CmdPal: Port the devhome perf widgets to cmdpal (#45217)

Pretty direct port of the code, to prove it works.

There's definitely some improvement to be made here, esp WRT to the
network and GPU listing - networks should all just be listed. Or at
least automatically track the active one. And GPU should aggregate a
bunch of stats.

And we can probably add the details to these list items.

But most importantly, _it works_.

re: #45201

.claude/CLAUDE.md

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+../.github/copilot-instructions.md

.claude/agents

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+../.github/agents

.claude/commands

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+../.github/prompts

.claude/rules

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.github/instructions

.claude/settings.local.json

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-{
-  "permissions": {
-    "allow": [
-      "Bash(grep:*)",
-      "Bash(ls:*)",
-      "Bash(powershell -File:*)",
-      "Bash(Select-Object -Last 60)",
-      "Bash(tee:*)",
-      "Bash(powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command \"cd ''C:\\\\Users\\\\kaitao\\\\codes\\\\PowerToys''; $vswhere = ''C:\\\\Program Files \\(x86\\)\\\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\\\Installer\\\\vswhere.exe''; $msbuild = & $vswhere -latest -requires Microsoft.Component.MSBuild -find ''MSBuild\\\\**\\\\Bin\\\\MSBuild.exe'' | Select-Object -First 1; Write-Host \"\"Using: $msbuild\"\"; & $msbuild src\\\\common\\\\utils\\\\CommonUtils.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 2>&1\")"
-    ]
-  }
-}

.claude/skills

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.github/skills

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

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Gbps
 gcode
 Heatshrink
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+Kbits
 MBs
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@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ Yubico
 Perplexity
 Groq
 svgl
+devhome
 
 # KEYS
 
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ REGSTR
 
 # Misc Win32 APIs and PInvokes
 INVOKEIDLIST
+MEMORYSTATUSEX
 
 # PowerRename metadata pattern abbreviations (used in tests and regex patterns)
 DDDD
@@ -342,3 +345,7 @@ reportbug
 #ffmpeg
 crf
 nostdin
+
+# Performance counter keys
+engtype
+Nonpaged

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

@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ ycv
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 Yuniardi
 yuyoyuppe
+zadjii
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@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ regedit
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+taskmgr
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@@ -243,4 +245,3 @@ xamlstyler
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-zadjii

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+APPLYTOSUBMENUS
+AUDCLNT
+bitmaps
+BUFFERFLAGS
+centiseconds
+Ctl
+CTLCOLOR
+CTLCOLORBTN
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+CTLCOLOREDIT
+CTLCOLORLISTBOX
+CTrim
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+GIFs
+HTBOTTOMRIGHT
+HTHEME
+KSDATAFORMAT
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+MMRESULT
+OWNERDRAW
+PBGRA
+pfdc
+playhead
+pwfx
+quantums
+REFKNOWNFOLDERID
+reposted
+SCROLLSIZEGRIP
+SETDEFID
+SETRECT
+SHAREMODE
+SHAREVIOLATION
+STREAMFLAGS
+submix
+tci
+TEXTMETRIC
+tme
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+Unadvise
+WASAPI
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+WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE
+wil
+WMU

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

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
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.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt

@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ randi
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+rasterizing
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Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="src\Version.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepoRoot>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Version.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Copyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <AssemblyCopyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</AssemblyCopyright>
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>PowerToys.Root.Props</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-    <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
+    <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(RepoRoot)Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
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       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
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-    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
-    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
+    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(RepoRoot)src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>

PowerToys.slnx

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
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   </Folder>
   <Folder Name="/common/interop/">
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       <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
       <Deploy />
     </Project>
+    <Project Path="src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.csproj">
+      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+    </Project>
     <Project Path="src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.csproj">
       <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
       <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />

README.md

@@ -103,10 +103,38 @@ There are <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install#communi
 </details>
 
 ## ✨ What's new
-**Version 0.97.1 (January 2026)**
+
+**Version 0.97.2 (Feb 2026)**
 
 This patch release fixes several important stability issues identified in v0.97.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the [v0.97.0](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.97.0) notes for the full list of changes.
 
+## Advanced Paste
+- #45207 Fixed a crash in the Advanced Paste settings page caused by null values during JSON deserialization.
+
+## Color Picker
+- #45367 Fixed contrast issue in Color picker UI.
+
+## Command Palette
+- #45194 Fixed an issue where some Command Palette PowerToys Extension strings were not localised.
+
+## Cursor Wrap
+- #45210 Fixed "Automatically activate on utility startup" setting not persisting when disabled. Thanks [@ThanhNguyxn](https://github.com/ThanhNguyxn)!
+- #45303 Added option to disable Cursor Wrapping when only a single monitor is connected. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
+
+## Image Resizer
+- #45184 Fixed Image Resizer not working after upgrading PowerToys on Windows 10 by properly cleaning up legacy sparse app packages.
+
+## LightSwitch
+- #45304 Fixed Light Switch startup logic to correctly apply the appropriate theme on launch.
+
+## Workspaces
+- #45183 Fixed overlay positioning issue in workspace snapshot draw caused by DPI-aware coordinate mismatch.
+
+## Quick Access and Measure Tool
+- #45443 Fixed crash related to `IsShownInSwitchers` property when Explorer is not running.
+
+**Version 0.97.1 (January 2026)**
+
 **Highlights**
 
 ### Advanced Paste

doc/devdocs/readme.md

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an
 - Add the `In progress` label to the issue, if not already present. Also add a `Cost-Small/Medium/Large` estimate and make sure all appropriate labels are set.
 - If you are a community contributor, you will not be able to add labels to the issue; in that case just add a comment saying that you have started work on the issue and try to give an estimate for the delivery date.
 - If the work item has a medium/large cost, using the markdown task list, list each sub item and update the list with a check mark after completing each sub item.
+- **Before opening a PR, ensure your changes build successfully locally and functionality tests pass.** This is especially important for AI-assisted (vibe coding) contributions—always verify AI-generated code works as intended. Exploratory PRs or draft PRs for discussion are exceptions.
 - When opening a PR, follow the PR template.
 - When you'd like the team to take a look (even if the work is not yet fully complete) mark the PR as 'Ready For Review' so that the team can review your work and provide comments, suggestions, and request changes. It may take several cycles, but the end result will be solid, testable, conformant code that is safe for us to merge.
 - When the PR is approved, let the owner of the PR merge it. For community contributions, the reviewer who approved the PR can also merge it.

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj

@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
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installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Product.wxs

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       <Custom Action="UninstallCommandNotFound" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
       <Custom Action="UpgradeCommandNotFound" After="InstallFiles" Condition="WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED" />
-      <Custom Action="UninstallPackageIdentityMSIX" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
+      <Custom Action="UninstallPackageIdentityMSIX" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
       <Custom Action="UninstallServicesTask" After="InstallFinalize" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
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+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/AllExperiments/AllExperiments.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>

src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -35,17 +36,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
   </Target>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>
     <CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>true</CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
     <_NoWinAPIFamilyApp>true</_NoWinAPIFamilyApp>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- END cppwinrt.build.pre.props -->
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>CalculatorEngineCommon</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
@@ -138,16 +138,16 @@
     <ResourceCompile Include="CalculatorEngineCommon.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </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'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
   <!-- BEGIN common.build.post.props -->
   <!--

src/common/Common.Search/Common.Search.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>

src/common/Common.UI/Common.UI.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>

src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;..\..\common;.\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;..\..\common;.\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -53,9 +54,4 @@
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

src/common/FilePreviewCommon/FilePreviewCommon.csproj

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\Monaco.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Monaco.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>PowerToys FilePreviewCommon</Description>

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTOptimized>true</CppWinRTOptimized>
     <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@
     <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
     <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -113,19 +113,16 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\common\version\version.vcxproj">
       <Project>{cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\common\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([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('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapperProjection.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocalModelProvider.cs

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
         }
 
         // Check if model is in catalog
-        var isInCatalog = _catalogModels?.Any(m => m.Name == modelId) ?? false;
-        if (!isInCatalog)
+        if (!EnsureModelInCatalog(modelId))
         {
             var errorMessage = $"{modelId} is not supported in Foundry Local. Please configure supported models in Settings.";
             Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] {errorMessage}");
@@ -43,15 +42,28 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
         }
 
         // Ensure the model is loaded before returning chat client
-        var isLoaded = _foundryClient!.EnsureModelLoaded(modelId).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        var isLoaded = EnsureModelLoadedWithRefresh(modelId);
         if (!isLoaded)
         {
             Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] Failed to load model: {modelId}");
             throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to load the model '{modelId}'.");
         }
 
+        var client = _foundryClient;
+        if (client == null)
+        {
+            const string message = "Foundry Local client could not be created. Please make sure Foundry Local is installed and running.";
+            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] {message}");
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+        }
+
         // Use ServiceUri instead of Endpoint since Endpoint already includes /v1
-        var baseUri = _foundryClient.GetServiceUri();
+        var baseUri = client.GetServiceUri();
+        if (baseUri == null && TryRefreshClient("Service URI was not available"))
+        {
+            baseUri = _foundryClient?.GetServiceUri();
+        }
+
         if (baseUri == null)
         {
             const string message = "Foundry Local service URL is not available. Please make sure Foundry Local is installed and running.";
@@ -124,6 +136,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
         if (_foundryClient != null && _catalogModels != null && _catalogModels.Any())
         {
             await _foundryClient.EnsureRunning().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            _serviceUrl = await _foundryClient.GetServiceUrl().ConfigureAwait(false);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -153,4 +166,75 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
         Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Available: {available}");
         return available;
     }
+
+    private bool EnsureModelInCatalog(string modelId)
+    {
+        var isInCatalog = _catalogModels?.Any(m => m.Name == modelId) ?? false;
+        if (isInCatalog)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        Logger.LogWarning($"[FoundryLocal] Model not found in catalog. Refreshing client for model: {modelId}");
+        if (!TryRefreshClient("Model not in catalog"))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return _catalogModels?.Any(m => m.Name == modelId) ?? false;
+    }
+
+    private bool EnsureModelLoadedWithRefresh(string modelId)
+    {
+        var isLoaded = false;
+
+        try
+        {
+            isLoaded = _foundryClient!.EnsureModelLoaded(modelId).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogWarning($"[FoundryLocal] EnsureModelLoaded failed: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+
+        if (isLoaded)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (!TryRefreshClient("EnsureModelLoaded failed"))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            return _foundryClient!.EnsureModelLoaded(modelId).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] EnsureModelLoaded failed after refresh: {ex.Message}", ex);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private bool TryRefreshClient(string reason)
+    {
+        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Refreshing Foundry Local client: {reason}");
+
+        try
+        {
+            _foundryClient = null;
+            _catalogModels = null;
+            _serviceUrl = null;
+
+            InitializeAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return _foundryClient != null;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] Failed to refresh Foundry Local client: {ex.Message}", ex);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/LanguageModelProvider.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>

src/common/ManagedCommon/ManagedCommon.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>PowerToys ManagedCommon</Description>

src/common/ManagedCsWin32/ManagedCsWin32.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\.\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<Description>PowerToys ManagedCsWin32</Description>

src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/ManagedTelemetry.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>PowerToys Telemetry</Description>

src/common/PowerToys.ModuleContracts/PowerToys.ModuleContracts.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>

src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   
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@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
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     <ProjectName>SettingsAPI</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
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-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([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('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
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src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
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   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
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-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
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-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([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('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
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src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@
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     <ProjectName>Themes</ProjectName>
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-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
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-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
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     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </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'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/UITestAutomation/UITestAutomation.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>

src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{1A066C63-64B3-45F8-92FE-664E1CCE8077}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
     <ProjectSubType>NativeUnitTestProject</ProjectSubType>
     <ProjectName>Common.Lib.UnitTests</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
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-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([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('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/UnitTests-CommonUtils/UnitTests-CommonUtils.vcxproj

@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />

src/common/interop/HotkeyManager.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
     }
 
     // When all Shortcut keys are pressed, fire the HotkeyCallback event.
-    void HotkeyManager::KeyboardEventProc(KeyboardEvent ev)
+    void HotkeyManager::KeyboardEventProc(KeyboardEvent /*ev*/)
     {
         // pressedKeys always stores the latest keyboard state
         auto pressedKeysHandle = GetHotkeyHandle(pressedKeys);

src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>PowerToys.Interop</AssemblyTitle>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -38,9 +39,9 @@
     <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
     <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.Interop</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <CopyCppRuntimeToOutputDir>true</CopyCppRuntimeToOutputDir>
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINRT_DLL;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;PowerToysInterop;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\interop;../../;../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\interop;../../;../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(WindowsSDK_WindowsMetadata);$(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
       <OmitDefaultLibName>false</OmitDefaultLibName>
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj /Zc:twoPhase- </AdditionalOptions>
@@ -167,22 +168,19 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\version\version.vcxproj">
       <Project>{cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets" />
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
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src/common/interop/interop-tests/Common.Interop.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
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src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
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+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
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+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
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+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
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+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
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   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetName>notifications</TargetName>
+    <!-- Use unique name to avoid conflict with parent notifications.vcxproj -->
+    <TargetName>BackgroundActivator</TargetName>
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-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
+      <!-- /FS required for parallel builds - prevents C1041 PDB conflicts -->
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
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src/common/utils/MsiUtils.cpp

@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "MsiUtils.h"
-
-#include <Msi.h>
-#include <pathcch.h>
-
-namespace // Strings in this namespace should not be localized
-{
-    const inline wchar_t POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE[] = L"{42B84BF7-5FBF-473B-9C8B-049DC16F7708}";
-    const inline wchar_t POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE_USER[] = L"{D8B559DB-4C98-487A-A33F-50A8EEE42726}";
-    const inline wchar_t POWERTOYS_EXE_COMPONENT[] = L"{A2C66D91-3485-4D00-B04D-91844E6B345B}";
-}
-
-std::optional<std::wstring> GetMsiPackageInstalledPath(bool perUser)
-{
-    constexpr size_t guid_length = 39;
-    wchar_t product_ID[guid_length];
-    std::wstring upgradeCode = (perUser ? POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE_USER : POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE);
-    if (const bool found = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiEnumRelatedProductsW(upgradeCode.c_str(), 0, 0, product_ID); !found)
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    if (const bool installed = INSTALLSTATE_DEFAULT == MsiQueryProductStateW(product_ID); !installed)
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    DWORD buf_size = MAX_PATH;
-    wchar_t buf[MAX_PATH];
-    if (ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiGetProductInfoW(product_ID, INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION, buf, &buf_size) && buf_size)
-    {
-        return buf;
-    }
-
-    DWORD package_path_size = 0;
-
-    if (ERROR_SUCCESS != MsiGetProductInfoW(product_ID, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, nullptr, &package_path_size))
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-    std::wstring package_path(++package_path_size, L'\0');
-
-    if (ERROR_SUCCESS != MsiGetProductInfoW(product_ID, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, package_path.data(), &package_path_size))
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-    package_path.resize(size(package_path) - 1); // trim additional \0 which we got from MsiGetProductInfoW
-
-    wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
-    DWORD path_size = MAX_PATH;
-    MsiGetComponentPathW(product_ID, POWERTOYS_EXE_COMPONENT, path, &path_size);
-    if (!path_size)
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-    PathCchRemoveFileSpec(path, path_size);
-    return path;
-}
-
-std::wstring GetMsiPackagePath()
-{
-    std::wstring package_path;
-    wchar_t GUID_product_string[39];
-    if (const bool found = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiEnumRelatedProductsW(POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE, 0, 0, GUID_product_string); !found)
-    {
-        return package_path;
-    }
-
-    if (const bool installed = INSTALLSTATE_DEFAULT == MsiQueryProductStateW(GUID_product_string); !installed)
-    {
-        return package_path;
-    }
-
-    DWORD package_path_size = 0;
-
-    if (const bool has_package_path = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiGetProductInfoW(GUID_product_string, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, nullptr, &package_path_size); !has_package_path)
-    {
-        return package_path;
-    }
-
-    package_path = std::wstring(++package_path_size, L'\0');
-    if (const bool got_package_path = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiGetProductInfoW(GUID_product_string, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, package_path.data(), &package_path_size); !got_package_path)
-    {
-        package_path = {};
-        return package_path;
-    }
-
-    package_path.resize(size(package_path) - 1); // trim additional \0 which we got from MsiGetProductInfoW
-
-    return package_path;
-}

src/common/utils/MsiUtils.h

@@ -3,10 +3,95 @@
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #define NOMINMAX
 #include <Windows.h>
+#include <pathcch.h>
+#include <Msi.h>
 
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 
-// Implementations in MsiUtils.cpp
-std::optional<std::wstring> GetMsiPackageInstalledPath(bool perUser);
-std::wstring GetMsiPackagePath();
+namespace // Strings in this namespace should not be localized
+{
+    const inline wchar_t POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE[] = L"{42B84BF7-5FBF-473B-9C8B-049DC16F7708}";
+    const inline wchar_t POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE_USER[] = L"{D8B559DB-4C98-487A-A33F-50A8EEE42726}";
+    const inline wchar_t POWERTOYS_EXE_COMPONENT[] = L"{A2C66D91-3485-4D00-B04D-91844E6B345B}";
+}
+
+std::optional<std::wstring> GetMsiPackageInstalledPath(bool perUser)
+{
+    constexpr size_t guid_length = 39;
+    wchar_t product_ID[guid_length];
+    std::wstring upgradeCode = (perUser ? POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE_USER : POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE);
+    if (const bool found = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiEnumRelatedProductsW(upgradeCode.c_str(), 0, 0, product_ID); !found)
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    if (const bool installed = INSTALLSTATE_DEFAULT == MsiQueryProductStateW(product_ID); !installed)
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    DWORD buf_size = MAX_PATH;
+    wchar_t buf[MAX_PATH];
+    if (ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiGetProductInfoW(product_ID, INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION, buf, &buf_size) && buf_size)
+    {
+        return buf;
+    }
+
+    DWORD package_path_size = 0;
+
+    if (ERROR_SUCCESS != MsiGetProductInfoW(product_ID, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, nullptr, &package_path_size))
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    std::wstring package_path(++package_path_size, L'\0');
+
+    if (ERROR_SUCCESS != MsiGetProductInfoW(product_ID, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, package_path.data(), &package_path_size))
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    package_path.resize(size(package_path) - 1); // trim additional \0 which we got from MsiGetProductInfoW
+
+    wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
+    DWORD path_size = MAX_PATH;
+    MsiGetComponentPathW(product_ID, POWERTOYS_EXE_COMPONENT, path, &path_size);
+    if (!path_size)
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    PathCchRemoveFileSpec(path, path_size);
+    return path;
+}
+
+std::wstring GetMsiPackagePath()
+{
+    std::wstring package_path;
+    wchar_t GUID_product_string[39];
+    if (const bool found = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiEnumRelatedProductsW(POWER_TOYS_UPGRADE_CODE, 0, 0, GUID_product_string); !found)
+    {
+        return package_path;
+    }
+
+    if (const bool installed = INSTALLSTATE_DEFAULT == MsiQueryProductStateW(GUID_product_string); !installed)
+    {
+        return package_path;
+    }
+
+    DWORD package_path_size = 0;
+
+    if (const bool has_package_path = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiGetProductInfoW(GUID_product_string, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, nullptr, &package_path_size); !has_package_path)
+    {
+        return package_path;
+    }
+
+    package_path = std::wstring(++package_path_size, L'\0');
+    if (const bool got_package_path = ERROR_SUCCESS == MsiGetProductInfoW(GUID_product_string, INSTALLPROPERTY_LOCALPACKAGE, package_path.data(), &package_path_size); !got_package_path)
+    {
+        package_path = {};
+        return package_path;
+    }
+
+    package_path.resize(size(package_path) - 1); // trim additional \0 which we got from MsiGetProductInfoW
+
+    return package_path;
+}

src/common/utils/UnhandledExceptionHandler.cpp

@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "UnhandledExceptionHandler.h"
-
-#include <DbgHelp.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <sstream>
-
-#include "winapi_error.h"
-#include "../logger/logger.h"
-
-static BOOLEAN processingException = FALSE;
-
-std::wstring GetModuleName(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack)
-{
-    static wchar_t modulePath[MAX_PATH]{};
-    const size_t size = sizeof(modulePath);
-    memset(&modulePath[0], '\0', size);
-
-    DWORD64 moduleBase = SymGetModuleBase64(process, stack.AddrPC.Offset);
-    if (!moduleBase)
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"Failed to get a module. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return std::wstring();
-    }
-
-    if (!GetModuleFileNameW(reinterpret_cast<HINSTANCE>(moduleBase), modulePath, MAX_PATH))
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"Failed to get a module path. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return std::wstring();
-    }
-
-    const int start = GetFilenameStart(modulePath);
-    return std::wstring(modulePath, start);
-}
-
-std::wstring GetName(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack)
-{
-    static IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64* pSymbol = static_cast<IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64*>(malloc(sizeof(IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64) + MAX_PATH * sizeof(TCHAR)));
-    if (!pSymbol)
-    {
-        return std::wstring();
-    }
-
-    memset(pSymbol, '\0', sizeof(*pSymbol) + MAX_PATH);
-    pSymbol->MaxNameLength = MAX_PATH;
-    pSymbol->SizeOfStruct = sizeof(IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64);
-
-    DWORD64 dw64Displacement = 0;
-    if (!SymGetSymFromAddr64(process, stack.AddrPC.Offset, &dw64Displacement, pSymbol))
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"Failed to get a symbol. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return std::wstring();
-    }
-
-    std::string str = pSymbol->Name;
-    return std::wstring(str.begin(), str.end());
-}
-
-std::wstring GetLine(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack)
-{
-    static IMAGEHLP_LINE64 line{};
-
-    memset(&line, '\0', sizeof(IMAGEHLP_LINE64));
-    line.SizeOfStruct = sizeof(IMAGEHLP_LINE64);
-    line.LineNumber = 0;
-
-    DWORD dwDisplacement = 0;
-    if (!SymGetLineFromAddr64(process, stack.AddrPC.Offset, &dwDisplacement, &line))
-    {
-        return std::wstring();
-    }
-
-    std::string fileName(line.FileName);
-    return L"(" + std::wstring(fileName.begin(), fileName.end()) + L":" + std::to_wstring(line.LineNumber) + L")";
-}
-
-void LogStackTrace()
-{
-    CONTEXT context;
-    try
-    {
-        RtlCaptureContext(&context);
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"Failed to capture context. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return;
-    }
-
-    STACKFRAME64 stack;
-    memset(&stack, 0, sizeof(STACKFRAME64));
-
-    HANDLE process = GetCurrentProcess();
-    HANDLE thread = GetCurrentThread();
-
-#if defined(_M_ARM64)
-    stack.AddrPC.Offset = context.Pc;
-    stack.AddrStack.Offset = context.Sp;
-    stack.AddrFrame.Offset = context.Fp;
-#elif defined(_M_IX86)
-    stack.AddrPC.Offset = context.Eip;
-    stack.AddrStack.Offset = context.Esp;
-    stack.AddrFrame.Offset = context.Ebp;
-#else
-    stack.AddrPC.Offset = context.Rip;
-    stack.AddrStack.Offset = context.Rsp;
-    stack.AddrFrame.Offset = context.Rbp;
-#endif
-    stack.AddrPC.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
-    stack.AddrStack.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
-    stack.AddrFrame.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
-
-    BOOL result = false;
-    std::wstringstream ss;
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        result = StackWalk64(
-#if defined(_M_ARM64)
-            IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_ARM64,
-#elif defined(_M_IX86)
-            IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386,
-#else
-            IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64,
-#endif
-            process,
-            thread,
-            &stack,
-            &context,
-            NULL,
-            SymFunctionTableAccess64,
-            SymGetModuleBase64,
-            NULL);
-
-        if (!result)
-        {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        ss << GetModuleName(process, stack) << "!" << GetName(process, stack) << GetLine(process, stack) << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    Logger::error(L"STACK TRACE\r\n{}", ss.str());
-    Logger::flush();
-}
-
-LONG WINAPI UnhandledExceptionHandler(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS info)
-{
-    if (!processingException)
-    {
-        bool headerLogged = false;
-        try
-        {
-            const char* exDescription = "Exception code not available";
-            processingException = true;
-            if (info != NULL && info->ExceptionRecord != NULL && info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode != NULL)
-            {
-                exDescription = exceptionDescription(info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode);
-            }
-
-            headerLogged = true;
-            Logger::error(exDescription);
-            LogStackTrace();
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            Logger::error("Failed to log stack trace");
-            Logger::flush();
-        }
-
-        processingException = false;
-    }
-
-    return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
-}
-
-void AbortHandler(int /*signal_number*/)
-{
-    Logger::error("--- ABORT");
-    try
-    {
-        LogStackTrace();
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        Logger::error("Failed to log stack trace on abort");
-        Logger::flush();
-    }
-}
-
-void InitSymbols()
-{
-    // Preload symbols so they will be available in case of out-of-memory exception
-    SymSetOptions(SYMOPT_LOAD_LINES | SYMOPT_UNDNAME);
-    HANDLE process = GetCurrentProcess();
-    if (!SymInitialize(process, NULL, TRUE))
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"Failed to initialize symbol handler. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-    }
-}
-
-void InitUnhandledExceptionHandler(void)
-{
-    try
-    {
-        InitSymbols();
-        // Global handler for unhandled exceptions
-        SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(UnhandledExceptionHandler);
-        // Handler for abort()
-        signal(SIGABRT, &AbortHandler);
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        Logger::error("Failed to init global unhandled exception handler");
-    }
-}

src/common/utils/UnhandledExceptionHandler.h

@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <DbgHelp.h>
-#include <string>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "winapi_error.h"
+#include "../logger/logger.h"
+
+static BOOLEAN processingException = FALSE;
 
-// Small inline functions that should stay in the header
 static inline const char* exceptionDescription(const DWORD& code)
 {
     switch (code)
@@ -74,12 +80,201 @@ inline int GetFilenameStart(wchar_t* path)
     return found;
 }
 
-// Implementations in UnhandledExceptionHandler.cpp
-std::wstring GetModuleName(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack);
-std::wstring GetName(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack);
-std::wstring GetLine(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack);
-void LogStackTrace();
-LONG WINAPI UnhandledExceptionHandler(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS info);
-void AbortHandler(int signal_number);
-void InitSymbols();
-void InitUnhandledExceptionHandler(void);
+inline std::wstring GetModuleName(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack)
+{
+    static wchar_t modulePath[MAX_PATH]{};
+    const size_t size = sizeof(modulePath);
+    memset(&modulePath[0], '\0', size);
+
+    DWORD64 moduleBase = SymGetModuleBase64(process, stack.AddrPC.Offset);
+    if (!moduleBase)
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"Failed to get a module. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return std::wstring();
+    }
+
+    if (!GetModuleFileNameW(reinterpret_cast<HINSTANCE>(moduleBase), modulePath, MAX_PATH))
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"Failed to get a module path. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return std::wstring();
+    }
+
+    const int start = GetFilenameStart(modulePath);
+    return std::wstring(modulePath, start);
+}
+
+inline std::wstring GetName(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack)
+{
+    static IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64* pSymbol = static_cast<IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64*>(malloc(sizeof(IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64) + MAX_PATH * sizeof(TCHAR)));
+    if (!pSymbol)
+    {
+        return std::wstring();
+    }
+
+    memset(pSymbol, '\0', sizeof(*pSymbol) + MAX_PATH);
+    pSymbol->MaxNameLength = MAX_PATH;
+    pSymbol->SizeOfStruct = sizeof(IMAGEHLP_SYMBOL64);
+
+    DWORD64 dw64Displacement = 0;
+    if (!SymGetSymFromAddr64(process, stack.AddrPC.Offset, &dw64Displacement, pSymbol))
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"Failed to get a symbol. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return std::wstring();
+    }
+
+    std::string str = pSymbol->Name;
+    return std::wstring(str.begin(), str.end());
+}
+
+inline std::wstring GetLine(HANDLE process, const STACKFRAME64& stack)
+{
+    static IMAGEHLP_LINE64 line{};
+
+    memset(&line, '\0', sizeof(IMAGEHLP_LINE64));
+    line.SizeOfStruct = sizeof(IMAGEHLP_LINE64);
+    line.LineNumber = 0;
+
+    DWORD dwDisplacement = 0;
+    if (!SymGetLineFromAddr64(process, stack.AddrPC.Offset, &dwDisplacement, &line))
+    {
+        return std::wstring();
+    }
+
+    std::string fileName(line.FileName);
+    return L"(" + std::wstring(fileName.begin(), fileName.end()) + L":" + std::to_wstring(line.LineNumber) + L")";
+}
+
+inline void LogStackTrace()
+{
+    CONTEXT context;
+    try
+    {
+        RtlCaptureContext(&context);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"Failed to capture context. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    STACKFRAME64 stack;
+    memset(&stack, 0, sizeof(STACKFRAME64));
+
+    HANDLE process = GetCurrentProcess();
+    HANDLE thread = GetCurrentThread();
+
+#ifdef _M_ARM64
+    stack.AddrPC.Offset = context.Pc;
+    stack.AddrStack.Offset = context.Sp;
+    stack.AddrFrame.Offset = context.Fp;
+#else
+    stack.AddrPC.Offset = context.Rip;
+    stack.AddrStack.Offset = context.Rsp;
+    stack.AddrFrame.Offset = context.Rbp;
+#endif
+    stack.AddrPC.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+    stack.AddrStack.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+    stack.AddrFrame.Mode = AddrModeFlat;
+
+    BOOL result = false;
+    std::wstringstream ss;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        result = StackWalk64(
+#ifdef _M_ARM64
+            IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_ARM64,
+#else
+            IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64,
+#endif
+            process,
+            thread,
+            &stack,
+            &context,
+            NULL,
+            SymFunctionTableAccess64,
+            SymGetModuleBase64,
+            NULL);
+
+        if (!result)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        ss << GetModuleName(process, stack) << "!" << GetName(process, stack) << GetLine(process, stack) << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    Logger::error(L"STACK TRACE\r\n{}", ss.str());
+    Logger::flush();
+}
+
+inline LONG WINAPI UnhandledExceptionHandler(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS info)
+{
+    if (!processingException)
+    {
+        bool headerLogged = false;
+        try
+        {
+            const char* exDescription = "Exception code not available";
+            processingException = true;
+            if (info != NULL && info->ExceptionRecord != NULL && info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode != NULL)
+            {
+                exDescription = exceptionDescription(info->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode);
+            }
+
+            headerLogged = true;
+            Logger::error(exDescription);
+            LogStackTrace();
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            Logger::error("Failed to log stack trace");
+            Logger::flush();
+        }
+
+        processingException = false;
+    }
+
+    return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
+}
+
+/* Handler to trap abort() calls */
+inline void AbortHandler(int /*signal_number*/)
+{
+    Logger::error("--- ABORT");
+    try
+    {
+        LogStackTrace();
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        Logger::error("Failed to log stack trace on abort");
+        Logger::flush();
+    }
+}
+
+inline void InitSymbols()
+{
+    // Preload symbols so they will be available in case of out-of-memory exception
+    SymSetOptions(SYMOPT_LOAD_LINES | SYMOPT_UNDNAME);
+    HANDLE process = GetCurrentProcess();
+    if (!SymInitialize(process, NULL, TRUE))
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"Failed to initialize symbol handler. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+    }
+}
+
+inline void InitUnhandledExceptionHandler(void)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        InitSymbols();
+        // Global handler for unhandled exceptions
+        SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(UnhandledExceptionHandler);
+        // Handler for abort()
+        signal(SIGABRT, &AbortHandler);
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        Logger::error("Failed to init global unhandled exception handler");
+    }
+}

src/common/utils/elevation.cpp

@@ -1,490 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "elevation.h"
-
-#include <shldisp.h>
-#include <exdisp.h>
-#include <comdef.h>
-
-#include <common/logger/logger.h>
-#include <common/utils/winapi_error.h>
-#include <common/utils/process_path.h>
-#include <common/utils/processApi.h>
-
-namespace
-{
-    std::wstring GetErrorString(HRESULT handle)
-    {
-        _com_error err(handle);
-        return err.ErrorMessage();
-    }
-}
-
-bool FindDesktopFolderView(REFIID riid, void** ppv)
-{
-    CComPtr<IShellWindows> spShellWindows;
-    auto result = spShellWindows.CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellWindows);
-    if (result != S_OK || spShellWindows == nullptr)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"Failed to create instance. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    CComVariant vtLoc(CSIDL_DESKTOP);
-    CComVariant vtEmpty;
-    long lhwnd;
-    CComPtr<IDispatch> spdisp;
-    result = spShellWindows->FindWindowSW(
-        &vtLoc, &vtEmpty, SWC_DESKTOP, &lhwnd, SWFO_NEEDDISPATCH, &spdisp);
-
-    if (result != S_OK || spdisp == nullptr)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"Failed to find the window. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    CComPtr<IShellBrowser> spBrowser;
-    result = CComQIPtr<IServiceProvider>(spdisp)->QueryService(SID_STopLevelBrowser,
-                                                               IID_PPV_ARGS(&spBrowser));
-    if (result != S_OK || spBrowser == nullptr)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"Failed to query service. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    CComPtr<IShellView> spView;
-    result = spBrowser->QueryActiveShellView(&spView);
-    if (result != S_OK || spView == nullptr)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"Failed to query active shell window. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    result = spView->QueryInterface(riid, ppv);
-    if (result != S_OK || ppv == nullptr || *ppv == nullptr)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"Failed to query interface. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool GetDesktopAutomationObject(REFIID riid, void** ppv)
-{
-    CComPtr<IShellView> spsv;
-
-    // Desktop may not be available on startup
-    auto attempts = 5;
-    for (auto i = 1; i <= attempts; i++)
-    {
-        if (FindDesktopFolderView(IID_PPV_ARGS(&spsv)))
-        {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        Logger::warn(L"FindDesktopFolderView() failed attempt {}", i);
-
-        if (i == attempts)
-        {
-            Logger::warn(L"FindDesktopFolderView() max attempts reached");
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        Sleep(3000);
-    }
-
-    CComPtr<IDispatch> spdispView;
-    auto result = spsv->GetItemObject(SVGIO_BACKGROUND, IID_PPV_ARGS(&spdispView));
-    if (result != S_OK)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"GetItemObject() failed. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    result = spdispView->QueryInterface(riid, ppv);
-    if (result != S_OK)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"QueryInterface() failed. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool ShellExecuteFromExplorer(
-    PCWSTR pszFile,
-    PCWSTR pszParameters,
-    PCWSTR workingDir)
-{
-    CComPtr<IShellFolderViewDual> spFolderView;
-    if (!GetDesktopAutomationObject(IID_PPV_ARGS(&spFolderView)))
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    CComPtr<IDispatch> spdispShell;
-    auto result = spFolderView->get_Application(&spdispShell);
-    if (result != S_OK)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"get_Application() failed. {}", GetErrorString(result));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    CComQIPtr<IShellDispatch2>(spdispShell)
-        ->ShellExecuteW(CComBSTR(pszFile),
-                        CComVariant(pszParameters ? pszParameters : L""),
-                        CComVariant(workingDir),
-                        CComVariant(L""),
-                        CComVariant(SW_SHOWNORMAL));
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-HANDLE run_as_different_user(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const wchar_t* workingDir, const bool showWindow)
-{
-    Logger::info(L"run_elevated with params={}", params);
-    SHELLEXECUTEINFOW exec_info = { 0 };
-    exec_info.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFOW);
-    exec_info.lpVerb = L"runAsUser";
-    exec_info.lpFile = file.c_str();
-    exec_info.lpParameters = params.c_str();
-    exec_info.hwnd = 0;
-    exec_info.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
-    exec_info.lpDirectory = workingDir;
-    exec_info.hInstApp = 0;
-    if (showWindow)
-    {
-        exec_info.nShow = SW_SHOWDEFAULT;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        // might have limited success, but only option with ShellExecuteExW
-        exec_info.nShow = SW_HIDE;
-    }
-
-    return ShellExecuteExW(&exec_info) ? exec_info.hProcess : nullptr;
-}
-
-HANDLE run_elevated(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const wchar_t* workingDir, const bool showWindow)
-{
-    Logger::info(L"run_elevated with params={}", params);
-    SHELLEXECUTEINFOW exec_info = { 0 };
-    exec_info.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFOW);
-    exec_info.lpVerb = L"runas";
-    exec_info.lpFile = file.c_str();
-    exec_info.lpParameters = params.c_str();
-    exec_info.hwnd = 0;
-    exec_info.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
-    exec_info.lpDirectory = workingDir;
-    exec_info.hInstApp = 0;
-
-    if (showWindow)
-    {
-        exec_info.nShow = SW_SHOWDEFAULT;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        // might have limited success, but only option with ShellExecuteExW
-        exec_info.nShow = SW_HIDE;
-    }
-
-    BOOL result = ShellExecuteExW(&exec_info);
-
-    return result  ? exec_info.hProcess : nullptr;
-}
-
-bool run_non_elevated(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, DWORD* returnPid, const wchar_t* workingDir, const bool showWindow)
-{
-    Logger::info(L"run_non_elevated with params={}", params);
-    auto executable_args = L"\"" + file + L"\"";
-    if (!params.empty())
-    {
-        executable_args += L" " + params;
-    }
-
-    HWND hwnd = GetShellWindow();
-    if (!hwnd)
-    {
-        if (GetLastError() == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        {
-            Logger::warn(L"GetShellWindow() returned null. Shell window is not available");
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            Logger::error(L"GetShellWindow() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-    DWORD pid;
-    GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &pid);
-
-    winrt::handle process{ OpenProcess(PROCESS_CREATE_PROCESS, FALSE, pid) };
-    if (!process)
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"OpenProcess() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    SIZE_T size = 0;
-
-    InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(nullptr, 1, 0, &size);
-    auto pproc_buffer = std::make_unique<char[]>(size);
-    auto pptal = reinterpret_cast<PPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST>(pproc_buffer.get());
-    if (!pptal)
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"pptal failed to initialize. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (!InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(pptal, 1, 0, &size))
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"InitializeProcThreadAttributeList() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    HANDLE process_handle = process.get();
-    if (!UpdateProcThreadAttribute(pptal,
-                                   0,
-                                   PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_PROCESS,
-                                   &process_handle,
-                                   sizeof(process_handle),
-                                   nullptr,
-                                   nullptr))
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"UpdateProcThreadAttribute() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    STARTUPINFOEX siex = { 0 };
-    siex.lpAttributeList = pptal;
-    siex.StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(siex);
-    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = { 0 };
-    auto dwCreationFlags = EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT;
-
-    if (!showWindow)
-    {
-        siex.StartupInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
-        siex.StartupInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
-        dwCreationFlags = CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
-    }
-
-    auto succeeded = CreateProcessW(file.c_str(),
-                                    &executable_args[0],
-                                    nullptr,
-                                    nullptr,
-                                    FALSE,
-                                    dwCreationFlags,
-                                    nullptr,
-                                    workingDir,
-                                    &siex.StartupInfo,
-                                    &pi);
-    if (succeeded)
-    {
-        if (pi.hProcess)
-        {
-            if (returnPid)
-            {
-                *returnPid = GetProcessId(pi.hProcess);
-            }
-
-            CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
-        }
-        if (pi.hThread)
-        {
-            CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
-        }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        Logger::error(L"CreateProcessW() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
-    }
-
-    return succeeded;
-}
-
-bool RunNonElevatedEx(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const std::wstring& working_dir)
-{
-    bool success = false;
-    HRESULT co_init = E_FAIL;
-    try
-    {
-        co_init = CoInitialize(nullptr);
-        success = ShellExecuteFromExplorer(file.c_str(), params.c_str(), working_dir.c_str());
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-    }
-    if (SUCCEEDED(co_init))
-    {
-        CoUninitialize();
-    }
-
-    return success;
-}
-
-std::optional<ProcessInfo> RunNonElevatedFailsafe(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const std::wstring& working_dir, DWORD handleAccess)
-{
-    bool launched = RunNonElevatedEx(file, params, working_dir);
-    if (!launched)
-    {
-        Logger::warn(L"RunNonElevatedEx() failed. Trying fallback");
-        std::wstring action_runner_path = get_module_folderpath() + L"\\PowerToys.ActionRunner.exe";
-        std::wstring newParams = L"-run-non-elevated -target \"" + file + L"\" " + params;
-        launched = run_non_elevated(action_runner_path, newParams, nullptr, working_dir.c_str());
-        if (launched)
-        {
-            Logger::trace(L"Started {}", file);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            Logger::warn(L"Failed to start {}", file);
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-    }
-
-    auto handles = getProcessHandlesByName(std::filesystem::path{ file }.filename().wstring(), PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | SYNCHRONIZE | handleAccess);
-
-    if (handles.empty())
-        return std::nullopt;
-
-    ProcessInfo result;
-    result.processID = GetProcessId(handles[0].get());
-    result.processHandle = std::move(handles[0]);
-
-    return result;
-}
-
-bool run_same_elevation(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, DWORD* returnPid, const wchar_t* workingDir)
-{
-    auto executable_args = L"\"" + file + L"\"";
-    if (!params.empty())
-    {
-        executable_args += L" " + params;
-    }
-
-    STARTUPINFO si = { sizeof(STARTUPINFO) };
-    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = { 0 };
-
-    auto succeeded = CreateProcessW(file.c_str(),
-                                    &executable_args[0],
-                                    nullptr,
-                                    nullptr,
-                                    FALSE,
-                                    0,
-                                    nullptr,
-                                    workingDir,
-                                    &si,
-                                    &pi);
-
-    if (succeeded)
-    {
-        if (pi.hProcess)
-        {
-            if (returnPid)
-            {
-                *returnPid = GetProcessId(pi.hProcess);
-            }
-
-            CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
-        }
-
-        if (pi.hThread)
-        {
-            CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
-        }
-    }
-    return succeeded;
-}
-
-bool check_user_is_admin()
-{
-    auto freeMemory = [](PSID pSID, PTOKEN_GROUPS pGroupInfo) {
-        if (pSID)
-        {
-            FreeSid(pSID);
-        }
-        if (pGroupInfo)
-        {
-            GlobalFree(pGroupInfo);
-        }
-    };
-
-    HANDLE hToken;
-    DWORD dwSize = 0;
-    PTOKEN_GROUPS pGroupInfo;
-    SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY SIDAuth = SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY;
-    PSID pSID = NULL;
-
-    // Open a handle to the access token for the calling process.
-    if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken))
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // Call GetTokenInformation to get the buffer size.
-    if (!GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenGroups, NULL, dwSize, &dwSize))
-    {
-        if (GetLastError() != ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER)
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Allocate the buffer.
-    pGroupInfo = static_cast<PTOKEN_GROUPS>(GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwSize));
-
-    // Call GetTokenInformation again to get the group information.
-    if (!GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenGroups, pGroupInfo, dwSize, &dwSize))
-    {
-        freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // Create a SID for the BUILTIN\Administrators group.
-    if (!AllocateAndInitializeSid(&SIDAuth, 2, SECURITY_BUILTIN_DOMAIN_RID, DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &pSID))
-    {
-        freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // Loop through the group SIDs looking for the administrator SID.
-    for (DWORD i = 0; i < pGroupInfo->GroupCount; ++i)
-    {
-        if (EqualSid(pSID, pGroupInfo->Groups[i].Sid))
-        {
-            freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool IsProcessOfWindowElevated(HWND window)
-{
-    DWORD pid = 0;
-    GetWindowThreadProcessId(window, &pid);
-    if (!pid)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    wil::unique_handle hProcess{ OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION,
-                                             FALSE,
-                                             pid) };
-
-    wil::unique_handle token;
-
-    if (OpenProcessToken(hProcess.get(), TOKEN_QUERY, &token))
-    {
-        TOKEN_ELEVATION elevation;
-        DWORD size;
-        if (GetTokenInformation(token.get(), TokenElevation, &elevation, sizeof(elevation), &size))
-        {
-            return elevation.TokenIsElevated != 0;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
-}

src/common/utils/elevation.h

@@ -4,25 +4,153 @@
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>
 #include <sddl.h>
+#include <shldisp.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#include <exdisp.h>
+#include <atlbase.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <comdef.h>
 
 #include <winrt/base.h>
+#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.Collections.h>
 
 #include <string>
 #include <filesystem>
-#include <optional>
 
-#pragma warning(push)
-#pragma warning(disable : 26471 26492 26493 26497)
-#include <wil/resource.h>
-#pragma warning(pop)
+#include <common/logger/logger.h>
+#include <common/utils/winapi_error.h>
+#include <common/utils/process_path.h>
+#include <common/utils/processApi.h>
 
-// Forward declarations - implementations in elevation.cpp
-bool FindDesktopFolderView(REFIID riid, void** ppv);
-bool GetDesktopAutomationObject(REFIID riid, void** ppv);
-bool ShellExecuteFromExplorer(
-    PCWSTR pszFile,
-    PCWSTR pszParameters = nullptr,
-    PCWSTR workingDir = L"");
+namespace
+{
+    inline std::wstring GetErrorString(HRESULT handle)
+    {
+        _com_error err(handle);
+        return err.ErrorMessage();
+    }
+
+    inline bool FindDesktopFolderView(REFIID riid, void** ppv)
+    {
+        CComPtr<IShellWindows> spShellWindows;
+        auto result = spShellWindows.CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellWindows);
+        if (result != S_OK || spShellWindows == nullptr)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"Failed to create instance. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        CComVariant vtLoc(CSIDL_DESKTOP);
+        CComVariant vtEmpty;
+        long lhwnd;
+        CComPtr<IDispatch> spdisp;
+        result = spShellWindows->FindWindowSW(
+            &vtLoc, &vtEmpty, SWC_DESKTOP, &lhwnd, SWFO_NEEDDISPATCH, &spdisp);
+
+        if (result != S_OK || spdisp == nullptr)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"Failed to find the window. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        CComPtr<IShellBrowser> spBrowser;
+        result = CComQIPtr<IServiceProvider>(spdisp)->QueryService(SID_STopLevelBrowser,
+                                                                   IID_PPV_ARGS(&spBrowser));
+        if (result != S_OK || spBrowser == nullptr)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"Failed to query service. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        CComPtr<IShellView> spView;
+        result = spBrowser->QueryActiveShellView(&spView);
+        if (result != S_OK || spView == nullptr)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"Failed to query active shell window. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        result = spView->QueryInterface(riid, ppv);
+        if (result != S_OK || ppv == nullptr || *ppv == nullptr)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"Failed to query interface. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    inline bool GetDesktopAutomationObject(REFIID riid, void** ppv)
+    {
+        CComPtr<IShellView> spsv;
+
+        // Desktop may not be available on startup
+        auto attempts = 5;
+        for (auto i = 1; i <= attempts; i++)
+        {
+            if (FindDesktopFolderView(IID_PPV_ARGS(&spsv)))
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            Logger::warn(L"FindDesktopFolderView() failed attempt {}", i);
+
+            if (i == attempts)
+            {
+                Logger::warn(L"FindDesktopFolderView() max attempts reached");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Sleep(3000);
+        }
+
+        CComPtr<IDispatch> spdispView;
+        auto result = spsv->GetItemObject(SVGIO_BACKGROUND, IID_PPV_ARGS(&spdispView));
+        if (result != S_OK)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"GetItemObject() failed. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        result = spdispView->QueryInterface(riid, ppv);
+        if (result != S_OK)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"QueryInterface() failed. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    inline bool ShellExecuteFromExplorer(
+        PCWSTR pszFile,
+        PCWSTR pszParameters = nullptr,
+        PCWSTR workingDir = L"")
+    {
+        CComPtr<IShellFolderViewDual> spFolderView;
+        if (!GetDesktopAutomationObject(IID_PPV_ARGS(&spFolderView)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        CComPtr<IDispatch> spdispShell;
+        auto result = spFolderView->get_Application(&spdispShell);
+        if (result != S_OK)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"get_Application() failed. {}", GetErrorString(result));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        CComQIPtr<IShellDispatch2>(spdispShell)
+            ->ShellExecuteW(CComBSTR(pszFile),
+                            CComVariant(pszParameters ? pszParameters : L""),
+                            CComVariant(workingDir),
+                            CComVariant(L""),
+                            CComVariant(SW_SHOWNORMAL));
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
 
 // Returns true if the current process is running with elevated privileges
 inline bool is_process_elevated(const bool use_cached_value = true)
@@ -79,16 +207,191 @@ inline bool drop_elevated_privileges()
     return result;
 }
 
-// Run command as different user, returns process handle if succeeded
-HANDLE run_as_different_user(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr, const bool showWindow = true);
+// Run command as different user, returns true if succeeded
+inline HANDLE run_as_different_user(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr, const bool showWindow = true)
+{
+    Logger::info(L"run_elevated with params={}", params);
+    SHELLEXECUTEINFOW exec_info = { 0 };
+    exec_info.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFOW);
+    exec_info.lpVerb = L"runAsUser";
+    exec_info.lpFile = file.c_str();
+    exec_info.lpParameters = params.c_str();
+    exec_info.hwnd = 0;
+    exec_info.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
+    exec_info.lpDirectory = workingDir;
+    exec_info.hInstApp = 0;
+    if (showWindow)
+    {
+        exec_info.nShow = SW_SHOWDEFAULT;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // might have limited success, but only option with ShellExecuteExW
+        exec_info.nShow = SW_HIDE;
+    }
 
-// Run command as elevated user, returns process handle if succeeded
-HANDLE run_elevated(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr, const bool showWindow = true);
+    return ShellExecuteExW(&exec_info) ? exec_info.hProcess : nullptr;
+}
+
+// Run command as elevated user, returns true if succeeded
+inline HANDLE run_elevated(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr, const bool showWindow = true)
+{
+    Logger::info(L"run_elevated with params={}", params);
+    SHELLEXECUTEINFOW exec_info = { 0 };
+    exec_info.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFOW);
+    exec_info.lpVerb = L"runas";
+    exec_info.lpFile = file.c_str();
+    exec_info.lpParameters = params.c_str();
+    exec_info.hwnd = 0;
+    exec_info.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
+    exec_info.lpDirectory = workingDir;
+    exec_info.hInstApp = 0;
+
+    if (showWindow)
+    {
+        exec_info.nShow = SW_SHOWDEFAULT;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // might have limited success, but only option with ShellExecuteExW
+        exec_info.nShow = SW_HIDE;
+    }
+
+    BOOL result = ShellExecuteExW(&exec_info);
+
+    return result  ? exec_info.hProcess : nullptr;
+}
 
 // Run command as non-elevated user, returns true if succeeded, puts the process id into returnPid if returnPid != NULL
-bool run_non_elevated(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, DWORD* returnPid, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr, const bool showWindow = true);
+inline bool run_non_elevated(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, DWORD* returnPid, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr, const bool showWindow = true)
+{
+    Logger::info(L"run_non_elevated with params={}", params);
+    auto executable_args = L"\"" + file + L"\"";
+    if (!params.empty())
+    {
+        executable_args += L" " + params;
+    }
 
-bool RunNonElevatedEx(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const std::wstring& working_dir);
+    HWND hwnd = GetShellWindow();
+    if (!hwnd)
+    {
+        if (GetLastError() == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"GetShellWindow() returned null. Shell window is not available");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Logger::error(L"GetShellWindow() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+    DWORD pid;
+    GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &pid);
+
+    winrt::handle process{ OpenProcess(PROCESS_CREATE_PROCESS, FALSE, pid) };
+    if (!process)
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"OpenProcess() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    SIZE_T size = 0;
+
+    InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(nullptr, 1, 0, &size);
+    auto pproc_buffer = std::make_unique<char[]>(size);
+    auto pptal = reinterpret_cast<PPROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_LIST>(pproc_buffer.get());
+    if (!pptal)
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"pptal failed to initialize. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(pptal, 1, 0, &size))
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"InitializeProcThreadAttributeList() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    HANDLE process_handle = process.get();
+    if (!UpdateProcThreadAttribute(pptal,
+                                   0,
+                                   PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_PROCESS,
+                                   &process_handle,
+                                   sizeof(process_handle),
+                                   nullptr,
+                                   nullptr))
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"UpdateProcThreadAttribute() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    STARTUPINFOEX siex = { 0 };
+    siex.lpAttributeList = pptal;
+    siex.StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(siex);
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = { 0 };
+    auto dwCreationFlags = EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT;
+
+    if (!showWindow)
+    {
+        siex.StartupInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
+        siex.StartupInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
+        dwCreationFlags = CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
+    }
+
+    auto succeeded = CreateProcessW(file.c_str(),
+                                    &executable_args[0],
+                                    nullptr,
+                                    nullptr,
+                                    FALSE,
+                                    dwCreationFlags,
+                                    nullptr,
+                                    workingDir,
+                                    &siex.StartupInfo,
+                                    &pi);
+    if (succeeded)
+    {
+        if (pi.hProcess)
+        {
+            if (returnPid)
+            {
+                *returnPid = GetProcessId(pi.hProcess);
+            }
+
+            CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+        }
+        if (pi.hThread)
+        {
+            CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        Logger::error(L"CreateProcessW() failed. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+    }
+
+    return succeeded;
+}
+
+inline bool RunNonElevatedEx(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const std::wstring& working_dir)
+{
+    bool success = false;
+    HRESULT co_init = E_FAIL;
+    try
+    {
+        co_init = CoInitialize(nullptr);
+        success = ShellExecuteFromExplorer(file.c_str(), params.c_str(), working_dir.c_str());
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+    }
+    if (SUCCEEDED(co_init))
+    {
+        CoUninitialize();
+    }
+
+    return success;
+}
 
 struct ProcessInfo
 {
@@ -96,14 +399,172 @@ struct ProcessInfo
     DWORD processID = {};
 };
 
-std::optional<ProcessInfo> RunNonElevatedFailsafe(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const std::wstring& working_dir, DWORD handleAccess = 0);
+inline std::optional<ProcessInfo> RunNonElevatedFailsafe(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, const std::wstring& working_dir, DWORD handleAccess = 0)
+{
+    bool launched = RunNonElevatedEx(file, params, working_dir);
+    if (!launched)
+    {
+        Logger::warn(L"RunNonElevatedEx() failed. Trying fallback");
+        std::wstring action_runner_path = get_module_folderpath() + L"\\PowerToys.ActionRunner.exe";
+        std::wstring newParams = fmt::format(L"-run-non-elevated -target \"{}\" {}", file, params);
+        launched = run_non_elevated(action_runner_path, newParams, nullptr, working_dir.c_str());
+        if (launched)
+        {
+            Logger::trace(L"Started {}", file);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"Failed to start {}", file);
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto handles = getProcessHandlesByName(std::filesystem::path{ file }.filename().wstring(), PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | SYNCHRONIZE | handleAccess);
+
+    if (handles.empty())
+        return std::nullopt;
+
+    ProcessInfo result;
+    result.processID = GetProcessId(handles[0].get());
+    result.processHandle = std::move(handles[0]);
+
+    return result;
+}
 
 // Run command with the same elevation, returns true if succeeded
-bool run_same_elevation(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, DWORD* returnPid, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr);
+inline bool run_same_elevation(const std::wstring& file, const std::wstring& params, DWORD* returnPid, const wchar_t* workingDir = nullptr)
+{
+    auto executable_args = L"\"" + file + L"\"";
+    if (!params.empty())
+    {
+        executable_args += L" " + params;
+    }
+
+    STARTUPINFO si = { sizeof(STARTUPINFO) };
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = { 0 };
+
+    auto succeeded = CreateProcessW(file.c_str(),
+                                    &executable_args[0],
+                                    nullptr,
+                                    nullptr,
+                                    FALSE,
+                                    0,
+                                    nullptr,
+                                    workingDir,
+                                    &si,
+                                    &pi);
+
+    if (succeeded)
+    {
+        if (pi.hProcess)
+        {
+            if (returnPid)
+            {
+                *returnPid = GetProcessId(pi.hProcess);
+            }
+
+            CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+        }
+
+        if (pi.hThread)
+        {
+            CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+        }
+    }
+    return succeeded;
+}
 
 // Returns true if the current process is running from administrator account
 // The function returns true in case of error since we want to return false
 // only in case of a positive verification that the user is not an admin.
-bool check_user_is_admin();
+inline bool check_user_is_admin()
+{
+    auto freeMemory = [](PSID pSID, PTOKEN_GROUPS pGroupInfo) {
+        if (pSID)
+        {
+            FreeSid(pSID);
+        }
+        if (pGroupInfo)
+        {
+            GlobalFree(pGroupInfo);
+        }
+    };
 
-bool IsProcessOfWindowElevated(HWND window);
+    HANDLE hToken;
+    DWORD dwSize = 0;
+    PTOKEN_GROUPS pGroupInfo;
+    SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY SIDAuth = SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY;
+    PSID pSID = NULL;
+
+    // Open a handle to the access token for the calling process.
+    if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Call GetTokenInformation to get the buffer size.
+    if (!GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenGroups, NULL, dwSize, &dwSize))
+    {
+        if (GetLastError() != ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Allocate the buffer.
+    pGroupInfo = static_cast<PTOKEN_GROUPS>(GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwSize));
+
+    // Call GetTokenInformation again to get the group information.
+    if (!GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenGroups, pGroupInfo, dwSize, &dwSize))
+    {
+        freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Create a SID for the BUILTIN\Administrators group.
+    if (!AllocateAndInitializeSid(&SIDAuth, 2, SECURITY_BUILTIN_DOMAIN_RID, DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &pSID))
+    {
+        freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Loop through the group SIDs looking for the administrator SID.
+    for (DWORD i = 0; i < pGroupInfo->GroupCount; ++i)
+    {
+        if (EqualSid(pSID, pGroupInfo->Groups[i].Sid))
+        {
+            freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    freeMemory(pSID, pGroupInfo);
+    return false;
+}
+
+inline bool IsProcessOfWindowElevated(HWND window)
+{
+    DWORD pid = 0;
+    GetWindowThreadProcessId(window, &pid);
+    if (!pid)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    wil::unique_handle hProcess{ OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION,
+                                             FALSE,
+                                             pid) };
+
+    wil::unique_handle token;
+
+    if (OpenProcessToken(hProcess.get(), TOKEN_QUERY, &token))
+    {
+        TOKEN_ELEVATION elevation;
+        DWORD size;
+        if (GetTokenInformation(token.get(), TokenElevation, &elevation, sizeof(elevation), &size))
+        {
+            return elevation.TokenIsElevated != 0;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}

src/common/utils/exec.cpp

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "exec.h"
-
-#pragma warning(push)
-#pragma warning(disable : 26471 26492 26493 26497)
-#include <wil/resource.h>
-#pragma warning(pop)
-
-#include <array>
-
-std::optional<std::string> exec_and_read_output(const std::wstring_view command, DWORD timeout_ms)
-{
-    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr{ sizeof(saAttr) };
-    saAttr.bInheritHandle = false;
-
-    constexpr size_t bufferSize = 4096;
-    // We must use a named pipe for async I/O
-    char pipename[MAX_PATH + 1];
-    if (!GetTempFileNameA(R"(\\.\pipe\)", "tmp", 1, pipename))
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    wil::unique_handle readPipe{ CreateNamedPipeA(pipename, PIPE_ACCESS_INBOUND | FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, PIPE_TYPE_BYTE | PIPE_READMODE_BYTE, PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, bufferSize, bufferSize, 0, &saAttr) };
-
-    saAttr.bInheritHandle = true;
-    wil::unique_handle writePipe{ CreateFileA(pipename, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, &saAttr, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr) };
-
-    if (!readPipe || !writePipe)
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    PROCESS_INFORMATION piProcInfo{};
-    STARTUPINFOW siStartInfo{ sizeof(siStartInfo) };
-
-    siStartInfo.hStdError = writePipe.get();
-    siStartInfo.hStdOutput = writePipe.get();
-    siStartInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES | STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
-    siStartInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
-
-    std::wstring cmdLine{ command };
-    if (!CreateProcessW(nullptr,
-                        cmdLine.data(),
-                        nullptr,
-                        nullptr,
-                        true,
-                        NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS | CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
-                        nullptr,
-                        nullptr,
-                        &siStartInfo,
-                        &piProcInfo))
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-    // Child process inherited the write end of the pipe, we can close it now
-    writePipe.reset();
-
-    auto closeProcessHandles = wil::scope_exit([&] {
-        CloseHandle(piProcInfo.hThread);
-        CloseHandle(piProcInfo.hProcess);
-    });
-
-    std::string childOutput;
-    bool processExited = false;
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        char buffer[bufferSize];
-        DWORD gotBytes = 0;
-        wil::unique_handle IOEvent{ CreateEventW(nullptr, true, false, nullptr) };
-        OVERLAPPED overlapped{ .hEvent = IOEvent.get() };
-        ReadFile(readPipe.get(), buffer, sizeof(buffer), nullptr, &overlapped);
-
-        const std::array<HANDLE, 2> handlesToWait = { overlapped.hEvent, piProcInfo.hProcess };
-        switch (WaitForMultipleObjects(1 + !processExited, handlesToWait.data(), false, timeout_ms))
-        {
-        case WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1:
-            if (!processExited)
-            {
-                // When the process exits, we can reduce timeout and read the rest of the output w/o possibly big timeout
-                timeout_ms = 1000;
-                processExited = true;
-                closeProcessHandles.reset();
-            }
-            [[fallthrough]];
-        case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
-            if (GetOverlappedResultEx(readPipe.get(), &overlapped, &gotBytes, timeout_ms, true))
-            {
-                childOutput += std::string_view{ buffer, gotBytes };
-                break;
-            }
-            // Timeout
-            [[fallthrough]];
-        default:
-            goto exit;
-        }
-    }
-exit:
-    CancelIo(readPipe.get());
-    return childOutput;
-}

src/common/utils/exec.h

@@ -3,8 +3,106 @@
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <Windows.h>
 
+// disable warning 26471 - Don't use reinterpret_cast. A cast from void* can use static_cast
+// disable warning 26492 - Don't use const_cast to cast away const
+// disable warning 26493 - Don't use C-style casts
+// Disable 26497 for winrt - This function function-name could be marked constexpr if compile-time evaluation is desired.
+#pragma warning(push)
+#pragma warning(disable : 26471 26492 26493 26497)
+#include <wil/resource.h>
+#pragma warning(pop)
+
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 
-// Implementation in exec.cpp
-std::optional<std::string> exec_and_read_output(const std::wstring_view command, DWORD timeout_ms = 30000);
+inline std::optional<std::string> exec_and_read_output(const std::wstring_view command, DWORD timeout_ms = 30000)
+{
+    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr{ sizeof(saAttr) };
+    saAttr.bInheritHandle = false;
+
+    constexpr size_t bufferSize = 4096;
+    // We must use a named pipe for async I/O
+    char pipename[MAX_PATH + 1];
+    if (!GetTempFileNameA(R"(\\.\pipe\)", "tmp", 1, pipename))
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    wil::unique_handle readPipe{ CreateNamedPipeA(pipename, PIPE_ACCESS_INBOUND | FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, PIPE_TYPE_BYTE | PIPE_READMODE_BYTE, PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, bufferSize, bufferSize, 0, &saAttr) };
+
+    saAttr.bInheritHandle = true;
+    wil::unique_handle writePipe{ CreateFileA(pipename, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, &saAttr, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr) };
+
+    if (!readPipe || !writePipe)
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION piProcInfo{};
+    STARTUPINFOW siStartInfo{ sizeof(siStartInfo) };
+
+    siStartInfo.hStdError = writePipe.get();
+    siStartInfo.hStdOutput = writePipe.get();
+    siStartInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES | STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
+    siStartInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
+
+    std::wstring cmdLine{ command };
+    if (!CreateProcessW(nullptr,
+                        cmdLine.data(),
+                        nullptr,
+                        nullptr,
+                        true,
+                        NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS | CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
+                        nullptr,
+                        nullptr,
+                        &siStartInfo,
+                        &piProcInfo))
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    // Child process inherited the write end of the pipe, we can close it now
+    writePipe.reset();
+
+    auto closeProcessHandles = wil::scope_exit([&] {
+        CloseHandle(piProcInfo.hThread);
+        CloseHandle(piProcInfo.hProcess);
+    });
+
+    std::string childOutput;
+    bool processExited = false;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        char buffer[bufferSize];
+        DWORD gotBytes = 0;
+        wil::unique_handle IOEvent{ CreateEventW(nullptr, true, false, nullptr) };
+        OVERLAPPED overlapped{ .hEvent = IOEvent.get() };
+        ReadFile(readPipe.get(), buffer, sizeof(buffer), nullptr, &overlapped);
+
+        const std::array<HANDLE, 2> handlesToWait = { overlapped.hEvent, piProcInfo.hProcess };
+        switch (WaitForMultipleObjects(1 + !processExited, handlesToWait.data(), false, timeout_ms))
+        {
+        case WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1:
+            if (!processExited)
+            {
+                // When the process exits, we can reduce timeout and read the rest of the output w/o possibly big timeout
+                timeout_ms = 1000;
+                processExited = true;
+                closeProcessHandles.reset();
+            }
+            [[fallthrough]];
+        case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
+            if (GetOverlappedResultEx(readPipe.get(), &overlapped, &gotBytes, timeout_ms, true))
+            {
+                childOutput += std::string_view{ buffer, gotBytes };
+                break;
+            }
+            // Timeout
+            [[fallthrough]];
+        default:
+            goto exit;
+        }
+    }
+exit:
+    CancelIo(readPipe.get());
+    return childOutput;
+}

src/common/utils/gpo.cpp

@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "gpo.h"
-
-namespace powertoys_gpo
-{
-    std::optional<std::wstring> readRegistryStringValue(HKEY hRootKey, const std::wstring& subKey, const std::wstring& value_name, const bool is_multi_line_text)
-    {
-        // Set value type
-        DWORD reg_value_type = REG_SZ;
-        DWORD reg_flags = RRF_RT_REG_SZ;
-        if (is_multi_line_text)
-        {
-            reg_value_type = REG_MULTI_SZ;
-            reg_flags = RRF_RT_REG_MULTI_SZ;
-        }
-
-        DWORD string_buffer_capacity;
-        // Request required buffer capacity / string length
-        if (RegGetValueW(hRootKey, subKey.c_str(), value_name.c_str(), reg_flags, &reg_value_type, NULL, &string_buffer_capacity) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        {
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-        else if (string_buffer_capacity == 0)
-        {
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-
-        // RegGetValueW overshoots sometimes. Use a buffer first to not have characters past the string end.
-        wchar_t* temp_buffer = new wchar_t[string_buffer_capacity / sizeof(wchar_t) + 1];
-        // Read string
-        if (RegGetValueW(hRootKey, subKey.c_str(), value_name.c_str(), reg_flags, &reg_value_type, temp_buffer, &string_buffer_capacity) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        {
-            delete[] temp_buffer;
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-
-        // Convert buffer to std::wstring
-        std::wstring string_value = L"";
-        if (reg_value_type == REG_MULTI_SZ)
-        {
-            // If it is REG_MULTI_SZ handle this way
-            wchar_t* currentString = temp_buffer;
-            while (*currentString != L'\0')
-            {
-                // If first entry then assign the string, else add to the string
-                string_value = (string_value == L"") ? currentString : (string_value + L"\r\n" + currentString);
-                currentString += wcslen(currentString) + 1; // Move to the next string
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // If it is REG_SZ handle this way
-            string_value = temp_buffer;
-        }
-
-        // delete buffer, return string value
-        delete[] temp_buffer;
-        return string_value;
-    }
-
-    gpo_rule_configured_t getConfiguredValue(const std::wstring& registry_value_name)
-    {
-        HKEY key{};
-        DWORD value = 0xFFFFFFFE;
-        DWORD valueSize = sizeof(value);
-
-        bool machine_key_found = true;
-        if (auto res = RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_MACHINE, POLICIES_PATH.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key); res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        {
-            machine_key_found = false;
-        }
-
-        if (machine_key_found)
-        {
-            // If the path was found in the machine, we need to check if the value for the policy exists.
-            auto res = RegQueryValueExW(key, registry_value_name.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(&value), &valueSize);
-
-            RegCloseKey(key);
-
-            if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                // Value not found on the path.
-                machine_key_found = false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!machine_key_found)
-        {
-            // If there's no value found on the machine scope, try to get it from the user scope.
-            if (auto res = RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_USER, POLICIES_PATH.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key); res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                if (res == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
-                {
-                    return gpo_rule_configured_not_configured;
-                }
-                return gpo_rule_configured_unavailable;
-            }
-            auto res = RegQueryValueExW(key, registry_value_name.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(&value), &valueSize);
-            RegCloseKey(key);
-
-            if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                return gpo_rule_configured_not_configured;
-            }
-        }
-
-        switch (value)
-        {
-        case 0:
-            return gpo_rule_configured_disabled;
-        case 1:
-            return gpo_rule_configured_enabled;
-        default:
-            return gpo_rule_configured_wrong_value;
-        }
-    }
-
-    std::optional<std::wstring> getPolicyListValue(const std::wstring& registry_list_path, const std::wstring& registry_list_value_name)
-    {
-        // This function returns the value of an entry of a policy list. The user scope is only checked, if the list is not enabled for the machine to not mix the lists.
-
-        HKEY key{};
-
-        // Try to read from the machine list.
-        bool machine_list_found = false;
-        if (RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_MACHINE, registry_list_path.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        {
-            machine_list_found = true;
-            RegCloseKey(key);
-
-            // If the path exists in the machine registry, we try to read the value.
-            auto regValueData = readRegistryStringValue(POLICIES_SCOPE_MACHINE, registry_list_path, registry_list_value_name);
-
-            if (regValueData.has_value())
-            {
-                // Return the value from the machine list.
-                return *regValueData;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // If no list exists for machine, we try to read from the user list.
-        if (!machine_list_found)
-        {
-            if (RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_USER, registry_list_path.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                RegCloseKey(key);
-
-                // If the path exists in the user registry, we try to read the value.
-                auto regValueData = readRegistryStringValue(POLICIES_SCOPE_USER, registry_list_path, registry_list_value_name);
-
-                if (regValueData.has_value())
-                {
-                    // Return the value from the user list.
-                    return *regValueData;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // No list exists for machine and user, or no value was found in the list, or an error ocurred while reading the value.
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    gpo_rule_configured_t getUtilityEnabledValue(const std::wstring& utility_name)
-    {
-        auto individual_value = getConfiguredValue(utility_name);
-
-        if (individual_value == gpo_rule_configured_disabled || individual_value == gpo_rule_configured_enabled)
-        {
-            return individual_value;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_GLOBAL_ALL_UTILITIES);
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/utils/gpo.h

@@ -104,12 +104,179 @@ namespace powertoys_gpo
     const std::wstring POLICY_NEW_PLUS_HIDE_TEMPLATE_FILENAME_EXTENSION = L"NewPlusHideTemplateFilenameExtension";
     const std::wstring POLICY_NEW_PLUS_REPLACE_VARIABLES = L"NewPlusReplaceVariablesInTemplateFilenames";
 
-    // Methods used for reading the registry - declarations
-    // Implementations are in gpo.cpp
-    std::optional<std::wstring> readRegistryStringValue(HKEY hRootKey, const std::wstring& subKey, const std::wstring& value_name, const bool is_multi_line_text = false);
-    gpo_rule_configured_t getConfiguredValue(const std::wstring& registry_value_name);
-    std::optional<std::wstring> getPolicyListValue(const std::wstring& registry_list_path, const std::wstring& registry_list_value_name);
-    gpo_rule_configured_t getUtilityEnabledValue(const std::wstring& utility_name);
+    // Methods used for reading the registry
+#pragma region ReadRegistryMethods
+    inline std::optional<std::wstring> readRegistryStringValue(HKEY hRootKey, const std::wstring& subKey, const std::wstring& value_name, const bool is_multi_line_text = false)
+    {
+        // Set value type
+        DWORD reg_value_type = REG_SZ;
+        DWORD reg_flags = RRF_RT_REG_SZ;
+        if (is_multi_line_text)
+        {
+            reg_value_type = REG_MULTI_SZ;
+            reg_flags = RRF_RT_REG_MULTI_SZ;
+        }
+
+        DWORD string_buffer_capacity;
+        // Request required buffer capacity / string length
+        if (RegGetValueW(hRootKey, subKey.c_str(), value_name.c_str(), reg_flags, &reg_value_type, NULL, &string_buffer_capacity) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+        else if (string_buffer_capacity == 0)
+        {
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+
+        // RegGetValueW overshoots sometimes. Use a buffer first to not have characters past the string end.
+        wchar_t* temp_buffer = new wchar_t[string_buffer_capacity / sizeof(wchar_t) + 1];
+        // Read string
+        if (RegGetValueW(hRootKey, subKey.c_str(), value_name.c_str(), reg_flags, &reg_value_type, temp_buffer, &string_buffer_capacity) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            delete temp_buffer;
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+
+        // Convert buffer to std::wstring
+        std::wstring string_value = L"";
+        if (reg_value_type == REG_MULTI_SZ)
+        {
+            // If it is REG_MULTI_SZ handle this way
+            wchar_t* currentString = temp_buffer;
+            while (*currentString != L'\0')
+            {
+                // If first entry then assign the string, else add to the string
+                string_value = (string_value == L"") ? currentString : (string_value + L"\r\n" + currentString);
+                currentString += wcslen(currentString) + 1; // Move to the next string
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // If it is REG_SZ handle this way
+            string_value = temp_buffer;
+        }
+
+        // delete buffer, return string value
+        delete temp_buffer;
+        return string_value;
+    }
+
+    inline gpo_rule_configured_t getConfiguredValue(const std::wstring& registry_value_name)
+    {
+        HKEY key{};
+        DWORD value = 0xFFFFFFFE;
+        DWORD valueSize = sizeof(value);
+
+        bool machine_key_found = true;
+        if (auto res = RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_MACHINE, POLICIES_PATH.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key); res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            machine_key_found = false;
+        }
+
+        if (machine_key_found)
+        {
+            // If the path was found in the machine, we need to check if the value for the policy exists.
+            auto res = RegQueryValueExW(key, registry_value_name.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(&value), &valueSize);
+
+            RegCloseKey(key);
+
+            if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                // Value not found on the path.
+                machine_key_found = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!machine_key_found)
+        {
+            // If there's no value found on the machine scope, try to get it from the user scope.
+            if (auto res = RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_USER, POLICIES_PATH.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key); res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                if (res == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
+                {
+                    return gpo_rule_configured_not_configured;
+                }
+                return gpo_rule_configured_unavailable;
+            }
+            auto res = RegQueryValueExW(key, registry_value_name.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(&value), &valueSize);
+            RegCloseKey(key);
+
+            if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                return gpo_rule_configured_not_configured;
+            }
+        }
+
+        switch (value)
+        {
+        case 0:
+            return gpo_rule_configured_disabled;
+        case 1:
+            return gpo_rule_configured_enabled;
+        default:
+            return gpo_rule_configured_wrong_value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    inline std::optional<std::wstring> getPolicyListValue(const std::wstring& registry_list_path, const std::wstring& registry_list_value_name)
+    {
+        // This function returns the value of an entry of a policy list. The user scope is only checked, if the list is not enabled for the machine to not mix the lists.
+
+        HKEY key{};
+
+        // Try to read from the machine list.
+        bool machine_list_found = false;
+        if (RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_MACHINE, registry_list_path.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            machine_list_found = true;
+            RegCloseKey(key);
+
+            // If the path exists in the machine registry, we try to read the value.
+            auto regValueData = readRegistryStringValue(POLICIES_SCOPE_MACHINE, registry_list_path, registry_list_value_name);
+
+            if (regValueData.has_value())
+            {
+                // Return the value from the machine list.
+                return *regValueData;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If no list exists for machine, we try to read from the user list.
+        if (!machine_list_found)
+        {
+            if (RegOpenKeyExW(POLICIES_SCOPE_USER, registry_list_path.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &key) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                RegCloseKey(key);
+
+                // If the path exists in the user registry, we try to read the value.
+                auto regValueData = readRegistryStringValue(POLICIES_SCOPE_USER, registry_list_path, registry_list_value_name);
+
+                if (regValueData.has_value())
+                {
+                    // Return the value from the user list.
+                    return *regValueData;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // No list exists for machine and user, or no value was found in the list, or an error ocurred while reading the value.
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    inline gpo_rule_configured_t getUtilityEnabledValue(const std::wstring& utility_name)
+    {
+        auto individual_value = getConfiguredValue(utility_name);
+
+        if (individual_value == gpo_rule_configured_disabled || individual_value == gpo_rule_configured_enabled)
+        {
+            return individual_value;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_GLOBAL_ALL_UTILITIES);
+        }
+    }
+#pragma endregion ReadRegistryMethods
 
     // Utility enabled state policies
     // (Always use 'getUtilityEnabledValue()'.)

src/common/utils/modulesRegistry.cpp

@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "modulesRegistry.h"
-
-#include <common/utils/json.h>
-
-#include <filesystem>
-
-namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-
-namespace NonLocalizable
-{
-    const static wchar_t* MONACO_LANGUAGES_FILE_NAME = L"Assets\\Monaco\\monaco_languages.json";
-    const static wchar_t* ListID = L"list";
-    const static wchar_t* ExtensionsID = L"extensions";
-}
-
-registry::ChangeSet getMonacoPreviewHandlerChangeSet(const std::wstring installationDir, const bool perUser)
-{
-    using namespace registry::shellex;
-
-    // Set up a list of extensions for the preview handler to take over
-    std::vector<std::wstring> extensions;
-
-    // Set up a list of extensions that Monaco support but the preview handler shouldn't take over
-    std::vector<std::wstring> ExtExclusions;
-    ExtExclusions.insert(ExtExclusions.end(), NonLocalizable::ExtMarkdown.begin(), NonLocalizable::ExtMarkdown.end());
-    ExtExclusions.insert(ExtExclusions.end(), NonLocalizable::ExtSVG.begin(), NonLocalizable::ExtSVG.end());
-    ExtExclusions.insert(ExtExclusions.end(), NonLocalizable::ExtNoNoNo.begin(), NonLocalizable::ExtNoNoNo.end());
-    bool IsExcluded = false;
-
-    std::wstring languagesFilePath = fs::path{ installationDir } / NonLocalizable::MONACO_LANGUAGES_FILE_NAME;
-    auto json = json::from_file(languagesFilePath);
-
-    if (json)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            auto list = json->GetNamedArray(NonLocalizable::ListID);
-            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < list.Size(); ++i)
-            {
-                auto entry = list.GetObjectAt(i);
-                if (entry.HasKey(NonLocalizable::ExtensionsID))
-                {
-                    auto extensionsList = entry.GetNamedArray(NonLocalizable::ExtensionsID);
-
-                    for (uint32_t j = 0; j < extensionsList.Size(); ++j)
-                    {
-                        auto extension = extensionsList.GetStringAt(j);
-
-                        // Ignore extensions in the exclusion list
-                        IsExcluded = false;
-
-                        for (std::wstring k : ExtExclusions)
-                        {
-                            if (std::wstring{ extension } == k)
-                            {
-                                IsExcluded = true;
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        if (IsExcluded)
-                        {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                        extensions.push_back(std::wstring{ extension });
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-        }
-    }
-
-    return generatePreviewHandler(PreviewHandlerType::preview,
-                                  perUser,
-                                  L"{D8034CFA-F34B-41FE-AD45-62FCBB52A6DA}",
-                                  get_std_product_version(),
-                                  (fs::path{ installationDir } / LR"d(PowerToys.MonacoPreviewHandlerCpp.dll)d").wstring(),
-                                  L"MonacoPreviewHandler",
-                                  L"Monaco Preview Handler",
-                                  extensions);
-}

src/common/utils/modulesRegistry.h

@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 
 #include "registry.h"
 
+#include <common/utils/json.h>
+
 #include <filesystem>
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 namespace NonLocalizable
 {
+    const static wchar_t* MONACO_LANGUAGES_FILE_NAME = L"Assets\\Monaco\\monaco_languages.json";
+    const static wchar_t* ListID = L"list";
+    const static wchar_t* ExtensionsID = L"extensions";
     const static std::vector<std::wstring> ExtSVG      = { L".svg" };
     const static std::vector<std::wstring> ExtMarkdown = { L".md", L".markdown", L".mdown", L".mkdn", L".mkd", L".mdwn", L".mdtxt", L".mdtext" };
     const static std::vector<std::wstring> ExtPDF      = { L".pdf" };
@@ -48,8 +53,73 @@ inline registry::ChangeSet getMdPreviewHandlerChangeSet(const std::wstring insta
                                   NonLocalizable::ExtMarkdown);
 }
 
-// Implementation in modulesRegistry.cpp
-registry::ChangeSet getMonacoPreviewHandlerChangeSet(const std::wstring installationDir, const bool perUser);
+inline registry::ChangeSet getMonacoPreviewHandlerChangeSet(const std::wstring installationDir, const bool perUser)
+{
+    using namespace registry::shellex;
+
+    // Set up a list of extensions for the preview handler to take over
+    std::vector<std::wstring> extensions;
+
+    // Set up a list of extensions that Monaco support but the preview handler shouldn't take over
+    std::vector<std::wstring> ExtExclusions;
+    ExtExclusions.insert(ExtExclusions.end(), NonLocalizable::ExtMarkdown.begin(), NonLocalizable::ExtMarkdown.end());
+    ExtExclusions.insert(ExtExclusions.end(), NonLocalizable::ExtSVG.begin(), NonLocalizable::ExtSVG.end());
+    ExtExclusions.insert(ExtExclusions.end(), NonLocalizable::ExtNoNoNo.begin(), NonLocalizable::ExtNoNoNo.end());
+    bool IsExcluded = false;
+
+    std::wstring languagesFilePath = fs::path{ installationDir } / NonLocalizable::MONACO_LANGUAGES_FILE_NAME;
+    auto json = json::from_file(languagesFilePath);
+
+    if (json)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            auto list = json->GetNamedArray(NonLocalizable::ListID);
+            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < list.Size(); ++i)
+            {
+                auto entry = list.GetObjectAt(i);
+                if (entry.HasKey(NonLocalizable::ExtensionsID))
+                {
+                    auto extensionsList = entry.GetNamedArray(NonLocalizable::ExtensionsID);
+
+                    for (uint32_t j = 0; j < extensionsList.Size(); ++j)
+                    {
+                        auto extension = extensionsList.GetStringAt(j);
+
+                        // Ignore extensions in the exclusion list
+                        IsExcluded = false;
+
+                        for (std::wstring k : ExtExclusions)
+                        {
+                            if (std::wstring{ extension } == k)
+                            {
+                                IsExcluded = true;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (IsExcluded)
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        extensions.push_back(std::wstring{ extension });
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    return generatePreviewHandler(PreviewHandlerType::preview,
+                                  perUser,
+                                  L"{D8034CFA-F34B-41FE-AD45-62FCBB52A6DA}",
+                                  get_std_product_version(),
+                                  (fs::path{ installationDir } / LR"d(PowerToys.MonacoPreviewHandlerCpp.dll)d").wstring(),
+                                  L"MonacoPreviewHandler",
+                                  L"Monaco Preview Handler",
+                                  extensions);
+}
 
 inline registry::ChangeSet getPdfPreviewHandlerChangeSet(const std::wstring installationDir, const bool perUser)
 {

src/common/utils/package.cpp

@@ -1,397 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "package.h"
-
-#include <appxpackaging.h>
-#include <wrl/client.h>
-
-#include "../logger/logger.h"
-
-namespace package
-{
-    using Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr;
-
-    bool GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(
-        const std::wstring& appxPath,
-        std::wstring& outName,
-        PACKAGE_VERSION& outVersion)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            ComInitializer comInit;
-            if (!comInit.Succeeded())
-            {
-                Logger::error(L"COM initialization failed.");
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            ComPtr<IAppxFactory> factory;
-            ComPtr<IStream> stream;
-            ComPtr<IAppxPackageReader> reader;
-            ComPtr<IAppxManifestReader> manifest;
-            ComPtr<IAppxManifestPackageId> packageId;
-
-            HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(AppxFactory), nullptr, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_PPV_ARGS(&factory));
-            if (FAILED(hr))
-                return false;
-
-            hr = SHCreateStreamOnFileEx(appxPath.c_str(), STGM_READ | STGM_SHARE_DENY_WRITE, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, FALSE, nullptr, &stream);
-            if (FAILED(hr))
-                return false;
-
-            hr = factory->CreatePackageReader(stream.Get(), &reader);
-            if (FAILED(hr))
-                return false;
-
-            hr = reader->GetManifest(&manifest);
-            if (FAILED(hr))
-                return false;
-
-            hr = manifest->GetPackageId(&packageId);
-            if (FAILED(hr))
-                return false;
-
-            LPWSTR name = nullptr;
-            hr = packageId->GetName(&name);
-            if (FAILED(hr))
-                return false;
-
-            UINT64 version = 0;
-            hr = packageId->GetVersion(&version);
-            if (FAILED(hr))
-                return false;
-
-            outName = std::wstring(name);
-            CoTaskMemFree(name);
-
-            outVersion.Major = static_cast<UINT16>((version >> 48) & 0xFFFF);
-            outVersion.Minor = static_cast<UINT16>((version >> 32) & 0xFFFF);
-            outVersion.Build = static_cast<UINT16>((version >> 16) & 0xFFFF);
-            outVersion.Revision = static_cast<UINT16>(version & 0xFFFF);
-
-            Logger::info(L"Package name: {}, version: {}.{}.{}.{}, appxPath: {}",
-                         outName,
-                         outVersion.Major,
-                         outVersion.Minor,
-                         outVersion.Build,
-                         outVersion.Revision,
-                         appxPath);
-
-            return true;
-        }
-        catch (const std::exception& ex)
-        {
-            Logger::error(L"Standard exception: {}", winrt::to_hstring(ex.what()));
-            return false;
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            Logger::error(L"Unknown or non-standard exception occurred.");
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    bool RegisterSparsePackage(const std::wstring& externalLocation, const std::wstring& sparsePkgPath)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            Uri externalUri{ externalLocation };
-            Uri packageUri{ sparsePkgPath };
-
-            PackageManager packageManager;
-
-            // Declare use of an external location
-            AddPackageOptions options;
-            options.ExternalLocationUri(externalUri);
-            options.ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion(true);
-
-            IAsyncOperationWithProgress<DeploymentResult, DeploymentProgress> deploymentOperation = packageManager.AddPackageByUriAsync(packageUri, options);
-            deploymentOperation.get();
-
-            // Check the status of the operation
-            if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Error)
-            {
-                auto deploymentResult{ deploymentOperation.GetResults() };
-                auto errorCode = deploymentOperation.ErrorCode();
-                auto errorText = deploymentResult.ErrorText();
-
-                Logger::error(L"Register {} package failed. ErrorCode: {}, ErrorText: {}", sparsePkgPath, std::to_wstring(errorCode), errorText);
-                return false;
-            }
-            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Canceled)
-            {
-                Logger::error(L"Register {} package canceled.", sparsePkgPath);
-                return false;
-            }
-            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Completed)
-            {
-                Logger::info(L"Register {} package completed.", sparsePkgPath);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                Logger::debug(L"Register {} package started.", sparsePkgPath);
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-        catch (std::exception& e)
-        {
-            Logger::error("Exception thrown while trying to register package: {}", e.what());
-
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    bool UnRegisterPackage(const std::wstring& pkgDisplayName)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            PackageManager packageManager;
-            const static auto packages = packageManager.FindPackagesForUser({});
-
-            for (auto const& package : packages)
-            {
-                const auto& packageFullName = std::wstring{ package.Id().FullName() };
-
-                if (packageFullName.find(pkgDisplayName) != std::wstring::npos)
-                {
-                    auto deploymentOperation{ packageManager.RemovePackageAsync(packageFullName) };
-                    deploymentOperation.get();
-
-                    // Check the status of the operation
-                    if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Error)
-                    {
-                        auto deploymentResult{ deploymentOperation.GetResults() };
-                        auto errorCode = deploymentOperation.ErrorCode();
-                        auto errorText = deploymentResult.ErrorText();
-
-                        Logger::error(L"Unregister {} package failed. ErrorCode: {}, ErrorText: {}", packageFullName, std::to_wstring(errorCode), errorText);
-                    }
-                    else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Canceled)
-                    {
-                        Logger::error(L"Unregister {} package canceled.", packageFullName);
-                    }
-                    else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Completed)
-                    {
-                        Logger::info(L"Unregister {} package completed.", packageFullName);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        Logger::debug(L"Unregister {} package started.", packageFullName);
-                    }
-
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch (std::exception& e)
-        {
-            Logger::error("Exception thrown while trying to unregister package: {}", e.what());
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    std::vector<std::wstring> FindMsixFile(const std::wstring& directoryPath, bool recursive)
-    {
-        if (directoryPath.empty())
-        {
-            return {};
-        }
-
-        if (!std::filesystem::exists(directoryPath))
-        {
-            Logger::error(L"The directory '" + directoryPath + L"' does not exist.");
-            return {};
-        }
-
-        const std::regex pattern(R"(^.+\.(appx|msix|msixbundle)$)", std::regex_constants::icase);
-        std::vector<std::wstring> matchedFiles;
-
-        try
-        {
-            if (recursive)
-            {
-                for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator(directoryPath))
-                {
-                    if (entry.is_regular_file())
-                    {
-                        const auto& fileName = entry.path().filename().string();
-                        if (std::regex_match(fileName, pattern))
-                        {
-                            matchedFiles.push_back(entry.path());
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(directoryPath))
-                {
-                    if (entry.is_regular_file())
-                    {
-                        const auto& fileName = entry.path().filename().string();
-                        if (std::regex_match(fileName, pattern))
-                        {
-                            matchedFiles.push_back(entry.path());
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Sort by package version in descending order (newest first)
-            std::sort(matchedFiles.begin(), matchedFiles.end(), [](const std::wstring& a, const std::wstring& b) {
-                std::wstring nameA, nameB;
-                PACKAGE_VERSION versionA{}, versionB{};
-
-                bool gotA = GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(a, nameA, versionA);
-                bool gotB = GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(b, nameB, versionB);
-
-                // Files that failed to parse go to the end
-                if (!gotA)
-                    return false;
-                if (!gotB)
-                    return true;
-
-                // Compare versions: Major, Minor, Build, Revision (descending)
-                if (versionA.Major != versionB.Major)
-                    return versionA.Major > versionB.Major;
-                if (versionA.Minor != versionB.Minor)
-                    return versionA.Minor > versionB.Minor;
-                if (versionA.Build != versionB.Build)
-                    return versionA.Build > versionB.Build;
-                return versionA.Revision > versionB.Revision;
-            });
-        }
-        catch (const std::exception& ex)
-        {
-            Logger::error("An error occurred while searching for MSIX files: " + std::string(ex.what()));
-        }
-
-        return matchedFiles;
-    }
-
-    bool IsPackageSatisfied(const std::wstring& appxPath)
-    {
-        std::wstring targetName;
-        PACKAGE_VERSION targetVersion{};
-
-        if (!GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(appxPath, targetName, targetVersion))
-        {
-            Logger::error(L"Failed to get package name and version from appx: " + appxPath);
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        PackageManager pm;
-
-        for (const auto& package : pm.FindPackagesForUser({}))
-        {
-            const auto& id = package.Id();
-            if (std::wstring(id.Name()) == targetName)
-            {
-                const auto& version = id.Version();
-
-                if (version.Major > targetVersion.Major ||
-                    (version.Major == targetVersion.Major && version.Minor > targetVersion.Minor) ||
-                    (version.Major == targetVersion.Major && version.Minor == targetVersion.Minor && version.Build > targetVersion.Build) ||
-                    (version.Major == targetVersion.Major && version.Minor == targetVersion.Minor && version.Build == targetVersion.Build && version.Revision >= targetVersion.Revision))
-                {
-                    Logger::info(
-                        L"Package {} is already satisfied with version {}.{}.{}.{}; target version {}.{}.{}.{}; appxPath: {}",
-                        id.Name(),
-                        version.Major,
-                        version.Minor,
-                        version.Build,
-                        version.Revision,
-                        targetVersion.Major,
-                        targetVersion.Minor,
-                        targetVersion.Build,
-                        targetVersion.Revision,
-                        appxPath);
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Logger::info(
-            L"Package {} is not satisfied. Target version: {}.{}.{}.{}; appxPath: {}",
-            targetName,
-            targetVersion.Major,
-            targetVersion.Minor,
-            targetVersion.Build,
-            targetVersion.Revision,
-            appxPath);
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    bool RegisterPackage(std::wstring pkgPath, std::vector<std::wstring> dependencies)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            Uri packageUri{ pkgPath };
-
-            PackageManager packageManager;
-
-            // Declare use of an external location
-            DeploymentOptions options = DeploymentOptions::ForceTargetApplicationShutdown;
-
-            IVector<Uri> uris = winrt::single_threaded_vector<Uri>();
-            if (!dependencies.empty())
-            {
-                for (const auto& dependency : dependencies)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        if (IsPackageSatisfied(dependency))
-                        {
-                            Logger::info(L"Dependency already satisfied: {}", dependency);
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            uris.Append(Uri(dependency));
-                        }
-                    }
-                    catch (const winrt::hresult_error& ex)
-                    {
-                        Logger::error(L"Error creating Uri for dependency: %s", ex.message().c_str());
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            IAsyncOperationWithProgress<DeploymentResult, DeploymentProgress> deploymentOperation = packageManager.AddPackageAsync(packageUri, uris, options);
-            deploymentOperation.get();
-
-            // Check the status of the operation
-            if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Error)
-            {
-                auto deploymentResult{ deploymentOperation.GetResults() };
-                auto errorCode = deploymentOperation.ErrorCode();
-                auto errorText = deploymentResult.ErrorText();
-
-                Logger::error(L"Register {} package failed. ErrorCode: {}, ErrorText: {}", pkgPath, std::to_wstring(errorCode), errorText);
-                return false;
-            }
-            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Canceled)
-            {
-                Logger::error(L"Register {} package canceled.", pkgPath);
-                return false;
-            }
-            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Completed)
-            {
-                Logger::info(L"Register {} package completed.", pkgPath);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                Logger::debug(L"Register {} package started.", pkgPath);
-            }
-        }
-        catch (std::exception& e)
-        {
-            Logger::error("Exception thrown while trying to register package: {}", e.what());
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-}

src/common/utils/package.h

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 #include <Windows.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <appxpackaging.h>
 #include <exception>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <regex>
 #include <string>
 #include <optional>
-#include <vector>
+#include <Shlwapi.h>
+#include <wrl/client.h>
 
 #include <winrt/Windows.ApplicationModel.h>
 #include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.h>
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ namespace package
     using winrt::Windows::Management::Deployment::DeploymentProgress;
     using winrt::Windows::Management::Deployment::DeploymentResult;
     using winrt::Windows::Management::Deployment::PackageManager;
+    using Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr;
 
     inline BOOL IsWin11OrGreater()
     {
@@ -87,11 +90,85 @@ namespace package
         bool _initialized;
     };
 
-    // Implementations in package.cpp
-    bool GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(
+    inline bool GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(
         const std::wstring& appxPath,
         std::wstring& outName,
-        PACKAGE_VERSION& outVersion);
+        PACKAGE_VERSION& outVersion)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ComInitializer comInit;
+            if (!comInit.Succeeded())
+            {
+                Logger::error(L"COM initialization failed.");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            ComPtr<IAppxFactory> factory;
+            ComPtr<IStream> stream;
+            ComPtr<IAppxPackageReader> reader;
+            ComPtr<IAppxManifestReader> manifest;
+            ComPtr<IAppxManifestPackageId> packageId;
+
+            HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(AppxFactory), nullptr, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_PPV_ARGS(&factory));
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                return false;
+
+            hr = SHCreateStreamOnFileEx(appxPath.c_str(), STGM_READ | STGM_SHARE_DENY_WRITE, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, FALSE, nullptr, &stream);
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                return false;
+
+            hr = factory->CreatePackageReader(stream.Get(), &reader);
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                return false;
+
+            hr = reader->GetManifest(&manifest);
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                return false;
+
+            hr = manifest->GetPackageId(&packageId);
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                return false;
+
+            LPWSTR name = nullptr;
+            hr = packageId->GetName(&name);
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                return false;
+
+            UINT64 version = 0;
+            hr = packageId->GetVersion(&version);
+            if (FAILED(hr))
+                return false;
+
+            outName = std::wstring(name);
+            CoTaskMemFree(name);
+
+            outVersion.Major = static_cast<UINT16>((version >> 48) & 0xFFFF);
+            outVersion.Minor = static_cast<UINT16>((version >> 32) & 0xFFFF);
+            outVersion.Build = static_cast<UINT16>((version >> 16) & 0xFFFF);
+            outVersion.Revision = static_cast<UINT16>(version & 0xFFFF);
+
+            Logger::info(L"Package name: {}, version: {}.{}.{}.{}, appxPath: {}",
+                         outName,
+                         outVersion.Major,
+                         outVersion.Minor,
+                         outVersion.Build,
+                         outVersion.Revision,
+                         appxPath);
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (const std::exception& ex)
+        {
+            Logger::error(L"Standard exception: {}", winrt::to_hstring(ex.what()));
+            return false;
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            Logger::error(L"Unknown or non-standard exception occurred.");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 
     inline std::optional<Package> GetRegisteredPackage(std::wstring packageDisplayName, bool checkVersion)
     {
@@ -102,7 +179,7 @@ namespace package
             const auto& packageFullName = std::wstring{ package.Id().FullName() };
             const auto& packageVersion = package.Id().Version();
 
-            if (packageFullName.find(packageDisplayName) != std::wstring::npos)
+            if (packageFullName.contains(packageDisplayName))
             {
                 // If checkVersion is true, verify if the package has the same version as PowerToys.
                 if ((!checkVersion) || (packageVersion.Major == VERSION_MAJOR && packageVersion.Minor == VERSION_MINOR && packageVersion.Revision == VERSION_REVISION))
@@ -120,10 +197,308 @@ namespace package
         return GetRegisteredPackage(packageDisplayName, true).has_value();
     }
 
-    // Implementations in package.cpp
-    bool RegisterSparsePackage(const std::wstring& externalLocation, const std::wstring& sparsePkgPath);
-    bool UnRegisterPackage(const std::wstring& pkgDisplayName);
-    std::vector<std::wstring> FindMsixFile(const std::wstring& directoryPath, bool recursive);
-    bool IsPackageSatisfied(const std::wstring& appxPath);
-    bool RegisterPackage(std::wstring pkgPath, std::vector<std::wstring> dependencies);
+    inline bool RegisterSparsePackage(const std::wstring& externalLocation, const std::wstring& sparsePkgPath)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Uri externalUri{ externalLocation };
+            Uri packageUri{ sparsePkgPath };
+
+            PackageManager packageManager;
+
+            // Declare use of an external location
+            AddPackageOptions options;
+            options.ExternalLocationUri(externalUri);
+            options.ForceUpdateFromAnyVersion(true);
+
+            IAsyncOperationWithProgress<DeploymentResult, DeploymentProgress> deploymentOperation = packageManager.AddPackageByUriAsync(packageUri, options);
+            deploymentOperation.get();
+
+            // Check the status of the operation
+            if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Error)
+            {
+                auto deploymentResult{ deploymentOperation.GetResults() };
+                auto errorCode = deploymentOperation.ErrorCode();
+                auto errorText = deploymentResult.ErrorText();
+
+                Logger::error(L"Register {} package failed. ErrorCode: {}, ErrorText: {}", sparsePkgPath, std::to_wstring(errorCode), errorText);
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Canceled)
+            {
+                Logger::error(L"Register {} package canceled.", sparsePkgPath);
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Completed)
+            {
+                Logger::info(L"Register {} package completed.", sparsePkgPath);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Logger::debug(L"Register {} package started.", sparsePkgPath);
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (std::exception& e)
+        {
+            Logger::error("Exception thrown while trying to register package: {}", e.what());
+
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    inline bool UnRegisterPackage(const std::wstring& pkgDisplayName)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            PackageManager packageManager;
+            const static auto packages = packageManager.FindPackagesForUser({});
+
+            for (auto const& package : packages)
+            {
+                const auto& packageFullName = std::wstring{ package.Id().FullName() };
+
+                if (packageFullName.contains(pkgDisplayName))
+                {
+                    auto deploymentOperation{ packageManager.RemovePackageAsync(packageFullName) };
+                    deploymentOperation.get();
+
+                    // Check the status of the operation
+                    if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Error)
+                    {
+                        auto deploymentResult{ deploymentOperation.GetResults() };
+                        auto errorCode = deploymentOperation.ErrorCode();
+                        auto errorText = deploymentResult.ErrorText();
+
+                        Logger::error(L"Unregister {} package failed. ErrorCode: {}, ErrorText: {}", packageFullName, std::to_wstring(errorCode), errorText);
+                    }
+                    else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Canceled)
+                    {
+                        Logger::error(L"Unregister {} package canceled.", packageFullName);
+                    }
+                    else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Completed)
+                    {
+                        Logger::info(L"Unregister {} package completed.", packageFullName);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Logger::debug(L"Unregister {} package started.", packageFullName);
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (std::exception& e)
+        {
+            Logger::error("Exception thrown while trying to unregister package: {}", e.what());
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    inline std::vector<std::wstring> FindMsixFile(const std::wstring& directoryPath, bool recursive)
+    {
+        if (directoryPath.empty())
+        {
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(directoryPath))
+        {
+            Logger::error(L"The directory '" + directoryPath + L"' does not exist.");
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        const std::regex pattern(R"(^.+\.(appx|msix|msixbundle)$)", std::regex_constants::icase);
+        std::vector<std::wstring> matchedFiles;
+
+        try
+        {
+            if (recursive)
+            {
+                for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator(directoryPath))
+                {
+                    if (entry.is_regular_file())
+                    {
+                        const auto& fileName = entry.path().filename().string();
+                        if (std::regex_match(fileName, pattern))
+                        {
+                            matchedFiles.push_back(entry.path());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(directoryPath))
+                {
+                    if (entry.is_regular_file())
+                    {
+                        const auto& fileName = entry.path().filename().string();
+                        if (std::regex_match(fileName, pattern))
+                        {
+                            matchedFiles.push_back(entry.path());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Sort by package version in descending order (newest first)
+            std::sort(matchedFiles.begin(), matchedFiles.end(), [](const std::wstring& a, const std::wstring& b) {
+                std::wstring nameA, nameB;
+                PACKAGE_VERSION versionA{}, versionB{};
+
+                bool gotA = GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(a, nameA, versionA);
+                bool gotB = GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(b, nameB, versionB);
+
+                // Files that failed to parse go to the end
+                if (!gotA)
+                    return false;
+                if (!gotB)
+                    return true;
+
+                // Compare versions: Major, Minor, Build, Revision (descending)
+                if (versionA.Major != versionB.Major)
+                    return versionA.Major > versionB.Major;
+                if (versionA.Minor != versionB.Minor)
+                    return versionA.Minor > versionB.Minor;
+                if (versionA.Build != versionB.Build)
+                    return versionA.Build > versionB.Build;
+                return versionA.Revision > versionB.Revision;
+            });
+        }
+        catch (const std::exception& ex)
+        {
+            Logger::error("An error occurred while searching for MSIX files: " + std::string(ex.what()));
+        }
+
+        return matchedFiles;
+    }
+
+    inline bool IsPackageSatisfied(const std::wstring& appxPath)
+    {
+        std::wstring targetName;
+        PACKAGE_VERSION targetVersion{};
+
+        if (!GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(appxPath, targetName, targetVersion))
+        {
+            Logger::error(L"Failed to get package name and version from appx: " + appxPath);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        PackageManager pm;
+
+        for (const auto& package : pm.FindPackagesForUser({}))
+        {
+            const auto& id = package.Id();
+            if (std::wstring(id.Name()) == targetName)
+            {
+                const auto& version = id.Version();
+
+                if (version.Major > targetVersion.Major ||
+                    (version.Major == targetVersion.Major && version.Minor > targetVersion.Minor) ||
+                    (version.Major == targetVersion.Major && version.Minor == targetVersion.Minor && version.Build > targetVersion.Build) ||
+                    (version.Major == targetVersion.Major && version.Minor == targetVersion.Minor && version.Build == targetVersion.Build && version.Revision >= targetVersion.Revision))
+                {
+                    Logger::info(
+                        L"Package {} is already satisfied with version {}.{}.{}.{}; target version {}.{}.{}.{}; appxPath: {}",
+                        id.Name(),
+                        version.Major,
+                        version.Minor,
+                        version.Build,
+                        version.Revision,
+                        targetVersion.Major,
+                        targetVersion.Minor,
+                        targetVersion.Build,
+                        targetVersion.Revision,
+                        appxPath);
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Logger::info(
+            L"Package {} is not satisfied. Target version: {}.{}.{}.{}; appxPath: {}",
+            targetName,
+            targetVersion.Major,
+            targetVersion.Minor,
+            targetVersion.Build,
+            targetVersion.Revision,
+            appxPath);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    inline bool RegisterPackage(std::wstring pkgPath, std::vector<std::wstring> dependencies)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Uri packageUri{ pkgPath };
+
+            PackageManager packageManager;
+
+            // Declare use of an external location
+            DeploymentOptions options = DeploymentOptions::ForceTargetApplicationShutdown;
+
+            IVector<Uri> uris = winrt::single_threaded_vector<Uri>();
+            if (!dependencies.empty())
+            {
+                for (const auto& dependency : dependencies)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        if (IsPackageSatisfied(dependency))
+                        {
+                            Logger::info(L"Dependency already satisfied: {}", dependency);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            uris.Append(Uri(dependency));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (const winrt::hresult_error& ex)
+                    {
+                        Logger::error(L"Error creating Uri for dependency: %s", ex.message().c_str());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            IAsyncOperationWithProgress<DeploymentResult, DeploymentProgress> deploymentOperation = packageManager.AddPackageAsync(packageUri, uris, options);
+            deploymentOperation.get();
+
+            // Check the status of the operation
+            if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Error)
+            {
+                auto deploymentResult{ deploymentOperation.GetResults() };
+                auto errorCode = deploymentOperation.ErrorCode();
+                auto errorText = deploymentResult.ErrorText();
+
+                Logger::error(L"Register {} package failed. ErrorCode: {}, ErrorText: {}", pkgPath, std::to_wstring(errorCode), errorText);
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Canceled)
+            {
+                Logger::error(L"Register {} package canceled.", pkgPath);
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if (deploymentOperation.Status() == AsyncStatus::Completed)
+            {
+                Logger::info(L"Register {} package completed.", pkgPath);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Logger::debug(L"Register {} package started.", pkgPath);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (std::exception& e)
+        {
+            Logger::error("Exception thrown while trying to register package: {}", e.what());
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }

src/common/utils/packages.config

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
-</packages>

src/common/utils/pch.cpp

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"

src/common/utils/pch.h

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#define NOMINMAX
-#include <Windows.h>
-#include <shellapi.h>
-#include <shlobj.h>
-#include <Shlwapi.h>
-#include <sddl.h>
-#include <DbgHelp.h>
-#include <Msi.h>
-#include <pathcch.h>
-#include <atlbase.h>
-#include <atlstr.h>
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <cassert>
-#include <exception>
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <functional>
-#include <memory>
-#include <optional>
-#include <regex>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <string>
-#include <variant>
-#include <vector>
-
-#pragma warning(push)
-#pragma warning(disable : 26471 26492 26493 26497)
-#include <wil/resource.h>
-#pragma warning(pop)
-
-#include <winrt/base.h>
-#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.h>
-#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.Collections.h>

src/common/utils/process_path.h

@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ inline std::wstring get_module_folderpath(HMODULE mod = nullptr, const bool remo
     {
         PathRemoveFileSpecW(buffer);
     }
-    return { buffer, static_cast<size_t>(lstrlenW(buffer))};
+    return { buffer, static_cast<uint64_t>(lstrlenW(buffer))};
 }

src/common/utils/registry.cpp

@@ -1,223 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "registry.h"
-
-#include "../logger/logger.h"
-
-namespace registry
-{
-    namespace install_scope
-    {
-        bool find_powertoys_bundle_in_uninstall_registry(HKEY rootKey)
-        {
-            HKEY uninstallKey{};
-            if (RegOpenKeyExW(rootKey, UNINSTALL_REG_KEY, 0, KEY_READ, &uninstallKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-            detail::on_exit closeUninstallKey{ [uninstallKey] { RegCloseKey(uninstallKey); } };
-
-            DWORD index = 0;
-            wchar_t subKeyName[256];
-
-            // Enumerate all subkeys under Uninstall
-            while (RegEnumKeyW(uninstallKey, index++, subKeyName, 256) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                HKEY productKey{};
-                if (RegOpenKeyExW(uninstallKey, subKeyName, 0, KEY_READ, &productKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                detail::on_exit closeProductKey{ [productKey] { RegCloseKey(productKey); } };
-
-                // Check BundleUpgradeCode value (specific to WiX Bundle installations)
-                wchar_t bundleUpgradeCode[256]{};
-                DWORD bundleUpgradeCodeSize = sizeof(bundleUpgradeCode);
-
-                if (RegQueryValueExW(productKey, L"BundleUpgradeCode", nullptr, nullptr,
-                                    reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(bundleUpgradeCode), &bundleUpgradeCodeSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                {
-                    if (_wcsicmp(bundleUpgradeCode, BUNDLE_UPGRADE_CODE) == 0)
-                    {
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        const InstallScope get_current_install_scope()
-        {
-            // 1. Check HKCU Uninstall registry first (user-level bundle)
-            // Note: MSI components are always in HKLM regardless of install scope,
-            // but the Bundle entry will be in HKCU for per-user installations
-            if (find_powertoys_bundle_in_uninstall_registry(HKEY_CURRENT_USER))
-            {
-                Logger::info(L"Found user-level PowerToys bundle via BundleUpgradeCode in HKCU");
-                return InstallScope::PerUser;
-            }
-
-            // 2. Check HKLM Uninstall registry (machine-level bundle)
-            if (find_powertoys_bundle_in_uninstall_registry(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE))
-            {
-                Logger::info(L"Found machine-level PowerToys bundle via BundleUpgradeCode in HKLM");
-                return InstallScope::PerMachine;
-            }
-
-            // 3. Fallback to legacy custom registry key detection
-            Logger::info(L"PowerToys bundle not found in Uninstall registry, falling back to legacy detection");
-
-            // Open HKLM key
-            HKEY perMachineKey{};
-            if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
-                              INSTALL_SCOPE_REG_KEY,
-                              0,
-                              KEY_READ,
-                              &perMachineKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            {
-                // Open HKCU key
-                HKEY perUserKey{};
-                if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
-                                  INSTALL_SCOPE_REG_KEY,
-                                  0,
-                                  KEY_READ,
-                                  &perUserKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                {
-                    // both keys are missing
-                    Logger::warn(L"No PowerToys installation detected, defaulting to PerMachine");
-                    return InstallScope::PerMachine;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    DWORD dataSize{};
-                    if (RegGetValueW(
-                        perUserKey,
-                        nullptr,
-                        L"InstallScope",
-                        RRF_RT_REG_SZ,
-                        nullptr,
-                        nullptr,
-                        &dataSize) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                    {
-                        // HKCU key is missing
-                        RegCloseKey(perUserKey);
-                        return InstallScope::PerMachine;
-                    }
-
-                    std::wstring data;
-                    data.resize(dataSize / sizeof(wchar_t));
-
-                    if (RegGetValueW(
-                            perUserKey,
-                            nullptr,
-                            L"InstallScope",
-                            RRF_RT_REG_SZ,
-                            nullptr,
-                            &data[0],
-                            &dataSize) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                    {
-                        // HKCU key is missing
-                        RegCloseKey(perUserKey);
-                        return InstallScope::PerMachine;
-                    }
-                    RegCloseKey(perUserKey);
-
-                    if (data.find(L"perUser") != std::wstring::npos)
-                    {
-                        return InstallScope::PerUser;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return InstallScope::PerMachine;
-        }
-    }
-
-    namespace shellex
-    {
-        registry::ChangeSet generatePreviewHandler(const PreviewHandlerType handlerType,
-                                                          const bool perUser,
-                                                          std::wstring handlerClsid,
-                                                          std::wstring powertoysVersion,
-                                                          std::wstring fullPathToHandler,
-                                                          std::wstring className,
-                                                          std::wstring displayName,
-                                                          std::vector<std::wstring> fileTypes,
-                                                          std::wstring perceivedType,
-                                                          std::wstring fileKindType)
-        {
-            const HKEY scope = perUser ? HKEY_CURRENT_USER : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
-
-            std::wstring clsidPath = L"Software\\Classes\\CLSID";
-            clsidPath += L'\\';
-            clsidPath += handlerClsid;
-
-            std::wstring inprocServerPath = clsidPath;
-            inprocServerPath += L'\\';
-            inprocServerPath += L"InprocServer32";
-
-            std::wstring assemblyKeyValue;
-            if (const auto lastDotPos = className.rfind(L'.'); lastDotPos != std::wstring::npos)
-            {
-                assemblyKeyValue = L"PowerToys." + className.substr(lastDotPos + 1);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                assemblyKeyValue = L"PowerToys." + className;
-            }
-
-            assemblyKeyValue += L", Version=";
-            assemblyKeyValue += powertoysVersion;
-            assemblyKeyValue += L", Culture=neutral";
-
-            std::wstring versionPath = inprocServerPath;
-            versionPath += L'\\';
-            versionPath += powertoysVersion;
-
-            using vec_t = std::vector<registry::ValueChange>;
-            // TODO: verify that we actually need all of those
-            vec_t changes = { { scope, clsidPath, L"DisplayName", displayName },
-                              { scope, clsidPath, std::nullopt, className },
-                              { scope, inprocServerPath, std::nullopt, fullPathToHandler },
-                              { scope, inprocServerPath, L"Assembly", assemblyKeyValue },
-                              { scope, inprocServerPath, L"Class", className },
-                              { scope, inprocServerPath, L"ThreadingModel", L"Apartment" } };
-
-            for (const auto& fileType : fileTypes)
-            {
-                std::wstring fileTypePath = L"Software\\Classes\\" + fileType;
-                std::wstring fileAssociationPath = fileTypePath + L"\\shellex\\";
-                fileAssociationPath += handlerType == PreviewHandlerType::preview ? IPREVIEW_HANDLER_CLSID : ITHUMBNAIL_PROVIDER_CLSID;
-                changes.push_back({ scope, fileAssociationPath, std::nullopt, handlerClsid });
-                if (!fileKindType.empty())
-                {
-                    // Registering a file type as a kind needs to be done at the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE level.
-                    // Make it optional as well so that we don't fail registering the handler if we can't write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
-                    std::wstring kindMapPath = L"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\KindMap";
-                    changes.push_back({ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, kindMapPath, fileType, fileKindType, false});
-                }
-                if (!perceivedType.empty())
-                {
-                    changes.push_back({ scope, fileTypePath, L"PerceivedType", perceivedType });
-                }
-                if (handlerType == PreviewHandlerType::preview && fileType == L".reg")
-                {
-                    // this regfile registry key has precedence over Software\Classes\.reg for .reg files
-                    std::wstring regfilePath = L"Software\\Classes\\regfile\\shellex\\" + IPREVIEW_HANDLER_CLSID + L"\\";
-                    changes.push_back({ scope, regfilePath, std::nullopt, handlerClsid });
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (handlerType == PreviewHandlerType::preview)
-            {
-                const std::wstring previewHostClsid = L"{6d2b5079-2f0b-48dd-ab7f-97cec514d30b}";
-                const std::wstring previewHandlerListPath = LR"(Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PreviewHandlers)";
-
-                changes.push_back({ scope, clsidPath, L"AppID", previewHostClsid });
-                changes.push_back({ scope, previewHandlerListPath, handlerClsid, displayName });
-            }
-
-            return registry::ChangeSet{ .changes = std::move(changes) };
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/utils/registry.h

@@ -72,9 +72,130 @@ namespace registry
         };
 
         // Helper function to find PowerToys bundle in Windows Uninstall registry by BundleUpgradeCode
-        // Implementation in registry.cpp
-        bool find_powertoys_bundle_in_uninstall_registry(HKEY rootKey);
-        const InstallScope get_current_install_scope();
+        inline bool find_powertoys_bundle_in_uninstall_registry(HKEY rootKey)
+        {
+            HKEY uninstallKey{};
+            if (RegOpenKeyExW(rootKey, UNINSTALL_REG_KEY, 0, KEY_READ, &uninstallKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            detail::on_exit closeUninstallKey{ [uninstallKey] { RegCloseKey(uninstallKey); } };
+
+            DWORD index = 0;
+            wchar_t subKeyName[256];
+
+            // Enumerate all subkeys under Uninstall
+            while (RegEnumKeyW(uninstallKey, index++, subKeyName, 256) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                HKEY productKey{};
+                if (RegOpenKeyExW(uninstallKey, subKeyName, 0, KEY_READ, &productKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                detail::on_exit closeProductKey{ [productKey] { RegCloseKey(productKey); } };
+
+                // Check BundleUpgradeCode value (specific to WiX Bundle installations)
+                wchar_t bundleUpgradeCode[256]{};
+                DWORD bundleUpgradeCodeSize = sizeof(bundleUpgradeCode);
+
+                if (RegQueryValueExW(productKey, L"BundleUpgradeCode", nullptr, nullptr,
+                                    reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(bundleUpgradeCode), &bundleUpgradeCodeSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                {
+                    if (_wcsicmp(bundleUpgradeCode, BUNDLE_UPGRADE_CODE) == 0)
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        inline const InstallScope get_current_install_scope()
+        {
+            // 1. Check HKCU Uninstall registry first (user-level bundle)
+            // Note: MSI components are always in HKLM regardless of install scope,
+            // but the Bundle entry will be in HKCU for per-user installations
+            if (find_powertoys_bundle_in_uninstall_registry(HKEY_CURRENT_USER))
+            {
+                Logger::info(L"Found user-level PowerToys bundle via BundleUpgradeCode in HKCU");
+                return InstallScope::PerUser;
+            }
+
+            // 2. Check HKLM Uninstall registry (machine-level bundle)
+            if (find_powertoys_bundle_in_uninstall_registry(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE))
+            {
+                Logger::info(L"Found machine-level PowerToys bundle via BundleUpgradeCode in HKLM");
+                return InstallScope::PerMachine;
+            }
+
+            // 3. Fallback to legacy custom registry key detection
+            Logger::info(L"PowerToys bundle not found in Uninstall registry, falling back to legacy detection");
+
+            // Open HKLM key
+            HKEY perMachineKey{};
+            if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
+                              INSTALL_SCOPE_REG_KEY,
+                              0,
+                              KEY_READ,
+                              &perMachineKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                // Open HKCU key
+                HKEY perUserKey{};
+                if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+                                  INSTALL_SCOPE_REG_KEY,
+                                  0,
+                                  KEY_READ,
+                                  &perUserKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                {
+                    // both keys are missing
+                    Logger::warn(L"No PowerToys installation detected, defaulting to PerMachine");
+                    return InstallScope::PerMachine;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    DWORD dataSize{};
+                    if (RegGetValueW(
+                        perUserKey,
+                        nullptr,
+                        L"InstallScope",
+                        RRF_RT_REG_SZ,
+                        nullptr,
+                        nullptr,
+                        &dataSize) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                    {
+                        // HKCU key is missing
+                        RegCloseKey(perUserKey);
+                        return InstallScope::PerMachine;
+                    }
+
+                    std::wstring data;
+                    data.resize(dataSize / sizeof(wchar_t));
+
+                    if (RegGetValueW(
+                            perUserKey,
+                            nullptr,
+                            L"InstallScope",
+                            RRF_RT_REG_SZ,
+                            nullptr,
+                            &data[0],
+                            &dataSize) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                    {
+                        // HKCU key is missing
+                        RegCloseKey(perUserKey);
+                        return InstallScope::PerMachine;
+                    }
+                    RegCloseKey(perUserKey);
+
+                    if (data.contains(L"perUser"))
+                    {
+                        return InstallScope::PerUser;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return InstallScope::PerMachine;
+        }
     }
 
     template<class>
@@ -330,8 +451,7 @@ namespace registry
             thumbnail
         };
 
-        // Implementation in registry.cpp
-        registry::ChangeSet generatePreviewHandler(const PreviewHandlerType handlerType,
+        inline registry::ChangeSet generatePreviewHandler(const PreviewHandlerType handlerType,
                                                           const bool perUser,
                                                           std::wstring handlerClsid,
                                                           std::wstring powertoysVersion,
@@ -340,6 +460,80 @@ namespace registry
                                                           std::wstring displayName,
                                                           std::vector<std::wstring> fileTypes,
                                                           std::wstring perceivedType = L"",
-                                                          std::wstring fileKindType = L"");
+                                                          std::wstring fileKindType = L"")
+        {
+            const HKEY scope = perUser ? HKEY_CURRENT_USER : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
+
+            std::wstring clsidPath = L"Software\\Classes\\CLSID";
+            clsidPath += L'\\';
+            clsidPath += handlerClsid;
+
+            std::wstring inprocServerPath = clsidPath;
+            inprocServerPath += L'\\';
+            inprocServerPath += L"InprocServer32";
+
+            std::wstring assemblyKeyValue;
+            if (const auto lastDotPos = className.rfind(L'.'); lastDotPos != std::wstring::npos)
+            {
+                assemblyKeyValue = L"PowerToys." + className.substr(lastDotPos + 1);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                assemblyKeyValue = L"PowerToys." + className;
+            }
+
+            assemblyKeyValue += L", Version=";
+            assemblyKeyValue += powertoysVersion;
+            assemblyKeyValue += L", Culture=neutral";
+
+            std::wstring versionPath = inprocServerPath;
+            versionPath += L'\\';
+            versionPath += powertoysVersion;
+
+            using vec_t = std::vector<registry::ValueChange>;
+            // TODO: verify that we actually need all of those
+            vec_t changes = { { scope, clsidPath, L"DisplayName", displayName },
+                              { scope, clsidPath, std::nullopt, className },
+                              { scope, inprocServerPath, std::nullopt, fullPathToHandler },
+                              { scope, inprocServerPath, L"Assembly", assemblyKeyValue },
+                              { scope, inprocServerPath, L"Class", className },
+                              { scope, inprocServerPath, L"ThreadingModel", L"Apartment" } };
+
+            for (const auto& fileType : fileTypes)
+            {
+                std::wstring fileTypePath = L"Software\\Classes\\" + fileType;
+                std::wstring fileAssociationPath = fileTypePath + L"\\shellex\\";
+                fileAssociationPath += handlerType == PreviewHandlerType::preview ? IPREVIEW_HANDLER_CLSID : ITHUMBNAIL_PROVIDER_CLSID;
+                changes.push_back({ scope, fileAssociationPath, std::nullopt, handlerClsid });
+                if (!fileKindType.empty())
+                {
+                    // Registering a file type as a kind needs to be done at the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE level.
+                    // Make it optional as well so that we don't fail registering the handler if we can't write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
+                    std::wstring kindMapPath = L"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\KindMap";
+                    changes.push_back({ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, kindMapPath, fileType, fileKindType, false});
+                }
+                if (!perceivedType.empty())
+                {
+                    changes.push_back({ scope, fileTypePath, L"PerceivedType", perceivedType });
+                }
+                if (handlerType == PreviewHandlerType::preview && fileType == L".reg")
+                {
+                    // this regfile registry key has precedence over Software\Classes\.reg for .reg files
+                    std::wstring regfilePath = L"Software\\Classes\\regfile\\shellex\\" + IPREVIEW_HANDLER_CLSID + L"\\";
+                    changes.push_back({ scope, regfilePath, std::nullopt, handlerClsid });
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (handlerType == PreviewHandlerType::preview)
+            {
+                const std::wstring previewHostClsid = L"{6d2b5079-2f0b-48dd-ab7f-97cec514d30b}";
+                const std::wstring previewHandlerListPath = LR"(Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PreviewHandlers)";
+
+                changes.push_back({ scope, clsidPath, L"AppID", previewHostClsid });
+                changes.push_back({ scope, previewHandlerListPath, handlerClsid, displayName });
+            }
+
+            return registry::ChangeSet{ .changes = std::move(changes) };
+        }
     }
 }

src/common/utils/resources.cpp

@@ -1,202 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-#include "resources.h"
-
-#include <atlstr.h>
-#include <common/utils/language_helper.h>
-
-std::wstring get_english_fallback_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance)
-{
-    // Try to load en-us string as the first fallback.
-    WORD english_language = MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US);
-
-    ATL::CStringW english_string;
-    try
-    {
-        if (!english_string.LoadStringW(instance, resource_id, english_language))
-        {
-            return {};
-        }
-    }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        return {};
-    }
-
-    return std::wstring(english_string);
-}
-
-std::wstring get_resource_string_language_override(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance)
-{
-    static std::wstring language = LanguageHelpers::load_language();
-    unsigned lang = LANG_ENGLISH;
-    unsigned sublang = SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US;
-
-    if (!language.empty())
-    {
-        // Language list taken from Resources.wxs
-        if (language == L"ar-SA")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_ARABIC;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"cs-CZ")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_CZECH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_CZECH_CZECH_REPUBLIC;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"de-DE")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_GERMAN;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_GERMAN;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"en-US")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_ENGLISH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"es-ES")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_SPANISH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_SPANISH;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"fa-IR")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_PERSIAN;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_PERSIAN_IRAN;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"fr-FR")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_FRENCH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_FRENCH;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"he-IL")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_HEBREW;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_HEBREW_ISRAEL;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"hu-HU")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_HUNGARIAN;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_HUNGARIAN_HUNGARY;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"it-IT")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_ITALIAN;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_ITALIAN;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"ja-JP")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_JAPANESE;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_JAPANESE_JAPAN;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"ko-KR")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_KOREAN;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_KOREAN;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"nl-NL")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_DUTCH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_DUTCH;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"pl-PL")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_POLISH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_POLISH_POLAND;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"pt-BR")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_PORTUGUESE;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"pt-PT")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_PORTUGUESE;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"ru-RU")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_RUSSIAN;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_RUSSIAN_RUSSIA;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"sv-SE")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_SWEDISH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_SWEDISH;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"tr-TR")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_TURKISH;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_TURKISH_TURKEY;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"uk-UA")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_UKRAINIAN;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_UKRAINIAN_UKRAINE;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"zh-CN")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED;
-        }
-        else if (language == L"zh-TW")
-        {
-            lang = LANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL;
-            sublang = SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL;
-        }
-
-        WORD languageID = MAKELANGID(lang, sublang);
-        ATL::CStringW result;
-        try
-        {
-            if (!result.LoadStringW(instance, resource_id, languageID))
-            {
-                return {};
-            }
-        }
-        catch (...)
-        {
-            return {};
-        }
-
-        if (!result.IsEmpty())
-        {
-            return std::wstring(result);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return {};
-}
-
-std::wstring get_resource_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance, const wchar_t* fallback)
-{
-    // Try to load en-us string as the first fallback.
-    std::wstring english_string = get_english_fallback_string(resource_id, instance);
-
-    std::wstring language_override_resource = get_resource_string_language_override(resource_id, instance);
-
-    if (!language_override_resource.empty())
-    {
-        return language_override_resource;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        wchar_t* text_ptr;
-        auto length = LoadStringW(instance, resource_id, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(&text_ptr), 0);
-        if (length == 0)
-        {
-            if (!english_string.empty())
-            {
-                return std::wstring(english_string);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return fallback;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return { text_ptr, static_cast<std::size_t>(length) };
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/utils/resources.h

@@ -2,11 +2,208 @@
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <atlstr.h>
 
-// Implementations in resources.cpp
-std::wstring get_english_fallback_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance);
-std::wstring get_resource_string_language_override(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance);
-std::wstring get_resource_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance, const wchar_t* fallback);
+#include <common/utils/language_helper.h>
+
+
+inline std::wstring get_english_fallback_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance)
+{
+    // Try to load en-us string as the first fallback.
+    WORD english_language = MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US);
+
+    ATL::CStringW english_string;
+    try
+    {
+        if (!english_string.LoadStringW(instance, resource_id, english_language))
+        {
+            return {};
+        }
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return std::wstring(english_string);
+}
+
+inline std::wstring get_resource_string_language_override(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance)
+{
+    static std::wstring language = LanguageHelpers::load_language();
+    unsigned lang = LANG_ENGLISH;
+    unsigned sublang = SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US;
+
+    if (!language.empty())
+    {
+        // Language list taken from Resources.wxs
+        if (language == L"ar-SA")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_ARABIC;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"cs-CZ")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_CZECH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_CZECH_CZECH_REPUBLIC;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"de-DE")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_GERMAN;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_GERMAN;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"en-US")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_ENGLISH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"es-ES")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_SPANISH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_SPANISH;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"fa-IR")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_PERSIAN;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_PERSIAN_IRAN;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"fr-FR")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_FRENCH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_FRENCH;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"he-IL")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_HEBREW;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_HEBREW_ISRAEL;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"hu-HU")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_HUNGARIAN;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_HUNGARIAN_HUNGARY;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"it-IT")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_ITALIAN;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_ITALIAN;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"ja-JP")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_JAPANESE;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_JAPANESE_JAPAN;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"ko-KR")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_KOREAN;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_KOREAN;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"nl-NL")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_DUTCH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_DUTCH;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"pl-PL")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_POLISH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_POLISH_POLAND;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"pt-BR")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_PORTUGUESE;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"pt-PT")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_PORTUGUESE;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"ru-RU")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_RUSSIAN;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_RUSSIAN_RUSSIA;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"sv-SE")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_SWEDISH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_SWEDISH;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"tr-TR")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_TURKISH;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_TURKISH_TURKEY;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"uk-UA")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_UKRAINIAN;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_UKRAINIAN_UKRAINE;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"zh-CN")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED;
+        }
+        else if (language == L"zh-TW")
+        {
+            lang = LANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL;
+            sublang = SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL;
+        }
+
+        WORD languageID = MAKELANGID(lang, sublang);
+        ATL::CStringW result;
+        try
+        {
+            if (!result.LoadStringW(instance, resource_id, languageID))
+            {
+                return {};
+            }
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        if (!result.IsEmpty())
+        {
+            return std::wstring(result);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+
+// Get a string from the resource file
+inline std::wstring get_resource_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance, const wchar_t* fallback)
+{
+    // Try to load en-us string as the first fallback.
+    std::wstring english_string = get_english_fallback_string(resource_id, instance);
+
+    std::wstring language_override_resource = get_resource_string_language_override(resource_id, instance);
+
+    if (!language_override_resource.empty())
+    {
+        return language_override_resource;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wchar_t* text_ptr;
+        auto length = LoadStringW(instance, resource_id, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(&text_ptr), 0);
+        if (length == 0)
+        {
+            if (!english_string.empty())
+            {
+                return std::wstring(english_string);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return fallback;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return { text_ptr, static_cast<std::size_t>(length) };
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 extern "C" IMAGE_DOS_HEADER __ImageBase;
 // Wrapper for getting a string from the resource file. Returns the resource id text when fails.

src/common/version/version.vcxproj

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
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src/dsc/PowerToys.Settings.DSC.Schema.Generator/PowerToys.Settings.DSC.Schema.Generator.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>

src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC.UnitTests/PowerToys.DSC.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\tests\PowerToys.DSC.Tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\tests\PowerToys.DSC.Tests\</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC/PowerToys.DSC.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.DSC</AssemblyName>

src/logging/logging.vcxproj

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="16.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -31,13 +32,12 @@
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <ProjectName>spdlog</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(ProjectDir)..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
     
-    <OutDir>..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
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+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\sinks\win_eventlog_sink.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\sinks\wincolor_sink-inl.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\sinks\wincolor_sink.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bin_to_hex.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\chrono.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\fmt.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\ostr.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\chrono.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\color.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\compile.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\core.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\format-inl.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\format.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\locale.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\os.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\ostream.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\posix.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\printf.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog\include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\ranges.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">

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

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
+	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
 		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
+		<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<Compile Include="..\AdvancedPaste\Helpers\JsonHelper.cs" Link="JsonHelper.cs" />

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
     <ApplicationIcon>Assets\AdvancedPaste\AdvancedPaste.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted ..\..\..\..\tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h AdvancedPaste.base.rc AdvancedPaste.rc" />
   </Target>
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@
     <ProjectName>AdvancedPasteModuleInterface</ProjectName>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.AdvancedPasteModuleInterface</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -26,12 +27,12 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>EXAMPLEPOWERTOY_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <OutputFile>$(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</OutputFile>
@@ -55,15 +56,12 @@
     <ClCompile Include="trace.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="AdvancedPaste.base.rc" />
@@ -75,15 +73,15 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([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('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cwctype>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ namespace
     const wchar_t JSON_KEY_IS_AI_ENABLED[] = L"IsAIEnabled";
     const wchar_t JSON_KEY_IS_OPEN_AI_ENABLED[] = L"IsOpenAIEnabled";
     const wchar_t JSON_KEY_SHOW_CUSTOM_PREVIEW[] = L"ShowCustomPreview";
+    const wchar_t JSON_KEY_AUTO_COPY_SELECTION_CUSTOM_ACTION[] = L"AutoCopySelectionForCustomActionHotkey";
     const wchar_t JSON_KEY_PASTE_AI_CONFIGURATION[] = L"paste-ai-configuration";
     const wchar_t JSON_KEY_PROVIDERS[] = L"providers";
     const wchar_t JSON_KEY_SERVICE_TYPE[] = L"service-type";
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ private:
     bool m_is_ai_enabled = false;
     bool m_is_advanced_ai_enabled = false;
     bool m_preview_custom_format_output = true;
+    bool m_auto_copy_selection_custom_action = false;
 
     // Event listening for external triggers (e.g., from CmdPal extension)
     EventWaiter m_triggerEventWaiter;
@@ -348,6 +351,11 @@ private:
             {
                 m_preview_custom_format_output = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_SHOW_CUSTOM_PREVIEW).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE);
             }
+
+            if (propertiesObject.HasKey(JSON_KEY_AUTO_COPY_SELECTION_CUSTOM_ACTION))
+            {
+                m_auto_copy_selection_custom_action = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_AUTO_COPY_SELECTION_CUSTOM_ACTION).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE, false);
+            }
         }
 
         if (old_data_migrated)
@@ -481,6 +489,131 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    bool try_send_copy_message()
+    {
+        GUITHREADINFO gui_info = {};
+        gui_info.cbSize = sizeof(GUITHREADINFO);
+
+        if (!GetGUIThreadInfo(0, &gui_info))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        HWND target = gui_info.hwndFocus ? gui_info.hwndFocus : gui_info.hwndActive;
+        if (!target)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        DWORD_PTR result = 0;
+        return SendMessageTimeout(target,
+                                  WM_COPY,
+                                  0,
+                                  0,
+                                  SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG | SMTO_BLOCK,
+                                  50,
+                                  &result) != 0;
+    }
+
+    bool send_copy_selection()
+    {
+        constexpr int copy_attempts = 2;
+        constexpr auto copy_retry_delay = std::chrono::milliseconds(100);
+        constexpr int clipboard_poll_attempts = 5;
+        constexpr auto clipboard_poll_delay = std::chrono::milliseconds(30);
+
+        bool copy_succeeded = false;
+        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < copy_attempts; ++attempt)
+        {
+            const auto initial_sequence = GetClipboardSequenceNumber();
+            copy_succeeded = try_send_copy_message();
+
+            if (!copy_succeeded)
+            {
+                std::vector<INPUT> inputs;
+
+                // send Ctrl+C (key downs and key ups)
+                {
+                    INPUT input_event = {};
+                    input_event.type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
+                    input_event.ki.wVk = VK_CONTROL;
+                    input_event.ki.dwExtraInfo = CENTRALIZED_KEYBOARD_HOOK_DONT_TRIGGER_FLAG;
+                    inputs.push_back(input_event);
+                }
+
+                {
+                    INPUT input_event = {};
+                    input_event.type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
+                    input_event.ki.wVk = 0x43; // C
+                    // Avoid triggering detection by the centralized keyboard hook.
+                    input_event.ki.dwExtraInfo = CENTRALIZED_KEYBOARD_HOOK_DONT_TRIGGER_FLAG;
+                    inputs.push_back(input_event);
+                }
+
+                {
+                    INPUT input_event = {};
+                    input_event.type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
+                    input_event.ki.wVk = 0x43; // C
+                    input_event.ki.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP;
+                    // Avoid triggering detection by the centralized keyboard hook.
+                    input_event.ki.dwExtraInfo = CENTRALIZED_KEYBOARD_HOOK_DONT_TRIGGER_FLAG;
+                    inputs.push_back(input_event);
+                }
+
+                {
+                    INPUT input_event = {};
+                    input_event.type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
+                    input_event.ki.wVk = VK_CONTROL;
+                    input_event.ki.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP;
+                    input_event.ki.dwExtraInfo = CENTRALIZED_KEYBOARD_HOOK_DONT_TRIGGER_FLAG;
+                    inputs.push_back(input_event);
+                }
+
+                auto uSent = SendInput(static_cast<UINT>(inputs.size()), inputs.data(), sizeof(INPUT));
+                if (uSent != inputs.size())
+                {
+                    DWORD errorCode = GetLastError();
+                    auto errorMessage = get_last_error_message(errorCode);
+                    Logger::error(L"SendInput failed for Ctrl+C. Expected to send {} inputs and sent only {}. {}", inputs.size(), uSent, errorMessage.has_value() ? errorMessage.value() : L"");
+                    Trace::AdvancedPaste_Error(errorCode, errorMessage.has_value() ? errorMessage.value() : L"", L"input.SendInput");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    copy_succeeded = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (copy_succeeded)
+            {
+                bool sequence_changed = false;
+                for (int poll_attempt = 0; poll_attempt < clipboard_poll_attempts; ++poll_attempt)
+                {
+                    if (GetClipboardSequenceNumber() != initial_sequence)
+                    {
+                        sequence_changed = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    std::this_thread::sleep_for(clipboard_poll_delay);
+                }
+
+                copy_succeeded = sequence_changed;
+            }
+
+            if (copy_succeeded)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (attempt + 1 < copy_attempts)
+            {
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(copy_retry_delay);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return copy_succeeded;
+    }
+
     void try_to_paste_as_plain_text()
     {
         std::wstring clipboard_text;
@@ -826,6 +959,28 @@ public:
         Logger::trace(L"AdvancedPaste hotkey pressed");
         if (m_enabled)
         {
+            size_t additional_action_index = 0;
+            size_t custom_action_index = 0;
+            bool is_custom_action_hotkey = false;
+
+            if (hotkeyId >= NUM_DEFAULT_HOTKEYS)
+            {
+                additional_action_index = hotkeyId - NUM_DEFAULT_HOTKEYS;
+                if (additional_action_index >= m_additional_actions.size())
+                {
+                    custom_action_index = additional_action_index - m_additional_actions.size();
+                    is_custom_action_hotkey = custom_action_index < m_custom_actions.size();
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (is_custom_action_hotkey && m_auto_copy_selection_custom_action)
+            {
+                if (!send_copy_selection())
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
             m_process_manager.start();
 
             // hotkeyId in same order as set by get_hotkeys
@@ -868,7 +1023,6 @@ public:
             }
 
 
-            const auto additional_action_index = hotkeyId - NUM_DEFAULT_HOTKEYS;
             if (additional_action_index < m_additional_actions.size())
             {
                 const auto& id = m_additional_actions.at(additional_action_index).id;
@@ -881,7 +1035,6 @@ public:
                 return true;
             }
 
-            const auto custom_action_index = additional_action_index - m_additional_actions.size();
             if (custom_action_index < m_custom_actions.size())
             {
                 const auto id = m_custom_actions.at(custom_action_index).id;

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/UITest-AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste-UITests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<ProjectGuid>{2B1505FA-132A-460B-B22B-7CC3FFAB0C5D}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\UITests-AdvancedPaste\</OutputPath>
+		<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\UITests-AdvancedPaste\</OutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>

src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTOptimized>true</CppWinRTOptimized>
     <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)' == '' ">10.0.26100.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.19041.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM64">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.$(MSBuildProjectName)</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\Telemetry;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;$(RepoRoot)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -143,36 +143,33 @@
     <Manifest Include="app.manifest" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
       <Project>{8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
       <Project>{98537082-0fdb-40de-abd8-0dc5a4269bab}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\robmikh.common.0.0.23-beta\build\native\robmikh.common.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\robmikh.common.0.0.23-beta\build\native\robmikh.common.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
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src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariables.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
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-    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
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src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.vcxproj

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+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.base.rc EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.rc" />
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     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    
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     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
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+    
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-    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
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+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
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src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesUILib/EnvironmentVariablesUILib.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
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src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithCLI/FileLocksmithCLI.vcxproj

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src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithCLI/tests/FileLocksmithCLIUnitTests.vcxproj

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src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithExt/FileLocksmithExt.vcxproj

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+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLib/FileLocksmithLib.vcxproj

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+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([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('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithUI/FileLocksmithUI.csproj

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>PowerToys.FileLocksmith</AssemblyTitle>
     <AssemblyDescription>PowerToys File Locksmith</AssemblyDescription>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
     <RootNamespace>PowerToys.FileLocksmithUI</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.FileLocksmithUI</AssemblyName>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>

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

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
+	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
+		<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	
 	<ItemGroup>

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts.Tests/HostsEditor.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
   
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts.UITests/HostsEditor.UITests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ProjectGuid>{4E0AE3A4-2EE0-44D7-A2D0-8769977254A0}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <RunVSTest>false</RunVSTest>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.UITests\</OutputPath>
+      <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.UITests\</OutputPath>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <EmbeddedResource Include="Baseline\HostModuleTests_TestAddingEntry_arm64.png" />

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts/Hosts.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>true</WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>
-    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.Hosts</AssemblyName>
     <DefineConstants>DISABLE_XAML_GENERATED_MAIN,TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ApplicationIcon>Assets/Hosts/Hosts.ico</ApplicationIcon>

src/modules/Hosts/HostsModuleInterface/HostsModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted ..\..\..\..\tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h HostsModuleInterface.base.rc HostsModuleInterface.rc" />
   </Target>
@@ -11,15 +12,16 @@
     <RootNamespace>HostsModuleInterface</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>HostsModuleInterface</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.HostsModuleInterface</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -62,15 +64,12 @@
     <ClCompile Include="dllmain.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\utils\CommonUtils.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{74485049-C722-400F-ABE5-86AC41736D21}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="HostsModuleInterface.base.rc" />
@@ -80,15 +79,15 @@
     <None Include="Resource.resx" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </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'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/modules/Hosts/HostsUILib/HostsUILib.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>