[Settings] Optimizing and cleaning up code (#44721)

<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request

- Removing dead experiments code
- Refactoring and simplifying OOBE/SCOOBE windowing code
- Removing dead assets
- Optimizing CmdPal assets to lower res shaving off a few MBs
- Scrolling works better on the What's new page
- Should be merged after: #44638

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

- [X] Closes: #44958
<!-- - [ ] Closes: #yyy (add separate lines for additional resolved
issues) -->
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx

<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed,
or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

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

---------

Co-authored-by: Gordon Lam (SH) <yeelam@microsoft.com>

.claude/CLAUDE.md

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

.claude/agents

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

.claude/commands

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

.claude/rules

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

.claude/skills

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

.config/configuration.vsEnterprise.winget

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/0.2
-# Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#compiling-powertoys
+# Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#getting-started
 properties:
   resources:
     - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Settings/WindowsSettings
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ properties:
     - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
       id: vsPackage
       directives:
-        description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise (Any edition will work)
+        description: Install Visual Studio 2026 Enterprise (Any edition will work)
         # Requires elevation for the set operation
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
-        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Enterprise
+        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Enterprise
         source: winget
     - resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
       dependsOn:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ properties:
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
         productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Enterprise
-        channelId: VisualStudio.17.Release
+        channelId: VisualStudio.18.Release
         vsConfigFile: '${WinGetConfigRoot}\..\.vsconfig'
   configurationVersion: 0.2.0
 

.config/configuration.vsProfessional.winget

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/0.2
-# Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#compiling-powertoys
+# Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#getting-started
 properties:
   resources:
     - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Settings/WindowsSettings
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ properties:
     - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
       id: vsPackage
       directives:
-        description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Professional (Any edition will work)
+        description: Install Visual Studio 2026 Professional (Any edition will work)
         # Requires elevation for the set operation
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
-        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Professional
+        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Professional
         source: winget
     - resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
       dependsOn:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ properties:
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
         productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Professional
-        channelId: VisualStudio.17.Release
+        channelId: VisualStudio.18.Release
         vsConfigFile: '${WinGetConfigRoot}\..\.vsconfig'
   configurationVersion: 0.2.0
 

.config/configuration.winget

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/0.2
-# Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#compiling-powertoys
+# Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/readme.md#getting-started
 properties:
   resources:
     - resource: Microsoft.Windows.Settings/WindowsSettings
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ properties:
     - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
       id: vsPackage
       directives:
-        description: Install Visual Studio 2022 Community (Any edition will work)
+        description: Install Visual Studio 2026 Community (Any edition will work)
         # Requires elevation for the set operation
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
-        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Community
+        id: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
         source: winget
     - resource: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DSC/VSComponents
       dependsOn:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ properties:
         securityContext: elevated
       settings:
         productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community
-        channelId: VisualStudio.17.Release
+        channelId: VisualStudio.18.Release
         vsConfigFile: '${WinGetConfigRoot}\..\.vsconfig'
   configurationVersion: 0.2.0
 

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

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

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

@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ ycv
 yeelam
 Yuniardi
 yuyoyuppe
+zadjii
 Zeol
 Zhao
 Zhaopeng
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ regedit
 roslyn
 Skia
 Spotify
+taskmgr
 tldr
 Vanara
 wangyi
@@ -243,4 +245,3 @@ xamlstyler
 Xavalon
 Xbox
 Youdao
-zadjii

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

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+acq
+APPLYTOSUBMENUS
+AUDCLNT
+bitmaps
+BUFFERFLAGS
+centiseconds
+Ctl
+CTLCOLOR
+CTLCOLORBTN
+CTLCOLORDLG
+CTLCOLOREDIT
+CTLCOLORLISTBOX
+CTrim
+DFCS
+dlg
+dlu
+DONTCARE
+DRAWITEM
+DRAWITEMSTRUCT
+DWLP
+EDITCONTROL
+ENABLEHOOK
+FDE
+GETCHANNELRECT
+GETCHECK
+GETTHUMBRECT
+GIFs
+HTBOTTOMRIGHT
+HTHEME
+KSDATAFORMAT
+LEFTNOWORDWRAP
+letterbox
+lld
+logfont
+lround
+MENUINFO
+mic
+MMRESULT
+OWNERDRAW
+PBGRA
+pfdc
+playhead
+pwfx
+quantums
+REFKNOWNFOLDERID
+reposted
+SCROLLSIZEGRIP
+SETDEFID
+SETRECT
+SHAREMODE
+SHAREVIOLATION
+STREAMFLAGS
+submix
+tci
+TEXTMETRIC
+tme
+TRACKMOUSEEVENT
+Unadvise
+WASAPI
+WAVEFORMATEX
+WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE
+wil
+WMU

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

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 ^doc/devdocs/akaLinks\.md$
 ^NOTICE\.md$
 ^src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/exprtk\.hpp$
+^src/common/UnitTests-CommonUtils/
 ^src/common/ManagedCommon/ColorFormatHelper\.cs$
 ^src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/cpp\.hint$
 ^src/common/sysinternals/Eula/
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@
 ^src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/Pages/SampleMarkdownImagesPage\.cs$
 ^src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft\.CmdPal\.UI/Settings/InternalPage\.SampleData\.cs$
 ^src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft\.CmdPal\.Core\.Common\.UnitTests/.*\.TestData\.cs$
+^src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft\.CmdPal\.Core\.Common\.UnitTests/Text/.*\.cs$
 ^src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPickerUI/Shaders/GridShader\.cso$
 ^src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft\.PowerToys\.Run\.Plugin\.TimeDate/Properties/
 ^src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJumpUI/MainForm\.resx$

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

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ACCESSDENIED
 ACCESSTOKEN
 acfs
 ACIE
+ACR
 AClient
 AColumn
 acrt
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ ALLCHILDREN
 ALLINPUT
 Allman
 Allmodule
+ALLNOISE
 ALLOWUNDO
 ALLVIEW
 ALPHATYPE
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ AOC
 aocfnapldcnfbofgmbbllojgocaelgdd
 AOklab
 aot
-APARTMENTTHREADED
 APeriod
 apicontract
 apidl
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ asf
 Ashcraft
 AShortcut
 ASingle
+ASUS
 ASSOCCHANGED
 ASSOCF
 ASSOCSTR
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ atl
 ATRIOX
 aumid
 authenticode
+AUO
 AUTOBUDDY
 AUTOCHECKBOX
 AUTOHIDE
@@ -121,6 +124,10 @@ azureaiinference
 azureinference
 azureopenai
 backticks
+Backlight
+Badflags
+Badmode
+Badparam
 bbwe
 BCIE
 bck
@@ -129,6 +136,7 @@ bezelled
 bhid
 BIF
 bigbar
+BIGGERSIZEOK
 bigobj
 binlog
 binres
@@ -189,10 +197,12 @@ Canvascustomlayout
 CAPTUREBLT
 CAPTURECHANGED
 CARETBLINKING
+carlos
 Carlseibert
 CAtl
 caub
 CBN
+Cds
 cch
 CCHDEVICENAME
 CCHFORMNAME
@@ -208,10 +218,12 @@ certmgr
 cfp
 CHANGECBCHAIN
 changecursor
+chatasweetie
 checkmarks
 CHILDACTIVATE
 CHILDWINDOW
 CHOOSEFONT
+Chunghwa
 CIBUILD
 cidl
 CIELCh
@@ -226,7 +238,7 @@ claude
 CLEARTYPE
 clickable
 clickonce
-CLIENTEDGE
+clientedge
 clientid
 clientside
 CLIPBOARDUPDATE
@@ -238,6 +250,7 @@ CLSCTX
 clsids
 Clusion
 cmder
+CMN
 CMDNOTFOUNDMODULEINTERFACE
 cmdpal
 CMIC
@@ -292,6 +305,7 @@ Corpor
 cotaskmem
 COULDNOT
 countof
+Cowait
 covrun
 cpcontrols
 cph
@@ -310,11 +324,14 @@ CRECT
 CRH
 critsec
 cropandlock
+crt
+CROPTOSQUARE
 Crossdevice
 csdevkit
 CSearch
 CSettings
 cso
+CSOT
 CSRW
 CStyle
 cswin
@@ -357,11 +374,14 @@ DBPROPIDSET
 DBPROPSET
 DBT
 DCBA
+DCapabilities
 DCOM
 DComposition
 DCR
+ddc
 DDEIf
 Deact
+debouncer
 debugbreak
 decryptor
 Dedup
@@ -379,6 +399,7 @@ DEFAULTTOPRIMARY
 DEFERERASE
 DEFPUSHBUTTON
 deinitialization
+DELA
 DELETEDKEYIMAGE
 DELETESCANS
 DEMOTYPE
@@ -413,18 +434,20 @@ DISABLEASACTIONKEY
 DISABLENOSCROLL
 diskmgmt
 DISPLAYCHANGE
-DISPLAYCONFIG
+displayconfig
 DISPLAYFLAGS
 DISPLAYFREQUENCY
 displayname
 DISPLAYORIENTATION
+diu
 divyan
 Dlg
 DLGFRAME
-DLGMODALFRAME
+dlgmodalframe
 dlib
 dllhost
 dllmain
+Dmdo
 DNLEN
 DONOTROUND
 DONTVALIDATEPATH
@@ -434,6 +457,7 @@ downsampling
 downscale
 DPICHANGED
 DPIs
+DPMS
 DPSAPI
 DQTAT
 DQTYPE
@@ -471,15 +495,19 @@ DWMWINDOWMAXIMIZEDCHANGE
 DWORDLONG
 dworigin
 dwrite
+Dxva
 dxgi
 eab
+EAccess
 easeofaccess
 ecount
-Edid
+edid
 EDITKEYBOARD
 EDITSHORTCUTS
 EDITTEXT
 EFile
+EInvalid
+eep
 eku
 emojis
 ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
@@ -489,14 +517,15 @@ ENABLETEMPLATE
 encodedlaunch
 encryptor
 ENDSESSION
+ENot
 ENSUREVISIBLE
 ENTERSIZEMOVE
 ENTRYW
 ENU
 environmentvariables
-EOAC
 EPO
 epu
+EProvider
 ERASEBKGND
 EREOF
 EResize
@@ -550,6 +579,7 @@ fdx
 FErase
 fesf
 FFFF
+FFh
 Figma
 FILEEXPLORER
 fileexploreraddons
@@ -592,6 +622,7 @@ formatetc
 FORPARSING
 foundrylocal
 FRAMECHANGED
+Framechanged
 FRestore
 frm
 FROMTOUCH
@@ -635,6 +666,7 @@ GMEM
 GNumber
 googleai
 googlegemini
+Gotchas
 gpedit
 gpo
 GPOCA
@@ -647,13 +679,13 @@ GSM
 gtm
 guiddata
 GUITHREADINFO
-Gotcha
-Gotchas
 GValue
 gwl
 GWLP
 GWLSTYLE
 hangeul
+Hann
+Hantai
 Hanzi
 Hardlines
 hardlinks
@@ -712,6 +744,7 @@ HKPD
 HKU
 HMD
 hmenu
+HMON
 hmodule
 hmonitor
 homies
@@ -729,6 +762,7 @@ hotkeys
 hotlight
 hotspot
 HPAINTBUFFER
+HPhysical
 HRAWINPUT
 hredraw
 hres
@@ -739,6 +773,7 @@ hsb
 HSCROLL
 hsi
 HSpeed
+HSync
 HTCLIENT
 hthumbnail
 HTOUCHINPUT
@@ -748,6 +783,7 @@ HVal
 HValue
 Hvci
 hwb
+HWP
 HWHEEL
 HWINEVENTHOOK
 hwnd
@@ -761,6 +797,7 @@ IAI
 icf
 ICONERROR
 ICONLOCATION
+ICONONLY
 IDCANCEL
 IDD
 idk
@@ -804,6 +841,7 @@ INITTOLOGFONTSTRUCT
 INLINEPREFIX
 inlines
 Inno
+Innolux
 INPC
 inproc
 INPUTHARDWARE
@@ -845,6 +883,7 @@ istep
 ith
 ITHUMBNAIL
 IUI
+IVO
 IUWP
 IWIC
 jeli
@@ -858,6 +897,7 @@ jpnime
 Jsons
 jsonval
 jxr
+Kantai
 keybd
 KEYBDDATA
 KEYBDINPUT
@@ -879,6 +919,7 @@ KILLFOCUS
 killrunner
 kmph
 kvp
+KVM
 Kybd
 LARGEICON
 lastcodeanalysissucceeded
@@ -894,12 +935,15 @@ Lclean
 Ldone
 Ldr
 LEFTALIGN
+leftclick
 LEFTSCROLLBAR
 LEFTTEXT
-leftclick
 LError
 LEVELID
 LExit
+Lenovo
+LGD
+LFU
 lhwnd
 LIBFUZZER
 LIBID
@@ -1004,6 +1048,7 @@ MAPTOSAMESHORTCUT
 MAPVK
 MARKDOWNPREVIEWHANDLERCPP
 MAXIMIZEBOX
+Maximizebox
 MAXSHORTCUTSIZE
 maxversiontested
 mber
@@ -1016,12 +1061,14 @@ MDL
 mdtext
 mdtxt
 mdwn
+mccs
 meme
 memicmp
 MENUITEMINFO
 MENUITEMINFOW
 MERGECOPY
 MERGEPAINT
+Metacharacter
 metadatamatters
 Metadatas
 metafile
@@ -1036,6 +1083,7 @@ mikeclayton
 mindaro
 Minimizable
 MINIMIZEBOX
+Minimizebox
 MINIMIZEEND
 MINIMIZESTART
 MINMAXINFO
@@ -1071,7 +1119,8 @@ mouseutils
 MOVESIZEEND
 MOVESIZESTART
 MRM
-MRT
+Mrt
+mrt
 mru
 MSAL
 msc
@@ -1097,6 +1146,7 @@ Mso
 msrc
 msstore
 mstsc
+mswhql
 msvcp
 MT
 MTND
@@ -1114,6 +1164,7 @@ MYICON
 myorg
 myrepo
 NAMECHANGE
+Nanjing
 namespaceanddescendants
 nao
 NCACTIVATE
@@ -1182,6 +1233,7 @@ NOMCX
 NOMINMAX
 NOMIRRORBITMAP
 NOMOVE
+Nomove
 NONANTIALIASED
 nonclient
 NONCLIENTMETRICSW
@@ -1203,6 +1255,7 @@ NORMALUSER
 NOSEARCH
 NOSENDCHANGING
 NOSIZE
+Nosize
 NOTHOUSANDS
 NOTICKS
 NOTIFICATIONSDLL
@@ -1210,9 +1263,11 @@ NOTIFYICONDATA
 NOTIFYICONDATAW
 NOTIMPL
 NOTOPMOST
+Notopmost
 NOTRACK
 NOTSRCCOPY
 NOTSRCERASE
+Notupdated
 notwindows
 NOTXORPEN
 nowarn
@@ -1256,6 +1311,7 @@ opensource
 openurl
 openxmlformats
 OPTIMIZEFORINVOKE
+Optronics
 ORPHANEDDIALOGTITLE
 ORSCANS
 oss
@@ -1291,6 +1347,7 @@ PATINVERT
 PATPAINT
 pbc
 pbi
+PBP
 PBlob
 pbrush
 pcb
@@ -1305,6 +1362,7 @@ PDBs
 PDEVMODE
 pdisp
 PDLL
+pdmodels
 pdo
 pdto
 pdtobj
@@ -1327,6 +1385,7 @@ pguid
 phbm
 phbmp
 phicon
+PHL
 Photoshop
 phwnd
 pici
@@ -1359,6 +1418,8 @@ Popups
 POPUPWINDOW
 POSITIONITEM
 POWERBROADCAST
+powerdisplay
+POWERDISPLAYMODULEINTERFACE
 POWERRENAMECONTEXTMENU
 powerrenameinput
 POWERRENAMETEST
@@ -1413,6 +1474,7 @@ projectname
 PROPERTYKEY
 Propset
 PROPVARIANT
+prot
 PRTL
 prvpane
 psapi
@@ -1440,12 +1502,16 @@ PTOKEN
 PToy
 ptstr
 pui
+pvct
 PWAs
 pwcs
 PWSTR
 pwsz
 pwtd
+Qdc
 QDC
+qdc
+QDS
 qit
 QITAB
 QITABENT
@@ -1463,6 +1529,7 @@ randi
 RAquadrant
 rasterization
 Rasterize
+rasterizing
 RAWINPUTDEVICE
 RAWINPUTHEADER
 RAWMODE
@@ -1489,7 +1556,9 @@ regfile
 REGISTERCLASSFAILED
 REGISTRYHEADER
 REGISTRYPREVIEWEXT
+registryroot
 regkey
+regroot
 regsvr
 REINSTALLMODE
 releaseblog
@@ -1534,7 +1603,6 @@ riid
 RKey
 RNumber
 rollups
-ROOTOWNER
 rop
 ROUNDSMALL
 ROWSETEXT
@@ -1667,6 +1735,7 @@ sigdn
 Signedness
 SIGNINGSCENARIO
 signtool
+SIIGBF
 SINGLEKEY
 sipolicy
 SIZEBOX
@@ -1731,6 +1800,7 @@ STARTUPINFOW
 startupscreen
 STATFLAG
 STATICEDGE
+Staticedge
 staticmethod
 STATSTG
 stdafx
@@ -1767,6 +1837,7 @@ subkeys
 sublang
 SUBMODULEUPDATE
 subresource
+swp
 Superbar
 sut
 svchost
@@ -1775,7 +1846,8 @@ SVGIO
 svgz
 SVSI
 SWFO
-swp
+SWP
+Swp
 SWPNOSIZE
 SWPNOZORDER
 SWRESTORE
@@ -1835,7 +1907,9 @@ THEMECHANGED
 themeresources
 THH
 THICKFRAME
+Thickframe
 THISCOMPONENT
+Tianma
 throughs
 TILEDWINDOW
 TILLSON
@@ -1916,13 +1990,13 @@ UNLEN
 UNORM
 unremapped
 Unsubscribes
+unsubscribes
 unvirtualized
 unwide
 unzoom
 UOffset
 UOI
 UPDATENOW
-UPDATEREGISTRY
 updown
 UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE
 upscaling
@@ -1949,6 +2023,8 @@ vcamp
 vcenter
 vcgtq
 VCINSTALLDIR
+vcp
+vcpname
 Vcpkg
 VCRT
 vcruntime
@@ -1961,6 +2037,8 @@ VERIFYCONTEXT
 VERSIONINFO
 VERTRES
 VERTSIZE
+VESA
+vesa
 VFT
 vget
 vgetq
@@ -1992,6 +2070,7 @@ VSM
 vso
 vsonline
 VSpeed
+VSync
 vstemplate
 vstest
 VSTHRD
@@ -2033,7 +2112,7 @@ winapi
 winappsdk
 windir
 WINDOWCREATED
-WINDOWEDGE
+windowedge
 WINDOWINFO
 WINDOWNAME
 WINDOWPLACEMENT
@@ -2057,12 +2136,12 @@ WINL
 winlogon
 winmd
 winml
-WINNT
 winres
 winrt
 winsdk
 winsta
 WINTHRESHOLD
+WINNT
 WINVER
 winxamlmanager
 withinrafael
@@ -2074,6 +2153,7 @@ WKSG
 Wlkr
 wmain
 Wman
+wmi
 WMI
 WMICIM
 wmimgmt
@@ -2086,6 +2166,7 @@ WNDCLASSEX
 WNDCLASSEXW
 WNDCLASSW
 WNDPROC
+Wndproc
 wnode
 wom
 WORKSPACESEDITOR
@@ -2163,6 +2244,7 @@ YSpeed
 YStr
 YTimer
 YVIRTUALSCREEN
+zamora
 ZEROINIT
 zonability
 zonable

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

@@ -274,5 +274,18 @@ St&yle
 # 0x6f677548 is user name but user folder causes a flag
 \bx6f677548\b
 
+# Windows API constants and hardware interface terms
+\bCOINIT[_A-Z]*\b
+\bEOAC[_A-Z]*\b
+\b(?:RPC_C_AUTHN_)?WINNT\b
+\bUPDATEREGISTRY\b
+\b(?:CDS_)?UPDATEREGISTRY\b
+
+# Display interface terms (HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort)
+\b(?:HDMI|DVI|DisplayPort)(?:-\d+)?\b
+
+# 2D Region struct names
+\bDisplayConfig2?D?Region\b
+
 # Microsoft Store URLs and product IDs
 ms-windows-store://\S+

.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json

@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@
             "PowerToys.PowerAccentModuleInterface.dll",
             "PowerToys.PowerAccentKeyboardService.dll",
 
+            "PowerToys.PowerDisplayModuleInterface.dll",
+            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.PowerDisplay.dll",
+            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.PowerDisplay.exe",
+            "PowerDisplay.Lib.dll",
+
             "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.PowerRenameExt.dll",
             "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.PowerRename.exe",
             "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.PowerRenameContextMenu.dll",
@@ -378,6 +383,8 @@
                 "UnitsNet.dll",
                 "UtfUnknown.dll",
                 "Wpf.Ui.dll",
+                "WmiLight.dll",
+                "WmiLight.Native.dll",
                 "Shmuelie.WinRTServer.dll",
                 "ToolGood.Words.Pinyin.dll"
             ],

.pipelines/v2/release.yml

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ extends:
               official: true
               codeSign: true
               runTests: false
+              buildTests: false
               signingIdentity:
                 serviceName: $(SigningServiceName)
                 appId: $(SigningAppId)

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

@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ jobs:
         -restore -graph
         /p:RestorePackagesConfig=true
         /p:CIBuild=true
+        /p:BuildTests=${{ parameters.buildTests }}
         /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\build-0-main.binlog
         ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
         $(MSBuildCacheParameters)

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

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ stages:
             enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
             msBuildCacheIsReadOnly: ${{ parameters.msBuildCacheIsReadOnly }}
             runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
+            buildTests: true
             useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
             useLatestWinAppSDK: ${{ parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK }}
             ${{ if eq(parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK, true) }}:
@@ -78,7 +79,9 @@ stages:
             ${{ else }}:
               name: SHINE-OSS-L
             ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Preview
+            ${{ else }}:
+              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
           buildConfigurations: [Release]
           official: false
           codeSign: false

.pipelines/verifyNoticeMdAgainstNugetPackages.ps1

@@ -90,9 +90,15 @@ if ($noticeMatch.Success) {
     $currentNoticePackageList = ""
 }
 
+# Test-only packages that are allowed to be in NOTICE.md but not in the build
+# (e.g., when BuildTests=false, these packages won't appear in the NuGet list)
+$allowedExtraPackages = @(
+	"- Moq"
+)
+
 if (!$noticeFile.Trim().EndsWith($returnList.Trim()))
 {
-	Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Notice.md does not match NuGet list."
+	Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Notice.md does not exactly match NuGet list. Analyzing differences..."
 
 	# Show detailed differences
 	$generatedPackages = $returnList -split "`r`n|`n" | Where-Object { $_.Trim() -ne "" } | Sort-Object
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ if (!$noticeFile.Trim().EndsWith($returnList.Trim()))
 	# Find packages in proj file list but not in NOTICE.md
 	$missingFromNotice = $generatedPackages | Where-Object { $noticePackages -notcontains $_ }
 	if ($missingFromNotice.Count -gt 0) {
-		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "MissingFromNotice:"
+		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "MissingFromNotice (ERROR - these must be added to NOTICE.md):"
 		foreach ($pkg in $missingFromNotice) {
 			Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "  $pkg"
 		}
@@ -114,10 +120,23 @@ if (!$noticeFile.Trim().EndsWith($returnList.Trim()))
 
 	# Find packages in NOTICE.md but not in proj file list
 	$extraInNotice = $noticePackages | Where-Object { $generatedPackages -notcontains $_ }
-	if ($extraInNotice.Count -gt 0) {
-		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "ExtraInNotice:"
-		foreach ($pkg in $extraInNotice) {
-			Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "  $pkg"
+	
+	# Filter out allowed extra packages (test-only dependencies)
+	$unexpectedExtra = $extraInNotice | Where-Object { $allowedExtraPackages -notcontains $_ }
+	$allowedExtra = $extraInNotice | Where-Object { $allowedExtraPackages -contains $_ }
+
+	if ($allowedExtra.Count -gt 0) {
+		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "ExtraInNotice (OK - allowed test-only packages):"
+		foreach ($pkg in $allowedExtra) {
+			Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "  $pkg"
+		}
+		Write-Host ""
+	}
+
+	if ($unexpectedExtra.Count -gt 0) {
+		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "ExtraInNotice (ERROR - unexpected packages in NOTICE.md):"
+		foreach ($pkg in $unexpectedExtra) {
+			Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "  $pkg"
 		}
 		Write-Host ""
 	}
@@ -127,10 +146,17 @@ if (!$noticeFile.Trim().EndsWith($returnList.Trim()))
 	Write-Host "  Proj file list has $($generatedPackages.Count) packages"
 	Write-Host "  NOTICE.md has $($noticePackages.Count) packages"
 	Write-Host "  MissingFromNotice: $($missingFromNotice.Count) packages"
-	Write-Host "  ExtraInNotice: $($extraInNotice.Count) packages"
+	Write-Host "  ExtraInNotice (allowed): $($allowedExtra.Count) packages"
+	Write-Host "  ExtraInNotice (unexpected): $($unexpectedExtra.Count) packages"
 	Write-Host ""
 
-	exit 1
+	# Fail if there are missing packages OR unexpected extra packages
+	if ($missingFromNotice.Count -gt 0 -or $unexpectedExtra.Count -gt 0) {
+		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "FAILED: NOTICE.md mismatch detected."
+		exit 1
+	} else {
+		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "PASSED: NOTICE.md matches (with allowed test-only packages)."
+	}
 }
 
 exit 0

Cpp.Build.props

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
+  <!-- Skip building C++ test projects when BuildTests=false -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' == 'true'">
+    <UsePrecompiledHeaders>false</UsePrecompiledHeaders>
+    <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!-- Project configurations -->
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
@@ -58,7 +64,6 @@
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
       <BuildStlModules>false</BuildStlModules>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/await %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <!-- TODO: _SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING for compatibility with VS 17.8. Check if we can remove. -->
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <!-- CLR + CFG are not compatible >:{ -->

Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="src\Version.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepoRoot>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Version.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Copyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <AssemblyCopyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</AssemblyCopyright>
@@ -19,6 +22,39 @@
     <PlatformTarget>$(Platform)</PlatformTarget>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!--
+    Completely skip building test projects when BuildTests=false (e.g., Release pipeline).
+    This avoids InternalsVisibleTo/signing issues by not compiling test code at all.
+    Match: projects ending in Test, Tests, UnitTests, UITests, FuzzTests, or in a folder named Tests.
+    Also matches projects starting with UnitTests- (e.g., UnitTests-CommonLib).
+    Also removes all PackageReference/ProjectReference to prevent NuGet restore and dependency builds.
+    Note: Checking both 'false' and 'False' to handle YAML boolean serialization.
+  -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(BuildTests)' == 'false' or '$(BuildTests)' == 'False'">
+    <_ProjectName>$(MSBuildProjectName)</_ProjectName>
+    <!-- Match any project ending with "Test" or "Tests" (covers UnitTests, UITests, FuzzTests, etc.) -->
+    <_IsSkippedTestProject Condition="$(_ProjectName.EndsWith('Test'))">true</_IsSkippedTestProject>
+    <_IsSkippedTestProject Condition="$(_ProjectName.EndsWith('Tests'))">true</_IsSkippedTestProject>
+    <!-- Match projects starting with UnitTests- or UITest- prefix -->
+    <_IsSkippedTestProject Condition="$(_ProjectName.StartsWith('UnitTests-'))">true</_IsSkippedTestProject>
+    <_IsSkippedTestProject Condition="$(_ProjectName.StartsWith('UITest-'))">true</_IsSkippedTestProject>
+    <!-- Match projects in a Tests folder -->
+    <_IsSkippedTestProject Condition="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory.Contains('\Tests\'))">true</_IsSkippedTestProject>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' == 'true'">
+    <EnableDefaultItems>false</EnableDefaultItems>
+    <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
+    <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
+    <GenerateGlobalUsings>false</GenerateGlobalUsings>
+    <ImplicitUsings>disable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <!-- Disable all code analysis for skipped test projects -->
+    <EnableNETAnalyzers>false</EnableNETAnalyzers>
+    <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
+    <RunAnalyzersDuringBuild>false</RunAnalyzersDuringBuild>
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
     <Version>$(Version).0</Version>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys</RepositoryUrl>
@@ -28,15 +64,17 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>PowerToys.Root.Props</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-    <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
+    <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(RepoRoot)Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
+
+
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj' and '$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' != 'true'">
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
-    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
+    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(RepoRoot)src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>

Directory.Build.targets

@@ -28,4 +28,41 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IgnoreExperimentalWarnings)' == 'true'">
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS8305;SA1500;CA1852</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
+
+  <!-- Skipped test projects when BuildTests=false: no-op build and remove references.
+       This must be in targets (not props) so it runs AFTER the project file adds its items. -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' == 'true'">
+    <BuildDependsOn />
+    <CoreBuildDependsOn />
+    <RebuildDependsOn />
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- For C# projects: remove all items -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' == 'true' and '$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
+    <PackageReference Remove="@(PackageReference)" />
+    <ProjectReference Remove="@(ProjectReference)" />
+    <Reference Remove="@(Reference)" />
+    <Compile Remove="@(Compile)" />
+    <Content Remove="@(Content)" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Remove="@(EmbeddedResource)" />
+    <None Remove="@(None)" />
+    <Using Remove="@(Using)" />
+    <GlobalUsing Remove="@(GlobalUsing)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- For C++ projects (vcxproj): remove all compile/link items to prevent build -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' == 'true' and '$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.vcxproj'">
+    <ClCompile Remove="@(ClCompile)" />
+    <ClInclude Remove="@(ClInclude)" />
+    <Link Remove="@(Link)" />
+    <Lib Remove="@(Lib)" />
+    <ProjectReference Remove="@(ProjectReference)" />
+    <None Remove="@(None)" />
+    <ResourceCompile Remove="@(ResourceCompile)" />
+    <Midl Remove="@(Midl)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- Note: For C++ skipped test projects, build is effectively skipped by removing all compile items above.
+       We don't define empty Build/Rebuild/Clean targets here because MSBuild Target definitions with Condition
+       on the Target element still override the default targets even when condition is false. -->
+</Project>

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- 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.Windows.CppWinRT" Version="2.0.250303.1" />
     <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" />
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     <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="Polly.Core" Version="8.6.5" />
     <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" />
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@
     <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.Collections.Immutable" Version="9.0.0" />
     <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" />
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="UnitsNet" Version="5.56.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="WinUIEx" Version="2.8.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WmiLight" Version="6.14.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="WPF-UI" Version="3.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="WyHash" Version="1.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="WixToolset.Heat" Version="5.0.2" />

NOTICE.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This software incorporates material from third parties.
 - Installer/Runner
 - Measure tool
 - Peek
+- PowerDisplay
 - Registry Preview
 
 ## Utility: Color Picker
@@ -1519,6 +1520,35 @@ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 ```
 
+## Utility: PowerDisplay
+
+### Twinkle Tray
+
+PowerDisplay's DDC/CI implementation references techniques from Twinkle Tray.
+
+**Source**: https://github.com/xanderfrangos/twinkle-tray
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright © 2020 Xander Frangos
+
+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.
 
 ## NuGet Packages used by PowerToys
 
@@ -1557,6 +1587,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 - NLog.Extensions.Logging
 - NLog.Schema
 - OpenAI
+- Polly.Core
 - ReverseMarkdown
 - ScipBe.Common.Office.OneNote
 - SharpCompress
@@ -1569,5 +1600,6 @@ SOFTWARE.
 - UnitsNet
 - UTF.Unknown
 - WinUIEx
+- WmiLight
 - WPF-UI
 - WyHash

PowerToys.slnx

@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
     <Platform Name="x64" />
   </Configurations>
   <Folder Name="/common/">
-    <Project Path="src/common/AllExperiments/AllExperiments.csproj">
-      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
-      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
-    </Project>
     <Project Path="src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj" Id="2cf78cf7-8feb-4be1-9591-55fa25b48fc6" />
     <Project Path="src/common/Common.Search/Common.Search.csproj">
       <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
@@ -55,6 +51,7 @@
       <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
     </Project>
     <Project Path="src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.vcxproj" Id="1a066c63-64b3-45f8-92fe-664e1cce8077" />
+    <Project Path="src/common/UnitTests-CommonUtils/UnitTests-CommonUtils.vcxproj" Id="8b5cfb38-ccba-40a8-ad7a-89c57b070884" />
     <Project Path="src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj" Id="17da04df-e393-4397-9cf0-84dabe11032e" />
     <Project Path="src/common/version/version.vcxproj" Id="cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df" />
   </Folder>
@@ -218,6 +215,10 @@
       <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
       <Deploy />
     </Project>
+    <Project Path="src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.csproj">
+      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+    </Project>
     <Project Path="src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.csproj">
       <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
       <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
@@ -684,6 +685,23 @@
       <Deploy />
     </Project>
   </Folder>
+  <Folder Name="/modules/PowerDisplay/">
+    <Project Path="src/modules/powerdisplay/PowerDisplay.Lib/PowerDisplay.Lib.csproj">
+      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+    </Project>
+    <Project Path="src/modules/powerdisplay/PowerDisplay/PowerDisplay.csproj">
+      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+    </Project>
+    <Project Path="src/modules/powerdisplay/PowerDisplayModuleInterface/PowerDisplayModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="d1234567-8901-2345-6789-abcdef012345" />
+  </Folder>
+  <Folder Name="/modules/PowerDisplay/Tests/">
+    <Project Path="src/modules/powerdisplay/PowerDisplay.Lib.UnitTests/PowerDisplay.Lib.UnitTests.csproj">
+      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+    </Project>
+  </Folder>
   <Folder Name="/modules/MeasureTool/">
     <Project Path="src/modules/MeasureTool/MeasureToolCore/PowerToys.MeasureToolCore.vcxproj" Id="54a93af7-60c7-4f6c-99d2-fbb1f75f853a">
       <BuildDependency Project="src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj" />

README.md

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

doc/devdocs/core/installer.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 ### Building PowerToys Locally
 
 #### One stop script for building installer
-1. Open `Developer Powershell for VS 2022` or `Developer PowerShell for VS` for VS 2026.
+1. Open `Developer PowerShell for VS`.
 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.
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ dotnet tool install --global wix --version 5.0.2
 
 ##### From the command line
 
-1. From the start menu, open a `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022` or `Developer Command Prompt for VS`
+1. From the start menu, open a `Developer Command Prompt for VS`
 1. Ensure `nuget.exe` is in your `%path%`
 1. In the repo root, run these commands:
   
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ If you prefer, you can alternatively build prerequisite projects for the install
 
 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` or `Developer Command Prompt for VS` in admin mode and execute the following commands. The generated installer package will be located at `\installer\PowerToysSetupVNext\{platform}\Release\MachineSetup`.
+To build the installer from the command line, run `Developer Command Prompt for VS` 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\

doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Before you can start debugging PowerToys, you need to set up your development en
 
 You can build the entire solution from the command line, which is sometimes faster than building within Visual Studio:
 
-1. Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022` or `Developer Command Prompt for VS`
+1. Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS`
 2. Navigate to the repository root directory
 3. Run the following command(don't forget to set the correct platform):
    ```pwsh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ If you encounter build errors about missing image files (e.g., `.png`, `.ico`, o
 
 1. **Clean the solution in Visual Studio**: Build > Clean Solution
 
-   Or from the command line (Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 or Developer Command Prompt for VS):
+   Or from the command line (`Developer Command Prompt for VS`):
    ```pwsh
    msbuild PowerToys.slnx /t:Clean /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug
    ```

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

@@ -15,9 +15,27 @@ VS Code extensions Needed:
 ---
 
 ## Building in VS Code
-### Configure Developer Powershell for VS 2022 or Developer Powershell for VS for more convenient dev in vscode.
-1. Configure profile in in settings, entry:  "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows"
-2. Add below config as entry (choose VS 2022 or VS 2026 based on your installation):
+### Configure Developer PowerShell for VS for more convenient development experience in VS Code
+1. Configure profile in settings, entry: `terminal.integrated.profiles.windows`
+2. Add below config as entry (choose VS 2026 or VS 2022 based on your installation):
+
+**For Visual Studio 2026 (recommended):**
+```json
+    "Developer PowerShell for VS": {
+		// 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;",
+            // Adjust path based on your edition (Community/Professional/Enterprise)
+            "& 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\18\\Enterprise\\Common7\\Tools\\Launch-VsDevShell.ps1';",
+            "Set-Location $orig",
+            "}"
+        ]
+    },
+```
 
 **For Visual Studio 2022:**
 ```json
@@ -37,24 +55,6 @@ VS Code extensions Needed:
     },
 ```
 
-**For Visual Studio 2026:**
-```json
-    "Developer PowerShell for VS": {
-		// 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;",
-            // Adjust path based on your edition (Community/Professional/Enterprise)
-            "& 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\18\\Enterprise\\Common7\\Tools\\Launch-VsDevShell.ps1';",
-            "Set-Location $orig",
-            "}"
-        ]
-    },
-```
-
 3. [Optional] Set your Developer PowerShell profile as the default, 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.

doc/devdocs/development/new-powertoy.md

@@ -12,22 +12,11 @@ A PowerToy module is a self-contained utility integrated into the PowerToys ecos
 
 ### Requirements
 
-- [Visual Studio 2026](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) and the following workloads/individual components:
-  - Desktop Development with C++
-  - WinUI application development
-  - .NET desktop development
-  - Windows 10 SDK (10.0.22621.0)
-  - Windows 11 SDK (10.0.26100.3916)
-- .NET 8 SDK
-- Fork the [PowerToys repository](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/main) locally
-- [Validate that you are able to build and run](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md) `PowerToys.slnx`.
+Follow the [Getting Started](../readme.md#getting-started) guide to set up your development environment, then [validate that you are able to build and run](debugging.md) `PowerToys.slnx`.
 
 Optional: 
 - [WiX v5 toolset](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/main) for the installer
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> To ensure all the correct VS Workloads are installed, use [the WinGet configuration files](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/e13d6a78aafbcf32a4bb5f8581d041e1d057c3f1/.config) in the project repository. (Use the one that matches your VS distribution. ie: VS Community would use `configuration.winget`)
-
 ### Folder structure
 
 ```

doc/devdocs/events.md

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+# Telemetry Events
+
+PowerToys collects limited telemetry to understand feature usage, reliability, and product quality. When adding a new telemetry event, follow the steps below to ensure the event is properly declared, documented, and available after release.
+
+**⚠️ Important**: Telemetry must never include personal information, file paths, or user‑generated content.
+
+## Developer Effort Overview (What to Expect)
+
+Adding a telemetry event is a **multi-step process** that typically spans several areas of the codebase and documentation.
+
+At a high level, developers should expect to:
+
+1. Within one PR:
+    1. Add a new telemetry event(s) to module
+    1. Add the new event(s) DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md
+1. Reach out to @carlos-zamora or @chatasweetie so internal scripts can process new event(s)
+
+### Privacy Guidelines
+
+**NEVER** log:
+
+- User data (text, files, emails, etc.)
+- File paths or filenames
+- Personal information
+- Sensitive system information
+- Anything that could identify a specific user
+
+DO log:
+
+- Feature usage (which features, how often)
+- Success/failure status
+- Timing/performance metrics
+- Error types (not error messages with user data)
+- Aggregate counts
+
+### Event Naming Convention
+
+Follow this pattern: `UtilityName_EventDescription`
+
+Examples:
+
+- `ColorPicker_Session`
+- `FancyZones_LayoutApplied`
+- `PowerRename_Rename`
+- `AdvancedPaste_FormatClicked`
+- `CmdPal_ExtensionInvoked`
+
+## Adding Telemetry Events to PowerToys
+
+PowerToys uses ETW (Event Tracing for Windows) for telemetry in both C++ and C# modules. The telemetry system is:
+
+- Opt-in by default (disabled since v0.86)
+- Privacy-focused - never logs personal info, file paths, or user-generated content
+- Controlled by registry - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\PowerToys\AllowDataDiagnostics
+
+### C++ Telemetry Implementation
+
+**Core Components**
+
+| File  | Purpose |
+| ------------- |:-------------:|
+| [ProjectTelemetry.h](../../src/common/Telemetry/ProjectTelemetry.h)    | Declares the global ETW provider g_hProvider     |
+| [TraceBase.h](../../src/common/Telemetry/TraceBase.h)      | Base class with RegisterProvider(), UnregisterProvider(), and IsDataDiagnosticsEnabled() check     |
+| [TraceLoggingDefines.h](../../src/common/Telemetry/TraceLoggingDefines.h)      | Privacy tags and telemetry option group macros
+
+
+#### Pattern for C++ Modules
+
+1. Create a `Trace` class inheriting from `telemetry::TraceBase` (src/common/Telemetry/TraceBase.h):
+
+    ```c
+    // trace.h
+    #pragma once
+    #include <common/Telemetry/TraceBase.h>
+    
+    class Trace : public telemetry::TraceBase
+    {
+    public:
+        static void MyEvent(/* parameters */);
+    };
+    ```
+
+2. Implement events using `TraceLoggingWriteWrapper`:
+
+    ```cpp
+    // trace.cpp
+    #include "trace.h"
+    #include <common/Telemetry/TraceBase.h>
+    
+    TRACELOGGING_DEFINE_PROVIDER(
+        g_hProvider,
+        "Microsoft.PowerToys",
+        (0x38e8889b, 0x9731, 0x53f5, 0xe9, 0x01, 0xe8, 0xa7, 0xc1, 0x75, 0x30, 0x74),
+        TraceLoggingOptionProjectTelemetry());
+    
+    void Trace::MyEvent(bool enabled)
+    {
+        TraceLoggingWriteWrapper(
+            g_hProvider,
+            "ModuleName_EventName",           // Event name
+            TraceLoggingBoolean(enabled, "Enabled"),  // Event data
+            ProjectTelemetryPrivacyDataTag(ProjectTelemetryTag_ProductAndServicePerformance),
+            TraceLoggingBoolean(TRUE, "UTCReplace_AppSessionGuid"),
+            TraceLoggingKeyword(PROJECT_KEYWORD_MEASURE));
+    }
+    ```
+
+**Key C++ Telemetry Macros**
+
+| Macro  | Purpose |
+| ------------- |:-------------:|
+| `TraceLoggingWriteWrapper` [CustomAction.cpp](../../installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/CustomAction.cpp)     | Wraps `TraceLoggingWrite` with `IsDataDiagnosticsEnabled()` check     |
+| `ProjectTelemetryPrivacyDataTag(tag)` [TraceLoggingDefines.h](../../src/common/Telemetry/TraceLoggingDefines.h)     | Sets privacy classification |
+
+### C# Telemetry Implementation
+
+**Core Components**
+
+| File  | Purpose |
+| ------------- |:-------------:|
+| [PowerToysTelemetry.cs](../../src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/PowerToysTelemetry.cs)    | Singleton `Log` instance with `WriteEvent<T>()` method     |
+| [EventBase.cs](../../src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/Events/EventBase.cs)      | Base class for all events (provides `EventName`, `Version`)     |
+| [IEvent.cs](../../src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/Events/IEvent.cs)     | Interface requiring `PartA_PrivTags` property     |
+| [TelemetryBase.cs](../../src/common/Telemetry/TelemetryBase.cs)     | 	Inherits from `EventSource`, defines ETW constants     |
+| [DataDiagnosticsSettings.cs](../../src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/DataDiagnosticsSettings.cs)     | Registry-based enable/disable check 
+
+#### Pattern for C# Modules
+
+1. Create an event class inheriting from `EventBase` and implementing `IEvent`:
+
+    ```csharp
+    using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+    using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
+    using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
+    using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;
+    
+    namespace MyModule.Telemetry
+    {
+        [EventData]
+        [DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicProperties)]
+        public class MyModuleEvent : EventBase, IEvent
+        {
+            // Event properties (logged as telemetry data)
+            public string SomeProperty { get; set; }
+            public int SomeValue { get; set; }
+    
+            // Required: Privacy tag
+            public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;
+    
+            // Optional: Set EventName in constructor (defaults to class name)
+            public MyModuleEvent(string prop, int val)
+            {
+                EventName = "MyModule_EventName";
+                SomeProperty = prop;
+                SomeValue = val;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    ```
+
+2. Log the event:
+
+```csharp
+PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(new MyModuleEvent("value", 42));
+```
+
+**Privacy Tags (C#)**
+
+| Tag  | Use Case |
+| ------------- |:-------------:|
+| `PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage`  [TelemetryBase.cs](../../src/common/Telemetry/TelemetryBase.cs)     | Feature usage events
+| `PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServicePerformance` [TelemetryBase.cs](../../src/common/Telemetry/TelemetryBase.cs)     | Performance/timing events
+  
+### Update DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md file
+
+Add your new event(s) to [DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md](../../DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md).
+
+## Launch Product Version Containing the new events
+
+Events do not become active until they ship in a released PowerToys version. After your PRs are merged:
+
+- The event will begin firing once users install the version that includes it
+- In order for PowerToys to process these events, you must complete the next section
+
+## Next Steps
+
+Reach out to @carlos-zamora or @chatasweetie so internal scripts can process new event(s).
+
+## Summary
+
+Required steps:
+
+1. In one PR:
+    - Add the event(s) in code
+    - Document event(s) in DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md
+1. Ship the change in a PowerToys release
+1. Reach out for next steps

doc/devdocs/modules/fancyzones.md

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ FancyZones is divided into several projects:
 ## Development Environment Setup
 
 ### Prerequisites
-- Visual Studio 2022 or 2026: Required for building and debugging
+- Visual Studio 2026 (or 2022 17.4+): Required for building and debugging
 - Windows 10 SDK: Ensure the latest version is installed
 - PowerToys Repository: Clone from GitHub
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ FancyZones is divided into several projects:
 ## Debugging
 
 ### Setup for Debugging
-1. In Visual Studio 2022 or 2026, set FancyZonesEditor as the startup project
+1. In Visual Studio, set FancyZonesEditor as the startup project
 2. Set breakpoints in the code where needed
 3. Click Run to start debugging
 

doc/devdocs/modules/powerdisplay/mccsParserDesign.md

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+# MCCS Capabilities String Parser - Recursive Descent Design
+
+## Overview
+
+This document describes the recursive descent parser implementation for DDC/CI MCCS (Monitor Control Command Set) capabilities strings.
+
+### Attention!
+This document and the code implement are generated by Copilot.
+
+## Grammar Definition (BNF)
+
+```bnf
+capabilities      ::= ['('] segment* [')']
+segment           ::= identifier '(' segment_content ')'
+segment_content   ::= text | vcp_entries | hex_list
+vcp_entries       ::= vcp_entry*
+vcp_entry         ::= hex_byte [ '(' hex_list ')' ]
+hex_list          ::= hex_byte*
+hex_byte          ::= [0-9A-Fa-f]{2}
+identifier        ::= [a-z_A-Z]+
+text              ::= [^()]+
+```
+
+## Example Input
+
+```
+(prot(monitor)type(lcd)model(PD3220U)cmds(01 02 03 07)vcp(10 12 14(04 05 06) 16 60(11 12 0F) DC DF)mccs_ver(2.2)vcpname(F0(Custom Setting)))
+```
+
+## Parser Architecture
+
+### Component Hierarchy
+
+```
+MccsCapabilitiesParser (main parser)
+├── ParseCapabilities()      → MccsParseResult
+├── ParseSegment()           → ParsedSegment?
+├── ParseBalancedContent()   → string
+├── ParseIdentifier()        → ReadOnlySpan<char>
+├── ApplySegment()           → void
+│   ├── ParseHexList()       → List<byte>
+│   ├── ParseVcpEntries()    → Dictionary<byte, VcpCodeInfo>
+│   └── ParseVcpNames()      → void
+│
+├── VcpEntryParser (sub-parser for vcp() content)
+│   └── TryParseEntry()      → VcpEntry
+│
+├── VcpNameParser (sub-parser for vcpname() content)
+│   └── TryParseEntry()      → (byte code, string name)
+│
+└── WindowParser (sub-parser for windowN() content)
+    ├── Parse()              → WindowCapability
+    └── ParseSubSegment()    → (name, content)?
+```
+
+### Design Principles
+
+1. **ref struct for Zero Allocation**
+   - Main parser uses `ref struct` to avoid heap allocation
+   - Works with `ReadOnlySpan<char>` for efficient string slicing
+   - No intermediate string allocations during parsing
+
+2. **Recursive Descent Pattern**
+   - Each grammar rule has a corresponding parse method
+   - Methods call each other recursively for nested structures
+   - Single-character lookahead via `Peek()`
+
+3. **Error Recovery**
+   - Errors are accumulated, not thrown
+   - Parser attempts to continue after errors
+   - Returns partial results when possible
+
+4. **Sub-parsers for Specialized Content**
+   - `VcpEntryParser` for VCP code entries
+   - `VcpNameParser` for custom VCP names
+   - Each sub-parser handles its own grammar subset
+
+## Parse Methods Detail
+
+### ParseCapabilities()
+Entry point. Handles optional outer parentheses and iterates through segments.
+
+```csharp
+private MccsParseResult ParseCapabilities()
+{
+    // Handle optional outer parens
+    // while (!IsAtEnd()) { ParseSegment() }
+    // Return result with accumulated errors
+}
+```
+
+### ParseSegment()
+Parses a single `identifier(content)` segment.
+
+```csharp
+private ParsedSegment? ParseSegment()
+{
+    // 1. ParseIdentifier()
+    // 2. Expect '('
+    // 3. ParseBalancedContent()
+    // 4. Expect ')'
+}
+```
+
+### ParseBalancedContent()
+Extracts content between balanced parentheses, handling nested parens.
+
+```csharp
+private string ParseBalancedContent()
+{
+    int depth = 1;
+    while (depth > 0) {
+        if (char == '(') depth++;
+        if (char == ')') depth--;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### ParseVcpEntries()
+Delegates to `VcpEntryParser` for the specialized VCP entry grammar.
+
+```csharp
+vcp_entry ::= hex_byte [ '(' hex_list ')' ]
+
+Examples:
+- "10"           → code=0x10, values=[]
+- "14(04 05 06)" → code=0x14, values=[4, 5, 6]
+- "60(11 12 0F)" → code=0x60, values=[0x11, 0x12, 0x0F]
+```
+
+## Comparison with Other Approaches
+
+| Approach | Pros | Cons |
+|----------|------|------|
+| **Recursive Descent** (this) | Clear structure, handles nesting, extensible | More code |
+| **Regex** (DDCSharp) | Concise | Hard to debug, limited nesting |
+| **Mixed** (original) | Pragmatic | Inconsistent, hard to maintain |
+
+## Performance Characteristics
+
+- **Time Complexity**: O(n) where n = input length
+- **Space Complexity**: O(1) for parsing + O(m) for output where m = number of VCP codes
+- **Allocations**: Minimal - only for output structures
+
+## Supported Segments
+
+| Segment | Description | Parser |
+|---------|-------------|--------|
+| `prot(...)` | Protocol type | Direct assignment |
+| `type(...)` | Display type (lcd/crt) | Direct assignment |
+| `model(...)` | Model name | Direct assignment |
+| `cmds(...)` | Supported commands | ParseHexList |
+| `vcp(...)` | VCP code entries | VcpEntryParser |
+| `mccs_ver(...)` | MCCS version | Direct assignment |
+| `vcpname(...)` | Custom VCP names | VcpNameParser |
+| `windowN(...)` | PIP/PBP window capabilities | WindowParser |
+
+### Window Segment Format
+
+The `windowN` segment (where N is 1, 2, 3, etc.) describes PIP/PBP window capabilities:
+
+```
+window1(type(PIP) area(25 25 1895 1175) max(640 480) min(10 10) window(10))
+```
+
+| Sub-field | Format | Description |
+|-----------|--------|-------------|
+| `type` | `type(PIP)` or `type(PBP)` | Window type (Picture-in-Picture or Picture-by-Picture) |
+| `area` | `area(x1 y1 x2 y2)` | Window area coordinates in pixels |
+| `max` | `max(width height)` | Maximum window dimensions |
+| `min` | `min(width height)` | Minimum window dimensions |
+| `window` | `window(id)` | Window identifier |
+
+All sub-fields are optional; missing fields default to zero values.
+
+## Error Handling
+
+```csharp
+public readonly struct ParseError
+{
+    public int Position { get; }    // Character position
+    public string Message { get; }  // Human-readable error
+}
+
+public sealed class MccsParseResult
+{
+    public VcpCapabilities Capabilities { get; }
+    public IReadOnlyList<ParseError> Errors { get; }
+    public bool HasErrors => Errors.Count > 0;
+    public bool IsValid => !HasErrors && Capabilities.SupportedVcpCodes.Count > 0;
+}
+```
+
+## Usage Example
+
+```csharp
+// Parse capabilities string
+var result = MccsCapabilitiesParser.Parse(capabilitiesString);
+
+if (result.IsValid)
+{
+    var caps = result.Capabilities;
+    Console.WriteLine($"Model: {caps.Model}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"MCCS Version: {caps.MccsVersion}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"VCP Codes: {caps.SupportedVcpCodes.Count}");
+}
+
+if (result.HasErrors)
+{
+    foreach (var error in result.Errors)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"Parse error at {error.Position}: {error.Message}");
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Edge Cases Handled
+
+1. **Missing outer parentheses** (Apple Cinema Display)
+2. **No spaces between hex bytes** (`010203` vs `01 02 03`)
+3. **Nested parentheses** in VCP values
+4. **Unknown segments** (logged but not fatal)
+5. **Malformed input** (partial results returned)

doc/devdocs/readme.md

@@ -2,90 +2,31 @@
 
 Welcome to the PowerToys developer documentation. This documentation provides information for developers who want to contribute to PowerToys or understand how it works.
 
-## Core Architecture
+## Getting Started
 
-- [Architecture Overview](core/architecture.md) - Overview of the PowerToys architecture and module interface
-- [Runner and System tray](core/runner.md) - Details about the PowerToys Runner process
-- [Settings](core/settings/readme.md) - Documentation on the settings system
-- [Installer](core/installer.md) - Information about the PowerToys installer
-- [Modules](modules/readme.md) - Documentation for individual PowerToys modules
+### Prerequisites
 
-## Common Components
+1. Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) or newer
+1. [Visual Studio 2026](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) (recommended) or Visual Studio 2022 17.4+ with the following workloads/components:
+   - Desktop Development with C++
+   - WinUI application development
+   - .NET desktop development
+   - Windows 10 SDK (10.0.22621.0)
+   - Windows 11 SDK (10.0.26100.3916)
+1. .NET 8 SDK
+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)
 
-- [Context Menu Handlers](common/context-menus.md) - How PowerToys implements and registers Explorer context menu handlers
-- [Monaco Editor](common/monaco-editor.md) - How PowerToys uses the Monaco code editor component across modules
-- [Logging and Telemetry](development/logging.md) - How to use logging and telemetry
-- [Localization](development/localization.md) - How to support multiple languages
+> **Tip:** You can install Visual Studio with all required workloads automatically using the [WinGet configuration files](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/main/.config) in the repository:
+> ```powershell
+> winget configure .config\configuration.winget
+> ```
+> Pick the file that matches your VS edition (e.g., `configuration.vsProfessional.winget` or `configuration.vsEnterprise.winget`).
 
-## Development Guidelines
-
-- [Coding Guidelines](development/guidelines.md) - Development guidelines and best practices
-- [Coding Style](development/style.md) - Code formatting and style conventions
-- [UI Testing](development/ui-tests.md) - How to write UI tests for PowerToys
-- [Debugging](development/debugging.md) - Techniques for debugging PowerToys
-
-## Tools
-
-- [Tools Overview](tools/readme.md) - Overview of tools in PowerToys
-- [Build Tools](tools/build-tools.md) - Tools that help building PowerToys
-- [Bug Report Tool](tools/bug-report-tool.md) - Tool for collecting logs and system information
-- [Debugging Tools](tools/debugging-tools.md) - Specialized tools for debugging
-- [Fuzzing Testing](tools/fuzzingtesting.md) - How to implement and run fuzz testing for PowerToys modules
-
-## Processes
-
-- [Release Process](processes/release-process.md) - How PowerToys releases are prepared and published
-- [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:
+### Fork, Clone, and Set Up
 
 1. Fork the repo on GitHub if you haven't already
 1. Clone your fork locally
-1. Create a feature branch
-1. Work on your changes
-1. Create a [Draft Pull Request (PR)](https://github.blog/2019-02-14-introducing-draft-pull-requests/)
-1. When ready, mark your PR as "ready for review".
-
-## Rules
-
-- **Follow the pattern of what you already see in the code.**
-- [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.
-
-## GitHub Workflow
-
-- Before starting to work on a fix/feature, make sure there is an open issue to track the work.
-- Add the `In progress` label to the issue, if not already present. Also add a `Cost-Small/Medium/Large` estimate and make sure all appropriate labels are set.
-- If you are a community contributor, you will not be able to add labels to the issue; in that case just add a comment saying that you have started work on the issue and try to give an estimate for the delivery date.
-- If the work item has a medium/large cost, using the markdown task list, list each sub item and update the list with a check mark after completing each sub item.
-- When opening a PR, follow the PR template.
-- When you'd like the team to take a look (even if the work is not yet fully complete) mark the PR as 'Ready For Review' so that the team can review your work and provide comments, suggestions, and request changes. It may take several cycles, but the end result will be solid, testable, conformant code that is safe for us to merge.
-- When the PR is approved, let the owner of the PR merge it. For community contributions, the reviewer who approved the PR can also merge it.
-- 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.
-
-## Compiling PowerToys
-
-### Prerequisites for Compiling PowerToys
-
-1. Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) or newer
-1. Visual Studio Community/Professional/Enterprise 2022 17.4 or newer, or Visual Studio 2026
-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)
-
-### Automated Setup (Recommended)
-
-Run the setup script to automatically configure your development environment:
+1. Run the automated setup script (**recommended**):
 
 ```powershell
 .\tools\build\setup-dev-environment.ps1
@@ -97,15 +38,10 @@ This script will:
 - Guide you through installing required Visual Studio components from `.vsconfig`
 - Initialize git submodules
 
-Run with `-Help` to see all available options:
+Run with `-Help` to see all available options.
 
-```powershell
-.\tools\build\setup-dev-environment.ps1 -Help
-```
-
-### Manual Setup
-
-If you prefer to set up manually, follow these steps:
+<details>
+<summary><strong>Manual setup (if you prefer not to use the script)</strong></summary>
 
 #### Install Visual Studio dependencies
 
@@ -114,15 +50,17 @@ If you prefer to set up manually, follow these steps:
 
 Alternatively, import the `.vsconfig` file from the repository root using Visual Studio Installer to install all required workloads.
 
-#### Get Submodules to compile
+#### Initialize submodules
 
-We have submodules that need to be initialized before you can compile most parts of PowerToys. This should be a one-time step.
+This is a one-time step required before you can compile most parts of PowerToys.
 
 1. Open a terminal
 1. Navigate to the folder you cloned PowerToys to.
 1. Run `git submodule update --init --recursive`
 
-### Compiling Source Code
+</details>
+
+### Building
 
 #### Using Visual Studio
 
@@ -150,7 +88,77 @@ You can also build from the command line using the provided scripts in `tools\bu
 .\tools\build\build-installer.ps1
 ```
 
-## Compile the installer
+### Debugging
+
+See [Debugging](development/debugging.md) for detailed debugging techniques, including Visual Studio setup, attaching to child processes, and troubleshooting build errors.
+
+### Creating a New PowerToy
+
+See [Creating a New PowerToy](development/new-powertoy.md) for an end-to-end guide covering module architecture, settings integration, installer packaging, and testing.
+
+## Development Guidelines
+
+- [Coding Guidelines](development/guidelines.md) - Development guidelines and best practices
+- [Coding Style](development/style.md) - Code formatting and style conventions
+- [Logging and Telemetry](development/logging.md) - How to use logging and telemetry
+- [Localization](development/localization.md) - How to support multiple languages
+- [UI Testing](development/ui-tests.md) - How to write UI tests for PowerToys
+- [Developing with VS Code](development/dev-with-vscode.md) - Build, debug, and contribute using VS Code
+
+## Rules
+
+- **Follow the pattern of what you already see in the code.**
+- [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.
+
+## GitHub Workflow
+
+- Before starting to work on a fix/feature, make sure there is an open issue to track the work.
+- Add the `In progress` label to the issue, if not already present. Also add a `Cost-Small/Medium/Large` estimate and make sure all appropriate labels are set.
+- If you are a community contributor, you will not be able to add labels to the issue; in that case just add a comment saying that you have started work on the issue and try to give an estimate for the delivery date.
+- If the work item has a medium/large cost, using the markdown task list, list each sub item and update the list with a check mark after completing each sub item.
+- **Before opening a PR, ensure your changes build successfully locally and functionality tests pass.** This is especially important for AI-assisted (vibe coding) contributions—always verify AI-generated code works as intended. Exploratory PRs or draft PRs for discussion are exceptions.
+- When opening a PR, follow the PR template.
+- When you'd like the team to take a look (even if the work is not yet fully complete) mark the PR as 'Ready For Review' so that the team can review your work and provide comments, suggestions, and request changes. It may take several cycles, but the end result will be solid, testable, conformant code that is safe for us to merge.
+- When the PR is approved, let the owner of the PR merge it. For community contributions, the reviewer who approved the PR can also merge it.
+- 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.
+
+## Core Architecture
+
+- [Architecture Overview](core/architecture.md) - Overview of the PowerToys architecture and module interface
+- [Runner and System tray](core/runner.md) - Details about the PowerToys Runner process
+- [Settings](core/settings/readme.md) - Documentation on the settings system
+- [Installer](core/installer.md) - Information about the PowerToys installer
+- [Modules](modules/readme.md) - Documentation for individual PowerToys modules
+
+## Common Components
+
+- [Context Menu Handlers](common/context-menus.md) - How PowerToys implements and registers Explorer context menu handlers
+- [Monaco Editor](common/monaco-editor.md) - How PowerToys uses the Monaco code editor component across modules
+
+## Tools
+
+- [Tools Overview](tools/readme.md) - Overview of tools in PowerToys
+- [Build Tools](tools/build-tools.md) - Tools that help building PowerToys
+- [Bug Report Tool](tools/bug-report-tool.md) - Tool for collecting logs and system information
+- [Debugging Tools](tools/debugging-tools.md) - Specialized tools for debugging
+- [Fuzzing Testing](tools/fuzzingtesting.md) - How to implement and run fuzz testing for PowerToys modules
+
+## Processes
+
+- [Release Process](processes/release-process.md) - How PowerToys releases are prepared and published
+- [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
+
+## Building the Installer
 
 Our installer is two parts, an EXE and an MSI.  The EXE (Bootstrapper) contains the MSI and handles more complex installation logic. 
 - The EXE installs all prerequisites and installs PowerToys via the MSI. It has additional features such as the installation flags (see below).
@@ -164,8 +172,3 @@ The installer can only be compiled in `Release` mode; steps 1 and 2 must be perf
 1. Compile `PowerToysSetup.slnx` Path from root: `installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx` (details listed below)
 
 See [Installer](core/installer.md) for more details on building and debugging the installer.
-
-## How to create new PowerToys
-
-See the instructions on [how to install the PowerToys Module project template](/tools/project_template). <br />
-Specifications for the [PowerToys settings API](core/settings/readme.md).

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/CustomAction.cpp

@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ UINT __stdcall TerminateProcessesCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
     }
     processes.resize(bytes / sizeof(processes[0]));
 
-    std::array<std::wstring_view, 44> processesToTerminate = {
+    std::array<std::wstring_view, 45> processesToTerminate = {
         L"PowerToys.PowerLauncher.exe",
         L"PowerToys.Settings.exe",
         L"PowerToys.AdvancedPaste.exe",
@@ -1565,6 +1565,7 @@ UINT __stdcall TerminateProcessesCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
         L"PowerToys.PowerRename.exe",
         L"PowerToys.ImageResizer.exe",
         L"PowerToys.LightSwitchService.exe",
+        L"PowerToys.PowerDisplay.exe",
         L"PowerToys.GcodeThumbnailProvider.exe",
         L"PowerToys.BgcodeThumbnailProvider.exe",
         L"PowerToys.PdfThumbnailProvider.exe",

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\packages\WixToolset.WcaUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.WcaUtil.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\WixToolset.WcaUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.WcaUtil.props')" />
   <Import Project="..\packages\WixToolset.DUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.DUtil.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\WixToolset.DUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.DUtil.props')" />
-  <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Import Project="..\wix.props" Condition="Exists('..\wix.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{B3A354B0-1E54-4B55-A962-FB5AF9330C19}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>inc;..\..\src\;..\..\src\common\Telemetry;telemetry;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/await /Zc:twoPhase- /Wv:18 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:twoPhase- /Wv:18 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\WixToolset.DUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.DUtil.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\WixToolset.DUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.DUtil.props'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\packages\WixToolset.WcaUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.WcaUtil.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\packages\WixToolset.WcaUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.WcaUtil.props'))" />
   </Target>

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/packages.config

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
   <package id="WixToolset.DUtil" version="5.0.2" targetFramework="native" />
   <package id="WixToolset.WcaUtil" version="5.0.2" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/PowerDisplay.wxs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs"
+     xmlns:util="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/util" >
+
+  <?include $(sys.CURRENTDIR)\Common.wxi?>
+
+  <?define PowerDisplayAssetsFiles=?>
+  <?define PowerDisplayAssetsFilesPath=$(var.BinDir)WinUI3Apps\Assets\PowerDisplay?>
+
+  <Fragment>
+    <!-- Power Display -->
+    <DirectoryRef Id="WinUI3AppsAssetsFolder">
+      <Directory Id="PowerDisplayAssetsInstallFolder" Name="PowerDisplay" />
+    </DirectoryRef>
+    <DirectoryRef Id="PowerDisplayAssetsInstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.PowerDisplayAssetsFilesPath)">
+    <!-- Generated by generateFileComponents.ps1 -->
+    <!--PowerDisplayAssetsFiles_Component_Def-->
+    </DirectoryRef>
+
+    <ComponentGroup Id="PowerDisplayComponentGroup">
+      <Component Id="RemovePowerDisplayFolder" Guid="B8F2E3A5-72C1-4A2D-9B3F-8E5D7C6A4F9B" Directory="PowerDisplayAssetsInstallFolder" >
+        <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\powertoys\components">
+          <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="RemovePowerDisplayFolder" Value="" KeyPath="yes"/>
+        </RegistryKey>
+        <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveFolderPowerDisplayAssetsFolder" Directory="PowerDisplayAssetsInstallFolder" On="uninstall"/>
+      </Component>
+    </ComponentGroup>
+
+  </Fragment>
+</Wix>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/PowerToysInstallerVNext.wixproj

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ call powershell.exe -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted -File $(MSBuil
       call move /Y ..\..\..\NewPlus.wxs.bk ..\..\..\NewPlus.wxs
       call move /Y ..\..\..\Peek.wxs.bk ..\..\..\Peek.wxs
       call move /Y ..\..\..\PowerRename.wxs.bk ..\..\..\PowerRename.wxs
+      call move /Y ..\..\..\PowerDisplay.wxs.bk ..\..\..\PowerDisplay.wxs
       call move /Y ..\..\..\Product.wxs.bk ..\..\..\Product.wxs
       call move /Y ..\..\..\RegistryPreview.wxs.bk ..\..\..\RegistryPreview.wxs
       call move /Y ..\..\..\Resources.wxs.bk ..\..\..\Resources.wxs
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ call powershell.exe -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted -File $(MSBuil
     <Compile Include="KeyboardManager.wxs" />
     <Compile Include="Peek.wxs" />
     <Compile Include="PowerRename.wxs" />
+    <Compile Include="PowerDisplay.wxs" />
     <Compile Include="DscResources.wxs" />
     <Compile Include="RegistryPreview.wxs" />
     <Compile Include="Run.wxs" />

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Product.wxs

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="LightSwitchComponentGroup" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="PeekComponentGroup" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="PowerRenameComponentGroup" />
+      <ComponentGroupRef Id="PowerDisplayComponentGroup" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="RegistryPreviewComponentGroup" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="RunComponentGroup" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="SettingsComponentGroup" />
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
       <Custom Action="UnRegisterCmdPalPackage" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
       <Custom Action="UninstallCommandNotFound" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
       <Custom Action="UpgradeCommandNotFound" After="InstallFiles" Condition="WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED" />
-      <Custom Action="UninstallPackageIdentityMSIX" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
+      <Custom Action="UninstallPackageIdentityMSIX" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
       <Custom Action="UninstallServicesTask" After="InstallFinalize" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
         <!-- TODO: Use to activate embedded MSIX -->
       <!--<Custom Action="UninstallEmbeddedMSIXTask" After="InstallFinalize">

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Resources.wxs

@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@
         </RegistryKey>
         <File Id="BgcodePreviewHandler_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_File" Source="$(var.BinDir)\$(var.Language)\PowerToys.BgcodePreviewHandler.resources.dll" />
       </Component>
+      <Component Id="CmdPalExtPowerToys_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_Component" Directory="Resource$(var.IdSafeLanguage)INSTALLFOLDER" Guid="$(var.CompGUIDPrefix)23">
+        <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\powertoys\components">
+          <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="CmdPalExtPowerToys_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_Component" Value="" KeyPath="yes" />
+        </RegistryKey>
+        <File Id="CmdPalExtPowerToys_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_File" Source="$(var.BinDir)\$(var.Language)\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.resources.dll" />
+      </Component>
       <?undef IdSafeLanguage?>
       <?undef CompGUIDPrefix?>
       <?endforeach?>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/generateAllFileComponents.ps1

@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ Generate-FileComponents -fileListName "ImageResizerAssetsFiles" -wxsFilePath $PS
 Generate-FileList -fileDepsJson "" -fileListName LightSwitchFiles -wxsFilePath $PSScriptRoot\LightSwitch.wxs -depsPath "$PSScriptRoot..\..\..\$platform\Release\LightSwitchService"
 Generate-FileComponents -fileListName "LightSwitchFiles" -wxsFilePath $PSScriptRoot\LightSwitch.wxs
 
+#PowerDisplay
+Generate-FileList -fileDepsJson "" -fileListName PowerDisplayAssetsFiles -wxsFilePath $PSScriptRoot\PowerDisplay.wxs -depsPath "$PSScriptRoot..\..\..\$platform\Release\WinUI3Apps\Assets\PowerDisplay"
+Generate-FileComponents -fileListName "PowerDisplayAssetsFiles" -wxsFilePath $PSScriptRoot\PowerDisplay.wxs
+
 #New+
 Generate-FileList -fileDepsJson "" -fileListName NewPlusAssetsFiles -wxsFilePath $PSScriptRoot\NewPlus.wxs -depsPath "$PSScriptRoot..\..\..\$platform\Release\WinUI3Apps\Assets\NewPlus"
 Generate-FileComponents -fileListName "NewPlusAssetsFiles" -wxsFilePath $PSScriptRoot\NewPlus.wxs

src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <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 actionRunner.base.rc actionRunner.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h actionRunner.base.rc actionRunner.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -10,11 +11,10 @@
     <RootNamespace>actionRunner</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>PowerToys.ActionRunner</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\expected.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/ActionRunner/packages.config

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/Update/PowerToys.Update.cpp

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ std::optional<fs::path> ObtainInstaller(bool& isUpToDate)
 
     auto state = UpdateState::read();
 
-    const auto new_version_info = get_github_version_info_async().get();
+    const auto new_version_info = std::move(get_github_version_info_async()).get();
     if (std::holds_alternative<version_up_to_date>(*new_version_info))
     {
         isUpToDate = true;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ std::optional<fs::path> ObtainInstaller(bool& isUpToDate)
         // Cleanup old updates before downloading the latest
         updating::cleanup_updates();
 
-        auto downloaded_installer = download_new_version(std::get<new_version_download_info>(*new_version_info)).get();
+        auto downloaded_installer = std::move(download_new_version_async(std::get<new_version_download_info>(*new_version_info))).get();
         if (!downloaded_installer)
         {
             Logger::error("Couldn't download new installer");

src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <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 PowerToys.Update.base.rc PowerToys.Update.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h PowerToys.Update.base.rc PowerToys.Update.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -10,11 +11,10 @@
     <RootNamespace>Update</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>PowerToys.Update</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\expected.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/Update/packages.config

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/common/AllExperiments/AllExperiments.csproj

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
-    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <TargetName>PowerToys.AllExperiments</TargetName>
-    <MockDirectory>.\Microsoft.VariantAssignment\</MockDirectory>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\ManagedTelemetry\Telemetry\ManagedTelemetry.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\settings-ui\Settings.UI.Library\Settings.UI.Library.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <!-- Experimentation is live, forcing inclusion -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsExperimentationLive)'!=''">
-    <!-- Newtonsoft.Json is included and a version specified in Directory.Packages.props to avoid a vulnerability from older versions. -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Client" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract" />
-    <Compile Remove=".\$(MockDirectory)\Client\*.cs" />
-    <Compile Remove=".\$(MockDirectory)\Contract\*.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-</Project>

src/common/AllExperiments/Experiments.cs

@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Text.Json;
-
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Telemetry.Events;
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
-using Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Client;
-using Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract;
-using Windows.System.Profile;
-
-namespace AllExperiments
-{
-    // The dependencies required to build this project are only available in the official build pipeline and are internal to Microsoft.
-    // However, this project is not required to build a test version of the application.
-    public class Experiments
-    {
-        public enum ExperimentState
-        {
-            Enabled,
-            Disabled,
-            NotLoaded,
-        }
-
-#pragma warning disable SA1401 // Need to use LandingPageExperiment as a static property in OobeShellPage.xaml.cs
-#pragma warning disable CA2211 // Non-constant fields should not be visible
-        public static ExperimentState LandingPageExperiment = ExperimentState.NotLoaded;
-#pragma warning restore CA2211
-#pragma warning restore SA1401
-
-        public async Task<bool> EnableLandingPageExperimentAsync()
-        {
-            if (Experiments.LandingPageExperiment != ExperimentState.NotLoaded)
-            {
-                return Experiments.LandingPageExperiment == ExperimentState.Enabled;
-            }
-
-            Experiments varServ = new Experiments();
-            await varServ.VariantAssignmentProvider_Initialize();
-            var landingPageExperiment = varServ.IsExperiment;
-
-            Experiments.LandingPageExperiment = landingPageExperiment ? ExperimentState.Enabled : ExperimentState.Disabled;
-
-            return landingPageExperiment;
-        }
-
-        private async Task VariantAssignmentProvider_Initialize()
-        {
-            IsExperiment = false;
-            string jsonFilePath = CreateFilePath();
-
-            var vaSettings = new VariantAssignmentClientSettings
-            {
-                Endpoint = new Uri("https://default.exp-tas.com/exptas77/a7a397e7-6fbe-4f21-a4e9-3f542e4b000e-exppowertoys/api/v1/tas"),
-                EnableCaching = true,
-                ResponseCacheTime = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5),
-            };
-
-            try
-            {
-                var vaClient = vaSettings.GetTreatmentAssignmentServiceClient();
-                var vaRequest = GetVariantAssignmentRequest();
-                using var variantAssignments = await vaClient.GetVariantAssignmentsAsync(vaRequest).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (variantAssignments.AssignedVariants.Count != 0)
-                {
-                    var dataVersion = variantAssignments.DataVersion;
-                    var featureVariables = variantAssignments.GetFeatureVariables();
-                    var assignmentContext = variantAssignments.GetAssignmentContext();
-                    var featureFlagValue = featureVariables[0].GetStringValue();
-
-                    var experimentGroup = string.Empty;
-                    string json = File.ReadAllText(jsonFilePath);
-                    var jsonDictionary = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(json);
-
-                    if (jsonDictionary != null)
-                    {
-                        if (!jsonDictionary.TryGetValue("dataversion", out object? value))
-                        {
-                            value = dataVersion;
-                            jsonDictionary.Add("dataversion", value);
-                        }
-
-                        if (!jsonDictionary.ContainsKey("variantassignment"))
-                        {
-                            jsonDictionary.Add("variantassignment", featureFlagValue);
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            var jsonDataVersion = value.ToString();
-                            if (jsonDataVersion != null && int.Parse(jsonDataVersion, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) < dataVersion)
-                            {
-                                jsonDictionary["dataversion"] = dataVersion;
-                                jsonDictionary["variantassignment"] = featureFlagValue;
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        experimentGroup = jsonDictionary["variantassignment"].ToString();
-
-                        string output = JsonSerializer.Serialize(jsonDictionary);
-                        File.WriteAllText(jsonFilePath, output);
-                    }
-
-                    if (experimentGroup == "alternate" && AssignmentUnit != string.Empty)
-                    {
-                        IsExperiment = true;
-                    }
-
-                    PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(new OobeVariantAssignmentEvent() { AssignmentContext = assignmentContext, ClientID = AssignmentUnit });
-                }
-            }
-            catch (HttpRequestException ex)
-            {
-                string json = File.ReadAllText(jsonFilePath);
-                var jsonDictionary = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(json);
-
-                if (jsonDictionary != null)
-                {
-                    if (jsonDictionary.TryGetValue("variantassignment", out object? value))
-                    {
-                        if (value.ToString() == "alternate" && AssignmentUnit != string.Empty)
-                        {
-                            IsExperiment = true;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        jsonDictionary["variantassignment"] = "current";
-                    }
-                }
-
-                string output = JsonSerializer.Serialize(jsonDictionary);
-                File.WriteAllText(jsonFilePath, output);
-
-                Logger.LogError("Error getting to TAS endpoint", ex);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Logger.LogError("Error getting variant assignments for experiment", ex);
-            }
-        }
-
-        public bool IsExperiment { get; set; }
-
-        private string? AssignmentUnit { get; set; }
-
-        private VariantAssignmentRequest GetVariantAssignmentRequest()
-        {
-            var jsonFilePath = CreateFilePath();
-            try
-            {
-                if (!File.Exists(jsonFilePath))
-                {
-                    AssignmentUnit = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
-                    var data = new Dictionary<string, string>()
-                    {
-                        ["clientid"] = AssignmentUnit,
-                    };
-                    string jsonData = JsonSerializer.Serialize(data);
-                    File.WriteAllText(jsonFilePath, jsonData);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    string json = File.ReadAllText(jsonFilePath);
-                    var jsonDictionary = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(json);
-                    if (jsonDictionary != null)
-                    {
-                        AssignmentUnit = jsonDictionary["clientid"]?.ToString();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Logger.LogError("Error creating/getting AssignmentUnit", ex);
-            }
-
-            var attrNames = new List<string> { "FlightRing", "c:InstallLanguage" };
-            var attrData = AnalyticsInfo.GetSystemPropertiesAsync(attrNames).AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-
-            var flightRing = string.Empty;
-            var installLanguage = string.Empty;
-
-            if (attrData.ContainsKey("FlightRing"))
-            {
-                flightRing = attrData["FlightRing"];
-            }
-
-            if (attrData.ContainsKey("InstallLanguage"))
-            {
-                installLanguage = attrData["InstallLanguage"];
-            }
-
-            return new VariantAssignmentRequest
-            {
-                Parameters =
-                {
-                    { "installLanguage", installLanguage },
-                    { "flightRing", flightRing },
-                    { "clientid", AssignmentUnit },
-                },
-            };
-        }
-
-        private string CreateFilePath()
-        {
-            var exeDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
-            var settingsPath = @"Microsoft\PowerToys\experimentation.json";
-            var filePath = Path.Combine(exeDir, settingsPath);
-            return filePath;
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Logger.cs

@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.IO.Abstractions;
-
-namespace AllExperiments
-{
-    public static class Logger
-    {
-        private static readonly IFileSystem FileSystem = new FileSystem();
-        private static readonly IPath Path = FileSystem.Path;
-        private static readonly IDirectory Directory = FileSystem.Directory;
-
-        private static readonly string ApplicationLogPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "Microsoft\\PowerToys\\Settings Logs\\Experimentation");
-
-        static Logger()
-        {
-            if (!Directory.Exists(ApplicationLogPath))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(ApplicationLogPath);
-            }
-
-            // Using InvariantCulture since this is used for a log file name
-            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(ApplicationLogPath, "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log");
-
-            Trace.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(logFilePath));
-
-            Trace.AutoFlush = true;
-        }
-
-        public static void LogInfo(string message)
-        {
-            Log(message, "INFO");
-        }
-
-        public static void LogError(string message)
-        {
-            Log(message, "ERROR");
-#if DEBUG
-            Debugger.Break();
-#endif
-        }
-
-        public static void LogError(string message, Exception e)
-        {
-            Log(
-                message + Environment.NewLine +
-                e?.Message + Environment.NewLine +
-                "Inner exception: " + Environment.NewLine +
-                e?.InnerException?.Message + Environment.NewLine +
-                "Stack trace: " + Environment.NewLine +
-                e?.StackTrace,
-                "ERROR");
-#if DEBUG
-            Debugger.Break();
-#endif
-        }
-
-        private static void Log(string message, string type)
-        {
-            Trace.WriteLine(type + ": " + DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay);
-            Trace.Indent();
-            Trace.WriteLine(GetCallerInfo());
-            Trace.WriteLine(message);
-            Trace.Unindent();
-        }
-
-        private static string GetCallerInfo()
-        {
-            StackTrace stackTrace = new StackTrace();
-
-            var methodName = stackTrace.GetFrame(3)?.GetMethod();
-            var className = methodName?.DeclaringType?.Name;
-            return "[Method]: " + methodName?.Name + " [Class]: " + className;
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Client/VariantAssignmentClientExtensionMethods.cs

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract;
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Client
-{
-#pragma warning disable SA1200 // Using directives should be placed correctly
-    using TreatmentAssignmentServiceClient = VariantAssignmentServiceClient<TreatmentAssignmentServiceResponse>;
-#pragma warning restore SA1200 // Using directives should be placed correctly
-
-    public static class VariantAssignmentClientExtensionMethods
-    {
-        public static IVariantAssignmentProvider GetTreatmentAssignmentServiceClient(this VariantAssignmentClientSettings settings)
-        {
-            return new TreatmentAssignmentServiceClient();
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Client/VariantAssignmentServiceClient.cs

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract;
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Client
-{
-    internal sealed partial class VariantAssignmentServiceClient<TServerResponse> : IVariantAssignmentProvider, IDisposable
-        where TServerResponse : VariantAssignmentServiceResponse
-    {
-        public void Dispose()
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
-
-        public Task<IVariantAssignmentResponse> GetVariantAssignmentsAsync(IVariantAssignmentRequest request, CancellationToken ct = default)
-        {
-            return Task.FromResult(EmptyVariantAssignmentResponse.Instance);
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/EmptyVariantAssignmentResponse.cs

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    public class EmptyVariantAssignmentResponse : IVariantAssignmentResponse
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Singleton instance of <see cref="EmptyVariantAssignmentResponse"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly IVariantAssignmentResponse Instance = new EmptyVariantAssignmentResponse();
-
-        public EmptyVariantAssignmentResponse()
-        {
-        }
-
-        public long DataVersion => 0;
-
-        public string Thumbprint => string.Empty;
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IReadOnlyCollection<IAssignedVariant> AssignedVariants => Array.Empty<IAssignedVariant>();
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-#pragma warning disable CS8603 // Possible null reference return.
-        public IFeatureVariable GetFeatureVariable(IReadOnlyList<string> path) => null;
-#pragma warning restore CS8603 // Possible null reference return.
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IReadOnlyList<IFeatureVariable> GetFeatureVariables(IReadOnlyList<string> prefix) => Array.Empty<IFeatureVariable>();
-
-        public void Dispose()
-        {
-            Dispose(true);
-            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
-        }
-
-        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
-        {
-        }
-
-        string IVariantAssignmentResponse.GetAssignmentContext()
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
-
-        IReadOnlyList<IFeatureVariable> IVariantAssignmentResponse.GetFeatureVariables()
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/IAssignedVariant.cs

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    public interface IAssignedVariant
-    {
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/IFeatureVariable.cs

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    public interface IFeatureVariable
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the variable's value as a string.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>String value of the variable.</returns>
-        string GetStringValue();
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/IVariantAssignmentProvider.cs

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    public interface IVariantAssignmentProvider : IDisposable
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Computes variant assignments based on <paramref name="request"/> data.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="request">Variant assignment parameters.</param>
-        /// <param name="ct">Propagates notification that operations should be canceled.</param>
-        /// <returns>An awaitable task that returns a <see cref="IVariantAssignmentResponse"/>.</returns>
-        Task<IVariantAssignmentResponse> GetVariantAssignmentsAsync(IVariantAssignmentRequest request, CancellationToken ct = default);
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/IVariantAssignmentRequest.cs

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    public interface IVariantAssignmentRequest
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets inputs used for evaluating filters, assignment units, etc.
-        /// </summary>
-        IReadOnlyCollection<(string Key, string Value)> Parameters { get; }
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/IVariantAssignmentResponse.cs

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Snapshot of variant assignments.
-    /// </summary>
-    public interface IVariantAssignmentResponse : IDisposable
-    {
-        ///// <summary>
-        ///// Gets the serial number of variant assignment configuration snapshot used when assigning variants.
-        ///// </summary>
-        long DataVersion { get; }
-
-        ///// <summary>
-        ///// Get a hash of the response suitable for caching.
-        ///// </summary>
-        // string Thumbprint { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the variants assigned based on request parameters and a variant configuration snapshot.
-        /// </summary>
-        IReadOnlyCollection<IAssignedVariant> AssignedVariants { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets feature variables assigned by variants in this response.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="prefix">(Optional) Filter feature variables where <see cref="IFeatureVariable.KeySegments"/> contains the <paramref name="prefix"/>.</param>
-        /// <returns>Range of matching feature variables.</returns>
-        IReadOnlyList<IFeatureVariable> GetFeatureVariables(IReadOnlyList<string> prefix);
-
-        // this actually part of the interface but gets the job done
-        IReadOnlyList<IFeatureVariable> GetFeatureVariables();
-
-        // this actually part of the interface but gets the job done
-        string GetAssignmentContext();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a single feature variable assigned by variants in this response.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path">Exact feature variable path.</param>
-        /// <returns>Matching feature variable or null.</returns>
-        IFeatureVariable GetFeatureVariable(IReadOnlyList<string> path);
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/TreatmentAssignmentServiceResponse.cs

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    internal sealed class TreatmentAssignmentServiceResponse : VariantAssignmentServiceResponse
-    {
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/VariantAssignmentClientSettings.cs

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Configuration for variant assignment service client.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class VariantAssignmentClientSettings
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the variant assignment service endpoint URL.
-        /// </summary>
-        [Required]
-        public Uri? Endpoint { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether gets or sets a value whether client side request caching should be enabled.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool EnableCaching { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the maximum time a cached variant assignment response may be used without re-validating.
-        /// </summary>
-        public TimeSpan ResponseCacheTime { get; set; }
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/VariantAssignmentRequest.cs

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System.Collections.Specialized;
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    public class VariantAssignmentRequest : IVariantAssignmentRequest
-    {
-        private NameValueCollection _parameters = new NameValueCollection();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets mutable <see cref="IVariantAssignmentRequest.Parameters"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        public NameValueCollection Parameters { get => _parameters; set => _parameters = value; }
-
-        IReadOnlyCollection<(string Key, string Value)> IVariantAssignmentRequest.Parameters => (IReadOnlyCollection<(string Key, string Value)>)_parameters;
-    }
-}

src/common/AllExperiments/Microsoft.VariantAssignment/Contract/VariantAssignmentServiceResponse.cs

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-// The goal of this class is to just mock out the Microsoft.VariantAssignment close source objects
-namespace Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Contract
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Mutable implementation of <see cref="IVariantAssignmentResponse"/> for (de)serialization.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal class VariantAssignmentServiceResponse : IVariantAssignmentResponse, IDisposable
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public virtual long DataVersion { get; set; }
-
-        public virtual IReadOnlyCollection<IAssignedVariant> AssignedVariants { get; set; } = Array.Empty<IAssignedVariant>();
-
-        public IFeatureVariable GetFeatureVariable(IReadOnlyList<string> path)
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
-
-        public IReadOnlyList<IFeatureVariable> GetFeatureVariables(IReadOnlyList<string> prefix)
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
-
-        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public void Dispose()
-        {
-            Dispose(true);
-            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
-        }
-
-        public IReadOnlyList<IFeatureVariable> GetFeatureVariables()
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
-        }
-
-        public string GetAssignmentContext()
-        {
-            return string.Empty;
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>
     <CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>true</CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
     <_NoWinAPIFamilyApp>true</_NoWinAPIFamilyApp>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- END cppwinrt.build.pre.props -->
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>CalculatorEngineCommon</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
@@ -138,16 +138,16 @@
     <ResourceCompile Include="CalculatorEngineCommon.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
   <!-- BEGIN common.build.post.props -->
   <!--

src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-	<package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+	<package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

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

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

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

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

src/common/Common.UI/SettingsDeepLink.cs

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace Common.UI
             NewPlus,
             CmdPal,
             ZoomIt,
+            PowerDisplay,
         }
 
         private static string SettingsWindowNameToString(SettingsWindow value)
@@ -115,6 +116,8 @@ namespace Common.UI
                     return "CmdPal";
                 case SettingsWindow.ZoomIt:
                     return "ZoomIt";
+                case SettingsWindow.PowerDisplay:
+                    return "PowerDisplay";
                 default:
                     {
                         return string.Empty;

src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{CABA8DFB-823B-4BF2-93AC-3F31984150D9}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;..\..\common;.\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;..\..\common;.\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/Display/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/common/FilePreviewCommon/FilePreviewCommon.csproj

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

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
     {
         return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getConfiguredLightSwitchEnabledValue());
     }
+    GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetConfiguredPowerDisplayEnabledValue()
+    {
+        return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getConfiguredPowerDisplayEnabledValue());
+    }
     GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetConfiguredFancyZonesEnabledValue()
     {
         return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getConfiguredFancyZonesEnabledValue());

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.h

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredColorPickerEnabledValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredCropAndLockEnabledValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredLightSwitchEnabledValue();
+        static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredPowerDisplayEnabledValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredFancyZonesEnabledValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredFileLocksmithEnabledValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredSvgPreviewEnabledValue();

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.idl

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace PowerToys
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredColorPickerEnabledValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredCropAndLockEnabledValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredLightSwitchEnabledValue();
+            static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredPowerDisplayEnabledValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredFancyZonesEnabledValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredFileLocksmithEnabledValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredSvgPreviewEnabledValue();

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTOptimized>true</CppWinRTOptimized>
     <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@
     <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
     <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/GPOWrapper/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapperProjection.csproj

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

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocalModelProvider.cs

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

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/LanguageModelProvider.csproj

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

src/common/ManagedCommon/ManagedCommon.csproj

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

src/common/ManagedCommon/ModuleType.cs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
         PowerRename,
         PowerLauncher,
         PowerAccent,
+        PowerDisplay,
         RegistryPreview,
         MeasureTool,
         ShortcutGuide,

src/common/ManagedCommon/WindowHelpers.cs

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
         /// black. Calls <c>DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea()</c> with a <c>cyTopHeight</c> of 2 to force
         /// the window's top border to be visible.<br/><br/>
         /// Is a no-op on versions other than Windows 10.
+        /// WinUI issue: https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/6901
         /// </summary>
         public static void ForceTopBorder1PixelInsetOnWindows10(IntPtr handle)
         {

src/common/ManagedCsWin32/ManagedCsWin32.csproj

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

src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/ManagedTelemetry.csproj

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

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

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

src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>SettingsAPI</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>SettingsAPI</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/SettingsAPI/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build"
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>17.0</VCProjectVersion>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <ProjectGuid>{8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>EtwTrace</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/packages.config

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{98537082-0FDB-40DE-ABD8-0DC5A4269BAB}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>Themes</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>Themes</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/Themes/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/common/UITestAutomation/UITestAutomation.csproj

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

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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{1A066C63-64B3-45F8-92FE-664E1CCE8077}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
     <ProjectSubType>NativeUnitTestProject</ProjectSubType>
     <ProjectName>Common.Lib.UnitTests</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(RepoRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.250303.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.250303.1" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>

src/common/UnitTests-CommonUtils/AppMutex.Tests.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "TestHelpers.h"
+#include <appMutex.h>
+
+using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;
+
+namespace UnitTestsCommonUtils
+{
+    TEST_CLASS(AppMutexTests)
+    {
+    public:
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_ValidName_ReturnsHandle)
+        {
+            std::wstring mutexName = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"_1";
+            auto handle = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(handle.get());
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_SameName_ReturnsExistingHandle)
+        {
+            std::wstring mutexName = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"_2";
+
+            auto handle1 = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(handle1.get());
+
+            auto handle2 = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            Assert::IsNull(handle2.get());
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_DifferentNames_ReturnsDifferentHandles)
+        {
+            std::wstring mutexName1 = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"_A";
+            std::wstring mutexName2 = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"_B";
+
+            auto handle1 = createAppMutex(mutexName1);
+            auto handle2 = createAppMutex(mutexName2);
+
+            Assert::IsNotNull(handle1.get());
+            Assert::IsNotNull(handle2.get());
+            Assert::AreNotEqual(handle1.get(), handle2.get());
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_EmptyName_ReturnsHandle)
+        {
+            // Empty name creates unnamed mutex
+            auto handle = createAppMutex(L"");
+            // CreateMutexW with empty string should still work
+            Assert::IsTrue(true);
+            // Test passes regardless - just checking it doesn't crash
+            Assert::IsTrue(true);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_LongName_ReturnsHandle)
+        {
+            // Create a long mutex name
+            std::wstring mutexName = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"_";
+            for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i)
+            {
+                mutexName += L"LongNameSegment";
+            }
+
+            auto handle = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            // Long names might fail, but shouldn't crash
+            Assert::IsTrue(true);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_SpecialCharacters_ReturnsHandle)
+        {
+            std::wstring mutexName = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"_Special!@#$%";
+
+            auto handle = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            // Some special characters might not be valid in mutex names
+            Assert::IsTrue(true);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_GlobalPrefix_ReturnsHandle)
+        {
+            // Global prefix for cross-session mutex
+            std::wstring mutexName = L"Global\\TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId());
+
+            auto handle = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            // Might require elevation, but shouldn't crash
+            Assert::IsTrue(true);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_LocalPrefix_ReturnsHandle)
+        {
+            std::wstring mutexName = L"Local\\TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId());
+
+            auto handle = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(handle.get());
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_MultipleCalls_AllSucceed)
+        {
+            std::vector<wil::unique_mutex_nothrow> handles;
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
+            {
+                std::wstring mutexName = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) +
+                                         L"_Multi_" + std::to_wstring(i);
+                auto handle = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+                Assert::IsNotNull(handle.get());
+                handles.push_back(std::move(handle));
+            }
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CreateAppMutex_ReleaseAndRecreate_Works)
+        {
+            std::wstring mutexName = L"TestMutex_" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"_Recreate";
+
+            auto handle1 = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(handle1.get());
+            handle1.reset();
+
+            // After closing, should be able to create again
+            auto handle2 = createAppMutex(mutexName);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(handle2.get());
+        }
+    };
+}

src/common/UnitTests-CommonUtils/ColorUtils.Tests.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "TestHelpers.h"
+#include <color.h>
+
+using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;
+
+namespace UnitTestsCommonUtils
+{
+    TEST_CLASS(ColorUtilsTests)
+    {
+    public:
+        // checkValidRGB tests
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_ValidBlack_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#000000", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_ValidWhite_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#FFFFFF", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_ValidRed_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#FF0000", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_ValidGreen_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#00FF00", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_ValidBlue_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#0000FF", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_ValidMixed_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#AB12CD", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xAB), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x12), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xCD), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_MissingHash_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"FFFFFF", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_TooShort_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#FFF", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_TooLong_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#FFFFFFFF", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_InvalidChars_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#GGHHII", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_LowercaseInvalid_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#ffffff", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_EmptyString_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidRGB_OnlyHash_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidRGB(L"#", &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        // checkValidARGB tests
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_ValidBlackOpaque_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#FF000000", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), a);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_ValidWhiteOpaque_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#FFFFFFFF", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), a);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_ValidTransparent_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#00FFFFFF", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), a);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_ValidSemiTransparent_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#80FF0000", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80), a);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(255), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_ValidMixed_ReturnsTrue)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#12345678", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsTrue(result);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x12), a);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x34), r);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x56), g);
+            Assert::AreEqual(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x78), b);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_MissingHash_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"FFFFFFFF", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_TooShort_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#FFFFFF", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_TooLong_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#FFFFFFFFFF", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_InvalidChars_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#GGHHIIJJ", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_LowercaseInvalid_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"#ffffffff", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(CheckValidARGB_EmptyString_ReturnsFalse)
+        {
+            uint8_t a, r, g, b;
+            bool result = checkValidARGB(L"", &a, &r, &g, &b);
+            Assert::IsFalse(result);
+        }
+    };
+}

src/common/UnitTests-CommonUtils/ComObjectFactory.Tests.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "TestHelpers.h"
+#include <com_object_factory.h>
+
+using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;
+
+namespace UnitTestsCommonUtils
+{
+    // Test COM object for testing the factory
+    class TestComObject : public IUnknown
+    {
+    public:
+        TestComObject() : m_refCount(1) {}
+
+        HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE QueryInterface(REFIID riid, void** ppvObject) override
+        {
+            if (riid == IID_IUnknown)
+            {
+                *ppvObject = static_cast<IUnknown*>(this);
+                AddRef();
+                return S_OK;
+            }
+            *ppvObject = nullptr;
+            return E_NOINTERFACE;
+        }
+
+        ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE AddRef() override
+        {
+            return InterlockedIncrement(&m_refCount);
+        }
+
+        ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE Release() override
+        {
+            ULONG count = InterlockedDecrement(&m_refCount);
+            if (count == 0)
+            {
+                delete this;
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        LONG m_refCount;
+    };
+
+    TEST_CLASS(ComObjectFactoryTests)
+    {
+    public:
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_Construction_DoesNotCrash)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+            Assert::IsTrue(true);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_QueryInterface_IUnknown_Succeeds)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+            IUnknown* pUnknown = nullptr;
+
+            HRESULT hr = factory.QueryInterface(IID_IUnknown, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pUnknown));
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(S_OK, hr);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(pUnknown);
+
+            if (pUnknown)
+            {
+                pUnknown->Release();
+            }
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_QueryInterface_IClassFactory_Succeeds)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+            IClassFactory* pFactory = nullptr;
+
+            HRESULT hr = factory.QueryInterface(IID_IClassFactory, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pFactory));
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(S_OK, hr);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(pFactory);
+
+            if (pFactory)
+            {
+                pFactory->Release();
+            }
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_QueryInterface_InvalidInterface_Fails)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+            void* pInterface = nullptr;
+
+            // Random GUID that we don't support
+            GUID randomGuid = { 0x12345678, 0x1234, 0x1234, { 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78, 0x9A, 0xBC, 0xDE, 0xF0 } };
+            HRESULT hr = factory.QueryInterface(randomGuid, &pInterface);
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(E_NOINTERFACE, hr);
+            Assert::IsNull(pInterface);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_AddRef_IncreasesRefCount)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+
+            ULONG count1 = factory.AddRef();
+            ULONG count2 = factory.AddRef();
+
+            Assert::IsTrue(count2 > count1);
+
+            // Clean up
+            factory.Release();
+            factory.Release();
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_Release_DecreasesRefCount)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+
+            factory.AddRef();
+            factory.AddRef();
+            ULONG count1 = factory.Release();
+            ULONG count2 = factory.Release();
+
+            Assert::IsTrue(count2 < count1);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_CreateInstance_NoAggregation_Succeeds)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+            IUnknown* pObj = nullptr;
+
+            HRESULT hr = factory.CreateInstance(nullptr, IID_IUnknown, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pObj));
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(S_OK, hr);
+            Assert::IsNotNull(pObj);
+
+            if (pObj)
+            {
+                pObj->Release();
+            }
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_CreateInstance_WithAggregation_Fails)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+            TestComObject outer;
+            IUnknown* pObj = nullptr;
+
+            // Aggregation should fail for our simple test object
+            HRESULT hr = factory.CreateInstance(&outer, IID_IUnknown, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pObj));
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(CLASS_E_NOAGGREGATION, hr);
+            Assert::IsNull(pObj);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_CreateInstance_NullOutput_Fails)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+
+            HRESULT hr = factory.CreateInstance(nullptr, IID_IUnknown, nullptr);
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(E_POINTER, hr);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_LockServer_Lock_Succeeds)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+
+            HRESULT hr = factory.LockServer(TRUE);
+            Assert::AreEqual(S_OK, hr);
+
+            // Unlock
+            factory.LockServer(FALSE);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_LockServer_Unlock_Succeeds)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+
+            factory.LockServer(TRUE);
+            HRESULT hr = factory.LockServer(FALSE);
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(S_OK, hr);
+        }
+
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_LockServer_MultipleLocks_Work)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+
+            factory.LockServer(TRUE);
+            factory.LockServer(TRUE);
+            factory.LockServer(TRUE);
+
+            factory.LockServer(FALSE);
+            factory.LockServer(FALSE);
+            HRESULT hr = factory.LockServer(FALSE);
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(S_OK, hr);
+        }
+
+        // Thread safety tests
+        TEST_METHOD(ComObjectFactory_ConcurrentCreateInstance_Works)
+        {
+            com_object_factory<TestComObject> factory;
+            std::vector<std::thread> threads;
+            std::atomic<int> successCount{ 0 };
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
+            {
+                threads.emplace_back([&factory, &successCount]() {
+                    IUnknown* pObj = nullptr;
+                    HRESULT hr = factory.CreateInstance(nullptr, IID_IUnknown, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pObj));
+                    if (SUCCEEDED(hr) && pObj)
+                    {
+                        successCount++;
+                        pObj->Release();
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+
+            for (auto& t : threads)
+            {
+                t.join();
+            }
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(10, successCount.load());
+        }
+    };
+}