feat(peek): improve markdown checkbox contrast for light and dark themes

Fixes #36296

## Summary
Add custom checkbox styling with proper contrast for Peek markdown preview in both
light and dark themes. The default browser checkbox appearance had poor contrast,
making checkboxes difficult to see.

## Changes
- Add CSS rules for input[type='checkbox'] in both HtmlLightHeader and HtmlDarkHeader
- Use SVG checkmark for checked state with white tick on blue background
- Light theme: #0366d6 accent color with #fff background
- Dark theme: #58a6ff accent color with #1e1e1e background
- Addresses WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility concern about checkbox visibility

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

@@ -635,7 +635,6 @@ GMEM
 GNumber
 googleai
 googlegemini
-Gotchas
 gpedit
 gpo
 GPOCA
@@ -648,6 +647,8 @@ GSM
 gtm
 guiddata
 GUITHREADINFO
+Gotcha
+Gotchas
 GValue
 gwl
 GWLP
@@ -893,9 +894,9 @@ Lclean
 Ldone
 Ldr
 LEFTALIGN
-leftclick
 LEFTSCROLLBAR
 LEFTTEXT
+leftclick
 LError
 LEVELID
 LExit
@@ -1021,12 +1022,9 @@ MENUITEMINFO
 MENUITEMINFOW
 MERGECOPY
 MERGEPAINT
-Metacharacter
 metadatamatters
 Metadatas
-Metacharacter
 metafile
-Metacharacter
 mfc
 Mgmt
 Microwaved
@@ -1073,7 +1071,7 @@ mouseutils
 MOVESIZEEND
 MOVESIZESTART
 MRM
-Mrt
+MRT
 mru
 MSAL
 msc
@@ -1491,9 +1489,7 @@ regfile
 REGISTERCLASSFAILED
 REGISTRYHEADER
 REGISTRYPREVIEWEXT
-registryroot
 regkey
-regroot
 regsvr
 REINSTALLMODE
 releaseblog
@@ -1538,6 +1534,7 @@ riid
 RKey
 RNumber
 rollups
+ROOTOWNER
 rop
 ROUNDSMALL
 ROWSETEXT
@@ -2174,4 +2171,4 @@ Zoneszonabletester
 Zoomin
 zoomit
 ZOOMITX
-Zorder
+Zorder

.pipelines/v2/oneFuzz.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ 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
           buildPlatforms:
             - ${{ parameters.platform }}
           buildConfigurations: [Release]

.pipelines/v2/release.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ extends:
     pool:
       name: SHINE-INT-S
       ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-        demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Preview
+      ${{ else }}:
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
       os: windows
     sdl:
       tsa:
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ extends:
                 demands:
                   # Our INT agents have a large disk mounted at P:\
                   - ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-                    - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+                    - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest-Preview
+                  - ${{ else }}:
+                    - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
                 os: windows
               variables:
                 IsPipeline: 1 # The installer uses this to detect whether it should pick up localizations
@@ -87,7 +91,6 @@ extends:
               official: true
               codeSign: true
               runTests: false
-              buildTests: false
               signingIdentity:
                 serviceName: $(SigningServiceName)
                 appId: $(SigningAppId)

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

@@ -253,12 +253,11 @@ jobs:
       displayName: Build PowerToys main project
     inputs:
       solution: 'PowerToys.slnx'
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore -graph
         /p:RestorePackagesConfig=true
         /p:CIBuild=true
-        /p:BuildTests=${{ parameters.buildTests }}
         /bl:$(LogOutputDirectory)\build-0-main.binlog
         ${{ parameters.additionalBuildOptions }}
         $(MSBuildCacheParameters)
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
     condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
     inputs:
       solution: PowerToys.slnx
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore
         /p:Configuration=$(BuildConfiguration)
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Build BugReportTool
     inputs:
       solution: '**/tools/BugReportTool/BugReportTool.sln'
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore -graph
         /p:RestorePackagesConfig=true
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Build StylesReportTool
     inputs:
       solution: '**/tools/StylesReportTool/StylesReportTool.sln'
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore -graph
         /p:RestorePackagesConfig=true
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ jobs:
       displayName: Publish ${{ project }} for Packaging
       inputs:
         solution: ${{ project }}
-        vsVersion: 17.0
+        vsVersion: 18.0
         msbuildArgs: >-
           /target:Publish
           /graph

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

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       displayName: Build UI Test Projects
       inputs:
         solution: '**/*UITest*.csproj'
-        vsVersion: 17.0
+        vsVersion: 18.0
         msbuildArgs: >-
           -restore
           -graph
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
         displayName: 'Build UI Test Module: ${{ module }}'
         inputs:
           solution: '**/*${{ module }}*.csproj'
-          vsVersion: 17.0
+          vsVersion: 18.0
           msbuildArgs: >-
             -restore
             -graph

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

@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ 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
             buildPlatforms:
               - ${{ platform }}
             buildConfigurations: [Release]
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ stages:
             enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
             msBuildCacheIsReadOnly: ${{ parameters.msBuildCacheIsReadOnly }}
             runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
-            buildTests: true
             useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
             useLatestWinAppSDK: ${{ parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK }}
             ${{ if eq(parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK, true) }}:
@@ -77,9 +78,7 @@ stages:
             ${{ else }}:
               name: SHINE-OSS-L
             ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
-              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Preview
-            ${{ else }}:
-              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
+              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
           buildConfigurations: [Release]
           official: false
           codeSign: false

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

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ 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
           buildPlatforms:
             - ${{ parameters.platform }}
           buildConfigurations: [Release]

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

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: Build Shared Support DLLs
     inputs:
       solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         /t:PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext;SilentFilesInUseBAFunction
         /p:RunBuildEvents=true;RestorePackagesConfig=true;CIBuild=true
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: 💻 Build VNext MSI
     inputs:
       solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore
         /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: 👤 Build VNext MSI
     inputs:
       solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext
         /p:RunBuildEvents=false;PerUser=true;BuildProjectReferences=false;CIBuild=true
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: 💻 Build VNext Bootstrapper
     inputs:
       solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore
         /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: 👤 Build VNext Bootstrapper
     inputs:
       solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
-      vsVersion: 17.0
+      vsVersion: 18.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext
         /p:PerUser=true;BuildProjectReferences=false;CIBuild=true

.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-$VSInstances = ([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -include packages -format xml))
+# Build common vswhere base arguments
+$vsWhereBaseArgs = @('-latest', '-requires', 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64')
+if ($env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget) {
+    # Add version target if specified (e.g., '-version [18.0,19.0)' for VS2026)
+    $vsWhereBaseArgs += $env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget.Split(' ')
+}
+
+$VSInstances = ([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' @vsWhereBaseArgs -include packages -format xml))
 $VSPackages = $VSInstances.instances.instance.packages.package
 $LatestVCPackage = ($VSPackages | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.Tools.Core" })
 $LatestVCToolsVersion = $LatestVCPackage.version;
 
-$VSRoot = (& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -property 'resolvedInstallationPath')
+$VSRoot = (& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' @vsWhereBaseArgs -property 'resolvedInstallationPath')
 $VCToolsRoot = Join-Path $VSRoot "VC\Tools\MSVC"
 
 # We have observed a few instances where the VC tools package version actually
@@ -24,5 +31,12 @@ If ($Null -Eq (Get-Item $PackageVCToolPath -ErrorAction:Ignore)) {
 }
 
 Write-Output "Latest VCToolsVersion: $LatestVCToolsVersion"
-Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
-Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"
+
+# VS2026 (MSVC 14.50+) doesn't need explicit VCToolsVersion - let MSBuild auto-select
+$MajorMinorVersion = [Version]::Parse($LatestVCToolsVersion)
+If ($MajorMinorVersion.Major -eq 14 -and $MajorMinorVersion.Minor -ge 50) {
+    Write-Output "VS2026 detected (MSVC 14.50+). Skipping VCToolsVersion override to allow MSBuild auto-selection."
+} Else {
+    Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
+    Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"
+}

.pipelines/verifyNoticeMdAgainstNugetPackages.ps1

@@ -90,15 +90,9 @@ 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 Yellow "Notice.md does not exactly match NuGet list. Analyzing differences..."
+	Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Notice.md does not match NuGet list."
 
 	# Show detailed differences
 	$generatedPackages = $returnList -split "`r`n|`n" | Where-Object { $_.Trim() -ne "" } | Sort-Object
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ if (!$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 (ERROR - these must be added to NOTICE.md):"
+		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "MissingFromNotice:"
 		foreach ($pkg in $missingFromNotice) {
 			Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "  $pkg"
 		}
@@ -120,23 +114,10 @@ if (!$noticeFile.Trim().EndsWith($returnList.Trim()))
 
 	# Find packages in NOTICE.md but not in proj file list
 	$extraInNotice = $noticePackages | Where-Object { $generatedPackages -notcontains $_ }
-	
-	# 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 "  $pkg"
+	if ($extraInNotice.Count -gt 0) {
+		Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "ExtraInNotice:"
+		foreach ($pkg in $extraInNotice) {
+			Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "  $pkg"
 		}
 		Write-Host ""
 	}
@@ -146,17 +127,10 @@ if (!$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 (allowed): $($allowedExtra.Count) packages"
-	Write-Host "  ExtraInNotice (unexpected): $($unexpectedExtra.Count) packages"
+	Write-Host "  ExtraInNotice: $($extraInNotice.Count) packages"
 	Write-Host ""
 
-	# 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 1
 }
 
 exit 0

AGENTS.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ These instruction files are automatically applied when working in their respecti
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-- Visual Studio 2022 17.4+
+- Visual Studio 2022 17.4+ or Visual Studio 2026
 - Windows 10 1803+ (April 2018 Update or newer)
 - Initialize submodules once: `git submodule update --init --recursive`
 

Cpp.Build.props

@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
-  <!-- Skip building C++ test projects when BuildTests=false -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' == 'true'">
-    <UsePrecompiledHeaders>false</UsePrecompiledHeaders>
-    <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <!-- Project configurations -->
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
@@ -57,7 +51,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(UsePrecompiledHeaders)' != 'false'">Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DisableSpecificWarnings>4679;5271;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <DisableSpecificWarnings>4679;4706;4874;5271;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <DisableAnalyzeExternal >true</DisableAnalyzeExternal>
       <ExternalWarningLevel>TurnOffAllWarnings</ExternalWarningLevel>
       <ConformanceMode>false</ConformanceMode>
@@ -116,6 +110,7 @@
   <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>

Directory.Build.props

@@ -19,39 +19,6 @@
     <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>$(Version).0</Version>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys</RepositoryUrl>
@@ -63,9 +30,7 @@
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>PowerToys.Root.Props</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
     <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj' and '$(_IsSkippedTestProject)' != 'true'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>

Directory.Build.targets

@@ -28,41 +28,4 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IgnoreExperimentalWarnings)' == 'true'">
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS8305;SA1500;CA1852</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- 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>
+</Project>

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
+1. Open `Developer Powershell for VS 2022` or `Developer PowerShell for VS` for VS 2026.
 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`
+1. From the start menu, open a `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022` or `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` 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 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`.
 
 ```
 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
+1. Open `Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022` or `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 from the command line (Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 or 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 +15,11 @@ VS Code extensions Needed:
 ---
 
 ## Building in VS Code
-### Configure developer powershell for vs2022 for more convenient dev in vscode.
+### 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:
+2. Add below config as entry (choose VS 2022 or VS 2026 based on your installation):
+
+**For Visual Studio 2022:**
 ```json
     "Developer PowerShell for VS 2022": {
 		// Configure based on your preference
@@ -27,16 +29,35 @@ VS Code extensions Needed:
             "-Command",
             "& {",
             "$orig = Get-Location;",
-            // Configure based on your environment
+            // Adjust path based on your edition (Community/Professional/Enterprise)
             "& 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Enterprise\\Common7\\Tools\\Launch-VsDevShell.ps1';",
             "Set-Location $orig",
             "}"
         ]
     },
 ```
-3. [Optional] Set Developer PowerShell for VS 2022 as your default profile, so that you can get a deep integration with vscode coding agent. 
 
-4. Now You can build with plain `msbuild` or configure tasks.json in below section
+**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.
 Or reach out to "tools\build\BUILD-GUIDELINES.md"
 
 ### Sample plain msbuild command

doc/devdocs/modules/fancyzones.md

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ FancyZones is divided into several projects:
 ## Development Environment Setup
 
 ### Prerequisites
-- Visual Studio 2022: Required for building and debugging
+- Visual Studio 2022 or 2026: 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, set FancyZonesEditor as the startup project
+1. In Visual Studio 2022 or 2026, set FancyZonesEditor as the startup project
 2. Set breakpoints in the code where needed
 3. Click Run to start debugging
 

doc/devdocs/readme.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an
 ### 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
+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)
 

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
-  <Import Project="..\..\src\Version.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\src\Version.props')" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\Directory.Build.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Set BaseIntermediateOutputPath for each project to avoid conflicts -->
     <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectName)' == 'PowerToysInstallerVNext'">obj\Installer\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Product.wxs

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
       <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 (REMOVE=&quot;ALL&quot;)" />
+      <Custom Action="UninstallPackageIdentityMSIX" Before="RemoveFiles" Condition="Installed AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) 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/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj

@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -68,11 +68,10 @@
     <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="bafunctions.cpp">
       <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="precomp.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="pch.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
-#include "precomp.h"
+#include "pch.h"
 #include "BalBaseBAFunctions.h"
 #include "BalBaseBAFunctionsProc.h"
 
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public: // IBootstrapperApplication
 
         BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION SYSTEM ACTIVE *** Running detect begin BA function. fCached=%d, registrationType=%d, cPackages=%u, fCancel=%d", fCached, registrationType, cPackages, *pfCancel);
 
-    LExit:
         return hr;
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
         // BalExitOnFailure(hr, "Change this message to represent real error handling.");
         //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    LExit:
         return hr;
     }
 
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
         __in DWORD cFiles,
         __in_ecount_z(cFiles) LPCWSTR* rgwzFiles,
         __in int nRecommendation,
-        __in BOOTSTRAPPER_FILES_IN_USE_TYPE source,
+        __in BOOTSTRAPPER_FILES_IN_USE_TYPE /* source */,
         __inout int* pResult
         )
     {

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/bafunctions.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
-#include "precomp.h"
+#include "pch.h"
 
 static HINSTANCE vhInstance = NULL;
 

src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>

src/Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
        As a temporary workaround, create a .NET 8 project and use file links 
        to include the code that needs testing. -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.26100.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj

@@ -55,26 +55,26 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|ARM64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>

src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj

@@ -1,5 +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')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{CABA8DFB-823B-4BF2-93AC-3F31984150D9}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -39,5 +40,18 @@
     <ClCompile Include="monitors.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="dpi_aware.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
+  </Target>
 </Project>

src/common/Display/packages.config

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
+</packages>

src/common/FilePreviewCommon/MarkdownHelper.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// 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.
 
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon
         /// <summary>
         /// Markdown HTML header for light theme.
         /// </summary>
-        private static readonly string HtmlLightHeader = "<!doctype html><style>body{width:100%;margin:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,\"Segoe UI\",Roboto,\"Helvetica Neue\",Arial,\"Noto Sans\",sans-serif,\"Apple Color Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Symbol\",\"Noto Color Emoji\";font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;color:#212529;text-align:left;background-color:#fff}.container{padding:5%}body img{max-width:100%;height:auto}body h1,body h2,body h3,body h4,body h5,body h6{margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.25}body h1,body h2{padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:1px solid #eaecef}body{font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji}body h3{font-size:1.25em}body h4{font-size:1em}body h5{font-size:.875em}body h6{font-size:.85em;color:#6a737d}pre{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,Liberation Mono,Menlo,monospace;background-color:#f6f8fa;border-radius:3px;padding:16px;font-size:85%}a{color:#0366d6}strong{font-weight:600}em{font-style:italic}code{padding:.2em .4em;margin:0;font-size:85%;background-color:#f6f8fa;border-radius:3px}hr{border-color:#EEE -moz-use-text-color #FFF;border-style:solid none;border-width:.5px 0;margin:18px 0}table{display:block;width:100%;overflow:auto;border-spacing:0;border-collapse:collapse}tbody{display:table-row-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table tr{background-color:#fff;border-top:1px solid #c6cbd1}tr{display:table-row;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table td,table th{padding:6px 13px;border:1px solid #dfe2e5}th{font-weight:600;display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit;font-weight:bold;text-align:-internal-center}thead{display:table-header-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit}td{display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit}code,pre,tt{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,\"Liberation Mono\",\"Courier New\",monospace;color:#24292e;overflow-x:auto}pre code{display:block;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;word-break:normal}blockquote{background-color:#fff;border-radius:3px;padding:15px;font-size:14px;display:block;margin-block-start:1em;margin-block-end:1em;margin-inline-start:40px;margin-inline-end:40px;padding:0 1em;color:#6a737d;border-left:.25em solid #dfe2e5}</style><body><div class=\"container\">";
+        private static readonly string HtmlLightHeader = "<!doctype html><style>body{width:100%;margin:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,\"Segoe UI\",Roboto,\"Helvetica Neue\",Arial,\"Noto Sans\",sans-serif,\"Apple Color Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Symbol\",\"Noto Color Emoji\";font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;color:#212529;text-align:left;background-color:#fff}.container{padding:5%}body img{max-width:100%;height:auto}body h1,body h2,body h3,body h4,body h5,body h6{margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.25}body h1,body h2{padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:1px solid #eaecef}body{font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji}body h3{font-size:1.25em}body h4{font-size:1em}body h5{font-size:.875em}body h6{font-size:.85em;color:#6a737d}pre{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,Liberation Mono,Menlo,monospace;background-color:#f6f8fa;border-radius:3px;padding:16px;font-size:85%}a{color:#0366d6}strong{font-weight:600}em{font-style:italic}code{padding:.2em .4em;margin:0;font-size:85%;background-color:#f6f8fa;border-radius:3px}hr{border-color:#EEE -moz-use-text-color #FFF;border-style:solid none;border-width:.5px 0;margin:18px 0}table{display:block;width:100%;overflow:auto;border-spacing:0;border-collapse:collapse}tbody{display:table-row-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table tr{background-color:#fff;border-top:1px solid #c6cbd1}tr{display:table-row;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table td,table th{padding:6px 13px;border:1px solid #dfe2e5}th{font-weight:600;display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit;font-weight:bold;text-align:-internal-center}thead{display:table-header-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit}td{display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit}code,pre,tt{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,\"Liberation Mono\",\"Courier New\",monospace;color:#24292e;overflow-x:auto}pre code{display:block;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;word-break:normal}blockquote{background-color:#fff;border-radius:3px;padding:15px;font-size:14px;display:block;margin-block-start:1em;margin-block-end:1em;margin-inline-start:40px;margin-inline-end:40px;padding:0 1em;color:#6a737d;border-left:.25em solid #dfe2e5}input[type=\"checkbox\"]{appearance:none;-webkit-appearance:none;width:16px;height:16px;border:2px solid #6a737d;border-radius:3px;background-color:#fff;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:6px;cursor:default}input[type=\"checkbox\"]:checked{background-color:#0366d6;border-color:#0366d6;background-image:url(\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3E%3Cpath fill='%23fff' d='M13.78 4.22a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.25 7.25a.75.75 0 01-1.06 0L2.22 9.28a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06L6 10.94l6.72-6.72a.75.75 0 011.06 0z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E\");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center}</style><body><div class=\"container\">";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Markdown HTML header for dark theme.
         /// </summary>
-        private static readonly string HtmlDarkHeader = "<!doctype html><style>body{width:100%;margin:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,\"Segoe UI\",Roboto,\"Helvetica Neue\",Arial,\"Noto Sans\",sans-serif,\"Apple Color Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Symbol\",\"Noto Color Emoji\";font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;color:#d4d4d4;text-align:left;background-color:#1e1e1e}.container{padding:5%}body img{max-width:100%;height:auto}body h1,body h2,body h3,body h4,body h5,body h6{margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.25}body h1,body h2{padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:1px solid #474747}body{font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji}body h3{font-size:1.25em}body h4{font-size:1em}body h5{font-size:.875em}body h6{font-size:.85em;color:#d4d4d4}pre{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,Liberation Mono,Menlo,monospace;background-color:#161616;border-radius:3px;padding:16px;font-size:85%}a{color:#0366d6}strong{font-weight:600}em{font-style:italic}code{padding:.2em .4em;margin:0;font-size:85%;background-color:#161616;border-radius:3px}hr{border-color:#EEE -moz-use-text-color #FFF;border-style:solid none;border-width:.5px 0;margin:18px 0}table{display:block;width:100%;overflow:auto;border-spacing:0;border-collapse:collapse}tbody{display:table-row-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table tr{background-color:#1e1e1e;border-top:1px solid #c6cbd1}tr{display:table-row;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table td,table th{padding:6px 13px;border:1px solid #474747}th{font-weight:600;display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit;font-weight:bold;text-align:-internal-center}thead{display:table-header-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit}td{display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit}code,pre,tt{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,\"Liberation Mono\",\"Courier New\",monospace;color:#d4d4d4;overflow-x:auto}pre code{display:block;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;word-break:normal}blockquote{background-color:#282828;border-radius:3px;padding:15px;font-size:14px;display:block;margin-block-start:1em;margin-block-end:1em;margin-inline-start:40px;margin-inline-end:40px;padding:0 1em;color:#d4d4d4;border-left:.25em solid #d4d4d4}</style><body><div class=\"container\">";
+        private static readonly string HtmlDarkHeader = "<!doctype html><style>body{width:100%;margin:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,\"Segoe UI\",Roboto,\"Helvetica Neue\",Arial,\"Noto Sans\",sans-serif,\"Apple Color Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Emoji\",\"Segoe UI Symbol\",\"Noto Color Emoji\";font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;color:#d4d4d4;text-align:left;background-color:#1e1e1e}.container{padding:5%}body img{max-width:100%;height:auto}body h1,body h2,body h3,body h4,body h5,body h6{margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.25}body h1,body h2{padding-bottom:.3em;border-bottom:1px solid #474747}body{font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji}body h3{font-size:1.25em}body h4{font-size:1em}body h5{font-size:.875em}body h6{font-size:.85em;color:#d4d4d4}pre{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,Liberation Mono,Menlo,monospace;background-color:#161616;border-radius:3px;padding:16px;font-size:85%}a{color:#0366d6}strong{font-weight:600}em{font-style:italic}code{padding:.2em .4em;margin:0;font-size:85%;background-color:#161616;border-radius:3px}hr{border-color:#EEE -moz-use-text-color #FFF;border-style:solid none;border-width:.5px 0;margin:18px 0}table{display:block;width:100%;overflow:auto;border-spacing:0;border-collapse:collapse}tbody{display:table-row-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table tr{background-color:#1e1e1e;border-top:1px solid #c6cbd1}tr{display:table-row;vertical-align:inherit;border-color:inherit}table td,table th{padding:6px 13px;border:1px solid #474747}th{font-weight:600;display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit;font-weight:bold;text-align:-internal-center}thead{display:table-header-group;vertical-align:middle;border-color:inherit}td{display:table-cell;vertical-align:inherit}code,pre,tt{font-family:SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,\"Liberation Mono\",\"Courier New\",monospace;color:#d4d4d4;overflow-x:auto}pre code{display:block;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;word-break:normal}blockquote{background-color:#282828;border-radius:3px;padding:15px;font-size:14px;display:block;margin-block-start:1em;margin-block-end:1em;margin-inline-start:40px;margin-inline-end:40px;padding:0 1em;color:#d4d4d4;border-left:.25em solid #d4d4d4}input[type=\"checkbox\"]{appearance:none;-webkit-appearance:none;width:16px;height:16px;border:2px solid #6b7280;border-radius:3px;background-color:#1e1e1e;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:6px;cursor:default}input[type=\"checkbox\"]:checked{background-color:#58a6ff;border-color:#58a6ff;background-image:url(\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3E%3Cpath fill='%23fff' d='M13.78 4.22a.75.75 0 010 1.06l-7.25 7.25a.75.75 0 01-1.06 0L2.22 9.28a.75.75 0 011.06-1.06L6 10.94l6.72-6.72a.75.75 0 011.06 0z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E\");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center}</style><body><div class=\"container\">";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Markdown HTML footer.

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.vcxproj

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src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj

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src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj

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src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj

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

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src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj

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src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj

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src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj

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src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivatorDLL.vcxproj

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src/common/notifications/notifications.vcxproj

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src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\expected.props" />
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+    
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src/common/version/version.vcxproj

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src/logging/logging.vcxproj

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src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj

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src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj

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src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.vcxproj

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src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithCLI/FileLocksmithCLI.vcxproj

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

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src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithContextMenu/FileLocksmithContextMenu.vcxproj

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src/modules/Hosts/HostsModuleInterface/HostsModuleInterface.vcxproj

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src/modules/MeasureTool/MeasureToolModuleInterface/MeasureToolModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
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+    
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src/modules/MouseUtils/CursorWrap/CursorWrap.vcxproj

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
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     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
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+    
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src/modules/MouseUtils/FindMyMouse/FindMyMouse.vcxproj

@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
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     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
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+    
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src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseHighlighter/MouseHighlighter.vcxproj

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     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
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+    
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src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJump.Common.UnitTests/Helpers/DrawingHelperTests.cs

@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ public static class DrawingHelperTests
                     var actualPixel = actual.GetPixel(x, y);
 
                     // allow a small tolerance for rounding differences in gdi
+                    // using a tolerance of 3 for support of minor differences in Windows Server 2025 CI
                     Assert.IsTrue(
-                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.A - actualPixel.A) <= 1) &&
-                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.R - actualPixel.R) <= 1) &&
-                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.G - actualPixel.G) <= 1) &&
-                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.B - actualPixel.B) <= 1),
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.A - actualPixel.A) <= 3) &&
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.R - actualPixel.R) <= 3) &&
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.G - actualPixel.G) <= 3) &&
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.B - actualPixel.B) <= 3),
                         $"images differ at pixel ({x}, {y}) - expected: {expectedPixel}, actual: {actualPixel}");
                 }
             }

src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJump/MouseJump.vcxproj

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     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
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+    
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src/modules/MouseUtils/MousePointerCrosshairs/MousePointerCrosshairs.vcxproj

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     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
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+    
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   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/ModuleInterface/MouseWithoutBordersModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

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

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">

src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.vcxproj

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/PowerOCR/PowerOCRModuleInterface/PowerOCRModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/ShortcutGuide/ShortcutGuide/ShortcutGuide.vcxproj

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '15.0'">v141</PlatformToolset>
     <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '16.0'">v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>

src/modules/ShortcutGuide/ShortcutGuideModuleInterface/ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor/OverlayWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 // 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.Windows;
 
-using WorkspacesEditor.Utils;
-
 namespace WorkspacesEditor
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -14,40 +11,9 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor
     /// </summary>
     public partial class OverlayWindow : Window
     {
-        private int _targetX;
-        private int _targetY;
-        private int _targetWidth;
-        private int _targetHeight;
-
         public OverlayWindow()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
-            SourceInitialized += OnWindowSourceInitialized;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sets the target bounds for the overlay window.
-        /// The window will be positioned using DPI-unaware context after initialization.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void SetTargetBounds(int x, int y, int width, int height)
-        {
-            _targetX = x;
-            _targetY = y;
-            _targetWidth = width;
-            _targetHeight = height;
-
-            // Set initial WPF properties (will be corrected after HWND creation)
-            Left = x;
-            Top = y;
-            Width = width;
-            Height = height;
-        }
-
-        private void OnWindowSourceInitialized(object sender, EventArgs e)
-        {
-            // Reposition window using DPI-unaware context to match the virtual coordinates.
-            // This fixes overlay positioning on mixed-DPI multi-monitor setups.
-            NativeMethods.SetWindowPositionDpiUnaware(this, _targetX, _targetY, _targetWidth, _targetHeight);
         }
     }
 }

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor/Utils/NativeMethods.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Windows;
-using System.Windows.Interop;
 
 namespace WorkspacesEditor.Utils
 {
@@ -19,39 +17,6 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor.Utils
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
         public static extern bool MoveWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int X, int Y, int nWidth, int nHeight, bool bRepaint);
 
-        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
-        private static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);
-
-        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
-        private static extern IntPtr SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext(IntPtr dpiContext);
-
-        private const uint SWP_NOZORDER = 0x0004;
-        private const uint SWP_NOACTIVATE = 0x0010;
-
-        private static readonly IntPtr DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_UNAWARE = new IntPtr(-1);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Positions a WPF window using DPI-unaware context to match the virtual coordinates.
-        /// This fixes overlay positioning on mixed-DPI multi-monitor setups.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static void SetWindowPositionDpiUnaware(Window window, int x, int y, int width, int height)
-        {
-            var helper = new WindowInteropHelper(window).Handle;
-            if (helper != IntPtr.Zero)
-            {
-                // Temporarily switch to DPI-unaware context to position window.
-                IntPtr oldContext = SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext(DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_UNAWARE);
-                try
-                {
-                    SetWindowPos(helper, IntPtr.Zero, x, y, width, height, SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
-                }
-                finally
-                {
-                    SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext(oldContext);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         [DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
         public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
 

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs

@@ -495,10 +495,10 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor.ViewModels
             {
                 var bounds = screen.Bounds;
                 OverlayWindow overlayWindow = new OverlayWindow();
-
-                // Use DPI-unaware positioning to fix overlay on mixed-DPI multi-monitor setups
-                overlayWindow.SetTargetBounds(bounds.Left, bounds.Top, bounds.Width, bounds.Height);
-
+                overlayWindow.Top = bounds.Top;
+                overlayWindow.Left = bounds.Left;
+                overlayWindow.Width = bounds.Width;
+                overlayWindow.Height = bounds.Height;
                 overlayWindow.ShowActivated = true;
                 overlayWindow.Topmost = true;
                 overlayWindow.Show();

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesLauncher/WorkspacesLauncher.vcxproj

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesLib.UnitTests/WorkspacesLibUnitTests.vcxproj

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesLib/WorkspacesLib.vcxproj

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesModuleInterface/WorkspacesModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesSnapshotTool/WorkspacesSnapshotTool.vcxproj

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesWindowArranger/WorkspacesWindowArranger.vcxproj

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomItModuleInterface/ZoomItModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomItSettingsInterop/ZoomItSettingsInterop.vcxproj

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/alwaysontop/AlwaysOnTop/AlwaysOnTop.vcxproj

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/alwaysontop/AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface/AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/awake/AwakeModuleInterface/AwakeModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <RootNamespace>Awake</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>AwakeModuleInterface</ProjectName>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.AwakeModuleInterface</TargetName>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">

src/modules/awake/README.md

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ PowerToys.Awake.exe --pid 1234
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-- Visual Studio 2022 with C++ and .NET workloads
+- Visual Studio 2022 or 2026 with C++ and .NET workloads
 - Windows SDK 10.0.26100.0 or later
 
 ### Build Commands

src/modules/cmdNotFound/CmdNotFoundModuleInterface/CmdNotFoundModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{0014d652-901f-4456-8d65-06fc5f997fb0}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>CmdNotFoundModuleInterface</RootNamespace>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.CmdNotFoundModuleInterface</TargetName>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <ProjectName>CmdNotFoundModuleInterface</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalKeyboardService/CmdPalKeyboardService.vcxproj

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalModuleInterface/CmdPalModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/cmdpal/Core/Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels/Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels.csproj

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="..\..\CoreCommonProps.props" />
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <EnableCoreMrtTooling>false</EnableCoreMrtTooling>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 	
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Common" />

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

@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '16.0'">v142</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '15.0'">v141</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '14.0'">v140</PlatformToolset>
+    
+   
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
     <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>

src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.csproj

@@ -84,13 +84,7 @@
     <WarningsNotAsErrors>IL2081;$(WarningsNotAsErrors)</WarningsNotAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- InternalsVisibleTo with public key for CI builds (signed assemblies) -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(CIBuild)'=='true'">
+  <ItemGroup>
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests, PublicKey=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" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <!-- InternalsVisibleTo without public key for local builds (unsigned assemblies) -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(CIBuild)'!='true'">
-    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj

@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '16.0'">v142</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '15.0'">v141</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '14.0'">v140</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
     <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>

src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.vcxproj

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZones/FancyZones.vcxproj

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesLib/FancyZonesLib.vcxproj

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesModuleInterface/FancyZonesModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">