINMAXINFO
 GETNONCLIENTMETRICS
 GETPROPERTYSTOREFLAGS
@@ -605,6 +610,7 @@ GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING
 GETSECKEY
 GETSTICKYKEYS
 GETTEXTLENGTH
+GIFs
 gitmodules
 GHND
 GMEM
@@ -615,6 +621,7 @@ GPOCA
 gpp
 gpu
 gradians
+grctlext
 Gridcustomlayout
 GSM
 gtm
@@ -688,7 +695,6 @@ hmonitor
 homies
 homljgmgpmcbpjbnjpfijnhipfkiclkd
 HOOKPROC
-huggingface
 HORZRES
 HORZSIZE
 Hostbackdropbrush
@@ -1867,6 +1873,7 @@ UPDATENOW
 UPDATEREGISTRY
 updown
 UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE
+upscaling
 Uptool
 urld
 Usb

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## PR Checklist
 
 - [ ] Closes: #xxx
+<!--  - [ ] Closes: #yyy (add separate lines for additional resolved issues) -->
 - [ ] **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

.github/workflows/msstore-submissions.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           echo powerToysInstallerArm64Url=$(jq -n "$powerToysSetup" | jq -r '[.[]|select(.name | contains("arm64"))][0].browser_download_url') >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Setup .NET 9.0
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 

.gitmodules

@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@
 [submodule "deps/expected-lite"]
 	path = deps/expected-lite
 	url = https://github.com/martinmoene/expected-lite.git
-[submodule "deps/cziplib"]
-	path = deps/cziplib
-	url = https://github.com/kuba--/zip.git

Cpp.Build.props

@@ -1,56 +1,6 @@
 <?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">
@@ -76,6 +26,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(SkipCppCodeAnalysis)' == ''">
     <RunCodeAnalysis>true</RunCodeAnalysis>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\CppRuleSet.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <CAExcludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)deps;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages;$(CAExcludePath)</CAExcludePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- C++ source compile-specific things for all configurations -->
@@ -84,7 +35,7 @@
     <PreferredToolArchitecture Condition="'$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)' == 'ARM64' or '$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432)' == 'ARM64'">arm64</PreferredToolArchitecture>
     <VcpkgEnabled>false</VcpkgEnabled>
     <ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>true</ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>
-    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\deps\;$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\packages\;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
+    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)deps;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
     <!-- Enable control flow guard for C++ projects that don't consume any C++ files -->
     <!-- This covers the case where a .dll exports a .lib, but doesn't have any ClCompile entries. -->
     <LinkControlFlowGuard>Guard</LinkControlFlowGuard>
@@ -123,6 +74,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -132,6 +84,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>

DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md

@@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent</td>
     <td>Triggered when Advanced Paste leverages the Semantic Kernel.</td>
   </tr> 
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelErrorEvent</td>
+    <td>Occurs when the Semantic Kernel workflow encounters an error.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent</td>
+    <td>Logs the AI provider, model, and processing duration for each endpoint call.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent</td>
+    <td>Records provider, model, and status details when a custom action fails.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ### Always on Top

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local" Version="0.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.66.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI" Version="1.66.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference" Version="1.66.0-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace" Version="1.66.0-preview" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.2" />

README.md

@@ -7,19 +7,23 @@
 <h1 align="center">
   <span>Microsoft PowerToys</span>
 </h1>
-
+<p align="center">
+  <span align="center">Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.</span>
+</p>
 <h3 align="center">
   <a href="#-installation">Installation</a>
-  <span> . </span>
+  <span> · </span>
   <a href="https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs">Documentation</a>
-  <span> . </span>
+  <span> · </span>
   <a href="https://aka.ms/powertoys-releaseblog">Blog</a>
-  <span> . </span>
+  <span> · </span>
   <a href="#-whats-new">Release notes</a>
 </h3>
 <br/><br/>
-Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.
-<br/><br/>
+
+## 🔨 Utilities
+
+PowerToys includes over 25 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Windows experience:
 
 |   |   |   |
 |---|---|---|
@@ -37,20 +41,13 @@ Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows
 
 ## 📋 Installation
 
-For detailed installation instructions, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install). 
-
-Before you begin, make sure your device meets the system requirements:
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> - Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1 / build 19041) or newer
-> - 64-bit processor: x64 or ARM64
-> - Latest stable version of [Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703) is installed via the bootstrapper during setup
-
-Choose one of the installation methods below:
+For detailed installation instructions and system requirements, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install). 
 
+But to get started quickly, choose one of the installation methods below:
+<br/><br/>
 <details open>
-<summary>Download .exe from GitHub</summary>
-
+<summary><strong>Download .exe from GitHub</strong></summary>
+<br/>
 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.
 
 <!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
@@ -67,11 +64,11 @@ Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reve
 | 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>
 
 <details>
-<summary>Microsoft Store</summary>
+<summary><strong>Microsoft Store</strong></summary>
+<br/>
 You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:
 <p>
   <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://aka.ms/getPowertoys">
@@ -82,10 +79,9 @@ You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:
 </p>
 </details>
 
-
 <details>
-<summary>WinGet</summary>
-
+<summary><strong>WinGet</strong></summary>
+<br/>
 Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
 
 *User scope installer [default]*
@@ -100,8 +96,8 @@ winget install --scope machine Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
 </details>
 
 <details>
-<summary>Other methods</summary>
-
+<summary><strong>Other methods</strong></summary>
+<br/>
 There are [community driven install methods](./doc/unofficialInstallMethods.md) such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.
 </details>
 

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/CustomAction.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <ProjectTelemetry.h>
 #include <spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include "../../src/common/logger/logger.h"
 #include "../../src/common/utils/gpo.h"
@@ -856,14 +857,69 @@ UINT __stdcall UnsetAdvancedPasteAPIKeyCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
 
     try
     {
-        winrt::Windows::Security::Credentials::PasswordVault vault;
-        winrt::Windows::Security::Credentials::PasswordCredential cred;
-
         hr = WcaInitialize(hInstall, "UnsetAdvancedPasteAPIKey");
         ExitOnFailure(hr, "Failed to initialize");
 
-        cred = vault.Retrieve(L"https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", L"PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey");
-        vault.Remove(cred);
+        winrt::Windows::Security::Credentials::PasswordVault vault;
+
+        auto hasPrefix = [](std::wstring_view value, wchar_t const* prefix) {
+            std::wstring_view prefixView{ prefix };
+            return value.compare(0, prefixView.size(), prefixView) == 0;
+        };
+
+        const wchar_t* resourcePrefixes[] = {
+            L"https://platform.openai.com/api-keys",
+            L"https://azure.microsoft.com/products/ai-services/openai-service",
+            L"https://azure.microsoft.com/products/ai-services/ai-inference",
+            L"https://console.mistral.ai/account/api-keys",
+            L"https://ai.google.dev/",
+        };
+
+        const wchar_t* usernamePrefixes[] = {
+            L"PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_",
+        };
+
+        auto credentials = vault.RetrieveAll();
+        for (auto const& credential : credentials)
+        {
+            bool shouldRemove = false;
+
+            std::wstring resource{ credential.Resource() };
+            for (auto const prefix : resourcePrefixes)
+            {
+                if (hasPrefix(resource, prefix))
+                {
+                    shouldRemove = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!shouldRemove)
+            {
+                std::wstring username{ credential.UserName() };
+                for (auto const prefix : usernamePrefixes)
+                {
+                    if (hasPrefix(username, prefix))
+                    {
+                        shouldRemove = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!shouldRemove)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                vault.Remove(credential);
+            }
+            catch (...)
+            {
+            }
+        }
     }
     catch (...)
     {

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;CUSTOMACTIONTEST_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@
       <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

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <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 -->
@@ -9,4 +8,4 @@
     <!-- Set MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath to use the BaseIntermediateOutputPath -->
     <MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)' != ''">$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)</MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Product.wxs

@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
 
       <Custom Action="SetUnApplyModulesRegistryChangeSetsParam" Before="UnApplyModulesRegistryChangeSets" />
       <Custom Action="CheckGPO" After="InstallInitialize" Condition="NOT Installed" />
-      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocationData" Before="SetBundleInstallLocation" Condition="NOT Installed" />
-      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocation" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
+      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocationData" Before="SetBundleInstallLocation" Condition="NOT Installed OR WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED" />
+      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocation" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed OR WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED" />
       <Custom Action="ApplyModulesRegistryChangeSets" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
       <Custom Action="InstallCmdPalPackage" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
       <Custom Action="InstallPackageIdentityMSIX" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj

@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
 <?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>
@@ -10,6 +33,7 @@
 
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   
+  <!-- Configuration-specific property groups -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
@@ -41,10 +65,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
-    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="bafunctions.cpp">
       <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
@@ -71,5 +92,31 @@
     </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

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ 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;
     }
 
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ 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;
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +63,6 @@ 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/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj

@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     <RootNamespace>CalculatorEngineCommon</RootNamespace>
     <AppxPackage>false</AppxPackage>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <!-- BEGIN common.build.pre.props -->
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <EnableHybridCRT>true</EnableHybridCRT>
+    <UseCrtSDKReferenceStaticWarning Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true'">false</UseCrtSDKReferenceStaticWarning>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <!-- END common.build.pre.props -->
   <!-- BEGIN cppwinrt.build.pre.props -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTEnabled>true</CppWinRTEnabled>
@@ -19,9 +25,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MinimalCoreWin>true</MinimalCoreWin>
-    <AppContainerApplication>false</AppContainerApplication>
+    <AppContainerApplication>true</AppContainerApplication>
     <WindowsStoreApp>true</WindowsStoreApp>
     <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
+    <UseCrtSDKReference Condition="'$(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. -->
@@ -140,5 +148,43 @@
     </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>  <!-- END common.build.post.props -->
+  </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 -->
 </Project>

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.cpp

@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
     {
         return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue());
     }
-    GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue()
-    {
-        return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue());
-    }
     GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue()
     {
         return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue());

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.h

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAzureAIInferenceValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteMistralValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue();
-        static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteFoundryLocalValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredNewPlusEnabledValue();

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.idl

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ namespace PowerToys
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAzureAIInferenceValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteMistralValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue();
-            static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteFoundryLocalValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredNewPlusEnabledValue();

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocal/FoundryClient.cs

@@ -205,4 +205,12 @@ internal sealed class FoundryClient
             return false;
         }
     }
+
+    public async Task EnsureRunning()
+    {
+        if (!_foundryManager.IsServiceRunning)
+        {
+            await _foundryManager.StartServiceAsync();
+        }
+    }
 }

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocalModelProvider.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace LanguageModelProvider;
 public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
 {
     private IEnumerable<ModelDetails>? _downloadedModels;
-    private FoundryClient? _foundryManager;
+    private FoundryClient? _foundryClient;
     private string? _serviceUrl;
 
     public static FoundryLocalModelProvider Instance { get; } = new();
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
 
     public string ProviderDescription => "The model will run locally via Foundry Local";
 
-    public string UrlPrefix => "fl://";
-
-    public IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string url)
+    public IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string modelId)
     {
         try
         {
-            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] GetIChatClient called with url: {url}");
+            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] GetIChatClient called with url: {modelId}");
             InitializeAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
@@ -37,26 +35,22 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_serviceUrl) || _foundryManager == null)
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_serviceUrl) || _foundryClient == null)
         {
             Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Service URL or manager is null");
             return null;
         }
 
-        // Extract model ID from URL (format: fl://modelname)
-        var modelId = url.Replace(UrlPrefix, string.Empty).Trim('/');
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(modelId))
         {
             Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Model ID is empty after extraction");
             return null;
         }
 
-        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Extracted model ID: {modelId}");
-
         // Ensure the model is loaded before returning chat client
         try
         {
-            var isLoaded = _foundryManager.EnsureModelLoaded(modelId).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            var isLoaded = _foundryClient.EnsureModelLoaded(modelId).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
             if (!isLoaded)
             {
                 Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] Failed to load model: {modelId}");
@@ -72,7 +66,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
         }
 
         // Use ServiceUri instead of Endpoint since Endpoint already includes /v1
-        var baseUri = _foundryManager.GetServiceUri();
+        var baseUri = _foundryClient.GetServiceUri();
         if (baseUri == null)
         {
             Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Service URI is null");
@@ -133,24 +127,25 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
 
     private async Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancelationToken = default)
     {
-        if (_foundryManager != null && _downloadedModels != null && _downloadedModels.Any())
+        if (_foundryClient != null && _downloadedModels != null && _downloadedModels.Any())
         {
+            await _foundryClient.EnsureRunning().ConfigureAwait(false);
             return;
         }
 
         Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryLocal] Initializing provider");
-        _foundryManager ??= await FoundryClient.CreateAsync();
+        _foundryClient ??= await FoundryClient.CreateAsync();
 
-        if (_foundryManager == null)
+        if (_foundryClient == null)
         {
             Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Failed to create Foundry client");
             return;
         }
 
-        _serviceUrl ??= await _foundryManager.GetServiceUrl();
+        _serviceUrl ??= await _foundryClient.GetServiceUrl();
         Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Service URL: {_serviceUrl}");
 
-        var cachedModels = await _foundryManager.ListCachedModels();
+        var cachedModels = await _foundryClient.ListCachedModels();
         Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Found {cachedModels.Count} cached models");
 
         List<ModelDetails> downloadedModels = [];
@@ -162,7 +157,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
             {
                 Id = $"fl-{model.Name}",
                 Name = model.Name,
-                Url = $"{UrlPrefix}{model.Name}",
+                Url = $"fl://{model.Name}",
                 Description = $"{model.Name} running locally with Foundry Local",
                 HardwareAccelerators = [HardwareAccelerator.FOUNDRYLOCAL],
                 SupportedOnQualcomm = true,
@@ -178,7 +173,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
     {
         Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryLocal] Checking availability");
         await InitializeAsync();
-        var available = _foundryManager != null;
+        var available = _foundryClient != null;
         Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Available: {available}");
         return available;
     }

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/ILanguageModelProvider.cs

@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ public interface ILanguageModelProvider
 {
     string Name { get; }
 
-    string UrlPrefix { get; }
-
     string ProviderDescription { get; }
 
     Task<IEnumerable<ModelDetails>> GetModelsAsync(bool ignoreCached = false, CancellationToken cancelationToken = default);
 
-    IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string url);
+    IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string modelId);
 
     string GetIChatClientString(string url);
 }

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/LanguageModelService.cs

@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System.Collections.Concurrent;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
-
-namespace LanguageModelProvider;
-
-public sealed class LanguageModelService
-{
-    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, ILanguageModelProvider> _providersByPrefix;
-
-    public LanguageModelService(IEnumerable<ILanguageModelProvider> providers)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(providers);
-
-        _providersByPrefix = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, ILanguageModelProvider>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-        foreach (var provider in providers)
-        {
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(provider.UrlPrefix))
-            {
-                _providersByPrefix[provider.UrlPrefix] = provider;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static LanguageModelService CreateDefault()
-    {
-        return new LanguageModelService(new[]
-        {
-            FoundryLocalModelProvider.Instance,
-        });
-    }
-
-    public IReadOnlyCollection<ILanguageModelProvider> Providers => _providersByPrefix.Values.ToArray();
-
-    public bool RegisterProvider(ILanguageModelProvider provider)
-    {
-        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(provider);
-
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(provider.UrlPrefix))
-        {
-            throw new ArgumentException("Provider must supply a URL prefix.", nameof(provider));
-        }
-
-        _providersByPrefix[provider.UrlPrefix] = provider;
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    public ILanguageModelProvider? GetProviderFor(string? modelReference)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(modelReference))
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        foreach (var provider in _providersByPrefix.Values)
-        {
-            if (modelReference.StartsWith(provider.UrlPrefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                return provider;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<ModelDetails>> GetModelsAsync(bool refresh = false, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-    {
-        List<ModelDetails> models = [];
-
-        foreach (var provider in _providersByPrefix.Values)
-        {
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-            var providerModels = await provider.GetModelsAsync(refresh, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            models.AddRange(providerModels);
-        }
-
-        return models;
-    }
-
-    public IChatClient? GetClient(ModelDetails model)
-    {
-        if (model is null)
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        var reference = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(model.Url) ? model.Url : model.Id;
-        return GetClient(reference);
-    }
-
-    public IChatClient? GetClient(string? modelReference)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(modelReference))
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        var provider = GetProviderFor(modelReference);
-
-        return provider?.GetIChatClient(modelReference);
-    }
-}

src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj

@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@
   </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

@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@
   <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/common/utils/gpo.h

@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ namespace powertoys_gpo
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_AZURE_AI_INFERENCE = L"AllowAdvancedPasteAzureAIInference";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_MISTRAL = L"AllowAdvancedPasteMistral";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_GOOGLE = L"AllowAdvancedPasteGoogle";
-    const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_ANTHROPIC = L"AllowAdvancedPasteAnthropic";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_OLLAMA = L"AllowAdvancedPasteOllama";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_FOUNDRY_LOCAL = L"AllowAdvancedPasteFoundryLocal";
     const std::wstring POLICY_MWB_CLIPBOARD_SHARING_ENABLED = L"MwbClipboardSharingEnabled";
@@ -615,11 +614,6 @@ namespace powertoys_gpo
         return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_GOOGLE);
     }
 
-    inline gpo_rule_configured_t getAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue()
-    {
-        return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_ANTHROPIC);
-    }
-
     inline gpo_rule_configured_t getAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue()
     {
         return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_OLLAMA);

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/Mocks/IntegrationTestUserSettings.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ internal sealed class IntegrationTestUserSettings : IUserSettings
 
     public bool CloseAfterLosingFocus => false;
 
+    public bool EnableClipboardPreview => true;
+
     public IReadOnlyList<AdvancedPasteCustomAction> CustomActions => _customActions;
 
     public IReadOnlyList<PasteFormats> AdditionalActions => _additionalActions;

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.csproj

@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives" />
     <!-- Including MessagePack to force version, since it's used by StreamJsonRpc but contains vulnerabilities. After StreamJsonRpc updates the version of MessagePack, we can upgrade StreamJsonRpc instead. -->
     <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/App.xaml.cs

@@ -112,11 +112,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste
         /// Invoked when the application is launched.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="args">Details about the launch request and process.</param>
-#if DEBUG
-        protected async override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
-#else
         protected override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
-#endif
         {
             var cmdArgs = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
             if (cmdArgs?.Length > 1)
@@ -138,10 +134,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste
             {
                 ProcessNamedPipe(cmdArgs[2]);
             }
-
-#if DEBUG
-            await ShowWindow(); // This allows for direct access without using PowerToys Runner, not all functionality might work
-#endif
         }
 
         private void ProcessNamedPipe(string pipeName)

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/PromptBox.xaml

@@ -611,10 +611,10 @@
                                                     CornerRadius="{StaticResource ControlCornerRadius}"
                                                     Visibility="{x:Bind IsLocalModel, Mode=OneWay}">
                                                     <TextBlock
+                                                        x:Uid="LocalModelBadge"
                                                         AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw"
                                                         FontSize="10"
-                                                        Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                                                        Text="Local" />
+                                                        Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
                                                 </Border>
                                                 <!--<Border
                                                     Grid.Column="2"

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Pages/MainPage.xaml

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
             BorderBrush="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultBrush}"
             BorderThickness="1"
             CornerRadius="20"
-            Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.ClipboardHasData, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}, Mode=OneWay}">
+            Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.ShowClipboardPreview, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}, Mode=OneWay}">
             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                 <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                 <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
                 Margin="0,0,4,0"
                 VerticalAlignment="Center"
                 IsEnabled="{x:Bind ViewModel.ClipboardHistoryEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}"
-                Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}">
+                Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}"
+                Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.ShowClipboardHistoryButton, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}, Mode=OneWay}">
                 <ToolTipService.ToolTip>
                     <TextBlock x:Uid="ClipboardHistoryButtonToolTip" />
                 </ToolTipService.ToolTip>
@@ -263,16 +264,17 @@
                     <Button
                         Padding="0"
                         VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                        Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}">
+                        Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}"
+                        Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.HasLegalLinks, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}">
                         <FontIcon FontSize="12" Glyph="&#xE946;" />
                         <Button.Flyout>
                             <Flyout>
                                 <StackPanel Spacing="8">
                                     <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap">
                                         <Run x:Uid="AIMistakeNote" /><LineBreak /><Run
+                                            x:Uid="CustomEndpointWarning"
                                             FontSize="12"
-                                            Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                                            Text="You are using a custom endpoint. Verify all answers." />
+                                            Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
                                     </TextBlock>
                                     <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="8">
                                         <HyperlinkButton

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/AIServiceFormatEvent.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
             PromptTokens = semanticKernelFormatEvent.PromptTokens;
             CompletionTokens = semanticKernelFormatEvent.CompletionTokens;
             ModelName = semanticKernelFormatEvent.ModelName;
+            ProviderType = semanticKernelFormatEvent.ProviderType;
             ActionChain = semanticKernelFormatEvent.ActionChain;
         }
 
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
 
         public string ModelName { get; set; }
 
+        public string ProviderType { get; set; }
+
         public string ActionChain { get; set; }
 
         public string ToJsonString() => JsonSerializer.Serialize(this, SourceGenerationContext.Default.AIServiceFormatEvent);

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/IUserSettings.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
 
         public bool CloseAfterLosingFocus { get; }
 
+        public bool EnableClipboardPreview { get; }
+
         public IReadOnlyList<AdvancedPasteCustomAction> CustomActions { get; }
 
         public IReadOnlyList<PasteFormats> AdditionalActions { get; }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/UserSettings.cs

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
 
         public bool CloseAfterLosingFocus { get; private set; }
 
+        public bool EnableClipboardPreview { get; private set; }
+
         public IReadOnlyList<PasteFormats> AdditionalActions => _additionalActions;
 
         public IReadOnlyList<AdvancedPasteCustomAction> CustomActions => _customActions;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
             IsAIEnabled = false;
             ShowCustomPreview = true;
             CloseAfterLosingFocus = false;
+            EnableClipboardPreview = true;
             PasteAIConfiguration = new PasteAIConfiguration();
             _additionalActions = [];
             _customActions = [];
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
                                 IsAIEnabled = properties.IsAIEnabled;
                                 ShowCustomPreview = properties.ShowCustomPreview;
                                 CloseAfterLosingFocus = properties.CloseAfterLosingFocus;
+                                EnableClipboardPreview = properties.EnableClipboardPreview;
                                 PasteAIConfiguration = properties.PasteAIConfiguration ?? new PasteAIConfiguration();
 
                                 var sourceAdditionalActions = properties.AdditionalActions;
@@ -163,28 +167,134 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
                 return false;
             }
 
-            if (settings.Properties.IsAIEnabled || !LegacyOpenAIKeyExists())
+            var properties = settings.Properties;
+            bool legacyAdvancedAIConsumed = properties.TryConsumeLegacyAdvancedAIEnabled(out var advancedFlag);
+            bool legacyAdvancedAIEnabled = legacyAdvancedAIConsumed && advancedFlag;
+            PasswordCredential legacyCredential = TryGetLegacyOpenAICredential();
+
+            if (legacyCredential is null)
             {
-                return false;
+                return legacyAdvancedAIConsumed;
             }
 
-            settings.Properties.IsAIEnabled = true;
-            return true;
+            var configuration = properties.PasteAIConfiguration;
+
+            if (configuration is null)
+            {
+                configuration = new PasteAIConfiguration();
+                properties.PasteAIConfiguration = configuration;
+            }
+
+            bool configurationUpdated = false;
+
+            var ensureResult = AdvancedPasteMigrationHelper.EnsureOpenAIProvider(configuration);
+            PasteAIProviderDefinition openAIProvider = ensureResult.Provider;
+            configurationUpdated |= ensureResult.Updated;
+
+            if (legacyAdvancedAIConsumed && openAIProvider is not null && openAIProvider.EnableAdvancedAI != legacyAdvancedAIEnabled)
+            {
+                openAIProvider.EnableAdvancedAI = legacyAdvancedAIEnabled;
+                configurationUpdated = true;
+            }
+
+            if (openAIProvider is not null)
+            {
+                StoreMigratedOpenAICredential(openAIProvider.Id, openAIProvider.ServiceType, legacyCredential.Password);
+                RemoveLegacyOpenAICredential();
+            }
+
+            const bool shouldEnableAI = true;
+            bool enabledUpdated = false;
+            if (properties.IsAIEnabled != shouldEnableAI)
+            {
+                properties.IsAIEnabled = shouldEnableAI;
+                enabledUpdated = true;
+            }
+
+            return configurationUpdated || enabledUpdated || legacyAdvancedAIConsumed;
         }
 
-        private static bool LegacyOpenAIKeyExists()
+        private static PasswordCredential TryGetLegacyOpenAICredential()
         {
             try
             {
                 PasswordVault vault = new();
-                return vault.Retrieve("https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", "PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey") is not null;
+                var credential = vault.Retrieve("https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", "PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey");
+                credential?.RetrievePassword();
+                return credential;
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
-                return false;
+                return null;
             }
         }
 
+        private static void RemoveLegacyOpenAICredential()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                PasswordVault vault = new();
+                TryRemoveCredential(vault, "https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", "PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey");
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void StoreMigratedOpenAICredential(string providerId, string serviceType, string password)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                var serviceKind = serviceType.ToAIServiceType();
+                if (serviceKind != AIServiceType.OpenAI)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                string resource = "https://platform.openai.com/api-keys";
+                string username = $"PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_PasteAI_openai_{NormalizeProviderIdentifier(providerId)}";
+
+                PasswordVault vault = new();
+                TryRemoveCredential(vault, resource, username);
+
+                PasswordCredential credential = new(resource, username, password);
+                vault.Add(credential);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Failed to migrate legacy OpenAI credential", ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void TryRemoveCredential(PasswordVault vault, string credentialResource, string credentialUserName)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                PasswordCredential existingCred = vault.Retrieve(credentialResource, credentialUserName);
+                vault.Remove(existingCred);
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                // Credential doesn't exist, which is fine
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string NormalizeProviderIdentifier(string providerId)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(providerId))
+            {
+                return "default";
+            }
+
+            var filtered = new string(providerId.Where(char.IsLetterOrDigit).ToArray());
+            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filtered) ? "default" : filtered.ToLowerInvariant();
+        }
+
         public async Task SetActiveAIProviderAsync(string providerId)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(providerId))

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/AdvancedAIKernelService.cs

@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ using AdvancedPaste.Settings;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.ChatCompletion;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI;
 
 namespace AdvancedPaste.Services;
@@ -220,7 +214,7 @@ public sealed class AdvancedAIKernelService : KernelServiceBase
         var serviceType = GetRuntimeConfiguration().ServiceType;
         return new OpenAIPromptExecutionSettings
         {
-            FunctionChoiceBehavior = FunctionChoiceBehavior.Required(),
+            FunctionChoiceBehavior = FunctionChoiceBehavior.Auto(),
             Temperature = 0.01,
         };
     }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/CustomActionTransformService.cs

@@ -83,32 +83,39 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
                     SystemPrompt = systemPrompt,
                 };
 
+                var operationStart = DateTime.UtcNow;
+
                 var providerContent = await provider.ProcessPasteAsync(
                     request,
                     cancellationToken,
                     progress);
 
+                var durationMs = (int)Math.Round((DateTime.UtcNow - operationStart).TotalMilliseconds);
+
                 var usage = request.Usage;
                 var content = providerContent ?? string.Empty;
 
-                // Log endpoint usage
-                var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(providerConfig.ProviderType);
+                // Log endpoint usage (custom action pipeline is not the advanced SK flow)
+                var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(providerConfig.ProviderType, providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty, isAdvanced: false, durationMs: durationMs);
                 PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(endpointEvent);
 
-                Logger.LogDebug($"{nameof(CustomActionTransformService)}.{nameof(TransformAsync)} complete; ModelName={providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty}, PromptTokens={usage.PromptTokens}, CompletionTokens={usage.CompletionTokens}");
+                Logger.LogDebug($"{nameof(CustomActionTransformService)}.{nameof(TransformAsync)} complete; ModelName={providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty}, PromptTokens={usage.PromptTokens}, CompletionTokens={usage.CompletionTokens}, DurationMs={durationMs}");
 
                 return new CustomActionTransformResult(content, usage);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 Logger.LogError($"{nameof(CustomActionTransformService)}.{nameof(TransformAsync)} failed", ex);
+                var statusCode = ExtractStatusCode(ex);
+                var modelName = providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty;
+                AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent errorEvent = new(providerConfig.ProviderType, modelName, statusCode, ex is PasteActionModeratedException ? PasteActionModeratedException.ErrorDescription : ex.Message);
+                PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(errorEvent);
 
                 if (ex is PasteActionException or OperationCanceledException)
                 {
                     throw;
                 }
 
-                var statusCode = ExtractStatusCode(ex);
                 var failureMessage = providerConfig.ProviderType switch
                 {
                     AIServiceType.OpenAI or AIServiceType.AzureOpenAI => ErrorHelpers.TranslateErrorText(statusCode),
@@ -181,8 +188,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
             {
                 AIServiceType.Onnx => false,
                 AIServiceType.Ollama => false,
-                AIServiceType.Anthropic => false,
-                AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock => false,
                 _ => true,
             };
         }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/FoundryLocalPasteProvider.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
 
     public static PasteAIProviderRegistration Registration { get; } = new(SupportedTypes, config => new FoundryLocalPasteProvider(config));
 
-    private static readonly LanguageModelService LanguageModels = LanguageModelService.CreateDefault();
+    private static readonly FoundryLocalModelProvider _modelProvider = FoundryLocalModelProvider.Instance;
 
     private readonly PasteAIConfig _config;
 
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
                 throw new PasteActionException(
                     "No Foundry Local model selected",
                     new InvalidOperationException("Model identifier is required"),
-                    aiServiceMessage: "Please select a model in the AI provider settings. Model identifier should be in the format 'fl://model-name'.");
+                    aiServiceMessage: "Please select a model in the AI provider settings.");
             }
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-            var chatClient = LanguageModels.GetClient(modelReference);
+            var chatClient = _modelProvider.GetIChatClient(modelReference);
             if (chatClient is null)
             {
                 throw new PasteActionException(
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
                     aiServiceMessage: "The model may not be downloaded or the Foundry Local service may not be running. Please check the model status in settings.");
             }
 
-            // Extract actual model ID from the URL (format: fl://modelId)
-            var actualModelId = modelReference.Replace("fl://", string.Empty).Trim('/');
-
             var userMessageContent = $"""
                 User instructions:
                 {prompt}
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
                 new(ChatRole.User, userMessageContent),
             };
 
-            var chatOptions = CreateChatOptions(_config?.SystemPrompt, actualModelId);
+            var chatOptions = CreateChatOptions(_config?.SystemPrompt, modelReference);
 
             progress?.Report(0.1);
 

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/SemanticKernelPasteProvider.cs

@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ using AdvancedPaste.Models;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.ChatCompletion;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI;
@@ -29,11 +27,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
             AIServiceType.AzureOpenAI,
             AIServiceType.Mistral,
             AIServiceType.Google,
-            AIServiceType.HuggingFace,
             AIServiceType.AzureAIInference,
             AIServiceType.Ollama,
-            AIServiceType.Anthropic,
-            AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock,
         };
 
         public static PasteAIProviderRegistration Registration { get; } = new(SupportedTypes, config => new SemanticKernelPasteProvider(config));
@@ -142,21 +137,12 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
                 case AIServiceType.Google:
                     kernelBuilder.AddGoogleAIGeminiChatCompletion(_config.Model, apiKey: apiKey);
                     break;
-                case AIServiceType.HuggingFace:
-                    kernelBuilder.AddHuggingFaceChatCompletion(_config.Model, apiKey: apiKey);
-                    break;
                 case AIServiceType.AzureAIInference:
                     kernelBuilder.AddAzureAIInferenceChatCompletion(_config.Model, apiKey: apiKey, endpoint: new Uri(endpoint));
                     break;
                 case AIServiceType.Ollama:
                     kernelBuilder.AddOllamaChatCompletion(_config.Model, endpoint: new Uri(endpoint));
                     break;
-                case AIServiceType.Anthropic:
-                    kernelBuilder.AddBedrockChatCompletionService(_config.Model);
-                    break;
-                case AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock:
-                    kernelBuilder.AddBedrockChatCompletionService(_config.Model);
-                    break;
 
                 default:
                     throw new NotSupportedException($"Provider '{_config.ProviderType}' is not supported by {nameof(SemanticKernelPasteProvider)}");
@@ -184,8 +170,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
             return serviceType switch
             {
                 AIServiceType.Ollama => false,
-                AIServiceType.Anthropic => false,
-                AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock => false,
                 _ => true,
             };
         }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/EnhancedVaultCredentialsProvider.cs

@@ -156,16 +156,10 @@ public sealed class EnhancedVaultCredentialsProvider : IAICredentialsProvider
                 resource = "https://ai.google.dev/";
                 serviceKey = "google";
                 break;
-            case AIServiceType.HuggingFace:
-                resource = "https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens";
-                serviceKey = "huggingface";
-                break;
             case AIServiceType.FoundryLocal:
             case AIServiceType.ML:
             case AIServiceType.Onnx:
             case AIServiceType.Ollama:
-            case AIServiceType.Anthropic:
-            case AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock:
                 return null;
             default:
                 return null;

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/KernelServiceBase.cs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public abstract class KernelServiceBase(
     ICustomActionTransformService customActionTransformService) : IKernelService
 {
     private const string PromptParameterName = "prompt";
+    private const string DefaultSystemPrompt = "You are an agent who is tasked with helping users paste their clipboard data. You have functions available to help you with this task. Call function when necessary to help user finish the transformation task. You never need to ask permission, always try to do as the user asks. The user will only input one message and will not be available for further questions, so try your best. The user will put in a request to format their clipboard data and you will fulfill it. Do not output anything else besides the reformatted clipboard content.";
 
     private readonly IKernelQueryCacheService _queryCacheService = queryCacheService;
     private readonly IPromptModerationService _promptModerationService = promptModerationService;
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ public abstract class KernelServiceBase(
 
         ChatHistory chatHistory = [];
 
-        chatHistory.AddSystemMessage(runtimeConfig.SystemPrompt);
+        var systemPrompt = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(runtimeConfig.SystemPrompt) ? DefaultSystemPrompt : runtimeConfig.SystemPrompt;
+        chatHistory.AddSystemMessage(systemPrompt);
         chatHistory.AddSystemMessage($"Available clipboard formats: {await kernel.GetDataFormatsAsync()}");
         chatHistory.AddUserMessage(prompt);
 
@@ -186,12 +188,20 @@ public abstract class KernelServiceBase(
 
     private void LogResult(bool cacheUsed, bool isSavedQuery, IEnumerable<ActionChainItem> actionChain, AIServiceUsage usage)
     {
-        AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent telemetryEvent = new(cacheUsed, isSavedQuery, usage.PromptTokens, usage.CompletionTokens, AdvancedAIModelName, AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent.FormatActionChain(actionChain));
+        var runtimeConfig = GetRuntimeConfiguration();
+
+        AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent telemetryEvent = new(
+            cacheUsed,
+            isSavedQuery,
+            usage.PromptTokens,
+            usage.CompletionTokens,
+            AdvancedAIModelName,
+            runtimeConfig.ServiceType.ToString(),
+            AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent.FormatActionChain(actionChain));
         PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(telemetryEvent);
 
         // Log endpoint usage
-        var runtimeConfig = GetRuntimeConfiguration();
-        var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(runtimeConfig.ServiceType);
+        var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(runtimeConfig.ServiceType, AdvancedAIModelName, isAdvanced: true);
         PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(endpointEvent);
 
         var logEvent = new AIServiceFormatEvent(telemetryEvent);

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

@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@
   </data>
   <data name="Relative_Date_TimeFormat" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>{0}, {1}</value>
-    <comment>(e.g., “10/20/2025, 17:05” in the user’s locale)</comment>
+    <comment>(e.g., "10/20/2025, 17:05" in the user's locale)</comment>
+  </data>
+  <data name="CustomEndpointWarning" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>You are using a custom endpoint. Verify all answers.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="LocalModelBadge" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Local</value>
+    <comment>Badge label displayed next to local AI model providers (e.g., Ollama, Foundry Local) to indicate the model runs locally</comment>
   </data>
 </root>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Telemetry/AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;
+
+namespace AdvancedPaste.Telemetry;
+
+[EventData]
+[DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicProperties)]
+public sealed class AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent : EventBase, IEvent
+{
+    public AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent(AIServiceType providerType, string modelName, int statusCode, string error)
+    {
+        ProviderType = providerType.ToString();
+        ModelName = modelName;
+        StatusCode = statusCode;
+        Error = error;
+    }
+
+    public string ProviderType { get; set; }
+
+    public string ModelName { get; set; }
+
+    public int StatusCode { get; set; }
+
+    public string Error { get; set; }
+
+    public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;
+}

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Telemetry/AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent.cs

@@ -15,13 +15,31 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Telemetry;
 public class AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent : EventBase, IEvent
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the AI provider type (e.g., OpenAI, AzureOpenAI, Anthropic).
+    /// Gets or sets the AI provider type (e.g., OpenAI, AzureOpenAI, Google).
     /// </summary>
     public string ProviderType { get; set; }
 
-    public AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(AIServiceType providerType)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the configured model name.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string ModelName { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the advanced AI pipeline was used.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsAdvanced { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the total duration in milliseconds, or -1 if unavailable.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int DurationMs { get; set; }
+
+    public AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(AIServiceType providerType, string modelName, bool isAdvanced, int durationMs = -1)
     {
         ProviderType = providerType.ToString();
+        ModelName = modelName;
+        IsAdvanced = isAdvanced;
+        DurationMs = durationMs;
     }
 
     public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Telemetry/AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Telemetry;
 
 [EventData]
 [DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicProperties)]
-public class AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent(bool cacheUsed, bool isSavedQuery, int promptTokens, int completionTokens, string modelName, string actionChain) : EventBase, IEvent
+public class AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent(bool cacheUsed, bool isSavedQuery, int promptTokens, int completionTokens, string modelName, string providerType, string actionChain) : EventBase, IEvent
 {
     public static string FormatActionChain(IEnumerable<ActionChainItem> actionChain) => FormatActionChain(actionChain.Select(item => item.Format));
 
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent(bool cacheUsed, bool isSaved
 
     public string ModelName { get; set; } = modelName;
 
+    public string ProviderType { get; set; } = providerType;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets a comma-separated list of paste formats used - in the same order they were executed.
     /// Conceptually an array but formatted this way to work around https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/10428

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/ViewModels/OptionsViewModel.cs

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
         private ClipboardFormat _availableClipboardFormats;
 
         [ObservableProperty]
+        [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(ShowClipboardHistoryButton))]
         private bool _clipboardHistoryEnabled;
 
         [ObservableProperty]
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
         [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(PrivacyLinkUri))]
         [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(HasTermsLink))]
         [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(HasPrivacyLink))]
+        [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(HasLegalLinks))]
         private bool _isAllowedByGPO;
 
         [ObservableProperty]
@@ -221,10 +223,16 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
 
         public bool HasPrivacyLink => GetActiveProviderMetadata().HasPrivacyLink;
 
+        public bool HasLegalLinks => HasTermsLink || HasPrivacyLink;
+
         public bool ClipboardHasData => AvailableClipboardFormats != ClipboardFormat.None;
 
         public bool ClipboardHasDataForCustomAI => PasteFormat.SupportsClipboardFormats(CustomAIFormat, AvailableClipboardFormats);
 
+        public bool ShowClipboardPreview => _userSettings.EnableClipboardPreview;
+
+        public bool ShowClipboardHistoryButton => ClipboardHistoryEnabled;
+
         public bool HasIndeterminateTransformProgress => double.IsNaN(TransformProgress);
 
         private PasteFormats CustomAIFormat =>
@@ -310,6 +318,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsAdvancedAIEnabled));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(AIProviders));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(AllowedAIProviders));
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ShowClipboardPreview));
 
             NotifyActiveProviderChanged();
 
@@ -361,6 +370,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(PrivacyLinkUri));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasTermsLink));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasPrivacyLink));
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasLegalLinks));
         }
 
         private void RefreshPasteFormats()
@@ -798,7 +808,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
                 AIServiceType.AzureAIInference => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAzureAIInferenceValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.Mistral => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteMistralValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.Google => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
-                AIServiceType.Anthropic => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.Ollama => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.FoundryLocal => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteFoundryLocalValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 _ => true, // Allow unknown types by default

src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
     <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>
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@
       <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/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/FileLocksmithLibInterop.vcxproj

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

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.cpp

@@ -11,19 +11,17 @@
 #include <logger/logger_settings.h>
 #include <logger/logger.h>
 #include <utils/logger_helper.h>
+#include "LightSwitchStateManager.h"
+#include <LightSwitchUtils.h>
 
 SERVICE_STATUS g_ServiceStatus = {};
 SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE g_StatusHandle = nullptr;
 HANDLE g_ServiceStopEvent = nullptr;
-extern int g_lastUpdatedDay = -1;
-static ScheduleMode prevMode = ScheduleMode::Off;
-static std::wstring prevLat, prevLon;
-static int prevMinutes = -1;
-static bool lastOverrideStatus = false;
 
 VOID WINAPI ServiceMain(DWORD argc, LPTSTR* argv);
 VOID WINAPI ServiceCtrlHandler(DWORD dwCtrl);
 DWORD WINAPI ServiceWorkerThread(LPVOID lpParam);
+void ApplyTheme(bool shouldBeLight);
 
 // Entry point for the executable
 int _tmain(int argc, TCHAR* argv[])
@@ -124,31 +122,66 @@ VOID WINAPI ServiceCtrlHandler(DWORD dwCtrl)
     }
 }
 
-static void update_sun_times(auto& settings)
+void ApplyTheme(bool shouldBeLight)
 {
-    double latitude = std::stod(settings.latitude);
-    double longitude = std::stod(settings.longitude);
+    const auto& s = LightSwitchSettings::settings();
+
+    if (s.changeSystem)
+    {
+        bool isSystemCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
+        if (shouldBeLight != isSystemCurrentlyLight)
+        {
+            SetSystemTheme(shouldBeLight);
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changed system theme to {}.", shouldBeLight ? L"light" : L"dark");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (s.changeApps)
+    {
+        bool isAppsCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
+        if (shouldBeLight != isAppsCurrentlyLight)
+        {
+            SetAppsTheme(shouldBeLight);
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changed apps theme to {}.", shouldBeLight ? L"light" : L"dark");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void DetectAndHandleExternalThemeChange(LightSwitchStateManager& stateManager)
+{
+    const auto& s = LightSwitchSettings::settings();
+    if (s.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::Off)
+        return;
 
     SYSTEMTIME st;
     GetLocalTime(&st);
+    int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
 
-    SunTimes newTimes = CalculateSunriseSunset(latitude, longitude, st.wYear, st.wMonth, st.wDay);
+    // Compute effective boundaries (with offsets if needed)
+    int effectiveLight = s.lightTime;
+    int effectiveDark = s.darkTime;
 
-    int newLightTime = newTimes.sunriseHour * 60 + newTimes.sunriseMinute;
-    int newDarkTime = newTimes.sunsetHour * 60 + newTimes.sunsetMinute;
-    try
+    if (s.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise)
     {
-        auto values = PowerToysSettings::PowerToyValues::load_from_settings_file(L"LightSwitch");
-        values.add_property(L"lightTime", newLightTime);
-        values.add_property(L"darkTime", newDarkTime);
-        values.save_to_settings_file();
-
-        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Updated sun times and saved to config.");
+        effectiveLight = (s.lightTime + s.sunrise_offset) % 1440;
+        effectiveDark = (s.darkTime + s.sunset_offset) % 1440;
     }
-    catch (const std::exception& e)
+
+    // Use shared helper (handles wraparound logic)
+    bool shouldBeLight = ShouldBeLight(nowMinutes, effectiveLight, effectiveDark);
+
+    // Compare current system/apps theme
+    bool currentSystemLight = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
+    bool currentAppsLight = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
+
+    bool systemMismatch = s.changeSystem && (currentSystemLight != shouldBeLight);
+    bool appsMismatch = s.changeApps && (currentAppsLight != shouldBeLight);
+
+    // Trigger manual override only if mismatch and not already active
+    if ((systemMismatch || appsMismatch) && !stateManager.GetState().isManualOverride)
     {
-        std::wstring wmsg(e.what(), e.what() + strlen(e.what()));
-        Logger::error(L"[LightSwitchService] Exception during sun time update: {}", wmsg);
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] External theme change detected (Windows Settings). Entering manual override mode.");
+        stateManager.OnManualOverride();
     }
 }
 
@@ -162,307 +195,99 @@ DWORD WINAPI ServiceWorkerThread(LPVOID lpParam)
     Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Worker thread starting...");
     Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent PID: {}", parentPid);
 
+    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // Initialization
+    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    static LightSwitchStateManager stateManager;
+
     LightSwitchSettings::instance().InitFileWatcher();
 
     HANDLE hManualOverride = OpenEventW(SYNCHRONIZE | EVENT_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, L"POWERTOYS_LIGHTSWITCH_MANUAL_OVERRIDE");
+    HANDLE hSettingsChanged = LightSwitchSettings::instance().GetSettingsChangedEvent();
 
     LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
-    auto& settings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
+    const auto& settings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
 
     SYSTEMTIME st;
     GetLocalTime(&st);
     int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
 
-    // Handle initial theme application if necessary
-    if (settings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off)
-    {
-        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule mode is set to {}. Applying theme if necessary.", settings.scheduleMode);
-        LightSwitchSettings::instance().ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule mode is set to Off.");
-    }
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Initialized at {:02d}:{:02d}.", st.wHour, st.wMinute);
+    stateManager.SyncInitialThemeState();
+    stateManager.OnTick(nowMinutes);
 
-    g_lastUpdatedDay = st.wDay;
-    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Initializing g_lastUpdatedDay to {}.", g_lastUpdatedDay);
-    ULONGLONG lastSettingsReload = 0;
-
-    // ticker loop
+    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // Worker Loop
+    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     for (;;)
     {
-        HANDLE waits[2] = { g_ServiceStopEvent, hParent };
-        DWORD count = hParent ? 2 : 1;
-        bool skipRest = false;
-
-        const auto& settings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
-
-        // If the mode is set to Off, suspend the scheduler and avoid extra work
-        if (settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::Off)
-        {
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule mode is OFF - suspending scheduler but keeping service alive.");
-
-            if (!hManualOverride)
-                hManualOverride = OpenEventW(SYNCHRONIZE | EVENT_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, L"POWERTOYS_LIGHTSWITCH_MANUAL_OVERRIDE");
-
-            HANDLE waitsOff[4];
-            DWORD countOff = 0;
-            waitsOff[countOff++] = g_ServiceStopEvent;
-            if (hParent)
-                waitsOff[countOff++] = hParent;
-            if (hManualOverride)
-                waitsOff[countOff++] = hManualOverride;
-            waitsOff[countOff++] = LightSwitchSettings::instance().GetSettingsChangedEvent();
-
-            for (;;)
-            {
-                DWORD wait = WaitForMultipleObjects(countOff, waitsOff, FALSE, INFINITE);
-
-                if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
-                {
-                    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Stop event triggered - exiting worker loop.");
-                    goto cleanup;
-                }
-                if (hParent && wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1)
-                {
-                    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent exited - stopping service.");
-                    goto cleanup;
-                }
-
-                if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? 2 : 1))
-                {
-                    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override received while schedule OFF.");
-                    ResetEvent(hManualOverride);
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? 3 : 2))
-                {
-                    Logger::trace(L"[LightSwitchService] Settings change event triggered, reloading settings...");
-                    ResetEvent(LightSwitchSettings::instance().GetSettingsChangedEvent());
-                    const auto& newSettings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
-                    lastSettingsReload = GetTickCount64();
-
-                    if (newSettings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off)
-                    {
-                        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule re-enabled, resuming normal loop.");
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        bool scheduleJustEnabled = (prevMode == ScheduleMode::Off && settings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off);
-        prevMode = settings.scheduleMode;
-
-        ULONGLONG nowTick = GetTickCount64();
-        bool recentSettingsReload = (nowTick - lastSettingsReload < 2000);
-
-        Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Current g_lastUpdatedDay value = {}.", g_lastUpdatedDay);
-
-        // Manual Override Detection Logic
-        bool manualOverrideActive = (hManualOverride && WaitForSingleObject(hManualOverride, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0);
-
-        if (manualOverrideActive != lastOverrideStatus)
-        {
-            Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override active = {}", manualOverrideActive);
-            lastOverrideStatus = manualOverrideActive;
-        }
-
-        if (settings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off && !recentSettingsReload && !scheduleJustEnabled && !manualOverrideActive)
-        {
-            bool currentSystemTheme = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
-            bool currentAppsTheme = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
-
-            SYSTEMTIME st;
-            GetLocalTime(&st);
-            int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
-
-            int lightBoundary = 0;
-            int darkBoundary = 0;
-
-            if (settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise)
-            {
-                lightBoundary = (settings.lightTime + settings.sunrise_offset) % 1440;
-                darkBoundary = (settings.darkTime + settings.sunset_offset) % 1440;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                lightBoundary = settings.lightTime;
-                darkBoundary = settings.darkTime;
-            }
-
-            bool shouldBeLight = (lightBoundary < darkBoundary) ? (nowMinutes >= lightBoundary && nowMinutes < darkBoundary) : (nowMinutes >= lightBoundary || nowMinutes < darkBoundary);
-
-            Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] shouldBeLight = {}", shouldBeLight);
-
-            bool systemMismatch = settings.changeSystem && (currentSystemTheme != shouldBeLight);
-            bool appsMismatch = settings.changeApps && (currentAppsTheme != shouldBeLight);
-
-            if (systemMismatch || appsMismatch)
-            {
-              // Make sure this is not because we crossed a boundary
-              bool crossedBoundary = false;
-              if (prevMinutes != -1)
-              {
-                  if (nowMinutes < prevMinutes)
-                  {
-                      // wrapped around midnight
-                      crossedBoundary = (prevMinutes <= lightBoundary || nowMinutes >= lightBoundary) ||
-                                        (prevMinutes <= darkBoundary || nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
-                  }
-                  else
-                  {
-                      crossedBoundary = (prevMinutes < lightBoundary && nowMinutes >= lightBoundary) ||
-                                        (prevMinutes < darkBoundary && nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
-                  }
-              }
-
-              if (crossedBoundary)
-              {
-                  Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Missed boundary detected. Applying theme instead of triggering manual override.");
-                  LightSwitchSettings::instance().ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
-              }
-              else
-              {
-                  Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] External {} theme change detected, enabling manual override.",
-                               systemMismatch && appsMismatch ? L"system/app" :
-                               systemMismatch                 ? L"system" :
-                                                                L"app");
-                  SetEvent(hManualOverride);
-                  skipRest = true;
-              }
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Skipping external-change detection (schedule off, recent reload, or just enabled).");
-        }
-        
+        HANDLE waits[4];
+        DWORD count = 0;
+        waits[count++] = g_ServiceStopEvent;
+        if (hParent)
+            waits[count++] = hParent;
         if (hManualOverride)
-            manualOverrideActive = (WaitForSingleObject(hManualOverride, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0);
+            waits[count++] = hManualOverride;
+        waits[count++] = hSettingsChanged;
 
-        if (manualOverrideActive)
-        {
-            int lightBoundary = (settings.lightTime + settings.sunrise_offset) % 1440;
-            int darkBoundary = (settings.darkTime + settings.sunset_offset) % 1440;
-
-            SYSTEMTIME st;
-            GetLocalTime(&st);
-            nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
-
-            bool crossedLight = false;
-            bool crossedDark = false;
-
-            if (prevMinutes != -1)
-            {
-                // this means we are in a new day cycle
-                if (nowMinutes < prevMinutes)
-                {
-                    crossedLight = (prevMinutes <= lightBoundary || nowMinutes >= lightBoundary);
-                    crossedDark = (prevMinutes <= darkBoundary || nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    crossedLight = (prevMinutes < lightBoundary && nowMinutes >= lightBoundary);
-                    crossedDark = (prevMinutes < darkBoundary && nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (crossedLight || crossedDark)
-            {
-                ResetEvent(hManualOverride);
-                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override cleared after crossing schedule boundary.");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Skipping schedule due to manual override");
-                skipRest = true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Apply theme if nothing has made us skip
-        if (!skipRest)
-        {
-            // Next two conditionals check for any updates necessary to the sun times.
-            bool modeChangedToSunset = (prevMode != settings.scheduleMode &&
-                                        settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise);
-            bool coordsChanged = (prevLat != settings.latitude || prevLon != settings.longitude);
-
-            if ((modeChangedToSunset || coordsChanged) && settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise)
-            {
-                SYSTEMTIME st;
-                GetLocalTime(&st);
-
-                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Mode or coordinates changed, recalculating sun times.");
-                update_sun_times(settings);
-                g_lastUpdatedDay = st.wDay;
-                prevMode = settings.scheduleMode;
-                prevLat = settings.latitude;
-                prevLon = settings.longitude;
-            }
-
-            SYSTEMTIME st;
-            GetLocalTime(&st);
-            int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
-
-            if ((g_lastUpdatedDay != st.wDay) && (settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise))
-            {
-                update_sun_times(settings);
-                g_lastUpdatedDay = st.wDay;
-                prevMinutes = -1;
-                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Recalculated sun times at new day boundary.");
-            }
-
-            // settings after any necessary updates.
-            LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
-            const auto& currentSettings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
-
-            wchar_t msg[160];
-            swprintf_s(msg,
-                       L"[LightSwitchService] now=%02d:%02d | light=%02d:%02d | dark=%02d:%02d | mode=%s",
-                       st.wHour,
-                       st.wMinute,
-                       currentSettings.lightTime / 60,
-                       currentSettings.lightTime % 60,
-                       currentSettings.darkTime / 60,
-                       currentSettings.darkTime % 60,
-                       ToString(currentSettings.scheduleMode).c_str());
-            Logger::info(msg);
-
-            LightSwitchSettings::instance().ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
-        }
-
-        // ─── Wait For Next Minute Tick Or Stop Event ────────────────────────────────
+        // Wait for one of these to trigger or for a new minute tick
         SYSTEMTIME st;
         GetLocalTime(&st);
         int msToNextMinute = (60 - st.wSecond) * 1000 - st.wMilliseconds;
         if (msToNextMinute < 50)
             msToNextMinute = 50;
 
-       prevMinutes = nowMinutes;
-
         DWORD wait = WaitForMultipleObjects(count, waits, FALSE, msToNextMinute);
+
+        if (wait == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
+        {
+            // regular minute tick
+            GetLocalTime(&st);
+            nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
+            DetectAndHandleExternalThemeChange(stateManager);
+            stateManager.OnTick(nowMinutes);
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
         {
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Stop event triggered - exiting worker loop.");
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Stop event triggered — exiting.");
             break;
         }
+
         if (hParent && wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1)
         {
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent process exited - stopping service.");
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent process exited — stopping service.");
             break;
         }
+
+        if (hManualOverride && wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? 2 : 1))
+        {
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override event detected.");
+            stateManager.OnManualOverride();
+            ResetEvent(hManualOverride);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? (hManualOverride ? 3 : 2) : 2))
+        {
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Settings file changed event detected.");
+            ResetEvent(hSettingsChanged);
+            LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
+            stateManager.OnSettingsChanged();
+            continue;
+        }
     }
 
-cleanup:
+    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // Cleanup
+    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     if (hManualOverride)
         CloseHandle(hManualOverride);
     if (hParent)
         CloseHandle(hParent);
 
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Worker thread exiting cleanly.");
     return 0;
 }
 

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.vcxproj

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchService.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchSettings.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchStateManager.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SettingsConstants.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ThemeHelper.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ThemeScheduler.cpp" />
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchSettings.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchStateManager.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchUtils.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SettingsConstants.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SettingsObserver.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ThemeHelper.h" />

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.vcxproj.filters

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="WinHookEventIDs.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchStateManager.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="ThemeScheduler.h">
@@ -53,6 +56,12 @@
     <ClInclude Include="WinHookEventIDs.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchStateManager.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchUtils.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Natvis Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\natvis\wil.natvis" />

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchSettings.cpp

@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 #include <common/utils/json.h>
 #include <common/SettingsAPI/settings_helpers.h>
 #include "SettingsObserver.h"
-#include "ThemeHelper.h"
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
-#include <WinHookEventIDs.h>
 #include <logger.h>
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ void LightSwitchSettings::InitFileWatcher()
                     try
                     {
                         LoadSettings();
-                        ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
                         SetEvent(m_settingsChangedEvent);
                     }
                     catch (const std::exception& e)
@@ -250,48 +247,3 @@ void LightSwitchSettings::LoadSettings()
         // Keeps defaults if load fails
     }
 }
-
-void LightSwitchSettings::ApplyThemeIfNecessary()
-{
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_settingsMutex);
-
-    SYSTEMTIME st;
-    GetLocalTime(&st);
-    int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
-
-    bool shouldBeLight = false;
-    if (m_settings.lightTime < m_settings.darkTime)
-        shouldBeLight = (nowMinutes >= m_settings.lightTime && nowMinutes < m_settings.darkTime);
-    else
-        shouldBeLight = (nowMinutes >= m_settings.lightTime || nowMinutes < m_settings.darkTime);
-
-    bool isSystemCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
-    bool isAppsCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
-
-    if (shouldBeLight)
-    {
-        if (m_settings.changeSystem && !isSystemCurrentlyLight)
-        {
-            SetSystemTheme(true);
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing system theme to light mode.");
-        }
-        if (m_settings.changeApps && !isAppsCurrentlyLight)
-        {
-            SetAppsTheme(true);
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing apps theme to light mode.");
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        if (m_settings.changeSystem && isSystemCurrentlyLight)
-        {
-            SetSystemTheme(false);
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing system theme to dark mode.");
-        }
-        if (m_settings.changeApps && isAppsCurrentlyLight)
-        {
-            SetAppsTheme(false);
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing apps theme to dark mode.");
-        }
-    }
-}

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchSettings.h

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ public:
     void RemoveObserver(SettingsObserver& observer);
 
     void LoadSettings();
-    void ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
 
     HANDLE GetSettingsChangedEvent() const;
 

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchStateManager.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "LightSwitchStateManager.h"
+#include <logger.h>
+#include <LightSwitchUtils.h>
+#include "ThemeScheduler.h"
+#include <ThemeHelper.h>
+
+void ApplyTheme(bool shouldBeLight);
+
+// Constructor
+LightSwitchStateManager::LightSwitchStateManager()
+{
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Initialized");
+}
+
+// Called when settings.json changes
+void LightSwitchStateManager::OnSettingsChanged()
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_stateMutex);
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Settings changed event received");
+
+    // If manual override was active, clear it so new settings take effect
+    if (_state.isManualOverride)
+    {
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Clearing manual override due to settings update.");
+        _state.isManualOverride = false;
+    }
+
+    EvaluateAndApplyIfNeeded();
+}
+
+// Called once per minute
+void LightSwitchStateManager::OnTick(int currentMinutes)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_stateMutex);
+    Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Tick received: {}", currentMinutes);
+    EvaluateAndApplyIfNeeded();
+}
+
+// Called when manual override is triggered
+void LightSwitchStateManager::OnManualOverride()
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_stateMutex);
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Manual override triggered");
+    _state.isManualOverride = !_state.isManualOverride;
+
+    // When entering manual override, sync internal theme state to match the current system
+    if (_state.isManualOverride)
+    {
+        _state.isSystemLightActive = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
+
+        _state.isAppsLightActive = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
+
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Synced internal theme state to current system theme ({}) and apps theme ({}).",
+                     (_state.isSystemLightActive ? L"light" : L"dark"),
+                     (_state.isAppsLightActive ? L"light" : L"dark"));
+    }
+
+    EvaluateAndApplyIfNeeded();
+}
+
+// Helpers
+bool LightSwitchStateManager::CoordinatesAreValid(const std::wstring& lat, const std::wstring& lon)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        double latVal = std::stod(lat);
+        double lonVal = std::stod(lon);
+        return !(latVal == 0 && lonVal == 0) && (latVal >= -90.0 && latVal <= 90.0) && (lonVal >= -180.0 && lonVal <= 180.0);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+void LightSwitchStateManager::SyncInitialThemeState()
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_stateMutex);
+    _state.isSystemLightActive = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
+    _state.isAppsLightActive = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Synced initial state to current system theme ({})",
+                 _state.isSystemLightActive ? L"light" : L"dark");
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Synced initial state to current apps theme ({})",
+                 _state.isAppsLightActive ? L"light" : L"dark");
+}
+
+static std::pair<int, int> update_sun_times(auto& settings)
+{
+    double latitude = std::stod(settings.latitude);
+    double longitude = std::stod(settings.longitude);
+
+    SYSTEMTIME st;
+    GetLocalTime(&st);
+
+    SunTimes newTimes = CalculateSunriseSunset(latitude, longitude, st.wYear, st.wMonth, st.wDay);
+
+    int newLightTime = newTimes.sunriseHour * 60 + newTimes.sunriseMinute;
+    int newDarkTime = newTimes.sunsetHour * 60 + newTimes.sunsetMinute;
+
+    try
+    {
+        auto values = PowerToysSettings::PowerToyValues::load_from_settings_file(L"LightSwitch");
+        values.add_property(L"lightTime", newLightTime);
+        values.add_property(L"darkTime", newDarkTime);
+        values.save_to_settings_file();
+
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Updated sun times and saved to config.");
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        std::string msg = e.what();
+        std::wstring wmsg(msg.begin(), msg.end());
+        Logger::error(L"[LightSwitchService] Exception during sun time update: {}", wmsg);
+    }
+
+    return { newLightTime, newDarkTime };
+}
+
+// Internal: decide what should happen now
+void LightSwitchStateManager::EvaluateAndApplyIfNeeded()
+{
+    LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
+    const auto& _currentSettings = LightSwitchSettings::settings();
+    auto now = GetNowMinutes();
+
+    // Early exit: OFF mode just pauses activity
+    if (_currentSettings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::Off)
+    {
+        Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Mode is OFF — pausing service logic.");
+        _state.lastTickMinutes = now;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    bool coordsValid = CoordinatesAreValid(_currentSettings.latitude, _currentSettings.longitude);
+
+    // Handle Sun Mode recalculation
+    if (_currentSettings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise && coordsValid)
+    {
+        SYSTEMTIME st;
+        GetLocalTime(&st);
+        bool newDay = (_state.lastEvaluatedDay != st.wDay);
+        bool modeChangedToSun = (_state.lastAppliedMode != ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise &&
+                                 _currentSettings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise);
+
+        if (newDay || modeChangedToSun)
+        {
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Recalculating sun times (mode/day change).");
+            auto [newLightTime, newDarkTime] = update_sun_times(_currentSettings);
+            _state.lastEvaluatedDay = st.wDay;
+            _state.effectiveLightMinutes = newLightTime + _currentSettings.sunrise_offset;
+            _state.effectiveDarkMinutes = newDarkTime + _currentSettings.sunset_offset;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _state.effectiveLightMinutes = _currentSettings.lightTime + _currentSettings.sunrise_offset;
+            _state.effectiveDarkMinutes = _currentSettings.darkTime + _currentSettings.sunset_offset;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (_currentSettings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::FixedHours)
+    {
+        _state.effectiveLightMinutes = _currentSettings.lightTime;
+        _state.effectiveDarkMinutes = _currentSettings.darkTime;
+    }
+
+    // Handle manual override logic
+    if (_state.isManualOverride)
+    {
+        bool crossedBoundary = false;
+        if (_state.lastTickMinutes != -1)
+        {
+            int prev = _state.lastTickMinutes;
+
+            // Handle midnight wraparound safely
+            if (now < prev)
+            {
+                crossedBoundary =
+                    (prev <= _state.effectiveLightMinutes || now >= _state.effectiveLightMinutes) ||
+                    (prev <= _state.effectiveDarkMinutes || now >= _state.effectiveDarkMinutes);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                crossedBoundary =
+                    (prev < _state.effectiveLightMinutes && now >= _state.effectiveLightMinutes) ||
+                    (prev < _state.effectiveDarkMinutes && now >= _state.effectiveDarkMinutes);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (crossedBoundary)
+        {
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Manual override cleared after crossing boundary.");
+            _state.isManualOverride = false;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Manual override active — skipping auto apply.");
+            _state.lastTickMinutes = now;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    _state.lastAppliedMode = _currentSettings.scheduleMode;
+
+    bool shouldBeLight = ShouldBeLight(now, _state.effectiveLightMinutes, _state.effectiveDarkMinutes);
+
+    bool appsNeedsToChange = _currentSettings.changeApps && (_state.isAppsLightActive != shouldBeLight);
+    bool systemNeedsToChange = _currentSettings.changeSystem && (_state.isSystemLightActive != shouldBeLight);
+
+    Logger::debug(
+        L"[LightSwitchStateManager] now = {:02d}:{:02d}, light boundary = {:02d}:{:02d} ({}), dark boundary = {:02d}:{:02d} ({})",
+        now / 60,
+        now % 60,
+        _state.effectiveLightMinutes / 60,
+        _state.effectiveLightMinutes % 60,
+        _state.effectiveLightMinutes,
+        _state.effectiveDarkMinutes / 60,
+        _state.effectiveDarkMinutes % 60,
+        _state.effectiveDarkMinutes);
+
+    Logger::debug("should be light = {}, apps needs change = {}, system needs change = {}",
+                  shouldBeLight ? "true" : "false",
+                  appsNeedsToChange ? "true" : "false",
+                  systemNeedsToChange ? "true" : "false");
+
+    // Only apply theme if there's a change or no override active
+    if (!_state.isManualOverride && (appsNeedsToChange || systemNeedsToChange))
+    {
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Applying {} theme", shouldBeLight ? L"light" : L"dark");
+        ApplyTheme(shouldBeLight);
+
+        _state.isSystemLightActive = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
+        _state.isAppsLightActive = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
+
+        Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchStateManager] Synced post-apply theme state — System: {}, Apps: {}",
+                      _state.isSystemLightActive ? L"light" : L"dark",
+                      _state.isAppsLightActive ? L"light" : L"dark");
+    }
+
+    _state.lastTickMinutes = now;
+}
+
+
+

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchStateManager.h

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "LightSwitchSettings.h"
+#include <optional>
+
+// Represents runtime-only information (not saved in settings.json)
+struct LightSwitchState
+{
+    ScheduleMode lastAppliedMode = ScheduleMode::Off;
+    bool isManualOverride = false;
+    bool isSystemLightActive = false;
+    bool isAppsLightActive = false;
+    int lastEvaluatedDay = -1;
+    int lastTickMinutes = -1;
+
+    // Derived, runtime-resolved times
+    int effectiveLightMinutes = 0; // the boundary we actually act on
+    int effectiveDarkMinutes = 0; // includes offsets if needed
+};
+
+// The controller that reacts to settings changes, time ticks, and manual overrides.
+class LightSwitchStateManager
+{
+public:
+    LightSwitchStateManager();
+
+    // Called when settings.json changes or stabilizes.
+    void OnSettingsChanged();
+
+    // Called every minute (from service worker tick).
+    void OnTick(int currentMinutes);
+
+    // Called when manual override is toggled (via shortcut or system change).
+    void OnManualOverride();
+
+    // Initial sync at startup to align internal state with system theme
+    void SyncInitialThemeState();
+
+    // Accessor for current state (optional, for debugging or telemetry)
+    const LightSwitchState& GetState() const { return _state; }
+
+private:
+    LightSwitchState _state;
+    std::mutex _stateMutex;
+
+    void EvaluateAndApplyIfNeeded();
+    bool CoordinatesAreValid(const std::wstring& lat, const std::wstring& lon);
+};

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchUtils.h

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <windows.h>
+
+constexpr bool ShouldBeLight(int nowMinutes, int lightTime, int darkTime)
+{
+    // Normalize values into [0, 1439]
+    int normalizedLightTime = (lightTime % 1440 + 1440) % 1440;
+    int normalizedDarkTime = (darkTime % 1440 + 1440) % 1440;
+    int normalizedNowMinutes = (nowMinutes % 1440 + 1440) % 1440;
+
+    // Case 1: Normal range, e.g. light mode comes before dark mode in the same day
+    if (normalizedLightTime < normalizedDarkTime)
+        return normalizedNowMinutes >= normalizedLightTime && normalizedNowMinutes < normalizedDarkTime;
+
+    // Case 2: Wrap-around range, e.g. light mode starts in the evening and dark mode starts in the morning
+    return normalizedNowMinutes >= normalizedLightTime || normalizedNowMinutes < normalizedDarkTime;
+}
+
+inline int GetNowMinutes()
+{
+    SYSTEMTIME st;
+    GetLocalTime(&st);
+    return st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
+}

src/modules/LightSwitch/Tests/LightSwitch.UITests/TestHelper.cs

@@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ namespace LightSwitch.UITests
 
             var neededTabs = 6;
 
-            if (modeCombobox.Text != "Manual")
+            if (modeCombobox.Text != "Fixed hours")
             {
                 modeCombobox.Click();
                 var manualListItem = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("ManualCBItem_LightSwitch"), 5000);
-                Assert.IsNotNull(manualListItem, "Manual combobox item not found.");
+                Assert.IsNotNull(manualListItem, "Fixed Hours combobox item not found.");
                 manualListItem.Click();
                 neededTabs = 1;
             }
 
-            Assert.AreEqual("Manual", modeCombobox.Text, "Mode combobox should be set to Manual.");
+            Assert.AreEqual("Fixed hours", modeCombobox.Text, "Mode combobox should be set to Fixed hours.");
 
             var timeline = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("Timeline_LightSwitch"), 5000);
             Assert.IsNotNull(timeline, "Timeline not found.");
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ namespace LightSwitch.UITests
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Perform a update geolocation test operation
+        /// Perform a update manual location test operation
         /// </summary>
         public static void PerformUserSelectedLocationTest(UITestBase testBase)
         {
@@ -216,19 +216,22 @@ namespace LightSwitch.UITests
 
             Assert.AreEqual("Sunset to sunrise", modeCombobox.Text, "Mode combobox should be set to Sunset to sunrise.");
 
+            // Click the select location button
             var setLocationButton = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("SetLocationButton_LightSwitch"), 5000);
             Assert.IsNotNull(setLocationButton, "Set location button not found.");
-            setLocationButton.Click();
+            setLocationButton.Click(msPostAction: 1000);
 
-            var autoSuggestTextbox = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("CitySearchBox_LightSwitch"), 5000);
-            Assert.IsNotNull(autoSuggestTextbox, "City search box not found.");
-            autoSuggestTextbox.Click();
-            autoSuggestTextbox.SendKeys("Seattle");
-            autoSuggestTextbox.SendKeys(OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.Down);
-            autoSuggestTextbox.SendKeys(OpenQA.Selenium.Keys.Enter);
+            var latitudeBox = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("LatitudeBox_LightSwitch"), 5000);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(latitudeBox, "Latitude text box not found.");
+            latitudeBox.Click();
 
-            var latLong = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("LocationResultText_LightSwitch"), 5000);
-            Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(latLong.Text));
+            testBase.Session.SendKeys(Key.Up);
+
+            var longitudeBox = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("LongitudeBox_LightSwitch"), 5000);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(longitudeBox, "Longitude text box not found.");
+            longitudeBox.Click();
+
+            testBase.Session.SendKeys(Key.Down);
 
             var sunrise = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("SunriseText_LightSwitch"), 5000);
             Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sunrise.Text));
@@ -256,13 +259,14 @@ namespace LightSwitch.UITests
 
             Assert.AreEqual("Sunset to sunrise", modeCombobox.Text, "Mode combobox should be set to Sunset to sunrise.");
 
-            // Click the select city button
+            // Click the select location button
             var setLocationButton = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("SetLocationButton_LightSwitch"), 5000);
             Assert.IsNotNull(setLocationButton, "Set location button not found.");
-            setLocationButton.Click(msPostAction: 8000);
+            setLocationButton.Click(msPostAction: 1000);
 
-            var latLong = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("LocationResultText_LightSwitch"), 5000);
-            Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(latLong.Text));
+            var syncLocationButton = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("SyncLocationButton_LightSwitch"), 5000);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(syncLocationButton, "Sync location button not found.");
+            syncLocationButton.Click(msPostAction: 8000);
 
             var sunrise = testBase.Session.Find<Element>(By.AccessibilityId("SunriseText_LightSwitch"), 5000);
             Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sunrise.Text));
@@ -363,6 +367,7 @@ namespace LightSwitch.UITests
             var systemBeforeValue = GetSystemTheme();
             var appsBeforeValue = GetAppsTheme();
 
+            Task.Delay(1000).Wait();
             testBase.Session.SendKeys(activationKeys);
             Task.Delay(5000).Wait();
 
@@ -389,6 +394,7 @@ namespace LightSwitch.UITests
             var noneSystemBeforeValue = GetSystemTheme();
             var noneAppsBeforeValue = GetAppsTheme();
 
+            Task.Delay(1000).Wait();
             testBase.Session.SendKeys(activationKeys);
             Task.Delay(5000).Wait();
 

src/modules/MouseUtils/CursorWrap/dllmain.cpp

@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ public:
         m_enabled = true;
         Trace::EnableCursorWrap(true);
         
-        if (m_autoActivate)
-        {
-            StartMouseHook();
-        }
+        // Always start the mouse hook when the module is enabled
+        // This ensures cursor wrapping is active immediately after enabling
+        StartMouseHook();
+        Logger::info("CursorWrap enabled - mouse hook started");
     }
 
     // Disable the powertoy
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ public:
         m_enabled = false;
         Trace::EnableCursorWrap(false);
         StopMouseHook();
+        Logger::info("CursorWrap disabled - mouse hook stopped");
     }
 
     // Returns if the powertoys is enabled

src/modules/MouseUtils/FindMyMouse/FindMyMouse.vcxproj

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

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

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

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

src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.win10/NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10.vcxproj

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN10_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Generated Files</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN10_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)Generated Files</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>

src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.vcxproj

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

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

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

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

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/GifRecordingSession.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+//==============================================================================
+//
+// Zoomit
+// Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
+//
+// GIF recording support using Windows Imaging Component (WIC)
+//
+//==============================================================================
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "GifRecordingSession.h"
+#include "CaptureFrameWait.h"
+#include <shcore.h>
+
+extern DWORD g_RecordScaling;
+
+namespace winrt
+{
+    using namespace Windows::Foundation;
+    using namespace Windows::Graphics;
+    using namespace Windows::Graphics::Capture;
+    using namespace Windows::Graphics::DirectX;
+    using namespace Windows::Graphics::DirectX::Direct3D11;
+    using namespace Windows::Storage;
+    using namespace Windows::UI::Composition;
+}
+
+namespace util
+{
+    using namespace robmikh::common::uwp;
+}
+
+const float CLEAR_COLOR[] = { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f };
+
+int32_t EnsureEvenGif(int32_t value)
+{
+    if (value % 2 == 0)
+    {
+        return value;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return value + 1;
+    }
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// GifRecordingSession::GifRecordingSession
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GifRecordingSession::GifRecordingSession(
+    winrt::IDirect3DDevice const& device,
+    winrt::GraphicsCaptureItem const& item,
+    RECT const cropRect,
+    uint32_t frameRate,
+    winrt::Streams::IRandomAccessStream const& stream)
+{
+    m_device = device;
+    m_d3dDevice = GetDXGIInterfaceFromObject<ID3D11Device>(m_device);
+    m_d3dDevice->GetImmediateContext(m_d3dContext.put());
+    m_item = item;
+    m_frameRate = frameRate;
+    m_stream = stream;
+
+    auto itemSize = item.Size();
+    auto inputWidth = EnsureEvenGif(itemSize.Width);
+    auto inputHeight = EnsureEvenGif(itemSize.Height);
+    m_frameWait = std::make_shared<CaptureFrameWait>(m_device, m_item, winrt::SizeInt32{ inputWidth, inputHeight });
+    auto weakPointer{ std::weak_ptr{ m_frameWait } };
+    m_itemClosed = item.Closed(winrt::auto_revoke, [weakPointer](auto&, auto&)
+        {
+            auto sharedPointer{ weakPointer.lock() };
+            if (sharedPointer)
+            {
+                sharedPointer->StopCapture();
+            }
+        });
+
+    // Get crop dimension
+    if ((cropRect.right - cropRect.left) != 0)
+    {
+        m_rcCrop = cropRect;
+        m_frameWait->ShowCaptureBorder(false);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_rcCrop.left = 0;
+        m_rcCrop.top = 0;
+        m_rcCrop.right = inputWidth;
+        m_rcCrop.bottom = inputHeight;
+    }
+
+    // Apply scaling
+    constexpr int c_minimumSize = 34;
+    auto scaledWidth = MulDiv(m_rcCrop.right - m_rcCrop.left, g_RecordScaling, 100);
+    auto scaledHeight = MulDiv(m_rcCrop.bottom - m_rcCrop.top, g_RecordScaling, 100);
+    m_width = scaledWidth;
+    m_height = scaledHeight;
+    if (m_width < c_minimumSize)
+    {
+        m_width = c_minimumSize;
+        m_height = MulDiv(m_height, m_width, scaledWidth);
+    }
+    if (m_height < c_minimumSize)
+    {
+        m_height = c_minimumSize;
+        m_width = MulDiv(m_width, m_height, scaledHeight);
+    }
+    if (m_width > inputWidth)
+    {
+        m_width = inputWidth;
+        m_height = c_minimumSize, MulDiv(m_height, scaledWidth, m_width);
+    }
+    if (m_height > inputHeight)
+    {
+        m_height = inputHeight;
+        m_width = c_minimumSize, MulDiv(m_width, scaledHeight, m_height);
+    }
+    m_width = EnsureEvenGif(m_width);
+    m_height = EnsureEvenGif(m_height);
+
+    m_frameDelay = (frameRate > 0) ? (100 / frameRate) : 15;
+
+    // Initialize WIC
+    winrt::check_hresult(CoCreateInstance(
+        CLSID_WICImagingFactory,
+        nullptr,
+        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
+        IID_PPV_ARGS(m_wicFactory.put())));
+
+    // Create WIC stream from IRandomAccessStream
+    winrt::check_hresult(m_wicFactory->CreateStream(m_wicStream.put()));
+
+    // Get the IStream from the IRandomAccessStream
+    winrt::com_ptr<IStream> streamInterop;
+    winrt::check_hresult(CreateStreamOverRandomAccessStream(
+        winrt::get_unknown(stream),
+        IID_PPV_ARGS(streamInterop.put())));
+    winrt::check_hresult(m_wicStream->InitializeFromIStream(streamInterop.get()));
+
+    // Create GIF encoder
+    winrt::check_hresult(m_wicFactory->CreateEncoder(
+        GUID_ContainerFormatGif,
+        nullptr,
+        m_gifEncoder.put()));
+
+    winrt::check_hresult(m_gifEncoder->Initialize(m_wicStream.get(), WICBitmapEncoderNoCache));
+
+    // Set global GIF metadata for looping (NETSCAPE2.0 application extension)
+    try
+    {
+        winrt::com_ptr<IWICMetadataQueryWriter> encoderMetadataWriter;
+        if (SUCCEEDED(m_gifEncoder->GetMetadataQueryWriter(encoderMetadataWriter.put())) && encoderMetadataWriter)
+        {
+            OutputDebugStringW(L"Setting NETSCAPE2.0 looping extension on encoder...\n");
+
+            // Set application extension
+            PROPVARIANT propValue;
+            PropVariantInit(&propValue);
+            propValue.vt = VT_UI1 | VT_VECTOR;
+            propValue.caub.cElems = 11;
+            propValue.caub.pElems = static_cast<UCHAR*>(CoTaskMemAlloc(11));
+            if (propValue.caub.pElems != nullptr)
+            {
+                memcpy(propValue.caub.pElems, "NETSCAPE2.0", 11);
+                HRESULT hr = encoderMetadataWriter->SetMetadataByName(L"/appext/application", &propValue);
+                if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+                {
+                    OutputDebugStringW(L"Encoder application extension set successfully\n");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    OutputDebugStringW(L"Failed to set encoder application extension\n");
+                }
+                PropVariantClear(&propValue);
+
+                // Set loop count (0 = infinite)
+                PropVariantInit(&propValue);
+                propValue.vt = VT_UI1 | VT_VECTOR;
+                propValue.caub.cElems = 5;
+                propValue.caub.pElems = static_cast<UCHAR*>(CoTaskMemAlloc(5));
+                if (propValue.caub.pElems != nullptr)
+                {
+                    propValue.caub.pElems[0] = 3;
+                    propValue.caub.pElems[1] = 1;
+                    propValue.caub.pElems[2] = 0;
+                    propValue.caub.pElems[3] = 0;
+                    propValue.caub.pElems[4] = 0;
+                    hr = encoderMetadataWriter->SetMetadataByName(L"/appext/data", &propValue);
+                    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+                    {
+                        OutputDebugStringW(L"Encoder loop count set successfully\n");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        OutputDebugStringW(L"Failed to set encoder loop count\n");
+                    }
+                    PropVariantClear(&propValue);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            OutputDebugStringW(L"Failed to get encoder metadata writer\n");
+        }
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        OutputDebugStringW(L"Warning: Failed to set GIF encoder looping metadata\n");
+    }
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// GifRecordingSession::~GifRecordingSession
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+GifRecordingSession::~GifRecordingSession()
+{
+    Close();
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// GifRecordingSession::Create
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::shared_ptr<GifRecordingSession> GifRecordingSession::Create(
+    winrt::IDirect3DDevice const& device,
+    winrt::GraphicsCaptureItem const& item,
+    RECT const& crop,
+    uint32_t frameRate,
+    winrt::Streams::IRandomAccessStream const& stream)
+{
+    return std::shared_ptr<GifRecordingSession>(new GifRecordingSession(device, item, crop, frameRate, stream));
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// GifRecordingSession::EncodeFrame
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+HRESULT GifRecordingSession::EncodeFrame(ID3D11Texture2D* frameTexture)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        // Create a staging texture for CPU access
+        D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC frameDesc;
+        frameTexture->GetDesc(&frameDesc);
+
+        // GIF encoding with palette generation is VERY slow at high resolutions (4K takes 1 second per frame!)
+
+        UINT targetWidth = frameDesc.Width;
+        UINT targetHeight = frameDesc.Height;
+
+        if (frameDesc.Width > static_cast<uint32_t>(m_width) || frameDesc.Height > static_cast<uint32_t>(m_height))
+        {
+            float scaleX = static_cast<float>(m_width) / frameDesc.Width;
+            float scaleY = static_cast<float>(m_height) / frameDesc.Height;
+            float scale = min(scaleX, scaleY);
+
+            targetWidth = static_cast<UINT>(frameDesc.Width * scale);
+            targetHeight = static_cast<UINT>(frameDesc.Height * scale);
+
+            // Ensure even dimensions for GIF
+            targetWidth = (targetWidth / 2) * 2;
+            targetHeight = (targetHeight / 2) * 2;
+        }
+
+        D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC stagingDesc = frameDesc;
+        stagingDesc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_STAGING;
+        stagingDesc.BindFlags = 0;
+        stagingDesc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ;
+        stagingDesc.MiscFlags = 0;
+
+        winrt::com_ptr<ID3D11Texture2D> stagingTexture;
+        winrt::check_hresult(m_d3dDevice->CreateTexture2D(&stagingDesc, nullptr, stagingTexture.put()));
+
+        // Copy the frame to staging texture
+        m_d3dContext->CopyResource(stagingTexture.get(), frameTexture);
+
+        // Map the staging texture
+        D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE mappedResource;
+        winrt::check_hresult(m_d3dContext->Map(stagingTexture.get(), 0, D3D11_MAP_READ, 0, &mappedResource));
+
+        // Create a new frame in the GIF
+        winrt::com_ptr<IWICBitmapFrameEncode> frameEncode;
+        winrt::com_ptr<IPropertyBag2> propertyBag;
+        winrt::check_hresult(m_gifEncoder->CreateNewFrame(frameEncode.put(), propertyBag.put()));
+
+        // Initialize the frame encoder with property bag
+        winrt::check_hresult(frameEncode->Initialize(propertyBag.get()));
+
+        // CRITICAL: For GIF, we MUST set size and pixel format BEFORE WriteSource
+        // Use target dimensions (may be downsampled)
+        winrt::check_hresult(frameEncode->SetSize(targetWidth, targetHeight));
+
+        // Set the pixel format to 8-bit indexed (required for GIF)
+        WICPixelFormatGUID pixelFormat = GUID_WICPixelFormat8bppIndexed;
+        winrt::check_hresult(frameEncode->SetPixelFormat(&pixelFormat));
+
+        // Create a WIC bitmap from the BGRA texture data
+        winrt::com_ptr<IWICBitmap> sourceBitmap;
+        winrt::check_hresult(m_wicFactory->CreateBitmapFromMemory(
+            frameDesc.Width,
+            frameDesc.Height,
+            GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGRA,
+            mappedResource.RowPitch,
+            frameDesc.Height * mappedResource.RowPitch,
+            static_cast<BYTE*>(mappedResource.pData),
+            sourceBitmap.put()));
+
+        // If we need downsampling, use WIC scaler
+        winrt::com_ptr<IWICBitmapSource> finalSource = sourceBitmap;
+        if (targetWidth != frameDesc.Width || targetHeight != frameDesc.Height)
+        {
+            winrt::com_ptr<IWICBitmapScaler> scaler;
+            winrt::check_hresult(m_wicFactory->CreateBitmapScaler(scaler.put()));
+            winrt::check_hresult(scaler->Initialize(
+                sourceBitmap.get(),
+                targetWidth,
+                targetHeight,
+                WICBitmapInterpolationModeHighQualityCubic));
+            finalSource = scaler;
+
+            OutputDebugStringW((L"Downsampled from " + std::to_wstring(frameDesc.Width) + L"x" + std::to_wstring(frameDesc.Height) +
+                               L" to " + std::to_wstring(targetWidth) + L"x" + std::to_wstring(targetHeight) + L"\n").c_str());
+        }
+
+        // Use WriteSource - WIC will handle the BGRA to 8bpp indexed conversion
+        winrt::check_hresult(frameEncode->WriteSource(finalSource.get(), nullptr));
+
+        try
+        {
+            winrt::com_ptr<IWICMetadataQueryWriter> frameMetadataWriter;
+            if (SUCCEEDED(frameEncode->GetMetadataQueryWriter(frameMetadataWriter.put())) && frameMetadataWriter)
+            {
+                // Set the frame delay in the metadata (in hundredths of a second)
+                PROPVARIANT propValue;
+                PropVariantInit(&propValue);
+                propValue.vt = VT_UI2;
+                propValue.uiVal = static_cast<USHORT>(m_frameDelay);
+                frameMetadataWriter->SetMetadataByName(L"/grctlext/Delay", &propValue);
+                PropVariantClear(&propValue);
+
+                // Set disposal method (2 = restore to background, needed for animation)
+                PropVariantInit(&propValue);
+                propValue.vt = VT_UI1;
+                propValue.bVal = 2; // Disposal method: restore to background color
+                frameMetadataWriter->SetMetadataByName(L"/grctlext/Disposal", &propValue);
+                PropVariantClear(&propValue);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            // Metadata setting failed, continue anyway
+            OutputDebugStringW(L"Warning: Failed to set GIF frame metadata\n");
+        }
+
+        // Commit the frame
+        OutputDebugStringW(L"About to commit frame to encoder...\n");
+        winrt::check_hresult(frameEncode->Commit());
+        OutputDebugStringW(L"Frame committed successfully\n");
+
+        // Unmap the staging texture
+        m_d3dContext->Unmap(stagingTexture.get(), 0);
+
+        // Increment and log frame count
+        m_frameCount++;
+        OutputDebugStringW((L"GIF Frame #" + std::to_wstring(m_frameCount) + L" fully encoded and committed\n").c_str());
+
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+    catch (const winrt::hresult_error& error)
+    {
+        OutputDebugStringW(error.message().c_str());
+        return error.code();
+    }
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// GifRecordingSession::StartAsync
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+winrt::IAsyncAction GifRecordingSession::StartAsync()
+{
+    auto expected = false;
+    if (m_isRecording.compare_exchange_strong(expected, true))
+    {
+        auto self = shared_from_this();
+
+        try
+        {
+            // Start capturing frames
+            auto frameStartTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+            int captureAttempts = 0;
+            int successfulCaptures = 0;
+            int duplicatedFrames = 0;
+
+            // Keep track of the last frame to duplicate when needed
+            winrt::com_ptr<ID3D11Texture2D> lastCroppedTexture;
+
+            while (m_isRecording && !m_closed)
+            {
+                captureAttempts++;
+                auto frame = m_frameWait->TryGetNextFrame();
+
+                winrt::com_ptr<ID3D11Texture2D> croppedTexture;
+
+                if (frame)
+                {
+                    successfulCaptures++;
+                    auto contentSize = frame->ContentSize;
+                    auto frameTexture = GetDXGIInterfaceFromObject<ID3D11Texture2D>(frame->FrameTexture);
+                    D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc = {};
+                    frameTexture->GetDesc(&desc);
+
+                    // Use the smaller of the crop size or content size
+                    auto width = min(m_rcCrop.right - m_rcCrop.left, contentSize.Width);
+                    auto height = min(m_rcCrop.bottom - m_rcCrop.top, contentSize.Height);
+
+                    D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC croppedDesc = {};
+                    croppedDesc.Width = width;
+                    croppedDesc.Height = height;
+                    croppedDesc.MipLevels = 1;
+                    croppedDesc.ArraySize = 1;
+                    croppedDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM;
+                    croppedDesc.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
+                    croppedDesc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT;
+                    croppedDesc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET;
+
+                    winrt::check_hresult(m_d3dDevice->CreateTexture2D(&croppedDesc, nullptr, croppedTexture.put()));
+
+                    // Set the content region to copy and clamp the coordinates
+                    D3D11_BOX region = {};
+                    region.left = std::clamp(m_rcCrop.left, static_cast<LONG>(0), static_cast<LONG>(desc.Width));
+                    region.right = std::clamp(m_rcCrop.left + width, static_cast<LONG>(0), static_cast<LONG>(desc.Width));
+                    region.top = std::clamp(m_rcCrop.top, static_cast<LONG>(0), static_cast<LONG>(desc.Height));
+                    region.bottom = std::clamp(m_rcCrop.top + height, static_cast<LONG>(0), static_cast<LONG>(desc.Height));
+                    region.back = 1;
+
+                    // Copy the cropped region
+                    m_d3dContext->CopySubresourceRegion(
+                        croppedTexture.get(),
+                        0,
+                        0, 0, 0,
+                        frameTexture.get(),
+                        0,
+                        &region);
+
+                    // Save this as the last frame for duplication
+                    lastCroppedTexture = croppedTexture;
+                }
+                else if (lastCroppedTexture)
+                {
+                    // No new frame, duplicate the last one
+                    duplicatedFrames++;
+                    croppedTexture = lastCroppedTexture;
+                }
+
+                // Encode the frame (either new or duplicated)
+                if (croppedTexture)
+                {
+                    HRESULT hr = EncodeFrame(croppedTexture.get());
+                    if (FAILED(hr))
+                    {
+                        CloseInternal();
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Wait for the next frame interval
+                co_await winrt::resume_after(std::chrono::milliseconds(1000 / m_frameRate));
+            }
+
+            // Commit the GIF encoder
+            if (m_gifEncoder)
+            {
+                auto frameEndTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+                auto duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(frameEndTime - frameStartTime).count();
+
+                OutputDebugStringW(L"Recording stopped. Committing GIF encoder...\n");
+                OutputDebugStringW((L"Total frames captured: " + std::to_wstring(m_frameCount) + L"\n").c_str());
+                OutputDebugStringW((L"Capture attempts: " + std::to_wstring(captureAttempts) + L"\n").c_str());
+                OutputDebugStringW((L"Successful captures: " + std::to_wstring(successfulCaptures) + L"\n").c_str());
+                OutputDebugStringW((L"Duplicated frames: " + std::to_wstring(duplicatedFrames) + L"\n").c_str());
+                OutputDebugStringW((L"Recording duration: " + std::to_wstring(duration) + L"ms\n").c_str());
+                OutputDebugStringW((L"Actual FPS: " + std::to_wstring(m_frameCount * 1000.0 / duration) + L"\n").c_str());
+
+                winrt::check_hresult(m_gifEncoder->Commit());
+                OutputDebugStringW(L"GIF encoder committed successfully\n");
+            }
+        }
+        catch (const winrt::hresult_error& error)
+        {
+            OutputDebugStringW(L"Error in GIF recording: ");
+            OutputDebugStringW(error.message().c_str());
+            OutputDebugStringW(L"\n");
+
+            // Try to commit the encoder even on error
+            if (m_gifEncoder)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    m_gifEncoder->Commit();
+                }
+                catch (...) {}
+            }
+
+            CloseInternal();
+        }
+    }
+    co_return;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// GifRecordingSession::Close
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void GifRecordingSession::Close()
+{
+    auto expected = false;
+    if (m_closed.compare_exchange_strong(expected, true))
+    {
+        expected = true;
+        if (!m_isRecording.compare_exchange_strong(expected, false))
+        {
+            CloseInternal();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            m_frameWait->StopCapture();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// GifRecordingSession::CloseInternal
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void GifRecordingSession::CloseInternal()
+{
+    m_frameWait->StopCapture();
+    m_itemClosed.revoke();
+}

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/GifRecordingSession.h

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+//==============================================================================
+//
+// Zoomit
+// Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
+//
+// GIF recording support using Windows Imaging Component (WIC)
+//
+//==============================================================================
+#pragma once
+
+#include "CaptureFrameWait.h"
+#include <d3d11_4.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+class GifRecordingSession : public std::enable_shared_from_this<GifRecordingSession>
+{
+public:
+    [[nodiscard]] static std::shared_ptr<GifRecordingSession> Create(
+        winrt::Direct3D11::IDirect3DDevice const& device,
+        winrt::GraphicsCaptureItem const& item,
+        RECT const& cropRect,
+        uint32_t frameRate,
+        winrt::Streams::IRandomAccessStream const& stream);
+    ~GifRecordingSession();
+
+    winrt::IAsyncAction StartAsync();
+    void EnableCursorCapture(bool enable = true) { m_frameWait->EnableCursorCapture(enable); }
+    void Close();
+
+private:
+    GifRecordingSession(
+        winrt::Direct3D11::IDirect3DDevice const& device,
+        winrt::Capture::GraphicsCaptureItem const& item,
+        RECT const cropRect,
+        uint32_t frameRate,
+        winrt::Streams::IRandomAccessStream const& stream);
+    void CloseInternal();
+    HRESULT EncodeFrame(ID3D11Texture2D* texture);
+
+private:
+    winrt::Direct3D11::IDirect3DDevice m_device{ nullptr };
+    winrt::com_ptr<ID3D11Device> m_d3dDevice;
+    winrt::com_ptr<ID3D11DeviceContext> m_d3dContext;
+    RECT m_rcCrop;
+    uint32_t m_frameRate;
+
+    winrt::GraphicsCaptureItem m_item{ nullptr };
+    winrt::GraphicsCaptureItem::Closed_revoker m_itemClosed;
+    std::shared_ptr<CaptureFrameWait> m_frameWait;
+
+    winrt::Streams::IRandomAccessStream m_stream{ nullptr };
+
+    // WIC components for GIF encoding
+    winrt::com_ptr<IWICImagingFactory> m_wicFactory;
+    winrt::com_ptr<IWICStream> m_wicStream;
+    winrt::com_ptr<IWICBitmapEncoder> m_gifEncoder;
+    winrt::com_ptr<IWICMetadataQueryWriter> m_encoderMetadataWriter;
+
+    std::atomic<bool> m_isRecording = false;
+    std::atomic<bool> m_closed = false;
+
+    uint32_t m_frameWidth=0;
+    uint32_t m_frameHeight=0;
+    uint32_t m_frameDelay=0;
+    uint32_t m_frameCount = 0;
+
+    int32_t m_width=0;
+    int32_t m_height=0;
+};

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.rc

@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
 // TEXTINCLUDE
 //
 
-1 TEXTINCLUDE 
+1 TEXTINCLUDE
 BEGIN
     "resource.h\0"
 END
 
-2 TEXTINCLUDE 
+2 TEXTINCLUDE
 BEGIN
     "#include ""winres.h""\r\n"
     "\0"
 END
 
-3 TEXTINCLUDE 
+3 TEXTINCLUDE
 BEGIN
     "#include ""binres.rc""\0"
 END
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 0, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",IDOK,166,306,50,14
     PUSHBUTTON      "Cancel",IDCANCEL,223,306,50,14
-    LTEXT           "ZoomIt v9.10",IDC_VERSION,42,7,73,10
+    LTEXT           "ZoomIt v9.20",IDC_VERSION,42,7,73,10
     LTEXT           "Copyright © 2006-2025 Mark Russinovich",IDC_COPYRIGHT,42,17,231,8
     CONTROL         "<a HREF=""https://www.sysinternals.com"">Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com</a>",IDC_LINK,
                     "SysLink",WS_TABSTOP,42,26,150,9
@@ -272,13 +272,15 @@ BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Note: Recording is only available on Windows 10 (version 1903) and higher.",IDC_STATIC,7,77,246,19
     LTEXT           "Scaling:",IDC_STATIC,30,115,26,8
     COMBOBOX        IDC_RECORD_SCALING,61,114,26,30,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | CBS_OEMCONVERT | CBS_SORT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
+    LTEXT           "Format:",IDC_STATIC,30,132,26,8
+    COMBOBOX        IDC_RECORD_FORMAT,61,131,60,30,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | CBS_OEMCONVERT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
     LTEXT           "Frame Rate:",IDC_STATIC,119,115,44,8,NOT WS_VISIBLE
     COMBOBOX        IDC_RECORD_FRAME_RATE,166,114,42,30,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | CBS_OEMCONVERT | CBS_SORT | NOT WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
     LTEXT           "To crop the portion of the screen that will be recorded, enter the hotkey with the Shift key in the opposite mode. ",IDC_STATIC,7,32,246,19
     LTEXT           "To record a specific window, enter the hotkey with the Alt key in the opposite mode.",IDC_STATIC,7,55,246,19
-    CONTROL         "&Capture audio input:",IDC_CAPTURE_AUDIO,"Button",BS_AUTOCHECKBOX | BS_LEFTTEXT | WS_TABSTOP,7,137,83,10
-    COMBOBOX        IDC_MICROPHONE,81,152,172,30,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
-    LTEXT           "Microphone:",IDC_STATIC,32,154,47,8
+    CONTROL         "&Capture audio input:",IDC_CAPTURE_AUDIO,"Button",BS_AUTOCHECKBOX | BS_LEFTTEXT | WS_TABSTOP,7,149,83,10
+    COMBOBOX        IDC_MICROPHONE,81,164,172,30,CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
+    LTEXT           "Microphone:",IDC_STATIC,32,166,47,8
 END
 
 SNIP DIALOGEX 0, 0, 260, 68

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -186,6 +191,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -234,6 +240,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="GifRecordingSession.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="pch.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SelectRectangle.cpp">
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">Use</PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -288,6 +295,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="AudioSampleGenerator.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\common\sysinternals\Eula\Eula.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\ZoomItModuleInterface\Trace.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="GifRecordingSession.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="pch.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Registry.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj.filters

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\common\sysinternals\WindowsVersions.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="GifRecordingSession.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="Registry.h">
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="ZoomItSettings.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="GifRecordingSession.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Image Include="appicon.ico">

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomItSettings.h

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 #include "Registry.h"
 #include "DemoType.h"
 
+// Recording format enum
+enum class RecordingFormat
+{
+    GIF = 0,
+    MP4 = 1
+};
+
 DWORD	g_ToggleKey = (HOTKEYF_CONTROL << 8)| '1';
 DWORD	g_LiveZoomToggleKey = ((HOTKEYF_CONTROL) << 8)| '4';
 DWORD	g_DrawToggleKey = ((HOTKEYF_CONTROL) << 8)| '2';
@@ -38,8 +45,10 @@ BOOLEAN g_DemoTypeUserDriven = false;
 TCHAR   g_DemoTypeFile[MAX_PATH] = {0};
 DWORD	g_DemoTypeSpeedSlider = static_cast<int>(((MIN_TYPING_SPEED - MAX_TYPING_SPEED) / 2) + MAX_TYPING_SPEED);
 DWORD	g_RecordFrameRate = 30;
-// Divide by 100 to get actual scaling
-DWORD	g_RecordScaling = 100; 
+DWORD	g_RecordScaling = 100;
+DWORD	g_RecordScalingGIF = 50;
+DWORD	g_RecordScalingMP4 = 100;
+RecordingFormat g_RecordingFormat = RecordingFormat::GIF;
 BOOLEAN g_CaptureAudio = FALSE;
 TCHAR	g_MicrophoneDeviceId[MAX_PATH] = {0};
 
@@ -79,7 +88,9 @@ REG_SETTING RegSettings[] = {
     { L"ZoominSliderLevel", SETTING_TYPE_DWORD, 0, &g_SliderZoomLevel, static_cast<DOUBLE>(g_SliderZoomLevel) },
     { L"Font", SETTING_TYPE_BINARY, sizeof g_LogFont, &g_LogFont, static_cast<DOUBLE>(0) },
     { L"RecordFrameRate", SETTING_TYPE_DWORD, 0, &g_RecordFrameRate, static_cast<DOUBLE>(g_RecordFrameRate) },
-    { L"RecordScaling", SETTING_TYPE_DWORD, 0, &g_RecordScaling, static_cast<DOUBLE>(g_RecordScaling) },
+    { L"RecordingFormat", SETTING_TYPE_DWORD, 0, &g_RecordingFormat, static_cast<DOUBLE>(0) },
+    { L"RecordScalingGIF", SETTING_TYPE_DWORD, 0, &g_RecordScalingGIF, static_cast<DOUBLE>(g_RecordScalingGIF) },
+    { L"RecordScalingMP4", SETTING_TYPE_DWORD, 0, &g_RecordScalingMP4, static_cast<DOUBLE>(g_RecordScalingMP4) },
     { L"CaptureAudio", SETTING_TYPE_BOOLEAN, 0, &g_CaptureAudio, static_cast<DOUBLE>(g_CaptureAudio) },
     { L"MicrophoneDeviceId", SETTING_TYPE_STRING, sizeof(g_MicrophoneDeviceId), g_MicrophoneDeviceId, static_cast<DOUBLE>(0) },
     { NULL, SETTING_TYPE_DWORD, 0, NULL, static_cast<DOUBLE>(0) }

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/resource.h

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #define IDC_DEMOTYPE_SLIDER2            1074
 #define IDC_DEMOTYPE_STATIC2            1074
 #define IDC_COPYRIGHT                   1075
+#define IDC_RECORD_FORMAT               1076
 #define IDC_PEN_WIDTH                   1105
 #define IDC_TIMER                       1106
 #define IDC_SMOOTH_IMAGE				1107

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomItSettingsInterop/ZoomItSettings.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::ZoomItSettingsInterop::implementation
     const unsigned int SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_SHORTCUT = 1;
     const unsigned int SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_COLOR = 2;
     const unsigned int SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_LOG_FONT = 3;
+    const unsigned int SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORDING_FORMAT = 4;
+    const unsigned int SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORD_SCALING_GIF = 5;
+    const unsigned int SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORD_SCALING_MP4 = 6;
 
     std::vector<unsigned char> base64_decode(const std::wstring& base64_string)
     {
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::ZoomItSettingsInterop::implementation
         { L"PenColor", SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_COLOR },
         { L"BreakPenColor", SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_COLOR },
         { L"Font", SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_LOG_FONT },
+        { L"RecordingFormat", SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORDING_FORMAT },
+        { L"RecordScalingGIF", SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORD_SCALING_GIF },
+        { L"RecordScalingMP4", SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORD_SCALING_MP4 },
     };
 
     hstring ZoomItSettings::LoadSettingsJson()
@@ -103,6 +109,11 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::ZoomItSettingsInterop::implementation
                             value & 0xFF);
                         _settings.add_property(curSetting->ValueName, hotkey.get_json());
                     }
+                    else if (special_semantics->second == SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORDING_FORMAT)
+                    {
+                        std::wstring formatString = (value == 0) ? L"GIF" : L"MP4";
+                        _settings.add_property(L"RecordFormat", formatString);
+                    }
                     else if (special_semantics->second == SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_COLOR)
                     {
                         /* PowerToys settings likes colors as #FFFFFF strings.
@@ -156,6 +167,9 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::ZoomItSettingsInterop::implementation
             curSetting++;
         }
 
+        DWORD recordScaling = (g_RecordingFormat == static_cast<RecordingFormat>(0)) ? g_RecordScalingGIF : g_RecordScalingMP4;
+        _settings.add_property<DWORD>(L"RecordScaling", recordScaling);
+
         return _settings.get_raw_json().Stringify();
     }
 
@@ -167,6 +181,8 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::ZoomItSettingsInterop::implementation
         PowerToysSettings::PowerToyValues valuesFromSettings =
             PowerToysSettings::PowerToyValues::from_json_string(json, L"ZoomIt");
 
+        bool formatChanged = false;
+
         PREG_SETTING curSetting = RegSettings;
         while (curSetting->ValueName)
         {
@@ -212,6 +228,42 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::ZoomItSettingsInterop::implementation
                             *static_cast<PDWORD>(curSetting->Setting) = value;
                         }
                     }
+                    else if (special_semantics->second == SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_RECORDING_FORMAT)
+                    {
+                        // Convert string ("GIF" or "MP4") to DWORD enum value (0=GIF, 1=MP4)
+                        auto possibleValue = valuesFromSettings.get_string_value(L"RecordFormat");
+                        if (possibleValue.has_value())
+                        {
+                            RecordingFormat oldFormat = g_RecordingFormat;
+                            DWORD formatValue = (possibleValue.value() == L"GIF") ? 0 : 1;
+                            RecordingFormat newFormat = static_cast<RecordingFormat>(formatValue);
+
+                            *static_cast<PDWORD>(curSetting->Setting) = formatValue;
+
+                            if (oldFormat != newFormat)
+                            {
+                                formatChanged = true;
+
+                                if (oldFormat == static_cast<RecordingFormat>(0))
+                                {
+                                    g_RecordScalingGIF = g_RecordScaling;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    g_RecordScalingMP4 = g_RecordScaling;
+                                }
+
+                                if (newFormat == static_cast<RecordingFormat>(0))
+                                {
+                                    g_RecordScaling = g_RecordScalingGIF;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    g_RecordScaling = g_RecordScalingMP4;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                     else if (special_semantics->second == SPECIAL_SEMANTICS_COLOR)
                     {
                         /* PowerToys settings likes colors as #FFFFFF strings.
@@ -275,6 +327,22 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::ZoomItSettingsInterop::implementation
             }
             curSetting++;
         }
+
+        auto recordScalingValue = valuesFromSettings.get_uint_value(L"RecordScaling");
+        if (recordScalingValue.has_value() && !formatChanged)
+        {
+            g_RecordScaling = recordScalingValue.value();
+
+            if (g_RecordingFormat == static_cast<RecordingFormat>(0))
+            {
+                g_RecordScalingGIF = recordScalingValue.value();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                g_RecordScalingMP4 = recordScalingValue.value();
+            }
+        }
+
         reg.WriteRegSettings(RegSettings);
     }
 }

src/modules/alwaysontop/AlwaysOnTop/AlwaysOnTop.vcxproj

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

@@ -141,4 +141,43 @@
     <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/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Commands/MainListPage.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Properties;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.MainPage;
 
@@ -38,8 +37,10 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
         "com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.datetime",
     ];
 
-    private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
     private readonly TopLevelCommandManager _tlcManager;
+    private readonly SettingsModel _settings;
+    private readonly AliasManager _aliasManager;
+    private readonly AppStateModel _appState;
     private List<Scored<IListItem>>? _filteredItems;
     private List<Scored<IListItem>>? _filteredApps;
     private List<Scored<IListItem>>? _fallbackItems;
@@ -53,17 +54,18 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
 
     private CancellationTokenSource? _cancellationTokenSource;
 
-    public MainListPage(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+    public MainListPage(TopLevelCommandManager topLevelCommandManager, SettingsModel settingsModel, AliasManager aliasManager, AppStateModel appStateModel)
     {
         Title = Resources.builtin_home_name;
         Icon = IconHelpers.FromRelativePath("Assets\\StoreLogo.scale-200.png");
         PlaceholderText = Properties.Resources.builtin_main_list_page_searchbar_placeholder;
-        _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
 
-        _tlcManager = _serviceProvider.GetService<TopLevelCommandManager>()!;
+        _tlcManager = topLevelCommandManager;
         _tlcManager.PropertyChanged += TlcManager_PropertyChanged;
         _tlcManager.TopLevelCommands.CollectionChanged += Commands_CollectionChanged;
 
+        _appState = appStateModel;
+
         // The all apps page will kick off a BG thread to start loading apps.
         // We just want to know when it is done.
         var allApps = AllAppsCommandProvider.Page;
@@ -78,12 +80,13 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Register<ClearSearchMessage>(this);
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Register<UpdateFallbackItemsMessage>(this);
 
-        var settings = _serviceProvider.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-        settings.SettingsChanged += SettingsChangedHandler;
-        HotReloadSettings(settings);
+        _settings = settingsModel;
+        _settings.SettingsChanged += SettingsChangedHandler;
+        HotReloadSettings(_settings);
         _includeApps = _tlcManager.IsProviderActive(AllAppsCommandProvider.WellKnownId);
 
         IsLoading = true;
+        _aliasManager = aliasManager;
     }
 
     private void TlcManager_PropertyChanged(object? sender, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
@@ -219,14 +222,12 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
         // Handle changes to the filter text here
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(SearchText))
         {
-            var aliases = _serviceProvider.GetService<AliasManager>()!;
-
             if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (aliases.CheckAlias(newSearch))
+            if (_aliasManager.CheckAlias(newSearch))
             {
                 if (_filteredItemsIncludesApps != _includeApps)
                 {
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
                 }
             }
 
-            var history = _serviceProvider.GetService<AppStateModel>()!.RecentCommands!;
+            var history = _appState.RecentCommands!;
             Func<string, IListItem, int> scoreItem = (a, b) => { return ScoreTopLevelItem(a, b, history); };
 
             // Produce a list of everything that matches the current filter.
@@ -483,9 +484,8 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
 
     private bool ActuallyLoading()
     {
-        var tlcManager = _serviceProvider.GetService<TopLevelCommandManager>()!;
         var allApps = AllAppsCommandProvider.Page;
-        return allApps.IsLoading || tlcManager.IsLoading;
+        return allApps.IsLoading || _tlcManager.IsLoading;
     }
 
     // Almost verbatim ListHelpers.ScoreListItem, but also accounting for the
@@ -580,10 +580,9 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
     public void UpdateHistory(IListItem topLevelOrAppItem)
     {
         var id = IdForTopLevelOrAppItem(topLevelOrAppItem);
-        var state = _serviceProvider.GetService<AppStateModel>()!;
-        var history = state.RecentCommands;
+        var history = _appState.RecentCommands;
         history.AddHistoryItem(id);
-        AppStateModel.SaveState(state);
+        AppStateModel.SaveState(_appState);
     }
 
     private static string IdForTopLevelOrAppItem(IListItem topLevelOrAppItem)
@@ -615,10 +614,9 @@ public partial class MainListPage : DynamicListPage,
         _tlcManager.PropertyChanged -= TlcManager_PropertyChanged;
         _tlcManager.TopLevelCommands.CollectionChanged -= Commands_CollectionChanged;
 
-        var settings = _serviceProvider.GetService<SettingsModel>();
-        if (settings is not null)
+        if (_settings is not null)
         {
-            settings.SettingsChanged -= SettingsChangedHandler;
+            _settings.SettingsChanged -= SettingsChangedHandler;
         }
 
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.UnregisterAll(this);

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

@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.Common.Services;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Properties;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 
 public partial class ProviderSettingsViewModel(
     CommandProviderWrapper _provider,
     ProviderSettings _providerSettings,
-    IServiceProvider _serviceProvider) : ObservableObject
+    SettingsModel _settings) : ObservableObject
 {
-    private readonly SettingsModel _settings = _serviceProvider.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
     private readonly Lock _initializeSettingsLock = new();
     private Task? _initializeSettingsTask;
 

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

@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Settings;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 
 public partial class SettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
 {
     private readonly SettingsModel _settings;
-    private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
+    private readonly TopLevelCommandManager _tlcManager;
 
     public event PropertyChangedEventHandler? PropertyChanged;
 
@@ -142,10 +141,10 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
 
     public SettingsExtensionsViewModel Extensions { get; }
 
-    public SettingsViewModel(SettingsModel settings, IServiceProvider serviceProvider, TaskScheduler scheduler)
+    public SettingsViewModel(SettingsModel settings, TaskScheduler scheduler, TopLevelCommandManager topLevelCommandManager)
     {
         _settings = settings;
-        _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
+        _tlcManager = topLevelCommandManager;
 
         var activeProviders = GetCommandProviders();
         var allProviderSettings = _settings.ProviderSettings;
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
         {
             var providerSettings = settings.GetProviderSettings(item);
 
-            var settingsModel = new ProviderSettingsViewModel(item, providerSettings, _serviceProvider);
+            var settingsModel = new ProviderSettingsViewModel(item, providerSettings, _settings);
             CommandProviders.Add(settingsModel);
         }
 
@@ -163,8 +162,7 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
 
     private IEnumerable<CommandProviderWrapper> GetCommandProviders()
     {
-        var manager = _serviceProvider.GetService<TopLevelCommandManager>()!;
-        var allProviders = manager.CommandProviders;
+        var allProviders = _tlcManager.CommandProviders;
         return allProviders;
     }
 

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

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public partial class TopLevelCommandManager : ObservableObject,
 
     TaskScheduler IPageContext.Scheduler => _taskScheduler;
 
-    public TopLevelCommandManager(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+    public TopLevelCommandManager(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, TaskScheduler taskScheduler)
     {
         _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
-        _taskScheduler = _serviceProvider.GetService<TaskScheduler>()!;
+        _taskScheduler = taskScheduler;
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Register<ReloadCommandsMessage>(this);
         _reloadCommandsGate = new(ReloadAllCommandsAsyncCore);
     }

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

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Pages;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.BuiltinCommands;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Models;
@@ -51,10 +53,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
 
     public ETWTrace EtwTrace { get; private set; } = new ETWTrace();
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets the <see cref="IServiceProvider"/> instance to resolve application services.
-    /// </summary>
-    public IServiceProvider Services { get; }
+    private readonly ServiceProvider _services;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="App"/> class.
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
         _globalErrorHandler.Register(this);
 #endif
 
-        Services = ConfigureServices();
+        _services = ConfigureServices();
 
         this.InitializeComponent();
 
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
     /// <param name="args">Details about the launch request and process.</param>
     protected override void OnLaunched(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
     {
-        AppWindow = new MainWindow();
+        AppWindow = _services.GetRequiredService<MainWindow>();
 
         var activatedEventArgs = Microsoft.Windows.AppLifecycle.AppInstance.GetCurrent().GetActivatedEventArgs();
         ((MainWindow)AppWindow).HandleLaunchNonUI(activatedEventArgs);
@@ -110,6 +109,11 @@ public partial class App : Application
 
         // Root services
         services.AddSingleton(TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext());
+        services.AddSingleton<IAppHostService, PowerToysAppHostService>();
+        services.AddSingleton<ITelemetryService, TelemetryForwarder>();
+        services.AddSingleton<IPageViewModelFactoryService, CommandPalettePageViewModelFactory>();
+
+        // TODO: Register ILogger
 
         // Built-in Commands. Order matters - this is the order they'll be presented by default.
         var allApps = new AllAppsCommandProvider();
@@ -152,25 +156,35 @@ public partial class App : Application
         services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, TimeDateCommandsProvider>();
         services.AddSingleton<ICommandProvider, SystemCommandExtensionProvider>();
 
-        // Models
-        services.AddSingleton<TopLevelCommandManager>();
-        services.AddSingleton<AliasManager>();
-        services.AddSingleton<HotkeyManager>();
+        // Settings & state
         var sm = SettingsModel.LoadSettings();
         services.AddSingleton(sm);
         var state = AppStateModel.LoadState();
         services.AddSingleton(state);
+
+        // Services
+        services.AddSingleton<TopLevelCommandManager>();
+        services.AddSingleton<AliasManager>();
+        services.AddSingleton<HotkeyManager>();
         services.AddSingleton<IExtensionService, ExtensionService>();
         services.AddSingleton<TrayIconService>();
         services.AddSingleton<IRunHistoryService, RunHistoryService>();
 
-        services.AddSingleton<IRootPageService, PowerToysRootPageService>();
-        services.AddSingleton<IAppHostService, PowerToysAppHostService>();
-        services.AddSingleton<ITelemetryService, TelemetryForwarder>();
-
         // ViewModels
+        services.AddSingleton<IRootPageService, PowerToysRootPageService>();
+        services.AddSingleton<SettingsViewModel>();
         services.AddSingleton<ShellViewModel>();
-        services.AddSingleton<IPageViewModelFactoryService, CommandPalettePageViewModelFactory>();
+
+        // Views
+        services.AddSingleton<MainWindow>();
+        services.AddSingleton<ShellPage>();
+
+        services.AddTransient<ListPage>();
+
+        // Settings Pages
+        services.AddTransient<GeneralPage>();
+        services.AddTransient<ExtensionPage>();
+        services.AddTransient<ExtensionsPage>();
 
         return services.BuildServiceProvider();
     }

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

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives;
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListPage : Page,
     IRecipient<ActivateSelectedListItemMessage>,
     IRecipient<ActivateSecondaryCommandMessage>
 {
+    private readonly SettingsModel _settings;
     private InputSource _lastInputSource;
 
     internal ListViewModel? ViewModel
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ public sealed partial class ListPage : Page,
         }
     }
 
-    public ListPage()
+    public ListPage(SettingsModel settings)
     {
         this.InitializeComponent();
+        _settings = settings;
+
         this.NavigationCacheMode = NavigationCacheMode.Disabled;
         this.ItemView.Loaded += Items_Loaded;
         this.ItemView.PreviewKeyDown += Items_PreviewKeyDown;
@@ -133,8 +135,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListPage : Page,
                 return;
             }
 
-            var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-            if (settings.SingleClickActivates)
+            if (_settings.SingleClickActivates)
             {
                 ViewModel?.InvokeItemCommand.Execute(item);
             }
@@ -150,8 +151,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListPage : Page,
     {
         if (ItemView.SelectedItem is ListItemViewModel vm)
         {
-            var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-            if (!settings.SingleClickActivates)
+            if (!_settings.SingleClickActivates)
             {
                 ViewModel?.InvokeItemCommand.Execute(vm);
             }

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

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
 
 [SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules", "SA1310:Field names should not contain underscore", Justification = "Stylistically, window messages are WM_*")]
 [SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules", "SA1306:Field names should begin with lower-case letter", Justification = "Stylistically, window messages are WM_*")]
-internal sealed partial class TrayIconService
+public sealed partial class TrayIconService
 {
     private const uint MY_NOTIFY_ID = 1000;
     private const uint WM_TRAY_ICON = PInvoke.WM_USER + 1;

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

@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
     MinHeight="240"
     Activated="MainWindow_Activated"
     Closed="MainWindow_Closed"
+    x:Name="Window"
     mc:Ignorable="d">
-    <pages:ShellPage x:Name="RootShellPage" />
 </winuiex:WindowEx>

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

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Events;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Messages;
+using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Pages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.Messages;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.UI.Composition;
 using Microsoft.UI.Composition.SystemBackdrops;
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
     private readonly KeyboardListener _keyboardListener;
     private readonly LocalKeyboardListener _localKeyboardListener;
     private readonly HiddenOwnerWindowBehavior _hiddenOwnerBehavior = new();
+    private readonly SettingsModel _settings;
+    private readonly TrayIconService _trayIconService;
+    private readonly IExtensionService _extensionService;
+    private readonly ShellPage _rootShellPage;
     private bool _ignoreHotKeyWhenFullScreen = true;
 
     private DesktopAcrylicController? _acrylicController;
@@ -65,10 +69,16 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
 
     private WindowPosition _currentWindowPosition = new();
 
-    public MainWindow()
+    public MainWindow(SettingsModel settingsModel, TrayIconService trayIconService, IExtensionService extensionService, ShellPage shellPage)
     {
         InitializeComponent();
-        HideWindow();
+
+        _settings = settingsModel;
+        _trayIconService = trayIconService;
+        _extensionService = extensionService;
+
+        _rootShellPage = shellPage;
+        Window.WindowContent = _rootShellPage;
 
         _hwnd = new HWND(WinRT.Interop.WindowNative.GetWindowHandle(this).ToInt32());
 
@@ -103,7 +113,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
         ExtendsContentIntoTitleBar = true;
         AppWindow.TitleBar.PreferredHeightOption = TitleBarHeightOption.Collapsed;
         SizeChanged += WindowSizeChanged;
-        RootShellPage.Loaded += RootShellPage_Loaded;
+        _rootShellPage.Loaded += RootShellPage_Loaded;
 
         WM_TASKBAR_RESTART = PInvoke.RegisterWindowMessage("TaskbarCreated");
 
@@ -117,10 +127,10 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
 
         // Load our settings, and then also wire up a settings changed handler
         HotReloadSettings();
-        App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!.SettingsChanged += SettingsChangedHandler;
+        _settings.SettingsChanged += SettingsChangedHandler;
 
         // Make sure that we update the acrylic theme when the OS theme changes
-        RootShellPage.ActualThemeChanged += (s, e) => DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(UpdateAcrylic);
+        _rootShellPage.ActualThemeChanged += (s, e) => DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(UpdateAcrylic);
 
         // Hardcoding event name to avoid bringing in the PowerToys.interop dependency. Event name must match CMDPAL_SHOW_EVENT from shared_constants.h
         NativeEventWaiter.WaitForEventLoop("Local\\PowerToysCmdPal-ShowEvent-62336fcd-8611-4023-9b30-091a6af4cc5a", () =>
@@ -161,8 +171,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
 
     private void RestoreWindowPosition()
     {
-        var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>();
-        if (settings?.LastWindowPosition is not WindowPosition savedPosition)
+        if (_settings.LastWindowPosition is not WindowPosition savedPosition)
         {
             PositionCentered();
             return;
@@ -219,12 +228,10 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
 
     private void HotReloadSettings()
     {
-        var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
+        SetupHotkey(_settings);
+        _trayIconService.SetupTrayIcon(_settings.ShowSystemTrayIcon);
 
-        SetupHotkey(settings);
-        App.Current.Services.GetService<TrayIconService>()!.SetupTrayIcon(settings.ShowSystemTrayIcon);
-
-        _ignoreHotKeyWhenFullScreen = settings.IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen;
+        _ignoreHotKeyWhenFullScreen = _settings.IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen;
     }
 
     // We want to use DesktopAcrylicKind.Thin and custom colors as this is the default material
@@ -379,9 +386,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
 
     public void Receive(ShowWindowMessage message)
     {
-        var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-
-        ShowHwnd(message.Hwnd, settings.SummonOn);
+        ShowHwnd(message.Hwnd, _settings.SummonOn);
     }
 
     public void Receive(HideWindowMessage message)
@@ -468,13 +473,11 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
 
     internal void MainWindow_Closed(object sender, WindowEventArgs args)
     {
-        var serviceProvider = App.Current.Services;
         UpdateWindowPositionInMemory();
 
-        var settings = serviceProvider.GetService<SettingsModel>();
-        if (settings is not null)
+        if (_settings is not null)
         {
-            settings.LastWindowPosition = new WindowPosition
+            _settings.LastWindowPosition = new WindowPosition
             {
                 X = _currentWindowPosition.X,
                 Y = _currentWindowPosition.Y,
@@ -482,13 +485,12 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
                 Height = _currentWindowPosition.Height,
             };
 
-            SettingsModel.SaveSettings(settings);
+            SettingsModel.SaveSettings(_settings);
         }
 
-        var extensionService = serviceProvider.GetService<IExtensionService>()!;
-        extensionService.SignalStopExtensionsAsync();
+        _extensionService.SignalStopExtensionsAsync();
 
-        App.Current.Services.GetService<TrayIconService>()!.Destroy();
+        _trayIconService.Destroy();
 
         // WinUI bug is causing a crash on shutdown when FailFastOnErrors is set to true (#51773592).
         // Workaround by turning it off before shutdown.
@@ -514,28 +516,28 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
     private void UpdateRegionsForCustomTitleBar()
     {
         // Specify the interactive regions of the title bar.
-        var scaleAdjustment = RootShellPage.XamlRoot.RasterizationScale;
+        var scaleAdjustment = _rootShellPage.XamlRoot.RasterizationScale;
 
         // Get the rectangle around our XAML content. We're going to mark this
         // rectangle as "Passthrough", so that the normal window operations
         // (resizing, dragging) don't apply in this space.
-        var transform = RootShellPage.TransformToVisual(null);
+        var transform = _rootShellPage.TransformToVisual(null);
 
         // Reserve 16px of space at the top for dragging.
         var topHeight = 16;
         var bounds = transform.TransformBounds(new Rect(
             0,
             topHeight,
-            RootShellPage.ActualWidth,
-            RootShellPage.ActualHeight));
+            _rootShellPage.ActualWidth,
+            _rootShellPage.ActualHeight));
         var contentRect = GetRect(bounds, scaleAdjustment);
         var rectArray = new RectInt32[] { contentRect };
         var nonClientInputSrc = InputNonClientPointerSource.GetForWindowId(this.AppWindow.Id);
         nonClientInputSrc.SetRegionRects(NonClientRegionKind.Passthrough, rectArray);
 
         // Add a drag-able region on top
-        var w = RootShellPage.ActualWidth;
-        _ = RootShellPage.ActualHeight;
+        var w = _rootShellPage.ActualWidth;
+        _ = _rootShellPage.ActualHeight;
         var dragSides = new RectInt32[]
         {
             GetRect(new Rect(0, 0, w, topHeight), scaleAdjustment), // the top, {topHeight=16} tall
@@ -625,8 +627,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : WindowEx,
                         }
                         else if (uri.StartsWith("x-cmdpal://reload", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                         {
-                            var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>();
-                            if (settings?.AllowExternalReload == true)
+                            if (_settings.AllowExternalReload == true)
                             {
                                 Logger.LogInfo("External Reload triggered");
                                 WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Send<ReloadCommandsMessage>(new());

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

@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Messages;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.UI.Dispatching;
 using Microsoft.UI.Input;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation.Peers;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Animation;
@@ -62,6 +60,9 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
 
     private readonly ToastWindow _toast = new();
 
+    private readonly SettingsModel _settings;
+    private readonly TopLevelCommandManager tlcManager;
+
     private readonly CompositeFormat _pageNavigatedAnnouncement;
 
     private SettingsWindow? _settingsWindow;
@@ -69,14 +70,21 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
     private CancellationTokenSource? _focusAfterLoadedCts;
     private WeakReference<Page>? _lastNavigatedPageRef;
 
-    public ShellViewModel ViewModel { get; private set; } = App.Current.Services.GetService<ShellViewModel>()!;
+    public ShellViewModel ViewModel { get; private set; }
 
     public event PropertyChangedEventHandler? PropertyChanged;
 
-    public ShellPage()
+    public ShellPage(
+        ShellViewModel shellViewModel,
+        SettingsModel settingsModel,
+        TopLevelCommandManager topLevelCommandManager)
     {
         this.InitializeComponent();
 
+        ViewModel = shellViewModel;
+        _settings = settingsModel;
+        tlcManager = topLevelCommandManager;
+
         // how we are doing navigation around
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Register<NavigateBackMessage>(this);
         WeakReferenceMessenger.Default.Register<OpenSettingsMessage>(this);
@@ -112,19 +120,16 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
     {
         get
         {
-            var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-            return settings.DisableAnimations ? _noAnimation : _slideRightTransition;
+            return _settings.DisableAnimations ? _noAnimation : _slideRightTransition;
         }
     }
 
     public void Receive(NavigateBackMessage message)
     {
-        var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-
         if (RootFrame.CanGoBack)
         {
             if (!message.FromBackspace ||
-                settings.BackspaceGoesBack)
+                _settings.BackspaceGoesBack)
             {
                 GoBack();
             }
@@ -335,7 +340,6 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
 
     private void SummonOnUiThread(HotkeySummonMessage message)
     {
-        var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
         var commandId = message.CommandId;
         var isRoot = string.IsNullOrEmpty(commandId);
         if (isRoot)
@@ -346,11 +350,11 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
             // Depending on the settings, either
             // * Go home, or
             // * Select the search text (if we should remain open on this page)
-            if (settings.HotkeyGoesHome)
+            if (_settings.HotkeyGoesHome)
             {
                 GoHome(false);
             }
-            else if (settings.HighlightSearchOnActivate)
+            else if (_settings.HighlightSearchOnActivate)
             {
                 SearchBox.SelectSearch();
             }
@@ -360,8 +364,7 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
             try
             {
                 // For a hotkey bound to a command, first lookup the
-                // command from our list of toplevel commands.
-                var tlcManager = App.Current.Services.GetService<TopLevelCommandManager>()!;
+                // command from our list of top level commands.
                 var topLevelCommand = tlcManager.LookupCommand(commandId);
                 if (topLevelCommand is not null)
                 {
@@ -655,15 +658,15 @@ public sealed partial class ShellPage : Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Page,
                 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;
-            }
+                {
+                    // 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;
+                }
         }
     }
 

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/PowerToysRootPageService.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ using Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.MainPage;
 using Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using WinRT;
 
 // To learn more about WinUI, the WinUI project structure,
@@ -19,24 +18,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI;
 
 internal sealed class PowerToysRootPageService : IRootPageService
 {
-    private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
+    private readonly TopLevelCommandManager _topLevelCommandManager;
     private IExtensionWrapper? _activeExtension;
     private Lazy<MainListPage> _mainListPage;
 
-    public PowerToysRootPageService(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+    public PowerToysRootPageService(TopLevelCommandManager topLevelCommandManager, SettingsModel settingsModel, AliasManager aliasManager, AppStateModel appStateModel)
     {
-        _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
+        _topLevelCommandManager = topLevelCommandManager;
 
         _mainListPage = new Lazy<MainListPage>(() =>
         {
-            return new MainListPage(_serviceProvider);
+            return new MainListPage(_topLevelCommandManager, settingsModel, aliasManager, appStateModel);
         });
     }
 
     public async Task PreLoadAsync()
     {
-        var tlcManager = _serviceProvider.GetService<TopLevelCommandManager>()!;
-        await tlcManager.LoadBuiltinsAsync();
+        await _topLevelCommandManager.LoadBuiltinsAsync();
     }
 
     public Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.IPage GetRootPage()
@@ -46,13 +44,11 @@ internal sealed class PowerToysRootPageService : IRootPageService
 
     public async Task PostLoadRootPageAsync()
     {
-        var tlcManager = _serviceProvider.GetService<TopLevelCommandManager>()!;
-
         // After loading built-ins, and starting navigation, kick off a thread to load extensions.
-        tlcManager.LoadExtensionsCommand.Execute(null);
+        _topLevelCommandManager.LoadExtensionsCommand.Execute(null);
 
-        await tlcManager.LoadExtensionsCommand.ExecutionTask!;
-        if (tlcManager.LoadExtensionsCommand.ExecutionTask.Status != TaskStatus.RanToCompletion)
+        await _topLevelCommandManager.LoadExtensionsCommand.ExecutionTask!;
+        if (_topLevelCommandManager.LoadExtensionsCommand.ExecutionTask.Status != TaskStatus.RanToCompletion)
         {
             // TODO: Handle failure case
         }

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Settings/ExtensionPage.xaml.cs

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings;
 
 public sealed partial class ExtensionPage : Page
 {
-    private readonly TaskScheduler _mainTaskScheduler = TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext();
-
     public ProviderSettingsViewModel? ViewModel { get; private set; }
 
     public ExtensionPage()

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Settings/ExtensionsPage.xaml.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Messaging;
 using CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls;
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input;
@@ -14,16 +13,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings;
 
 public sealed partial class ExtensionsPage : Page
 {
-    private readonly TaskScheduler _mainTaskScheduler = TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext();
-
     private readonly SettingsViewModel? viewModel;
 
-    public ExtensionsPage()
+    public ExtensionsPage(SettingsViewModel settingsViewModel)
     {
         this.InitializeComponent();
 
-        var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-        viewModel = new SettingsViewModel(settings, App.Current.Services, _mainTaskScheduler);
+        viewModel = settingsViewModel;
     }
 
     private void SettingsCard_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Settings/GeneralPage.xaml.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel;
 
@@ -11,16 +10,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings;
 
 public sealed partial class GeneralPage : Page
 {
-    private readonly TaskScheduler _mainTaskScheduler = TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext();
-
     private readonly SettingsViewModel? viewModel;
 
-    public GeneralPage()
+    public GeneralPage(SettingsViewModel settings, TopLevelCommandManager topLevelCommandManager)
     {
         this.InitializeComponent();
 
-        var settings = App.Current.Services.GetService<SettingsModel>()!;
-        viewModel = new SettingsViewModel(settings, App.Current.Services, _mainTaskScheduler);
+        viewModel = settings;
     }
 
     public string ApplicationVersion

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

@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ Right-click to remove the key combination, thereby deactivating the shortcut.</v
     <value>More</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Run_Radio_Position_LastPosition.Content" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Last Position</value>
+    <value>Last position</value>
     <comment>Reopen the window where it was last closed</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="TrayMenu_Settings" xml:space="preserve">

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

@@ -74,11 +74,35 @@
     <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/custom.props

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <XesUseOneStoreVersioning>true</XesUseOneStoreVersioning>
     <XesBaseYearForStoreVersion>2025</XesBaseYearForStoreVersion>
     <VersionMajor>0</VersionMajor>
-    <VersionMinor>6</VersionMinor>
+    <VersionMinor>7</VersionMinor>
     <VersionInfoProductName>Microsoft Command Palette</VersionInfoProductName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/AppListItem.cs

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.Programs;
 
 public sealed partial class AppListItem : ListItem
 {
-    private static readonly Tag _appTag = new("App");
-
     private readonly AppCommand _appCommand;
     private readonly AppItem _app;
     private readonly Lazy<Details> _details;
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ public sealed partial class AppListItem : ListItem
         _app = app;
         Title = app.Name;
         Subtitle = app.Subtitle;
-        Tags = [_appTag];
         Icon = Icons.GenericAppIcon;
 
         MoreCommands = AddPinCommands(_app.Commands!, isPinned);