Fix typo in LightSwitchStateManager filename

Update doc/devdocs/modules/lightswitch.md
Clarify LightSwitchService and LightSwitchStateManager roles
2025-12-31 01:16:59 +01:00 · 2025-11-20 09:41:40 -08:00 · 2025-11-20 09:26:11 -08:00 · 2025-11-20 09:24:25 -08:00
607 changed files with 7089 additions and 22096 deletions
--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/allow/code.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/allow/code.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ OTP
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@@ -329,13 +328,3 @@ FFF
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--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
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@@ -118,10 +117,10 @@ azman
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@@ -141,19 +140,16 @@ BITSPIXEL
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+BOOTSTRAPPERINSTALLFOLDER
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@@ -180,16 +176,17 @@ BYPOSITION
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@@ -209,9 +206,11 @@ changecursor
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@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ clientside
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@@ -253,7 +251,6 @@ colorformat
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@@ -267,6 +264,7 @@ CONFIGW
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@@ -278,7 +276,6 @@ copiedcolorrepresentation
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@@ -287,18 +284,18 @@ countof
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@@ -334,6 +331,7 @@ CYSCREEN
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+cziplib
 Dac
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@@ -357,7 +355,9 @@ Deact
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+Deeplink
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@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ DISPLAYFREQUENCY
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+djwsxzxb
 Dlg
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@@ -416,6 +417,7 @@ DONTVALIDATEPATH
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+Downsampled
 downscale
 DPICHANGED
 DPIs
@@ -529,6 +531,7 @@ EXTRINSICPROPERTIES
 eyetracker
 FANCYZONESDRAWLAYOUTTEST
 FANCYZONESEDITOR
+FNumber
 FARPROC
 fdx
 fesf
@@ -560,8 +563,8 @@ FIXEDSYS
 flac
 flyouts
 FMask
+foundrylocal
 fmtid
-FNumber
 FOF
 FOFX
 FOLDERID
@@ -572,7 +575,6 @@ FORCEMINIMIZE
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@@ -591,13 +593,13 @@ gdi
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-geolocator
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+geolocator
 GETHOTKEY
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@@ -608,12 +610,11 @@ GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING
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+GIFs
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+GHND
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@@ -630,6 +631,8 @@ GValue
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+googleai
+googlegemini
 hangeul
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@@ -733,14 +736,16 @@ HWNDPARENT
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+icf
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+IIM
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+ifd
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@@ -749,16 +754,15 @@ ietf
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-IIM
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+IPTC
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@@ -778,7 +782,6 @@ INITGUID
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@@ -795,6 +798,7 @@ INSTALLFOLDERTOPREVIOUSINSTALLFOLDER
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+installscopeperuser
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@@ -807,7 +811,6 @@ invokecommand
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-IPTC
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@@ -851,14 +854,15 @@ keyvault
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+ksa
 kvp
 Kybd
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-lbl
 LCh
+lbl
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@@ -874,10 +878,10 @@ LExit
 lhwnd
 LIBFUZZER
 LIBID
-lightswitch
 LIMITSIZE
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 lindex
+lightswitch
 linkid
 LINKOVERLAY
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@@ -888,7 +892,6 @@ LLKH
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-lng
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 localappdata
@@ -898,14 +901,17 @@ LOCATIONCHANGE
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+lon
+LOGMSG
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+lng
 lon
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+lquadrant
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 LPBITMAPINFOHEADER
@@ -939,7 +945,6 @@ lpv
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@@ -966,7 +971,6 @@ MAKELONG
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@@ -989,8 +993,8 @@ MENUITEMINFO
 MENUITEMINFOW
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-metadatamatters
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+metadatamatters
 metafile
 mfc
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@@ -1036,6 +1040,9 @@ mousepointer
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 MOVESIZEEND
 MOVESIZESTART
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+muxxc
+muxxh
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 MRT
 mru
@@ -1064,21 +1071,16 @@ msrc
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 NCACTIVATE
@@ -1117,7 +1119,6 @@ NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN
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-nightlight
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@@ -1156,6 +1157,7 @@ nonstd
 NOOWNERZORDER
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+NPU
 NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP
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@@ -1184,7 +1186,6 @@ nowarn
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-NPU
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@@ -1209,17 +1210,15 @@ oldpath
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-openrdp
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 ollama
+Olllama
 onnx
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@@ -1293,7 +1292,6 @@ pguid
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 phbmp
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-Photoshop
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@@ -1316,6 +1314,7 @@ pnid
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+Photoshop
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@@ -1410,9 +1409,10 @@ pwsz
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+QNN
+Qualcomm
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@@ -1422,8 +1422,8 @@ quickaccent
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 RAlt
-randi
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+randi
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@@ -1433,8 +1433,6 @@ RAWPATH
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-remotedesktop
-rdp
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@@ -1452,7 +1450,9 @@ regfile
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+registryroot
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+regroot
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@@ -1488,7 +1488,6 @@ rgh
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@@ -1506,6 +1505,7 @@ rstringalpha
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+rtm
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@@ -1562,8 +1562,8 @@ SETRULES
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-SETTINGCHANGE
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+SETTINGCHANGE
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@@ -1594,7 +1594,6 @@ SHGDNF
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@@ -1639,7 +1638,6 @@ SKIPOWNPROCESS
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-slnx
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@@ -1710,7 +1708,6 @@ stringtable
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@@ -1722,6 +1719,7 @@ sublang
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+suntimes
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@@ -1755,6 +1753,7 @@ SYSTEMMODAL
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+TARGETDIR
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@@ -1784,10 +1783,10 @@ textextractor
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-THEMECHANGED
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+THEMECHANGED
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@@ -1805,7 +1804,6 @@ tlbimp
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-toolgood
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@@ -1854,23 +1852,18 @@ uitests
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-Uninstaller
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-Uninitializes
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-Unsubscribes
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@@ -1890,6 +1883,7 @@ USEINSTALLERFORTEST
 USESHOWWINDOW
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+utm
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 uwp
@@ -1962,11 +1956,11 @@ Wca
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+WCRAPI
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@@ -1994,7 +1988,6 @@ WINDOWPLACEMENT
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 WINDOWSBUILDNUMBER
-windowsml
 windowssearch
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@@ -2010,8 +2003,9 @@ Winhook
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 winmd
-winml
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+windowsml
+winml
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@@ -2073,21 +2067,20 @@ WTSAT
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-xap
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@@ -2098,22 +2091,23 @@ xsi
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+xmp
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-YDimension
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+YDimension
 yinle
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+YStr
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--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: 'Checkout Repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: 'Dependency Review'
        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-batch-issue-deduplication.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-batch-issue-deduplication.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
        issue: ${{ fromJson(github.event.inputs.issue_numbers) }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run GenAI Issue Deduplicator
        uses: pelikhan/action-genai-issue-dedup@v0
--- a/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json
+++ b/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@
            "PowerToys.FancyZonesEditorCommon.dll",
            "PowerToys.FancyZonesModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.FancyZones.exe",
-            "FancyZonesCLI.exe",
-            "FancyZonesCLI.dll",

            "PowerToys.GcodePreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.GcodePreviewHandler.exe",
@@ -353,11 +351,6 @@
                "Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama.dll",
                "OllamaSharp.dll",

-                "boost_regex-vc143-mt-gd-x32-1_87.dll",
-                "boost_regex-vc143-mt-gd-x64-1_87.dll",
-                "boost_regex-vc143-mt-x32-1_87.dll",
-                "boost_regex-vc143-mt-x64-1_87.dll",
-
                "UnitsNet.dll",
                "UtfUnknown.dll",
                "Wpf.Ui.dll"
--- a/.pipelines/packages.config
+++ b/.pipelines/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry" version="2.0.4" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry" version="2.0.3" />
 </packages>
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
@@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ jobs:
    displayName: Verify XAML formatting

  - pwsh: |-
-      & '.pipelines/verifyNugetPackages.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.slnx'
-    displayName: Verify Nuget package versions for PowerToys.slnx
+      & '.pipelines/verifyNugetPackages.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.sln'
+    displayName: Verify Nuget package versions for PowerToys.sln

  - pwsh: |-
-      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.slnx'
+      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.sln'
      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\tools\BugReportTool\BugReportTool.sln'
      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\tools\StylesReportTool\StylesReportTool.sln'
-      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx'
+      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln'
    displayName: Verify ARM64 configurations

  - ${{ if eq(parameters.enablePackageCaching, true) }}:
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
    ${{ else }}:
      displayName: Build PowerToys main project
    inputs:
-      solution: 'PowerToys.slnx'
+      solution: 'PowerToys.sln'
      vsVersion: 17.0
      msbuildArgs: >-
        -restore -graph
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
    displayName: Generate DSC artifacts for ARM64
    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
    inputs:
-      solution: PowerToys.slnx
+      solution: PowerToys.sln
      vsVersion: 17.0
      msbuildArgs: >-
        -restore
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-ui-tests.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-ui-tests.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
      command: restore
      feedsToUse: config
      configPath: nuget.config
-      restoreSolution: PowerToys.slnx
+      restoreSolution: PowerToys.sln
      restoreDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\packages'

  # Build all UI test projects if no specific modules are specified
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ jobs:
  - publish: $(JobOutputDirectory)
    artifact: $(JobOutputArtifactName)
    displayName: Publish UI Test artifacts
-    condition: always()
+    condition: always()
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-installer-vnext.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-installer-vnext.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ steps:
  - task: VSBuild@1
    displayName: Build Shared Support DLLs
    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
      vsVersion: 17.0
      msbuildArgs: >-
        /t:PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext;SilentFilesInUseBAFunction
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ steps:
  - task: VSBuild@1
    displayName: 💻 Build VNext MSI
    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
      vsVersion: 17.0
      msbuildArgs: >-
        -restore
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ steps:
  - task: VSBuild@1
    displayName: 👤 Build VNext MSI
    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
      vsVersion: 17.0
      msbuildArgs: >-
        /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ steps:
  - task: VSBuild@1
    displayName: 💻 Build VNext Bootstrapper
    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
      vsVersion: 17.0
      msbuildArgs: >-
        -restore
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ steps:
  - task: VSBuild@1
    displayName: 👤 Build VNext Bootstrapper
    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
      vsVersion: 17.0
      msbuildArgs: >-
        /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-update-winappsdk-and-restore-nuget.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-update-winappsdk-and-restore-nuget.yml
@@ -54,13 +54,4 @@ steps:
    feedsToUse: 'config'
    nugetConfigPath: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\nuget.config'
    restoreSolution: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\**\*.sln'
-    includeNuGetOrg: false
-
- task: NuGetCommand@2
-  displayName: 'Restore NuGet packages (slnx)'
-  inputs:
-    command: 'restore'
-    feedsToUse: 'config'
-    nugetConfigPath: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\nuget.config'
-    restoreSolution: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\**\*.slnx'
-    includeNuGetOrg: false
+    includeNuGetOrg: false
--- a/.pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1
+++ b/.pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ $versionExceptions = @(
    "WyHash.dll",
    "Microsoft.Recognizers.Text.DataTypes.TimexExpression.dll",
    "ObjectModelCsProjection.dll",
-    "RendererCsProjection.dll",
-    "Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.dll") -join '|';
+    "RendererCsProjection.dll") -join '|';
 $nullVersionExceptions = @(
    "SkiaSharp.Views.WinUI.Native.dll",
    "libSkiaSharp.dll",
@@ -53,12 +52,7 @@ $nullVersionExceptions = @(
    "System.Diagnostics.EventLog.Messages.dll",
    "Microsoft.Windows.Widgets.dll",
    "AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3.dll",
-    "AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3.dll",
-    "boost_regex_vc143_mt_gd_x32_1_87.dll",
-    "boost_regex_vc143_mt_gd_x64_1_87.dll",
-    "boost_regex_vc143_mt_x32_1_87.dll",
-    "boost_regex_vc143_mt_x64_1_87.dll"
-    ) -join '|';
+    "AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3.dll") -join '|';
 $totalFailure = 0;

 Write-Host $DirPath;
--- a/COMMUNITY.md
+++ b/COMMUNITY.md
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ PowerToys Awake is a tool to keep your computer awake.

 Randy contributed Registry Preview and some very early conversations about keyboard remapping.

-### [@cinnamon-msft](https://github.com/cinnamon-msft) - Kayla Cinnamon
-Kayla was a former lead for PowerToys and helped create multiple utilities, maintained the GitHub repo, and collaborated with the community to improve the overall product
-
 ### [@oldnewthing](https://github.com/oldnewthing) - Raymond Chen

 Find My Mouse is based on Raymond Chen's SuperSonar.
@@ -183,6 +180,7 @@ ZoomIt source code was originally implemented by [Sysinternals](https://sysinter

 ## PowerToys core team

+- [@cinnamon-msft](https://github.com/cinnamon-msft) - Kayla Cinnamon - Lead
 - [@craigloewen-msft](https://github.com/craigloewen-msft) - Craig Loewen - Product Manager
 - [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001/) - Niels Laute - Product Manager
 - [@dhowett](https://github.com/dhowett) - Dustin Howett - Dev Lead
@@ -211,7 +209,6 @@ ZoomIt source code was originally implemented by [Sysinternals](https://sysinter
 ## Former PowerToys core team members

 - [@indierawk2k2](https://github.com/indierawk2k2) - Mike Harsh - Product Manager
- [@cinnamon-msft](https://github.com/cinnamon-msft) - Kayla Cinnamon - Product Manager
 - [@ethanfangg](https://github.com/ethanfangg) - Ethan Fang - Product Manager
 - [@plante-msft](https://github.com/plante-msft) - Connor Plante - Product Manager
 - [@joadoumie](https://github.com/joadoumie) - Jordi Adoumie - Product Manager
--- a/Cpp.Build.props
+++ b/Cpp.Build.props
@@ -53,15 +53,9 @@
      <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
      <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
      <BuildStlModules>false</BuildStlModules>
-      <!-- Use C++20 for test projects for modern features, latest for production -->
-      <LanguageStandard Condition="$(MSBuildProjectName.ToLower().Contains('test'))">stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
-      <LanguageStandard Condition="!$(MSBuildProjectName.ToLower().Contains('test'))">stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
-      <!-- Disable strict coroutine mode for test projects -->
-      <UseStandardCoroutine Condition="!$(MSBuildProjectName.Contains('Test'))">true</UseStandardCoroutine>
-      <AdditionalOptions Condition="!$(MSBuildProjectName.Contains('Test'))">/await:strict %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/await %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
      <!-- TODO: _SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING for compatibility with VS 17.8. Check if we can remove. -->
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="!$(MSBuildProjectName.Contains('Test'))">_COROUTINE_ABI=2;_SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="$(MSBuildProjectName.Contains('Test'))">_SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
      <!-- CLR + CFG are not compatible >:{ -->
      <ControlFlowGuard Condition="'$(CLRSupport)' == ''">Guard</ControlFlowGuard>
      <DebugInformationFormat Condition="'%(ControlFlowGuard)' == 'Guard'">ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
@@ -110,8 +104,7 @@

  <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v145</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '17.0'">v143</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
    <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
--- a/DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md
+++ b/DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md
@@ -243,10 +243,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdNotFound_EnableCmdNotFound</td>
-    <td>Triggered when Command Not Found is enabled or disabled.</td>
-  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdNotFoundInstallEvent</td>
    <td>Triggered when a Command Not Found is installed.</td>
@@ -261,62 +257,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
  </tr>  
 </table>

-### Command Palette
-<table style="width:100%">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Event Name</th>
-    <th>Description</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_BeginInvoke</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Command Palette is launched by the user.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_ColdLaunch</td>
-    <td>Occurs when Command Palette starts for the first time (cold start).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_OpenPage</td>
-    <td>Triggered when a page is opened within the Command Palette, tracking navigation depth.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_OpenUri</td>
-    <td>Occurs when a URI is opened through the Command Palette, including whether it's a web URL.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_ReactivateInstance</td>
-    <td>Triggered when an existing Command Palette instance is reactivated.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_RunCommand</td>
-    <td>Logs when a command is executed through the Command Palette, including admin elevation status.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_RunQuery</td>
-    <td>Triggered when a search query is performed, including result count and duration.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalDismissedOnEsc</td>
-    <td>Occurs when the Command Palette is dismissed by pressing the Escape key.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalDismissedOnLostFocus</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Command Palette is dismissed due to losing focus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalHotkeySummoned</td>
-    <td>Logs when the Command Palette is summoned via hotkey, distinguishing between global and context-specific hotkeys.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalInvokeResult</td>
-    <td>Records the result type of a Command Palette invocation.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalProcessStarted</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Command Palette process is started.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
 ### Crop And Lock
 <table style="width:100%">
  <tr>
@@ -795,10 +735,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_ChangedTemplateLocation</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the template folder location is changed.</td>
-  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventCopyTemplate</td>
    <td>Triggered when an item from New+ is created (copied to the current directory).</td>
@@ -807,10 +743,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventCopyTemplateResult</td>
    <td>Logs the success of item creation (copying).</td>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventOpenTemplates</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the templates folder is opened.</td>
-  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventShowTemplateItems</td>
    <td>Triggered when the New+ context menu flyout is displayed.</td>
@@ -996,8 +928,12 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <th>Description</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_GuideSession</td>
-    <td>Logs a Shortcut Guide session including duration and how it was closed.</td>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_EnableGuide</td>
+    <td>Triggered when Shortcut Guide is enabled.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_HideGuide</td>
+    <td>Occurs when Shortcut Guide is hidden from view.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_Settings</td>
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.10" />
    <!-- Including Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces to force version, since it's used by Microsoft.SemanticKernel. -->
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D" Version="1.3.2" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" Version="2.0.240111.5" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent" Version="3.1.16" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.9.1" />
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@
      This is present due to a bug in CsWinRT where WPF projects cause the analyzer to fail.
 	-->
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.2.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.26100.6901" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.26100.4948" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.8.250907003" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI" Version="1.8.37" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime" Version="1.8.250907003" />
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@
    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.10" />
    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.10" />
    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="ToolGood.Words.Pinyin" Version="3.1.0.3" />
    <PackageVersion Include="UnicodeInformation" Version="2.6.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="UnitsNet" Version="5.56.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.6.0" />
--- a/NOTICE.md
+++ b/NOTICE.md
@@ -75,37 +75,6 @@ OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>
 ```

-### ToolGood.Words.Pinyin
-
-We use the ToolGood.Words.Pinyin NuGet package for converting Chinese characters to pinyin.
-
-**Source**: [https://github.com/toolgood/ToolGood.Words.Pinyin](https://github.com/toolgood/ToolGood.Words.Pinyin)
-
-```
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2020 ToolGood
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
-```
-
-
 ## Utility: Command Palette Built-in Extensions

 ### Calculator
@@ -1563,7 +1532,6 @@ SOFTWARE.
 - SkiaSharp.Views.WinUI
 - StreamJsonRpc
 - StyleCop.Analyzers
- ToolGood.Words.Pinyin
 - UnicodeInformation
 - UnitsNet
 - UTF.Unknown
--- a/PowerToys.sln
+++ b/PowerToys.sln
--- a/PowerToys.slnx
+++ b/PowerToys.slnx
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reve
 <!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
 [github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.97%22
 [github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.96%22
-[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
-[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe 
-[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
-[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe 
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe 
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe 
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.0/PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe
 
 |  Description   | Filename |
 |----------------|----------|
-| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
-| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
-| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
-| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |

 </details>

--- a/doc/devdocs/commands.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/commands.md
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Issue/PR commands
-
-The PowerToys repository uses some special keywords to help manage issues and pull requests. Here is a list of the most important commands you can use in issue and PR descriptions or comments.
-
-| Command | Description |
-|---------|-------------|
-| `/azp run` | Triggers the Azure Pipelines CI build for the current PR. Useful if you want to re-run the build without creating a new commit. |
-| `/bugreport` / `/reportbug` | Adds a comment with a manual for the Bug Report Tool, which helps users collect logs and system information for debugging purposes. It requests to upload this file and adds the `Needs-Author-Feedback` label. |
-| `/feedbackhub` | Adds a comment with a link to the Feedback Hub app on Windows, where users can submit feedback about PowerToys. Closes the issue and adds the `Resolution-Please File on Feedback Hub` label. |
-| `/dup #...` / `/duplicate #...` / `/dup https://...` / `/duplicate https://...` | Marks the current issue as a duplicate of another issue. It closes the current issue and applies the `Resolution-Duplicate` label. Replace `#...` with the issue number or a link to the issue. |
-| `/needinfo` | Adds the `Needs-Author-Feedback` label to the issue or PR, indicating that more information is needed from the author. |
-| `/helped` | Closes the issue and adds the `Resolution-Helped User` label. Furthermore a comment is added with a link to the PowerToys user documentation. |
-| `/loc` | Adds a comment informing the user that the issue was forwarded to the localization team and will soon be fixed. It adds the `Loc-Sent To Team` label. |
-
-## Defining new commands
-
-Most of these commands are using the [Microsoft GitHub Policy Service](https://github.com/apps/microsoft-github-policy-service) bot. Its commands are defined in the [PowerToys policy configuration file](/.github/policies/resourceManagement.yml).
-
-## Other automated tasks
-
-### Automatic labeling
-
-The bot can automatically apply the correct `product-...` label for any opened issue.
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> This feature is currently only available for the Workspaces module as a test.
-
-### The `Needs-Author-Feedback` label
-
-If an issue has this label and had no activity for 5 days, the bot will post a comment reminding the author to provide the needed information. It also adds the `Status-No recent activity` label. If no further activity occurs for another 5 days, the bot will close the issue.
-
-### Filtering users that want to contribute
-
-If a user utters their intention to contribute (e.g., by using the phrase "I want to contribute" in an issue or PR), the bot will add a comment with a link to the ["Would you like to contribute to PowerToys?" thread](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/28769).
--- a/doc/devdocs/core/installer.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/core/installer.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ If you prefer, you can alternatively build prerequisite projects for the install

 #### Locally compiling the installer

-1. Open `installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx`
+1. Open `installer\PowerToysSetup.sln`
 1. In Visual Studio, in the `Solutions Configuration` drop-down menu select `Release`
 1. From the `Build` menu choose `Build Solution`.

@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ To build the installer from the command line, run `Developer Command Prompt for

 ```
 git clean -xfd  -e *exe -- .\installer\
-MSBuild -t:restore  .\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true /p:Platform="x64" /p:Configuration=Release
-MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64"
-MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64" 
+MSBuild -t:restore  .\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true /p:Platform="x64" /p:Configuration=Release
+MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64"
+MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64" 
 ```

 ### Supported arguments for the .EXE Bootstrapper installer
--- a/doc/devdocs/core/settings/settings-implementation.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/core/settings/settings-implementation.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ For C# modules, the settings are accessed through the `SettingsUtils` class in t
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;

 // Read settings
-var settings = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<ModuleSettings>("ModuleName");
+var settings = SettingsUtils.GetSettings<ModuleSettings>("ModuleName");
 bool enabled = settings.Enabled;
 ```

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;

 // Write settings
 settings.Enabled = true;
-SettingsUtils.Default.SaveSettings(settings.ToJsonString(), "ModuleName");
+SettingsUtils.SaveSettings(settings.ToJsonString(), "ModuleName");
 ```

 ## Settings Handling in Modules
--- a/doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ You can build the entire solution from the command line, which is sometimes fast
 2. Navigate to the repository root directory
 3. Run the following command(don't forget to set the correct platform):
   ```pwsh
-   msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=ARM64 -m PowerToys.slnx /tl /p:NuGetInteractive="true"
+   msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=ARM64 -m PowerToys.sln /tl /p:NuGetInteractive="true"
   ```
 4. This process should complete in approximately 13-14 minutes for a full build

--- a/doc/devdocs/development/dev-with-vscode.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/development/dev-with-vscode.md
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ Or reach out to "tools\build\BUILD-GUIDELINES.md"
 ### Sample plain msbuild command
 ```powershell
 # Restore:
-msbuild powertoys.slnx -t:restore -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m
+msbuild powertoys.sln -t:restore -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m

-# Build powertoys slnx
-msbuild powertoys.slnx -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m
+# Build powertoys sln
+msbuild powertoys.sln -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m

 # dotnet project
 msbuild src\settings-ui\Settings.UI\PowerToys.Settings.csproj -p:Platform=x64 -p:Configuration=Debug -m
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Similar for attach to managed code.

 | Task | Command / Action | Notes |
 |------|------------------|-------|
-| Clean | `git clean -xdf` (careful) or `msbuild /t:Clean PowerToys.slnx` | Deep clean removes packages & build outputs |
+| Clean | `git clean -xdf` (careful) or `msbuild /t:Clean PowerToys.sln` | Deep clean removes packages & build outputs |
 | Rebuild single project | `msbuild path\to\proj.vcxproj /t:Rebuild -p:Platform=x64 -p:Configuration=Debug` | Faster than whole solution |
 | Generate installer (rare in inner loop) | See `tools\build\build-installer.ps1` | Usually not needed for local debug |
-| Resource conversion errors | Re-run restore + build | Triggers custom PowerShell targets |
+| Resource conversion errors | Re-run restore + build | Triggers custom PowerShell targets |
--- a/doc/devdocs/development/ui-tests.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/development/ui-tests.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

 - Exit PowerToys if it's running.

- Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio and build the solution.
+- Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio and build the solution.

 - Run tests in the Test Explorer (`Test > Test Explorer` or `Ctrl+E, T`).

--- a/doc/devdocs/localization.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/localization.md
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+# Localization
+
+> **NOTE**: THIS DOCUMENT IS OUTDATED.
+> Follow [issue 15243](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/15243) for updates.
+
+## Table of Contents
+1. [Localization on the pipeline (CDPX)](#localization-on-the-pipeline-cdpx)
+    1. [UWP Special case](#uwp-special-case)
+2. [Enabling localization on a new project](#enabling-localization-on-a-new-project)
+    1. [C++](#c)
+    2. [C#](#c-1)
+    3. [UWP](#uwp)
+3. [Lcl Files](#lcl-files)
+4. [Possible Issues in localization PRs (LEGO)](#possible-issues-in-localization-prs-lego)
+5. [Enabling localized MSI for a new project](#enabling-localized-msi-for-a-new-project)
+
+## Localization on the pipeline (CDPX)
+[The localization step](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/86d77103e9c69686c297490acb04775d43ef8b76/.pipelines/pipeline.user.windows.yml#L45-L52) is run on the pipeline before the solution is built. This step runs the [build-localization](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/build-localization.cmd) script, which generates resx files for all the projects with localization enabled using the `Localization.XLoc` package.
+
+The [`Localization.XLoc`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/86d77103e9c69686c297490acb04775d43ef8b76/.pipelines/build-localization.cmd#L24-L25) tool is run on the repo root, and it checks for all occurrences of `LocProject.json`. Each localized project has a `LocProject.json` file in the project root, which contains the location of the English resx file, list of languages for localization, and the output path where the localized resx files are to be copied to. In addition to this, some other parameters can be set, such as whether the language ID should be added as a folder in the file path or in the file name. When the CDPX pipeline is run, the localization team is notified of changes in the English resx files. For each project with localization enabled, a `loc` folder (see [this](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/main/src/modules/launcher/Microsoft.Launcher/loc) for example) is created in the same directory as the `LocProject.json` file. The folder contains language specific folders which in turn have a nested folder path equivalent to `OutputPath` in the `LocProject.json`. Each of these folders contain one `lcl` file. The `lcl` files contain the English resources along with their translation for that language. These are described in more detail in the [Lcl files section](#lcl-files). Once the `.resx` files are generated, they will be used during the `Build PowerToys` step for localized versions of the modules.
+
+Since the localization script requires certain nuget packages, the [`restore-localization`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/restore-localization.cmd) script is run before running `build-localization` to install all the required packages. This script must [run in the `restore` step](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/86d77103e9c69686c297490acb04775d43ef8b76/.pipelines/pipeline.user.windows.yml#L37-L39) of pipeline because [the host is network isolated](https://onebranch.visualstudio.com/Pipeline/_wiki/wikis/Pipeline.wiki/2066/Consuming-Packages-in-a-CDPx-Pipeline?anchor=overview) at the `build` step. The [Toolset package source](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/86d77103e9c69686c297490acb04775d43ef8b76/.pipelines/pipeline.user.windows.yml#L23) is used for this.
+
+The process and variables that can be tweaked on the pipeline are described in more detail on [onebranch (account required) under Localization](https://onebranch.visualstudio.com/Pipeline/_wiki/wikis/Pipeline.wiki/290/Localization).
+
+The localized resource dlls for C# projects are added to the MSI only for build on the pipeline. This is done by checking if the [`IsPipeline` variable is defined](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/f92bd6ffd38014c228544bb8d68d0937ce4c2b6d/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs#L804-L805), which gets defined before [building the installer on the pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/f92bd6ffd38014c228544bb8d68d0937ce4c2b6d/.pipelines/build-installer.cmd#L4). This is done because the localized resx files are only present on the pipeline, and not having this check would result in the installer project failing to build locally.
+
+## Enabling localization on a new project
+To enable localization on a new project, the first step is to create a file `LocProject.json` in the project root.
+
+For example, for a project in the folder `src\path` where the resx file is present in `resources\Resources.resx`, the LocProject.json file will contain the following:
+```
+{
+    "Projects": [
+        {
+            "LanguageSet": "Azure_Languages",
+            "LocItems": [
+                {
+                    "SourceFile": "src\\path\\resources\\Resources.resx",
+                    "CopyOption": "LangIDOnName",
+                    "OutputPath": "src\\path\\resources"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
+```
+The rest of the steps depend on the project type and are covered in the sections below. The steps to add the localized files to the MSI can be found in [Enabling localized MSI for a new project](#Enabling-localized-MSI-for-a-new-project).
+
+### C++
+C++ projects do not support `resx` files, and instead use `rc` files along with `resource.h` files. The CDPX pipeline however doesn't support localizing `rc` files and the other alternative they support is directly translating the resources from the binary which makes it harder to maintain resources. To avoid this, a custom script has been added which expects a resx file and converts the entries to an rc file with a string table and adds resource declarations to a resource.h file so that the resources can be compiled with the C++ project.
+
+If you already have a .rc file, copy the string table to a separate txt file and run the [convert-stringtable-to-resx.ps1](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/tools/build/convert-stringtable-to-resx.ps1) script on it. This script is not very robust to input, and requires the data in a specific format, where `IDS_ResName L"ResourceValue"` and any number of spaces can be present in between. The script converts this file to the format expected by [`resgen`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/tools/resgen-exe-resource-file-generator#Convert), which will convert it to resx. The resource names are changed from all uppercase to title case, and the `IDS_` prefix is removed. Escape characters might have to be manually replaced, for example .rc files would have escaped double quotes as `""`, so this should be replaced with just `"` before converting to the resx files.
+
+After generating the resx file, rename the existing rc and h files to ProjName.base.rc and resource.base.h. In the rc file remove the string table which is to be localized and in the .h file remove all `#define`s corresponding to localized resources. In the vcxproj of the C++ project, add the following build event:
+```
+<Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h ProjName.base.rc ProjName.rc" />
+</Target>
+```
+
+This event runs a script which generates a resource.h and ProjName.rc in the `Generated Files` folder using the strings in all the resx files along with the existing information in resource.base.h and ProjName.base.rc. The script is [convert-resx-to-rc.ps1](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/tools/build/convert-resx-to-rc.ps1). The script uses [`resgen`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/tools/resgen-exe-resource-file-generator#Convert) to convert the resx file to a string table expected in the .rc file format. When the resources are added to the rc file the `IDS_` prefix is added and resource names are in upper case (as it was originally). Any occurrences of `"` in the string resource is escaped as `""` to prevent build errors. The string tables are added to the rc file in the following format:
+```
+#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
+
+STRINGTABLE
+BEGIN
+    strings
+END
+
+#endif
+```
+Since there is no API to identify the `AFX_TARG_*`, `LANG_*` or `SUBLANG_*` values from each langId from the pipeline, these are hardcoded in the script (for each language) as done in [lines 50-77 of `convert-resx-to-rc.ps1`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/f92bd6ffd38014c228544bb8d68d0937ce4c2b6d/tools/build/convert-resx-to-rc.ps1#L50-L77). **If any other languages are added in the future, this script will have to be updated.** In order to determine what are the language codes, you can open the rc file in Resource View, right click the string table and press `Insert Copy` and choose the corresponding language. This autogenerates the required code and can be used to figure out the language codes. The files also add the resource declarations to a resource.h file, starting from 101 by default(this can be changed by an optional argument). Since the output files will be generated in `Generated Files`, any includes in these two files will require an additional `..\` and wherever resource.h is used, it will have to be included as `Generated Files\resource.h`. While adding `resource.base.h` and `ProjName.base.rc` to the vcxproj, these should be modified to not participate in the build to avoid build errors:
+```
+<None Include="Resources.resx" />
+```
+
+Some rc/resource.h files might be used in multiple projects (for example, KBM). To ensure the projects build for these cases, the build event can be added to the entire directory so that the rc files are generated before any project is built. See [Directory.Build.targets](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/src/modules/keyboardmanager/Directory.Build.targets) for an example.
+
+Check [this PR](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/6104) for an example for making these changes for a C++ project.
+
+### C#
+Since C# projects natively support `resx` files, the only step required here is to include all the resx files in the build. For .NET Core projects this is done automatically and the .csproj does not need to be modified. For other projects, the following line needs to be added:
+```
+<EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.*.resx" />
+```
+
+**Note:** Building with localized resources may cause a build warning `Referenced assembly 'mscorlib.dll' targets a different processor` which is a VS bug. More details can be found in [PowerToys issue #7269](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/7269).
+
+**Note:** If a project needs to be migrated from XAML resources to resx, the easiest way to convert the resources would be to change to format to `=` separates resources by either manually (by Ctrl+H on a text editor), or by a script, and then running [`resgen`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/tools/resgen-exe-resource-file-generator#Convert) on `Developer Command Prompt for VS` to convert it to resx format.
+```
+<system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_calculator_plugin_name">Calculator</system:String>
+<system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_calculator_plugin_description">Allows to do mathematical calculations.(Try 5*3-2 in Wox)</system:String>
+<system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_calculator_not_a_number">Not a number (NaN)</system:String>
+```
+to
+```
+wox_plugin_calculator_plugin_name=Calculator
+wox_plugin_calculator_plugin_description=Allows to do mathematical calculations.(Try 5*3-2 in Wox)
+wox_plugin_calculator_not_a_number=Not a number (NaN)
+```
+After adding the resx file to the project along with the resource generator, references to the strings will have to be replaced with `Properties.Resources.resName` rather than the custom APIs. Check [this PR](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/6165) for an example of the changes required.
+
+### UWP
+UWP projects expect `resw` files rather than `resx` (the format is almost the same). Unlike other C# projects, the files are expected in the format `fullLangId\Resources.resw`. To include these files in the build, replace the following line in the csproj:
+```
+<PRIResource Include="Strings\en-us\Resources.resw" />
+```
+to
+```
+<PRIResource Include="Strings\*\Resources.resw" />
+```
+
+## Lcl Files
+Lcl files contain all the resources that are present in the English resx file, along with a translation if it has been added.
+
+For example, an entry for a resource in the lcl file looks like this:
+```
+<Item ItemId=";EditKeyboard_WindowName" ItemType="0;.resx" PsrId="211" Leaf="true">
+    <Str Cat="Text">
+        <Val><![CDATA[Remap keys]]></Val>
+        <Tgt Cat="Text" Stat="Loc" Orig="New">
+            <Val><![CDATA[Remapper des touches]]></Val>
+        </Tgt>
+    </Str>
+    <Disp Icon="Str" />
+</Item>
+```
+The `<Tgt>` element would not be present in the initial commits of the lcl files, as only the English version of the string would be present.
+
+**Note:** The CDPX Localization system has a fail-safe check on the lcl files, where if the English string value which is present inside `<Val><![CDATA[*]]></Val>` does not match the value present in the English Resources.resx file then the translated value will not be copied to the localized resx file. This is present so that obsolete translations would not be loaded when the English resource has changed, and the English string will be used rather than the obsolete translation.
+
+## Possible Issues in localization PRs (LEGO)
+Since the LEGO PRs update some of the strings in LCL files at a time, there can be multiple PRs which modify the same files, leading to merge conflicts. In most cases this would show up on GitHub as a merge conflict, but sometimes a bad git merge may occur, and the file could end up with incorrect formatting, such as two `<Tgt>` elements for a single resource. These can be fixed by ensuring the elements follow the format described in [this section](#lcl-files). To catch such errors, the build farm should be run for every LEGO PR and if any error occurs in the localization step, we should check the corresponding resx/lcl files for conflicts.
+
+## Enabling localized MSI for a new project
+For C++ and UWP projects no additional files are generated with localization that need to be added to the MSI. For C++ projects all the resources are added to the dll/exe, while for UWP projects they are added to the `resources.pri` file (which is present even for an unlocalized project). To verify if the localized resources are added to the `resources.pri` file the following steps can be done:
+- Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS`
+- After navigating to the folder containing the pri file, run the following command:
+
+        makepri.exe dump /if .\resources.pri
+- Check the contents of the `resources.pri.xml` file that is generated from the command. The last section of the file will contain the resources with the strings in all the languages:
+```
+<NamedResource name="GeneralSettings_RunningAsAdminText" uri="ms-resource://f4f787a5-f0ae-47a9-be89-5408b1dd2b47/Resources/GeneralSettings_RunningAsAdminText">
+    <Candidate qualifiers="Language-FR" type="String">
+        <Value>Running as administrator</Value>
+    </Candidate>
+    <Candidate qualifiers="Language-EN-US" isDefault="true" type="String">
+        <Value>Running as administrator</Value>
+    </Candidate>
+</NamedResource>
+```
+
+For C# projects, satellite dlls are generated when the project is built. For a project named `ProjName`, files are created in the format `langId\ProjName.resources.dll` where `langId` is in the same format as the lcl files. The satellite dlls need to be included with the MSI, but they must be added only if the solution is built from the build farm, as the localized resx files will not be present on local machines (and that could cause local builds of the installer to fail).
+This can be done by adding the directory name of the project to [Product.wxs near line 806](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/f92bd6ffd38014c228544bb8d68d0937ce4c2b6d/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs#L806) and a resource component for the project can be created in [Product.wxs near lines 845-847](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/f92bd6ffd38014c228544bb8d68d0937ce4c2b6d/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs#L845-L847) in this format:
+```
+<Component Id="ProjName_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_Component" Directory="Resource$(var.IdSafeLanguage)ProjNameInstallFolder">
+    <File Id="ProjName_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_File" Source="$(var.BinX64Dir)modules\ProjName\$(var.Language)\ProjName.resources.dll" />
+</Component>
+```
+
+We should also ensure the new dlls are signed by the pipeline. Currently all dlls of the form [`*.resources.dll` are signed](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/f92bd6ffd38014c228544bb8d68d0937ce4c2b6d/.pipelines/pipeline.user.windows.yml#L68).
+
+**Note:** The resource dlls should be added to the MSI project only after the initial commit with the lcl files has been done by the Localization team. Otherwise, the pipeline will fail as there wouldn't be any resx files to generate the dlls.
--- a/doc/devdocs/modules/alwaysontop.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/modules/alwaysontop.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The module provides a user interface for configuring settings in the PowerToys S
 ### Building and Testing

 1. Clone the repository: `git clone https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys.git`
-2. Open PowerToys.slnx in Visual Studio
+2. Open PowerToys.sln in Visual Studio
 3. Select the Release configuration and build the solution
 4. Run PowerToys.exe from the output directory to test the module

--- a/doc/devdocs/modules/fancyzones.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/modules/fancyzones.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ FancyZones is divided into several projects:
   ```
   git clone https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys.git
   ```
-2. Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio
+2. Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio
 3. Select the Release configuration and build the solution
 4. If you encounter build errors, try deleting the x64 output folder and rebuild

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ UI tests are implemented using [Windows Application Driver](https://github.com/m
  
  - Exit PowerToys if it's running
  - Run WinAppDriver.exe from the installation directory. Skip this step if installed in the default directory (`C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Application Driver`); in this case, it'll be launched automatically during tests.
-  - Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio and build the solution.
+  - Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio and build the solution.
  - Run tests in the Test Explorer (`Test > Test Explorer` or `Ctrl+E, T`). 

 >Note: notifications or other application windows, that are shown above the window under test, can disrupt the testing process.
--- a/doc/devdocs/modules/keyboardmanager/debug.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/modules/keyboardmanager/debug.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Keyboard Manager consists of two main components:
 ## Development Environment Setup

 1. Clone the PowerToys repository
-2. Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio
+2. Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio
 3. Ensure all NuGet packages are restored
 4. Build the entire solution in Debug configuration

@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ If you encounter issues with multiple instances, check the mutex logic in `Keybo

 To debug both the Editor and Engine:
 1. Launch the Engine first in debug mode
-2. Attach the debugger to the Editor process when it starts
+2. Attach the debugger to the Editor process when it starts
--- a/doc/devdocs/modules/lightswitch.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/modules/lightswitch.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ The module’s settings are exposed in the PowerToys Settings UI. Options includ
 3. Build the solution:

   ```sh
-   msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=ARM64 -m PowerToys.slnx
+   msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=ARM64 -m PowerToys.sln
   ```

   > Note: This may take some time.
--- a/doc/devdocs/modules/screenruler.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/modules/screenruler.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The Screen Ruler module consists of several components:

 ### Building

-1. Open PowerToys.slnx in Visual Studio
+1. Open PowerToys.sln in Visual Studio
 2. In the Solutions Configuration drop-down menu, select Release or Debug
 3. From the Build menu, choose Build Solution
 4. The executable app for Screen Ruler is named PowerToys.MeasureToolUI.exe
--- a/doc/devdocs/modules/shortcut_guide.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/modules/shortcut_guide.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Shortcut Guide is a PowerToy that displays an overlay of available keyboard shor
 ## Build and Debug Instructions

 ### Build
-1. Open PowerToys.slnx in Visual Studio
+1. Open PowerToys.sln in Visual Studio
 2. Select Release or Debug in the Solutions Configuration drop-down menu
 3. From the Build menu, choose Build Solution
 4. The executable is named PowerToys.ShortcutGuide.exe
--- a/doc/devdocs/readme.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/readme.md
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ Welcome to the PowerToys developer documentation. This documentation provides in
 - [Update Process](processes/update-process.md) - How PowerToys updates work
 - [GPO Implementation](processes/gpo.md) - Group Policy Objects implementation details

-## Other Resources
-
- [aka.ms links](akaLinks.md) - List of short links
- [Issue/PR commands](commands.md) - Special commands for managing issues and pull requests
-
 ## Fork, Clone, Branch and Create your PR

 Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an approach or a spec has been written and approved, it's time to start development:
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an

 ### Install Visual Studio dependencies

-1. Open the `PowerToys.slnx` file.
+1. Open the `PowerToys.sln` file.
 1. If you see a dialog that says `install extra components` in the solution explorer pane, click `install`

 ### Get Submodules to compile
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@ We have submodules that need to be initialized before you can compile most parts

 ### Compiling Source Code

- Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio.
+- Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio.
 - In the `Solutions Configuration` drop-down menu select `Release` or `Debug`.
 - From the `Build` menu choose `Build Solution`, or press <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>b</kbd> on your keyboard.
 - The build process may take several minutes depending on your computer's performance. Once it completes, the PowerToys binaries will be in your repo under `x64\Release\`.
@@ -112,10 +107,10 @@ Our installer is two parts, an EXE and an MSI.  The EXE (Bootstrapper) contains

 The installer can only be compiled in `Release` mode; steps 1 and 2 must be performed before the MSI can be compiled.

-1. Compile `PowerToys.slnx`. Instructions are listed above.
+1. Compile `PowerToys.sln`. Instructions are listed above.
 1. Compile `BugReportTool.sln` tool. Path from root: `tools\BugReportTool\BugReportTool.sln` (details listed below)
 1. Compile `StylesReportTool.sln` tool. Path from root: `tools\StylesReportTool\StylesReportTool.sln` (details listed below)
-1. Compile `PowerToysSetup.slnx` Path from root: `installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx` (details listed below)
+1. Compile `PowerToysSetup.sln` Path from root: `installer\PowerToysSetup.sln` (details listed below)

 See [Installer](core/installer.md) for more details on building and debugging the installer.

--- a/doc/devdocs/development/style.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/development/style.md
--- a/doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md
+++ b/doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Contact the developers of a plugin directly for assistance with a specific plugi
 | [RandomGen](https://github.com/ruslanlap/PowerToysRun-RandomGen) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | 🎲 Generate random data instantly with a single keystroke. Perfect for developers, testers, designers, and anyone who needs quick access to random data. Features include secure passwords, PINs, names, business data, dates, numbers, GUIDs, color codes, and more. Especially useful for designers who need random color codes and placeholder content. |
 | [Open With Cursor](https://github.com/VictorNoxx/PowerToys-Run-Cursor/) | [VictorNoxx](https://github.com/VictorNoxx) | Open Visual Studio, VS Code recents with Cursor AI |
 | [CheatSheets](https://github.com/ruslanlap/PowerToysRun-CheatSheets) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | 📚 Find cheat sheets and command examples instantly from tldr pages, cheat.sh, and devhints.io. Features include favorites system, categories, offline mode, and smart caching. |
-| [QuickAI](https://github.com/ruslanlap/PowerToysRun-QuickAi) | [ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap) | AI-powered assistance with instant, smart responses from multiple providers (Groq, Together, Fireworks, OpenRouter, Cohere) |

 ## Extending software plugins

--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.1.32414.318
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "spdlog", "..\src\logging\logging.vcxproj", "{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "logger", "..\src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj", "{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Version", "..\src\common\version\version.vcxproj", "{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "EtwTrace", "..\src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj", "{8F021B46-362B-485C-BFBA-CCF83E820CBD}"
+EndProject
+Project("{930C7802-8A8C-48F9-8165-68863BCCD9DD}") = "PowerToysInstallerVNext", "PowerToysSetupVNext\PowerToysInstallerVNext.wixproj", "{B6E94700-DF38-41F6-A3FD-18B69674AB1E}"
+EndProject
+Project("{930C7802-8A8C-48F9-8165-68863BCCD9DD}") = "PowerToysBootstrapperVNext", "PowerToysSetupVNext\PowerToysBootstrapperVNext.wixproj", "{DA4E9744-80BE-424C-B0F5-AFD8757DB575}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext", "PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext\PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj", "{B3A354B0-1E54-4B55-A962-FB5AF9330C19}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "SilentFilesInUseBAFunction", "PowerToysSetupVNext\SilentFilesInUseBA\SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj", "{F8B9F842-F5C3-4A2D-8C85-7F8B9E2B4F1D}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|ARM64 = Debug|ARM64
+		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
+		Release|ARM64 = Release|ARM64
+		Release|x64 = Release|x64
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{8F021B46-362B-485C-BFBA-CCF83E820CBD}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
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+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
+		SolutionGuid = {B7A3DA30-D443-40FF-AC51-988AD41E3962}
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<Solution>
-  <Configurations>
-    <Platform Name="ARM64" />
-    <Platform Name="x64" />
-  </Configurations>
-  <Project Path="../src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj" Id="d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-  <Project Path="../src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj" Id="8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd" />
-  <Project Path="../src/common/version/version.vcxproj" Id="cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df" />
-  <Project Path="../src/logging/logging.vcxproj" Id="7e1e3f13-2bd6-3f75-a6a7-873a2b55c60f">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj" Id="b3a354b0-1e54-4b55-a962-fb5af9330c19">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupVNext/PowerToysBootstrapperVNext.wixproj" Type="b7dd6f7e-def8-4e67-b5b7-07ef123db6f0" />
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupVNext/PowerToysInstallerVNext.wixproj" Type="b7dd6f7e-def8-4e67-b5b7-07ef123db6f0" />
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj" Id="f8b9f842-f5c3-4a2d-8c85-7f8b9e2b4f1d">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-</Solution>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
    <ClCompile>
      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>inc;..\..\src\;..\..\src\common\Telemetry;telemetry;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/await:strict /Zc:twoPhase- /Wv:18 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/await /Zc:twoPhase- /Wv:18 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
      <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
    </ClCompile>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="..\..\Directory.Build.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\src\Version.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\src\Version.props')" />
  <PropertyGroup>
    <!-- Set BaseIntermediateOutputPath for each project to avoid conflicts -->
    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectName)' == 'PowerToysInstallerVNext'">obj\Installer\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Product.wxs
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Product.wxs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocation" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed OR WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED" />
      <Custom Action="ApplyModulesRegistryChangeSets" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
      <Custom Action="InstallCmdPalPackage" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
-      <Custom Action="InstallPackageIdentityMSIX" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed AND WINDOWSBUILDNUMBER &gt;= 22000" />
+      <Custom Action="InstallPackageIdentityMSIX" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
      <Custom Action="override Wix4CloseApplications_$(sys.BUILDARCHSHORT)" Before="RemoveFiles" />
      <Custom Action="RemovePowerToysSchTasks" After="RemoveFiles" />
      <!-- TODO: Use to activate embedded MSIX -->
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@
    <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp" />
    <ClCompile Include="bafunctions.cpp">
      <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
    </ClCompile>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="pch.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="precomp.h" />
    <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.

-#include "pch.h"
+#include "precomp.h"
 #include "BalBaseBAFunctions.h"
 #include "BalBaseBAFunctionsProc.h"

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public: // IBootstrapperApplication

        BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION SYSTEM ACTIVE *** Running detect begin BA function. fCached=%d, registrationType=%d, cPackages=%u, fCancel=%d", fCached, registrationType, cPackages, *pfCancel);

+    LExit:
        return hr;
    }

@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
        // BalExitOnFailure(hr, "Change this message to represent real error handling.");
        //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

+    LExit:
        return hr;
    }

@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
        __in DWORD cFiles,
        __in_ecount_z(cFiles) LPCWSTR* rgwzFiles,
        __in int nRecommendation,
-        __in BOOTSTRAPPER_FILES_IN_USE_TYPE /* source */,
+        __in BOOTSTRAPPER_FILES_IN_USE_TYPE source,
        __inout int* pResult
        )
    {
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/bafunctions.cpp
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/bafunctions.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.

-#include "pch.h"
+#include "precomp.h"

 static HINSTANCE vhInstance = NULL;

--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/precomp.h
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/precomp.h
--- a/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
  <PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj
+++ b/src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj
@@ -55,26 +55,26 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|ARM64'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
  </PropertyGroup>

--- a/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj
+++ b/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
  <PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?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">
    <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
    <ProjectGuid>{CABA8DFB-823B-4BF2-93AC-3F31984150D9}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -40,18 +39,5 @@
    <ClCompile Include="monitors.cpp" />
    <ClCompile Include="dpi_aware.cpp" />
  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
-  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([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'))" />
-  </Target>
 </Project>
--- a/src/common/Display/DisplayUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Display/DisplayUtils.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace DisplayUtils
        dpiUnawareThread.submit(OnThreadExecutor::task_t{ [&] {
            SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext(DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_UNAWARE);
            SetThreadDpiHostingBehavior(DPI_HOSTING_BEHAVIOR_MIXED);
-        } }).get();
+        } }).wait();

        for (auto& monitorData : allMonitors)
        {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace DisplayUtils
                {
                    return;
                }
-            } }).get();
+            } }).wait();

            UINT dpi = 0;
            if (DPIAware::GetScreenDPIForMonitor(monitorData.first, dpi) != S_OK)
--- a/src/common/Display/packages.config
+++ b/src/common/Display/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
-</packages>
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.vcxproj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
    <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
--- a/src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocalModelProvider.cs
+++ b/src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocalModelProvider.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider

        return new OpenAIClient(
            new ApiKeyCredential("none"),
-            new OpenAIClientOptions { Endpoint = endpointUri, NetworkTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5) })
+            new OpenAIClientOptions { Endpoint = endpointUri })
            .GetChatClient(modelId)
            .AsIChatClient();
    }
--- a/src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
        /// </summary>
        public static string CurrentVersionLogDirectoryPath { get; private set; }

-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the path to the current log file.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static string CurrentLogFile { get; private set; }
-
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the path to the log directory for the app.
        /// </summary>
@@ -60,9 +55,7 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
            AppLogDirectoryPath = basePath;
            CurrentVersionLogDirectoryPath = versionedPath;

-            var logFile = "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log";
-            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(versionedPath, logFile);
-            CurrentLogFile = logFilePath;
+            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(versionedPath, "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log");

            Trace.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(logFilePath));

--- a/src/common/ManagedCsWin32/CLSID.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCsWin32/CLSID.cs
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ public static partial class CLSID
    public static readonly Guid CollatorDataSource = new Guid("9E175B8B-F52A-11D8-B9A5-505054503030");
    public static readonly Guid ApplicationActivationManager = new Guid("45BA127D-10A8-46EA-8AB7-56EA9078943C");
    public static readonly Guid VirtualDesktopManager = new("aa509086-5ca9-4c25-8f95-589d3c07b48a");
-    public static readonly Guid DesktopWallpaper = new("C2CF3110-460E-4FC1-B9D0-8A1C0C9CC4BD");
 }
--- a/src/common/ManagedCsWin32/Ole32.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCsWin32/Ole32.cs
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ public static partial class Ole32
        CLSCTX dwClsContext,
        ref Guid riid,
        out IntPtr rReturnedComObject);
-
-    [LibraryImport("ole32.dll")]
-    internal static partial int CoInitializeEx(nint pvReserved, uint dwCoInit);
-
-    [LibraryImport("ole32.dll")]
-    internal static partial void CoUninitialize();
 }

 [Flags]
--- a/src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/UITestAutomation/ScreenRecording.cs
+++ b/src/common/UITestAutomation/ScreenRecording.cs
@@ -1,399 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Drawing;
-using System.Drawing.Imaging;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Provides methods for recording the screen during UI tests.
-    /// Requires FFmpeg to be installed and available in PATH.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal class ScreenRecording : IDisposable
-    {
-        private readonly string outputDirectory;
-        private readonly string framesDirectory;
-        private readonly string outputFilePath;
-        private readonly List<string> capturedFrames;
-        private readonly SemaphoreSlim recordingLock = new(1, 1);
-        private readonly Stopwatch recordingStopwatch = new();
-        private readonly string? ffmpegPath;
-        private CancellationTokenSource? recordingCancellation;
-        private Task? recordingTask;
-        private bool isRecording;
-        private int frameCount;
-
-        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
-        private static extern IntPtr GetDC(IntPtr hWnd);
-
-        [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
-        private static extern int GetDeviceCaps(IntPtr hdc, int nIndex);
-
-        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
-        private static extern IntPtr ReleaseDC(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hDC);
-
-        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
-        private static extern bool GetCursorInfo(out ScreenCapture.CURSORINFO pci);
-
-        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
-        private static extern bool DrawIconEx(IntPtr hdc, int x, int y, IntPtr hIcon, int cx, int cy, int istepIfAniCur, IntPtr hbrFlickerFreeDraw, int diFlags);
-
-        private const int CURSORSHOWING = 0x00000001;
-        private const int DESKTOPHORZRES = 118;
-        private const int DESKTOPVERTRES = 117;
-        private const int DINORMAL = 0x0003;
-        private const int TargetFps = 15; // 15 FPS for good balance of quality and size
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ScreenRecording"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="outputDirectory">Directory where the recording will be saved.</param>
-        public ScreenRecording(string outputDirectory)
-        {
-            this.outputDirectory = outputDirectory;
-            string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss");
-            framesDirectory = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, $"frames_{timestamp}");
-            outputFilePath = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, $"recording_{timestamp}.mp4");
-            capturedFrames = new List<string>();
-            frameCount = 0;
-
-            // Check if FFmpeg is available
-            ffmpegPath = FindFfmpeg();
-            if (ffmpegPath == null)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("FFmpeg not found. Screen recording will be disabled.");
-                Console.WriteLine("To enable video recording, install FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html");
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a value indicating whether screen recording is available (FFmpeg found).
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool IsAvailable => ffmpegPath != null;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Starts recording the screen.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
-        public async Task StartRecordingAsync()
-        {
-            await recordingLock.WaitAsync();
-            try
-            {
-                if (isRecording || !IsAvailable)
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                // Create frames directory
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(framesDirectory);
-
-                recordingCancellation = new CancellationTokenSource();
-                isRecording = true;
-                recordingStopwatch.Start();
-
-                // Start the recording task
-                recordingTask = Task.Run(() => RecordFrames(recordingCancellation.Token));
-
-                Console.WriteLine($"Started screen recording at {TargetFps} FPS");
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"Failed to start recording: {ex.Message}");
-                isRecording = false;
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                recordingLock.Release();
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Stops recording and encodes video.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
-        public async Task StopRecordingAsync()
-        {
-            await recordingLock.WaitAsync();
-            try
-            {
-                if (!isRecording || recordingCancellation == null)
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                // Signal cancellation
-                recordingCancellation.Cancel();
-
-                // Wait for recording task to complete
-                if (recordingTask != null)
-                {
-                    await recordingTask;
-                }
-
-                recordingStopwatch.Stop();
-                isRecording = false;
-
-                double duration = recordingStopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds;
-                Console.WriteLine($"Recording stopped. Captured {capturedFrames.Count} frames in {duration:F2} seconds");
-
-                // Encode to video
-                await EncodeToVideoAsync();
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"Error stopping recording: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Cleanup();
-                recordingLock.Release();
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Records frames from the screen.
-        /// </summary>
-        private void RecordFrames(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                int frameInterval = 1000 / TargetFps;
-                var frameTimer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-
-                while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
-                {
-                    var frameStart = frameTimer.ElapsedMilliseconds;
-
-                    try
-                    {
-                        CaptureFrame();
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        Console.WriteLine($"Error capturing frame: {ex.Message}");
-                    }
-
-                    // Sleep for remaining time to maintain target FPS
-                    var frameTime = frameTimer.ElapsedMilliseconds - frameStart;
-                    var sleepTime = Math.Max(0, frameInterval - (int)frameTime);
-
-                    if (sleepTime > 0)
-                    {
-                        Thread.Sleep(sleepTime);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (OperationCanceledException)
-            {
-                // Expected when stopping
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"Error during recording: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Captures a single frame.
-        /// </summary>
-        private void CaptureFrame()
-        {
-            IntPtr hdc = GetDC(IntPtr.Zero);
-            int screenWidth = GetDeviceCaps(hdc, DESKTOPHORZRES);
-            int screenHeight = GetDeviceCaps(hdc, DESKTOPVERTRES);
-            ReleaseDC(IntPtr.Zero, hdc);
-
-            Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight);
-            using (Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb))
-            {
-                using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap))
-                {
-                    g.CopyFromScreen(bounds.Location, Point.Empty, bounds.Size);
-
-                    ScreenCapture.CURSORINFO cursorInfo;
-                    cursorInfo.CbSize = Marshal.SizeOf<ScreenCapture.CURSORINFO>();
-                    if (GetCursorInfo(out cursorInfo) && cursorInfo.Flags == CURSORSHOWING)
-                    {
-                        IntPtr hdcDest = g.GetHdc();
-                        DrawIconEx(hdcDest, cursorInfo.PTScreenPos.X, cursorInfo.PTScreenPos.Y, cursorInfo.HCursor, 0, 0, 0, IntPtr.Zero, DINORMAL);
-                        g.ReleaseHdc(hdcDest);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                string framePath = Path.Combine(framesDirectory, $"frame_{frameCount:D6}.jpg");
-                bitmap.Save(framePath, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
-                capturedFrames.Add(framePath);
-                frameCount++;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Encodes captured frames to video using ffmpeg.
-        /// </summary>
-        private async Task EncodeToVideoAsync()
-        {
-            if (capturedFrames.Count == 0)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("No frames captured");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            try
-            {
-                // Build ffmpeg command with proper non-interactive flags
-                string inputPattern = Path.Combine(framesDirectory, "frame_%06d.jpg");
-
-                // -y: overwrite without asking
-                // -nostdin: disable interaction
-                // -loglevel error: only show errors
-                // -stats: show encoding progress
-                string args = $"-y -nostdin -loglevel error -stats -framerate {TargetFps} -i \"{inputPattern}\" -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 23 \"{outputFilePath}\"";
-
-                Console.WriteLine($"Encoding {capturedFrames.Count} frames to video...");
-
-                var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
-                {
-                    FileName = ffmpegPath!,
-                    Arguments = args,
-                    UseShellExecute = false,
-                    RedirectStandardOutput = true,
-                    RedirectStandardError = true,
-                    RedirectStandardInput = true, // Important: redirect stdin to prevent hanging
-                    CreateNoWindow = true,
-                };
-
-                using var process = Process.Start(startInfo);
-                if (process != null)
-                {
-                    // Close stdin immediately to ensure FFmpeg doesn't wait for input
-                    process.StandardInput.Close();
-
-                    // Read output streams asynchronously to prevent deadlock
-                    var outputTask = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync();
-                    var errorTask = process.StandardError.ReadToEndAsync();
-
-                    // Wait for process to exit
-                    await process.WaitForExitAsync();
-
-                    // Get the output
-                    string stdout = await outputTask;
-                    string stderr = await errorTask;
-
-                    if (process.ExitCode == 0 && File.Exists(outputFilePath))
-                    {
-                        var fileInfo = new FileInfo(outputFilePath);
-                        Console.WriteLine($"Video created: {outputFilePath} ({fileInfo.Length / 1024 / 1024:F1} MB)");
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        Console.WriteLine($"FFmpeg encoding failed with exit code {process.ExitCode}");
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stderr))
-                        {
-                            Console.WriteLine($"FFmpeg error: {stderr}");
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"Error encoding video: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Finds ffmpeg executable.
-        /// </summary>
-        private static string? FindFfmpeg()
-        {
-            // Check if ffmpeg is in PATH
-            var pathDirs = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH")?.Split(Path.PathSeparator) ?? Array.Empty<string>();
-
-            foreach (var dir in pathDirs)
-            {
-                var ffmpegPath = Path.Combine(dir, "ffmpeg.exe");
-                if (File.Exists(ffmpegPath))
-                {
-                    return ffmpegPath;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Check common installation locations
-            var commonPaths = new[]
-            {
-                @"C:\.tools\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe",
-                @"C:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe",
-                @"C:\Program Files\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe",
-                @"C:\Program Files (x86)\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe",
-                @$"{Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData)}\Microsoft\WinGet\Links\ffmpeg.exe",
-            };
-
-            foreach (var path in commonPaths)
-            {
-                if (File.Exists(path))
-                {
-                    return path;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the path to the recorded video file.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string OutputFilePath => outputFilePath;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the directory containing recordings.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string OutputDirectory => outputDirectory;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Cleans up resources.
-        /// </summary>
-        private void Cleanup()
-        {
-            recordingCancellation?.Dispose();
-            recordingCancellation = null;
-            recordingTask = null;
-
-            // Clean up frames directory if it exists
-            try
-            {
-                if (Directory.Exists(framesDirectory))
-                {
-                    Directory.Delete(framesDirectory, true);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine($"Failed to cleanup frames directory: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Disposes resources.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Dispose()
-        {
-            if (isRecording)
-            {
-                StopRecordingAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-            }
-
-            Cleanup();
-            recordingLock.Dispose();
-            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/src/common/UITestAutomation/SessionHelper.cs
+++ b/src/common/UITestAutomation/SessionHelper.cs
@@ -130,13 +130,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="appPath">The path to the application executable.</param>
        /// <param name="args">Optional command line arguments to pass to the application.</param>
-        public void StartExe(string appPath, string[]? args = null, string? enableModules = null)
+        public void StartExe(string appPath, string[]? args = null)
        {
            var opts = new AppiumOptions();
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(enableModules))
-            {
-                opts.AddAdditionalCapability("enableModules", enableModules);
-            }

            if (scope == PowerToysModule.PowerToysSettings)
            {
@@ -173,66 +169,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest

        private void TryLaunchPowerToysSettings(AppiumOptions opts)
        {
-            if (opts.ToCapabilities().HasCapability("enableModules"))
+            try
            {
-                var modulesString = (string)opts.ToCapabilities().GetCapability("enableModules");
-                var modulesArray = modulesString.Split(',', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
-                SettingsConfigHelper.ConfigureGlobalModuleSettings(modulesArray);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                SettingsConfigHelper.ConfigureGlobalModuleSettings();
-            }
-
-            const int maxTries = 3;
-            const int delayMs = 5000;
-            const int maxRetries = 3;
-
-            for (int tryCount = 1; tryCount <= maxTries; tryCount++)
-            {
-                try
+                var runnerProcessInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
                {
-                    var runnerProcessInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
-                    {
-                        FileName = locationPath + runnerPath,
-                        Verb = "runas",
-                        Arguments = "--open-settings",
-                    };
+                    FileName = locationPath + runnerPath,
+                    Verb = "runas",
+                    Arguments = "--open-settings",
+                };

-                    ExitExe(runnerProcessInfo.FileName);
+                ExitExe(runnerProcessInfo.FileName);
+                runner = Process.Start(runnerProcessInfo);

-                    // Verify process was killed
-                    string exeName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(runnerProcessInfo.FileName);
-                    var remainingProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName(exeName);
+                WaitForWindowAndSetCapability(opts, "PowerToys Settings", 5000, 5);

-                    runner = Process.Start(runnerProcessInfo);
-
-                    if (WaitForWindowAndSetCapability(opts, "PowerToys Settings", delayMs, maxRetries))
-                    {
-                        // Exit CmdPal UI before launching new process if use installer for test
-                        ExitExeByName("Microsoft.CmdPal.UI");
-                        return;
-                    }
-
-                    // Window not found, kill all PowerToys processes and retry
-                    if (tryCount < maxTries)
-                    {
-                        KillPowerToysProcesses();
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    if (tryCount == maxTries)
-                    {
-                        throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to launch PowerToys Settings after {maxTries} attempts: {ex.Message}", ex);
-                    }
-
-                    // Kill processes and retry
-                    KillPowerToysProcesses();
-                }
+                // Exit CmdPal UI before launching new process if use installer for test
+                ExitExeByName("Microsoft.CmdPal.UI");
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to launch PowerToys Settings: {ex.Message}", ex);
            }
-
-            throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to launch PowerToys Settings: Window not found after {maxTries} attempts.");
        }

        private void TryLaunchCommandPalette(AppiumOptions opts)
@@ -254,10 +211,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
                var process = Process.Start(processStartInfo);
                process?.WaitForExit();

-                if (!WaitForWindowAndSetCapability(opts, "Command Palette", 5000, 10))
-                {
-                    throw new TimeoutException("Failed to find Command Palette window after multiple attempts.");
-                }
+                WaitForWindowAndSetCapability(opts, "Command Palette", 5000, 10);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
@@ -265,7 +219,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
            }
        }

-        private bool WaitForWindowAndSetCapability(AppiumOptions opts, string windowName, int delayMs, int maxRetries)
+        private void WaitForWindowAndSetCapability(AppiumOptions opts, string windowName, int delayMs, int maxRetries)
        {
            for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++)
            {
@@ -276,16 +230,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
                {
                    var hexHwnd = window[0].HWnd.ToString("x");
                    opts.AddAdditionalCapability("appTopLevelWindow", hexHwnd);
-                    return true;
+                    return;
                }

                if (attempt < maxRetries)
                {
                    Thread.Sleep(delayMs);
                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new TimeoutException($"Failed to find {windowName} window after multiple attempts.");
+                }
            }
-
-            return false;
        }

        /// <summary>
@@ -336,17 +292,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // Handle exceptions if needed
-                Console.WriteLine($"Exception during Cleanup: {ex.Message}");
+                Debug.WriteLine($"Exception during Cleanup: {ex.Message}");
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Restarts now exe and takes control of it.
        /// </summary>
-        public void RestartScopeExe(string? enableModules = null)
+        public void RestartScopeExe()
        {
            ExitScopeExe();
-            StartExe(locationPath + sessionPath, commandLineArgs, enableModules);
+            StartExe(locationPath + sessionPath, this.commandLineArgs);
        }

        public WindowsDriver<WindowsElement> GetRoot()
@@ -371,31 +327,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
            this.ExitExe(winAppDriverProcessInfo.FileName);
            SessionHelper.appDriver = Process.Start(winAppDriverProcessInfo);
        }
-
-        private void KillPowerToysProcesses()
-        {
-            var powerToysProcessNames = new[] { "PowerToys", "Microsoft.CmdPal.UI" };
-
-            foreach (var processName in powerToysProcessNames)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    var processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(processName);
-
-                    foreach (var process in processes)
-                    {
-                        process.Kill();
-                        process.WaitForExit();
-                    }
-
-                    // Verify processes are actually gone
-                    var remainingProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName(processName);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"[KillPowerToysProcesses] Failed to kill process {processName}: {ex.Message}");
-                }
-            }
-        }
    }
 }
--- a/src/common/UITestAutomation/SettingsConfigHelper.cs
+++ b/src/common/UITestAutomation/SettingsConfigHelper.cs
@@ -21,18 +21,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
    public class SettingsConfigHelper
    {
        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions IndentedJsonOptions = new() { WriteIndented = true };
-        private static readonly SettingsUtils SettingsUtils = SettingsUtils.Default;
+        private static readonly SettingsUtils SettingsUtils = new SettingsUtils();

        /// <summary>
        /// Configures global PowerToys settings to enable only specified modules and disable all others.
        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="modulesToEnable">Array of module names to enable (e.g., "Peek", "FancyZones"). All other modules will be disabled. If null or empty, all modules will be disabled.</param>
+        /// <param name="modulesToEnable">Array of module names to enable (e.g., "Peek", "FancyZones"). All other modules will be disabled.</param>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown when modulesToEnable is null.</exception>
        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown when settings file operations fail.</exception>
        [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("Trimming", "IL2026", Justification = "This is test code and will not be trimmed")]
        [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("AOT", "IL3050", Justification = "This is test code and will not be AOT compiled")]
-        public static void ConfigureGlobalModuleSettings(params string[]? modulesToEnable)
+        public static void ConfigureGlobalModuleSettings(params string[] modulesToEnable)
        {
-            modulesToEnable ??= Array.Empty<string>();
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(modulesToEnable);

            try
            {
--- a/src/common/UITestAutomation/UITestBase.cs
+++ b/src/common/UITestAutomation/UITestBase.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest

        public string? ScreenshotDirectory { get; set; }

-        public string? RecordingDirectory { get; set; }
-
        public static MonitorInfoData.ParamsWrapper MonitorInfoData { get; set; } = new MonitorInfoData.ParamsWrapper() { Monitors = new List<MonitorInfoData.MonitorInfoDataWrapper>() };

        private readonly PowerToysModule scope;
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
        private readonly string[]? commandLineArgs;
        private SessionHelper? sessionHelper;
        private System.Threading.Timer? screenshotTimer;
-        private ScreenRecording? screenRecording;

        public UITestBase(PowerToysModule scope = PowerToysModule.PowerToysSettings, WindowSize size = WindowSize.UnSpecified, string[]? commandLineArgs = null)
        {
@@ -68,35 +65,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
            CloseOtherApplications();
            if (IsInPipeline)
            {
-                string baseDirectory = this.TestContext.TestResultsDirectory ?? string.Empty;
-                ScreenshotDirectory = Path.Combine(baseDirectory, "UITestScreenshots_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
+                ScreenshotDirectory = Path.Combine(this.TestContext.TestResultsDirectory ?? string.Empty, "UITestScreenshots_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
                Directory.CreateDirectory(ScreenshotDirectory);

-                RecordingDirectory = Path.Combine(baseDirectory, "UITestRecordings_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(RecordingDirectory);
-
                // Take screenshot every 1 second
                screenshotTimer = new System.Threading.Timer(ScreenCapture.TimerCallback, ScreenshotDirectory, TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1000));

-                // Start screen recording (requires FFmpeg)
-                try
-                {
-                    screenRecording = new ScreenRecording(RecordingDirectory);
-                    if (screenRecording.IsAvailable)
-                    {
-                        _ = screenRecording.StartRecordingAsync();
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        screenRecording = null;
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"Failed to start screen recording: {ex.Message}");
-                    screenRecording = null;
-                }
-
                // Escape Popups before starting
                System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{ESC}");
            }
@@ -114,36 +88,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
            if (IsInPipeline)
            {
                screenshotTimer?.Change(Timeout.Infinite, Timeout.Infinite);
-
-                // Stop screen recording
-                if (screenRecording != null)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        screenRecording.StopRecordingAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        Console.WriteLine($"Failed to stop screen recording: {ex.Message}");
-                    }
-                }
-
+                Dispose();
                if (TestContext.CurrentTestOutcome is UnitTestOutcome.Failed
                    or UnitTestOutcome.Error
                    or UnitTestOutcome.Unknown)
                {
                    Task.Delay(1000).Wait();
                    AddScreenShotsToTestResultsDirectory();
-                    AddRecordingsToTestResultsDirectory();
                    AddLogFilesToTestResultsDirectory();
                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // Clean up recording if test passed
-                    CleanupRecordingDirectory();
-                }
-
-                Dispose();
            }

            this.Session.Cleanup();
@@ -153,7 +106,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
        public void Dispose()
        {
            screenshotTimer?.Dispose();
-            screenRecording?.Dispose();
            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
        }

@@ -648,47 +600,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
            }
        }

-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds screen recordings to test results directory when test fails.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected void AddRecordingsToTestResultsDirectory()
-        {
-            if (RecordingDirectory != null && Directory.Exists(RecordingDirectory))
-            {
-                // Add video files (MP4)
-                var videoFiles = Directory.GetFiles(RecordingDirectory, "*.mp4");
-                foreach (string file in videoFiles)
-                {
-                    this.TestContext.AddResultFile(file);
-                    var fileInfo = new FileInfo(file);
-                    Console.WriteLine($"Added video recording: {Path.GetFileName(file)} ({fileInfo.Length / 1024 / 1024:F1} MB)");
-                }
-
-                if (videoFiles.Length == 0)
-                {
-                    Console.WriteLine("No video recording available (FFmpeg not found). Screenshots are still captured.");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Cleans up recording directory when test passes.
-        /// </summary>
-        private void CleanupRecordingDirectory()
-        {
-            if (RecordingDirectory != null && Directory.Exists(RecordingDirectory))
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    Directory.Delete(RecordingDirectory, true);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Console.WriteLine($"Failed to cleanup recording directory: {ex.Message}");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
        /// <summary>
        /// Copies PowerToys log files to test results directory when test fails.
        /// Renames files to include the directory structure after \PowerToys.
@@ -778,11 +689,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
        /// <summary>
        /// Restart scope exe.
        /// </summary>
-        public Session RestartScopeExe(string? enableModules = null)
+        public void RestartScopeExe()
        {
-            this.sessionHelper!.RestartScopeExe(enableModules);
+            this.sessionHelper!.RestartScopeExe();
            this.Session = new Session(this.sessionHelper.GetRoot(), this.sessionHelper.GetDriver(), this.scope, this.size);
-            return Session;
+            return;
        }

        /// <summary>
--- a/src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.vcxproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\UnitTestsCommonLib\</OutDir>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
--- a/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
--- a/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivatorDLL.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivatorDLL.vcxproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/notifications/notifications.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/notifications/notifications.vcxproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/updating/installer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/updating/installer.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace // Strings in this namespace should not be localized

 namespace updating
 {
-    winrt::Windows::Foundation::IAsyncOperation<bool> uninstall_previous_msix_version_async()
+    std::future<bool> uninstall_previous_msix_version_async()
    {
        winrt::Windows::Management::Deployment::PackageManager package_manager;

--- a/src/common/updating/installer.h
+++ b/src/common/updating/installer.h
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@

 namespace updating
 {
-    winrt::Windows::Foundation::IAsyncOperation<bool> uninstall_previous_msix_version_async();
+    std::future<bool> uninstall_previous_msix_version_async();
 }
--- a/src/common/updating/updating.cpp
+++ b/src/common/updating/updating.cpp
@@ -88,78 +88,70 @@ namespace updating
    std::future<nonstd::expected<github_version_info, std::wstring>> get_github_version_info_async(const bool prerelease)
 #endif
    {
-        return std::async(std::launch::async, [prerelease]() ->
-#if USE_STD_EXPECTED
-            std::expected<github_version_info, std::wstring>
-#else
-            nonstd::expected<github_version_info, std::wstring>
-#endif
+        // If the current version starts with 0.0.*, it means we're on a local build from a farm and shouldn't check for updates.
+        if constexpr (VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && VERSION_MINOR == 0)
        {
-            // If the current version starts with 0.0.*, it means we're on a local build from a farm and shouldn't check for updates.
-            if constexpr (VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && VERSION_MINOR == 0)
-            {
 #if USE_STD_EXPECTED
-                return std::unexpected(LOCAL_BUILD_ERROR);
+            co_return std::unexpected(LOCAL_BUILD_ERROR);
 #else
-                return nonstd::make_unexpected(LOCAL_BUILD_ERROR);
+            co_return nonstd::make_unexpected(LOCAL_BUILD_ERROR);
 #endif
-            }
+        }

-            try
+        try
+        {
+            http::HttpClient client;
+            json::JsonObject release_object;
+            const VersionHelper current_version(VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_REVISION);
+            VersionHelper github_version = current_version;
+
+            if (prerelease)
            {
-                http::HttpClient client;
-                json::JsonObject release_object;
-                const VersionHelper current_version(VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_REVISION);
-                VersionHelper github_version = current_version;
-
-                if (prerelease)
+                const auto body = co_await client.request(Uri{ ALL_RELEASES_ENDPOINT });
+                for (const auto& json : json::JsonValue::Parse(body).GetArray())
                {
-                    const auto body = client.request(Uri{ ALL_RELEASES_ENDPOINT }).get();
-                    for (const auto& json : json::JsonValue::Parse(body).GetArray())
+                    auto potential_release_object = json.GetObjectW();
+                    const bool is_prerelease = potential_release_object.GetNamedBoolean(L"prerelease", false);
+                    auto extracted_version = extract_version_from_release_object(potential_release_object);
+                    if (!is_prerelease || !extracted_version || *extracted_version <= github_version)
                    {
-                        auto potential_release_object = json.GetObjectW();
-                        const bool is_prerelease = potential_release_object.GetNamedBoolean(L"prerelease", false);
-                        auto extracted_version = extract_version_from_release_object(potential_release_object);
-                        if (!is_prerelease || !extracted_version || *extracted_version <= github_version)
-                        {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                        // Do not break, since https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#list-releases
-                        // doesn't specify the order in which release object appear
-                        github_version = std::move(*extracted_version);
-                        release_object = std::move(potential_release_object);
+                        continue;
                    }
+                    // Do not break, since https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#list-releases
+                    // doesn't specify the order in which release object appear
+                    github_version = std::move(*extracted_version);
+                    release_object = std::move(potential_release_object);
                }
-                else
-                {
-                    const auto body = client.request(Uri{ LATEST_RELEASE_ENDPOINT }).get();
-                    release_object = json::JsonValue::Parse(body).GetObjectW();
-                    if (auto extracted_version = extract_version_from_release_object(release_object))
-                    {
-                        github_version = *extracted_version;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (github_version <= current_version)
-                {
-                    return version_up_to_date{};
-                }
-
-                auto [installer_download_url, installer_filename] = extract_installer_asset_download_info(release_object);
-                return new_version_download_info{ extract_release_page_url(release_object),
-                                                     std::move(github_version),
-                                                     std::move(installer_download_url),
-                                                     std::move(installer_filename) };
            }
-            catch (...)
+            else
            {
+                const auto body = co_await client.request(Uri{ LATEST_RELEASE_ENDPOINT });
+                release_object = json::JsonValue::Parse(body).GetObjectW();
+                if (auto extracted_version = extract_version_from_release_object(release_object))
+                {
+                    github_version = *extracted_version;
+                }
            }
+
+            if (github_version <= current_version)
+            {
+                co_return version_up_to_date{};
+            }
+
+            auto [installer_download_url, installer_filename] = extract_installer_asset_download_info(release_object);
+            co_return new_version_download_info{ extract_release_page_url(release_object),
+                                                 std::move(github_version),
+                                                 std::move(installer_download_url),
+                                                 std::move(installer_filename) };
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+        }
 #if USE_STD_EXPECTED
-            return std::unexpected(NETWORK_ERROR);
+        co_return std::unexpected(NETWORK_ERROR);
 #else
-            return nonstd::make_unexpected(NETWORK_ERROR);
+        co_return nonstd::make_unexpected(NETWORK_ERROR);
 #endif
-        });
    }
 #pragma warning(pop)

@@ -180,32 +172,30 @@ namespace updating

    std::future<std::optional<std::filesystem::path>> download_new_version(const new_version_download_info& new_version)
    {
-        return std::async(std::launch::async, [new_version]() -> std::optional<std::filesystem::path> {
-            auto installer_download_path = create_download_path();
-            if (!installer_download_path)
-            {
-                return std::nullopt;
-            }
+        auto installer_download_path = create_download_path();
+        if (!installer_download_path)
+        {
+            co_return std::nullopt;
+        }

-            *installer_download_path /= new_version.installer_filename;
+        *installer_download_path /= new_version.installer_filename;

-            bool download_success = false;
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS; ++i)
+        bool download_success = false;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS; ++i)
+        {
+            try
            {
-                try
-                {
-                    http::HttpClient client;
-                    client.download(new_version.installer_download_url, *installer_download_path).get();
-                    download_success = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-                catch (...)
-                {
-                    // reattempt to download or do nothing
-                }
+                http::HttpClient client;
+                co_await client.download(new_version.installer_download_url, *installer_download_path);
+                download_success = true;
+                break;
            }
-            return download_success ? installer_download_path : std::nullopt;
-        });
+            catch (...)
+            {
+                // reattempt to download or do nothing
+            }
+        }
+        co_return download_success ? installer_download_path : std::nullopt;
    }

    void cleanup_updates()
--- a/src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\expected.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
--- a/src/common/utils/HttpClient.h
+++ b/src/common/utils/HttpClient.h
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ namespace http
            headers.UserAgent().TryParseAdd(USER_AGENT);
        }

-        winrt::Windows::Foundation::IAsyncOperation<winrt::hstring> request(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri& url)
+        std::future<std::wstring> request(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri& url)
        {
            auto response = co_await m_client.GetAsync(url);
            (void)response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            auto body = co_await response.Content().ReadAsStringAsync();
-            co_return body;
+            co_return std::wstring(body);
        }

-        winrt::Windows::Foundation::IAsyncAction download(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri& url, const std::wstring& dstFilePath)
+        std::future<void> download(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri& url, const std::wstring& dstFilePath)
        {
            auto response = co_await m_client.GetAsync(url);
            (void)response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace http
            file_stream.Close();
        }

-        winrt::Windows::Foundation::IAsyncAction download(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri& url, const std::wstring& dstFilePath, const std::function<void(float)>& progressUpdateCallback)
+        std::future<void> download(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::Uri& url, const std::wstring& dstFilePath, const std::function<void(float)>& progressUpdateCallback)
        {
            auto response = co_await m_client.GetAsync(url, HttpCompletionOption::ResponseHeadersRead);
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
--- a/src/common/utils/OnThreadExecutor.h
+++ b/src/common/utils/OnThreadExecutor.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <queue>
 #include <atomic>
-#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.h>

 // OnThreadExecutor allows its caller to off-load some work to a persistently running background thread.
 // This might come in handy if you use the API which sets thread-wide global state and the state needs
@@ -29,17 +28,13 @@ public:
        _worker_thread.join();
    }

-    winrt::Windows::Foundation::IAsyncAction submit(task_t task)
+    std::future<void> submit(task_t task)
    {
        auto future = task.get_future();
-        {
-            std::lock_guard lock{ _task_mutex };
-            _task_queue.emplace(std::move(task));
-            _task_cv.notify_one();
-        }
-
-        co_await winrt::resume_background();
-        future.wait();
+        std::lock_guard lock{ _task_mutex };
+        _task_queue.emplace(std::move(task));
+        _task_cv.notify_one();
+        return future;
    }

    void cancel()
--- a/src/common/utils/registry.h
+++ b/src/common/utils/registry.h
@@ -16,54 +16,9 @@

 namespace registry
 {
-    namespace detail
-    {
-        struct on_exit
-        {
-            std::function<void()> f;
-
-            on_exit(std::function<void()> f) :
-                f{ std::move(f) } {}
-            ~on_exit() { f(); }
-        };
-
-        template<class... Ts>
-        struct overloaded : Ts...
-        {
-            using Ts::operator()...;
-        };
-
-        template<class... Ts>
-        overloaded(Ts...) -> overloaded<Ts...>;
-
-        inline const wchar_t* getScopeName(HKEY scope)
-        {
-            if (scope == HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
-            {
-                return L"HKLM";
-            }
-            else if (scope == HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
-            {
-                return L"HKCU";
-            }
-            else if (scope == HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)
-            {
-                return L"HKCR";
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return L"HK??";
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
    namespace install_scope
    {
        const wchar_t INSTALL_SCOPE_REG_KEY[] = L"Software\\Classes\\powertoys\\";
-        const wchar_t UNINSTALL_REG_KEY[] = L"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall";
-        
-        // Bundle UpgradeCode from PowerToys.wxs (with braces as stored in registry)
-        const wchar_t BUNDLE_UPGRADE_CODE[] = L"{6341382D-C0A9-4238-9188-BE9607E3FAB2}";

        enum class InstallScope
        {
@@ -71,67 +26,8 @@ namespace registry
            PerUser,
        };

-        // Helper function to find PowerToys bundle in Windows Uninstall registry by BundleUpgradeCode
-        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,
@@ -149,7 +45,6 @@ namespace registry
                                  &perUserKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
                {
                    // both keys are missing
-                    Logger::warn(L"No PowerToys installation detected, defaulting to PerMachine");
                    return InstallScope::PerMachine;
                }
                else
@@ -201,6 +96,47 @@ namespace registry
    template<class>
    inline constexpr bool always_false_v = false;

+    namespace detail
+    {
+        struct on_exit
+        {
+            std::function<void()> f;
+
+            on_exit(std::function<void()> f) :
+                f{ std::move(f) } {}
+            ~on_exit() { f(); }
+        };
+
+        template<class... Ts>
+        struct overloaded : Ts...
+        {
+            using Ts::operator()...;
+        };
+
+        template<class... Ts>
+        overloaded(Ts...) -> overloaded<Ts...>;
+
+        inline const wchar_t* getScopeName(HKEY scope)
+        {
+            if (scope == HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
+            {
+                return L"HKLM";
+            }
+            else if (scope == HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
+            {
+                return L"HKCU";
+            }
+            else if (scope == HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)
+            {
+                return L"HKCR";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return L"HK??";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    struct ValueChange
    {
        using value_t = std::variant<DWORD, std::wstring>;
--- a/src/common/version/version.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/version/version.vcxproj
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC.UnitTests/SettingsResourceTests/SettingsResourceModuleTest`1.cs
+++ b/src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC.UnitTests/SettingsResourceTests/SettingsResourceModuleTest`1.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace PowerToys.DSC.UnitTests.SettingsResourceTests;
 public abstract class SettingsResourceModuleTest<TSettingsConfig> : BaseDscTest
    where TSettingsConfig : ISettingsConfig, new()
 {
-    private readonly SettingsUtils _settingsUtils = SettingsUtils.Default;
+    private readonly SettingsUtils _settingsUtils = new();
    private TSettingsConfig _originalSettings;

    protected TSettingsConfig DefaultSettings => new();
--- a/src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC/Models/FunctionData/SettingsFunctionData`1.cs
+++ b/src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC/Models/FunctionData/SettingsFunctionData`1.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace PowerToys.DSC.Models.FunctionData;
 public sealed class SettingsFunctionData<TSettingsConfig> : BaseFunctionData, ISettingsFunctionData
    where TSettingsConfig : ISettingsConfig, new()
 {
-    private static readonly SettingsUtils _settingsUtils = SettingsUtils.Default;
+    private static readonly SettingsUtils _settingsUtils = new();
    private static readonly TSettingsConfig _settingsConfig = new();

    private readonly SettingsResourceObject<TSettingsConfig> _input;
--- a/src/logging/logging.vcxproj
+++ b/src/logging/logging.vcxproj
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <OutDir>..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/ConvertersTests/HexColorToColorConverterTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/ConvertersTests/HexColorToColorConverterTests.cs
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using AdvancedPaste.Converters;
-using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
-using Windows.UI;
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.UnitTests.ConvertersTests;
-
-[TestClass]
-public sealed class HexColorToColorConverterTests
-{
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_ValidSixDigitHex_ReturnsColor()
-    {
-        Color? result = HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#FFBFAB");
-        Assert.IsNotNull(result);
-
-        var color = (Windows.UI.Color)result;
-        Assert.AreEqual(255, color.R);
-        Assert.AreEqual(191, color.G);
-        Assert.AreEqual(171, color.B);
-        Assert.AreEqual(255, color.A);
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_ValidThreeDigitHex_ReturnsColor()
-    {
-        Color? result = HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#abc");
-        Assert.IsNotNull(result);
-
-        var color = (Windows.UI.Color)result;
-
-        // #abc should expand to #aabbcc
-        Assert.AreEqual(170, color.R); // 0xaa
-        Assert.AreEqual(187, color.G); // 0xbb
-        Assert.AreEqual(204, color.B); // 0xcc
-        Assert.AreEqual(255, color.A);
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_NullOrEmpty_ReturnsNull()
-    {
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb(null));
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb(string.Empty));
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("   "));
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_InvalidHex_ReturnsNull()
-    {
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#GGGGGG"));
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#12345"));
-    }
-}
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/HelpersTests/ClipboardItemHelperTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/HelpersTests/ClipboardItemHelperTests.cs
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using AdvancedPaste.Helpers;
-using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.UnitTests.HelpersTests;
-
-[TestClass]
-public sealed class ClipboardItemHelperTests
-{
-    [TestMethod]
-    [DataRow("#FFBFAB", true)]
-    [DataRow("#000000", true)]
-    [DataRow("#FFFFFF", true)]
-    [DataRow("#fff", true)]
-    [DataRow("#abc", true)]
-    [DataRow("#123456", true)]
-    [DataRow("#AbCdEf", true)]
-    [DataRow("FFBFAB", false)] // Missing #
-    [DataRow("#GGGGGG", false)] // Invalid hex characters
-    [DataRow("#12345", false)] // Wrong length
-    [DataRow("#1234567", false)] // Too long
-    [DataRow("", false)]
-    [DataRow(null, false)]
-    [DataRow("  #FFF  ", true)] // Whitespace should be trimmed
-    [DataRow("Not a color", false)]
-    [DataRow("#", false)]
-    [DataRow("##FFFFFF", false)]
-    public void TestIsRgbHexColor(string input, bool expected)
-    {
-        bool result = ClipboardItemHelper.IsRgbHexColor(input);
-        Assert.AreEqual(expected, result, $"IsRgbHexColor(\"{input}\") should return {expected}");
-    }
-}
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl.xaml
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl.xaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
    mc:Ignorable="d">
    <UserControl.Resources>
        <converters:DateTimeToFriendlyStringConverter x:Key="DateTimeToFriendlyStringConverter" />
-        <converters:HexColorToBrushConverter x:Key="HexColorToBrushConverter" />
        <tkconverters:BoolToVisibilityConverter x:Name="BoolToVisibilityConverter" />
    </UserControl.Resources>
    <Grid ColumnSpacing="12">
@@ -26,26 +25,6 @@
                    Source="{x:Bind ClipboardItem.Image, Mode=OneWay}"
                    Stretch="UniformToFill"
                    Visibility="{x:Bind HasImage, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}" />
-                <!--  Color preview with text  -->
-                <Grid Visibility="{x:Bind HasColor, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}">
-                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
-                        <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
-                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                    <Ellipse
-                        Grid.Column="0"
-                        Width="8"
-                        Height="8"
-                        Margin="8,0,8,0"
-                        Fill="{x:Bind ClipboardItem.Content, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource HexColorToBrushConverter}}" />
-                    <TextBlock
-                        Grid.Column="1"
-                        VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                        FontSize="10"
-                        Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                        Text="{x:Bind ClipboardItem.Content, Mode=OneWay}"
-                        TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
-                </Grid>
                <!--  Text preview  -->
                <TextBlock
                    Margin="8,0,0,0"
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl.xaml.cs
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Controls

        public bool HasImage => ContentImage is not null;

-        public bool HasText => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ContentText) && !HasImage && !HasColor;
+        public bool HasText => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ContentText) && !HasImage;

-        public bool HasGlyph => !HasImage && !HasText && !HasColor && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(IconGlyph);
-
-        public bool HasColor => ClipboardItemHelper.IsRgbHexColor(ContentText);
+        public bool HasGlyph => !HasImage && !HasText && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(IconGlyph);

        public ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl()
        {
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Converters/HexColorConverterHelper.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Converters/HexColorConverterHelper.cs
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.Converters
-{
-    public static class HexColorConverterHelper
-    {
-        public static Windows.UI.Color? ConvertHexColorToRgb(string hexColor)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                // Remove # if present
-                var cleanHex = hexColor.TrimStart('#');
-
-                // Expand 3-digit hex to 6-digit (#ABC -> #AABBCC)
-                if (cleanHex.Length == 3)
-                {
-                    cleanHex = $"{cleanHex[0]}{cleanHex[0]}{cleanHex[1]}{cleanHex[1]}{cleanHex[2]}{cleanHex[2]}";
-                }
-
-                if (cleanHex.Length == 6)
-                {
-                    var r = System.Convert.ToByte(cleanHex.Substring(0, 2), 16);
-                    var g = System.Convert.ToByte(cleanHex.Substring(2, 2), 16);
-                    var b = System.Convert.ToByte(cleanHex.Substring(4, 2), 16);
-
-                    return Windows.UI.Color.FromArgb(255, r, g, b);
-                }
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                // Invalid color format - return null
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Converters/HexColorToBrushConverter.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Converters/HexColorToBrushConverter.cs
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data;
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.Converters
-{
-    public sealed partial class HexColorToBrushConverter : IValueConverter
-    {
-        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, string language)
-            => throw new NotSupportedException();
-
-        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, string language)
-        {
-            if (value is not string hexColor || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(hexColor))
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            Windows.UI.Color? color = HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb(hexColor);
-
-            return color != null ? new SolidColorBrush((Windows.UI.Color)color) : null;
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Pages/MainPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Pages/MainPage.xaml.cs
@@ -198,14 +198,20 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Pages
            }
        }

-        private void ClipboardHistory_ItemInvoked(ItemsView sender, ItemsViewItemInvokedEventArgs args)
+        private async void ClipboardHistory_ItemInvoked(ItemsView sender, ItemsViewItemInvokedEventArgs args)
        {
-            if (args.InvokedItem is ClipboardItem item && item.Item is not null)
+            if (args.InvokedItem is ClipboardItem item)
            {
                PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(new Telemetry.AdvancedPasteClipboardItemClicked());
-
-                // Use SetHistoryItemAsContent to set the clipboard content without creating a new history entry
-                Clipboard.SetHistoryItemAsContent(item.Item);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Content))
+                {
+                    ClipboardHelper.SetTextContent(item.Content);
+                }
+                else if (item.Image is not null)
+                {
+                    RandomAccessStreamReference image = await item.Item.Content.GetBitmapAsync();
+                    ClipboardHelper.SetImageContent(image);
+                }
            }
        }
    }
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/ClipboardItemHelper.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/ClipboardItemHelper.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

 using System;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AdvancedPaste.Models;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging;
@@ -11,11 +10,8 @@ using Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer;

 namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
 {
-    internal static partial class ClipboardItemHelper
+    internal static class ClipboardItemHelper
    {
-        // Compiled regex for better performance when checking multiple clipboard items
-        private static readonly Regex HexColorRegex = HexColorCompiledRegex();
-
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a ClipboardItem from current clipboard data.
        /// </summary>
@@ -59,31 +55,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
            return clipboardItem;
        }

-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if text is a valid RGB hex color (e.g., #FFBFAB or #fff).
-        /// </summary>
-        public static bool IsRgbHexColor(string text)
-        {
-            if (text == null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            string trimmedText = text.Trim();
-            if (trimmedText.Length > 7)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(trimmedText))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // Match #RGB or #RRGGBB format (case-insensitive)
-            return HexColorRegex.IsMatch(trimmedText);
-        }
-
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a BitmapImage from clipboard data.
        /// </summary>
@@ -109,8 +80,5 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers

            return null;
        }
-
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"^#([0-9A-Fa-f]{3}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{6})$")]
-        private static partial Regex HexColorCompiledRegex();
    }
 }
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/AdvancedAIKernelService.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/AdvancedAIKernelService.cs
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ public sealed class AdvancedAIKernelService : KernelServiceBase
        return new OpenAIPromptExecutionSettings
        {
            FunctionChoiceBehavior = FunctionChoiceBehavior.Auto(),
+            Temperature = 0.01,
        };
    }
 }
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/FoundryLocalPasteProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/FoundryLocalPasteProvider.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
        var options = new ChatOptions
        {
            ModelId = modelReference,
-            MaxOutputTokens = 2048,
        };

        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(systemPrompt))
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/SemanticKernelPasteProvider.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/SemanticKernelPasteProvider.cs
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
            {
                AIServiceType.OpenAI or AIServiceType.AzureOpenAI => new OpenAIPromptExecutionSettings
                {
+                    Temperature = 0.01,
+                    MaxTokens = 2000,
                    FunctionChoiceBehavior = null,
                },
                _ => new PromptExecutionSettings(),
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
@@ -312,39 +312,13 @@ private:
        return false;
    }

-    void read_settings(PowerToysSettings::PowerToyValues& settings)
+        void read_settings(PowerToysSettings::PowerToyValues& settings)
    {
        const auto settingsObject = settings.get_raw_json();

        // Migrate Paste As Plain text shortcut
        Hotkey old_paste_as_plain_hotkey;
        bool old_data_migrated = migrate_data_and_remove_data_file(old_paste_as_plain_hotkey);
-
-        if (settingsObject.GetView().Size())
-        {
-            const auto propertiesObject = settingsObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_PROPERTIES);
-
-            m_is_advanced_ai_enabled = has_advanced_ai_provider(propertiesObject);
-
-            if (propertiesObject.HasKey(JSON_KEY_IS_AI_ENABLED))
-            {
-                m_is_ai_enabled = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_IS_AI_ENABLED).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE, false);
-            }
-            else if (propertiesObject.HasKey(JSON_KEY_IS_OPEN_AI_ENABLED))
-            {
-                m_is_ai_enabled = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_IS_OPEN_AI_ENABLED).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE, false);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                m_is_ai_enabled = false;
-            }
-
-            if (propertiesObject.HasKey(JSON_KEY_SHOW_CUSTOM_PREVIEW))
-            {
-                m_preview_custom_format_output = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_SHOW_CUSTOM_PREVIEW).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE);
-            }
-        }
-
        if (old_data_migrated)
        {
            m_paste_as_plain_hotkey = old_paste_as_plain_hotkey;
@@ -431,6 +405,31 @@ private:
                }
            }
        }
+
+        if (settingsObject.GetView().Size())
+        {
+            const auto propertiesObject = settingsObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_PROPERTIES);
+
+            m_is_advanced_ai_enabled = has_advanced_ai_provider(propertiesObject);
+
+            if (propertiesObject.HasKey(JSON_KEY_IS_AI_ENABLED))
+            {
+                m_is_ai_enabled = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_IS_AI_ENABLED).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE, false);
+            }
+            else if (propertiesObject.HasKey(JSON_KEY_IS_OPEN_AI_ENABLED))
+            {
+                m_is_ai_enabled = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_IS_OPEN_AI_ENABLED).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE, false);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                m_is_ai_enabled = false;
+            }
+
+            if (propertiesObject.HasKey(JSON_KEY_SHOW_CUSTOM_PREVIEW))
+            {
+                m_preview_custom_format_output = propertiesObject.GetNamedObject(JSON_KEY_SHOW_CUSTOM_PREVIEW).GetNamedBoolean(JSON_KEY_VALUE);
+            }
+        }
    }

    // Load the settings file.
--- a/src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  </ItemGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '16.0'">v142</PlatformToolset>
    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '17.0'">v143</PlatformToolset>
    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '18.0'">v143</PlatformToolset>
--- a/src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLockModuleInterface/CropAndLockModuleInterface.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLockModuleInterface/CropAndLockModuleInterface.vcxproj
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.vcxproj
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithContextMenu/FileLocksmithContextMenu.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithContextMenu/FileLocksmithContextMenu.vcxproj
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithExt/FileLocksmithExt.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithExt/FileLocksmithExt.vcxproj
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLib/FileLocksmithLib.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLib/FileLocksmithLib.vcxproj
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
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