fix neatpicks

Updated ZoomIt docs to add Debug instructions.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ body:
 - type: markdown
   attributes:
     value: Please make sure to [search for existing issues](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues) before filing a new one!
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      We are aware of the following high-volume issues and are actively working on them. Please check if your issue is one of these before filing a new bug report:
-      * **PowerToys Run crash related to "Desktop composition is disabled"**: This may appear as `COMException: 0x80263001`. For more details, see issue [#31226](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/31226).
-      * **PowerToys Run crash with `COMException (0xD0000701)`**: For more details, see issue [#30769](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/30769).
-      * **PowerToys Run crash with a "Cyclic reference" error**: This `System.InvalidOperationException` is detailed in issue [#36451](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/36451).
 - id: version
   type: input
   attributes:
@@ -65,7 +58,6 @@ body:
       - Image Resizer
       - Installer
       - Keyboard Manager
-      - Light Switch
       - Mouse Utilities
       - Mouse Without Borders
       - New+

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/translation_issue.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ body:
     - Image Resizer
     - Installer
     - Keyboard Manager
-    - Light Switch
     - Mouse Utilities
     - Mouse Without Borders
     - New+

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

@@ -29,14 +29,11 @@ RUS
 AYUV
 bak
 Bcl
-bgcode
-Deflatealgorithm
 exa
 exabyte
 Gbits
 Gbps
 gcode
-Heatshrink
 Mbits
 MBs
 mkv
@@ -56,8 +53,6 @@ YVU
 YVYU
 zipfolder
 CODEOWNERS
-VNext
-vnext
 
 # FONTS
 
@@ -94,33 +89,19 @@ onefuzzingestionpreparationtool
 OTP
 Yubi
 Yubico
-Perplexity
-Groq
 svgl
 
 # KEYS
 
 altdown
 BUTTONUP
-bafunctions
-Baf
-Bitness
-BUILDARCHSHORT
 CTRLALTDEL
 Ctrls
-CSilent
-CBal
-CREATEBAFUNCTIONS
-CPrereq
-dirutil
-DUtil
-Editbox
 EXSEL
 HOLDENTER
 HOLDESC
 HOLDSPACE
 HOLDBACKSPACE
-IDIGNORE
 KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT
 keyevent
 LAlt
@@ -132,16 +113,12 @@ LCONTROL
 LCtrl
 LEFTDOWN
 LEFTUP
-locutil
-logutil
-msimg
 MBUTTON
 MBUTTONDBLCLK
 MBUTTONDOWN
 MBUTTONUP
 MIDDLEDOWN
 MIDDLEUP
-memutil
 NCRBUTTONDBLCLK
 NCRBUTTONDOWN
 NCRBUTTONUP
@@ -154,18 +131,8 @@ RCONTROL
 RCtrl
 RIGHTDOWN
 RIGHTUP
-Richedit
-rgwz
-resrutil
-srd
-scz
-shelutil
-thmutil
-uriutil
 VKTAB
-wcautil
 winkey
-wininet
 WMKEYDOWN
 WMKEYUP
 WMSYSKEYDOWN
@@ -175,7 +142,6 @@ XBUTTONDBLCLK
 XBUTTONDOWN
 XBUTTONUP
 XDOWN
-xmlutil
 
 # Prefix
 pcs
@@ -313,29 +279,3 @@ xef
 xes
 PACKAGEVERSIONNUMBER
 APPXMANIFESTVERSION
-
-# MRU lists
-CACHEWRITE
-MRUCMPPROC
-MRUINFO
-REGSTR
-
-# Misc Win32 APIs and PInvokes
-INVOKEIDLIST
-
-# PowerRename metadata pattern abbreviations (used in tests and regex patterns)
-DDDD
-FFF
-HHH
-riday
-YYY
-
-# GitHub issue/PR commands
-azp
-feedbackhub
-needinfo
-reportbug
-
-#ffmpeg
-crf
-nostdin

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

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ clayton
 Coplen
 craigloewen
 crutkas
-Chubercik
 damienleroy
 daverayment
 davidegiacometti
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ capturevideosample
 cmdow
 Controlz
 cortana
-devhints
 dlnilsson
 fancymouse
 firefox
@@ -228,7 +226,6 @@ regedit
 roslyn
 Skia
 Spotify
-tldr
 Vanara
 wangyi
 WEX

.github/actions/spell-check/candidate.patterns

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # D2D
 #D?2D
 
-# Repeated letters
-\b([a-z])\g{-1}{2,}\b
-
 # marker to ignore all code on line
 ^.*/\* #no-spell-check-line \*/.*$
 # marker to ignore all code on line
@@ -13,9 +10,6 @@
 # cspell inline
 ^.*\b[Cc][Ss][Pp][Ee][Ll]{2}:\s*[Dd][Ii][Ss][Aa][Bb][Ll][Ee]-[Ll][Ii][Nn][Ee]\b
 
-# copyright
-Copyright (?:\([Cc]\)|)(?:[-\d, ]|and)+(?: [A-Z][a-z]+ [A-Z][a-z]+,?)+
-
 # patch hunk comments
 ^@@ -\d+(?:,\d+|) \+\d+(?:,\d+|) @@ .*
 # git index header
@@ -24,9 +18,6 @@ index (?:[0-9a-z]{7,40},|)[0-9a-z]{7,40}\.\.[0-9a-z]{7,40}
 # file permissions
 ['"`\s][-bcdLlpsw](?:[-r][-w][-Ssx]){2}[-r][-w][-SsTtx]\+?['"`\s]
 
-# css fonts
-\bfont(?:-family|):[^;}]+
-
 # css url wrappings
 \burl\([^)]+\)
 
@@ -38,7 +29,7 @@ index (?:[0-9a-z]{7,40},|)[0-9a-z]{7,40}\.\.[0-9a-z]{7,40}
 # data url in quotes
 ([`'"])data:(?:[^ `'"].*?|)(?:[A-Z]{3,}|[A-Z][a-z]{2,}|[a-z]{3,}).*\g{-1}
 # data url
-\bdata:[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+_]*,\S*
+\bdata:[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]*,\S*
 
 # https/http/file urls
 #(?:\b(?:https?|ftp|file)://)[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/*%?=~_|!:,.;]+[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/*%=~_|]
@@ -77,8 +68,6 @@ magnet:[?=:\w]+
 
 # Amazon
 \bamazon\.com/[-\w]+/(?:dp/[0-9A-Z]+|)
-# AWS ARN
-arn:aws:[-/:\w]+
 # AWS S3
 \b\w*\.s3[^.]*\.amazonaws\.com/[-\w/&#%_?:=]*
 # AWS execute-api
@@ -105,8 +94,6 @@ vpc-\w+
 \bgoogle-analytics\.com/collect.[-0-9a-zA-Z?%=&_.~]*
 # Google APIs
 \bgoogleapis\.(?:com|dev)/[a-z]+/(?:v\d+/|)[a-z]+/[-@:./?=\w+|&]+
-# Google Artifact Registry
-\.pkg\.dev(?:/[-\w]+)+(?::[-\w]+|)
 # Google Storage
 \b[-a-zA-Z0-9.]*\bstorage\d*\.googleapis\.com(?:/\S*|)
 # Google Calendar
@@ -142,8 +129,6 @@ themes\.googleusercontent\.com/static/fonts/[^/\s"]+/v\d+/[^.]+.
 \bscholar\.google\.com/citations\?user=[A-Za-z0-9_]+
 # Google Colab Research Drive
 \bcolab\.research\.google\.com/drive/[-0-9a-zA-Z_?=]*
-# Google Cloud regions
-(?:us|(?:north|south)america|europe|asia|australia|me|africa)-(?:north|south|east|west|central){1,2}\d+
 
 # GitHub SHAs (api)
 \bapi.github\.com/repos(?:/[^/\s"]+){3}/[0-9a-f]+\b
@@ -182,12 +167,6 @@ GHSA(?:-[0-9a-z]{4}){3}
 # GitLab commits
 \bgitlab\.[^/\s"]*/(?:[^/\s"]+/){2}commits?/[0-9a-f]+\b
 
-# #includes
-^\s*#include\s*(?:<.*?>|".*?")
-
-# #pragma lib
-^\s*#pragma comment\(lib, ".*?"\)
-
 # binance
 accounts\.binance\.com/[a-z/]*oauth/authorize\?[-0-9a-zA-Z&%]*
 
@@ -240,7 +219,7 @@ accounts\.binance\.com/[a-z/]*oauth/authorize\?[-0-9a-zA-Z&%]*
 \bmedium\.com/@?[^/\s"]+/[-\w]+
 
 # microsoft
-\b(?:https?://|)(?:(?:(?:blogs|download\.visualstudio|docs|msdn2?|research)\.|)microsoft|blogs\.msdn)\.co(?:m|\.\w\w)/[-_a-zA-Z0-9()=./%]*
+\b(?:https?://|)(?:(?:download\.visualstudio|docs|msdn2?|research)\.microsoft|blogs\.msdn)\.com/[-_a-zA-Z0-9()=./%]*
 # powerbi
 \bapp\.powerbi\.com/reportEmbed/[^"' ]*
 # vs devops
@@ -414,7 +393,7 @@ ipfs://[0-9a-zA-Z]{3,}
 \bgetopts\s+(?:"[^"]+"|'[^']+')
 
 # ANSI color codes
-(?:\\(?:u00|x)1[Bb]|\\03[1-7]|\x1b|\\u\{1[Bb]\})\[\d+(?:;\d+)*m
+(?:\\(?:u00|x)1[Bb]|\x1b|\\u\{1[Bb]\})\[\d+(?:;\d+|)m
 
 # URL escaped characters
 %[0-9A-F][A-F](?=[A-Za-z])
@@ -450,14 +429,10 @@ sha\d+:[0-9a-f]*?[a-f]{3,}[0-9a-f]*
 # pki (base64)
 LS0tLS1CRUdJT.*
 
-# C# includes
-^\s*using [^;]+;
-
 # uuid:
 \b[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-){3}[0-9a-fA-F]{12}\b
 # hex digits including css/html color classes:
-(?:[\\0][xX]|\\u\{?|[uU]\+|#x?|%23|&H)[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*?[a-fA-FgGrR]{2,}[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*(?:[uUlL]{0,3}|[iu]\d+)\b
-
+(?:[\\0][xX]|\\u|[uU]\+|#x?|%23)[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*?[a-fA-FgGrR]{2,}[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*(?:[uUlL]{0,3}|[iu]\d+)\b
 # integrity
 integrity=(['"])(?:\s*sha\d+-[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{40,})+\g{-1}
 
@@ -475,10 +450,7 @@ integrity=(['"])(?:\s*sha\d+-[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{40,})+\g{-1}
 Name\[[^\]]+\]=.*
 
 # IServiceProvider / isAThing
-(?:(?:\b|_|(?<=[a-z]))I|(?:\b|_)(?:nsI|isA))(?=(?:[A-Z][a-z]{2,})+(?:[A-Z\d]|\b))
-
-# python
-#\b(?i)py(?!gments|gmy|lon|ramid|ro|th)(?=[a-z]{2,})
+(?:\b|_)(?:(?:ns|)I|isA)(?=(?:[A-Z][a-z]{2,})+(?:[A-Z\d]|\b))
 
 # crypt
 (['"])\$2[ayb]\$.{56}\g{-1}
@@ -492,14 +464,17 @@ Name\[[^\]]+\]=.*
 # machine learning (?)
 #\b(?i)ml(?=[a-z]{2,})
 
+# python
+#\b(?i)py(?!gments|gmy|lon|ramid|ro|th)(?=[a-z]{2,})
+
 # scrypt / argon
 \$(?:scrypt|argon\d+[di]*)\$\S+
 
 # go.sum
 \bh1:\S+
 
-# imports
-^import\s+(?:(?:static|type)\s+|)(?:[\w.]|\{\s*\w*?(?:,\s*(?:\w*|\*))+\s*\})+
+# scala imports
+^import (?:[\w.]|\{\w*?(?:,\s*(?:\w*|\*))+\})+
 
 # scala modules
 #("[^"]+"\s*%%?\s*){2,3}"[^"]+"
@@ -508,13 +483,13 @@ Name\[[^\]]+\]=.*
 image: [-\w./:@]+
 
 # Docker images
-^\s*(?i)FROM\s+\S+:\S+(?:\s+AS\s+\S+|)
+^\s*FROM\s+\S+:\S+(?:\s+AS\s+\S+|)
 
 # `docker images` REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
 \s*\S+/\S+\s+\S+\s+[0-9a-f]{8,}\s+\d+\s+(?:hour|day|week)s ago\s+[\d.]+[KMGT]B
 
 # Intel intrinsics
-_mm\d*_(?!dd)\w+
+_mm_(?!dd)\w+
 
 # Input to GitHub JSON
 content: (['"])[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]*=\g{-1}
@@ -548,7 +523,7 @@ content: (['"])[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]*=\g{-1}
 # javascript replace regex
 \.replace\(/[^/\s"]{3,}/[gim]*\s*,
 # assign regex
-= /[^*].*?(?:[a-z]{3,}|[A-Z]{3,}|[A-Z][a-z]{2,}).*/[gim]*(?=\W|$)
+= /[^*].*?(?:[a-z]{3,}|[A-Z]{3,}|[A-Z][a-z]{2,}).*/[gi]?(?=\W|$)
 # perl regex test
 [!=]~ (?:/.*/|m\{.*?\}|m<.*?>|m([|!/@#,;']).*?\g{-1})
 
@@ -562,7 +537,7 @@ perl(?:\s+-[a-zA-Z]\w*)+
 #(?:\d|\bh)to(?!ken)(?=[a-z])|to(?=[adhiklpun]\()
 
 # Go regular expressions
-regexp?\.MustCompile\((?:`[^`]*`|".*"|'.*')\)
+regexp?\.MustCompile\(`[^`]*`\)
 
 # regex choice
 \(\?:[^)]+\|[^)]+\)
@@ -610,7 +585,7 @@ urn:shemas-jetbrains-com
 # xcode
 
 # xcodeproject scenes
-(?:Controller|destination|(?:first|second)Item|ID|id)="\w{3}-\w{2}-\w{3}"
+(?:Controller|destination|ID|id)="\w{3}-\w{2}-\w{3}"
 
 # xcode api botches
 customObjectInstantitationMethod
@@ -625,33 +600,27 @@ PrependWithABINamepsace
 \.fa-[-a-z0-9]+
 
 # bearer auth
-(['"])[Bb]ear[e][r] .{3,}?\g{-1}
+(['"])[Bb]ear[e][r] .*?\g{-1}
 
 # bearer auth
-\b[Bb]ear[e][r]:? [-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+.]{3,}
+\b[Bb]ear[e][r]:? [-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+.]+
 
 # basic auth
 (['"])[Bb]asic [-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{3,}\g{-1}
 
-# basic auth
-: [Bb]asic [-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+.]{3,}
-
 # base64 encoded content
 #([`'"])[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{3,}=\g{-1}
 # base64 encoded content in xml/sgml
 >[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{3,}=</
 # base64 encoded content, possibly wrapped in mime
-#(?:^|[\s=;:?])[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{50,}(?:[\s=;:?]|$)
+(?:^|[\s=;:?])[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{50,}(?:[\s=;:?]|$)
 # base64 encoded json
 \beyJ[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]+
 # base64 encoded pkcs
-#\bMII[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]+
-
-# uuencoded
-#[!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_]{40,}
+\bMII[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]+
 
 # DNS rr data
-#(?:\d+\s+){3}(?:[-+/=.\w]{2,}\s*){1,2}
+(?:\d+\s+){3}(?:[-+/=.\w]{2,}\s*){1,2}
 
 # encoded-word
 =\?[-a-zA-Z0-9"*%]+\?[BQ]\?[^?]{0,75}\?=
@@ -660,7 +629,7 @@ PrependWithABINamepsace
 \bnumer\b(?=.*denom)
 
 # Time Zones
-\b(?:Africa|Atlantic|America|Antarctica|Arctic|Asia|Australia|Europe|Indian|Pacific)(?:/[-\w]+)+
+\b(?:Africa|Atlantic|America|Antarctica|Asia|Australia|Europe|Indian|Pacific)(?:/\w+)+
 
 # linux kernel info
 ^(?:bugs|flags|Features)\s+:.*
@@ -700,13 +669,13 @@ systemd.*?running in system mode \([-+].*\)$
 TeX/AMS
 
 # File extensions
-#\*\.[+\w]+,
+\*\.[+\w]+,
 
 # eslint
 "varsIgnorePattern": ".+"
 
 # nolint
-nolint:\s*[\w,]+
+nolint:\w+
 
 # Windows short paths
 [/\\][^/\\]{5,6}~\d{1,2}(?=[/\\])
@@ -714,9 +683,6 @@ nolint:\s*[\w,]+
 # Windows Resources with accelerators
 \b[A-Z]&[a-z]+\b(?!;)
 
-# signed off by
-(?i)Signed-off-by: .*
-
 # cygwin paths
 /cygdrive/[a-zA-Z]/(?:Program Files(?: \(.*?\)| ?)(?:/[-+.~\\/()\w ]+)*|[-+.~\\/()\w])+
 
@@ -749,31 +715,29 @@ W/"[^"]+"
 
 # Compiler flags (Unix, Java/Scala)
 # Use if you have things like `-Pdocker` and want to treat them as `docker`
-#(?:^|[\t ,>"'`=(#])-(?:(?:J-|)[DPWXY]|[Llf])(?=[A-Z]{2,}|[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z]{2,})
+#(?:^|[\t ,>"'`=(])-(?:(?:J-|)[DPWXY]|[Llf])(?=[A-Z]{2,}|[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z]{2,})
 
 # Compiler flags (Windows / PowerShell)
 # This is a subset of the more general compiler flags pattern.
 # It avoids matching `-Path` to prevent it from being treated as `ath`
-#(?:^|[\t ,"'`=(#])-(?:[DPL](?=[A-Z]{2,})|[WXYlf](?=[A-Z]{2,}|[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z]{2,}))
+#(?:^|[\t ,"'`=(])-(?:[DPL](?=[A-Z]{2,})|[WXYlf](?=[A-Z]{2,}|[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z]{2,}))
 
 # Compiler flags (linker)
 ,-B
 
-# Library prefix
-# e.g., `lib`+`archive`, `lib`+`raw`, `lib`+`unwind`
-# (ignores some words that happen to start with `lib`)
-(?:\b|_)[Ll]ib(?:re(?=office)|)(?!era[lt]|ero|erty|rar(?:i(?:an|es)|y))(?=[a-z])
-
-# iSCSI iqn (approximate regex)
-\biqn\.[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}(?:[\.-][a-z][a-z0-9]*)*\b
+# libraries
+(?:\b|_)lib(?:re(?=office)|)(?!era[lt]|ero|erty|rar(?:i(?:an|es)|y))(?=[a-z])
 
 # WWNN/WWPN (NAA identifiers)
 \b(?:0x)?10[0-9a-f]{14}\b|\b(?:0x|3)?[25][0-9a-f]{15}\b|\b(?:0x|3)?6[0-9a-f]{31}\b
 
+# iSCSI iqn (approximate regex)
+\biqn\.[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}(?:[\.-][a-z][a-z0-9]*)*\b
+
 # curl arguments
 \b(?:\\n|)curl(?:\.exe|)(?:\s+-[a-zA-Z]{1,2}\b)*(?:\s+-[a-zA-Z]{3,})(?:\s+-[a-zA-Z]+)*
 # set arguments
-\b(?:bash|sh|set)(?:\s+[-+][abefimouxE]{1,2})*\s+[-+][abefimouxE]{3,}(?:\s+[-+][abefimouxE]+)*
+\b(?:bash|sh|set)(?:\s+-[abefimouxE]{1,2})*\s+-[abefimouxE]{3,}(?:\s+-[abefimouxE]+)*
 # tar arguments
 \b(?:\\n|)g?tar(?:\.exe|)(?:(?:\s+--[-a-zA-Z]+|\s+-[a-zA-Z]+|\s[ABGJMOPRSUWZacdfh-pr-xz]+\b)(?:=[^ ]*|))+
 # tput arguments -- https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/terminfo.5.html -- technically they can be more than 5 chars long...

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

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 /TestFiles/
 [^/]\.cur$
 [^/]\.gcode$
-[^/]\.bgcode$
 [^/]\.rgs$
 \.a$
 \.ai$
@@ -74,9 +73,7 @@
 \.qm$
 \.s$
 \.sig$
-\.snk$
 \.so$
-\.stl$
 \.svgz?$
 \.sys$
 \.tar$
@@ -93,47 +90,40 @@
 \.xz$
 \.zip$
 ^\.github/actions/spell-check/
-^\.github/workflows/spelling\d*\.yml$
 ^\.gitmodules$
+^\Q.github/workflows/spelling2.yml\E$
+^\Q.pipelines/272MSSharedLibSN2048.snk\E$
 ^\Q.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json\E$
 ^\Qdoc/devdocs/localization.md\E$
+^\Qsrc/common/ManagedCommon/ColorFormatHelper.cs\E$
+^\Qsrc/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/cpp.hint\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/cmdpal/doc/initial-sdk-spec/list-elements-mock-002.pdn\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/colorPicker/ColorPickerUI/Assets/ColorPicker/colorPicker.cur\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/colorPicker/ColorPickerUI/Shaders/GridShader.cso\E$
 ^\Qsrc/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJump.Common/NativeMethods/User32/UI/WindowsAndMessaging/User32.SYSTEM_METRICS_INDEX.cs\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJumpUI/MainForm.resx\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmAbout.cs\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmInputCallback.resx\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmLogon.resx\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmMatrix.resx\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmMessage.resx\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmMouseCursor.resx\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmScreen.resx\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/ModuleInterface/generateSecurityDescriptor.h\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/peek/Peek.Common/NativeMethods.txt\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/previewpane/SvgPreviewHandler/SvgHTMLPreviewGenerator.cs\E$
+^\Qsrc/modules/previewpane/UnitTests-StlThumbnailProvider/HelperFiles/sample.stl\E$
+^\Qtools/project_template/ModuleTemplate/resource.h\E$
 ^doc/devdocs/akaLinks\.md$
-^NOTICE\.md$
-^src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/exprtk\.hpp$
-^src/common/ManagedCommon/ColorFormatHelper\.cs$
-^src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/cpp\.hint$
-^src/common/sysinternals/Eula/
-^src/modules/cmdpal/doc/initial-sdk-spec/list-elements-mock-002\.pdn$
-^src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/Pages/SampleMarkdownImagesPage\.cs$
-^src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPickerUI/Shaders/GridShader\.cso$
 ^src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft\.PowerToys\.Run\.Plugin\.TimeDate/Properties/
-^src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJumpUI/MainForm\.resx$
 ^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/.*/NativeMethods\.cs$
 ^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/.*\.Designer\.cs$
 ^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/.*\.resx$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmAbout\.cs$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmInputCallback\.resx$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmLogon\.resx$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmMatrix\.resx$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmMessage\.resx$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmMouseCursor\.resx$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/frmScreen\.resx$
 ^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Helper/.*\.resx$
-^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/ModuleInterface/generateSecurityDescriptor\.h$
-^src/modules/peek/Peek.Common/NativeMethods\.txt$
-^src/modules/peek/Peek.UITests/TestAssets/4\.qoi$
-^src/modules/powerrename/PowerRenameUITest/testItems/folder1/testCase2\.txt$
-^src/modules/powerrename/PowerRenameUITest/testItems/folder2/SpecialCase\.txt$
-^src/modules/powerrename/PowerRenameUITest/testItems/testCase1\.txt$
-^src/modules/previewpane/SvgPreviewHandler/SvgHTMLPreviewGenerator\.cs$
 ^src/modules/previewpane/UnitTests-MarkdownPreviewHandler/HelperFiles/MarkdownWithHTMLImageTag\.txt$
-^src/modules/registrypreview/RegistryPreviewUILib/Controls/HexBox/.*$
 ^src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt\.idc$
 ^src/Monaco/
-^tools/project_template/ModuleTemplate/resource\.h$
+^src/common/sysinternals/Eula/
 ^tools/Verification scripts/Check preview handler registration\.ps1$
 ignore$
 ^src/modules/registrypreview/RegistryPreviewUILib/Controls/HexBox/.*$
-^src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/exprtk\.hpp$
-src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/Pages/SampleMarkdownImagesPage.cs

.github/actions/spell-check/line_forbidden.patterns

@@ -8,31 +8,6 @@
 # you might not want to check in code where you skip all the other tests.
 #\bfit\(
 
-# English does not use a hyphen between adverbs and nouns
-# https://twitter.com/nyttypos/status/1894815686192685239
-(?:^|\s)[A-Z]?[a-z]+ly-(?=[a-z]{3,})(?:[.,?!]?\s|$)
-
-# Smart quotes should match
-\s’[^.?!‘’]+’[^.?!‘’]+‘[^.?!‘’]+’|\s‘[^.?!‘’]+’[^.?!‘’]+’[^.?!‘’]+’|\s”[^.?!“”]+”[^.?!“”]+“[^.?!“”]+”|\s“[^.?!“”]+”[^.?!“”]+”[^.?!“”]+”
-
-# Don't use `requires that` + `to be`
-# https://twitter.com/nyttypos/status/1894816551435641027
-\brequires that \w+\b[^.]+to be\b
-
-# A fully parenthetical sentence’s period goes inside the parentheses, not outside.
-# https://twitter.com/nyttypos/status/1898844061873639490
-\([A-Z][a-z]{2,}(?: [a-z]+){3,}\)\.\s
-
-# Complete sentences shouldn't be in the middle of another sentence as a parenthetical.
-(?<!\.)(?<!\betc)\.\),
-
-# Complete sentences in parentheticals should not have a space before the period.
-\s\.\)(?!.*\}\})
-
-# This probably indicates Mojibake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake
-# You probably should try to unbake this content
-Ã(?:Â[¤¶¥]|[£¢])|Ã
-
 # Should be `HH:MM:SS`
 \bHH:SS:MM\b
 
@@ -49,74 +24,18 @@
 # Should be `a priori` or `and prior`
 (?i)(?<!posteriori)\sand priori\s
 
-# Should be `a`
-\san (?=(?:[b-df-gj-npqtv-xz]|h(?!our|tml|ttp)|r(?!c\b)|s(?!sh|vg))[a-z])
-
-# Articles generally shouldn't be used without a noun and a verb
-# - Perhaps you're missing a verb between the noun and the second article.
-# - Or, perhaps you should remove the first verb and treat the intervening word as a verb?
-# - In some cases you should add a `,` between the noun and the second article.
-\s(?:an?|the(?! action))\s(?!way|wh|how\b)[A-Za-z][a-z]+[a-qs-z]\s(?:a(?! bit)n?|the)\s
-
 # Should only be one of `a`, `an`, or `the`
 \b(?:(?:an?|the)\s+){2,}\b
 
-# Should be a list `something, a second thing, or a third thing` or `something, a thing to do a thing`
-# -- This rule is experimental, if you find it has a high false-positive rate, please let the maintainer know
-#(?:^|[?!.] )[^()?!;,.]+, a(?:\s+(?!to\b)\w+)+?\s+an?\b
-
-# Should only be `are` or `can`, not both
-\b(?:(?:are|can)\s+){2,}\b
-
-# Should probably be `ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ`
-(?i)(?!ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)ABC[A-Z]{21}YZ
-
-# Should be `an`
-#(?<!\b[Ii] |\.)\bam\b
-
 # Should be `anymore`
 \bany more[,.]
 
-# Should be `Ask`
-(?:^|[.?]\s+)As\s+[A-Z][a-z]{2,}\s[^.?]*?(?:how|if|wh\w+)\b
-
-# Should be `at one fell swoop`
-# and only when talking about killing, not some other completion
-# Act 4 Scene 3, Macbeth
-# https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=macbeth&Act=4&Scene=3&Scope=scene
-\bin one fell s[lw]?oop\b
-
 # Should be `'`
-(?i)\b(?:(?:i|s?he|they|what|who|you)[`"]ll|(?:are|ca|did|do|does|ha[ds]|have|is|should|were|wo|would)n[`"]t|(?:s?he|let|that|there|what|where|who)[`"]s|(?:i|they|we|what|who|you)[`"]ve)\b
-
-# Should be `background` / `intro text` / `introduction` / `prologue` unless it's a brand or relates to _subterfuge_
-(?i)\bpretext\b
-
-# Should be `bearer`
-\b(?<=the )burden(?= of bad news\b)
-
-# Should be `bona`
-# unless talking about bones
-\bbone(?= fide\b)
-
-# Should be `branches`
-# ... unless it's really about the meal that replaces breakfast and lunch.
-\b[Bb]runches\b
+(?i)\b(?:(?:i|s?he|they|what|who|you)"ll|(?:are|ca|did|do|does|ha[ds]|have|is|should|were|wo|would)n"t|(?:s?he|let|that|there|what|where|who)"s|(?:i|they|we|what|who|you)"ve)\b
 
 # Should be `briefcase`
 \bbrief-case\b
 
-# Should be `by far` or `far and away`
-\bby far and away\b
-
-# Should be `by and large`
-\bby in large\b
-
-# Should be `bytes`
-# unless talking about sports where a team gets to skip a game, or
-# saying `goodbyes` (even this is questionable)
-(?<!\\)\bbyes\b
-
 # Should be `can, not only ..., ... also...`
 \bcan not only.*can also\b
 
@@ -127,10 +46,7 @@
 # > In formal writing and where contractions are frowned upon, use `cannot`.
 # > It is possible to write `can not`, but you generally find it only as part of some other construction, such as `not only . . . but also.`
 # - if you encounter such a case, add a pattern for that case to patterns.txt.
-\b[Cc]an not\b(?! only\b)
-
-# Should be `chart`
-(?i)\bhelm\b.*\bchard\b
+\b[Cc]an not\b
 
 # Do not use `(click) here` links
 # For more information, see:
@@ -140,49 +56,19 @@
 # * https://heyoka.medium.com/dont-use-click-here-f32f445d1021
 (?i)(?:>|\[)(?:(?:click |)here|this(?=\]\([^\)]+:/)|link|(?:read |)more(?!</value))(?:</|\]\()
 
-# Including "image of" or "picture of" in alt text is unnecessary.
-\balt=['"](?:an? |)(?:image|picture) of
-
-# Alt text should be short
-\balt=(?:'[^']{126,}'|"[^"]{126,}")
-
-# Should be `effect`
-(?<=\btake )affect\b
-
-# Should be `-endian`
-\b(?i)(?<=big|little) endian\b
-
 # Should be `equals` to `is equal to`
 \bequals to\b
 
-# Should be `ECMA` 262 (JavaScript)
-(?i)\bTS\/EMCA\b|\bEMCA(?: \d|\s*Script)|\bEMCA\b(?=.*\bTS\b)
-
-# Should be `ECMA` 340 (Near Field Communications)
-(?i)EMCA[- ]340
-
-# Should be `fall back`
-\bfallback(?= to)\b
-
-# Should be `for`, `for, to` or `to`
-\b(?:for to|to for)\b
-
 # Should be `GitHub`
 (?<![&*.]|// |\b(?:from|import|type) )\bGithub\b(?![{()])
 
 # Should be `GitLab`
 (?<![&*.]|// |\b(?:from|import|type) )\bGitlab\b(?![{()])
 
-# Should be `heartrending` unless talking about drawing hearts
-\b(?i)heart[- ]rendering\b(?![^.?!]*(?:hearts|quirk))
-
 # Should probably be `https://`...
 # Markdown generally doesn't assume that links are to urls
 \]\(www\.\w
 
-# Should be `intents and purposes`
-(?<=[Ff]or all )intensive purposes\b
-
 # Should be `JavaScript`
 \bJavascript\b
 
@@ -198,14 +84,11 @@
 # Should be `RabbitMQ`
 \bRabbitmq\b
 
-# Should be `TensorFlow`
-\bTensorflow\b
-
 # Should be `TypeScript`
 \bTypescript\b
 
 # Should be `another`
-\ban[- ]other(?!-)\b
+\ban[- ]other\b
 
 # Should be `case-(in)sensitive`
 \bcase (?:in|)sensitive\b
@@ -225,14 +108,11 @@
 # Should be `here-in`, `the`, `them`, `this`, `these` or reworded in some other way
 \bthe here(?:\.|,| (?!and|defined))
 
-# Should be `going to bed` or `going to a bad`
-\bgoing to bad(?!-)\b
-
 # Should be `greater than`
-#\bhigher than\b
+\bhigher than\b
 
-# Should be `ID` (unless it's a flag/property)
-#(?<![-\.])\bId\b(?![(])
+# Should be `ID`
+#\bId\b
 
 # Should be `in front of`
 \bin from of\b
@@ -245,26 +125,14 @@
 # Should be `use`
 \sin used by\b
 
-# Should be `in-depth` if used as an adjective (but `in depth` when used as an adverb)
-\bin depth\s(?!rather\b)\w{6,}
-
-# Should be `in-flight` or `on the fly` (unless actually talking about airline flights)
-\bon[- ]flight\b(?!=\s+(?:(?:\w{2}|)\d+|availability|booking|computer|data|delay|departure|management|performance|radar|reservation|scheduling|software|status|ticket|time|type|.*(?:hotel|taxi)))
-
 # Should be `is obsolete`
 \bis obsolescent\b
 
 # Should be `it's` or `its`
-(?<![.'])\bits['’]
+\bits['’]
 
 # Should be `its`
-\bit's(?= (?:child|only purpose|own(?:er|)|parent|sibling)\b)
-
-# Should be `for its` (possessive) or `because it is`
-\bfor it(?:'s| is)\b
-
-# Should be `lends`
-\bleads(?= credence)
+\bit's(?= own\b)
 
 # Should be `log in`
 \blogin to the
@@ -272,34 +140,12 @@
 # Should be `long-standing`
 \blong standing\b
 
-# Should be `lose`
-(?<=\bwill )loose\b
-
-# `apt-key` is deprecated
-# ... instead you should be writing a pair of files:
-# ... * the gpg key added to a distinct key ring file based on your project/distro/key...
-# ... * the sources.list in a district file -- not simply appended to `/etc/apt/sources.list` -- (there is a newer format [DEB822](https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/dpkg-dev/deb822.5.en.html)) that references the gpg key.
-# Consider:
-# ````sh
-# curl http://download.something.example.com/$DISTRO/Release.key | \
-#     gpg --dearmor --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/something-distro.gpg
-# echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/something-distro.gpg] http://download.something.example.com/repositories/home:/$DISTRO ./" \
-#     >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/something-distro.list
-# ````
-\bapt-key add\b
-
-# Should be `nearby`
-\bnear by\b
-
 # Should probably be a person named `Nick` or the abbreviation `NIC`
 \bNic\b
 
 # Should be `not supposed`
 \bsupposed not\b
 
-# Should be `Once this` or `On this` or even `One that`. Rarely `One, this`
-[?!.] One this\b
-
 # Should probably be `much more`
 \bmore much\b
 
@@ -307,10 +153,7 @@
 \bperform it's\b
 
 # Should be `opt-in`
-(?<!\scan|for)(?<!\smust)(?<!\sif)\sopt in\s
-
-# Should be `out-of-date` if acting as an adjective before a noun
-\bout of date(?= \w{3,}\b)
+(?<!\scan|for)(?<!\sif)\sopt in\s
 
 # Should be `less than`
 \bless then\b
@@ -327,89 +170,24 @@
 # Should be `on the other hand`
 \b(?i)on another hand\b
 
-# Reword to `on at runtime` or `enabled at launch`
-# The former if you mean it can be changed dynamically.
-# The latter if you mean that it can be changed without recompiling but not after the program starts.
-\bswitched on runtime\b
-
-# Should be `Of course,`
-[?.!]\s+Of course\s(?=[-\w\s]+[.?;!,])
-
 # Most people only have two hands. Reword.
 \b(?i)on the third hand\b
 
-# Should be `Open Graph`
-# unless talking about a specific Open Graph implementation:
-# - Java
-# - Node
-# - Py
-# - Ruby
-\bOpenGraph\b
-
-# Should be `OpenShift`
-\bOpenshift\b
-
 # Should be `otherwise`
 \bother[- ]wise\b
 
-# Should be `; otherwise` or `. Otherwise`
-# https://study.com/learn/lesson/otherwise-in-a-sentence.html
-, [Oo]therwise\b
-
-# Should probably be `Otherwise,`
-(?<=\. )Otherwise\s
-
 # Should be `or (more|less)`
 \bore (?:more|less)\b
 
-# Should be `or`
-\b(?i)true of .*false\b
-
-# Should be `pale`
-\b(?<=beyond the )pail\b
-
-# Should be reworded.
-# `passthrough` is an adjective
-# `pass-through` could be a noun
-# `pass through` would be a verb phrase
-\b(?i)passthrough(?= an?\b)
-
 # Should be `rather than`
 \brather then\b
 
-# Should be `Red Hat`
-\bRed[Hh]at\b
-
 # Should be `regardless, ...` or `regardless of (whether)`
 \b[Rr]egardless if you\b
 
-# Should be `self-signed`
-\bself signed\b
-
-# Should be `SendGrid`
-\bSendgrid\b
-
-# Should be `set up` (`setup` is a noun / `set up` is a verb)
-\b[Ss]etup(?= (?:an?|the)\b)
-
-# Should be `state`
-\bsate(?=\b|[A-Z])|(?<=[a-z])Sate(?=\b|[A-Z])|(?<=[A-Z]{2})Sate(?=\b|[A-Z])
-
-# Should be `this`
-\b[Tt]oday(?= morning\b)
-
-# Should be `let's` or `let us`
-\b[Ll]ets (?=throw\.)
-
 # Should be `no longer needed`
 \bno more needed\b(?! than\b)
 
-# Should be `<see|look> below for the`
-(?i)\bfind below the\b
-
-# Should be `then any` unless there's a comparison before the `,`
-, than any\b
-
 # Should be `did not exist`
 \bwere not existent\b
 
@@ -419,18 +197,9 @@
 # Should be `nonexistent`
 \b[Nn]o[nt][- ]existent\b
 
-# Should be `our`
-\bspending out time\b
-
 # Should be `@brief` / `@details` / `@param` / `@return` / `@retval`
 (?:^\s*|(?:\*|//|/*)\s+`)[\\@](?:breif|(?:detail|detials)|(?:params(?!\.)|prama?)|ret(?:uns?)|retvl)\b
 
-# Should be `more than` or `more, then`
-\bmore then\b
-
-# Should be `Pipeline`/`pipeline`
-(?:(?<=\b|[A-Z])p|P)ipeLine(?:\b|(?=[A-Z]))
-
 # Should be `preexisting`
 [Pp]re[- ]existing
 
@@ -446,9 +215,6 @@
 # Should be `prerequisite`
 [Pp]re[- ]requisite
 
-# Should be `QuickTime`
-\bQuicktime\b
-
 # Should be `recently changed` or `recent changes`
 [Rr]ecent changed
 
@@ -458,30 +224,14 @@
 # Should be `reentrant`
 [Rr]e[- ]entrant
 
-# Should be `room for`
-\brooms for (?!lease|rent|sale)
-
-# Should be `socioeconomic`
-# https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/socioeconomic
-socio-economic
-
 # Should be `strong suit`
 \b(?:my|his|her|their) strong suite\b
 
-# Should probably be `temperatures` unless actually talking about thermal drafts (things birds may fly on)
-\bthermals\b
-
-# Should be `there are` or `they are` (or `they're`)
-(?i)\btheir are\b
-
 # Should be `understand`
 \bunder stand\b
 
-# Should be `URI` or `uri` unless it refers to a person named `Uri` (or a flag)
-#(?<![-\.])\bUri\b(?![(])
-
-# Should be `true`
-(?i)(?<![\[\]()])\brue(?:= or false)
+# Should be `URI` or `uri` unless it refers to a person named `Uri`
+#(?<!\.)\bUri\b(?![(])
 
 # Should be `it uses is`
 /\bis uses is\b/
@@ -495,43 +245,12 @@ socio-economic
 # Should be `where`
 \bwere they are\b
 
-# Should be `why`
-, way(?= is [^.]*\?)
-
 # should be `vCenter`
 \bV[Cc]enter\b
 
 # Should be `VM`
 \bVm\b
 
-# Should be `walkthrough(s)`
-\bwalk-throughs?\b
-
-# Should be `want`
-\bdon't ant\b
-
-# Should be `we'll`
-\bwe 'll\b
-
-# Should be `week`
-# unless you're really talking about people or pointers
-\bevery weak[.,?!]
-
-# Should be `well`
-\b[Yy]ou(?:'re| are) doing good\b
-
-# Should be `whereas`
-\bwhere as\b
-
-# Should be `WinGet`
-\bWinget\b
-
-# Should be `without` (unless `out` is a modifier of the next word)
-\bwith out\b(?!-)
-
-# Should be `work around`
-\b[Ww]orkaround(?= an?\b)
-
 # Should be `workarounds`
 #\bwork[- ]arounds\b
 
@@ -548,15 +267,15 @@ socio-economic
 \b(?:coarse|fine) grained\b
 
 # Homoglyph (Cyrillic) should be `A`/`B`/`C`/`E`/`H`/`I`/`I`/`J`/`K`/`M`/`O`/`P`/`S`/`T`/`Y`
-# It's possible that your content is intentionally mixing Cyrillic and Latin scripts, but if it isn't, you definitely want to correct this.
+# It's possible that your content is intentionally mixing Cyrllic and Latin scripts, but if it isn't, you definitely want to correct this.
 (?<=[A-Z]{2})[АВСЕНІӀЈКМОРЅТУ]|[АВСЕНІӀЈКМОРЅТУ](?=[A-Z]+(?:\b|[a-z]+)|[a-z]+(?:[^a-z]|$))
 
-# Homoglyph (Cyrillic) should be `a`/`b`/`c`/`e`/`o`/`p`/`x`/`y`
-# It's possible that your content is intentionally mixing Cyrillic and Latin scripts, but if it isn't, you definitely want to correct this.
-[авсеорху](?=[A-Za-z]{2,})|(?<=[A-Za-z]{2})[авсеорху]|(?<=[A-Za-z])[авсеорху](?=[A-Za-z])
+# Homoglyph (Cyrillic) should be `a`/`b`/`e`
+# It's possible that your content is intentionally mixing Cyrllic and Latin scripts, but if it isn't, you definitely want to correct this.
+[аве](?=[A-Za-z]{2,})|(?<=[A-Za-z]{2})[аве]|(?<=[A-Za-z])[аве](?=[A-Za-z])
 
 # Should be `neither/nor` -- or reword
-#(?<!do )\bnot\b([^.?!"/(](?!neither|,.*?,))+\bnor\b
+#(?!<do )\bnot\b([^.?!"/(](?!neither|,.*?,))+\bnor\b
 
 # Should be `neither/nor` (plus rewording the beginning)
 # This is probably a double negative...

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

@@ -1,41 +1,31 @@
 # See https://github.com/check-spelling/check-spelling/wiki/Configuration-Examples:-patterns
 
-# marker to ignore all code on line
-^.*/\* #no-spell-check-line \*/.*$
-# marker for ignoring a comment to the end of the line
-// #no-spell-check.*$
+# #includes
+^\s*#include\s*(?:<.*?>|".*?")
 
-# Gaelic
-Gàidhlig
-
-Ov_erwrite
+# #pragma lib
+^\s*#pragma comment\(lib, ".*?"\)
 
 # languageHashTable
 "\w+(?:-\w+|)"\s+=\s+@\(".*"\)
 
-# Regular expression with `\b`
-\\b(?=[a-z]\S*\{)
+# wikipedia
+\b\w\w\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/[-\w%.#]+
 
-# long lorem
-L"Lorem.*"
+# css fonts
+\bfont-family:[^;}]+
+
+# .github/policies/resourceManagement.yml
+pattern: '.*'
 
 # tabs in c#
 \$"\\t
 
 # Hexadecimal character pattern in code
-\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{4}
-
-fontFamily": ".*"
-
-D[23]D(?=[A-Z][a-z])
-(?<=[a-z])3D(?=[A-Z])
-
-\.monitorId = \{ .*\}
-
-json::value\(L"\S+"
+\\x[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]
 
 # windows line breaks in strings
-\\r\\n(?=[A-Za-z])
+\\r\\n
 
 # power shell gallery website
 \bpowershellgallery.com/[-_a-zA-Z0-9()=./%]*
@@ -45,22 +35,9 @@ L?(["']|[-<({>]|\b)[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-){3}[0-9a-fA-F]{10,12}(?:\g{
 
 (?:L"[abAB]+", ){3}L"[abAB]+"
 
-\. (?: @[-A-Za-z\d]+\b(?!\.[A-Z]),?)+
-
-auto deviceId = L".*"
-deviceId(?:\.id|) = L".*"
-
-StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase\) \{.*\}
-
-# namespaces
-\b[a-z]+::
-
-"Author": ".+"
-
-(?:Include|Link)=".*?"
-
-# You could ignore `xmlns`, but it's probably better to enforce rules about them...
-#\s(?:xmlns:[a-z]+(?:[A-Z][a-z]+|)=|[a-z]+(?:[A-Z][a-z]+):(?=[a-z]+=))
+# hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
+# marker to ignore all code on line
+^.*/\* #no-spell-check-line \*/.*$
 
 # UnitTests
 \[DataRow\(.*\)\]
@@ -73,135 +50,142 @@ StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase\) \{.*\}
 
 # Automatically suggested patterns
 
-# hit-count: 5402 file-count: 1339
+# hit-count: 3715 file-count: 992
 # IServiceProvider / isAThing
-(?:(?:\b|_|(?<=[a-z]))[IT]|(?:\b|_)(?:nsI|isA))(?=(?:[A-Z][a-z]{2,})+(?:[A-Z\d]|\b))
+(?:\b|_)(?:(?:ns|)I|isA)(?=(?:[A-Z][a-z]{2,})+(?:[A-Z\d]|\b))
 
-# hit-count: 2073 file-count: 842
-# #includes
-^\s*#include\s*(?:<.*?>|".*?")
+# hit-count: 404 file-count: 42
+# base64 encoded content, possibly wrapped in mime
+(?:^|[\s=;:?])[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]{50,}(?:[\s=;:?]|$)
 
-# hit-count: 1639 file-count: 855
-# C# includes
-^\s*using [^;]+;
-
-# hit-count: 1491 file-count: 693
-# microsoft
-\b(?:https?://|)(?:(?:(?:blogs|download\.visualstudio|docs|msdn2?|research)\.|)microsoft|blogs\.msdn)\.co(?:m|\.\w\w)/[-_a-zA-Z0-9()=./%]*
-
-# hit-count: 398 file-count: 133
-# hex digits including css/html color classes:
-(?:[\\0][xX]|\\u\{?|[uU]\+|#x?|%23|&H)[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*?[a-fA-FgGrR]{2,}[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*(?:[uUlL]{0,3}|[iu]\d+)\b
-
-# hit-count: 339 file-count: 146
+# hit-count: 402 file-count: 160
 # hex runs
 \b[0-9a-fA-F]{16,}\b
 
-# hit-count: 253 file-count: 100
+# hit-count: 337 file-count: 110
+# hex digits including css/html color classes:
+(?:[\\0][xX]|\\u|[uU]\+|#x?|%23)[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*?[a-fA-FgGrR]{2,}[0-9_a-fA-FgGrR]*(?:[uUlL]{0,3}|[iu]\d+)\b
+
+# hit-count: 311 file-count: 43
+# D2D
+D?2D(?!efault)
+
+# hit-count: 272 file-count: 75
 # GitHub SHAs (markdown)
 (?:\[`?[0-9a-f]+`?\]\(https:/|)/(?:www\.|)github\.com(?:/[^/\s"]+){2,}(?:/[^/\s")]+)(?:[0-9a-f]+(?:[-0-9a-zA-Z/#.]*|)\b|)
 
-# hit-count: 241 file-count: 37
+# hit-count: 146 file-count: 27
 # version suffix <word>v#
 (?:(?<=[A-Z]{2})V|(?<=[a-z]{2}|[A-Z]{2})v)\d+(?:\b|(?=[a-zA-Z_]))
 
-# hit-count: 141 file-count: 6
-# Contributor / Project
-\[[^\]\s]+\]\(https://github\.com/[^)]+\)(?: -(?: [A-Z]\S+)+|)|\[[^\]]+\]\(https://github\.com/(?:[^/\s"]+/?){1,2}\)
-
-https://github.com/(?:[-\w]+/?){1,2}
-
-# hit-count: 131 file-count: 125
-# Repeated letters
-\b([a-z])\g{-1}{2,}\b
-
-# hit-count: 99 file-count: 97
+# hit-count: 105 file-count: 103
 # w3
 \bw3\.org/[-0-9a-zA-Z/#.]+
 
-# hit-count: 59 file-count: 11
+# hit-count: 94 file-count: 6
+# Contributor
+\[[^\]]+\]\(https://github\.com/[^/\s"]+/?\)
+
+RegExp\(([`'"]).*?\g{-1}\)|(?:escapes|regEx):\s*(?:/.*/|([`'"]).*?\g{-1})|return/.*?/
+
+# hit-count: 65 file-count: 38
+# regex choice
+\(\?:[^)]+\|[^)]+\)
+
+# hit-count: 37 file-count: 14
 # Markdown anchor links
 \(#\S*?[a-zA-Z]\S*?\)
 
-# hit-count: 29 file-count: 23
+# hit-count: 33 file-count: 5
+# base64 encoded pkcs
+\bMII[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]+
+
+# hit-count: 28 file-count: 22
 # stackexchange -- https://stackexchange.com/feeds/sites
 \b(?:askubuntu|serverfault|stack(?:exchange|overflow)|superuser).com/(?:questions/\w+/[-\w]+|a/)
 
-# hit-count: 24 file-count: 11
-# Library prefix
-# e.g., `lib`+`archive`, `lib`+`raw`, `lib`+`unwind`
-# (ignores some words that happen to start with `lib`)
-(?:\b|_)[Ll]ib(?:re(?=office)|)(?!era[lt]|ero|erty|rar(?:i(?:an|es)|y))(?=[a-z])
+# hit-count: 14 file-count: 3
+# node packages
+(["'])@[^/'" ]+/[^/'" ]+\g{-1}
 
-# hit-count: 20 file-count: 2
+# hit-count: 13 file-count: 1
 # Intel intrinsics
-_mm\d*_(?!dd)\w+
+_mm_(?!dd)\w+
 
-# hit-count: 15 file-count: 8
+# hit-count: 11 file-count: 5
+# URL escaped characters
+%[0-9A-F][A-F](?=[A-Za-z])
+
+# hit-count: 9 file-count: 5
 # Wikipedia
 \ben\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/[-\w%.#]+
 
-# hit-count: 14 file-count: 10
+# hit-count: 5 file-count: 4
 # vs devops
 \bvisualstudio.com(?::443|)/[-\w/?=%&.]*
 
-# hit-count: 8 file-count: 2
-# copyright
-Copyright (?:\([Cc]\)|)(?:[-\d, ]|and)+(?: [A-Z][a-z]+ [A-Z][a-z]+,?)+
+# hit-count: 5 file-count: 4
+# Alternatively, if you're using check-spelling v0.0.25+, and you would like to _check_ the Non-English content for spelling errors, you can. For information on how to do so, see:
+# https://docs.check-spelling.dev/Feature:-Configurable-word-characters.html#unicode
+[a-zA-Z]*[ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆČÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæčçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿĀāŁłŃńŅņŒœŚśŠšŜŝŸŽžź][a-zA-Z]{3}[a-zA-ZÀÁÂÃÄÅÆČÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæčçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿĀāŁłŃńŅņŒœŚśŠšŜŝŸŽžź]*|[a-zA-Z]{3,}[ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆČÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæčçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿĀāŁłŃńŅņŒœŚśŠšŜŝŸŽžź]|[ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆČÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝßàáâãäåæčçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿĀāŁłŃńŅņŒœŚśŠšŜŝŸŽžź][a-zA-Z]{3,}
 
-# hit-count: 8 file-count: 1
-# css fonts
-\bfont(?:-family|):[^;}]+
+# hit-count: 4 file-count: 4
+# microsoft
+\b(?:https?://|)(?:(?:(?:blogs|download\.visualstudio|developer|docs|learn|msdn2?|research)\.|)microsoft|blogs\.msdn)\.co(?:m|\.\w\w)/[-_a-zA-Z0-9()=./%#]*
 
 aka\.ms/[a-zA-Z0-9]+
 
-# hit-count: 8 file-count: 1
-# kubernetes crd patterns
-^\s*pattern: .*$
-
-# hit-count: 5 file-count: 3
-# URL escaped characters
-%[0-9A-F][A-F](?=[A-Za-z])
-
 # hit-count: 3 file-count: 3
 # githubusercontent
 /[-a-z0-9]+\.githubusercontent\.com/[-a-zA-Z0-9?&=_\/.]*
 
-# hit-count: 2 file-count: 2
-# medium
-\bmedium\.com/@?[^/\s"]+/[-\w:/*.]+
+# hit-count: 3 file-count: 2
+# css url wrappings
+\burl\([^)]+\)
+
+# hit-count: 3 file-count: 1
+# kubernetes crd patterns
+^\s*pattern: .*$
+
+# hit-count: 3 file-count: 1
+# Lorem
+# Update Lorem based on your content (requires `ge` and `w` from https://github.com/jsoref/spelling; and `review` from https://github.com/check-spelling/check-spelling/wiki/Looking-for-items-locally )
+# grep '^[^#].*lorem' .github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt|perl -pne 's/.*i..\?://;s/\).*//' |tr '|' "\n"|sort -f |xargs -n1 ge|perl -pne 's/^[^:]*://'|sort -u|w|sed -e 's/ .*//'|w|review -
+# Warning, while `(?i)` is very neat and fancy, if you have some binary files that aren't proper unicode, you might run into:
+# ... Operation "substitution (s///)" returns its argument for non-Unicode code point 0x1C19AE (the code point will vary).
+# ... You could manually change `(?i)X...` to use `[Xx]...`
+# ... or you could add the files to your `excludes` file (a version after 0.0.19 should identify the file path)
+(?:(?:\w|\s|[,.])*\b(?i)(?:amet|consectetur|cursus|dolor|eros|ipsum|lacus|libero|ligula|lorem|magna|neque|nulla|suscipit|tempus)\b(?:\w|\s|[,.])*)
+
+# hit-count: 3 file-count: 1
+# libraries
+(?:\b|_)lib(?:re(?=office)|)(?!era[lt]|ero|erty|rar(?:i(?:an|es)|y))(?=[a-z])
 
 # hit-count: 2 file-count: 1
 # While you could try to match `http://` and `https://` by using `s?` in `https?://`, sometimes there
 # YouTube url
 \b(?:(?:www\.|)youtube\.com|youtu.be)/(?:channel/|embed/|user/|playlist\?list=|watch\?v=|v/|)[-a-zA-Z0-9?&=_%]*
 
-# hit-count: 2 file-count: 1
+# hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
+# GHSA
+GHSA(?:-[0-9a-z]{4}){3}
+
+# hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
 # GitHub actions
 \buses:\s+[-\w.]+/[-\w./]+@[-\w.]+
 
 # hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
-# curl arguments
-\b(?:\\n|)curl(?:\.exe|)(?:\s+-[a-zA-Z]{1,2}\b)*(?:\s+-[a-zA-Z]{3,})(?:\s+-[a-zA-Z]+)*
+# medium
+\bmedium\.com/@?[^/\s"]+/[-\w]+
+
+# hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
+# sha-... -- uses a fancy capture
+(\\?['"]|&quot;)[0-9a-f]{40,}\g{-1}
 
 # hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
 # tar arguments
 \b(?:\\n|)g?tar(?:\.exe|)(?:(?:\s+--[-a-zA-Z]+|\s+-[a-zA-Z]+|\s[ABGJMOPRSUWZacdfh-pr-xz]+\b)(?:=[^ ]*|))+
 
-# #pragma lib
-^\s*#pragma comment\(lib, ".*?"\)
-
-# UnitTests
-\[DataRow\(.*\)\]
-
-# AdditionalDependencies
-<AdditionalDependencies>.*<
-
-# the last line of mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64" things in .resx files
-^\s*[-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]*[-a-zA-Z;:/0-9+][-a-zA-Z=;:/0-9+]*=$
-
-RegExp\(@?([`'"]).*?\g{-1}\)|(?:escapes|regEx):\s*(?:/.*/|([`'"]).*?\g{-1})|return/.*?/
-
 # Questionably acceptable forms of `in to`
 # Personally, I prefer `log into`, but people object
 # https://www.tprteaching.com/log-into-log-in-to-login/
@@ -210,16 +194,13 @@ RegExp\(@?([`'"]).*?\g{-1}\)|(?:escapes|regEx):\s*(?:/.*/|([`'"]).*?\g{-1})|retu
 # to opt in
 \bto opt in\b
 
-# pass(ed|ing) in
-\bpass(?:ed|ing) in\b
-
 # acceptable duplicates
 # ls directory listings
 [-bcdlpsw](?:[-r][-w][-SsTtx]){3}[\.+*]?\s+\d+\s+\S+\s+\S+\s+[.\d]+(?:[KMGT]|)\s+
 # mount
 \bmount\s+-t\s+(\w+)\s+\g{-1}\b
 # C types and repeated CSS values
-\s(auto|buffalo|center|div|inherit|long|LONG|none|normal|solid|thin|transparent|very)(?:\s\g{-1})+\s
+\s(auto|buffalo|center|div|inherit|long|LONG|none|normal|solid|thin|transparent|very)(?: \g{-1})+\s
 # C enum and struct
 \b(?:enum|struct)\s+(\w+)\s+\g{-1}\b
 # go templates
@@ -251,11 +232,9 @@ _SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING
 # ignore long runs of a single character:
 \b([A-Za-z])\g{-1}{3,}\b
 
-# hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
 # Amazon
 \bamazon\.com/[-\w]+/(?:dp/[0-9A-Z]+|)
 
-# hit-count: 3 file-count: 3
 # imgur
 \bimgur\.com/[^.]+
 
@@ -265,11 +244,3 @@ Process Process
 # ZoomIt menu items with accelerator keys
 E&xit
 St&yle
-
-# This matches a relative clause where the relative pronoun "that" is omitted.
-# Example: "Gets or sets the window the TitleBar should configure."
-\bthe\s+\w+\s+the\b
-
-# Usernames with numbers
-# 0x6f677548 is user name but user folder causes a flag
-\bx6f677548\b

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

@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 ^attache$
-^bellows?$
+^bellow$
 benefitting
 occurences?
 ^dependan.*
-^develope$
-^developement$
-^developpe
-^Devers?$
-^devex
-^devide
-^Devinn?[ae]
-^devisal
-^devisor
 ^diables?$
 ^oer$
 Sorce
@@ -19,5 +10,4 @@ Sorce
 ^Teh$
 ^untill$
 ^untilling$
-^venders?$
 ^wether.*

.github/copilot-instructions.md

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 <!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
 ## PR Checklist
 
-- [ ] Closes: #xxx
-<!--  - [ ] Closes: #yyy (add separate lines for additional resolved issues) -->
+- [ ] **Closes:** #xxx
 - [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
 - [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
 - [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized

.github/workflows/automatic-issue-deduplication.yml

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: Automatic New Issue Deduplication
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [opened, reopened]
-permissions:
-  models: read
-  issues: write
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-jobs:
-  deduplicate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Run Deduplicate Action
-        uses: pelikhan/action-genai-issue-dedup@v0
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          label_as_duplicate: true

.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

.github/workflows/manual-batch-issue-deduplication.yml

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-name: Manual Batch Issue Deduplication
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      issue_numbers:
-        description: "JSON array of issue numbers to deduplicate (e.g. [101,102,103])"
-        required: true
-      since:
-        description: "Only compare against issues created after this date (ISO 8601, e.g. 2019-05-05T00:00:00Z)"
-        required: false
-        default: "2019-05-05T00:00:00Z"
-      label_as_duplicate:
-        description: "Apply duplicate label if duplicates are found (true/false)"
-        required: false
-        default: "true"
-
-permissions:
-  models: read
-  issues: write
-
-jobs:
-  deduplicate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        issue: ${{ fromJson(github.event.inputs.issue_numbers) }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Run GenAI Issue Deduplicator
-        uses: pelikhan/action-genai-issue-dedup@v0
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          github_issue: ${{ matrix.issue }}
-          label_as_duplicate: ${{ github.event.inputs.label_as_duplicate }}
-          

.github/workflows/msstore-submissions.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: BODGY - Set up Gnome Keyring for future Cert Auth
         run: |-
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gnome-keyring
+          sudo apt-get install -y gnome-keyring
           export $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax)
           export $(echo 'anypass_just_to_unlock' | gnome-keyring-daemon --unlock)
           export $(echo 'anypass_just_to_unlock' | gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=gpg,pkcs11,secrets,ssh)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           echo powerToysInstallerArm64Url=$(jq -n "$powerToysSetup" | jq -r '[.[]|select(.name | contains("arm64"))][0].browser_download_url') >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Setup .NET 9.0
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 

.github/workflows/spelling2.yml

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
           report-timing: 1
           warnings: bad-regex,binary-file,deprecated-feature,ignored-expect-variant,large-file,limited-references,no-newline-at-eof,noisy-file,non-alpha-in-dictionary,token-is-substring,unexpected-line-ending,whitespace-in-dictionary,minified-file,unsupported-configuration,no-files-to-check,unclosed-block-ignore-begin,unclosed-block-ignore-end
           experimental_apply_changes_via_bot: 1
-          use_sarif: 1
+          use_sarif: ${{ (!github.event.pull_request || (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository)) && 1 }}
           check_extra_dictionaries: ""
           dictionary_source_prefixes: >
             {
@@ -113,28 +113,37 @@ jobs:
             }
           extra_dictionaries: |
             cspell:software-terms/softwareTerms.txt
-            cspell:cpp/stdlib-c.txt
             cspell:cpp/stdlib-cpp.txt
             cspell:filetypes/filetypes.txt
-            cspell:php/php.txt
-            cspell:dart/dart.txt
-            cspell:dotnet/dotnet.txt
-            cspell:powershell/powershell.txt
-            cspell:csharp/csharp.txt
+            cspell:cpp/stdlib-c.txt
+            cspell:lorem-ipsum/dictionary.txt
             cspell:python/python/python-lib.txt
-            cspell:node/node.txt
-            cspell:golang/go.txt
-            cspell:npm/npm.txt
+            cspell:php/php.txt
             cspell:fullstack/fullstack.txt
-            cspell:css/css.txt
-            cspell:java/java.txt
-            cspell:typescript/typescript.txt
-            cspell:html/html.txt
-            cspell:r/r.txt
-            cspell:aws/aws.txt
+            cspell:dotnet/dotnet.txt
+            cspell:swift/swift.txt
+            cspell:node/node.txt
+            cspell:dart/dart.txt
+            cspell:django/django.txt
+            cspell:python/python/python.txt
+            cspell:powershell/powershell.txt
+            cspell:npm/npm.txt
+            cspell:golang/go.txt
             cspell:cpp/compiler-msvc.txt
+            cspell:csharp/csharp.txt
+            cspell:html/html.txt
+            cspell:java/java.txt
+            cspell:aws/aws.txt
+            cspell:typescript/typescript.txt
+            cspell:cpp/lang-keywords.txt
             cspell:python/common/extra.txt
             cspell:scala/scala.txt
+            cspell:shell/shell-all-words.txt
+            cspell:css/css.txt
+            cspell:r/r.txt
+            cspell:java/java-terms.txt
+            cspell:cpp/stdlib-cerrno.txt
+            cspell:k8s/k8s.txt
 
   comment-push:
     name: Report (Push)

.gitignore

@@ -349,13 +349,7 @@ src/common/Telemetry/*.etl
 /src/modules/powerrename/ui/RCb24464
 
 # Generated installer file for Monaco source files.
-/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/MonacoSRC.wxs
+/installer/PowerToysSetup/MonacoSRC.wxs
 
 # MSBuildCache
 /MSBuildCacheLogs/
-
-# PowerToys Settings generated search index (legacy location) and obj outputs
-/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Assets/Settings/search.index.json
-
-# PowerToysInstaller Build Temp Files
-installer/*/*.wxs.bk

.gitmodules

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

.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json

@@ -5,18 +5,20 @@
         {
           "MatchedPath": [
             "*.resources.dll",
+
             "WinUI3Apps\\Assets\\Settings\\Scripts\\*.ps1",
 
             "PowerToys.ActionRunner.exe",
             "PowerToys.Update.exe",
             "PowerToys.BackgroundActivatorDLL.dll",
-
+            "Notifications.dll",
+            "os-detection.dll",
             "PowerToys.exe",
             "PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon.dll",
             "PowerToys.Interop.dll",
             "Tools\\PowerToys.BugReportTool.exe",
             "StylesReportTool\\PowerToys.StylesReportTool.exe",
-
+            "Telemetry.dll",
             "CalculatorEngineCommon.dll",
             "PowerToys.ManagedTelemetry.dll",
             "PowerToys.ManagedCommon.dll",
@@ -26,15 +28,12 @@
             "PowerToys.GPOWrapper.dll",
             "PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection.dll",
             "PowerToys.AllExperiments.dll",
-            "LanguageModelProvider.dll",
-
-            "Common.Search.dll",
 
             "PowerToys.AlwaysOnTop.exe",
             "PowerToys.AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface.dll",
 
             "PowerToys.CmdNotFoundModuleInterface.dll",
-
+            "PowerToys.CmdNotFound.dll",
 
             "PowerToys.ColorPicker.dll",
             "PowerToys.ColorPickerUI.dll",
@@ -55,13 +54,12 @@
             "PowerToys.Awake.exe",
             "PowerToys.Awake.dll",
 
+            "fancyzones.dll",
             "PowerToys.FancyZonesEditor.exe",
             "PowerToys.FancyZonesEditor.dll",
             "PowerToys.FancyZonesEditorCommon.dll",
             "PowerToys.FancyZonesModuleInterface.dll",
             "PowerToys.FancyZones.exe",
-            "FancyZonesCLI.exe",
-            "FancyZonesCLI.dll",
 
             "PowerToys.GcodePreviewHandler.dll",
             "PowerToys.GcodePreviewHandler.exe",
@@ -69,12 +67,6 @@
             "PowerToys.GcodeThumbnailProvider.dll",
             "PowerToys.GcodeThumbnailProvider.exe",
             "PowerToys.GcodeThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodePreviewHandler.dll",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodePreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodePreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodeThumbnailProvider.dll",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodeThumbnailProvider.exe",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodeThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",
             "PowerToys.ManagedTelemetry.dll",
             "PowerToys.MarkdownPreviewHandler.dll",
             "PowerToys.MarkdownPreviewHandler.exe",
@@ -135,9 +127,6 @@
             "PowerToys.ImageResizerContextMenu.dll",
             "ImageResizerContextMenuPackage.msix",
 
-            "PowerToys.LightSwitchModuleInterface.dll",
-            "LightSwitchService\\PowerToys.LightSwitchService.exe",
-
             "PowerToys.KeyboardManager.dll",
             "KeyboardManagerEditor\\PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEditor.exe",
             "KeyboardManagerEngine\\PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe",
@@ -147,7 +136,7 @@
             "PowerToys.PowerLauncher.dll",
             "PowerToys.PowerLauncher.exe",
             "PowerToys.PowerLauncher.Telemetry.dll",
-
+            "Wox.dll",
             "Wox.Infrastructure.dll",
             "Wox.Plugin.dll",
             "RunPlugins\\Calculator\\Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Calculator.dll",
@@ -183,7 +172,6 @@
             "PowerToys.MousePointerCrosshairs.dll",
             "PowerToys.MouseJumpUI.dll",
             "PowerToys.MouseJumpUI.exe",
-            "PowerToys.CursorWrap.dll",
 
             "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBorders.dll",
             "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBorders.exe",
@@ -235,12 +223,7 @@
 
             "PowerToys.CmdPalModuleInterface.dll",
             "CmdPalKeyboardService.dll",
-            "*Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_*.msix",
-
-            "PowerToys.DSC.dll",
-            "PowerToys.DSC.exe",
-
-            "PowerToysSparse.msix"
+            "*Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_*.msix"
           ],
             "SigningInfo": {
                 "Operations": [
@@ -292,32 +275,41 @@
                 "Mono.Cecil.Pdb.dll",
                 "Mono.Cecil.Rocks.dll",
                 "Newtonsoft.Json.dll",
-                "CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.TitleBar.dll",
-                "CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.OpacityMaskView.dll",
-
+                "Newtonsoft.Json.Bson.dll",
                 "NLog.dll",
                 "HtmlAgilityPack.dll",
                 "Markdig.Signed.dll",
                 "HelixToolkit.dll",
                 "HelixToolkit.Core.Wpf.dll",
                 "Mages.Core.dll",
-
+                "JetBrains.Annotations.dll",
                 "NLog.Extensions.Logging.dll",
-
+                "getfilesiginforedist.dll",
                 "concrt140_app.dll",
                 "msvcp140_1_app.dll",
                 "msvcp140_2_app.dll",
                 "msvcp140_app.dll",
-                "Namotion.Reflection.dll",
-                "NJsonSchema.Annotations.dll",
-                "NJsonSchema.dll",
                 "vcamp140_app.dll",
                 "vccorlib140_app.dll",
                 "vcomp140_app.dll",
                 "vcruntime140_1_app.dll",
                 "vcruntime140_app.dll",
-
+                "WinUI3Apps\\CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.SettingsControls.dll",
                 "UnicodeInformation.dll",
+                "Vanara.Core.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.ComCtl32.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Cryptography.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Gdi32.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Kernel32.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Ole.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Rpc.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Security.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Shared.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.ShlwApi.dll",
+                "Vanara.PInvoke.User32.dll",
+                "WinUI3Apps\\clrcompression.dll",
+                "WinUI3Apps\\Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.Interop.dll",
                 "Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll",
                 "Microsoft.Web.WebView2.WinForms.dll",
                 "Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Wpf.dll",
@@ -336,12 +328,6 @@
                 "WinUI3Apps\\ReverseMarkdown.dll",
                 "WinUI3Apps\\SharpCompress.dll",
                 "WinUI3Apps\\ZstdSharp.dll",
-                "CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.MarkdownTextBlock.dll",
-                "WinUI3Apps\\CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.MarkdownTextBlock.dll",
-                "Markdig.dll",
-                "WinUI3Apps\\Markdig.dll",
-                "RomanNumerals.dll",
-                "WinUI3Apps\\RomanNumerals.dll",
                 "TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.dll",
                 "WinUI3Apps\\TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.dll",
                 "TestableIO.System.IO.Abstractions.Wrappers.dll",
@@ -350,14 +336,7 @@
                 "Testably.Abstractions.FileSystem.Interface.dll",
                 "WinUI3Apps\\Testably.Abstractions.FileSystem.Interface.dll",
                 "ColorCode.Core.dll", 
-                "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",
-
+                "ColorCode.UWP.dll",
                 "UnitsNet.dll",
                 "UtfUnknown.dll",
                 "Wpf.Ui.dll"

.pipelines/ESRPSigning_installer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+    "Version": "1.0.0",
+    "UseMinimatch": false,
+    "SignBatches": [
+        {
+            "MatchedPath": [
+                "PowerToysSetupCustomActions.dll",
+                "PowerToys*Setup-*.exe",
+                "PowerToys*Setup-*.msi"
+            ],
+            "SigningInfo": {
+                "Operations": [
+                    {
+                        "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
+                        "OperationSetCode": "SigntoolSign",
+                        "Parameters": [
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "OpusName",
+                                "parameterValue": "Microsoft"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "OpusInfo",
+                                "parameterValue": "http://www.microsoft.com"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "FileDigest",
+                                "parameterValue": "/fd \"SHA256\""
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "PageHash",
+                                "parameterValue": "/NPH"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "parameterName": "TimeStamp",
+                                "parameterValue": "/tr \"http://rfc3161.gtm.corp.microsoft.com/TSS/HttpTspServer\" /td sha256"
+                            }
+                        ],
+                        "ToolName": "sign",
+                        "ToolVersion": "1.0"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
+                        "OperationSetCode": "SigntoolVerify",
+                        "Parameters": [],
+                        "ToolName": "sign",
+                        "ToolVersion": "1.0"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}

.pipelines/generateDscManifests.ps1

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-[CmdletBinding()]
-param(
-    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
-    [string]$BuildPlatform,
-
-    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
-    [string]$BuildConfiguration,
-
-    [Parameter()]
-    [string]$RepoRoot = (Get-Location).Path
-)
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-
-function Resolve-PlatformDirectory {
-    param(
-        [string]$Root,
-        [string]$Platform
-    )
-
-    $normalized = $Platform.Trim()
-    $candidates = @()
-    $candidates += Join-Path $Root $normalized
-    $candidates += Join-Path $Root ($normalized.ToUpperInvariant())
-    $candidates += Join-Path $Root ($normalized.ToLowerInvariant())
-    $candidates = $candidates | Where-Object { -not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_) } | Select-Object -Unique
-
-    foreach ($candidate in $candidates) {
-        if (Test-Path $candidate) {
-            return $candidate
-        }
-    }
-
-    return $candidates[0]
-}
-
-Write-Host "Repo root: $RepoRoot"
-Write-Host "Requested build platform: $BuildPlatform"
-Write-Host "Requested configuration: $BuildConfiguration"
-
-# Always use x64 PowerToys.DSC.exe since CI/CD machines are x64
-$exePlatform = 'x64'
-$exeRoot = Resolve-PlatformDirectory -Root $RepoRoot -Platform $exePlatform
-$exeOutputDir = Join-Path $exeRoot $BuildConfiguration
-$exePath = Join-Path $exeOutputDir 'PowerToys.DSC.exe'
-
-Write-Host "Using x64 PowerToys.DSC.exe to generate DSC manifests for $BuildPlatform build"
-
-if (-not (Test-Path $exePath)) {
-    throw "PowerToys.DSC.exe not found at '$exePath'. Make sure it has been built first."
-}
-
-Write-Host "Using PowerToys.DSC.exe at '$exePath'."
-
-# Output DSC manifests to the target build platform directory (x64, ARM64, etc.)
-$outputRoot = Resolve-PlatformDirectory -Root $RepoRoot -Platform $BuildPlatform
-if (-not (Test-Path $outputRoot)) {
-    Write-Host "Creating missing platform output root at '$outputRoot'."
-    New-Item -Path $outputRoot -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
-}
-
-$outputDir = Join-Path $outputRoot $BuildConfiguration
-if (-not (Test-Path $outputDir)) {
-    Write-Host "Creating missing configuration output directory at '$outputDir'."
-    New-Item -Path $outputDir -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
-}
-
-# DSC v3 manifests go to DSCModules subfolder
-$dscOutputDir = Join-Path $outputDir 'DSCModules'
-if (-not (Test-Path $dscOutputDir)) {
-    Write-Host "Creating DSCModules subfolder at '$dscOutputDir'."
-    New-Item -Path $dscOutputDir -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
-}
-
-Write-Host "DSC manifests will be generated to: '$dscOutputDir'"
-
-Write-Host "Cleaning previously generated DSC manifest files from '$dscOutputDir'."
-Get-ChildItem -Path $dscOutputDir -Filter 'microsoft.powertoys.*.settings.dsc.resource.json' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -Force
-
-$arguments = @('manifest', '--resource', 'settings', '--outputDir', $dscOutputDir)
-Write-Host "Invoking DSC manifest generator: '$exePath' $($arguments -join ' ')"
-& $exePath @arguments
-if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
-    throw "PowerToys.DSC.exe exited with code $LASTEXITCODE"
-}
-
-$generatedFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $dscOutputDir -Filter 'microsoft.powertoys.*.settings.dsc.resource.json' -ErrorAction Stop
-if ($generatedFiles.Count -eq 0) {
-    throw "No DSC manifest files were generated in '$dscOutputDir'."
-}
-
-Write-Host "Generated $($generatedFiles.Count) DSC manifest file(s):"
-foreach ($file in $generatedFiles) {
-    Write-Host "  - $($file.FullName)"
-}

.pipelines/installPowertoys.ps1

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-param(
-    [Parameter()]
-    [ValidateSet("Machine", "PerUser")]
-    [string]$InstallMode = "Machine"
-)
-
-$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
-
-# Get artifact path
-$ArtifactPath = $ENV:BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY
-if (-not $ArtifactPath) {
-    throw "BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY environment variable not set"
-}
-
-# Since we only download PowerToysSetup-*.exe files, we can directly find it
-$Installer = Get-ChildItem -Path $ArtifactPath -Filter 'PowerToys*.exe' | Select-Object -First 1
-
-if (-not $Installer) {
-    throw "PowerToys installer not found"
-}
-
-Write-Host "Installing PowerToys: $($Installer.Name)"
-
-# Install PowerToys
-$Process = Start-Process -Wait -FilePath $Installer.FullName -ArgumentList "/passive", "/norestart" -PassThru -NoNewWindow
-
-if ($Process.ExitCode -eq 0 -or $Process.ExitCode -eq 3010) {
-    Write-Host "✅ PowerToys installation completed successfully"
-} else {
-    throw "PowerToys installation failed with exit code: $($Process.ExitCode)"
-}
-
-# Verify installation
-if ($InstallMode -eq "PerUser") {
-    if (Test-Path "${env:LOCALAPPDATA}\PowerToys\PowerToys.exe") {
-        Write-Host "✅ PowerToys verified at: ${env:LOCALAPPDATA}\PowerToys\PowerToys.exe"
-    } else {
-        throw "PowerToys installation verification failed"
-    }
-} else {
-    if (Test-Path "${env:ProgramFiles}\PowerToys\PowerToys.exe") {
-        Write-Host "✅ PowerToys verified at: ${env:ProgramFiles}\PowerToys\PowerToys.exe"
-    } else {
-        throw "PowerToys installation verification failed"
-    }
-}

.pipelines/installWiX.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+
+$WixDownloadUrl = "https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3141rtm/wix314.exe"
+$WixBinariesDownloadUrl = "https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3141rtm/wix314-binaries.zip"
+
+# Download WiX binaries and verify their hash sums
+Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $WixDownloadUrl -OutFile "$($ENV:Temp)\wix314.exe"
+$Hash = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 "$($ENV:Temp)\wix314.exe").Hash
+if ($Hash -ne '6BF6D03D6923D9EF827AE1D943B90B42B8EBB1B0F68EF6D55F868FA34C738A29')
+{
+    Write-Error "$WixHash"
+    throw "wix314.exe has unexpected SHA256 hash: $Hash"
+}
+Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $WixBinariesDownloadUrl -OutFile "$($ENV:Temp)\wix314-binaries.zip"
+$Hash = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 "$($ENV:Temp)\wix314-binaries.zip").Hash
+if($Hash -ne '6AC824E1642D6F7277D0ED7EA09411A508F6116BA6FAE0AA5F2C7DAA2FF43D31')
+{
+    throw "wix314-binaries.zip has unexpected SHA256 hash: $Hash"
+}
+
+# Install WiX
+Start-Process -Wait -FilePath "$($ENV:Temp)\wix314.exe" -ArgumentList "/install /quiet"
+
+# Extract WiX binaries and copy wix.targets to the installed dir
+Expand-Archive -Path "$($ENV:Temp)\wix314-binaries.zip" -Force -DestinationPath "$($ENV:Temp)"
+Copy-Item -Path "$($ENV:Temp)\wix.targets" -Destination "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\"

.pipelines/loc/loc.yml

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ steps:
   displayName: 'Touchdown Build - 37400, PRODEXT'
   inputs:
     teamId: 37400
-    FederatedIdentityTDBuildServiceConnection: $(TouchdownServiceConnection)
-    authType: FederatedIdentityTDBuild
+    TDBuildServiceConnection: $(TouchdownServiceConnection)
+    authType: SubjectNameIssuer
     resourceFilePath: |
      src\**\Resources.resx
      src\**\Resource.resx

.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>

.pipelines/v2/ci-nightly.yml

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# .pipelines/v2/nightly-prewarm.yml
-# Nightly pre-warm that reuses your existing ci.yml as-is
-
-trigger: none
-pr: none
-
-# (18:00 UTC) — adjust as you like
-schedules:
-  - cron: "0 18 * * *"   # UTC
-    displayName: Nightly pre-warm (main)
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - main
-    always: true
-
-name: $(BuildDefinitionName)_$(date:yyMM).$(date:dd)$(rev:rrr)
-
-parameters:
-  - name: buildPlatforms
-    type: object
-    default:
-      - x64
-      - arm64
-  - name: enableMsBuildCaching
-    type: boolean
-    displayName: "Enable MSBuild Caching"
-    default: true
-  - name: msBuildCacheIsReadOnly
-    type: boolean
-    displayName: "MSBuild Cache Read Only"
-    default: false
-
-extends:
-  template: templates/pipeline-ci-build.yml
-  parameters:
-    buildPlatforms: ${{ parameters.buildPlatforms }}
-    enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
-    msBuildCacheIsReadOnly: ${{ parameters.msBuildCacheIsReadOnly }}

.pipelines/v2/ci-test-with-canary-webview2.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ parameters:
   - name: enableMsBuildCaching
     type: boolean
     displayName: "Enable MSBuild Caching"
-    default: true
+    default: false
   - name: runTests
     type: boolean
     displayName: "Run Tests"
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ extends:
   template: templates/pipeline-ci-build.yml
   parameters:
     buildPlatforms: ${{ parameters.buildPlatforms }}
-    ${{ if eq(variables['System.PullRequest.IsFork'], 'False') }}:
-      enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
+    enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
     runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
     useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
     useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}

.pipelines/v2/ci-using-the-latest-winappsdk.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ parameters:
   - name: enableMsBuildCaching
     type: boolean
     displayName: "Enable MSBuild Caching"
-    default: true
+    default: false
   - name: runTests
     type: boolean
     displayName: "Run Tests"
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ extends:
   template: templates/pipeline-ci-build.yml
   parameters:
     buildPlatforms: ${{ parameters.buildPlatforms }}
-    ${{ if eq(variables['System.PullRequest.IsFork'], 'False') }}:
-      enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
+    enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
     runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
     useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
     useLatestWinAppSDK: ${{ parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK }}

.pipelines/v2/ci.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ extends:
   template: templates/pipeline-ci-build.yml
   parameters:
     buildPlatforms: ${{ parameters.buildPlatforms }}
-    ${{ if eq(variables['System.PullRequest.IsFork'], 'False') }}:
-      enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
+    enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
     runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
     useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}

.pipelines/v2/oneFuzz.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ stages:
           enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
           runTests: true
           useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
-          timeoutInMinutes: 90
 
   - stage: OneFuzz
     displayName: Fuzz ${{ parameters.platform }}

.pipelines/v2/release.yml

@@ -52,15 +52,13 @@ extends:
       name: SHINE-INT-S
       ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
         demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+      ${{ else }}:
+        image: SHINE-VS17-Latest
       os: windows
     sdl:
       tsa:
         enabled: true
         configFile: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\.pipelines\tsa.json'
-      binskim:
-        enabled: true
-        # Exclude every dll/exe in tests/*, as well as all msdia*, covrun* and vcruntime*
-        analyzeTargetGlob: +:file|$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/**/*.dll;+:file|$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/**/*.exe;-:file:regex|tests.*\.(dll|exe)$;-:file:regex|(covrun.*)\.dll$;-:file:regex|(msdia.*)\.dll$;-:file:regex|(vcruntime.*)\.dll$
 
     stages:
       - stage: Build
@@ -71,10 +69,10 @@ extends:
             parameters:
               pool:
                 name: SHINE-INT-L
-                demands:
-                  # Our INT agents have a large disk mounted at P:\
-                  - ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-                    - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+                ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+                  demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+                ${{ else }}:
+                  image: SHINE-VS17-Latest
                 os: windows
               variables:
                 IsPipeline: 1 # The installer uses this to detect whether it should pick up localizations
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ extends:
                 useManagedIdentity: $(SigningUseManagedIdentity)
                 clientId: $(SigningOriginalClientId)
               # Have msbuild use the release nuget config profile
-              additionalBuildOptions: /p:RestoreConfigFile="$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\.pipelines\release-nuget.config" /p:EnableCmdPalAOT=true
+              additionalBuildOptions: /p:RestoreConfigFile="$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\.pipelines\release-nuget.config"
               beforeBuildSteps:
                 # Sets versions for all PowerToy created DLLs
                 - pwsh: |-
@@ -123,6 +121,7 @@ extends:
             parameters:
               pool:
                 name: SHINE-INT-L
+                image: SHINE-VS17-Latest
                 os: windows
               official: true
               codeSign: true

.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml

@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ parameters:
   - name: enableMsBuildCaching
     type: boolean
     default: false
-  - name: msBuildCacheIsReadOnly
-    type: boolean
-    default: true
   - name: runTests
     type: boolean
     default: true
@@ -84,12 +81,6 @@ parameters:
       - 'src/modules/previewpane/SvgPreviewHandler/SvgPreviewHandler.csproj'
       - 'src/modules/previewpane/SvgThumbnailProvider/SvgThumbnailProvider.csproj'
       - 'src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithUI/FileLocksmithUI.csproj'
-  - name: timeoutInMinutes
-    type: number
-    default: 240
-  - name: cancelTimeoutInMinutes
-    type: number
-    default: 1
 
 jobs:
 - job: ${{ parameters.jobName }}
@@ -111,7 +102,6 @@ jobs:
             ${{ else }}:
               OutputBuildPlatform: ${{ platform }}
   variables:
-    NUGET_PACKAGES: 'C:\NuGetPackages' # Some of our build steps cache these here... and it was apparently part of the global environment
     MakeAppxPath: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.26100.0\x86\MakeAppx.exe'
     # Azure DevOps abhors a vacuum
     # If these are blank, expansion will fail later on... which will result in direct substitution of the variable *names*
@@ -133,17 +123,13 @@ jobs:
     ${{ else }}:
       RestoreAdditionalProjectSourcesArg: ''
   displayName: Build
-  timeoutInMinutes: ${{ parameters.timeoutInMinutes }}
-  cancelTimeoutInMinutes: ${{ parameters.cancelTimeoutInMinutes }}
+  timeoutInMinutes: 240
+  cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 1
   templateContext: # Required when this template is hosted in 1ES PT
     outputs:
     - output: pipelineArtifact
       artifactName: $(JobOutputArtifactName)
       targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-    - output: pipelineArtifact
-      artifactName: $(JobOutputArtifactName)-failure-$(System.JobAttempt)
-      targetPath: $(LogOutputDirectory)
-      condition: or(failed(), canceled())
   steps:
   - checkout: self
     clean: true
@@ -159,11 +145,6 @@ jobs:
         $MSBuildCacheParameters += " -reportfileaccesses"
         $MSBuildCacheParameters += " -p:MSBuildCacheEnabled=true"
         $MSBuildCacheParameters += " -p:MSBuildCacheLogDirectory=$(LogOutputDirectory)\MSBuildCacheLogs"
-        # Cache read-only policy controlled by parameter
-        $cacheIsReadOnly = "${{ parameters.msBuildCacheIsReadOnly }}"
-        if ($cacheIsReadOnly -eq "True") {
-          $MSBuildCacheParameters += " /p:MSBuildCacheRemoteCacheIsReadOnly=true"
-        }
         Write-Host "MSBuildCacheParameters: $MSBuildCacheParameters"
         Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=MSBuildCacheParameters]$MSBuildCacheParameters"
       displayName: Prepare MSBuildCache variables
@@ -192,14 +173,14 @@ 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) }}:
@@ -242,7 +223,9 @@ jobs:
       parameters:
         directory: $(build.sourcesdirectory)\src\modules\cmdpal
 
-
+  - pwsh: |-
+      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\installWiX.ps1"
+    displayName: Download and install WiX 3.14 development build
 
   - ${{ parameters.beforeBuildSteps }}
 
@@ -252,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
     ${{ else }}:
       displayName: Build PowerToys main project
     inputs:
-      solution: 'PowerToys.slnx'
+      solution: 'PowerToys.sln'
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore -graph
@@ -271,43 +254,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
 
-  - task: VSBuild@1
-    displayName: Generate DSC artifacts for ARM64
-    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
-    inputs:
-      solution: PowerToys.slnx
-      vsVersion: 17.0
-      msbuildArgs: >-
-        -restore
-        /p:Configuration=$(BuildConfiguration)
-        /p:Platform=x64
-        /t:DSC\PowerToys_Settings_DSC_Schema_Generator
-        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\build-dsc-generator.binlog
-        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
-        $(MSBuildCacheParameters)
-        $(RestoreAdditionalProjectSourcesArg)
-      platform: x64
-      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      msbuildArchitecture: x64
-      maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  # Build PowerToys.DSC.exe for ARM64 (x64 uses existing binary from previous build)
-  - task: VSBuild@1
-    displayName: Build PowerToys.DSC.exe (x64 for generating manifests)
-    condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'x64'))
-    inputs:
-      solution: src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC/PowerToys.DSC.csproj
-      msbuildArgs: /t:Build /m /restore
-      platform: x64
-      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      msbuildArchitecture: x64
-      maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  # Generate DSC manifests using PowerToys.DSC.exe
-  - pwsh: |-
-      & '.pipelines/generateDscManifests.ps1' -BuildPlatform '$(BuildPlatform)' -BuildConfiguration '$(BuildConfiguration)' -RepoRoot '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
-    displayName: Generate DSC manifests
-
   - task: CopyFiles@2
     displayName: Stage SDK/build
     inputs:
@@ -400,7 +346,7 @@ jobs:
   ### HACK: On ARM64 builds, building an app with Windows App SDK copies the x64 WebView2 dll instead of the ARM64 one. This task makes sure the right dll is used.
   - task: CopyFiles@2
     displayName: HACK Copy core WebView2 ARM64 dll to output directory
-    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
+    condition: eq(variables['BuildPlatform'],'arm64')
     inputs:
       contents: packages/Microsoft.Web.WebView2.1.0.2903.40/runtimes/win-ARM64/native_uap/Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll
       targetFolder: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/ARM64/Release/WinUI3Apps/
@@ -439,11 +385,11 @@ jobs:
       inputs:
         testResultsFormat: VSTest
         testResultsFiles: '**/*.trx'
-      condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
+      condition: ne(variables['BuildPlatform'],'arm64')
 
     # Native dlls
     - task: VSTest@2
-      condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64')) # No arm64 agents to run the tests.
+      condition: ne(variables['BuildPlatform'],'arm64') # No arm64 agents to run the tests.
       displayName: 'Native Tests'
       inputs:
         platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'
@@ -456,28 +402,9 @@ jobs:
           !**\obj\**
 
   - pwsh: |-
-      $Packages = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter "Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_*.msix"
-      Write-Host "Found $($Packages.Count) CmdPal MSIX package(s):"
-      foreach ($pkg in $Packages) {
-          Write-Host "  - $($pkg.FullName)"
-      }
-      
-      if ($Packages.Count -gt 0) {
-          # Priority: Look for platform-specific MSIX (x64/arm64) first, then fall back to any
-          $PlatformPackage = $Packages | Where-Object { $_.Name -match "Microsoft\.CmdPal\.UI_.*_(x64|arm64)\.msix$" } | Select-Object -First 1
-          if ($PlatformPackage) {
-              $Package = $PlatformPackage
-              Write-Host "Using platform-specific package: $($Package.FullName)"
-          } else {
-              $Package = $Packages | Select-Object -First 1
-              Write-Host "Using first available package: $($Package.FullName)"
-          }
-          
-          $PackageFilename = $Package.FullName
-          Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=CmdPalPackagePath]${PackageFilename}"
-      } else {
-          Write-Warning "No CmdPal MSIX packages found!"
-      }
+      $Package = (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter "Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_*.msix" | Select -First 1)
+      $PackageFilename = $Package.FullName
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=CmdPalPackagePath]${PackageFilename}"
     displayName: Locate the CmdPal MSIX
 
   - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
@@ -528,18 +455,24 @@ jobs:
       Copy-Item -Verbose -Force "$(CmdPalPackagePath)" "$(JobOutputDirectory)"
     displayName: Stage the final CmdPal package
 
-
-
-  - template: steps-build-installer-vnext.yml
+  - template: steps-build-installer.yml
     parameters:
       codeSign: ${{ parameters.codeSign }}
       signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
       versionNumber: ${{ parameters.versionNumber }}
       additionalBuildOptions: ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
 
+  - template: steps-build-installer.yml
+    parameters:
+      codeSign: ${{ parameters.codeSign }}
+      signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
+      versionNumber: ${{ parameters.versionNumber }}
+      additionalBuildOptions: ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
+      buildUserInstaller: true # NOTE: This is the distinction between the above and below rules
+
   # This saves ~1GiB per architecture. We won't need these later.
   # Removes:
-  # - All .pdb files from any static libs .libs (which were only used during linking)
+  # - All .pdbs from any static libs .libs (which were only used during linking)
   - pwsh: |-
       $binDir = '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
       $ImportLibs = Get-ChildItem $binDir -Recurse -File -Filter '*.exp' | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName -Replace "exp$","lib" }
@@ -555,73 +488,60 @@ jobs:
   - task: CopyFiles@2
     displayName: Stage Installers
     inputs:
-      contents: |-
-        **/PowerToys*Setup-*.exe
-        !**/PowerToysSetupVNext/obj/**
+      contents: "**/PowerToys*Setup-*.exe"
       flattenFolders: True
       targetFolder: $(JobOutputDirectory)
 
-  - pwsh: |-
-      $Symbols = Get-ChildItem "$(BuildPlatform)" -Recurse -Filter *.pdb -Exclude "vc143.pdb","*test*.pdb" |
-          Group-Object Name | ForEach-Object { $_.Group[0] }
-      $OutDir = "$(JobOutputDirectory)/symbols-$(BuildPlatform)"
-      New-Item -Type Directory $OutDir -EA:Ignore
-      Write-Host "Linking $($Symbols.Length) symbols into place at $OutDir"
-      ForEach($s in $Symbols) {
-        New-Item -Type HardLink -Target $s.FullName (Join-Path $OutDir $s.Name)
-      }
-    displayName: Stage Unique Symbols (as hard links)
+  - task: CopyFiles@2
+    displayName: Stage Symbols
+    inputs:
+      contents: |-
+        **\*.pdb
+        !**\vc143.pdb
+        !**\*test*.pdb
+      flattenFolders: True
+      targetFolder: $(JobOutputDirectory)/symbols-$(BuildPlatform)/
 
   - pwsh: |-
       $p = "$(JobOutputDirectory)\"
-      
-      # Calculate hashes for installers
-      $userSetupFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $p -Filter "PowerToysUserSetup*.exe"
-      $machineSetupFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $p -Filter "PowerToysSetup*.exe" | Where-Object { $_.Name -notmatch "PowerToysUserSetup" }
-      
-      if ($userSetupFiles.Count -gt 0) {
-          $userHash = ($userSetupFiles[0] | Get-FileHash).Hash;
-          $userPlat = "hash_user_$(BuildPlatform).txt";
-          $combinedUserPath = $p + $userPlat;
-          echo "User: $userHash"
-          $userHash | out-file -filepath $combinedUserPath
-      }
-      
-      if ($machineSetupFiles.Count -gt 0) {
-          $machineHash = ($machineSetupFiles[0] | Get-FileHash).Hash;
-          $machinePlat = "hash_machine_$(BuildPlatform).txt";
-          $combinedMachinePath = $p + $machinePlat;
-          echo "Machine: $machineHash"
-          $machineHash | out-file -filepath $combinedMachinePath
-      }
-    displayName: Calculate file hashes for all installers
+      $userHash = ((Get-Item $p\PowerToysUserSetup*.exe | Get-FileHash).Hash);
+      $machineHash = ((Get-Item $p\PowerToysSetup*.exe | Get-FileHash).Hash);
+      $userPlat = "hash_user_$(BuildPlatform).txt";
+      $machinePlat = "hash_machine_$(BuildPlatform).txt";
+      $combinedUserPath = $p + $userPlat;
+      $combinedMachinePath = $p + $machinePlat;
+
+      echo $p
+
+      echo $userPlat
+      echo $userHash
+      echo $combinedUserPath
+
+      echo $machinePlat
+      echo $machineHash
+      echo $combinedMachinePath
+
+      $userHash | out-file -filepath $combinedUserPath
+      $machineHash | out-file -filepath $combinedMachinePath
+    displayName: Calculate file hashes
 
   # Publishing the GPO files
   - pwsh: |-
-      $GpoArchive = "$(JobOutputDirectory)\GroupPolicyObjectFiles-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}.zip"
-      tar -c -v --format=zip -C .\src\gpo\assets -f $GpoArchive *
+      New-Item "$(JobOutputDirectory)/gpo" -Type Directory
+      Copy-Item src\gpo\assets\* "$(JobOutputDirectory)/gpo" -Recurse
     displayName: Stage GPO files
 
+  # Running the tests may result in future jobs consuming artifacts out of this build
   - ${{ if or(eq(parameters.runTests, true), eq(parameters.buildTests, true)) }}:
-    # Running the tests may result in future jobs consuming artifacts out of this build
-    # Instead of running an expensive file copy step, move everything over since the build is totally done.
-    - pwsh: |-
-        # It seems weird, but this is for compatibility. Our artifacts historically contained the folder x64/Release/x64/Release (for example).
-        $FinalOutputRoot = "$(JobOutputDirectory)\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\$(BuildPlatform)"
-        $ProjectBuildRoot = "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\$(BuildPlatform)"
-        $ProjectBuildDirectory = "$ProjectBuildRoot\$(BuildConfiguration)"
-
-        New-Item -Type Directory $FinalOutputRoot -EA:Ignore
-        Move-Item $ProjectBuildDirectory $FinalOutputRoot
-      displayName: Move entire output directory into artifacts
+    - task: CopyFiles@2
+      displayName: Stage entire build output
+      inputs:
+        sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
+        contents: '$(BuildPlatform)/$(BuildConfiguration)/**/*'
+        targetFolder: '$(JobOutputDirectory)\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)'
 
   - ${{ if eq(parameters.publishArtifacts, true) }}:
     - publish: $(JobOutputDirectory)
       artifact: $(JobOutputArtifactName)
       displayName: Publish all outputs
-      condition: succeeded()
-
-    - publish: $(JobOutputDirectory)
-      artifact: $(JobOutputArtifactName)-failure-$(System.JobAttempt)
-      displayName: Publish failure logs
-      condition: or(failed(), canceled())
+      condition: always()

.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-ui-tests.yml

@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-# Minimal UI Tests Build Template
-# This template only builds UI test projects and stages their test DLLs for consumption by test pipelines
-
-parameters:
-  - name: buildConfigurations
-    type: object
-    default:
-      - Release
-  - name: buildPlatforms
-    type: object
-    default:
-      - x64
-  - name: condition
-    type: string
-    default: ''
-  - name: dependsOn
-    type: object
-    default: []
-  - name: pool
-    type: object
-    default: []
-  - name: variables
-    type: object
-    default: {}
-  - name: uiTestModules
-    type: object
-    default: []
-
-jobs:
-- job: BuildUITests
-  ${{ if ne(length(parameters.pool), 0) }}:
-    pool: ${{ parameters.pool }}
-  dependsOn: ${{ parameters.dependsOn }}
-  condition: ${{ parameters.condition }}
-  strategy:
-    matrix:
-      ${{ each config in parameters.buildConfigurations }}:
-        ${{ each platform in parameters.buildPlatforms }}:
-          ${{ config }}_${{ platform }}:
-            BuildConfiguration: ${{ config }}
-            BuildPlatform: ${{ platform }}
-  variables:
-    JobOutputDirectory: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-    LogOutputDirectory: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\logs
-    JobOutputArtifactName: build-$(BuildPlatform)-$(BuildConfiguration)
-    NUGET_RESTORE_MSBUILD_ARGS: /p:Platform=$(BuildPlatform)
-    ${{ insert }}: ${{ parameters.variables }}
-  displayName: Build UI Tests Only
-  timeoutInMinutes: 60
-  cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 1
-  templateContext:
-    outputs:
-    - output: pipelineArtifact
-      artifactName: $(JobOutputArtifactName)
-      targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-  steps:
-  - checkout: self
-    clean: true
-    submodules: true
-    persistCredentials: True
-    fetchTags: false
-    fetchDepth: 1
-
-  - template: steps-ensure-dotnet-version.yml
-    parameters:
-      sdk: true
-      version: '9.0'
-
-  - template: .\steps-restore-nuget.yml
-
-  - task: NuGetCommand@2
-    displayName: Restore solution-level NuGet packages
-    inputs:
-      command: restore
-      feedsToUse: config
-      configPath: nuget.config
-      restoreSolution: PowerToys.slnx
-      restoreDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\packages'
-
-  # Build all UI test projects if no specific modules are specified
-  - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.uiTestModules), 0) }}:
-    - task: VSBuild@1
-      displayName: Build UI Test Projects
-      inputs:
-        solution: '**/*UITest*.csproj'
-        vsVersion: 17.0
-        msbuildArgs: >-
-          -restore
-          -graph
-          /p:RestorePackagesConfig=true
-          /p:BuildProjectReferences=true
-          /p:CIBuild=true
-          /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\build-all-uitests.binlog
-          $(NUGET_RESTORE_MSBUILD_ARGS)
-        platform: $(BuildPlatform)
-        configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-        msbuildArchitecture: x64
-        maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  # Build specific UI test modules
-  - ${{ if ne(length(parameters.uiTestModules), 0) }}:
-    - ${{ each module in parameters.uiTestModules }}:
-      - task: VSBuild@1
-        displayName: 'Build UI Test Module: ${{ module }}'
-        inputs:
-          solution: '**/*${{ module }}*.csproj'
-          vsVersion: 17.0
-          msbuildArgs: >-
-            -restore
-            -graph
-            /p:RestorePackagesConfig=true
-            /p:BuildProjectReferences=true
-            /p:CIBuild=true
-            /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\build-${{ module }}.binlog
-            $(NUGET_RESTORE_MSBUILD_ARGS)
-          platform: $(BuildPlatform)
-          configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-          msbuildArchitecture: x64
-          maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  # Stage test project outputs with directory structure
-  - task: CopyFiles@2
-    displayName: Stage UI Test Build Outputs
-    inputs:
-      sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
-      contents: '**/$(BuildPlatform)/$(BuildConfiguration)/tests/**/*'
-      targetFolder: '$(JobOutputDirectory)\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)'
-
-  - publish: $(JobOutputDirectory)
-    artifact: $(JobOutputArtifactName)
-    displayName: Publish UI Test artifacts
-    condition: always()

.pipelines/v2/templates/job-test-project.yml

@@ -11,30 +11,10 @@ parameters:
   - name: useLatestWebView2
     type: boolean
     default: false
-  - name: buildSource
-    type: string
-    default: "latestMainOfficialBuild"
-    displayName: "Build Source"
-  - name: specificBuildId
-    type: string
-    default: "xxxx"
-    displayName: "Build ID (for specific builds)"
-  - name: uiTestModules
-    type: object
-    default: []
-  - name: installMode
-    type: string
-    default: 'machine'
-    values:
-      - 'machine'
-      - 'peruser'
-  - name: jobSuffix
-    type: string
-    default: ''
 
 jobs:
-- job: Test${{ parameters.platform }}${{ parameters.configuration }}${{ parameters.jobSuffix }}
-  displayName: Test ${{ parameters.platform }} ${{ parameters.configuration }}${{ parameters.jobSuffix }}
+- job: Test${{ parameters.platform }}${{ parameters.configuration }}
+  displayName: Test ${{ parameters.platform }} ${{ parameters.configuration }}
   timeoutInMinutes: 300
   variables:
     ${{ if or(eq(parameters.platform, 'x64Win10'), eq(parameters.platform, 'x64Win11')) }}:
@@ -115,83 +95,28 @@ jobs:
       & '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\InstallWinAppDriver.ps1'
     displayName: Download and install WinAppDriver
 
-  - ${{ if ne(parameters.buildSource, 'buildNow') }}:
-    - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-      inputs:
-        buildType: 'specific'
-        project: 'Dart'
-        definition: '76541'
-        ${{ if eq(parameters.buildSource, 'specificBuildId') }}:
-          buildVersionToDownload: 'specific'
-          buildId: '${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}'
-        ${{ else }}:
-          buildVersionToDownload: 'latestFromBranch'
-          branchName: 'refs/heads/main'
-        artifactName: 'build-$(BuildPlatform)-Release'
-        targetPath: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
-        ${{ if eq(parameters.installMode, 'peruser') }}:
-          patterns: |
-            **/PowerToysUserSetup*.exe
-        ${{ else }}:
-          patterns: |
-            **/PowerToysSetup*.exe
-
-  - ${{ if ne(parameters.buildSource, 'buildNow') }}:
-    - ${{ if eq(parameters.installMode, 'peruser') }}:
-      - pwsh: |-
-          & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\installPowerToys.ps1" -InstallMode "PerUser"
-        displayName: Install PowerToys (Per-User)
-
-    - ${{ if eq(parameters.installMode, 'machine') }}:
-      - pwsh: |-
-          & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\installPowerToys.ps1" -InstallMode "Machine"
-        displayName: Install PowerToys (Machine-Level)
-
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.platform, 'arm64') }}:
     - task: ScreenResolutionUtility@1
       inputs:
         displaySettings: 'optimal'
 
-  - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.uiTestModules), 0) }}:
-    - task: VSTest@3
-      displayName: Run UI Tests
-      inputs:
-        platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'
-        configuration: '$(BuildConfiguration)'
-        testSelector: 'testAssemblies'
-        searchFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\$(TestArtifactsName)'
-        vsTestVersion: 'toolsInstaller'
-        uiTests: true
-        rerunFailedTests: true
-        testRunTitle: 'UITests_${{ parameters.platform }}_${{ parameters.installMode }}'
-        # Since UITests-FancyZonesEditor.dll is generated in both UITests-FancyZonesEditor and UITests-FancyZones, removed one to avoid duplicate test runs
-        testAssemblyVer2: |
-          **\*UITest*.dll
-          !**\obj\**
-          !**\ref\**
-          !**\UITests-FancyZones\**\UITests-FancyZonesEditor.dll
-      env:
-        platform: '$(TestPlatform)'
-        useInstallerForTest: ${{ ne(parameters.buildSource, 'buildNow') }}
+  - task: VSTest@3
+    displayName: Run UI Tests
+    inputs:
+      platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'
+      configuration: '$(BuildConfiguration)'
+      testSelector: 'testAssemblies'
+      searchFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\$(TestArtifactsName)'
+      vsTestVersion: 'toolsInstaller'
+      uiTests: true
+      rerunFailedTests: true
+      # Since UITests-FancyZonesEditor.dll is generated in both UITests-FancyZonesEditor and UITests-FancyZones, removed one to avoid duplicate test runs
+      testAssemblyVer2: |
+        **\*UITest*.dll
+        !**\obj\**
+        !**\ref\**
+        !**\UITests-FancyZones\**\UITests-FancyZonesEditor.dll
 
-  - ${{ if ne(length(parameters.uiTestModules), 0) }}:
-    - ${{ each module in parameters.uiTestModules }}:
-      - task: VSTest@3
-        displayName: Run UI Test - ${{ module }}
-        inputs:
-          platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'
-          configuration: '$(BuildConfiguration)'
-          testSelector: 'testAssemblies'
-          searchFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\$(TestArtifactsName)'
-          vsTestVersion: 'toolsInstaller'
-          uiTests: true
-          rerunFailedTests: true
-          testRunTitle: 'UITests_${{ parameters.platform }}_${{ parameters.installMode }}'
-          testAssemblyVer2: |
-            **\*${{ module }}*.dll
-            !**\obj\**
-            !**\ref\**
-            !**\UITests-FancyZones\**\UITests-FancyZonesEditor.dll
-        env:
-          platform: '$(TestPlatform)'
-          useInstallerForTest: ${{ ne(parameters.buildSource, 'buildNow') }}
+
+    env:
+      platform: '$(TestPlatform)'

.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ci-build.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ variables:
     value: false
   - name: EnablePipelineCache
     value: true
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.enableMsBuildCaching, true) }}:
+    - name: EnablePipelineCache
+      value: true
 
 parameters:
   - name: buildPlatforms
@@ -13,9 +16,6 @@ parameters:
   - name: enableMsBuildCaching
     type: boolean
     default: false
-  - name: msBuildCacheIsReadOnly
-    type: boolean
-    default: true
   - name: runTests
     type: boolean
     default: true
@@ -55,11 +55,9 @@ stages:
             buildConfigurations: [Release]
             enablePackageCaching: true
             enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
-            msBuildCacheIsReadOnly: ${{ parameters.msBuildCacheIsReadOnly }}
             runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
             useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
             useLatestWinAppSDK: ${{ parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK }}
             ${{ if eq(parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK, true) }}:
               winAppSDKVersionNumber: ${{ parameters.winAppSDKVersionNumber }}
-              useExperimentalVersion: ${{ parameters.useExperimentalVersion }}
-            timeoutInMinutes: 90
+              useExperimentalVersion: ${{ parameters.useExperimentalVersion }}

.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ui-tests-automation.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ variables:
     value: false
   - name: EnablePipelineCache
     value: true
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.enableMsBuildCaching, true) }}:
+    - name: EnablePipelineCache
+      value: true
 
 parameters:
   - name: buildPlatforms
@@ -19,40 +22,63 @@ parameters:
   - name: useLatestWebView2
     type: boolean
     default: false
-  - name: buildSource
-    type: string
-    default: "latestMainOfficialBuild"
-    displayName: "Build Source"
-    values:
-      - latestMainOfficialBuild
-      - buildNow
-      - specificBuildId
-  - name: specificBuildId
-    type: string
-    default: 'xxxx'
-    displayName: "Build ID (only used when Build Source = specificBuildId)"
-  - name: uiTestModules
-    type: object
-    default: []
 
 stages:
   - ${{ each platform in parameters.buildPlatforms }}:
-    # Full build path: build PowerToys + UI tests + run tests
-    - ${{ if eq(parameters.buildSource, 'buildNow') }}:
-      - template: pipeline-ui-tests-full-build.yml
-        parameters:
-          platform: ${{ platform }}
-          enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
-          useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
-          useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-          uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
+    - stage: Build_${{ platform }}
+      displayName: Build ${{ platform }}
+      dependsOn: []
+      jobs:
+        - template: job-build-project.yml
+          parameters:
+            pool:
+              ${{ if eq(variables['System.CollectionId'], 'cb55739e-4afe-46a3-970f-1b49d8ee7564') }}:
+                name: SHINE-INT-L
+              ${{ else }}:
+                name: SHINE-OSS-L
+              ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+                demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+            buildPlatforms:
+              - ${{ platform }}
+            buildConfigurations: [Release]
+            enablePackageCaching: true
+            enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
+            runTests: false
+            buildTests: true
+            useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
 
-    # Official build path: build UI tests only + download official build + run tests  
-    - ${{ if ne(parameters.buildSource, 'buildNow') }}:
-      - template: pipeline-ui-tests-official-build.yml
-        parameters:
-          platform: ${{ platform }}
-          buildSource: ${{ parameters.buildSource }}
-          specificBuildId: ${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}
-          useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-          uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
+    - ${{ if eq(platform, 'x64') }}:
+      - stage: Test_x64Win10
+        displayName: Test x64Win10
+        dependsOn:
+          - Build_${{platform}}
+        jobs:
+            - template: job-test-project.yml
+              parameters:
+                platform: x64Win10
+                configuration: Release
+                useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
+
+    - ${{ if eq(platform, 'x64') }}:
+      - stage: Test_x64Win11
+        displayName: Test x64Win11
+        dependsOn:
+          - Build_${{platform}}
+        jobs:
+            - template: job-test-project.yml
+              parameters:
+                platform: x64Win11
+                configuration: Release
+                useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
+
+    - ${{ if ne(platform, 'x64') }}:
+      - stage: Test_${{ platform }}
+        displayName: Test ${{ platform }}
+        dependsOn:
+          - Build_${{platform}}
+        jobs:
+          - template: job-test-project.yml
+            parameters:
+              platform: ${{ platform }}
+              configuration: Release
+              useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}

.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ui-tests-full-build.yml

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# Template for full build path: Build PowerToys + Build UI Tests + Run Tests
-parameters:
-  - name: platform
-    type: string
-  - name: enableMsBuildCaching
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  - name: useVSPreview
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  - name: useLatestWebView2
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  - name: uiTestModules
-    type: object
-    default: []
-
-stages:
-  # Stage 1: Build full PowerToys project
-  - stage: Build_${{ parameters.platform }}
-    displayName: Build PowerToys ${{ parameters.platform }}
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: job-build-project.yml
-        parameters:
-          pool:
-            ${{ if eq(variables['System.CollectionId'], 'cb55739e-4afe-46a3-970f-1b49d8ee7564') }}:
-              name: SHINE-INT-L
-            ${{ else }}:
-              name: SHINE-OSS-L
-            ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
-          buildPlatforms:
-            - ${{ parameters.platform }}
-          buildConfigurations: [Release]
-          enablePackageCaching: true
-          enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
-          runTests: false
-          buildTests: true
-          useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
-          timeoutInMinutes: 90
-
-  # Stage 2: Run UI Tests
-  - ${{ if eq(parameters.platform, 'x64') }}:
-    - stage: Test_x64Win10_FullBuild
-      displayName: Test x64Win10 (Full Build)
-      dependsOn: Build_${{ parameters.platform }}
-      jobs:
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: x64Win10
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: 'buildNow'
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-
-    - stage: Test_x64Win11_FullBuild
-      displayName: Test x64Win11 (Full Build)
-      dependsOn: Build_${{ parameters.platform }}
-      jobs:
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: x64Win11
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: 'buildNow'
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-
-  - ${{ if ne(parameters.platform, 'x64') }}:
-    - stage: Test_${{ parameters.platform }}_FullBuild
-      displayName: Test ${{ parameters.platform }} (Full Build)
-      dependsOn: Build_${{ parameters.platform }}
-      jobs:
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: ${{ parameters.platform }}
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: 'buildNow'
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}

.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ui-tests-official-build.yml

@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-# Template for official build path: Download Official Build + Build UI Tests Only + Run Tests
-parameters:
-  - name: platform
-    type: string
-  - name: buildSource
-    type: string
-  - name: specificBuildId
-    type: string
-    default: 'xxxx'
-  - name: useLatestWebView2
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  - name: uiTestModules
-    type: object
-    default: []
-
-stages:
-  # Stage 1: Build UI Tests Only
-  - stage: BuildUITests_${{ parameters.platform }}
-    displayName: Build UI Tests Only ${{ parameters.platform }}
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: job-build-ui-tests.yml
-        parameters:
-          pool:
-            ${{ if eq(variables['System.CollectionId'], 'cb55739e-4afe-46a3-970f-1b49d8ee7564') }}:
-              name: SHINE-INT-L
-            ${{ else }}:
-              name: SHINE-OSS-L
-          buildPlatforms:
-            - ${{ parameters.platform }}
-          uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-
-  # Stage 2: Run UI Tests with Official Build
-  - ${{ if eq(parameters.platform, 'x64') }}:
-    - stage: Test_x64Win10_OfficialBuild
-      displayName: Test x64Win10 (Official Build)
-      dependsOn: BuildUITests_${{ parameters.platform }}
-      jobs:
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: x64Win10
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: ${{ parameters.buildSource }}
-            specificBuildId: ${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-
-        # Additional per-user installation test
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: x64Win10
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: ${{ parameters.buildSource }}
-            specificBuildId: ${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-            installMode: 'peruser'
-            jobSuffix: '_PerUser'
-
-    - stage: Test_x64Win11_OfficialBuild
-      displayName: Test x64Win11 (Official Build)
-      dependsOn: BuildUITests_${{ parameters.platform }}
-      jobs:
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: x64Win11
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: ${{ parameters.buildSource }}
-            specificBuildId: ${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-
-        # Additional per-user installation test
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: x64Win11
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: ${{ parameters.buildSource }}
-            specificBuildId: ${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-            installMode: 'peruser'
-            jobSuffix: '_PerUser'
-
-  - ${{ if ne(parameters.platform, 'x64') }}:
-    - stage: Test_${{ parameters.platform }}_OfficialBuild
-      displayName: Test ${{ parameters.platform }} (Official Build)
-      dependsOn: BuildUITests_${{ parameters.platform }}
-      jobs:
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: ${{ parameters.platform }}
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: ${{ parameters.buildSource }}
-            specificBuildId: ${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-
-        # Additional per-user installation test
-        - template: job-test-project.yml
-          parameters:
-            platform: ${{ parameters.platform }}
-            configuration: Release
-            useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
-            buildSource: ${{ parameters.buildSource }}
-            specificBuildId: ${{ parameters.specificBuildId }}
-            uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}
-            installMode: 'peruser'
-            jobSuffix: '_PerUser'

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-installer-vnext.yml

@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-parameters:
-  - name: versionNumber
-    type: string
-    default: "0.0.1"
-  - name: codeSign
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  - name: signingIdentity
-    type: object
-    default: {}
-  - name: additionalBuildOptions
-    type: string
-    default: ''
-
-steps:
-  # Install WiX 5.0.2 tools needed for VNext installer (matching project SDK)
-  - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
-    displayName: Install WiX 5.0.2 tools
-    inputs:
-      command: 'custom'
-      custom: 'tool'
-      arguments: 'install --global wix --version 5.0.2'
-
-  - pwsh: |-
-      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InstallerMachineRoot]installer\PowerToysSetupVNext\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\MachineSetup"
-      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InstallerUserRoot]installer\PowerToysSetupVNext\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\UserSetup"
-      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InstallerMachineBasename]PowerToysSetup-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}-$(BuildPlatform)"
-      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InstallerUserBasename]PowerToysUserSetup-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}-$(BuildPlatform)"
-    displayName: Prepare Installer variables
-
-  # This dll needs to be built and signed before building the MSI.
-  # The Custom Actions project contains a pre-build event that prepares the .wxs files
-  # by filling them out with all our components. We pass RunBuildEvents=true to force
-  # that logic to run.
-  - task: VSBuild@1
-    displayName: Build Shared Support DLLs
-    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
-      msbuildArgs: >-
-        /t:PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext;SilentFilesInUseBAFunction
-        /p:RunBuildEvents=true;RestorePackagesConfig=true;CIBuild=true
-        -restore -graph
-        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-actions.binlog
-        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
-      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
-      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      clean: true
-      msbuildArchitecture: x64
-      maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
-    - template: steps-esrp-sign-files-authenticode.yml
-      parameters:
-        displayName: Sign Shared Support DLLs
-        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
-        folder: 'installer'
-        pattern: |-
-          **/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.dll
-          **/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.dll
-
-  ## INSTALLER START
-  #### MSI BUILDING AND SIGNING
-  #
-  # The MSI build contains code that reverts the .wxs files to their in-tree versions.
-  # This is only supposed to happen during local builds. Since this build system is
-  # supposed to run side by side--machine and then user--we do NOT want to destroy
-  # the .wxs files. Therefore, we pass RunBuildEvents=false to suppress all of that
-  # logic.
-  #
-  # We pass BuildProjectReferences=false so that it does not recompile the DLLs we just built.
-  # We only pass -restore on the first one because the second run should already have all
-  # of the dependencies.
-  - task: VSBuild@1
-    displayName: 💻 Build VNext MSI
-    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
-      msbuildArgs: >-
-        -restore
-        /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext
-        /p:RunBuildEvents=false;PerUser=false;BuildProjectReferences=false;CIBuild=true
-        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-machine-msi.binlog
-        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
-      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
-      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      clean: false # don't undo our hard work above by deleting the CustomActions dll
-      msbuildArchitecture: x64
-      maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  - task: VSBuild@1
-    displayName: 👤 Build VNext MSI
-    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
-      msbuildArgs: >-
-        /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext
-        /p:RunBuildEvents=false;PerUser=true;BuildProjectReferences=false;CIBuild=true
-        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-user-msi.binlog
-        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
-      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
-      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      clean: false # don't undo our hard work above by deleting the CustomActions dll
-      msbuildArchitecture: x64
-      maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  - script: |-
-      wix msi decompile $(InstallerMachineRoot)\$(InstallerMachineBasename).msi -x $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMachineMsi
-      wix msi decompile $(InstallerUserRoot)\$(InstallerUserBasename).msi -x $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedUserMsi
-      dir $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMachineMsi
-      dir $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedUserMsi
-    displayName: "WiX5: Extract and verify MSIs"
-
-  # Check if deps.json files don't reference different dll versions.
-  - pwsh: |-
-      & '.pipelines/verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1' -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMachineMsi\File'
-      & '.pipelines/verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1' -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedUserMsi\File'
-    displayName: Audit deps.json in MSI extracted files
-
-  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
-    - pwsh: |-
-        & .pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1 -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMachineMsi\File'
-        & .pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1 -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMachineMsi\Binary'
-        & .pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1 -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedUserMsi\File'
-        & .pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1 -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedUserMsi\Binary'
-        git clean -xfd ./extractedMachineMsi ./extractedUserMsi
-      displayName: Verify all binaries are signed and versioned
-
-    - template: steps-esrp-sign-files-authenticode.yml
-      parameters:
-        displayName: Sign VNext MSIs
-        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
-        folder: 'installer'
-        pattern: '**/PowerToys*Setup-*.msi'
-
-  #### END MSI
-  
-  #### BOOTSTRAP BUILDING AND SIGNING
-  # We pass BuildProjectReferences=false so that it does not recompile the DLLs we just built.
-  # We only pass -restore on the first one because the second run should already have all
-  # of the dependencies.
-  - task: VSBuild@1
-    displayName: 💻 Build VNext Bootstrapper
-    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
-      msbuildArgs: >-
-        -restore
-        /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext
-        /p:PerUser=false;BuildProjectReferences=false;CIBuild=true
-        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-machine-bootstrapper.binlog
-        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
-      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
-      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      clean: false # don't undo our hard work above by deleting the MSI nor SilentFilesInUseBAFunction
-      msbuildArchitecture: x64
-      maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  - task: VSBuild@1
-    displayName: 👤 Build VNext Bootstrapper
-    inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
-      msbuildArgs: >-
-        /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext
-        /p:PerUser=true;BuildProjectReferences=false;CIBuild=true
-        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-user-bootstrapper.binlog
-        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
-      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
-      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
-      clean: false # don't undo our hard work above by deleting the MSI nor SilentFilesInUseBAFunction
-      msbuildArchitecture: x64
-      maximumCpuCount: true
-
-  # The entirety of bundle unpacking/re-packing is unnecessary if we are not code signing it.
-  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
-    - script: |-
-        wix burn detach $(InstallerMachineRoot)\$(InstallerMachineBasename).exe -engine installer\machine-engine.exe
-        wix burn detach $(InstallerUserRoot)\$(InstallerUserBasename).exe -engine installer\user-engine.exe
-      displayName: "WiX5: Extract Engines from Bundles"
-
-    - template: steps-esrp-sign-files-authenticode.yml
-      parameters:
-        displayName: Sign WiX Engines
-        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
-        folder: "installer"
-        pattern: '*-engine.exe'
-
-    - script: |-
-        wix burn reattach $(InstallerMachineRoot)\$(InstallerMachineBasename).exe -engine installer\machine-engine.exe -o $(InstallerMachineRoot)\$(InstallerMachineBasename).exe
-        wix burn reattach $(InstallerUserRoot)\$(InstallerUserBasename).exe -engine installer\user-engine.exe -o $(InstallerUserRoot)\$(InstallerUserBasename).exe
-      displayName: "WiX5: Reattach Engines to Bundles"
-
-    - pwsh: |-
-        & wix burn extract -oba installer\ba\m "$(InstallerMachineRoot)\$(InstallerMachineBasename).exe"
-        & wix burn extract -oba installer\ba\u "$(InstallerUserRoot)\$(InstallerUserBasename).exe"
-        Get-ChildItem installer\ba -Recurse -Include *.exe,*.dll | Get-AuthenticodeSignature | ForEach-Object {
-          If ($_.Status -Ne "Valid") {
-            Write-Error $_.StatusMessage
-          } Else {
-            Write-Host $_.StatusMessage
-          }
-        }
-        & git clean -fdx installer\ba
-      displayName: "WiX5: Verify Bootstrapper content is signed"
-
-    - template: steps-esrp-sign-files-authenticode.yml
-      parameters:
-        displayName: Sign Final Bootstrappers
-        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
-        folder: 'installer'
-        pattern: '**/PowerToys*Setup-*.exe'
-
-  #### END BOOTSTRAP
-  ## END INSTALLER

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-installer.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+parameters:
+  - name: versionNumber
+    type: string
+    default: "0.0.1"
+  - name: buildUserInstaller
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+  - name: codeSign
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+  - name: signingIdentity
+    type: object
+    default: {}
+  - name: additionalBuildOptions
+    type: string
+    default: ''
+
+steps:
+  - pwsh: |-
+      & git clean -xfd -e *exe -- .\installer\
+    displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Clean installer to reduce cross-contamination
+
+  - pwsh: |-
+      $IsPerUser = $${{ parameters.buildUserInstaller }}
+      $InstallerBuildSlug = "MachineSetup"
+      $InstallerBasename = "PowerToysSetup"
+      If($IsPerUser) {
+        $InstallerBuildSlug = "UserSetup"
+        $InstallerBasename = "PowerToysUserSetup"
+      }
+      $InstallerBasename += "-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}-$(BuildPlatform)"
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InstallerBuildSlug]$InstallerBuildSlug"
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InstallerRelativePath]$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\$InstallerBuildSlug"
+      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InstallerBasename]$InstallerBasename"
+    displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Prepare Installer variables
+
+  # This dll needs to be built and signed before building the MSI.
+  - task: VSBuild@1
+    displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Build PowerToysSetupCustomActions
+    inputs:
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
+      vsVersion: 17.0
+      msbuildArgs: >-
+        /t:PowerToysSetupCustomActions
+        /p:RunBuildEvents=true;PerUser=${{parameters.buildUserInstaller}};RestorePackagesConfig=true;CIBuild=true
+        -restore -graph
+        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-$(InstallerBuildSlug)-actions.binlog
+        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
+      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
+      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
+      clean: true
+      msbuildArchitecture: x64
+      maximumCpuCount: true
+
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
+    - template: steps-esrp-signing.yml
+      parameters:
+        displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Sign PowerToysSetupCustomActions
+        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
+        inputs:
+          FolderPath: 'installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActions/$(InstallerRelativePath)'
+          signType: batchSigning
+          batchSignPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\ESRPSigning_installer.json'
+          ciPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\CIPolicy.xml'
+
+  ## INSTALLER START
+  #### MSI BUILDING AND SIGNING
+  - task: VSBuild@1
+    displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Build MSI
+    inputs:
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
+      vsVersion: 17.0
+      msbuildArgs: >-
+        -restore
+        /t:PowerToysInstaller
+        /p:RunBuildEvents=false;PerUser=${{parameters.buildUserInstaller}};BuildProjectReferences=false;CIBuild=true
+        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-$(InstallerBuildSlug)-msi.binlog
+        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
+      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
+      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
+      clean: false # don't undo our hard work above by deleting the CustomActions dll
+      msbuildArchitecture: x64
+      maximumCpuCount: true
+
+  - script: |-
+      "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\dark.exe" -x $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi installer\PowerToysSetup\$(InstallerRelativePath)\$(InstallerBasename).msi
+      dir $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi
+    displayName: "${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Extract and verify MSI"
+
+  # Extract CmdPal msix package to check if its content is signed
+  - pwsh: |-
+      Write-Host "Extracting CmdPal MSIX package"
+
+      # Define the directory to search
+      $searchDir = "extractedMsi\File"
+
+      # Define the regex pattern for MSIX files
+      $pattern = '^Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.*\.msix$'
+
+      # Get all files in the directory and subdirectories
+      $msixFile = Get-ChildItem -Path $searchDir -Recurse -File | Where-Object {
+          $_.Name -match $pattern
+      }
+
+      Write-Host "MSIX file found: " $msixFile
+
+      $destinationDir = "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi\File\extractedCmdPalMsix"
+
+      Expand-Archive -Path $msixFile -DestinationPath $destinationDir
+      Get-ChildItem -Path $destinationDir -Recurse -File
+
+    displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Extract CmdPal MSIX package
+
+  # Check if deps.json files don't reference different dll versions.
+  - pwsh: |-
+      & '.pipelines/verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1' -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi\File'
+    displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Audit deps.json in MSI extracted files
+
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
+    - pwsh: |-
+        & .pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1 -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi\File'
+        & .pipelines/versionAndSignCheck.ps1 -targetDir '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi\Binary'
+        git clean -xfd ./extractedMsi
+      displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Verify all binaries are signed and versioned
+
+    - template: steps-esrp-signing.yml
+      parameters:
+        displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Sign MSI
+        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
+        inputs:
+          FolderPath: 'installer/PowerToysSetup/$(InstallerRelativePath)'
+          signType: batchSigning
+          batchSignPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\ESRPSigning_installer.json'
+          ciPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\CIPolicy.xml'
+
+  #### END MSI
+  #### BOOTSTRAP BUILDING AND SIGNING
+
+  - task: VSBuild@1
+    displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Build Bootstrapper
+    inputs:
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
+      vsVersion: 17.0
+      msbuildArgs: >-
+        /t:PowerToysBootstrapper
+        /p:PerUser=${{parameters.buildUserInstaller}};CIBuild=true
+        /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\installer-$(InstallerBuildSlug)-bootstrapper.binlog
+        -restore -graph
+        ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
+      platform: $(BuildPlatform)
+      configuration: $(BuildConfiguration)
+      clean: false # don't undo our hard work above by deleting the MSI
+      msbuildArchitecture: x64
+      maximumCpuCount: true
+
+  # The entirety of bundle unpacking/re-packing is unnecessary if we are not code signing it.
+  - ${{ if eq(parameters.codeSign, true) }}:
+    - script: |-
+        "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" -ib installer\PowerToysSetup\$(InstallerRelativePath)\$(InstallerBasename).exe -o installer\engine.exe
+      displayName: "${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Insignia: Extract Engine from Bundle"
+
+    - template: steps-esrp-signing.yml
+      parameters:
+        displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Sign WiX Engine
+        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
+        inputs:
+          FolderPath: "installer"
+          Pattern: engine.exe
+          signConfigType: inlineSignParams
+          inlineOperation: |
+            [
+                {
+                    "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
+                    "OperationCode": "SigntoolSign",
+                    "Parameters": {
+                        "OpusName": "Microsoft",
+                        "OpusInfo": "http://www.microsoft.com",
+                        "FileDigest": "/fd \"SHA256\"",
+                        "PageHash": "/NPH",
+                        "TimeStamp": "/tr \"http://rfc3161.gtm.corp.microsoft.com/TSS/HttpTspServer\" /td sha256"
+                    },
+                    "ToolName": "sign",
+                    "ToolVersion": "1.0"
+                },
+                {
+                    "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
+                    "OperationCode": "SigntoolVerify",
+                    "Parameters": {},
+                    "ToolName": "sign",
+                    "ToolVersion": "1.0"
+                }
+            ]
+
+    - script: |-
+        "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" -ab installer\engine.exe installer\PowerToysSetup\$(InstallerRelativePath)\$(InstallerBasename).exe -o installer\PowerToysSetup\$(InstallerRelativePath)\$(InstallerBasename).exe
+      displayName: "${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Insignia: Merge Engine into Bundle"
+
+    - template: steps-esrp-signing.yml
+      parameters:
+        displayName: ${{replace(replace(parameters.buildUserInstaller,'True','👤'),'False','💻')}} Sign Final Bootstrapper
+        signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
+        inputs:
+          FolderPath: 'installer/PowerToysSetup/$(InstallerRelativePath)'
+          signType: batchSigning
+          batchSignPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\ESRPSigning_installer.json'
+          ciPolicyFile: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\CIPolicy.xml'
+  #### END BOOTSTRAP
+  ## END INSTALLER

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-esrp-sign-files-authenticode.yml

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-parameters:
-  - name: displayName
-    type: string
-    default: Sign Specific Files
-  - name: folder
-    type: string
-  - name: pattern
-    type: string
-  - name: signingIdentity
-    type: object
-    default: {}
-
-steps:
-  - template: steps-esrp-signing.yml
-    parameters:
-      displayName: ${{ parameters.displayName }}
-      signingIdentity: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity }}
-      inputs:
-        FolderPath: ${{ parameters.folder }}
-        Pattern: ${{ parameters.pattern }}
-        UseMinimatch: true
-        signConfigType: inlineSignParams
-        inlineOperation: |-
-          [
-              {
-                  "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
-                  "OperationCode": "SigntoolSign",
-                  "Parameters": {
-                      "OpusName": "Microsoft",
-                      "OpusInfo": "http://www.microsoft.com",
-                      "FileDigest": "/fd \"SHA256\"",
-                      "PageHash": "/NPH",
-                      "TimeStamp": "/tr \"http://rfc3161.gtm.corp.microsoft.com/TSS/HttpTspServer\" /td sha256"
-                  },
-                  "ToolName": "sign",
-                  "ToolVersion": "1.0"
-              },
-              {
-                  "KeyCode": "CP-230012",
-                  "OperationCode": "SigntoolVerify",
-                  "Parameters": {},
-                  "ToolName": "sign",
-                  "ToolVersion": "1.0"
-              }
-          ]

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-fetch-and-prepare-localizations.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ steps:
     displayName: 'Download Localization Files -- PowerToys 37400'
     inputs:
       teamId: 37400
-      FederatedIdentityTDBuildServiceConnection: $(TouchdownServiceConnection)
-      authType: FederatedIdentityTDBuild
+      TDBuildServiceConnection: $(TouchdownServiceConnection)
+      authType: SubjectNameIssuer
       resourceFilePath: |
        **\Resources.resx
        **\Resource.resx

.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

.pipelines/verifyCommonProps.ps1

@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ foreach ($csprojFile in $csprojFilesArray) {
     if ($csprojFile -like '*TemplateCmdPalExtension.csproj') {
         continue
     }
-    
-    # The CmdPal.Core projects use a common shared props file, so skip them
-    if ($csprojFile -like '*Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.*.csproj') {
-        continue
-    }
-    if ($csprojFile -like '*Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.csproj') {
-        continue
-    }
 
     $importExists = Test-ImportSharedCsWinRTProps -filePath $csprojFile
     if (!$importExists) {

.pipelines/verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Get-ChildItem $targetDir -Recurse -Filter *.deps.json -Exclude *UITest*,MouseJum
     # Temporarily exclude All UI-Test, Fuzzer-Test projects because of Appium.WebDriver dependencies
     $depsJsonFullFileName = $_.FullName
 
-    if ($depsJsonFullFileName -like "*CmdPal*" -or $depsJsonFullFileName -like "*CommandPalette*") {
+    if ($depsJsonFullFileName -like "*CmdPal*") {
         return
     }
 

.pipelines/verifyNoticeMdAgainstNugetPackages.ps1

@@ -57,19 +57,12 @@ $totalList = $projFiles | ForEach-Object -Parallel {
 
             $p = -split $p
             $p = $p[1, 2]
-            $tempString = $p[0]
+            $tempString = $p[0] + " " + $p[1]
 
-            if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($tempString))
+            if(![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($tempString))
             {
-                Continue
+		   echo "- $tempString";
             }
-
-            if($tempString.StartsWith("Microsoft.") -Or $tempString.StartsWith("System."))
-            {
-                Continue
-            }
-
-            echo "- $tempString"
         }
 	$csproj = $null;
     }

.pipelines/verifyNugetPackages.ps1

@@ -21,13 +21,4 @@ if (-not $?)
     exit 1
 }
 
-# Ignore NU1503 on vcxproj files 
-dotnet restore $solution /nowarn:NU1503 
-if ($lastExitCode -ne 0)
-{
-    $result = $lastExitCode
-    Write-Error "Error running dotnet restore, with the exit code $lastExitCode. Please verify logs on the nuget package versions."
-    exit $result
-}
-
 exit 0

.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;

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "inputs": [
-        {
-            "id": "arch",
-            "type": "pickString",
-            "description": "Select target architecture",
-            "options": ["x64", "arm64"],
-            "default": "x64"
-        }
-    ],
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Run native executable (no build)",
-            "type": "cppvsdbg",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\${input:arch}\\Debug\\PowerToys.exe",
-            "args": [],
-            "stopAtEntry": false,
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "environment": [],
-            "console": "integratedTerminal"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "C/C++ Attach to PowerToys Process (native)",
-            "type": "cppvsdbg",
-            "request": "attach",
-            "processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
-            "symbolSearchPath": "${workspaceFolder}\\${input:arch}\\Debug;${workspaceFolder}\\Debug;${workspaceFolder}\\symbols"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Run managed code (managed, no build, ARCH configurable)",
-            "type": "coreclr",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\${input:arch}\\Debug\\WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Settings.exe",
-            "args": [],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "env": {},
-            "console": "internalConsole",
-            "stopAtEntry": false
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Run AdvancedPaste (managed, no build, ARCH configurable)",
-            "type": "coreclr",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\${input:arch}\\Debug\\WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.AdvancedPaste.exe",
-            "args": [],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "env": {},
-            "console": "internalConsole",
-            "stopAtEntry": false
-        },
-    ]
-}

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.
@@ -183,11 +180,12 @@ 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
-- [@yeelam-gordon](https://github.com/yeelam-gordon) - Gordon Lam - Dev Lead
-- [@jamrobot](https://github.com/jamrobot) - Jerry Xu - Dev Lead
+- [@dhowett](https://github.com/dhowett) - Dustin Howett - Dev lead
+- [@yeelam-gordon](https://github.com/yeelam-gordon) - Gordon Lam - Dev lead
+- [@jamrobot](https://github.com/jamrobot) - Jerry Xu - Dev lead
 - [@lei9444](https://github.com/lei9444) - Leilei Zhang - Dev
 - [@shuaiyuanxx](https://github.com/shuaiyuanxx) - Shawn Yuan - Dev
 - [@moooyo](https://github.com/moooyo) - Yu Leng - Dev
@@ -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
@@ -228,4 +225,4 @@ ZoomIt source code was originally implemented by [Sysinternals](https://sysinter
 - [@donlaci](https://github.com/donlaci) - Laszlo Nemeth - Dev
 - [@SeraphimaZykova](https://github.com/SeraphimaZykova) - Seraphima Zykova - Dev
 - [@stefansjfw](https://github.com/stefansjfw) - Stefan Markovic - Dev
-- [@jaimecbernardo](https://github.com/jaimecbernardo) - Jaime Bernardo - Dev Lead
+- [@jaimecbernardo](https://github.com/jaimecbernardo) - Jaime Bernardo - Dev lead

Cpp.Build.props

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(SkipCppCodeAnalysis)' == ''">
     <RunCodeAnalysis>true</RunCodeAnalysis>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\CppRuleSet.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-    <CAExcludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)deps;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages;$(CAExcludePath)</CAExcludePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- C++ source compile-specific things for all configurations -->
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
     <PreferredToolArchitecture Condition="'$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)' == 'ARM64' or '$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432)' == 'ARM64'">arm64</PreferredToolArchitecture>
     <VcpkgEnabled>false</VcpkgEnabled>
     <ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>true</ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>
-    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)deps;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
+    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\deps\;$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\packages\;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
     <!-- Enable control flow guard for C++ projects that don't consume any C++ files -->
     <!-- This covers the case where a .dll exports a .lib, but doesn't have any ClCompile entries. -->
     <LinkControlFlowGuard>Guard</LinkControlFlowGuard>
@@ -53,15 +52,9 @@
       <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 +103,7 @@
 
   <!-- 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>

DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md

@@ -147,18 +147,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent</td>
     <td>Triggered when Advanced Paste leverages the Semantic Kernel.</td>
   </tr> 
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelErrorEvent</td>
-    <td>Occurs when the Semantic Kernel workflow encounters an error.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent</td>
-    <td>Logs the AI provider, model, and processing duration for each endpoint call.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent</td>
-    <td>Records provider, model, and status details when a custom action fails.</td>
-  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ### Always on Top
@@ -243,10 +231,6 @@ _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 +245,6 @@ _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>
@@ -455,18 +383,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.GcodeFilePreviewError</td>
     <td>Triggered when there is an error previewing a G-code file.</td>
   </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.BgcodeFileHandlerLoaded</td>
-    <td>Triggered when a Binary G-code file handler is loaded.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.BgcodeFilePreviewed</td>
-    <td>Occurs when a Binary G-code file is previewed in File Explorer.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.BgcodeFilePreviewError</td>
-    <td>Triggered when there is an error previewing a Binary G-code file.</td>
-  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.MarkdownFileHandlerLoaded</td>
     <td>Occurs when a Markdown file handler is loaded.</td>
@@ -795,10 +711,6 @@ _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 +719,6 @@ _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 +904,12 @@ _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>

Directory.Build.props

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>PowerToys.Root.Props</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
     <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
 
   <!-- Add ability to run tests via "msbuild /t:Test" -->
   <!--
-    Work around an MSBuild bug where Microsoft.Common.Test.targets is missing from the Arm64 installation.
+    Workaround an MSBuild bug where Microsoft.Common.Test.targets is missing from the Arm64 installation.
     See: https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/pull/9984
     NB 1: This means that using "/t:Test" is not supported for Arm64 builds and tests will need to be run in an alternate way,
           eg running tests in VS or invoking vstest.console directly.

Directory.Build.targets

@@ -3,9 +3,4 @@
 
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildCachePackageRoot)\build\$(MSBuildCachePackageName).targets" Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot)\build\Microsoft.MSBuildCache.SharedCompilation.targets" Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'" />
-
-  <!-- Override ManifestTool to the x64 host tool under WindowsSdkDir for all projects once the SDK path is known. -->
-  <PropertyGroup Label="ManifestToolOverride">
-    <ManifestTool Condition="Exists('$(WindowsSdkDir)bin\x64\mt.exe')">$(WindowsSdkDir)bin\x64\mt.exe</ManifestTool>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-<Project>
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
-    <CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>true</CentralPackageTransitivePinningEnabled>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3" Version="2.0.0-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3" Version="2.1.0-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.Templating" Version="2.0.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.OpacityMaskView" Version="0.1.251101-build.2372" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core" Version="4.23.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Appium.WebDriver" Version="4.4.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CoenM.ImageSharp.ImageHash" Version="1.3.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="1.0.0-beta.17" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Common" Version="8.4.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.4.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations" Version="8.2.250402" />
@@ -22,11 +20,10 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters" Version="8.2.250402" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions" Version="8.2.250402" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.DataGrid" Version="7.1.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.MarkdownTextBlock" Version="0.1.251002-build.2316" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.Markdown" Version="7.1.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ControlzEx" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="HelixToolkit" Version="2.24.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="HelixToolkit.Core.Wpf" Version="2.24.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="HtmlAgilityPack" Version="1.12.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="hyjiacan.pinyin4net" Version="4.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Interop.Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote" Version="1.1.0.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="LazyCache" Version="2.4.0" />
@@ -35,34 +32,22 @@
     <!-- Including MessagePack to force version, since it's used by StreamJsonRpc but contains vulnerabilities. After StreamJsonRpc updates the version of MessagePack, we can upgrade StreamJsonRpc instead. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="MessagePack" Version="3.1.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers" Version="9.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.6" />
     <!-- 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.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent" Version="3.1.16" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.9.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.9.1-preview.1.25474.6" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local" Version="0.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.66.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI" Version="1.66.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference" Version="1.66.0-beta" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.15.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.3179.45" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.2903.40" />
     <!-- Package Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.1. This is a dependency of System.Drawing.Common but the 8.0.1 version wasn't published to nuget. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.ComInterop" Version="1.10.340" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32" Version="0.3.183" />
     <!-- CsWinRT version needs to be set to have a WinRT.Runtime.dll at the same version contained inside the NET SDK we're currently building on CI. -->
     <!-- 
@@ -70,24 +55,19 @@
       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.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.8.250907003" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI" Version="1.8.37" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime" Version="1.8.250907003" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.26100.4188" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.7.250513003" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed" Version="2.0.9" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf" Version="1.1.39" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ModernWpfUI" Version="0.9.4" />
     <!-- Moq to stay below v4.20 due to behavior change. need to be sure fixed -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MSTest" Version="3.8.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="NJsonSchema" Version="11.4.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="NLog" Version="5.2.8" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="NLog" Version="5.0.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NLog.Extensions.Logging" Version="5.3.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NLog.Schema" Version="5.2.8" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenAI" Version="2.5.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenAI" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ReverseMarkdown" Version="4.1.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="RtfPipe" Version="2.0.7677.4303" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ScipBe.Common.Office.OneNote" Version="3.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.37.2" />
     <!-- Don't update SkiaSharp.Views.WinUI to version 3.* branch as this brakes the HexBox control in Registry Preview. -->
@@ -95,45 +75,35 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="StreamJsonRpc" Version="2.21.69" />
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.556" />
     <!-- Package System.CodeDom added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.1. This is a dependency of System.Management but the 8.0.1 version wasn't published to nuget. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.CodeDom" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.CodeDom" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.CommandLine" Version="2.0.0-beta4.22272.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.OleDb" Version="9.0.6" />
     <!-- Package System.Data.SqlClient added to force it as a dependency of Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility to the latest version available at this time. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.9.0" />
     <!-- Package System.Diagnostics.EventLog added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.1. This is a dependency of System.Data.OleDb but the 8.0.1 version wasn't published to nuget. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.EventLog" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.EventLog" Version="9.0.6" />
     <!-- Package System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.11. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.ClientModel" Version="1.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="22.0.13" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers" Version="22.0.13" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Management" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Management" Version="9.0.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="4.3.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Reactive" Version="6.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.6" />
     <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" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WinUIEx" Version="2.8.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.5.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WinUIEx" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="WPF-UI" Version="3.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="WyHash" Version="1.0.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.Heat" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.Firewall.wixext" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.Util.wixext" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.UI.wixext" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.NetFx.wixext" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.Bal.wixext" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.BootstrapperApplicationApi" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.WixStandardBootstrapperApplicationFunctionApi" Version="5.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsExperimentationLive)'!=''">
     <!-- Additional dependencies used by experimentation -->

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
@@ -1522,51 +1491,92 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 ## NuGet Packages used by PowerToys
 
-- AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3
-- AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3
-- AdaptiveCards.Templating
-- Appium.WebDriver
-- CoenM.ImageSharp.ImageHash
-- CommunityToolkit.Common
-- CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.MarkdownTextBlock
-- CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.OpacityMaskView
-- CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Collections
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Segmented
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.SettingsControls
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Sizers
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions
-- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.DataGrid
-- ControlzEx
-- HelixToolkit
-- HelixToolkit.Core.Wpf
-- hyjiacan.pinyin4net
-- Interop.Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote
-- LazyCache
-- Mages
-- Markdig.Signed
-- MessagePack
-- ModernWpfUI
-- Moq
-- MSTest
-- NJsonSchema
-- NLog
-- NLog.Extensions.Logging
-- NLog.Schema
-- OpenAI
-- ReverseMarkdown
-- ScipBe.Common.Office.OneNote
-- SharpCompress
-- SkiaSharp.Views.WinUI
-- StreamJsonRpc
-- StyleCop.Analyzers
-- ToolGood.Words.Pinyin
-- UnicodeInformation
-- UnitsNet
-- UTF.Unknown
-- WinUIEx
-- WPF-UI
-- WyHash
+- AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3 2.0.0-beta
+- AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3 2.1.0-beta
+- AdaptiveCards.Templating 2.0.5
+- Appium.WebDriver 4.4.5
+- Azure.AI.OpenAI 1.0.0-beta.17
+- CommunityToolkit.Common 8.4.0
+- CommunityToolkit.Mvvm 8.4.0
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Collections 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Segmented 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.SettingsControls 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Sizers 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions 8.2.250402
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.DataGrid 7.1.2
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.Markdown 7.1.2
+- ControlzEx 6.0.0
+- HelixToolkit 2.24.0
+- HelixToolkit.Core.Wpf 2.24.0
+- hyjiacan.pinyin4net 4.1.1
+- Interop.Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote 1.1.0.2
+- LazyCache 2.4.0
+- Mages 3.0.0
+- Markdig.Signed 0.34.0
+- MessagePack 3.1.3
+- Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core 4.23.0
+- Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers 9.0.0
+- Microsoft.Data.Sqlite 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent 3.1.16
+- Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler (A)
+- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks (A)
+- Microsoft.SemanticKernel 1.15.0
+- Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications 7.1.2
+- Microsoft.Web.WebView2 1.0.2903.40
+- Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 0.3.183
+- Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT 2.2.0
+- Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools 10.0.26100.4188
+- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.7.250513003
+- Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.ComInterop 1.10.340
+- Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed 2.0.9
+- Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf 1.1.39
+- ModernWpfUI 0.9.4
+- Moq 4.18.4
+- MSTest 3.8.3
+- NLog.Extensions.Logging 5.3.8
+- NLog.Schema 5.2.8
+- OpenAI 2.0.0
+- ReverseMarkdown 4.1.0
+- ScipBe.Common.Office.OneNote 3.0.1
+- SharpCompress 0.37.2
+- SkiaSharp.Views.WinUI 2.88.9
+- StreamJsonRpc 2.21.69
+- StyleCop.Analyzers 1.2.0-beta.556
+- System.CodeDom 9.0.6
+- System.CommandLine 2.0.0-beta4.22272.1
+- System.ComponentModel.Composition 9.0.6
+- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager 9.0.6
+- System.Data.OleDb 9.0.6
+- System.Data.SqlClient 4.9.0
+- System.Diagnostics.EventLog 9.0.6
+- System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter 9.0.6
+- System.Drawing.Common 9.0.6
+- System.IO.Abstractions 22.0.13
+- System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers 22.0.13
+- System.Management 9.0.6
+- System.Net.Http 4.3.4
+- System.Private.Uri 4.3.2
+- System.Reactive 6.0.1
+- System.Runtime.Caching 9.0.6
+- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController 9.0.6
+- System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 9.0.6
+- System.Text.Json 9.0.6
+- System.Text.RegularExpressions 4.3.1
+- UnicodeInformation 2.6.0
+- UnitsNet 5.56.0
+- UTF.Unknown 2.5.1
+- WinUIEx 2.2.0
+- WPF-UI 3.0.5
+- WyHash 1.0.5
+

README.md

@@ -1,256 +1,280 @@
-<p align="center">
-    <picture>
-      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="./doc/images/readme/pt-hero.light.png" />
-      <img src="./doc/images/readme/pt-hero.dark.png" />
-  </picture>
-</p>
-<h1 align="center">
-  <span>Microsoft PowerToys</span>
-</h1>
-<p align="center">
-  <span align="center">Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.</span>
-</p>
-<h3 align="center">
-  <a href="#-installation">Installation</a>
-  <span> · </span>
-  <a href="https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs">Documentation</a>
-  <span> · </span>
-  <a href="https://aka.ms/powertoys-releaseblog">Blog</a>
-  <span> · </span>
-  <a href="#-whats-new">Release notes</a>
-</h3>
-<br/><br/>
+# Microsoft PowerToys
 
-## 🔨 Utilities
+![Hero image for Microsoft PowerToys](doc/images/overview/PT_hero_image.png)
 
-PowerToys includes over 25 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Windows experience:
+[How to use PowerToys][usingPowerToys-docs-link] | [Downloads & Release notes][github-release-link] | [Contributing to PowerToys](#contributing) | [What's Happening](#whats-happening) | [Roadmap](#powertoys-roadmap)
 
-|   |   |   |
-|---|---|---|
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/AdvancedPaste.png" alt="Advanced Paste icon" height="16"> Advanced Paste](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_AdvancedPaste) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Always%20On%20Top.png" alt="Always on Top icon" height="16"> Always on Top](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_AoT) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Awake.png" alt="Awake icon" height="16"> Awake](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Awake) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/Color%20Picker.png" alt="Color Picker icon" height="16"> Color Picker](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ColorPicker) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Command%20Not%20Found.png" alt="Command Not Found icon" height="16"> Command Not Found](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CmdNotFound) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Command Palette.png" alt="Command Palette icon" height="16"> Command Palette](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CmdPal) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/Crop%20And%20Lock.png" alt="Crop and Lock icon" height="16"> Crop And Lock](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CropAndLock) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Environment%20Manager.png" alt="Environment Variables icon" height="16"> Environment Variables](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_EnvironmentVariables) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/FancyZones.png" alt="FancyZones icon" height="16"> FancyZones](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FancyZones) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/File%20Explorer%20Preview.png" alt="File Explorer Add-ons icon" height="16"> File Explorer Add-ons](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FileExplorerAddOns) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/File%20Locksmith.png" alt="File Locksmith icon" height="16"> File Locksmith](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FileLocksmith) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Host%20File%20Editor.png" alt="Hosts File Editor icon" height="16"> Hosts File Editor](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_HostsFileEditor) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/Image%20Resizer.png" alt="Image Resizer icon" height="16"> Image Resizer](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ImageResizer) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Keyboard%20Manager.png" alt="Keyboard Manager icon" height="16"> Keyboard Manager](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_KeyboardManager) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Light Switch.png" alt="Light Switch icon" height="16"> Light Switch](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_LightSwitch) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/Find My Mouse.png" alt="Mouse Utilities icon" height="16"> Mouse Utilities](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseUtilities) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/MouseWithoutBorders.png" alt="Mouse Without Borders icon" height="16"> Mouse Without Borders](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseWithoutBorders) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/NewPlus.png" alt="New+ icon" height="16"> New+](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_NewPlus) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/Peek.png" alt="Peek icon" height="16"> Peek](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Peek) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/PowerRename.png" alt="PowerRename icon" height="16"> PowerRename](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerRename) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/PowerToys%20Run.png" alt="PowerToys Run icon" height="16"> PowerToys Run](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerToysRun) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/PowerAccent.png" alt="Quick Accent icon" height="16"> Quick Accent](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_QuickAccent) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Registry%20Preview.png" alt="Registry Preview icon" height="16"> Registry Preview](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_RegistryPreview) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/MeasureTool.png" alt="Screen Ruler icon" height="16"> Screen Ruler](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ScreenRuler) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/Shortcut%20Guide.png" alt="Shortcut Guide icon" height="16"> Shortcut Guide](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ShortcutGuide) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/PowerOCR.png" alt="Text Extractor icon" height="16"> Text Extractor](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_TextExtractor) | [<img src="doc/images/icons/Workspaces.png" alt="Workspaces icon" height="16"> Workspaces](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Workspaces) |
-| [<img src="doc/images/icons/ZoomIt.png" alt="ZoomIt icon" height="16"> ZoomIt](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ZoomIt) |   |   |
+## About
 
+Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. For more info on [PowerToys overviews and how to use the utilities][usingPowerToys-docs-link], or any other tools and resources for [Windows development environments](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/dev-environment/overview), head over to [learn.microsoft.com][usingPowerToys-docs-link]!
 
-## 📋 Installation
+|              | Current utilities: |              |
+|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
+| [Advanced Paste](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_AdvancedPaste) | [Always on Top](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_AoT) | [PowerToys Awake](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Awake) |
+| [Color Picker](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ColorPicker) | [Command Not Found](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CmdNotFound) | [Command Palette](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CmdPal) |
+| [Crop And Lock](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CropAndLock) | [Environment Variables](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_EnvironmentVariables) | [FancyZones](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FancyZones) |
+| [File Explorer Add-ons](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FileExplorerAddOns) | [File Locksmith](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FileLocksmith) | [Hosts File Editor](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_HostsFileEditor) |
+| [Image Resizer](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ImageResizer) | [Keyboard Manager](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_KeyboardManager) | [Mouse utilities](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseUtilities) |
+| [Mouse Without Borders](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseWithoutBorders) | [New+](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_NewPlus) | [Paste as Plain Text](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PastePlain) |
+| [Peek](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Peek) | [PowerRename](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerRename) | [PowerToys Run](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerToysRun) |
+| [Quick Accent](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_QuickAccent) | [Registry Preview](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_RegistryPreview) | [Screen Ruler](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ScreenRuler) |
+| [Shortcut Guide](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ShortcutGuide) | [Text Extractor](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_TextExtractor) | [Workspaces](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Workspaces) |
+| [ZoomIt](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ZoomIt) |
 
-For detailed installation instructions and system requirements, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install). 
+## Installing and running Microsoft PowerToys
 
-But to get started quickly, choose one of the installation methods below:
-<br/><br/>
-<details open>
-<summary><strong>Download .exe from GitHub</strong></summary>
-<br/>
-Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reveal the downloads, and choose the installer that matches your architecture and install scope. For most devices, that's the x64 per-user installer.
+### Requirements
+
+- Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 2004 (code name 20H1 / build number 19041) or newer.
+- x64 or ARM64 processor
+- Our installer will install the following items:
+   - [Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703) bootstrapper. This will install the latest version.
+
+### Via GitHub with EXE [Recommended]
+
+Go to the [Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link] and click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release. Please use the appropriate PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture and install scope. For most, it is `x64` and per-user.
 
 <!-- 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
+[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.92%22
+[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.91%22
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe 
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-arm64.exe 
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe 
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.91.1/PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-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] |
+|  Description   | Filename | sha256 hash |
+|----------------|----------|-------------|
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 42EA4A3E8C79A5456476D19E72B3E2AB9393A89C4DC7442EB7EE5A1E3490D38A |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | F3F433FE04049F9197411D792AADEBF34E3BE7FE16327BD8B73D2A046ED8BAF6 |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | EC4BC3A8625775866B0ED4577CCF83E6EC7B1A0AD267379DDBAF4FE49C7B5BDD |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.91.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 9CB8911008420D0E446AE3D5CE365E447FA4DF9DCF9337F3A80F933C00FC3689 |
 
-</details>
+This is our preferred method.
 
-<details>
-<summary><strong>Microsoft Store</strong></summary>
-<br/>
-You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:
-<p>
-  <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://aka.ms/getPowertoys">
-    <picture>
-      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="doc/images/readme/StoreBadge-dark.png" width="148" />
-      <img src="doc/images/readme/StoreBadge-light.png" width="148" />
-  </picture></a>
-</p>
-</details>
+### Via Microsoft Store
 
-<details>
-<summary><strong>WinGet</strong></summary>
-<br/>
+Install from the [Microsoft Store's PowerToys page][microsoft-store-link]. You must be using the [new Microsoft Store](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsExperience/2021/06/24/building-a-new-open-microsoft-store-on-windows-11/), which is available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
+
+### Via WinGet
 Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
 
-*User scope installer [default]*
+#### User scope installer [default]
 ```powershell
 winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
 ```
 
-*Machine-wide scope installer*
+#### Machine-wide scope installer
+
 ```powershell
 winget install --scope machine Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
 ```
-</details>
 
-<details>
-<summary><strong>Other methods</strong></summary>
-<br/>
+### Other install methods
+
 There are [community driven install methods](./doc/unofficialInstallMethods.md) such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.
-</details>
 
-## ✨ What's new
-**Version 0.96 (November 2025)**
+## Third-Party Run Plugins
 
-For an in-depth look at the latest changes, visit the [Windows Command Line blog](https://aka.ms/powertoys-releaseblog).
+There is a collection of [third-party plugins](./doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md) created by the community that aren't distributed with PowerToys.
 
-**✨ Highlights**
- - Advanced Paste now supports multiple online and on-device AI model providers: Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, Foundry Local and Ollama.
- - Command Palette received extensive improvements including file search filters, better clipboard history metadata, context-menu styling, and dozens of bug fixes and enhancements.
- - PowerRename can now extract and use photo metadata (EXIF, XMP) in renaming patterns like `%Camera`, `%Lens`, and `%ExposureTime`.
+## Contributing
+
+This project welcomes contributions of all types. Besides coding features / bug fixes, other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows.
+
+We ask that **before you start work on a feature that you would like to contribute**, please read our [Contributor's Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). We would be happy to work with you to figure out the best approach, provide guidance and mentorship throughout feature development, and help avoid any wasted or duplicate effort.
+
+Most contributions require you to agree to a [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)][oss-CLA] declaring that you grant us the rights to use your contribution and that you have permission to do so.
+
+For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](/doc/devdocs) for a detailed breakdown. This includes how to setup your computer to compile.
+
+## What's Happening
+
+### PowerToys Roadmap
+
+Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on.
+
+### 0.91 - May 2025 Update
+
+In this release, we focused on new features, stability, and automation.
+
+**✨Highlights**
+
+ - We focused on greatly improving the Command Palette's performance and fixing a large number of bugs. Some new features we've added are:
+ - Added the ability for Command Palette to search any file using a fallback command.
+ - Added the ability to make the Command Palette global hotkey a low-level keyboard hook.
+ - Added open URL fallback command for the WebSearch extension, enabling users to directly open URLs in the browser from Command Palette.
+ - You can now define custom formats in the Date and Time plugins of PT Run and Command Palette. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
 
 ### Advanced Paste
- - Advanced Paste now lets you connect to multiple AI providers instead of being limited to a single OpenAI provider. See [Advanced Paste documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/advanced-paste) for usage.
 
-### Awake
- - The Awake countdown timer now stays accurate over long periods. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
- - Fixed Awake context menu positioning. The fix removed the conversion of the mouse cursor from screen to client-window coordinates, instead using the raw screen coordinates returned by GetCursorPos; the context menu now appears at the correct screen position. Thanks [@lzandman](https://github.com/lzandman)!
+ - Fixed an issue where Advanced Paste failed to create the OCR engine for certain English language tags (e.g., en-CA) by initializing the OCR engine with the user profile language. Thanks [@cryolithic](https://github.com/cryolithic)!
+
+### Color Picker
+
+ - Fixed an issue where a resource leak caused hangs or crashes by properly disposing of the Graphics object. Thanks [@dcog989](https://github.com/dcog989)!
+ - Fixed an issue where Color Picker exited on Backspace keypress by ensuring it only closes when focused and aligning Escape/Backspace behavior. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
+ - Added support for Oklab and Oklch color formats in Color Picker. Thanks [@lemonyte](https://github.com/lemonyte)!
+
+### Command Not Found
+
+ - Updated the WinGet Command Not Found script to only enable the experimental features if they exist.
 
 ### Command Palette
- - The search field in context menus now matches the look of the Command Palette, with a smoke backdrop and improved padding.
- - Fallback items such as math calculations or the Run command now appear in results more quickly. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Ensured the command bar updates correctly after navigating to another page and commands are displayed correctly. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - The Command Palette settings page has been reorganized. Activation-key options are grouped under an expander and extension settings are framed for improved readability.
- - When you modify a command, its alias, hotkey, and tags now update in the top-level list, keeping the displayed information in sync. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Press `Ctrl + ,` to open Command Palette settings from anywhere. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - You can use `Page Up` and `Page Down` to navigate the list while focus is in the search box. Thanks [@samrueby](https://github.com/samrueby)!
- - Fixed an issue where the search box could disappear when navigating pages. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Ensured search text is selected when *Go home when activated* and *Highlight search on activate* are both enabled. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Fixed an issue where Command Palette window occasionally appeared on the taskbar under certain Windows settings. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Ensured that labels and icons of list items and menu items update when they change. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Fixed visibility of list filters when navigating to a content page. Thanks [@DevLGuilherme](https://github.com/DevLGuilherme)!
- - Added search to the extension list and a link to extensions on the Microsoft Store. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Added options to open the Command Palette window at its last position or re-center it.
- - The Command Palette now remembers its window size after restarting.
- - Added a global error handler that logs fatal errors and provides feedback when unexpected failures force Command Palette to close. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Fixed forms and extension settings not showing on some machines due to a missing VC++ runtime.
- - Restored ranking of fallback commands for built-in extensions (Sleep, Shutdown, Windows settings, Web search, etc.). Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek).
- - Improved and unified labels and texts across the application!
- - Maintainance: Resolved numerous build warnings in Command Palette projects; no user-visible impact. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Maintainance: Fixed a logging issue so exception messages are properly recorded instead of placeholder text, improving troubleshooting. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
 
-### Command Palette Extensions
- - Bookmarks: Added hints about bookmark placeholders to the Add/Edit Bookmark form. — Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Bookmarks: Improved migration of bookmarks from older versions and fixed an issue where aliases or keyboard shortcuts could be lost after restart. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Clipboard history: Items shown in Command Palette’s clipboard history now include helpful metadata. For example, image items show dimensions, text files show names and sizes, web links include page titles, and text entries display word counts. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - File search: Added filter buttons to show *all items*, *files only*, or *folders only*. Selecting a filter adds `kind:folders` or `kind:not folders` to narrow results.
- - System commands: Replaced the `:red_circle:` placeholder with an actual red-circle emoji so the correct icon appears in the UI. Thanks [@samrueby](https://github.com/samrueby)!
- - WinGet: Search performance feels more responsive because typed input is now processed via a task queue rather than complex cancellation tokens!
- - Window Walker: UWP apps no longer show a "not responding" label when suspended. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Window Walker: Now displays the actual icon of each window rather than using the process icon, improving recognition of PWAs and Python GUIs. Thanks [@Lee-WonJun](https://github.com/Lee-WonJun)!
-- Windows Terminal profiles: Fixed a rare crash in the Windows Terminal extension when the `LOCALAPPDATA` environment variable was missing. The path is now retrieved via a reliable API. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
-
-### Find My Mouse
- - Activating Find My Mouse no longer makes the cursor change to the busy (hourglass) icon or steals focus from your active application.
-
-### Hosts File Editor
- - Added customizable backup settings allowing users to configure backup frequency, location, and auto-deletion policies. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Updated bug template to include Command Palette module.
+ - Fixed an issue where the toast window was not scaled for DPI, causing layout issues under display scaling.
+ - Fixed an issue where Up/Down keyboard navigation didn't move selection when the caret was at position 0, and added continuous navigation like PT Run v1. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Updated the Time and Date extension code to simplify it and improve clarity.
+ - Fixed an issue where capitalization in the command causes failure when trying to go to the mouse pointer, resolved by adjusting the command to lowercase.
+ - Added open URL fallback command for the WebSearch extension, enabling users to directly open URLs in the browser from the Command Palette. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
+ - Added setting to enable/disable system tray icon in CmdPal and aligned terminology with Windows 11. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Fixed an alias update issue by removing the old alias when a new one is set.
+ - Resolved GitHub casing conflict by migrating Exts and exts into a new ext directory, ensuring consistent structure across platforms and preventing path fragmentation.
+ - Fix an issue where the 'Create New Extension' command generated empty file names.
+ - Added the ability to make the global hotkey a low-level keyboard hook.
+ - Added support for JUMBO thumbnails, enabling access to high-resolution icons.
+ - Fixed crashes when CmdPal auto-hid itself while an MSAL dialog was opened, by preventing CmdPal from hiding if it's disabled.
+ - Added support for immediately selecting search text when a page is loaded.
+ - Fixed a bug where extension settings pages failed to reload on reopen by updating the settings form when extension settings are saved.
+ - Fixed an issue where the Command Palette failed to launch from the runner.
+ - Refactored and ported the PowerToys Run v1 calculator logic into Command Palette, added settings support, and improved fallback behavior.
+ - Re-added support for list item keyboard shortcuts.
+ - Enhanced accessibility in Command Palette by adding proper labels, refining animations, improving localization, and fixed a11y related issues.
+ - Ported custom format support to the Time and Date plugin, reordered and cleaned up settings, improved error messaging, and fixed edge-case crashes for more robust and user-friendly behavior. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
+ - Added fallback item for system command.
+ - Fixed a bug in Windows System Command where the key prompt incorrectly displayed "Empty" for the "Open Recycle Bin" action. Thanks [@jironemo](https://github.com/jironemo)!
+ - Fixed an issue where the 'more commands' list showed commands that shouldn't be visible. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Fixed an issue where the details view in Command Palette displayed an oversized icon and misaligned text, aligning it with Windows Search behavior.
+ - Fixed a bug where empty screen content and command bar commands were cut off when using long labels, ensuring proper layout and visibility.
+ - Improved CmdPal’s WinGet integration by fixing version display for installed packages, enabling updates with icons, and migrating the preview winget API to a stable version.
+ - Fixed a bug where commands for ContentPage didn't update until after exit, by ensuring context menus are fully initialized when they change.
+ - Added fallback support to the TimeDate extension, enabling direct date/time queries without pre-selecting the command.
+ - Added import of Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props across multiple CmdPal project files to enhance AOT compilation support.
+ - Fixed a crash in CmdPal settings caused by a null HotKey when settings.json is missing or lacks a defined hotkey. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Added support for filterable, nested context menus in CmdPal, including a search box to maintain focus behavior.
+ - Refactored CmdPal classes to improve JSON serialization and introduced new serialization contexts for better performance and maintainability.
+ - Added support for ahead-of-time (AoT) compilation.
+ - Added retry mechanism for CmdPal launch.
+ - Removed some unused files from CmdPal.Common to simplify the codebase and facilitate marking it as AoT-compatible.
+ - Fixed a bug where a race condition in the update of SearchText caused the cursor in the input box to automatically jump to the end of the line, ensuring SearchText is only updated after it has actually been changed.
+ - Added support for searching any file in the fallback command.
+ - Cleaned up AoT-related code to prevent duplicate operations during testing.
+ - Reduced CmdPal load time by parallelizing extension startup and adding timeouts to prevent misbehaving extensions from blocking others.
+ - Enhanced UI behavior by dismissing the details pane when the list gets emptied, avoiding inconsistent visual states.
+ - Added support to unset the fallback command in CmdPal when no matching command is found, ensuring cleaner reload behavior.
+ - Fixed a leak in the CmdPal extension template by addressing improper ComServer use.
+ - Prevented CmdPal window from maximizing on title bar double-click to maintain intended window behavior. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Fixed an issue where the Settings UI launched too small by making window dimensions DPI-aware and enforcing minimum width and height using WinUIEx.
+ - Fixed white flash and one-time animation issues in CmdPal by cloaking the window instead of hiding it.
+ - Fixed a bug where all extension settings were fetched on startup by lazy-loading extension settings, reducing initialization overhead.
+ - Added support for protecting CmdPal from crashes on Adaptive Card parse failure.
+ - Replaced shell:AppsFolder with URI activation in CmdPal to improve reliability.
+ - Added ability to open CmdPal settings from PowerToys Settings.
+ - Added ability for CmdPal to observe and dynamically update extension details by tracking property changes on the selected item.
+ - Bumped the toolkit version used in the CmdPal extension template to 0.2.0.
 
 ### Image Resizer
- - Fixed settings consistency during batch resize operations by capturing settings once before processing. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
 
-### Light Switch
-- Introduced new UI to allow users to manually enter their latitude and longitude in Sunrise to Sunset mode.
-- Refactored service with cleaner state management for stability.
-- Removed logs from every tick, only logging key events to largely reduce log size.
+ - Fixed an issue where deleting an Image Resizer preset removed the wrong preset.
 
-### Mouse Pointer Crosshairs
- - Enabled switching between Mouse Pointer Crosshairs and Gliding Cursor modes. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
+### Keyboard Manager
 
-### Mouse Without Borders
- - Added horizontal scrolling support. Thanks [@MasonBergstrom](https://github.com/MasonBergstrom)!
-
-### Peek
-- Fixed media files remaining locked after preview window closes. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
-- Added a command-line interface for file previewing. See the [Peek documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/peek) for usage. Thanks [@prochan2](https://github.com/prochan2)!
+ - Fixed an issue where a modifier key, when set without specifying left or right, would get stuck due to incorrect key handling by tracking the pressed keys and sending the correct key accordingly. Thanks [@mantaionut](https://github.com/mantaionut)!
 
 ### PowerRename
-- PowerRename no longer crashes due to a missing resources file.
-- Added photo metadata extraction support using EXIF and XMP for pattern-based renaming with camera info, GPS coordinates, and date taken. See [PowerRename Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/powerrename).
+
+ - Enhanced PowerRename's time formatting capabilities by adding 12-hour time format patterns with AM/PM support. Thanks [@bitmap4](https://github.com/bitmap4)!
 
 ### PowerToys Run
- - Added retry logic with exponential backoff to handle DWM composition errors during theme changes. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Updated OneNote icons to reflect new Microsoft 365 design. Thanks [@trevorNgo](https://github.com/trevorNgo)!
 
- ### Quick Accent
- - Added diameter symbol (⌀) for Shift+O in Special Characters mode, thanks to [@anselumjuju](https://github.com/anselumjuju)!
+ - Added support for custom formats in the "Time and Date" plugin and improved error messages for invalid input formats. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
+ - Fix two crashes: one for WFT on very early dates and another for calculating the week of the month on very late dates (e.g., 31.12.9999), and reorder UI settings. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
+ - Fix an issue where capitalization in the command causes failure when trying to go to the mouse pointer, resolved by adjusting the command to lowercase.
+ - Added version details to plugin error messages for 'Loading error' and 'Init error'. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
+ - Enhanced result model by adding support for preventing usage-based ordering, giving plugin developers greater control over sorting behavior. Thanks [@CoreyHayward](https://github.com/CoreyHayward) and [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
 
-### Zoomit
- - Smoothed out zoom-animation in ZoomIt by coalescing mouse-move and timer events, thanks to [@foxmsft](https://github.com/foxmsft)!
- - Enabled GIF support for ZoomIt, thanks to [@MarioHewardt](https://github.com/MarioHewardt)!
- - Fixed spelling mistakes, and refactored some literal strings to string constants, thanks to [@lzandman](https://github.com/lzandman)!
- - Fixed inaccurate "actual size" screenshots in ZoomIt and resolves a GDI handle leak, improving capture fidelity and long-session stability. thanks to [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+### Quick Accent
+
+ - Updated the letter mapping in GetDefaultLetterKeyEPO, replacing "ǔ" with "ŭ" for the VK_U key to accurately reflect Esperanto phonetics. Thanks [@OlegKharchevkin](https://github.com/OlegKharchevkin)!
+ - Fixed an issue where Quick Accent did not work properly when using the on-screen keyboard. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+
+### Registry Preview
+
+ - Enhanced Registry Preview to support pasting registry keys and values without manually writing the file header, and added a new button for resetting the app. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
 
 ### Settings
-- Fixed title bar overlapping issue at smaller window sizes.
-- Refined shortcut control visual design with improved consistency and spacing.
-- Added dashboard utilities sorting by name or status.
-- Made update notification InfoBar in flyout clickable for direct navigation to update page.
-- Expanded installation instructions by default in README.
-- Improved accessibility for shortcut conflict button with static resource-based automation properties.
-- Added ScrollViewer to Command Palette page in PowerToys Settings. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
-- Fixed module list glitches and Sort Status checkmark issue. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+
+ - Fix an issue where the Settings app randomly showed a blank icon in the taskbar by deferring icon assignment until the window is activated.
+ - Added the ability to maximize the "What's New" window for a more comfortable reading experience.
+
+### Workspaces
+
+ - Fixed bugs where Steam games were not captured or launched correctly by updating window filtering and integrating Steam URL protocol handling.
+
+### Documentation
+
+ - Added QuickNotes to the third-party plugins documentation for PowerToys Run. Thanks [@ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap)!
+ - Added Weather and Pomodoro plugins to the PowerToys Run third-party plugin documentation. Thanks [@ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap)!
+ - Added the Linear plugin to PowerToys Run's third-party plugin documentation. Thanks [@vednig](https://github.com/vednig)!
+ - Fixed formatting issues in documentation files and updated contributor and team member information. Thanks [@DanielEScherzer](https://github.com/DanielEScherzer) and [@RokyZevon](https://github.com/RokyZevon)!
 
 ### Development
-- Fixed accessibility by associating controls with labels for screen readers.
-- Added accessible name to Shortcut Conflicts button for screen readers.
-- Excluded TitleBars from tab navigation across multiple utilities. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
-- Migrated build infrastructure from Windows Server 2019 to Server 2022 with improved failure logging and predictable NuGet package paths.
-- Configured build agents to use larger P: drive for release builds to address disk space constraints.
-- Enhanced DSC v3 support by organizing resource manifests in a dedicated subfolder with PATH configuration.
-- Reduced installer bundle size by 6-7MB through centralized Hybrid CRT configuration across all C++ projects.
-- Updated .NET packages to version 9.0.10 for security fixes. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
-- Fixed spell check dictionary entries for consistency.
-- Restored accidentally deleted NuGet configuration file for Command Palette extensions.
-- Fixed package identity build by updating AppxManifest entry points to use PowerShell Core.
-- Optimized CI pipeline by replacing file copy operations with hard links and moves, reducing build time and disk usage by 10-15GB.
-- Updated Copilot guidance and PR prompt workflow.
-- Included high-volume bugs in issue template header. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
-- Fixed incorrect HRESULT logging for inner exceptions. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
-- Introduced shared sparse package identity for PowerToys Win32 components to enable access to Windows platform APIs.
-- Consolidated installer builds to produce both machine and user installers simultaneously, reducing build time and complexity.
-- Migrated exclusively to WiX v5 installer infrastructure, removing legacy WiX v3 support.
-- Temporarily removed PowerToys installer path from PATH environment variable to prevent application crashes.
-- Added complete OCR UI test coverage with automated tests for activation, settings, language selection, and text extraction.
-- Fixed test input for drive path normalization in bookmark resolver unit tests.
-- Fixed Peek UI tests by restoring Ctrl+Space activation shortcut for test scenarios.
-- Hided apps in PowerToys.SpareApps package from Start Menu. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
 
-## 🛣️ Roadmap 
-We are planning some nice new features and improvements for the next releases – a revamped Keyboard Manager UI, custom endpoint and local model support for Advanced Paste, Command Palette improvements and a brand-new Shortcut Guide experience! Stay tuned for [v0.96][github-next-release-work]!
+ - Updated GitHub Action to install .NET 9 for MSStore release support.
+ - Updated version placeholder in bug_report.yml to prevent incorrect v0.70.0 versioning in issue reports.
+ - Updated GitHub Action to upgrade actions/setup-dotnet from version 3 to version 4 for MSStore release.
+ - Added securityContext to WinGet configuration files, allowing invocation from user context and prompting a single UAC for elevated resources in a separate process. Thanks [@mdanish-kh](https://github.com/mdanish-kh)!
+ - Changed log file extensions from .txt to .log to support proper file associations and tooling compatibility, and added logs for Workspace. Thanks [@benwa](https://github.com/benwa)!
+ - Upgraded testing framework dependencies and aligned package versions across components.
+ - Upgraded dependencies to fix vulnerabilities.
+ - Enhanced repository security by pinning GitHub Actions and Docker tags to immutable full-length commits and integrating automated dependency vulnerability scanning via Dependency Review Workflow. Thanks [@Nick2bad4u](https://github.com/Nick2bad4u)!
+ - Upgraded Boost dependencies to a newer version.
+ - Upgraded toolkit to the latest version, suppressed AoT-related warnings.
+ - Fixed an issue where missing signing for newly added files caused build failures.
+ - Update release pipeline to prevent publishing private symbols for 100 years.
+ - Introduced fuzzing for PowerRename to improve reliability and added setup guidance for extending fuzzing to other C++ modules.
+ - Added centralized pre-creation of generated folders for all .csproj projects to prevent build failures.
+ - Updated WinAppSDK to the latest 1.7 version.
+ - Upgraded Boost dependencies to the latest version for the PowerRename Fuzzing project.
+ - Updated the ADO area path in tsa.json to resolve TSA pipeline errors caused by a deprecated path.
+ - Initiated AoT support for CmdPal with foundational work in progress.
+  
+### Tool/General
 
-## ❤️ PowerToys Community 
-The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the [support of an amazing active community][community-link]. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn't be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work. Your contributions and feedback improve PowerToys month after month!
+ - Added support for automating bug report creation by generating a pre-filled GitHub issue URL with system and diagnostic information. Thanks [@donlaci](https://github.com/donlaci)!
+ - Added scripts to locally build the installer, ensuring the CmdPal can also be launched in a local environment.
+ - Removed export PFX logic to eliminate hardcoded password usage and resolve PSScriptAnalyzer security warning.
+ - Added PowerShell script and CI integration to enforce consistent use of Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props across all C# projects under the src folder.
+   
+### What is being planned for version 0.92
 
-## Contributing 
-This project welcomes contributions of all types. Besides coding features / bug fixes, other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows. We ask that **before you start work on a feature that you would like to contribute**, please read our [Contributor's Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). We would be happy to work with you to figure out the best approach, provide guidance and mentorship throughout feature development, and help avoid any wasted or duplicate effort. Most contributions require you to agree to a [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)][oss-CLA] declaring that you grant us the rights to use your contribution and that you have permission to do so. For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](./doc/devdocs) for a detailed breakdown. This includes how to setup your computer to compile. 
+For [v0.92][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below:
 
-## Code of Conduct 
-This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][oss-conduct-code]. 
+ - Continued Command Palette polish
+ - New UI Automation tests
+ - Working on installer upgrades
+ - Upgrading Keyboard Manager's editor UI
+ - Stability, bug fixes
 
-## Privacy Statement 
-The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more privacy information and what we collect, see our [PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation](https://aka.ms/powertoys-data-and-privacy-documentation). 
+## PowerToys Community
 
-[oss-CLA]: https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com 
-[oss-conduct-code]: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 
-[community-link]: COMMUNITY.md 
-[github-release-link]: https://aka.ms/installPowerToys 
-[microsoft-store-link]: https://aka.ms/getPowertoys 
-[winget-link]: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli#installing-the-client 
+The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the [support of an amazing active community][community-link]. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn’t be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work.  Month by month, you directly help make PowerToys a better piece of software.
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][oss-conduct-code].
+
+## Privacy Statement
+
+The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more privacy information and what we collect, see our [PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation](https://aka.ms/powertoys-data-and-privacy-documentation).
+
+[oss-CLA]: https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com
+[oss-conduct-code]: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+[community-link]: COMMUNITY.md
+[github-release-link]: https://aka.ms/installPowerToys
+[microsoft-store-link]: https://aka.ms/getPowertoys
+[winget-link]: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli#installing-the-client
 [roadmap]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/Roadmap
-[privacy-link]: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839 
-[loc-bug]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=translation_issue.md&title= 
+[privacy-link]: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839
+[loc-bug]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=translation_issue.md&title=
 [usingPowerToys-docs-link]: https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs

doc/devdocs/UITests.md

@@ -12,63 +12,13 @@
 
 - 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`).
 
-## Running tests in pipeline
-
-The PowerToys UI test pipeline provides flexible options for building and testing:
-
-### Pipeline Options
-
-- **buildSource**: Select the build type for testing:
-  - `latestMainOfficialBuild`: Downloads and uses the latest official PowerToys build from main branch
-  - `buildNow`: Builds PowerToys from current source code and uses it for testing
-  - `specificBuildId`: Downloads a specific PowerToys build using the build ID specified in `specificBuildId` parameter
-
-  **Default value**: `latestMainOfficialBuild`
-
-- **specificBuildId**: When `buildSource` is set to `specificBuildId`, specify the exact PowerToys build ID to download and test against.
-
-  **Default value**: `"xxxx"` (placeholder, enter actual build ID when using specificBuildId option)
-  
-  **When to use this**:
-  - Testing against a specific known build for reproducibility
-  - Regression testing against a particular build version
-  - Validating fixes in a specific build before release
-  
-  **Usage**: Enter the build ID number (e.g., `12345`) to download that specific build. Only used when `buildSource` is set to `specificBuildId`.
-
-- **uiTestModules**: Specify which UI test modules to build and run. This parameter controls both the `.csproj` projects to build and the `.dll` test assemblies to execute. Examples:
-  - `['UITests-FancyZones']` - Only FancyZones UI tests
-  - `['MouseUtils.UITests']` - Only MouseUtils UI tests
-  - `['UITests-FancyZones', 'MouseUtils.UITests']` - Multiple specific modules
-  - Leave empty to build and run all UI test modules
-
-  **Important**: The `uiTestModules` parameter values must match both the test project names (for `.csproj` selection during build) and the test assembly names (for `.dll` execution during testing).
-
-### Build Modes
-
-1. **Official Build Testing** (`buildSource = latestMainOfficialBuild` or `specificBuildId`)
-   - Downloads and installs official PowerToys build (latest from main or specific build ID)
-   - Builds only UI test projects (all or specific based on `uiTestModules`)
-   - Runs UI tests against installed PowerToys
-   - Tests both machine-level and per-user installation modes automatically
-
-2. **Current Source Build Testing** (`buildSource = buildNow`)
-   - Builds entire PowerToys solution from current source code
-   - Builds UI test projects (all or specific based on `uiTestModules`)
-   - Runs UI tests against freshly built PowerToys
-   - Uses artifacts from current pipeline build
-
-> **Note**: All modes support the `uiTestModules` parameter to control which specific UI test modules to build and run. Both machine-level and per-user installation modes are tested automatically when using official builds.
-
-### Pipeline Access
-- Pipeline: https://microsoft.visualstudio.com/Dart/_build?definitionId=161438&_a=summary
 
 ## How to add the first UI tests for your modules
-- Follow the naming convention: ![{ModuleFolder}/Tests/{ModuleName}-{TestType(Fuzz/UI/Unit)}Tests](images/uitests/naming.png)
+
 - Create a new project and add the following references to the project file. Change the OutputPath to your own module's path.
   ```
     <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

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).

doc/devdocs/core/installer.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PowerToys Installer
 
-## Installer Architecture (WiX 5)
+## Installer Architecture (WiX 3)
 
 - Uses a bootstrapper to check dependencies and close PowerToys
 - MSI defined in product.wxs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 ### MSI Installer Build Process
 
-- First builds `PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext` DLL and signs it
+- First builds `PowerToysSetupCustomActions` DLL and signs it
 - Then builds the installer without cleaning, to reuse the signed DLL
 - Uses PowerShell scripts to modify .wxs files before build
 - Restores original .wxs files after build completes
@@ -87,23 +87,11 @@
 
 ### Building PowerToys Locally
 
-#### One stop script for building installer
-1. Open developer powershell for vs 2022
-2. Run tools\build\build-installer.ps1
-> For the first-time setup, please run the installer as an administrator. This ensures that the Wix tool can move wix.target to the desired location and trust the certificate used to sign the MSIX packages.
-
-The following manual steps will not install the MSIX apps (such as Command Palette) on your local installer.
-
 #### Prerequisites for building the MSI installer
 
-PowerToys uses WiX v5 for creating installers. The WiX v5 tools are automatically installed during the build process via dotnet tool.
-
-For manual installation of WiX v5 tools:
-```powershell
-dotnet tool install --global wix --version 5.0.2
-```
-
-> **Note:** As of release 0.94, PowerToys has migrated from WiX v3 to WiX v5. The WiX v3 toolset is no longer required.
+1. Install the [WiX Toolset Visual Studio 2022 Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=WixToolset.WixToolsetVisualStudio2022Extension).
+1. Install the [WiX Toolset build tools](https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/tag/wix3141rtm). (installer [direct link](https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3141rtm/wix314.exe))
+1. Download [WiX binaries](https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3141rtm/wix314-binaries.zip) and extract `wix.targets` to `C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14`.
 
 #### Building prerequisite projects
 
@@ -134,20 +122,11 @@ 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`.
 
-The resulting installer will be available in the `installer\PowerToysSetupVNext\x64\Release\` folder.
-
-To build the installer from the command line, run `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022` in admin mode and execute the following commands. The generated installer package will be located at `\installer\PowerToysSetupVNext\{platform}\Release\MachineSetup`.
-
-```
-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" 
-```
+The resulting `PowerToysSetup.msi` installer will be available in the `installer\PowerToysSetup\x64\Release\` folder.
 
 ### Supported arguments for the .EXE Bootstrapper installer
 

doc/devdocs/core/settings/compatibility-legacy-settings.md

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ The following must be kept in mind regarding compatibility with settings v1 and
 - The status of each of the modules is communicated with the runner in the form of a json object. The names of all the powerToys is set in the [`EnableModules.cs`](src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library/EnabledModules.cs) file. The `JsonPropertyName` must not be changed to ensure that the information is dispatched properly to all the modules by the runner.
 
 ### ImageResizer anomaly
-All the powertoys have the same folder name as well as JsonPropertyName to communicate information with the runner. However that is not the case with ImageResizer. The folder name is `ImageResizer` whereas the JsonPropertyName has an additional space: `Image Resizer`. This should not be changed to ensure backward compatibility as well as proper functioning of the module.
+All the powertoys have the same folder name as well as JsonPropertyName to communicate information with the runner. However that is not the case with ImageResizer. The folder name is `ImageResizer` whereas the JsonPropertyName is `Image Resizer`(Note the additional space). This should not be changed to ensure backward compatibility as well as proper functioning of the module.

doc/devdocs/core/settings/dsc-configure.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # What is it
 
-We would like to enable our users to use [`winget configure`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/configure) command to install PowerToys and configure its settings with a [WinGet configuration file](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/configuration/create). For example:
+We would like to enable our users to use [`winget configure`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/configure) command to install PowerToys and configure its settings with a [Winget  configuration file](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/configuration/create). For example:
 
 ```yaml
 properties:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This should install PowerToys and make `PowerToysConfigure` resource available.
 PowerToys.Settings.exe set <ModuleName>.<SettingName> <SettingValue>
 ```
 
-So for example the config above should perform 3 following invocations:
+So for the example the config above should perform 3 following invocations:
 ```
 PowerToys.Settings.exe set ShortcutGuide.Enabled false
 PowerToys.Settings.exe set FancyZones.Enabled true

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
@@ -71,41 +71,6 @@ When the user changes settings in the UI:
 3. The runner calls the `set_config` function on the appropriate module
 4. The module parses the JSON and applies the new settings
 
-# Shortcut Conflict Detection
-
-Steps to enable conflict detection for a hotkey:
-
-### 1. Implement module interface for hotkeys
-Ensure the module interface provides either `size_t get_hotkeys(Hotkey* hotkeys, size_t buffer_size)` or `std::optional<HotkeyEx> GetHotkeyEx()`.
-
-- If not yet implemented, you need to add it so that it returns all hotkeys used by the module.
-- **Important**: The order of the returned hotkeys matters. This order is used as an index to uniquely identify each hotkey for conflict detection and lookup.
-- For reference, see: `src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp`
-
-### 2. Implement IHotkeyConfig in the module settings (UI side)
-Make sure the module’s settings file inherits from `IHotkeyConfig` and implements `HotkeyAccessor[] GetAllHotkeyAccessors()`.
-
-- This method should return all hotkeys used in the module.
-- **Important**: The order of the returned hotkeys must be consistent with step 1 (`get_hotkeys()` or `GetHotkeyEx()`).
-- For reference, see: `src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library/AdvancedPasteSettings.cs`
-- **_Note:_** `HotkeyAccessor` is a wrapper around HotkeySettings. 
-It provides both `getter` and `setter` methods to read and update the corresponding hotkey.
-Additionally, each `HotkeyAccessor` requires a resource string that describes the purpose of the hotkey.
-This string is typically defined in: `src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw`
-
-### 3. Update the module’s ViewModel
-The corresponding ViewModel should inherit from `PageViewModelBase` and implement `Dictionary<string, HotkeySettings[]> GetAllHotkeySettings()`.
-
-- This method should return all hotkeys, maintaining the same order as in steps 1 and 2.
-- For reference, see: `src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/AdvancedPasteViewModel.cs`
-
-### 4. Ensure the module’s Views call `OnPageLoaded()`
-Once the module’s view is loaded, make sure to invoke the ViewModel’s `OnPageLoaded()` method:
-```cs
-Loaded += (s, e) => ViewModel.OnPageLoaded();
-```
-- For reference, see: `src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/AdvancedPaste.xaml.cs`
-
 ## Debugging Settings
 
 To debug settings issues:

doc/devdocs/core/settings/viewmodels.md

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-# View Models
-The view models are located within the [`Settings.UI.Library`](/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library) project.
+# Viewmodels
+The viewmodels are located within the [`Settings.UI.Library`](/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library) project.
 
 ## Components
-- Each view model takes in the general `settingsRepository`, the `moduleSettingsRepository` if it exists and the delegates for IPC communication.
+- Each viewmodel takes in the general `settingsRepository`, the `moduleSettingsRepository` if it exists and the delegates for IPC communication.
 - The general `settingsRepository` contains the general configurations of all powertoys whereas the `moduleSettingsRepository` is specific to the module. This is to ensure that the configuration details are shared amongst the viewmodels without having to re-open the `settings.json` file.
-- Whenever there is a change in the UI, the `OnPropertyChanged` event is invoked and the view model sends a corresponding IPC message to the runner which would perform the designated action such as dispatching the change to the modules or enabling/disabling the powertoy, etc.
+- Whenever there is a change in the UI, the `OnPropertyChanged` event is invoked and the viewmodel sends a corresponding IPC message to the runner which would perform the designated action such as dispatching the change to the modules or enabling/disabling the powertoy etc.
 
-#### Difference between view models
+#### Difference between viewmodels
 - The [`GeneralViewModel`](/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library/ViewModels/GeneralViewModel.cs) is different from the rest of the view models with regard to the IPC communication wherein it sends special IPC messages to the runner to check for updates and to restart as admin.
-- Each of the powerToy view models have two types of IPC communications, one for the general status of the powerToy and the other for communication powerToy specific change in properties to the runner.
+- Each of the powerToy viewmodels have two types of IPC communications, one for the general status of the powerToy and the other for communication powerToy specific change in properties to the runner.
 
 ## [`SettingsRepository`](src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library/SettingsRepository`1.cs)
-- The [`SettingsRepository`](src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library/SettingsRepository`1.cs) is a generic singleton which contains the configurations for each view model.
-- As it is a generic singleton, there can only be one instance of the settings repository of a particular type. This ensures that all the view models are modifying a common object and a change made in one locations reflects everywhere.
+- The [`SettingsRepository`](src/settings-ui/Settings.UI.Library/SettingsRepository`1.cs) is a generic singleton which contains the configurations for each viewmodel.
+- As it is a generic singleton, there can only be one instance of the settings repository of a particular type. This ensures that all the viewmodels are modifying a common object and a change made in one locations reflects everywhere.
 - The singleton implementation is thread-safe. Unit tests have been added for the same.
 
-### Settings view model anomalies
-- The reason behind using the `SettingsRepository` is to ensure that the settings process does not try to access the `settings.json` files directly but rather does it through this class which encapsulates all the file operations from the view models.
-- However, this could not be expanded to all the view models directly for the following reasons. Some refactoring must be done to unify these cases and to bring them under the same model:
-    - The PowerRename view model does not save the settings configurations in the same format as the rest of the powertoys, i.e. {name, version, properties}. However, it only stores the properties directly.
-    - Some view models expect the runner to create the file instead of creating the file themselves, like in keyboard manager.
+### Settings viewmodel anomalies
+- The reason behind using the `SettingsRepository` is to ensure that the settings process does not try to access the `settings.json` files directly but rather does it through this class which encapsulates all the file operations from the viewmodels.
+- However, this could not be expanded to all the viewmodels directly for the following reasons. Some refactoring must be done to unify these cases and to bring them under the same model:
+    - The PowerRename viewmodel does not save the settings configurations in the same format as the rest of the powertoys, ie. {name, version, properties}. However, it only stores the properties directly.
+    - Some viewmodels expect the runner to create the file instead of creating the file themselves, like in keyboard manager.
     - The colorpicker powertoy creates the `settings.json` within the module. This must be taken care of when encapsulated within the settingsRepository.
 - Currently, all modules use the `SettingsRepository` to access the General Settings config. 
 - However, only FancyZones, ShortcutGuide and PowerPreview use the `SettingsRepository` to access the module properties.

doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ You can build the entire solution from the command line, which is sometimes fast
 1. Open Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022
 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
    ```
 4. This process should complete in approximately 13-14 minutes for a full build
 

doc/devdocs/development/dev-with-vscode.md

@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-## Developing PowerToys with Visual Studio Code
-
-This guide shows how to build, debug, and contribute to PowerToys using VS Code instead of (or alongside) full Visual Studio. It focuses on common inner‑loop tasks for C++, .NET, and mixed scenarios present in the solution.
-
-> PowerToys is a large mixed C++ / C# / WinAppSDK solution. VS Code works well for incremental development and quick module iterations, but occasionally you may still prefer full Visual Studio for designer tooling or specialized diagnostics.
-
----
-VS Code extensions Needed:
-
-| Area | Extension | Notes |
-|------|-----------|-------|
-| C++ | ms-vscode.cpptools | IntelliSense, debugging (cppvsdbg) |
-| C# | ms-dotnettools.csdevkit (or C#) | Language service / test explorer |
-
----
-
-## Building in VS Code
-### Configure developer powershell for vs2022 for more convenient dev in vscode.
-1. Configure profile in in settings, entry:  "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows"
-2. Add below config as entry:
-```json
-    "Developer PowerShell for VS 2022": {
-		// Configure based on your preference
-        "path": "C:\\Program Files\\WindowsApps\\Microsoft.PowerShell_7.5.2.0_arm64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\\pwsh.exe",
-        "args": [
-            "-NoExit",
-            "-Command",
-            "& {",
-            "$orig = Get-Location;",
-            // Configure based on your environment
-            "& 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Enterprise\\Common7\\Tools\\Launch-VsDevShell.ps1';",
-            "Set-Location $orig",
-            "}"
-        ]
-    },
-```
-3. [Optional] Set Developer PowerShell for VS 2022 as your default profile, so that you can get a deep integration with vscode coding agent. 
-
-4. Now You can build with plain `msbuild` or configure tasks.json in below section
-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
-
-# Build powertoys slnx
-msbuild powertoys.slnx -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
-
-# native project
-msbuild "src\modules\MouseUtils\FindMyMouse\FindMyMouse.vcxproj" -p:Configuration=Debug -p:Platform=x64 -m
-```
-
----
-
-## Debugging
-
-### Existing launch configuration
-
-The repo provides `.vscode/launch.json` with:
-
-- `Run PowerToys.exe (no build)`: Launches the already-built executable at `x64/Debug/PowerToys.exe` using `cppvsdbg`.
-
-Build first, then press F5. To switch configuration (Release / ARM64) either edit the path or create additional launch entries.
-
-### Attaching to a running instance
-
-If PowerToys is already running, you can attach to that process:
-
-2. VS Code command palette: “C/C++: (Windows) Attach to Process”.
-3. Filter for `PowerToys.exe` / module-specific processes.
-
-### Debugging managed components
-
-Many modules have a managed component loaded into the PowerToys process. `cppvsdbg` can debug mixed mode, but if you need richer .NET inspection you can create a second configuration using `type: coreclr` and `processId` attachment after the native launch, or just attach separately:
-
-Similar for attach to managed code.
-> Note: In arm64 machine, can only debug arm64 code.
-
-```jsonc
-{
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Run native executable (no build)",
-            "type": "cppvsdbg",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\x64\\Debug\\PowerToys.exe",
-            "args": [],
-            "stopAtEntry": false,
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "environment": [],
-            "console": "integratedTerminal"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "C/C++ Attach to PowerToys Process (native)",
-            "type": "cppvsdbg",
-            "request": "attach",
-            "processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
-            "symbolSearchPath": "${workspaceFolder}\\x64\\Debug;${workspaceFolder}\\Debug;${workspaceFolder}\\symbols"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Run managed code (managed, no build)",
-            "type": "coreclr",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\arm64\\Debug\\WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Settings.exe",
-            "args": [],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "env": {},
-            "console": "internalConsole",
-            "stopAtEntry": false
-        }
-    ]
-}
-```
----
-
-## 6. Common tasks & tips
-
-| Task | Command / Action | Notes |
-|------|------------------|-------|
-| Clean | `git clean -xdf` (careful) or `msbuild /t:Clean PowerToys.slnx` | 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 |

doc/devdocs/development/localization.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ## 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 [the loc folder in the Microsoft.Launcher module](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.
+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.
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ This can be done by adding the directory name of the project to [Product.wxs nea
 
 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.
+**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.
 
 ## Working With Strings
 

doc/devdocs/development/test-winget-install-locally.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-## If for any reason, you'd like to test winget install scenario, you can follow this doc:
-
-### Powertoys winget manifest definition:
-[winget repository](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/Microsoft/PowerToys)
-
-### How to test a winget installation locally:
-1. Get artifacts from release CI pipeline  Pipelines - Runs for PowerToys Signed YAML Release Build, or you can build one yourself by execute the 
- 'tools\build\build-installer.ps1' script
-
-2. Get the artifact hash, this is required to define winget manifest
-```powershell
-cd /path/to/your/directory/contains/installer
-Get-FileHash -Path ".\<Installer-name>.exe" -Algorithm SHA256
-```
- 3.  Host your installer.exe - Attention: staged github release artifacts or artifacts in release pipeline is not OK in this step
-You can self-host it or you can upload to a publicly available endpoint  
-**How to selfhost it** (A extremely simple way):
-```powershell
-python -m http.server 8000
-```
-
-4. Download a version folder from wingetpkgs like: [version 0.92.1](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/Microsoft/PowerToys/0.92.1)
-and you get **a folder contains 3 yml files**
->note: Do not put any files other than these three in this folder
-
-5. Modify the yml files based on your version and the self hosted artifact link, and modify the sha256 hash for the installer you'd like to use
-
-6. Start winget install:
-```powershell
-#execute as admin
-winget settings --enable LocalManifestFiles
-winget install --manifest "<folder_path_of_manifest_files>" --architecture x64 --scope user
-```

doc/devdocs/guidance.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ string validUIDisplayString = Resources.ValidUIDisplayString;
 ```
 
 ## More On Coding Guidance
-Please review these brief docs below relating to our coding standards, etc.
+Please review these brief docs below relating to our coding standards etc.
 
 * [Coding Style](./style.md)
 * [Code Organization](./readme.md)

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.

doc/devdocs/modules/alwaysontop.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The module is initialized in the AlwaysOnTop class. During initialization, the f
 The AlwaysOnTop class handles the pinning and unpinning of windows. Key methods include:
 
 - **PinTopmostWindow**: Pins the specified window on top of others and applies visual indicators
-- **UnpinTopmostWindows**: Removes the pinning status and visual indicators from the specified window
+- **UnpinTopmostWindowss**: Removes the pinning status and visual indicators from the specified window
 - **AssignBorder**: Applies a colored border around the pinned window based on user settings
 
 ### Settings Management
@@ -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
 

doc/devdocs/modules/environmentvariables.md

@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ EnvironmentVariableUILib            # Abstracted UI methods and implementations
 
 - The module reads and writes variables directly to the registry instead of using the Environment API
 - This direct registry access approach is used because the Environment API automatically expands variables and has a timeout for notifications
-- When a profile variable has the same name as an existing User variable, a backup is created with the naming pattern: `VARIABLE_NAME_powertoys_PROFILE_NAME`
+- When a profile variable has the same name as an existing User variable, a backup is created with a naming pattern: `VARIABLE_NAME_powertoys_PROFILE_NAME`

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.
@@ -444,12 +444,10 @@ PowerToys/doc/releases/tests-checklist-template.md at releaseChecklist · micros
 - ### First Run FancyZones error
 ![Debug Step Image](../images/fancyzones/16.png)
 
-If you encounter this situation, you need to launch the FancyZones Editor once in the powertoys settings UI:
+If you encounter this situation, you need to launch the FancyZones Editor once in the powertoys settings UI (Refer to the image below). The reason is that running the Editor directly within the project will not initialize various configuration files.
 
 ![Debug Step Image](../images/fancyzones/17.png)
 
-The reason is that running the Editor directly within the project will not initialize various configuration files.
-
 - ### How are layouts stored and loaded? Is there a central configuration handler?
 
 There is no central configuration handler. 
@@ -473,7 +471,7 @@ When the Editor starts, it will load the config data, and when FancyZones starts
 
 About monitor detection you can find "FancyZones::MoveSizeUpdate" function. 
 
-I believe that in the case without DPI scaling, FancyZones retrieves the window's position and does not need to know what the mouse's DPI scaling is like. If you are referring to window scaling, it is called through the system interface, and you can see the detailed code in "WindowMouseSnap::MoveSizeEnd()" function.
+I believe that in the case without DPI scaling, FancyZones retrieves the window's position and does not need to know what the mouse's DPI scaling is like. If you are referring to window scaling, it is called through the system interface, and you can see the detailed code in "WindowMouseSnap::MoveSizeEnd()" fucntion.
 
 - ### How does FancyZones track which windows belong to which zones?
 

doc/devdocs/modules/imageresizer.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ For more details on the implementation approach, see the [Dual Registration sect
 Image Resizer dynamically determines when to show the context menu option:
 - `AppxManifest.xml` registers the extension for all file types (`Type="*"`)
 - The shell extension checks if the selected files are images using `AssocGetPerceivedType()`
-- The menu appears only for image files (returns `ECS_ENABLED`); otherwise, it remains hidden (returns `ECS_HIDDEN`)
+- The menu appears only for image files (returns `ECS_ENABLED`), otherwise it remains hidden (returns `ECS_HIDDEN`)
 
 This approach provides flexibility to support additional file types by modifying only the detection logic without changing the system-level registration.
 

doc/devdocs/modules/interface.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Returns true if successful.
 virtual void set_config(const wchar_t* config)
 ```
 
-After the user has changed the module settings in the Settings editor, the runner calls this method to pass the updated values to the module. It's a good place to save the settings as well.
+After the user has changed the module settings in the Settings editor, the runner calls this method to pass to the module the updated values. It's a good place to save the settings as well.
 
 ## call_custom_action
 

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

doc/devdocs/modules/keyboardmanager/keyboardeventhandlers.md

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This file contains documentation for all the methods involved in key/shortcut re
 [This method](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/dll/KeyboardEventHandlers.cpp#L754-L809) is used for handling app-specific shortcut to shortcut and shortcut to key remaps. The general logic is as follows:
 - Check if the `dwExtraInfo` field is set to `KEYBOARDMANAGER_SHORTCUT_FLAG`. This indicates that the key event was generated by the KBM shortcut remap method using `SendInput`. This ensures that we don't read events generated by the shortcut remap method, but we still read events which are generated by the key remap method.
 - Get the name of the process in the foreground. This is done using `GetCurrentApplication` which uses `GetForegroundWindow` to get the window handle and `get_process_path` from the common lib. This approach can fail for UWP apps in full screen, so for that scenario we use the `GetGUIThreadInfo` approach to find the correct window handle, and hence the correct process name. This method is [described in more detail](keyboardmanagercommon.md#Foreground-app-detection)
-- By checking `KeyboardManagerState.GetActivatedApp` we check if an app-specific shortcut is currently invoked. If so, we consider this application to be the activated app. This is required because some shortcut remaps could cause the current app to lose focus and hence until the shortcut is completely released we should allow that remap to continue; otherwise, the user could end up in a state where some keys do not get released. For example: remap <kbd>Ctrl+A</kbd> to <kbd>Alt+Tab</kbd> for Edge, when a user presses <kbd>Ctrl+A</kbd> the window loses focus as <kbd>Alt+Tab</kbd> gets executed.
+- By checking `KeyboardManagerState.GetActivatedApp` we check if an app-specific shortcut is currently invoked. If so, we consider this application to be the activated app. This is required because some shortcut remaps could cause the current app to lose focus and hence until the shortcut is completely released we should allow that remap to continue, otherwise the user could end up in a state where some keys do not get released. For example: remap <kbd>Ctrl+A</kbd> to <kbd>Alt+Tab</kbd> for Edge, when a user presses <kbd>Ctrl+A</kbd> the window loses focus as <kbd>Alt+Tab</kbd> gets executed.
 - If there is no app-specific shortcut currently invoked, we check if the foreground process is present in the list of app-specific remaps, either with or without the file extension and case-insensitive. If it is, this is considered to be the activated app.
 - Call `HandleShortcutRemapEvent` with the `activatedApp` argument so that app-specific shortcut remapping takes place if it applies for the current key event.
 
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ The [`MockedInput`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/src/modules
 
 [To mock the `SendInput` method](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/test/MockedInput.cpp#L10-L110), the steps for processing the input are as follows. This implementation is based on public documentation for SendInput and the behavior of key messages and keyboard hooks:
 - Iterate over all the inputs in the `INPUT` vector argument.
-- If the event is a key up event, then it is considered [`WM_SYSKEYUP`](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-syskeyup) if Alt is held down; otherwise, it is `WM_KEYUP`.
-- If the event is a key down event, then it is considered [`WM_SYSKEYDOWN`](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-syskeydown) if either Alt is held down or if it is F10; otherwise, it is `WM_KEYDOWN`.
+- If the event is a key up event, then it is considered [`WM_SYSKEYUP`](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-syskeyup) if Alt is held down, otherwise it is `WM_KEYUP`.
+- If the event is a key down event, then it is considered [`WM_SYSKEYDOWN`](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-syskeydown) if either Alt is held down or if it is F10, otherwise it is `WM_KEYDOWN`.
 - An optional function which can be set on the `MockedInput` handler can be used to test for the number of times a key event is received by the system with a particular condition using [`sendVirtualInputCallCondition`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/test/MockedInput.cpp#L48-L52).
 - The hook logic for a low level hook which returns 0 or 1 can be set on the `MockedInput` handler such that it behaves like a low level hook would behave with actual keyboard input. If the method returns 1, then the keyboard state is not updated, and if it returns 0 the corresponding key event is used to update the key state. This works in the recursive way as well similar to low level hooks, as `SendVirtualInput` can be called from within the hook, thus simulating identical behavior to calling `SendInput` in a low level hook (as soon as SendInput is called, the low level hook is called for the new input event, and only after those are processed it returns back to the current event, check this [blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20140213-00/?p=1773) for more details).
 - For updating the keyboard state, KEYUP messages result in the state for that key code being set to false, and KEYDOWN result in the state for that key code being set to true.

doc/devdocs/modules/keyboardmanager/keyboardmanager.md

@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ The [`HandleKeyboardHookEvent`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b805
 **Note:** Single key remaps need to be executed before shortcut remaps, because otherwise there can be several logical issues. For example if a user has Ctrl remapped to X and Ctrl+A remapped to Y, we can't detect Ctrl+A because the moment Ctrl is pressed it would be remapped to X before the system ever sees Ctrl+A. This is why the design decision was made to separate Remap keys and Remap shortcuts, and all key remaps are reflected in the shortcut remaps.
 
 ## Custom Action to launch KBM UI
-KBM uses the [`call_custom_action`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/dll/dllmain.cpp#L249-L280) method from the `PowertoyModuleIface` in order to launch the KBM UI when the user clicks "Remap a key" or "Remap a shortcut" from the KBM settings page. On clicking the button, we check if there is already any active KBM UI window, and if there is it is brought to the foreground. If not, the corresponding KBM UI window is launched on a separate detached thread. The UI is described in more detail in [Keyboard Manager UI](keyboardmanagerui.md).
+KBM uses the [`call_custom_action`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/dll/dllmain.cpp#L249-L280) method from the `PowertoyModuleIface` in order to launch the KBM UI when the user clicks the Remap a key or Remap a shortcut button from the KBM settings page. On clicking the button, we check if there is already any active KBM UI window, and if there is it is brought to the foreground. If not, the corresponding KBM UI window is launched on a separate detached thread. The UI is described in more detail in [Keyboard Manager UI](keyboardmanagerui.md).
 
 ## SendInput Special Scenarios
 
 ### Extended keys
-Certain keys such as the arrow keys, <kbd>right Ctrl/Alt</kbd>, and <kbd>Del/Home/Ins</kbd>, etc. need to be sent with the `KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY` flag because otherwise the NumPad versions get sent, which can cause weird behavior when NumLock is on. The code can be found where [`SetKeyEvent` checks `IsExtendedKey(keyCode)`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/common/Helpers.cpp#L190-L194) and the list of extended keys in code can be found in [`IsExtendedKey`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/common/Helpers.cpp#L73-L98). Docs about extended keys can be found in [Keyboard Input Overview: Extended-Key Flag
+Certain keys such as the arrow keys, <kbd>right Ctrl/Alt</kbd>, and <kbd>Del/Home/Ins</kbd>, etc need to be sent with the `KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY` flag because otherwise the NumPad versions get sent, which can cause weird behavior when NumLock is on. The code can be found where [`SetKeyEvent` checks `IsExtendedKey(keyCode)`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/common/Helpers.cpp#L190-L194) and the list of extended keys in code can be found in [`IsExtendedKey`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/common/Helpers.cpp#L73-L98). Docs about extended keys can be found in [Keyboard Input Overview: Extended-Key Flag
 ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/inputdev/about-keyboard-input#extended-key-flag). 
 
 The weird behavior that is caused by this can be found at these issues:
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ For example, while [remapping <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> to <kbd>Caps Lock</kbd>](https://g
 While the above work around fixes most of the cases, there are still some scenarios where the modifier can get stuck, mentioned at this [comment](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3397#issuecomment-663729278), which is why the issue is still open. This occurs if a modifier is pressed after the remap has been invoked before releasing the remapped key and it is a harder scenario to solve which requires refactoring the single key remap code.
 
 ### UIPI Issues (not resolved)
-`SendInput` does not work directly with certain key codes such as Play/Pause Media, Calculator key, etc. as it requires UAC privileges to be injected to the OS and accordingly play the active media app or launch the Calculator app. In order to resolve this the correct approach is that the executable which calls `SendInput` needs to have the [UIAccess flag](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/winauto/uiauto-securityoverview) set to true, which will also avoid the requirement of KBM having to run as administrator to intercept key events when an elevated window is in focus. The UIAccess flag has many constraints such as it must be a signed executable and must be located in a protected path like Program Files. Since KBM currently runs out of the runner process, it would make more sense to do this work after KBM is moved to a separate executable, and it could be enabled by a separate toggle in settings only if PowerToys is installed in Program Files. [This comment](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3192#issuecomment-646323661) has more details on this approach and (this)[https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3255] is the tracking issue.
+`SendInput` does not work directly with certain key codes such as Play/Pause Media, Calculator key, etc as it requires UAC privileges to be injected to the OS and accordingly play the active media app or launch the Calculator app. In order to resolve this the correct approach is that the executable which calls `SendInput` needs to have the [UIAccess flag](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/winauto/uiauto-securityoverview) set to true, which will also avoid the requirement of KBM having to run as administrator to intercept key events when an elevated window is in focus. The UIAccess flag has many constraints such as it must be a signed executable and must be located in a protected path like Program Files. Since KBM currently runs out of the runner process, it would make more sense to do this work after KBM is moved to a separate executable, and it could be enabled by a separate toggle in settings only if PowerToys is installed in Program Files. [This comment](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3192#issuecomment-646323661) has more details on this approach and (this)[https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3255] is the tracking issue.
 
 ## Other remapping approaches
 Other approaches for remapping which were deprioritized are:
 
 ### Registry approach
-This method is used by [SharpKeys](https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys) and involves using the [Microsoft Keyboard Scancode mapper registry key](https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys) to remap keys based on their scan codes. This has the advantage of being applied in all scenarios and not facing any elevation or UAC issues, however the disadvantages are that for modifying the settings, the process must run elevated (as it modifies HKLM registry) and it requires a reboot to get applied. Another issue which is an advantage/disadvantage for users is that the process does not need to be running, so the remaps are applied all the time, including at the password prompt on logging into the user's Windows account, which could get a user stuck if they orphaned a key in their password. This registry doesn't have any support for remapping shortcuts either, so the hook approach was prioritized over this.
+This method is used by [SharpKeys](https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys) and involves using the [Microsoft Keyboard Scancode mapper registry key](https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys) to remap keys based on their scan codes. This has the advantage of being applied in all scenarios and not facing any elevation or UAC issues, however the disadvantages are that for modifying the settings the process must run elevated (as it modifies HKLM registry) and it requires a reboot to get applied. Another issue which is an advantage/disadvantage for users is that the process does not need to be running, so the remaps are applied all the time, including at the password prompt on logging into the user's Windows account, which could get a user stuck if they orphaned a key in their password. This registry doesn't have any support for remapping shortcuts either, so the hook approach was prioritized over this.
 
 ### Driver approach
 Using a driver approach has the benefit of not depending on precedence orders as KBM could always run before low level hooks, and it also has the benefit of differentiating between different keyboards, allowing [multi keyboard-specific remaps](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/1460). The disadvantages are however that any bug or crash could have system level consequences. [Interception](https://github.com/oblitum/Interception) is an open source driver that could be used for implementing this. The approach was deprioritized due to the potential side effects.
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Using a driver approach has the benefit of not depending on precedence orders as
 ## Telemetry
 Keyboard Manager emits the following telemetry events (implemented in [trace.h](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/src/modules/keyboardmanager/common/trace.h) and [trace.cpp](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/src/modules/keyboardmanager/common/trace.cpp)):
 - **`KeyboardManager_EnableKeyboardManager`:** Logs a `boolean` value storing the KBM toggle state. It is logged whenever KBM is enabled or disabled (emitted in [`enable`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/dll/dllmain.cpp#L305-L306) and [`disable`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/dll/dllmain.cpp#L315-L316)).
-- **`KeyboardManager_KeyRemapCount`:** Logs the number of key to key and key to shortcut remaps (i.e. all the remaps on the "Remap a key" window). This gets logged on saving new settings in the "Remap a key" window (emitted at [the end of `ApplySingleKeyRemappings`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/LoadingAndSavingRemappingHelper.cpp#L159-L163)).
-- **`KeyboardManager_OSLevelShortcutRemapCount`:** Logs the number of global shortcut to shortcut and shortcut to key remaps. This gets logged on saving new settings in the "Remap a shortcut" window (emitted at [the end of `ApplyShortcutRemappings`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/LoadingAndSavingRemappingHelper.cpp#L220)).
-- **`KeyboardManager_AppSpecificShortcutRemapCount`:** Logs the number of app-specific shortcut to shortcut and shortcut to key remaps. This gets logged on saving new settings in the "Remap a shortcut" window (emitted [after calling `OSLevelShortcutRemapCount` in `ApplyShortcutRemappings`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/LoadingAndSavingRemappingHelper.cpp#L221)).
+- **`KeyboardManager_KeyRemapCount`:** Logs the number of key to key and key to shortcut remaps (i.e. all the remaps on the Remap a key window). This gets logged on saving new settings in the Remap a key window (emitted at [the end of `ApplySingleKeyRemappings`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/LoadingAndSavingRemappingHelper.cpp#L159-L163)).
+- **`KeyboardManager_OSLevelShortcutRemapCount`:** Logs the number of global shortcut to shortcut and shortcut to key remaps. This gets logged on saving new settings in the Remap a shortcut window (emitted at [the end of `ApplyShortcutRemappings`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/LoadingAndSavingRemappingHelper.cpp#L220)).
+- **`KeyboardManager_AppSpecificShortcutRemapCount`:** Logs the number of app-specific shortcut to shortcut and shortcut to key remaps. This gets logged on saving new settings in the Remap a shortcut window (emitted [after calling `OSLevelShortcutRemapCount` in `ApplyShortcutRemappings`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/LoadingAndSavingRemappingHelper.cpp#L221)).
 - **`KeyboardManager_Error`:** Logs the occurrence of an error in KBM with the name of the method, error code and the corresponding error message. This is currently used only for logging `SetWindowsHookEx` failures (emitted [at the end of `start_lowlevel_keyboard_hook`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/dll/dllmain.cpp#L364-L369)).

doc/devdocs/modules/keyboardmanager/keyboardmanagerui.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The KBM UI consists of a [`Grid` with several columns](https://github.com/micros
 
 When the UI windows are activated the `KeyboardManagerState` object [sets the `UIState` variable](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/EditKeyboardWindow.cpp#L251-L252) which is used for distinguishing if the UI is up from the keyboard hook thread. The [states are also updated](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/SingleKeyRemapControl.cpp#L53) on opening and closing the Type window.
 
-Clicking the Type Button [opens a content dialog](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/SingleKeyRemapControl.cpp#L206-L380) which registers key delays using the [`KeyDelay` class](keyboardmanagercommon.md#KeyDelay) for Enter and Esc keys and sets the UI states such that when a key event occurs the TextBlocks on the ContentDialog are updated accordingly. On accepting the dialog, the selected keys are copied into the ComboBoxes from the TextBlocks, and on closing the window, the key delays are unregistered and UI states are reset.
+Clicking the Type Button [opens a content dialog](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/SingleKeyRemapControl.cpp#L206-L380) which registers key delays using the [`KeyDelay` class](keyboardmanagercommon.md#KeyDelay) for Enter and Esc keys and sets the UI states such that when a key event occurs the TextBlocks on the ContentDialog are updated accordingly. On accepting the dialog the selected keys are copied into the ComboBoxes from the TextBlocks, and on closing the window the key delays are unregistered and UI states are reset.
 
 Since ComboBoxes are added dynamically, handlers have been added which [update the accessible names for these controls](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/b80578b1b9a4b24c9945bddac33c771204280107/src/modules/keyboardmanager/ui/KeyDropDownControl.cpp#L69-L74), which get executed whenever a drop down is added or removed.
 

doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/plugins/community.valuegenerator.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The Value Generator plugin is used to generate hashes for strings, to calculate
   - [`UuidCreateSequential`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/rpcdce/nf-rpcdce-uuidcreatesequential) for version 1 
   - `System.Guid.NewGuid()` for version 4
   - `System.Guid.CreateVersion7()` for version 7
-- Versions 3 and 5 take two parameters: a namespace and a name
+- Versions 3 and 5 take two parameters, a namespace and a name
 - The namespace must be a valid GUID or one of the [predefined ones](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4122#appendix-C)
 - The `PredefinedNamespaces` dictionary contains aliases for the predefined namespaces
 - The name can be any string
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ The Value Generator plugin is used to generate hashes for strings, to calculate
 ### [`InputParser`](/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.ValueGenerator/InputParser.cs)
 - It is responsible only for parsing the query from the user
 - Based on the user query, the `ParseInput()` method must return an object that implements the `IComputeRequest` interface or it must throw one of `FormatException` or `ArgumentException`
-- Throwing an `ArgumentException` should signal the fact that the query contains a mistake that the user can fix (e.g. an unsupported hash function, an invalid GUID version, an invalid namespace, etc.)
+- Throwing an `ArgumentException` should signal the fact the query contains a mistake that the user can fix (eg. an unsupported hash function, an invalid GUID version, an invalid namespace, etc)
 > The error message will be shown to the user and no log message will be created
 - Throwing a `FormatException` should signal either:
-  - that the query may become valid, and so it does not make sense to show an error just yet (e.g. the query does not contain a request yet, a hash request without a string to hash)
+  - that the query may become valid, and so it does not make sense to show an error just yet (eg. the query does not contain a request yet, a hash request without a string to hash)
   - that the query is completely invalid
 > The error message will not be shown to the user but a log message will be created
 

doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/plugins/history.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The History Plugin allows users to search or display results they have used (sel
 The plugin uses data that was already being captured which is, what results were clicked, and how many times. We do add a little more data to this set now.
 When this plugin is queried, it creates results based on this previously selected results data.
 
-In order to make sure selected results in the history are still valid, we re-query the relevant plugin using the PluginManager. If there are no results,
+In order to make sure selected results in the history are still valid, we re-query the plugin the relevant plug using the PluginManager. If there are no results,
 this history item is not included. This usually means that the result is no longer valid. For instance, if a file was deleted, but it's still in the selected history
 we don't want to show it as a selectable result.
 

doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/plugins/onenote.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The code itself is very simple, basically just a call into OneNote interop via t
 var pages = OneNoteProvider.FindPages(query.Search);
 ```
 
-The query results will be cached for 1 day, and if cached results are found they'll be returned in the initial `Query()` call; otherwise, OneNote itself will be queried in the `delayedExecution:true` overload.
+The query results will be cached for 1 day, and if cached results are found they'll be returned in the initial `Query()` call, otherwise OneNote itself will be queried in the `delayedExecution:true` overload.
 
 If the user actions on a result, it'll open it in the OneNote app, and restore and/or focus the app as well if necessary.
 

doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/plugins/windowwalker.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The user can switch to the found windows, close them or kill their process.
 ## Remarks
 
 ### UWP Apps
-- The process of an UWP app can't be detected correctly for windows that are minimized while searching. At this time they are assigned to the generic process `ApplicationFrameHost.exe`. If the user searches for such a window while it is not minimized, then the process gets assigned correctly/updated. 
+- The process of an UWP app can't be detected correctly for windows that are minimized while searching. At this time they are assigned to the generic process `ApplicationFrameHost.exe`. If the user searches for such an window while it is not minimized, then the process gets assigned correctly/updated. 
 
 ### Killing processes
 - Killing the Explorer process is only allowed, if each folder window is running in its own process. (See section `File Explorer setting` below.)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The user can switch to the found windows, close them or kill their process.
 - Windows of UWP apps don't know their process, until they are searched in non-minimized state.
 
 ### File Explorer setting
-- To kill the Process of an Explorer window, each window has to run in a separate process. Otherwise, the process is the same one as the shell process and killing the shell process will crash the shell (Windows ui).
+- To kill the Process of an Explorer window, each window has to run in a separate process. Otherwise the process is the same one as the shell process and killing the shell process will crash the shell (Windows ui).
 - To enable this behavior the setting `Launch folder windows in a separate process` under `Folder Options > View` has to be enabled. 
 - From PowerToys Run you can open the `Folder options` dialog by clicking the information message in the search results. The information message is only shown when searching with action keyword for explorer windows and can be hidden in the plugin settings.
 - Note: The folder option/process is evaluated in real time. After changing the setting it is enough to search again for the windows.

doc/devdocs/modules/lightswitch.md

@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-# Light Switch
-
-[Public Overview – Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/light-switch)
-
-## Quick Links
-
-* [All Issues](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3AProduct-LightSwitch)
-* [Bugs](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3AProduct-LightSwitch%20label%3AIssue-Bug)
-* [Pull Requests](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3AProduct-LightSwitch)
-
-## Overview
-
-The **Light Switch** module lets users automatically transition between light and dark mode using a timed schedule or a keyboard shortcut.
-
-## Features
-
-* Set custom times to start and stop dark mode.
-* Use geolocation to determine local sunrise and sunset times.
-* Apply offsets in sunrise mode (e.g., 15 minutes before sunset).
-* Quickly toggle between modes with a keyboard shortcut (`Ctrl+Shift+Win+D` by default).
-* Choose whether theme changes apply to:
-
-  * Apps only
-  * System only
-  * Both apps and system
-
-## Architecture
-
-### Main Components
-
-* **Shortcut/Hotkey**
-  Listens for a hotkey event. Calling `onHotkey()` flips the theme flags.
-
-  > **Note:** Using the shortcut overrides the current schedule until the next transition event.
-
-* **LightSwitchService.cpp**
-  is the heart beat of the module. Controls ticking every minute and depending on user actions (manual override, settings changing, etc) triggers the state manager to perform the corresponding operation.
-  
-* **LightSwitchStateManager.cpp**
-  handles updating the state based on the signals sent by LightSwitchService.
-  
-* **SettingsXAML/LightSwitch**
-  Provides the settings UI for configuring schedules, syncing location, and customizing shortcuts.
-
-* **Settings.UI/ViewModels/LightSwitchViewModel.cs**
-  Handles updates to the settings file and communicates changes to the front end.
-
-* **modules/LightSwitch/Tests**
-  Contains UI tests that verify interactions between the settings UI, system state, and `settings.json`.
-
-### Data Flow
-
-1. User configures settings in the UI (default: manual mode, light mode from 06:00–18:00).
-2. Every minute, the service checks the time.
-
-   * If it’s not a threshold, the service sleeps until the next minute.
-   * If it matches a threshold, the service applies the theme based on settings and returns to sleep.
-3. At **midnight**, when in *Sunrise to Sunset* mode, the service updates daily sunrise and sunset times.
-4. If the machine was asleep during a scheduled event, the service applies the correct settings at the next check.
-
-## User Interface
-
-The module’s settings are exposed in the PowerToys Settings UI. Options include:
-
-* Shortcut customization
-* Mode selection (Manual or Sunrise to Sunset)
-* Manual start/stop times (manual mode only)
-* Automatic sunrise/sunset calculation (location-based)
-* Time offsets (sunrise mode)
-* Target scope (system, apps, or both)
-
-## Development Environment Setup
-
-### Prerequisites
-
-* Visual Studio 2019 or later
-* Windows 10 SDK
-* PowerToys repository cloned from GitHub
-
-### Building and Testing
-
-1. Clone the repo:
-
-   ```sh
-   git clone https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys.git
-   ```
-2. Initialize submodules:
-
-   ```sh
-   git submodule update --init --recursive
-   ```
-3. Build the solution:
-
-   ```sh
-   msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=ARM64 -m PowerToys.slnx
-   ```
-
-   > Note: This may take some time.
-4. Set `runner` as the startup project and press **F5**.
-5. Enable Light Switch in PowerToys Settings.
-6. To debug the service:
-
-   * Press `Ctrl+Alt+P` or go to **Debug > Attach to Process**.
-   * Select `LightSwitchService.exe` and click **Attach**.
-   * You can now set breakpoints in the service files.
-7. To debug the Settings UI:
-
-   * Set the startup project to `PowerToys.Settings` and press **F5**.
-   * Note: Light Switch settings will not persist in this mode (they depend on the service executable).
-   * Alternatively, you can attach `PowerToys.Settings.exe` to the debugger while `runner` is running to test the full flow with breakpoints.

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

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

doc/devdocs/processes/release-process.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This document outlines the process for preparing and publishing PowerToys releas
 - Uses semantic versioning: `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH`
 - MINOR version increases with regular releases (e.g., 0.89.0)
 - PATCH version increases for hotfixes (e.g., 0.87.0 → 0.87.1)
-- Each release version must be greater than the previous one for proper updating
+- Each release version must be higher than the previous one for proper updating
 
 ## Testing Process
 

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:
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an
 ## Rules
 
 - **Follow the pattern of what you already see in the code.**
-- [Coding style](style.md).
+- [Coding style](development/style.md).
 - Try to package new functionality/components into libraries that have nicely defined interfaces.
 - Package new functionality into classes or refactor existing functionality into a class as you extend the code.
 - When adding new classes/methods/changing existing code, add new unit tests or update the existing tests.
@@ -72,7 +67,10 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an
 - When you'd like the team to take a look (even if the work is not yet fully complete) mark the PR as 'Ready For Review' so that the team can review your work and provide comments, suggestions, and request changes. It may take several cycles, but the end result will be solid, testable, conformant code that is safe for us to merge.
 - When the PR is approved, let the owner of the PR merge it. For community contributions, the reviewer who approved the PR can also merge it.
 - Use the `Squash and merge` option to merge a PR. If you don't want to squash it because there are logically different commits, use `Rebase and merge`.
-- Close issues automatically when referenced in a PR. You can use [closing keywords](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/using-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue#linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue-using-a-keyword) in the body of the PR to have GitHub automatically link your PR to the issue.
+- We don't close issues automatically when referenced in a PR, so after the PR is merged:
+  - mark the issue(s) that the PR solved with the `Resolution-Fix-Committed` label, remove the `In progress` label and if the issue is assigned to a project, move the item to the `Done` status.
+  - don't close the issue if it's a bug in the current released version; since users tend to not search for closed issues, we will close the resolved issues when a new version is released.
+  - if it's not a code fix that effects the end user, the issue can be closed (for example a fix in the build or a code refactoring and so on).
 
 ## Compiling PowerToys
 
@@ -81,11 +79,10 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an
 1. Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) or newer
 1. Visual Studio Community/Professional/Enterprise 2022 17.4 or newer
 1. A local clone of the PowerToys repository
-1. Enable long paths in Windows (see [Enable Long Paths](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation#enabling-long-paths-in-windows-10-version-1607-and-later) for details)
 
 ### 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 +95,7 @@ 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 +109,10 @@ 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.
 

doc/devdocs/tools/fuzzingtesting.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The `OneFuzzConfig.json` file provides critical information for deploying fuzzin
   ],
   "adoTemplate": [
     {
-      "AssignedTo": "leilzh@microsoft.com",
+      "AssignedTo": "PowerToys@microsoft.com",
       "jobNotificationEmail": "PowerToys@microsoft.com"
     }
   ],

doc/devdocs/tools/verification-scripts.md

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ This script checks the preview handler registration for the following file types
 * .svgz
 * .pdf
 * .gcode
-* .bgcode
 * .stl
 * .txt
 * .ini

doc/dsc/Settings.md

@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-# Settings resource
-Manage the settings for PowerToys modules
-
-## Commands
-
-### ✨ Modules
-List all the modules supported by the settings resource.
-```shell
-PS C:\> PowerToys.DSC.exe modules --resource 'settings'
-AdvancedPaste
-AlwaysOnTop
-App
-Awake
-ColorPicker
-CropAndLock
-EnvironmentVariables
-FancyZones
-FileLocksmith
-FindMyMouse
-Hosts
-ImageResizer
-KeyboardManager
-MeasureTool
-MouseHighlighter
-MouseJump
-MousePointerCrosshairs
-Peek
-PowerAccent
-PowerOCR
-PowerRename
-RegistryPreview
-ShortcutGuide
-Workspaces
-ZoomIt
-```
-
-### 📄 Get
-Get the settings for a specific module.
-```shell
-PS C:\> PowerToys.DSC.exe get --resource 'settings' --module EnvironmentVariables
-{"settings":{"properties":{"LaunchAdministrator":{"value":true}},"name":"EnvironmentVariables","version":"1.0"}}
-```
-
-### 🖨️ Export
-Export the settings for a specific module.
-
-ℹ️ Settings resource Get and Export operation output states are identical.
-```shell
-PS C:\> PowerToys.DSC.exe get --resource 'settings' --module EnvironmentVariables
-{"settings":{"properties":{"LaunchAdministrator":{"value":true}},"name":"EnvironmentVariables","version":"1.0"}}
-```
-
-### 📝 Set
-Set the settings for a specific module. This command will update the settings to the specified values.
-```shell
-PS C:\> PowerToys.DSC.exe set --resource 'settings' --module Awake --input '{"settings":{"properties":{"keepDisplayOn":false,"mode":0,"intervalHours":0,"intervalMinutes":1,"expirationDateTime":"2025-08-13T10:10:00.000001-07:00","customTrayTimes":{}},"name":"Awake","version":"0.0.1"}}'
-{"settings":{"properties":{"keepDisplayOn":false,"mode":0,"intervalHours":0,"intervalMinutes":1,"expirationDateTime":"2025-08-13T10:10:00.000001-07:00","customTrayTimes":{}},"name":"Awake","version":"0.0.1"}}
-["settings"]
-```
-
-### 🧪 Test
-Test the settings for a specific module. This command will check if the current settings match the desired state.
-```shell
-PS C:\> PowerToys.DSC.exe test --resource 'settings' --module Awake --input '{"settings":{"properties":{"keepDisplayOn":false,"mode":0,"intervalHours":0,"intervalMinutes":1,"expirationDateTime":"2025-08-13T10:10:00.000002-07:00","customTrayTimes":{}},"name":"Awake","version":"0.0.1"}}'
-{"settings":{"properties":{"keepDisplayOn":false,"mode":0,"intervalHours":0,"intervalMinutes":1,"expirationDateTime":"2025-08-13T10:10:00.000001-07:00","customTrayTimes":{}},"name":"Awake","version":"0.0.1"},"_inDesiredState":false}
-["settings"]
-```
-
-### 🛠️ Schema
-Generates the JSON schema for the settings resource of a specific module.
-```shell
-PS C:\> PowerToys.DSC.exe schema --resource 'settings' --module Awake
-{"$schema":"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#","title":"SettingsResourceObjectOfAwakeSettings","type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"required":["settings"],"properties":{"_inDesiredState":{"type":["boolean","null"],"description":"Indicates whether an instance is in the desired state"},"settings":{"description":"The settings content for the module."}}}
-PS E:\src\powertoys> PowerToys.DSC.exe schema --resource 'settings' --module Awake | Format-Json
-```
-
-### 📦 Manifest
-Generates a manifest dsc resource JSON file for the specified module.
-- If the module is not specified, it will generate a manifest for all modules.
-- If the output directory is not specified, it will print the manifest to the console.
-```shell
-PS C:\> PowerToys.DSC.exe manifest --resource settings --module 'Awake' --outputDir "C:\manifests"
-```