Port Mouse Highlighter and abstract IPowerToys module into other interfaces to be more modular

Port Mouse Pointer Crosshairs
merge main
2026-01-23 20:47:29 +01:00 · 2026-01-22 01:25:28 +01:00 · 2026-01-22 00:14:15 +01:00 · 2026-01-21 22:16:52 +01:00 · 2026-01-21 11:07:12 -08:00 · 2026-01-21 12:58:00 +00:00
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--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ advfirewall
 AFeature
 affordances
 AFX
+agentskills
 AGGREGATABLE
 AHK
 AHybrid
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ apidl
 APIENTRY
 APIIs
 Apm
+APMPOWERSTATUSCHANGE
+APMRESUMEAUTOMATIC
+APMRESUMESUSPEND
 APPBARDATA
 APPEXECLINK
 appext
@@ -206,6 +210,7 @@ certmgr
 cfp
 CHANGECBCHAIN
 changecursor
+checkmarks
 CHILDACTIVATE
 CHILDWINDOW
 CHOOSEFONT
@@ -215,6 +220,7 @@ CIELCh
 cim
 CImage
 cla
+claude
 CLASSDC
 classmethod
 CLASSNOTAVAILABLE
@@ -1036,6 +1042,7 @@ mmi
 mmsys
 mobileredirect
 mockapi
+modelcontextprotocol
 MODALFRAME
 MODESPRUNED
 MONITORENUMPROC
@@ -1344,6 +1351,7 @@ Pomodoro
 Popups
 POPUPWINDOW
 POSITIONITEM
+POWERBROADCAST
 POWERRENAMECONTEXTMENU
 powerrenameinput
 POWERRENAMETEST
@@ -1732,6 +1740,7 @@ STICKYKEYS
 sticpl
 storelogo
 stprintf
+streamable
 streamjsonrpc
 STRINGIZE
 stringtable
@@ -1751,6 +1760,7 @@ SUBMODULEUPDATE
 subresource
 Superbar
 sut
+swe
 svchost
 SVGIn
 SVGIO
@@ -1957,6 +1967,7 @@ visualeffects
 vkey
 vmovl
 VMs
+vnd
 vorrq
 VOS
 vpaddlq
--- a/.github/agents/FixIssue.agent.md
+++ b/.github/agents/FixIssue.agent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+---
+description: 'Implements fixes for GitHub issues based on implementation plans'
+name: 'FixIssue'
+tools: ['read', 'edit', 'search', 'execute', 'agent', 'usages', 'problems', 'changes', 'testFailure', 'github/*', 'github.vscode-pull-request-github/*']
+argument-hint: 'GitHub issue number (e.g., #12345)'
+infer: true
+---
+
+# FixIssue Agent
+
+You are an **IMPLEMENTATION AGENT** specialized in executing implementation plans to fix GitHub issues.
+
+## Identity & Expertise
+
+- Expert at translating plans into working code
+- Deep knowledge of PowerToys codebase patterns and conventions
+- Skilled at writing tests, handling edge cases, and validating builds
+- You follow plans precisely while handling ambiguity gracefully
+
+## Goal
+
+For the given **issue_number**, execute the implementation plan and produce:
+1. Working code changes applied directly to the repository
+2. `Generated Files/issueFix/{{issue_number}}/pr-description.md` — PR-ready description
+3. `Generated Files/issueFix/{{issue_number}}/manual-steps.md` — Only if human action needed
+
+## Core Directive
+
+**Follow the implementation plan in `Generated Files/issueReview/{{issue_number}}/implementation-plan.md` as the single source of truth.**
+
+If the plan doesn't exist, invoke PlanIssue agent first via `runSubagent`.
+
+## Working Principles
+
+- **Plan First**: Read and understand the entire implementation plan before coding
+- **Validate Always**: For each change: Edit → Build → Verify → Commit. Never proceed if build fails.
+- **Atomic Commits**: Each commit must be self-contained, buildable, and meaningful
+- **Ask, Don't Guess**: When uncertain, insert `// TODO(Human input needed): <question>` and document in manual-steps.md
+
+## Strategy
+
+**Core Loop** — For every unit of work:
+1. **Edit**: Make focused changes to implement one logical piece
+2. **Build**: Run `tools\build\build.cmd` and check for exit code 0
+3. **Verify**: Use `problems` tool for lint/compile errors; run relevant tests
+4. **Commit**: Only after build passes — use `.github/prompts/create-commit-title.prompt.md`
+
+Never skip steps. Never commit broken code. Never proceed if build fails.
+
+**Feature-by-Feature E2E**: For big scenarios with multiple features, complete each feature end-to-end before moving to the next:
+- Settings UI → Functionality → Logging → Tests (for Feature 1)
+- Then repeat for Feature 2
+- Benefits: Each feature is self-contained, testable, easier to review, can ship incrementally
+
+**Large Changes** (3+ files or cross-module):
+- Use `tools\build\New-WorktreeFromBranch.ps1` for isolated worktrees
+- Create separate branches per feature (e.g., `issue/{{issue_number}}-export`, `issue/{{issue_number}}-import`)
+- Merge feature branches back after each is validated
+
+**Recovery**: If implementation goes wrong:
+- Create a checkpoint branch before risky changes
+- On failure: branch from last known-good state, cherry-pick working changes, abandon broken branch
+- For complex changes, consider multiple smaller PRs
+
+## Guidelines
+
+**DO**:
+- Follow the plan exactly
+- Validate build before every commit — **NEVER commit broken code**
+- Use `.github/prompts/create-commit-title.prompt.md` for commit messages
+- Add comprehensive tests for changed behavior
+- Use worktrees for large changes (3+ files or cross-module)
+- Document deviations from plan
+
+**DON'T**:
+- Implement everything in a single massive commit
+- Continue after a failed build without fixing
+- Make drive-by refactors outside issue scope
+- Skip tests for behavioral changes
+- Add noisy logs in hot paths
+- Break IPC/JSON contracts without updating both sides
+- Introduce dependencies without documenting in NOTICE.md
+
+## References
+
+- [Build Guidelines](../../tools/build/BUILD-GUIDELINES.md) — Build commands and validation
+- [Coding Style](../../doc/devdocs/development/style.md) — Formatting and conventions
+- [AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md) — Full contributor guide
+
+## Parameter
+
+- **issue_number**: Extract from `#123`, `issue 123`, or plain number. If missing, ask user.
--- a/.github/agents/PlanIssue.agent.md
+++ b/.github/agents/PlanIssue.agent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+---
+description: 'Analyzes GitHub issues to produce overview and implementation plans'
+name: 'PlanIssue'
+tools: ['execute', 'read', 'edit', 'search', 'web', 'github/*', 'agent', 'github-artifacts/*', 'todo']
+argument-hint: 'GitHub issue number (e.g., #12345)'
+handoffs:
+  - label: Start Implementation
+    agent: FixIssue
+    prompt: 'Fix issue #{{issue_number}} using the implementation plan'
+  - label: Open Plan in Editor
+    agent: agent
+    prompt: 'Open Generated Files/issueReview/{{issue_number}}/overview.md and implementation-plan.md'
+    showContinueOn: false
+    send: true
+infer: true
+---
+
+# PlanIssue Agent
+
+You are a **PLANNING AGENT** specialized in analyzing GitHub issues and producing comprehensive planning documentation.
+
+## Identity & Expertise
+
+- Expert at issue triage, priority scoring, and technical analysis
+- Deep knowledge of PowerToys architecture and codebase patterns
+- Skilled at breaking down problems into actionable implementation steps
+- You research thoroughly before planning, gathering 80% confidence before drafting
+
+## Goal
+
+For the given **issue_number**, produce two deliverables:
+1. `Generated Files/issueReview/{{issue_number}}/overview.md` — Issue analysis with scoring
+2. `Generated Files/issueReview/{{issue_number}}/implementation-plan.md` — Technical implementation plan
+Above is the core interaction with the end user. If you cannot produce the files above, you fail the task. Each time, you must check whether the files exist or have been modified by the end user, without assuming you know their contents.
+3. `Generated Files/issueReview/{{issue_number}}/logs/**` — logs for your diagnostic of root cause, research steps, and reasoning
+
+## Core Directive
+
+**Follow the template in `.github/prompts/review-issue.prompt.md` exactly.** Read it first, then apply every section as specified.
+
+- Fetch issue details: reactions, comments, linked PRs, images, logs
+- Search related code and similar past fixes
+- Ask clarifying questions when ambiguous
+- Identify subject matter experts via git history
+
+<stopping_rules>
+You are a PLANNING agent, NOT an implementation agent.
+
+STOP if you catch yourself:
+- Writing code or editing source files outside `Generated Files/issueReview/`
+- Making assumptions without researching
+- Skipping the scoring/assessment phase
+
+Plans describe what the USER or FixIssue agent will execute later.
+</stopping_rules>
+
+## References
+
+- [Review Issue Prompt](../.github/prompts/review-issue.prompt.md) — Template for plan structure
+- [Architecture Overview](../../doc/devdocs/core/architecture.md) — System design context
+- [AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md) — Full contributor guide
+
+## Parameter
+
+- **issue_number**: Extract from `#123`, `issue 123`, or plain number. If missing, ask user.
--- a/.github/copilot-instructions.md
+++ b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -6,15 +6,8 @@ description: 'PowerToys AI contributor guidance'

 Concise guidance for AI contributions. For complete details, see [AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md).

-## Quick Reference
-
- **Build**: `tools\build\build-essentials.cmd` (first time), then `tools\build\build.cmd`
- **Tests**: Find `<Product>*UnitTests` project, build it, run via VS Test Explorer
- **Exit code 0 = success** – do not proceed if build fails
-
 ## Key Rules

- One terminal per operation (build → test)
 - Atomic PRs: one logical change, no drive-by refactors
 - Add tests when changing behavior
 - Keep hot paths quiet (no logging in hooks/tight loops)
@@ -39,7 +32,5 @@ These are auto-applied based on file location:

 ## Detailed Documentation

- [AGENTS.md](../AGENTS.md) – Full contributor guide
- [Build Guidelines](../tools/build/BUILD-GUIDELINES.md)
 - [Architecture](../doc/devdocs/core/architecture.md)
 - [Coding Style](../doc/devdocs/development/style.md)
--- a/.github/instructions/agent-skills.instructions.md
+++ b/.github/instructions/agent-skills.instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+---
+description: 'Guidelines for creating high-quality Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot'
+applyTo: '**/.github/skills/**/SKILL.md, **/.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md'
+---
+
+# Agent Skills File Guidelines
+
+Instructions for creating effective and portable Agent Skills that enhance GitHub Copilot with specialized capabilities, workflows, and bundled resources.
+
+## What Are Agent Skills?
+
+Agent Skills are self-contained folders with instructions and bundled resources that teach AI agents specialized capabilities. Unlike custom instructions (which define coding standards), skills enable task-specific workflows that can include scripts, examples, templates, and reference data.
+
+Key characteristics:
+- **Portable**: Works across VS Code, Copilot CLI, and Copilot coding agent
+- **Progressive loading**: Only loaded when relevant to the user's request
+- **Resource-bundled**: Can include scripts, templates, examples alongside instructions
+- **On-demand**: Activated automatically based on prompt relevance
+
+## Directory Structure
+
+Skills are stored in specific locations:
+
+| Location | Scope | Recommendation |
+|----------|-------|----------------|
+| `.github/skills/<skill-name>/` | Project/repository | Recommended for project skills |
+| `.claude/skills/<skill-name>/` | Project/repository | Legacy, for backward compatibility |
+| `~/.github/skills/<skill-name>/` | Personal (user-wide) | Recommended for personal skills |
+| `~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/` | Personal (user-wide) | Legacy, for backward compatibility |
+
+Each skill **must** have its own subdirectory containing at minimum a `SKILL.md` file.
+
+## Required SKILL.md Format
+
+### Frontmatter (Required)
+
+```yaml
+---
+name: webapp-testing
+description: Toolkit for testing local web applications using Playwright. Use when asked to verify frontend functionality, debug UI behavior, capture browser screenshots, check for visual regressions, or view browser console logs. Supports Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit browsers.
+license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
+---
+```
+
+| Field | Required | Constraints |
+|-------|----------|-------------|
+| `name` | Yes | Lowercase, hyphens for spaces, max 64 characters (e.g., `webapp-testing`) |
+| `description` | Yes | Clear description of capabilities AND use cases, max 1024 characters |
+| `license` | No | Reference to LICENSE.txt (e.g., `Complete terms in LICENSE.txt`) or SPDX identifier |
+
+### Description Best Practices
+
+**CRITICAL**: The `description` field is the PRIMARY mechanism for automatic skill discovery. Copilot reads ONLY the `name` and `description` to decide whether to load a skill. If your description is vague, the skill will never be activated.
+
+**What to include in description:**
+1. **WHAT** the skill does (capabilities)
+2. **WHEN** to use it (specific triggers, scenarios, file types, or user requests)
+3. **Keywords** that users might mention in their prompts
+
+**Good description:**
+```yaml
+description: Toolkit for testing local web applications using Playwright. Use when asked to verify frontend functionality, debug UI behavior, capture browser screenshots, check for visual regressions, or view browser console logs. Supports Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit browsers.
+```
+
+**Poor description:**
+```yaml
+description: Web testing helpers
+```
+
+The poor description fails because:
+- No specific triggers (when should Copilot load this?)
+- No keywords (what user prompts would match?)
+- No capabilities (what can it actually do?)
+
+### Body Content
+
+The body contains detailed instructions that Copilot loads AFTER the skill is activated. Recommended sections:
+
+| Section | Purpose |
+|---------|---------|
+| `# Title` | Brief overview of what this skill enables |
+| `## When to Use This Skill` | List of scenarios (reinforces description triggers) |
+| `## Prerequisites` | Required tools, dependencies, environment setup |
+| `## Step-by-Step Workflows` | Numbered steps for common tasks |
+| `## Troubleshooting` | Common issues and solutions table |
+| `## References` | Links to bundled docs or external resources |
+
+## Bundling Resources
+
+Skills can include additional files that Copilot accesses on-demand:
+
+### Supported Resource Types
+
+| Folder | Purpose | Loaded into Context? | Example Files |
+|--------|---------|---------------------|---------------|
+| `scripts/` | Executable automation that performs specific operations | When executed | `helper.py`, `validate.sh`, `build.ts` |
+| `references/` | Documentation the AI agent reads to inform decisions | Yes, when referenced | `api_reference.md`, `schema.md`, `workflow_guide.md` |
+| `assets/` | **Static files used AS-IS** in output (not modified by the AI agent) | No | `logo.png`, `brand-template.pptx`, `custom-font.ttf` |
+| `templates/` | **Starter code/scaffolds that the AI agent MODIFIES** and builds upon | Yes, when referenced | `viewer.html` (insert algorithm), `hello-world/` (extend) |
+
+### Directory Structure Example
+
+```
+.github/skills/my-skill/
+├── SKILL.md              # Required: Main instructions
+├── LICENSE.txt           # Recommended: License terms (Apache 2.0 typical)
+├── scripts/              # Optional: Executable automation
+│   ├── helper.py         # Python script
+│   └── helper.ps1        # PowerShell script
+├── references/           # Optional: Documentation loaded into context
+│   ├── api_reference.md
+│   ├── step1-setup.md     # Detailed workflow (>3 steps)
+│   └── step2-deployment.md
+├── assets/               # Optional: Static files used AS-IS in output
+│   ├── baseline.png      # Reference image for comparison
+│   └── report-template.html
+└── templates/            # Optional: Starter code the AI agent modifies
+    ├── scaffold.py       # Code scaffold the AI agent customizes
+    └── config.template   # Config template the AI agent fills in
+```
+
+> **LICENSE.txt**: When creating a skill, download the Apache 2.0 license text from https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt and save as `LICENSE.txt`. Update the copyright year and owner in the appendix section.
+
+### Assets vs Templates: Key Distinction
+
+**Assets** are static resources **consumed unchanged** in the output:
+- A `logo.png` that gets embedded into a generated document
+- A `report-template.html` copied as output format
+- A `custom-font.ttf` applied to text rendering
+
+**Templates** are starter code/scaffolds that **the AI agent actively modifies**:
+- A `scaffold.py` where the AI agent inserts logic
+- A `config.template` where the AI agent fills in values based on user requirements
+- A `hello-world/` project directory that the AI agent extends with new features
+
+**Rule of thumb**: If the AI agent reads and builds upon the file content → `templates/`. If the file is used as-is in output → `assets/`.
+
+### Referencing Resources in SKILL.md
+
+Use relative paths to reference files within the skill directory:
+
+```markdown
+## Available Scripts
+
+Run the [helper script](./scripts/helper.py) to automate common tasks.
+
+See [API reference](./references/api_reference.md) for detailed documentation.
+
+Use the [scaffold](./templates/scaffold.py) as a starting point.
+```
+
+## Progressive Loading Architecture
+
+Skills use three-level loading for efficiency:
+
+| Level | What Loads | When |
+|-------|------------|------|
+| 1. Discovery | `name` and `description` only | Always (lightweight metadata) |
+| 2. Instructions | Full `SKILL.md` body | When request matches description |
+| 3. Resources | Scripts, examples, docs | Only when Copilot references them |
+
+This means:
+- Install many skills without consuming context
+- Only relevant content loads per task
+- Resources don't load until explicitly needed
+
+## Content Guidelines
+
+### Writing Style
+
+- Use imperative mood: "Run", "Create", "Configure" (not "You should run")
+- Be specific and actionable
+- Include exact commands with parameters
+- Show expected outputs where helpful
+- Keep sections focused and scannable
+
+### Script Requirements
+
+When including scripts, prefer cross-platform languages:
+
+| Language | Use Case |
+|----------|----------|
+| Python | Complex automation, data processing |
+| pwsh | PowerShell Core scripting |
+| Node.js | JavaScript-based tooling |
+| Bash/Shell | Simple automation tasks |
+
+Best practices:
+- Include help/usage documentation (`--help` flag)
+- Handle errors gracefully with clear messages
+- Avoid storing credentials or secrets
+- Use relative paths where possible
+
+### When to Bundle Scripts
+
+Include scripts in your skill when:
+- The same code would be rewritten repeatedly by the agent
+- Deterministic reliability is critical (e.g., file manipulation, API calls)
+- Complex logic benefits from being pre-tested rather than generated each time
+- The operation has a self-contained purpose that can evolve independently
+- Testability matters — scripts can be unit tested and validated
+- Predictable behavior is preferred over dynamic generation
+
+Scripts enable evolution: even simple operations benefit from being implemented as scripts when they may grow in complexity, need consistent behavior across invocations, or require future extensibility.
+
+### Security Considerations
+
+- Scripts rely on existing credential helpers (no credential storage)
+- Include `--force` flags only for destructive operations
+- Warn users before irreversible actions
+- Document any network operations or external calls
+
+## Common Patterns
+
+### Parameter Table Pattern
+
+Document parameters clearly:
+
+```markdown
+| Parameter | Required | Default | Description |
+|-----------|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `--input` | Yes | - | Input file or URL to process |
+| `--action` | Yes | - | Action to perform |
+| `--verbose` | No | `false` | Enable verbose output |
+```
+
+## Validation Checklist
+
+Before publishing a skill:
+
+- [ ] `SKILL.md` has valid frontmatter with `name` and `description`
+- [ ] `name` is lowercase with hyphens, ≤64 characters
+- [ ] `description` clearly states **WHAT** it does, **WHEN** to use it, and relevant **KEYWORDS**
+- [ ] Body includes when to use, prerequisites, and step-by-step workflows
+- [ ] SKILL.md body kept under 500 lines (split large content into `references/` folder)
+- [ ] Large workflows (>5 steps) split into `references/` folder with clear links from SKILL.md
+- [ ] Scripts include help documentation and error handling
+- [ ] Relative paths used for all resource references
+- [ ] No hardcoded credentials or secrets
+
+## Workflow Execution Pattern
+
+When executing multi-step workflows, create a TODO list where each step references the relevant documentation:
+
+```markdown
+## TODO
+- [ ] Step 1: Configure environment - see [workflow-setup.md](./references/workflow-setup.md#environment)
+- [ ] Step 2: Build project - see [workflow-setup.md](./references/workflow-setup.md#build)
+- [ ] Step 3: Deploy to staging - see [workflow-deployment.md](./references/workflow-deployment.md#staging)
+- [ ] Step 4: Run validation - see [workflow-deployment.md](./references/workflow-deployment.md#validation)
+- [ ] Step 5: Deploy to production - see [workflow-deployment.md](./references/workflow-deployment.md#production)
+```
+
+This ensures traceability and allows resuming workflows if interrupted.
+
+## Related Resources
+
+- [Agent Skills Specification](https://agentskills.io/)
+- [VS Code Agent Skills Documentation](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/agent-skills)
+- [Reference Skills Repository](https://github.com/anthropics/skills)
+- [Awesome Copilot Skills](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/main/docs/README.skills.md)
--- a/.github/instructions/typescript-mcp-server.instructions.md
+++ b/.github/instructions/typescript-mcp-server.instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+---
+description: 'Instructions for building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using the TypeScript SDK'
+applyTo: '**/*.ts, **/*.js, **/package.json'
+---
+
+# TypeScript MCP Server Development
+
+## Instructions
+
+- Use the **@modelcontextprotocol/sdk** npm package: `npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk`
+- Import from specific paths: `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js`, `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js`, etc.
+- Use `McpServer` class for high-level server implementation with automatic protocol handling
+- Use `Server` class for low-level control with manual request handlers
+- Use **zod** for input/output schema validation: `npm install zod@3`
+- Always provide `title` field for tools, resources, and prompts for better UI display
+- Use `registerTool()`, `registerResource()`, and `registerPrompt()` methods (recommended over older APIs)
+- Define schemas using zod: `{ inputSchema: { param: z.string() }, outputSchema: { result: z.string() } }`
+- Return both `content` (for display) and `structuredContent` (for structured data) from tools
+- For HTTP servers, use `StreamableHTTPServerTransport` with Express or similar frameworks
+- For local integrations, use `StdioServerTransport` for stdio-based communication
+- Create new transport instances per request to prevent request ID collisions (stateless mode)
+- Use session management with `sessionIdGenerator` for stateful servers
+- Enable DNS rebinding protection for local servers: `enableDnsRebindingProtection: true`
+- Configure CORS headers and expose `Mcp-Session-Id` for browser-based clients
+- Use `ResourceTemplate` for dynamic resources with URI parameters: `new ResourceTemplate('resource://{param}', { list: undefined })`
+- Support completions for better UX using `completable()` wrapper from `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/completable.js`
+- Implement sampling with `server.server.createMessage()` to request LLM completions from clients
+- Use `server.server.elicitInput()` to request additional user input during tool execution
+- Enable notification debouncing for bulk updates: `debouncedNotificationMethods: ['notifications/tools/list_changed']`
+- Dynamic updates: call `.enable()`, `.disable()`, `.update()`, or `.remove()` on registered items to emit `listChanged` notifications
+- Use `getDisplayName()` from `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/shared/metadataUtils.js` for UI display names
+- Test servers with MCP Inspector: `npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector`
+
+## Best Practices
+
+- Keep tool implementations focused on single responsibilities
+- Provide clear, descriptive titles and descriptions for LLM understanding
+- Use proper TypeScript types for all parameters and return values
+- Implement comprehensive error handling with try-catch blocks
+- Return `isError: true` in tool results for error conditions
+- Use async/await for all asynchronous operations
+- Close database connections and clean up resources properly
+- Validate input parameters before processing
+- Use structured logging for debugging without polluting stdout/stderr
+- Consider security implications when exposing file system or network access
+- Implement proper resource cleanup on transport close events
+- Use environment variables for configuration (ports, API keys, etc.)
+- Document tool capabilities and limitations clearly
+- Test with multiple clients to ensure compatibility
+
+## Common Patterns
+
+### Basic Server Setup (HTTP)
+```typescript
+import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js';
+import { StreamableHTTPServerTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/streamableHttp.js';
+import express from 'express';
+
+const server = new McpServer({
+    name: 'my-server',
+    version: '1.0.0'
+});
+
+const app = express();
+app.use(express.json());
+
+app.post('/mcp', async (req, res) => {
+    const transport = new StreamableHTTPServerTransport({
+        sessionIdGenerator: undefined,
+        enableJsonResponse: true
+    });
+    
+    res.on('close', () => transport.close());
+    
+    await server.connect(transport);
+    await transport.handleRequest(req, res, req.body);
+});
+
+app.listen(3000);
+```
+
+### Basic Server Setup (stdio)
+```typescript
+import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js';
+import { StdioServerTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js';
+
+const server = new McpServer({
+    name: 'my-server',
+    version: '1.0.0'
+});
+
+// ... register tools, resources, prompts ...
+
+const transport = new StdioServerTransport();
+await server.connect(transport);
+```
+
+### Simple Tool
+```typescript
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+server.registerTool(
+    'calculate',
+    {
+        title: 'Calculator',
+        description: 'Perform basic calculations',
+        inputSchema: { a: z.number(), b: z.number(), op: z.enum(['+', '-', '*', '/']) },
+        outputSchema: { result: z.number() }
+    },
+    async ({ a, b, op }) => {
+        const result = op === '+' ? a + b : op === '-' ? a - b : 
+                      op === '*' ? a * b : a / b;
+        const output = { result };
+        return {
+            content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(output) }],
+            structuredContent: output
+        };
+    }
+);
+```
+
+### Dynamic Resource
+```typescript
+import { ResourceTemplate } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js';
+
+server.registerResource(
+    'user',
+    new ResourceTemplate('users://{userId}', { list: undefined }),
+    {
+        title: 'User Profile',
+        description: 'Fetch user profile data'
+    },
+    async (uri, { userId }) => ({
+        contents: [{
+            uri: uri.href,
+            text: `User ${userId} data here`
+        }]
+    })
+);
+```
+
+### Tool with Sampling
+```typescript
+server.registerTool(
+    'summarize',
+    {
+        title: 'Text Summarizer',
+        description: 'Summarize text using LLM',
+        inputSchema: { text: z.string() },
+        outputSchema: { summary: z.string() }
+    },
+    async ({ text }) => {
+        const response = await server.server.createMessage({
+            messages: [{
+                role: 'user',
+                content: { type: 'text', text: `Summarize: ${text}` }
+            }],
+            maxTokens: 500
+        });
+        
+        const summary = response.content.type === 'text' ? 
+            response.content.text : 'Unable to summarize';
+        const output = { summary };
+        return {
+            content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(output) }],
+            structuredContent: output
+        };
+    }
+);
+```
+
+### Prompt with Completion
+```typescript
+import { completable } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/completable.js';
+
+server.registerPrompt(
+    'review',
+    {
+        title: 'Code Review',
+        description: 'Review code with specific focus',
+        argsSchema: {
+            language: completable(z.string(), value => 
+                ['typescript', 'python', 'javascript', 'java']
+                    .filter(l => l.startsWith(value))
+            ),
+            code: z.string()
+        }
+    },
+    ({ language, code }) => ({
+        messages: [{
+            role: 'user',
+            content: {
+                type: 'text',
+                text: `Review this ${language} code:\n\n${code}`
+            }
+        }]
+    })
+);
+```
+
+### Error Handling
+```typescript
+server.registerTool(
+    'risky-operation',
+    {
+        title: 'Risky Operation',
+        description: 'An operation that might fail',
+        inputSchema: { input: z.string() },
+        outputSchema: { result: z.string() }
+    },
+    async ({ input }) => {
+        try {
+            const result = await performRiskyOperation(input);
+            const output = { result };
+            return {
+                content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(output) }],
+                structuredContent: output
+            };
+        } catch (err: unknown) {
+            const error = err as Error;
+            return {
+                content: [{ type: 'text', text: `Error: ${error.message}` }],
+                isError: true
+            };
+        }
+    }
+);
+```
--- a/.github/prompts/review-issue.prompt.md
+++ b/.github/prompts/review-issue.prompt.md
@@ -15,8 +15,14 @@ For **#{{issue_number}}** produce:
 Figure out required inputs {{issue_number}} from the invocation context; if anything is missing, ask for the value or note it as a gap.

 # CONTEXT (brief)
-Ground evidence using `gh issue view {{issue_number}} --json number,title,body,author,createdAt,updatedAt,state,labels,milestone,reactions,comments,linkedPullRequests`, and download images to better understand the issue context.
-Locate source code in the current workspace; feel free to use `rg`/`git grep`. Link related issues and PRs.
+Ground evidence using `gh issue view {{issue_number}} --json number,title,body,author,createdAt,updatedAt,state,labels,milestone,reactions,comments,linkedPullRequests`, download images via MCP `github_issue_images` to better understand the issue context. Finally, use MCP `github_issue_attachments` to download logs with parameter `extractFolder` as `Generated Files/issueReview/{{issue_number}}/logs`, and analyze the downloaded logs if available to identify relevant issues. Locate the source code in the current workspace (use `rg`/`git grep` as needed). Link related issues and PRs.
+
+## When to call MCP tools
+If the following MCP "github-artifacts" tools are available in the environment, use them:
+- `github_issue_images`: use when the issue/PR likely contains screenshots or other visual evidence (UI bugs, glitches, design problems).
+- `github_issue_attachments`: use when the issue/PR mentions attached ZIPs (PowerToysReport_*.zip, logs.zip, debug.zip) or asks to analyze logs/diagnostics. Always provide `extractFolder` as `Generated Files/issueReview/{{issue_number}}/logs`
+
+If these tools are not available (not listed by the runtime), start the MCP server "github-artifacts" first.

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+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/SKILL.md
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+---
+name: release-note-generation
+description: Toolkit for generating PowerToys release notes from GitHub milestone PRs or commit ranges. Use when asked to create release notes, summarize milestone PRs, generate changelog, prepare release documentation, request Copilot reviews for PRs, update README for a new release, manage PR milestones, or collect PRs between commits/tags. Supports PR collection by milestone or commit range, milestone assignment, grouping by label, summarization with external contributor attribution, and README version bumping.
+license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
+---
+
+# Release Note Generation Skill
+
+Generate professional release notes for PowerToys milestones by collecting merged PRs, requesting Copilot code reviews, grouping by label, and producing user-facing summaries.
+
+## Output Directory
+
+All generated artifacts are placed under `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/` at the repository root (gitignored).
+
+```
+Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/
+├── milestone_prs.json           # Raw PR data from GitHub
+├── sorted_prs.csv               # Sorted PR list with Copilot summaries
+├── prs_with_milestone.csv       # Milestone assignment tracking
+├── grouped_csv/                 # PRs grouped by label (one CSV per label)
+├── grouped_md/                  # Generated markdown summaries per label
+└── v{VERSION}-release-notes.md  # Final consolidated release notes
+```
+
+## When to Use This Skill
+
+- Generate release notes for a milestone
+- Summarize PRs merged in a release
+- Request Copilot reviews for milestone PRs
+- Assign milestones to PRs missing them
+- Collect PRs between two commits/tags
+- Update README.md for a new version
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- GitHub CLI (`gh`) installed and authenticated
+- MCP Server: github-mcp-server installed
+- GitHub Copilot code review enabled for the org/repo
+
+## Required Variables
+
+⚠️ **Before starting**, confirm `{{ReleaseVersion}}` with the user. If not provided, **ASK**: "What release version are we generating notes for? (e.g., 0.98)"
+
+| Variable | Description | Example |
+|----------|-------------|---------|
+| `{{ReleaseVersion}}` | Target release version | `0.98` |
+
+## Workflow Overview
+
+```
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 1.1 Collect PRs (stable range) │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+              ↓
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 1.2 Assign Milestones           │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+              ↓
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 2.1–2.4 Label PRs (auto+human)  │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+              ↓
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 3.1 Request Reviews (Copilot)  │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+              ↓
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 3.2 Refresh PR data             │
+│ (CopilotSummary)                │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+              ↓
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 3.3 Group by label              │
+│ (grouped_csv)                   │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+              ↓
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 4.1 Summarize (grouped_md)      │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+              ↓
+┌────────────────────────────────┐
+│ 4.2 Final notes (v{VERSION}.md) │
+└────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+| Step | Action | Details |
+|------|--------|---------|
+| 1.1 | Collect PRs | From previous release tag on `stable` branch → `sorted_prs.csv` |
+| 1.2 | Assign Milestones | Ensure all PRs have correct milestone |
+| 2.1–2.4 | Label PRs | Auto-suggest + human label low-confidence |
+| 3.1–3.3 | Reviews & Grouping | Request Copilot reviews → refresh → group by label |
+| 4.1–4.2 | Summaries & Final | Generate grouped summaries, then consolidate |
+
+## Detailed workflow docs
+
+Do not read all steps at once—only read the step you are executing.
+
+- [Step 1: Collection & Milestones](./references/step1-collection.md)
+- [Step 2: Labeling PRs](./references/step2-labeling.md)
+- [Step 3: Reviews & Grouping](./references/step3-review-grouping.md)
+- [Step 4: Summarization](./references/step4-summarization.md)
+
+
+## Available Scripts
+
+| Script | Purpose |
+|--------|---------|
+| [dump-prs-since-commit.ps1](./scripts/dump-prs-since-commit.ps1) | Fetch PRs between commits/tags |
+| [group-prs-by-label.ps1](./scripts/group-prs-by-label.ps1) | Group PRs into CSVs |
+| [collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1](./scripts/collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1) | Assign milestones |
+| [diff_prs.ps1](./scripts/diff_prs.ps1) | Incremental PR diff |
+
+## References
+
+- [Sample Output](./references/SampleOutput.md) - Example summary formatting
+- [Detailed Instructions](./references/Instruction.md) - Legacy full documentation
+
+## Conventions
+
+- **Terminal usage**: Disabled by default; only run scripts when user explicitly requests
+- **Batch generation**: Generate ALL grouped_md files in one pass, then human reviews
+- **PR order**: Preserve order from `sorted_prs.csv` in all outputs
+- **Label filtering**: Keeps `Product-*`, `Area-*`, `GitHub*`, `*Plugin`, `Issue-*`
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+| Issue | Solution |
+|-------|----------|
+| `gh` command not found | Install GitHub CLI and add to PATH |
+| No PRs returned | Verify milestone title matches exactly |
+| Empty CopilotSummary | Request Copilot reviews first, then re-run dump |
+| Many unlabeled PRs | Return to labeling step before grouping |
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/SampleOutput.md
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/SampleOutput.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ - Added mouse button actions so you can choose what left, right, or middle click does. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!  
+
+ - Aligned window styling with current Windows theme for a cleaner look. Thanks [@sadirano](https://github.com/sadirano)!  
+
+ - Ensured screen readers are notified when the selected item in the list changes for better accessibility.
+
+ - Implemented configurable UI test pipeline that can use pre-built official releases instead of building everything from scratch, reducing test execution time from 2+ hours.
+
+ - Fixed Alt+Left Arrow navigation not working when search box contains text. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!  
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step1-collection.md
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step1-collection.md
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Step 1: Collection and Milestones
+
+## 1.0 To-do
+- 1.0.1 Generate MemberList.md (REQUIRED)
+- 1.1 Collect PRs
+- 1.2 Assign Milestones (REQUIRED)
+
+## Required Variables
+
+⚠️ **Before starting**, confirm these values with the user:
+
+| Variable | Description | Example |
+|----------|-------------|---------|
+| `{{ReleaseVersion}}` | Target release version | `0.97` |
+| `{{PreviousReleaseTag}}` | Previous release tag from releases page | `v0.96.1` |
+
+**If user hasn't specified `{{ReleaseVersion}}`, ASK:** "What release version are we generating notes for? (e.g., 0.97)"
+
+**`{{PreviousReleaseTag}}` is derived from the releases page, not user input.** Use the latest published release tag (top of the page). You will use its tag name and tag commit SHA in Step 1.
+
+---
+
+## 1.0.1 Generate MemberList.md (REQUIRED)
+
+Create `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/MemberList.md` from the **PowerToys core team** section in [COMMUNITY.md](../../../COMMUNITY.md).
+
+Rules:
+- One GitHub username per line, **no** `@` prefix.
+- Use the usernames exactly as listed in the core team section.
+- Do not include former team members or other sections.
+
+Example (format only):
+```
+example-user
+another-user
+```
+
+---
+
+## 1.1 Collect PRs
+
+### 1.1.1 Get the previous release commit
+
+1. Open the [PowerToys releases page](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/)
+2. Find the latest release (e.g., v0.96.1, which should be at the top)
+3. Set `{{PreviousReleaseTag}}` to that tag name (e.g., `v0.96.1`)
+4. Copy the full tag commit SHA as `{{SHALastRelease}}`
+
+
+**If the release SHA is not in your branch history:** Use the helper script to find an equivalent commit on the target branch by matching the commit title:
+
+```powershell
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/find-commit-by-title.ps1 `
+    -Commit '{{SHALastRelease}}' `
+    -Branch 'stable'
+```
+
+### 1.1.2 Run collection script against stable branch
+
+```powershell
+# Collect PRs from previous release to current HEAD of stable branch
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 `
+    -StartCommit '{{SHALastRelease}}' `
+    -Branch 'stable' `
+    -OutputDir 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes'
+```
+
+**Parameters:**
+- `-StartCommit` - Previous release tag or commit SHA (exclusive)
+- `-Branch` - Always use `stable` branch, not `main` (script uses `origin/stable` as the end ref)
+- `-EndCommit` - Optional override if you need a custom end ref
+- `-OutputDir` - Output directory for generated files
+
+**Reliability check:** If the script reports “No commits found”, the stable branch has not moved since the last release. In that case, either:
+- Confirm this is expected and stop (no new release notes), or
+- Re-run against `main` to gather pending changes for the next release cycle.
+
+The script detects both merge commits (`Merge pull request #12345`) and squash commits (`Feature (#12345)`).
+
+**Output** (in `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/`):
+- `milestone_prs.json` - raw PR data
+- `sorted_prs.csv` - sorted PR list with columns: Id, Title, Labels, Author, Url, Body, CopilotSummary, NeedThanks
+
+---
+
+## 1.2 Assign Milestones (REQUIRED)
+
+**Before generating release notes**, ensure all collected PRs have the correct milestone assigned.
+
+⚠️ **CRITICAL:** Do NOT proceed to labeling until all PRs have milestones assigned.
+
+### 1.2.1 Check current milestone status (dry run)
+
+```powershell
+# Dry run first to see what would be changed:
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 `
+    -InputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/sorted_prs.csv' `
+    -OutputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_with_milestone.csv' `
+    -DefaultMilestone 'PowerToys {{ReleaseVersion}}' `
+    -ApplyMissing -WhatIf
+```
+
+This queries GitHub for each PR's current milestone and shows which PRs would be updated.
+
+### 1.2.2 Apply milestones to PRs missing them
+
+```powershell
+# Apply for real:
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 `
+    -InputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/sorted_prs.csv' `
+    -OutputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_with_milestone.csv' `
+    -DefaultMilestone 'PowerToys {{ReleaseVersion}}' `
+    -ApplyMissing
+```
+
+**Script Behavior:**
+- Queries each PR's current milestone from GitHub
+- PRs that already have a milestone are **skipped** (not overwritten)
+- PRs missing a milestone get the default milestone applied
+- Outputs `prs_with_milestone.csv` with (Id, Milestone) columns
+- Produces summary: `Updated=X Skipped=Y Failed=Z`
+
+**Validation:** After assignment, all PRs in `prs_with_milestone.csv` should have the target milestone.
+
+---
+
+## Additional Commands
+
+### Collect milestones only (no changes to GitHub)
+```powershell
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 `
+    -InputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/sorted_prs.csv' `
+    -OutputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_with_milestone.csv'
+```
+
+### Local assignment only (fill blanks in CSV, no GitHub changes)
+```powershell
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 `
+    -InputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/sorted_prs.csv' `
+    -OutputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_with_milestone.csv' `
+    -DefaultMilestone 'PowerToys {{ReleaseVersion}}' `
+    -LocalAssign
+```
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step2-labeling.md
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step2-labeling.md
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Step 2: Label Unlabeled PRs
+
+## 2.0 To-do
+- 2.1 Identify unlabeled PRs (Agent Mode)
+- 2.2 Suggest labels (Agent Mode)
+- 2.3 Human label low-confidence PRs
+- 2.4 Recheck labels, delete Unlabeled.csv, and re-collect
+
+**Before grouping**, ensure all PRs have appropriate labels for categorization.
+
+⚠️ **CRITICAL:** Do NOT proceed to grouping until all PRs have labels assigned. PRs without labels will end up in `Unlabeled.csv` and won't appear in the correct release note sections.
+
+## 2.1 Identify unlabeled PRs (Agent Mode)
+
+Read `sorted_prs.csv` and identify PRs with empty or missing `Labels` column.
+
+For each unlabeled PR, analyze:
+- **Title** - Often contains module name or feature
+- **Body** - PR description with context
+- **CopilotSummary** - AI-generated summary of changes
+
+## 2.2 Suggest labels (Agent Mode)
+
+For each unlabeled PR, suggest an appropriate label based on the content analysis.
+
+**Output:** Create `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_label_review.md` with the following format:
+
+```markdown
+# PR Label Review
+
+Generated: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss
+
+## Summary
+- Total unlabeled PRs: X
+- High confidence: X
+- Medium confidence: X  
+- Low confidence: X
+
+---
+
+## PRs Needing Review (sorted by confidence, low first)
+
+| PR | Title | Suggested Label | Confidence | Reason |
+|----|-------|-----------------|------------|--------|
+| [#12347](url) | Some generic fix | ??? | Low | Unclear from content |
+| [#12346](url) | Update dependencies | `Area-Build` | Medium | Body mentions NuGet packages |
+```
+
+Sort by confidence (low first) so human reviews uncertain ones first.
+
+After writing `prs_label_review.md`, **generate `prs_to_label.csv`, apply labels, and re-run collection** so the CSV/labels stay in sync:
+
+```powershell
+# Generate CSV from suggestions (agent)
+# Apply labels
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/apply-labels.ps1 `
+    -InputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_to_label.csv'
+
+# Refresh collection
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 `
+    -StartCommit '{{PreviousReleaseTag}}' -Branch 'stable' `
+    -OutputDir 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes'
+```
+
+## 2.3 Human label low-confidence PRs
+
+Ask the human to label **low-confidence** PRs directly (in GitHub). Skip any they decide not to label.
+
+## 2.4 Recheck labels, delete Unlabeled.csv, and re-collect
+
+Recheck that all PRs now have labels. Delete `Unlabeled.csv` (if present), then re-run the collection script to update `sorted_prs.csv`:
+
+```powershell
+# Remove stale unlabeled output if it exists
+Remove-Item 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/Unlabeled.csv' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+```
+
+```powershell
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 `
+    -StartCommit '{{PreviousReleaseTag}}' -Branch 'stable' `
+    -OutputDir 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes'
+```
+
+---
+
+## Common Label Mappings
+
+| Keywords/Patterns | Suggested Label |
+| ----------------- | --------------- |
+| Advanced Paste, AP, clipboard, paste | `Product-Advanced Paste` |
+| CmdPal, Command Palette, cmdpal | `Product-Command Palette` |
+| FancyZones, zones, layout | `Product-FancyZones` |
+| ZoomIt, zoom, screen annotation | `Product-ZoomIt` |
+| Settings, settings-ui, Quick Access, flyout | `Product-Settings` |
+| Installer, setup, MSI, MSIX, WiX | `Area-Setup/Install` |
+| Build, pipeline, CI/CD, msbuild | `Area-Build` |
+| Test, unit test, UI test, fuzz | `Area-Tests` |
+| Localization, loc, translation, resw | `Area-Localization` |
+| Foundry, AI, LLM | `Product-Advanced Paste` (AI features) |
+| Mouse Without Borders, MWB | `Product-Mouse Without Borders` |
+| PowerRename, rename, regex | `Product-PowerRename` |
+| Peek, preview, file preview | `Product-Peek` |
+| Image Resizer, resize | `Product-Image Resizer` |
+| LightSwitch, theme, dark mode | `Product-LightSwitch` |
+| Quick Accent, accent, diacritics | `Product-Quick Accent` |
+| Awake, keep awake, caffeine | `Product-Awake` |
+| ColorPicker, color picker, eyedropper | `Product-ColorPicker` |
+| Hosts, hosts file | `Product-Hosts` |
+| Keyboard Manager, remap | `Product-Keyboard Manager` |
+| Mouse Highlighter | `Product-Mouse Highlighter` |
+| Mouse Jump | `Product-Mouse Jump` |
+| Find My Mouse | `Product-Find My Mouse` |
+| Mouse Pointer Crosshairs | `Product-Mouse Pointer Crosshairs` |
+| Shortcut Guide | `Product-Shortcut Guide` |
+| Text Extractor, OCR, PowerOCR | `Product-Text Extractor` |
+| Workspaces | `Product-Workspaces` |
+| File Locksmith | `Product-File Locksmith` |
+| Crop And Lock | `Product-CropAndLock` |
+| Environment Variables | `Product-Environment Variables` |
+| New+ | `Product-New+` |
+
+## Label Filtering Rules
+
+The grouping script keeps labels matching these patterns:
+- `Product-*`
+- `Area-*`
+- `GitHub*`
+- `*Plugin`
+- `Issue-*`
+
+Other labels are ignored for grouping purposes.
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step3-review-grouping.md
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step3-review-grouping.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Step 3: Copilot Reviews and Grouping
+
+## 3.0 To-do
+- 3.1 Request Copilot Reviews (Agent Mode)
+- 3.2 Refresh PR Data
+- 3.3 Group PRs by Label
+
+## 3.1 Request Copilot Reviews (Agent Mode)
+
+Use MCP tools to request Copilot reviews for all PRs in `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/sorted_prs.csv`:
+
+- Use `mcp_github_request_copilot_review` for each PR ID
+- Do NOT generate or run scripts for this step
+
+---
+
+## 3.2 Refresh PR Data
+
+Re-run the collection script to capture Copilot review summaries into the `CopilotSummary` column:
+
+```powershell
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 `
+    -StartCommit '{{PreviousReleaseTag}}' -Branch 'stable' `
+    -OutputDir 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes'
+```
+
+---
+
+## 3.3 Group PRs by Label
+
+```powershell
+pwsh ./.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/group-prs-by-label.ps1 -CsvPath 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/sorted_prs.csv' -OutDir 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/grouped_csv'
+```
+
+Creates `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/grouped_csv/` with one CSV per label combination.
+
+**Validation:** The `Unlabeled.csv` file should be minimal (ideally empty). If many PRs remain unlabeled, return to Step 2 (see [step2-labeling.md](./step2-labeling.md)).
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step4-summarization.md
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/references/step4-summarization.md
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Step 4: Summaries and Final Release Notes
+
+## 4.0 To-do
+- 4.1 Generate Summary Markdown (Agent Mode)
+- 4.2 Produce Final Release Notes File
+
+## 4.1 Generate Summary Markdown (Agent Mode)
+
+For each CSV in `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/grouped_csv/`, create a markdown file in `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/grouped_md/`.
+
+⚠️ **IMPORTANT:** Generate **ALL** markdown files first. Do NOT pause between files or ask for feedback during generation. Complete the entire batch, then human reviews afterwards.
+
+### Structure per file
+
+**1. Bullet list** - one concise, user-facing line per PR:
+- Use the “Verb-ed + Scenario + Impact” sentence structure—make readers think, “That’s exactly what I need” or “Yes, that’s an awesome fix.”; The "impact" can be end-user focused (written to convey user excitement) or technical (performance/stability) when user-facing impact is minimal.
+- If nothing special on impact or unclear impact, mark as needing human summary
+- Source from Title, Body, and CopilotSummary (prefer CopilotSummary when available)
+- If the column `NeedThanks` in CSV is `True`, append: `Thanks [@Author](https://github.com/Author)!`
+- Do NOT include PR numbers in bullet lines
+- Do NOT mention “security” or “privacy” issues, since these are not known and could be leveraged by attackers in earlier versions. Instead, describe the user-facing scenario, usage, or impact.
+- If confidence < 70%, write: `Human Summary Needed: <PR full link>`
+
+**See [SampleOutput.md](./SampleOutput.md) for examples of well-written bullet summaries.**
+
+**2. Three-column table** (same PR order):
+- Column 1: Concise summary (same as bullet)
+- Column 2: PR link `[#ID](URL)`
+- Column 3: Confidence level (High/Medium/Low)
+
+### Review Process (AFTER all files generated)
+
+- Human reviews each `grouped_md/*.md` file and requests rewrites as needed
+- Human may say "rewrite Product-X" or "combine these bullets"—apply changes to that specific file
+- Do NOT interrupt generation to ask for feedback
+
+---
+
+## 4.2 Produce Final Release Notes File
+
+Once all `grouped_md/*.md` files are reviewed and approved, consolidate into a single release notes file.
+
+**Output:** `Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/v{{ReleaseVersion}}-release-notes.md`
+
+### Structure
+
+**1. Highlights section** (top):
+- 8-12 bullets covering the most user-visible features and impactful fixes
+- Pattern: `**Module**: brief description`
+- Avoid internal refactors; focus on what users will notice
+
+**2. Module sections** (alphabetical order):
+- One section per product (Advanced Paste, Awake, Command Palette, etc.)
+- Migrate bullet summaries from the approved `grouped_md/Product-*.md` files
+- One section 'Development' for all the rest summaries from the approved `grouped_md/Area-*.md` files
+- Re-review E2E, group release improvements by section, and move the most important items to the top of each section.
+Some items in the Development section may overlap and should be moved to the Module section where more applicable.
+
+### Example Final Structure
+
+```markdown
+# PowerToys v{{ReleaseVersion}} Release Notes
+
+## Highlights
+
+- **Command Palette**: Added theme customization and drag-and-drop support
+- **Advanced Paste**: Image input for AI, color detection in clipboard history
+- **FancyZones**: New CLI tool for command-line layout management
+...
+
+---
+
+## Advanced Paste
+
+- Wrapped paste option lists in a single ScrollViewer
+- Added image input handling for AI-powered transformations
+...
+
+## Awake
+
+- Fixed timed mode expiration. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+...
+
+---
+
+## Development
+...
+```
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/apply-labels.ps1
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/apply-labels.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Apply labels to PRs from a CSV file.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Reads a CSV with Id and Label columns and applies the specified label to each PR via GitHub CLI.
+    Supports dry-run mode to preview changes before applying.
+
+.PARAMETER InputCsv
+    CSV file with Id and Label columns. Default: prs_to_label.csv
+
+.PARAMETER Repo
+    GitHub repository (owner/name). Default: microsoft/PowerToys
+
+.PARAMETER WhatIf
+    Dry run - show what would be applied without making changes.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./apply-labels.ps1 -InputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_to_label.csv'
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./apply-labels.ps1 -InputCsv 'Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/prs_to_label.csv' -WhatIf
+
+.NOTES
+    Requires: gh CLI authenticated with repo write access.
+    
+    Input CSV format:
+    Id,Label
+    12345,Product-Advanced Paste
+    12346,Product-Settings
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()] param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$InputCsv = 'prs_to_label.csv',
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$Repo = 'microsoft/PowerToys',
+    [switch]$WhatIf
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+function Write-Info($m){ Write-Host "[info] $m" -ForegroundColor Cyan }
+function Write-Warn($m){ Write-Host "[warn] $m" -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+function Write-Err($m){ Write-Host "[error] $m" -ForegroundColor Red }
+function Write-OK($m){ Write-Host "[ok] $m" -ForegroundColor Green }
+
+if (-not (Get-Command gh -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Write-Err "GitHub CLI 'gh' not found in PATH"; exit 1 }
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $InputCsv)) { Write-Err "Input CSV not found: $InputCsv"; exit 1 }
+
+$rows = Import-Csv -LiteralPath $InputCsv
+if (-not $rows) { Write-Info "No rows in CSV."; exit 0 }
+
+$firstCols = $rows[0].PSObject.Properties.Name
+if (-not ($firstCols -contains 'Id' -and $firstCols -contains 'Label')) { 
+    Write-Err "CSV must contain 'Id' and 'Label' columns"; exit 1 
+}
+
+Write-Info "Processing $($rows.Count) label assignments..."
+if ($WhatIf) { Write-Warn "DRY RUN - no changes will be made" }
+
+$applied = 0
+$skipped = 0
+$failed = 0
+
+foreach ($row in $rows) {
+    $id = $row.Id
+    $label = $row.Label
+    
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($id) -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($label)) {
+        Write-Warn "Skipping row with empty Id or Label"
+        $skipped++
+        continue
+    }
+    
+    if ($WhatIf) {
+        Write-Info "Would apply label '$label' to PR #$id"
+        $applied++
+        continue
+    }
+    
+    try {
+        gh pr edit $id --repo $Repo --add-label $label 2>&1 | Out-Null
+        Write-OK "Applied '$label' to PR #$id"
+        $applied++
+    } catch {
+        Write-Warn "Failed to apply label to PR #${id}: $_"
+        $failed++
+    }
+}
+
+Write-Info ""
+Write-Info "Summary: Applied=$applied Skipped=$skipped Failed=$failed"
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Collect existing PR milestones or (optionally) assign/apply a milestone to missing PRs in one script.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    This unified script merges the behaviors of the previous add-milestone-column (collector) and
+    set-milestones-missing (remote updater) scripts.
+
+    Modes (controlled by switches):
+      1. Collect (default)  – For each PR Id in the input CSV, queries GitHub for the current milestone and
+                              outputs a two-column CSV (Id,Milestone) leaving blanks where none are set.
+      2. LocalAssign        – Same as Collect, but for rows that end up blank assigns the value of -DefaultMilestone
+                              in memory (does NOT touch GitHub). Useful for quickly preparing a fully populated CSV.
+      3. ApplyMissing       – After determining which PRs have no milestone, call GitHub API to set their milestone
+                              to -DefaultMilestone. Requires milestone to already exist (open). Network + write.
+
+    You can combine LocalAssign and ApplyMissing: the remote update uses the existing live state; LocalAssign only
+    affects the output CSV/pipeline objects.
+
+.PARAMETER InputCsv
+    Source CSV with at least an Id column. Default: sorted_prs.csv
+
+.PARAMETER OutputCsv
+    Destination CSV for collected (and optionally locally assigned) milestones. Default: prs_with_milestone.csv
+
+.PARAMETER Repo
+    GitHub repository (owner/name). Default: microsoft/PowerToys
+
+.PARAMETER DefaultMilestone
+    Milestone title used when -LocalAssign or -ApplyMissing is specified. Default: 'PowerToys 0.97'
+
+.PARAMETER Offline
+    Skip ALL GitHub lookups / updates. Implies Collect-only with all Milestone cells blank (unless LocalAssign).
+
+.PARAMETER LocalAssign
+    Populate empty Milestone cells in the output with -DefaultMilestone (does not modify GitHub).
+
+.PARAMETER ApplyMissing
+    For PRs which currently have no milestone (live on GitHub), set them to -DefaultMilestone via Issues API.
+
+.PARAMETER WhatIf
+    Dry run for ApplyMissing: show intended remote changes without performing PATCH requests.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    # Collect only
+    pwsh ./collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    # Collect and fill blanks locally in the output only
+    pwsh ./collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 -LocalAssign
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    # Collect and remotely apply milestone to missing PRs
+    pwsh ./collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 -ApplyMissing
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    # Dry run remote application
+    pwsh ./collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 -ApplyMissing -WhatIf
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    # Offline local assignment
+    pwsh ./collect-or-apply-milestones.ps1 -Offline -LocalAssign -DefaultMilestone 'PowerToys 0.96'
+
+.NOTES
+    Requires gh CLI unless -Offline AND -ApplyMissing not specified.
+    Remote apply path queries milestones to resolve numeric ID.
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()] param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$InputCsv = 'sorted_prs.csv',
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$OutputCsv = 'prs_with_milestone.csv',
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$Repo = 'microsoft/PowerToys',
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$DefaultMilestone = 'PowerToys 0.97',
+    [switch]$Offline,
+    [switch]$LocalAssign,
+    [switch]$ApplyMissing,
+    [switch]$WhatIf
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+function Write-Info($m){ Write-Host "[info] $m" -ForegroundColor Cyan }
+function Write-Warn($m){ Write-Host "[warn] $m" -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+function Write-Err($m){ Write-Host "[error] $m" -ForegroundColor Red }
+
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $InputCsv)) { Write-Err "Input CSV not found: $InputCsv"; exit 1 }
+$rows = Import-Csv -LiteralPath $InputCsv
+if (-not $rows) { Write-Warn "Input CSV has no rows."; @() | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -LiteralPath $OutputCsv; exit 0 }
+if (-not ($rows[0].PSObject.Properties.Name -contains 'Id')) { Write-Err "Input CSV missing 'Id' column."; exit 1 }
+
+$needGh = (-not $Offline) -and ($ApplyMissing -or -not $Offline)
+if ($needGh -and -not (Get-Command gh -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Write-Err "GitHub CLI 'gh' not found. Use -Offline or install gh."; exit 1 }
+
+# Step 1: Collect current milestone titles
+$milestoneCache = @{}
+$collected = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[object]
+$idx = 0
+foreach ($row in $rows) {
+    $idx++
+    $id = $row.Id
+    if (-not $id) { Write-Warn "Row $idx missing Id; skipping"; continue }
+    $ms = ''
+    if (-not $Offline) {
+        if ($milestoneCache.ContainsKey($id)) { $ms = $milestoneCache[$id] }
+        else {
+            try {
+                $json = gh pr view $id --repo $Repo --json milestone 2>$null | ConvertFrom-Json
+                if ($json -and $json.milestone -and $json.milestone.title) { $ms = $json.milestone.title }
+            } catch {
+                Write-Warn "Failed to fetch PR #$id milestone: $_"
+            }
+            $milestoneCache[$id] = $ms
+        }
+    }
+    $collected.Add([PSCustomObject]@{ Id = $id; Milestone = $ms }) | Out-Null
+}
+
+# Step 2: Remote apply (if requested)
+$applySummary = @()
+if ($ApplyMissing) {
+    if ($Offline) { Write-Err "Cannot use -ApplyMissing with -Offline."; exit 1 }
+    Write-Info "Resolving milestone id for '$DefaultMilestone' ..."
+    $milestonesRaw = gh api repos/$Repo/milestones --paginate --jq '.[] | {number,title,state}'
+    $msObj = $milestonesRaw | ConvertFrom-Json | Where-Object { $_.title -eq $DefaultMilestone -and $_.state -eq 'open' } | Select-Object -First 1
+    if (-not $msObj) { Write-Err "Milestone '$DefaultMilestone' not found/open."; exit 1 }
+    $msNumber = $msObj.number
+    $targets = $collected | Where-Object { [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.Milestone) }
+    Write-Info ("ApplyMissing: {0} PR(s) without milestone." -f $targets.Count)
+    foreach ($t in $targets) {
+        $id = $t.Id
+        try {
+            # Verify still missing live
+            $current = gh pr view $id --repo $Repo --json milestone --jq '.milestone.title // ""'
+            if ($current) {
+                $applySummary += [PSCustomObject]@{ Id=$id; Action='Skip (already has)'; Milestone=$current; Status='OK' }
+                continue
+            }
+            if ($WhatIf) {
+                $applySummary += [PSCustomObject]@{ Id=$id; Action='Would set'; Milestone=$DefaultMilestone; Status='DRY RUN' }
+                continue
+            }
+            gh api -X PATCH -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' repos/$Repo/issues/$id -f milestone=$msNumber | Out-Null
+            $applySummary += [PSCustomObject]@{ Id=$id; Action='Set'; Milestone=$DefaultMilestone; Status='OK' }
+            # Reflect in collected object for CSV output if not LocalAssign already doing so
+            $t.Milestone = $DefaultMilestone
+        } catch {
+            $errText = $_ | Out-String
+            $applySummary += [PSCustomObject]@{ Id=$id; Action='Failed'; Milestone=$DefaultMilestone; Status=$errText.Trim() }
+            Write-Warn ("Failed to set milestone for PR #{0}: {1}" -f $id, ($errText.Trim()))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+# Step 3: Local assignment (purely for output) AFTER remote so remote actual result not overwritten accidentally
+if ($LocalAssign) {
+    foreach ($item in $collected) {
+        if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($item.Milestone)) { $item.Milestone = $DefaultMilestone }
+    }
+}
+
+# Step 4: Export CSV
+$collected | Export-Csv -LiteralPath $OutputCsv -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
+Write-Info ("Wrote collected CSV -> {0}" -f (Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $OutputCsv))
+
+# Step 5: Summaries
+if ($ApplyMissing) {
+    $updated = ($applySummary | Where-Object { $_.Action -eq 'Set' }).Count
+    $skipped = ($applySummary | Where-Object { $_.Action -like 'Skip*' }).Count
+    $failed  = ($applySummary | Where-Object { $_.Action -eq 'Failed' }).Count
+    Write-Info ("ApplyMissing summary: Updated={0} Skipped={1} Failed={2}" -f $updated, $skipped, $failed)
+}
+
+# Emit objects (final collected set)
+return $collected
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/diff_prs.ps1
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/diff_prs.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Produce an incremental PR CSV containing rows present in a newer full export but absent from a baseline export.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Compares two previously generated sorted PR CSV files (same schema). Any row whose key column value
+    (defaults to 'Number') does not exist in the baseline file is emitted to a new incremental CSV, preserving
+    the original column order. If no new rows are found, an empty CSV (with headers when determinable) is written.
+
+.PARAMETER BaseCsv
+    Path to the baseline (earlier) PR CSV.
+
+.PARAMETER AllCsv
+    Path to the newer full PR CSV containing superset (or equal set) of rows.
+
+.PARAMETER OutCsv
+    Path to write the incremental CSV containing only new rows.
+
+.PARAMETER Key
+    Column name used as unique identifier (defaults to 'Number'). Must exist in both CSVs.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./diff_prs.ps1 -BaseCsv sorted_prs_prev.csv -AllCsv sorted_prs.csv -OutCsv sorted_prs_incremental.csv
+
+.NOTES
+    Requires: PowerShell 7+, both CSVs with identical column schemas.
+    Exit code 0 on success (even if zero incremental rows). Throws on missing files.
+#>
+
+[CmdletBinding()] param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$BaseCsv = "./sorted_prs_93_round1.csv",
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$AllCsv  = "./sorted_prs.csv",
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$OutCsv  = "./sorted_prs_93_incremental.csv",
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][string]$Key     = "Number"
+)
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+function Write-Info($m) { Write-Host "[info] $m" -ForegroundColor Cyan }
+function Write-Warn($m) { Write-Host "[warn] $m" -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $BaseCsv)) { throw "Base CSV not found: $BaseCsv" }
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $AllCsv)) { throw "All CSV not found: $AllCsv" }
+
+# Load CSVs
+$baseRows = Import-Csv -LiteralPath $BaseCsv
+$allRows  = Import-Csv -LiteralPath $AllCsv
+
+if (-not $baseRows) { Write-Warn "Base CSV has no rows." }
+if (-not $allRows)  { Write-Warn "All CSV has no rows." }
+
+# Validate key presence
+if ($baseRows -and -not ($baseRows[0].PSObject.Properties.Name -contains $Key)) { throw "Key column '$Key' not found in base CSV." }
+if ($allRows  -and -not ($allRows[0].PSObject.Properties.Name -contains $Key))  { throw "Key column '$Key' not found in all CSV." }
+
+# Build a set of existing keys from base
+$set = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.HashSet[string]'
+foreach ($row in $baseRows) {
+    $val = [string]($row.$Key)
+    if ($null -ne $val) { [void]$set.Add($val) }
+}
+
+# Filter rows in AllCsv whose key is not in base (these are the new / incremental rows)
+$incremental = @()
+foreach ($row in $allRows) {
+    $val = [string]($row.$Key)
+    if (-not $set.Contains($val)) { $incremental += $row }
+}
+
+# Preserve column order from the All CSV
+$columns = @()
+if ($allRows.Count -gt 0) {
+    $columns = $allRows[0].PSObject.Properties.Name
+}
+
+try {
+    if ($incremental.Count -gt 0) {
+        if ($columns.Count -gt 0) {
+            $incremental | Select-Object -Property $columns | Export-Csv -LiteralPath $OutCsv -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
+        } else {
+            $incremental | Export-Csv -LiteralPath $OutCsv -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
+        }
+    } else {
+        # Write an empty CSV with headers if we know them (facilitates downstream tooling expecting header row)
+        if ($columns.Count -gt 0) {
+            $obj = [PSCustomObject]@{}
+            foreach ($c in $columns) { $obj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName $c -NotePropertyValue $null }
+            $obj | Select-Object -Property $columns | Export-Csv -LiteralPath $OutCsv -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
+        } else {
+            '' | Out-File -LiteralPath $OutCsv -Encoding UTF8
+        }
+    }
+    Write-Info ("Incremental rows: {0}" -f $incremental.Count)
+    Write-Info ("Output: {0}" -f (Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $OutCsv))
+}
+catch {
+    Write-Host "[error] Failed writing output CSV: $_" -ForegroundColor Red
+    exit 1
+}
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/dump-prs-since-commit.ps1
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/dump-prs-since-commit.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Export merged PR metadata between two commits (exclusive start, inclusive end) to JSON and CSV.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Identifies merge/squash commits reachable from EndCommit but not StartCommit, extracts PR numbers,
+    queries GitHub for metadata plus (optionally) Copilot review/comment summaries, filters labels, then
+    emits a JSON artifact and a sorted CSV (first label alphabetical).
+
+.PARAMETER StartCommit
+    Exclusive starting commit (SHA, tag, or ref). Commits AFTER this one are considered.
+
+.PARAMETER EndCommit
+    Inclusive ending commit (SHA, tag, or ref). If not provided, uses origin/<Branch> when Branch is set; otherwise uses HEAD.
+
+.PARAMETER Repo
+    GitHub repository (owner/name). Default: microsoft/PowerToys.
+
+.PARAMETER OutputCsv
+    Destination CSV path. Default: sorted_prs.csv.
+
+.PARAMETER OutputJson
+    Destination JSON path containing raw PR objects. Default: milestone_prs.json.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 -StartCommit 0123abcd -Branch stable
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 -StartCommit 0123abcd -EndCommit 89ef7654 -OutputCsv delta.csv
+
+.NOTES
+    Requires: git, gh (authenticated). No Set-StrictMode to keep parity with existing release scripts.
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$StartCommit,  # exclusive start (commits AFTER this one)
+    [string]$EndCommit,
+    [string]$Branch,
+    [string]$Repo = "microsoft/PowerToys",
+    [string]$OutputDir,
+    [string]$OutputCsv = "sorted_prs.csv",
+    [string]$OutputJson = "milestone_prs.json"
+)
+
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Dump merged PR information whose merge commits are reachable from EndCommit but not from StartCommit.
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Uses git rev-list to compute commits in the (StartCommit, EndCommit] range, extracts PR numbers from merge commit messages,
+    queries GitHub (gh CLI) for details, then outputs a CSV.
+
+    PR merge commit messages in PowerToys generally contain patterns like:
+        Merge pull request #12345 from ...
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 -StartCommit 0123abcd -Branch stable
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./dump-prs-since-commit.ps1 -StartCommit 0123abcd -EndCommit 89ef7654 -OutputCsv changes.csv
+
+.NOTES
+    Requires: gh CLI authenticated; git available in working directory (must be inside PowerToys repo clone).
+    CopilotSummary behavior:
+      - Attempts to locate the latest GitHub Copilot authored review (preferred).
+      - If no review is found, lazily fetches PR comments to look for a Copilot-authored comment.
+      - Normalizes whitespace and strips newlines. Empty when no Copilot activity detected.
+      - Run with -Verbose to see whether the summary came from a 'review' or 'comment' source.
+#>
+
+function Write-Info($msg) { Write-Host $msg -ForegroundColor Cyan }
+function Write-Warn($msg) { Write-Host $msg -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+function Write-Err($msg) { Write-Host $msg -ForegroundColor Red }
+function Write-DebugMsg($msg) { if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Verbose') -or $VerbosePreference -eq 'Continue') { Write-Host "[VERBOSE] $msg" -ForegroundColor DarkGray } }
+
+# Load member list from Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/MemberList.md (internal team - no thanks needed)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+$repoRoot = Resolve-Path (Join-Path $scriptDir "..\..\..\..")
+$defaultMemberListPath = Join-Path $repoRoot "Generated Files\ReleaseNotes\MemberList.md"
+$memberListPath = $defaultMemberListPath
+if ($OutputDir) {
+    $memberListFromOutputDir = Join-Path $OutputDir "MemberList.md"
+    if (Test-Path $memberListFromOutputDir) {
+        $memberListPath = $memberListFromOutputDir
+    }
+}
+$memberList = @()
+if (Test-Path $memberListPath) {
+    $memberListContent = Get-Content $memberListPath -Raw
+    # Extract usernames - skip markdown code fence lines, get all non-empty lines
+    $memberList = ($memberListContent -split "`n") | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '^\s*```' -and $_.Trim() -ne '' } | ForEach-Object { $_.Trim() }
+    if (-not $memberList -or $memberList.Count -eq 0) {
+        Write-Err "MemberList.md is empty at $memberListPath"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    Write-DebugMsg "Loaded $($memberList.Count) members from MemberList.md"
+} else {
+    Write-Err "MemberList.md not found at $memberListPath"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Validate we are in a git repo
+#if (-not (Test-Path .git)) {
+#    Write-Err "Current directory does not appear to be the root of a git repository."
+#    exit 1
+#}
+
+# Resolve output directory (if specified)
+if ($OutputDir) {
+    if (-not (Test-Path $OutputDir)) {
+        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $OutputDir -Force | Out-Null
+    }
+    if (-not [System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($OutputCsv)) {
+        $OutputCsv = Join-Path $OutputDir $OutputCsv
+    }
+    if (-not [System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($OutputJson)) {
+        $OutputJson = Join-Path $OutputDir $OutputJson
+    }
+}
+
+# Resolve commits
+try {
+    if ($Branch) {
+        Write-Info "Fetching latest '$Branch' from origin (with tags)..."
+        git fetch origin $Branch --tags | Out-Null
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "git fetch origin $Branch --tags failed" }
+    }
+
+    $startSha = (git rev-parse --verify $StartCommit) 2>$null
+    if (-not $startSha) { throw "StartCommit '$StartCommit' not found" }
+    if ($Branch) {
+        $branchRef = $Branch
+        $branchSha = (git rev-parse --verify $branchRef) 2>$null
+        if (-not $branchSha) {
+            $branchRef = "origin/$Branch"
+            $branchSha = (git rev-parse --verify $branchRef) 2>$null
+        }
+        if (-not $branchSha) { throw "Branch '$Branch' not found" }
+        if (-not $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('EndCommit') -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($EndCommit)) {
+            $EndCommit = $branchRef
+        }
+    }
+    if (-not $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('EndCommit') -or [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($EndCommit)) {
+        $EndCommit = "HEAD"
+    }
+    $endSha = (git rev-parse --verify $EndCommit) 2>$null
+    if (-not $endSha) { throw "EndCommit '$EndCommit' not found" }
+}
+catch {
+    Write-Err $_
+    exit 1
+}
+
+Write-Info "Collecting commits between $startSha..$endSha (excluding start, including end)."
+    # Get list of commits reachable from end but not from start.
+    # IMPORTANT: In PowerShell, the .. operator creates a numeric/char range. If $startSha and $endSha look like hex strings,
+    # `$startSha..$endSha` must be passed as a single string argument.
+    $rangeArg = "$startSha..$endSha"
+    $commitList = git rev-list $rangeArg
+
+# Normalize list (filter out empty strings)
+$normalizedCommits = $commitList | Where-Object { $_ -and $_.Trim() -ne '' }
+$commitCount = ($normalizedCommits | Measure-Object).Count
+Write-DebugMsg ("Raw commitList length (including blanks): {0}" -f (($commitList | Measure-Object).Count))
+Write-DebugMsg ("Normalized commit count: {0}" -f $commitCount)
+if ($commitCount -eq 0) {
+    Write-Warn "No commits found in specified range ($startSha..$endSha)."; exit 0
+}
+Write-DebugMsg ("First 5 commits: {0}" -f (($normalizedCommits | Select-Object -First 5) -join ', '))
+
+<#
+    Extract PR numbers from commits.
+    Patterns handled:
+      1. Merge commits:   'Merge pull request #12345 from ...'
+      2. Squash commits:  'Some feature change (#12345)' (GitHub default squash format)
+    We collect both. If a commit matches both (unlikely), it's deduped later.
+#>
+# Extract PR numbers from merge or squash commits
+$mergeCommits = @()
+foreach ($c in $normalizedCommits) {
+    $subject = git show -s --format=%s $c
+    $matched = $false
+    # Pattern 1: Traditional merge commit
+    if ($subject -match 'Merge pull request #([0-9]+) ') {
+        $prNumber = [int]$matches[1]
+        $mergeCommits += [PSCustomObject]@{ Sha = $c; Pr = $prNumber; Subject = $subject; Pattern = 'merge' }
+        Write-DebugMsg "Matched merge PR #$prNumber in commit $c"
+        $matched = $true
+    }
+    # Pattern 2: Squash merge subject line with ' (#12345)' at end (allow possible whitespace before paren)
+    if ($subject -match '\(#([0-9]+)\)$') {
+        $prNumber2 = [int]$matches[1]
+        # Avoid duplicate object if pattern 1 already captured same number for same commit
+        if (-not ($mergeCommits | Where-Object { $_.Sha -eq $c -and $_.Pr -eq $prNumber2 })) {
+            $mergeCommits += [PSCustomObject]@{ Sha = $c; Pr = $prNumber2; Subject = $subject; Pattern = 'squash' }
+            Write-DebugMsg "Matched squash PR #$prNumber2 in commit $c"
+        }
+        $matched = $true
+    }
+    if (-not $matched) {
+        Write-DebugMsg "No PR pattern in commit $c : $subject"
+    }
+}
+
+if (-not $mergeCommits -or $mergeCommits.Count -eq 0) {
+    Write-Warn "No merge commits with PR numbers found in range."; exit 0
+}
+
+# Deduplicate PR numbers (in case of revert or merges across branches)
+$prNumbers = $mergeCommits | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Pr -Unique | Sort-Object
+Write-Info ("Found {0} unique PRs: {1}" -f $prNumbers.Count, ($prNumbers -join ', '))
+Write-DebugMsg ("Total merge commits examined: {0}" -f $mergeCommits.Count)
+
+# Query GitHub for each PR
+$prDetails = @()
+function Get-CopilotSummaryFromPrJson {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]$PrJson,
+        [switch]$VerboseMode
+    )
+    # Returns a hashtable with Summary and Source keys.
+    $result = @{ Summary = ""; Source = "" }
+    if (-not $PrJson) { return $result }
+
+    $candidateAuthors = @(
+        'github-copilot[bot]', 'github-copilot', 'copilot'
+    )
+
+    # 1. Reviews (preferred) – pick the LONGEST valid Copilot body, not the most recent
+    $reviews = $PrJson.reviews
+    if ($reviews) {
+        $copilotReviews = $reviews | Where-Object {
+            ($candidateAuthors -contains $_.author.login -or $_.author.login -like '*copilot*') -and $_.body -and $_.body.Trim() -ne ''
+        }
+        if ($copilotReviews) {
+            $longest = $copilotReviews | Sort-Object { $_.body.Length } -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
+            if ($longest) {
+                $body = $longest.body
+                $norm = ($body -replace "`r", '') -replace "`n", ' '
+                $norm = $norm -replace '\s+', ' '
+                $result.Summary = $norm
+                $result.Source = 'review'
+                if ($VerboseMode) { Write-DebugMsg "Selected Copilot review length=$($body.Length) (longest)." }
+                return $result
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    # 2. Comments fallback (some repos surface Copilot summaries as PR comments rather than review objects)
+    if ($null -eq $PrJson.comments) {
+        try {
+            # Lazy fetch comments only if needed
+            $commentsJson = gh pr view $PrJson.number --repo $Repo --json comments 2>$null | ConvertFrom-Json
+            if ($commentsJson -and $commentsJson.comments) {
+                $PrJson | Add-Member -NotePropertyName comments -NotePropertyValue $commentsJson.comments -Force
+            }
+        } catch {
+            if ($VerboseMode) { Write-DebugMsg "Failed to fetch comments for PR #$($PrJson.number): $_" }
+        }
+    }
+    if ($PrJson.comments) {
+        $copilotComments = $PrJson.comments | Where-Object {
+            ($candidateAuthors -contains $_.author.login -or $_.author.login -like '*copilot*') -and $_.body -and $_.body.Trim() -ne ''
+        }
+        if ($copilotComments) {
+            $longestC = $copilotComments | Sort-Object { $_.body.Length } -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
+            if ($longestC) {
+                $body = $longestC.body
+                $norm = ($body -replace "`r", '') -replace "`n", ' '
+                $norm = $norm -replace '\s+', ' '
+                $result.Summary = $norm
+                $result.Source = 'comment'
+                if ($VerboseMode) { Write-DebugMsg "Selected Copilot comment length=$($body.Length) (longest)." }
+                return $result
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return $result
+}
+
+foreach ($pr in $prNumbers) {
+    Write-Info "Fetching PR #$pr ..."
+    try {
+        # Include comments only if Verbose asked; if not, we lazily pull when reviews are missing
+        $fields = 'number,title,labels,author,url,body,reviews'
+        if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Verbose')) { $fields += ',comments' }
+        $json = gh pr view $pr --repo $Repo --json $fields 2>$null | ConvertFrom-Json
+        if ($null -eq $json) { throw "Empty response" }
+
+        $copilot = Get-CopilotSummaryFromPrJson -PrJson $json -VerboseMode:($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Verbose'))
+        if ($copilot.Summary -and $copilot.Source -and $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Verbose')) {
+            Write-DebugMsg "Copilot summary source=$($copilot.Source) chars=$($copilot.Summary.Length)"
+        } elseif (-not $copilot.Summary) {
+            Write-DebugMsg "No Copilot summary found for PR #$pr"
+        }
+
+        # Filter labels
+        $filteredLabels = $json.labels | Where-Object {
+            ($_.name -like "Product-*") -or 
+            ($_.name -like "Area-*") -or 
+            ($_.name -like "GitHub*") -or 
+            ($_.name -like "*Plugin") -or 
+            ($_.name -like "Issue-*")
+        }
+        $labelNames = ($filteredLabels | ForEach-Object { $_.name }) -join ", "
+
+        $bodyValue = if ($json.body) { ($json.body -replace "`r", '') -replace "`n", ' ' } else { '' }
+        $bodyValue = $bodyValue -replace '\s+', ' '
+
+        # Determine if author needs thanks (not in member list)
+        $authorLogin = $json.author.login
+        $needThanks = $true
+        if ($memberList.Count -gt 0 -and $authorLogin) {
+            $needThanks = -not ($memberList -contains $authorLogin)
+        }
+
+        $prDetails += [PSCustomObject]@{
+            Id = $json.number
+            Title = $json.title
+            Labels = $labelNames
+            Author = $authorLogin
+            Url = $json.url
+            Body = $bodyValue
+            CopilotSummary = $copilot.Summary
+            NeedThanks = $needThanks
+        }
+    }
+    catch {
+        $err = $_
+        Write-Warn ("Failed to fetch PR #{0}: {1}" -f $pr, $err)
+    }
+}
+
+if (-not $prDetails) { Write-Warn "No PR details fetched."; exit 0 }
+
+# Sort by Labels like original script (first label alphabetical)
+$sorted = $prDetails | Sort-Object { ($_.Labels -split ',')[0] }
+
+# Output JSON raw (optional)
+$sorted | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 6 | Out-File -Encoding UTF8 $OutputJson
+
+Write-Info "Saving CSV to $OutputCsv ..."
+$sorted | Export-Csv $OutputCsv -NoTypeInformation
+Write-Host "✅ Done. Generated $($prDetails.Count) PR rows." -ForegroundColor Green
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/find-commit-by-title.ps1
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/find-commit-by-title.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Find a commit on a branch that has the same subject line as a reference commit.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Given a commit SHA (often from a release tag) and a branch name, this script
+    resolves the reference commit's subject, then searches the branch history for
+    commits with the exact same subject line. Useful when the release tag commit
+    is not reachable from your current branch history.
+
+.PARAMETER Commit
+    The reference commit SHA or ref (e.g., v0.96.1 or a full SHA).
+
+.PARAMETER Branch
+    The branch to search (e.g., stable or main). Defaults to stable.
+
+.PARAMETER RepoPath
+    Path to the local repo. Defaults to current directory.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    pwsh ./find-commit-by-title.ps1 -Commit b62f6421845f7e5c92b8186868d98f46720db442 -Branch stable
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Commit,
+    [string]$Branch = "stable",
+    [string]$RepoPath = "."
+)
+
+function Write-Info($msg) { Write-Host $msg -ForegroundColor Cyan }
+function Write-Err($msg) { Write-Host $msg -ForegroundColor Red }
+
+Push-Location $RepoPath
+try {
+    Write-Info "Fetching latest '$Branch' from origin (with tags)..."
+    git fetch origin $Branch --tags | Out-Null
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "git fetch origin $Branch --tags failed" }
+
+    $commitSha = (git rev-parse --verify $Commit) 2>$null
+    if (-not $commitSha) { throw "Commit '$Commit' not found" }
+
+    $subject = (git show -s --format=%s $commitSha) 2>$null
+    if (-not $subject) { throw "Unable to read subject for '$commitSha'" }
+
+    $branchRef = $Branch
+    $branchSha = (git rev-parse --verify $branchRef) 2>$null
+    if (-not $branchSha) {
+        $branchRef = "origin/$Branch"
+        $branchSha = (git rev-parse --verify $branchRef) 2>$null
+    }
+    if (-not $branchSha) { throw "Branch '$Branch' not found" }
+
+    Write-Info "Reference commit: $commitSha"
+    Write-Info "Reference title:  $subject"
+    Write-Info "Searching branch: $branchRef"
+
+    $matches = git log $branchRef --format="%H|%s" | Where-Object { $_ -match '\|' }
+    $results = @()
+    foreach ($line in $matches) {
+        $parts = $line -split '\|', 2
+        if ($parts.Count -eq 2 -and $parts[1] -eq $subject) {
+            $results += [PSCustomObject]@{ Sha = $parts[0]; Title = $parts[1] }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (-not $results -or $results.Count -eq 0) {
+        Write-Info "No matching commit found on $branchRef for the given title."
+        exit 0
+    }
+
+    Write-Info ("Found {0} matching commit(s):" -f $results.Count)
+    $results | ForEach-Object { Write-Host ("{0}  {1}" -f $_.Sha, $_.Title) }
+}
+catch {
+    Write-Err $_
+    exit 1
+}
+finally {
+    Pop-Location
+}
--- a/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/group-prs-by-label.ps1
+++ b/.github/skills/release-note-generation/scripts/group-prs-by-label.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Group PR rows by their Labels column and emit per-label CSV files.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Reads a milestone PR CSV (usually produced by dump-prs-information / dump-prs-since-commit scripts),
+    splits rows by label list, normalizes/sorts individual labels, and writes one CSV per unique label combination.
+    Each output preserves the original row ordering within that subset and column order from the source.
+
+.PARAMETER CsvPath
+    Input CSV containing PR rows with a 'Labels' column (comma-separated list).
+
+.PARAMETER OutDir
+    Output directory to place grouped CSVs (created if missing). Default: 'grouped_csv'.
+
+.NOTES
+    Label combinations are joined using ' | ' when multiple labels present. Filenames are sanitized (invalid characters,
+    whitespace collapsed) and truncated to <= 120 characters.
+#>
+param(
+    [string]$CsvPath = "sorted_prs.csv",
+    [string]$OutDir = "grouped_csv"
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+function Write-Info($msg) { Write-Host "[info] $msg" -ForegroundColor Cyan }
+function Write-Warn($msg) { Write-Host "[warn] $msg" -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $CsvPath)) { throw "CSV not found: $CsvPath" }
+
+Write-Info "Reading CSV: $CsvPath"
+$rows = Import-Csv -LiteralPath $CsvPath
+Write-Info ("Loaded {0} rows" -f $rows.Count)
+
+function ConvertTo-SafeFileName {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Name
+    )
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Name)) { return 'Unnamed' }
+    $s = $Name -replace '[<>:"/\\|?*]', '-'             # invalid path chars
+    $s = $s -replace '\s+', '-'                          # spaces to dashes
+    $s = $s -replace '-{2,}', '-'                         # collapse dashes
+    $s = $s.Trim('-')
+    if ($s.Length -gt 120) { $s = $s.Substring(0,120).Trim('-') }
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($s)) { return 'Unnamed' }
+    return $s
+}
+
+# Build groups keyed by normalized, sorted label combinations. Preserve original CSV row order.
+$groups = @{}
+foreach ($row in $rows) {
+    $labelsRaw = $row.Labels
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($labelsRaw)) {
+        $labelParts = @('Unlabeled')
+    } else {
+        $parts = $labelsRaw -split ',' | ForEach-Object { $_.Trim() } | Where-Object { $_ }
+        if (-not $parts -or $parts.Count -eq 0) { $labelParts = @('Unlabeled') }
+        else { $labelParts = $parts | Sort-Object }
+    }
+
+    $key = ($labelParts -join ' | ')
+    if (-not $groups.ContainsKey($key)) { $groups[$key] = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList }
+    [void]$groups[$key].Add($row)
+}
+
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $OutDir)) {
+    Write-Info "Creating output directory: $OutDir"
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $OutDir | Out-Null
+}
+
+Write-Info ("Generating {0} grouped CSV file(s) into: {1}" -f $groups.Count, $OutDir)
+
+foreach ($key in $groups.Keys) {
+    $labelParts = if ($key -eq 'Unlabeled') { @('Unlabeled') } else { $key -split '\s\|\s' }
+    $safeName = ($labelParts | ForEach-Object { ConvertTo-SafeFileName -Name $_ }) -join '-'
+    $filePath = Join-Path $OutDir ("$safeName.csv")
+
+    # Keep same columns and order
+    $groups[$key] | Export-Csv -LiteralPath $filePath -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
+}
+
+Write-Info "Done. Sample output files:"
+Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $OutDir | Select-Object -First 10 Name | Format-Table -HideTableHeaders
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -359,3 +359,4 @@ src/common/Telemetry/*.etl

 # PowerToysInstaller Build Temp Files
 installer/*/*.wxs.bk
+/src/modules/awake/.claude
--- a/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json
+++ b/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json
@@ -31,82 +31,59 @@
            "Common.Search.dll",

            "PowerToys.AlwaysOnTop.exe",
-            "PowerToys.AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface.dll",
-
-            "PowerToys.CmdNotFoundModuleInterface.dll",
-

            "PowerToys.ColorPicker.dll",
            "PowerToys.ColorPickerUI.dll",
            "PowerToys.ColorPickerUI.exe",

-            "PowerToys.CropAndLockModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.CropAndLock.exe",

-            "PowerToys.PowerOCRModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.PowerOCR.dll",
            "PowerToys.PowerOCR.exe",

-            "PowerToys.AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.AdvancedPaste.exe",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.AdvancedPaste.dll",

-            "PowerToys.AwakeModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.Awake.exe",
            "PowerToys.Awake.dll",

            "PowerToys.FancyZonesEditor.exe",
            "PowerToys.FancyZonesEditor.dll",
            "PowerToys.FancyZonesEditorCommon.dll",
-            "PowerToys.FancyZonesModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.FancyZones.exe",
            "FancyZonesCLI.exe",
            "FancyZonesCLI.dll",

            "PowerToys.GcodePreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.GcodePreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.GcodePreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.GcodeThumbnailProvider.dll",
            "PowerToys.GcodeThumbnailProvider.exe",
-            "PowerToys.GcodeThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.BgcodePreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.BgcodePreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodePreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.BgcodeThumbnailProvider.dll",
            "PowerToys.BgcodeThumbnailProvider.exe",
-            "PowerToys.BgcodeThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.ManagedTelemetry.dll",
            "PowerToys.MarkdownPreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.MarkdownPreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.MarkdownPreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.MonacoPreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.MonacoPreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.MonacoPreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.PdfPreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.PdfPreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.PdfPreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.PdfThumbnailProvider.dll",
            "PowerToys.PdfThumbnailProvider.exe",
-            "PowerToys.PdfThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.powerpreview.dll",
            "PowerToys.PreviewHandlerCommon.dll",
            "PowerToys.QoiPreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.QoiPreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.QoiPreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.QoiThumbnailProvider.dll",
            "PowerToys.QoiThumbnailProvider.exe",
-            "PowerToys.QoiThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.StlThumbnailProvider.dll",
            "PowerToys.StlThumbnailProvider.exe",
-            "PowerToys.StlThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.SvgPreviewHandler.dll",
            "PowerToys.SvgPreviewHandler.exe",
-            "PowerToys.SvgPreviewHandlerCpp.dll",
            "PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider.dll",
            "PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider.exe",
-            "PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProviderCpp.dll",

-            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.HostsModuleInterface.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.HostsUILib.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Hosts.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Hosts.exe",
@@ -129,7 +106,6 @@
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.QuickAccess.exe",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Settings.UI.Controls.dll",

-            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.EnvironmentVariablesUILib.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.EnvironmentVariables.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.EnvironmentVariables.exe",
@@ -142,7 +118,6 @@
            "PowerToys.ImageResizerContextMenu.dll",
            "ImageResizerContextMenuPackage.msix",

-            "PowerToys.LightSwitchModuleInterface.dll",
            "LightSwitchService\\PowerToys.LightSwitchService.exe",

            "PowerToys.KeyboardManager.dll",
@@ -178,7 +153,6 @@
            "RunPlugins\\WebSearch\\Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.WebSearch.dll",
            "RunPlugins\\WindowsTerminal\\Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.WindowsTerminal.dll",

-            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.MeasureToolModuleInterface.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.MeasureToolCore.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.MeasureToolUI.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.MeasureToolUI.exe",
@@ -194,7 +168,6 @@

            "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBorders.dll",
            "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBorders.exe",
-            "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBordersModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBordersService.dll",
            "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBordersService.exe",
            "PowerToys.MouseWithoutBordersHelper.dll",
@@ -207,7 +180,6 @@
            "PowerAccent.Core.dll",
            "PowerToys.PowerAccent.dll",
            "PowerToys.PowerAccent.exe",
-            "PowerToys.PowerAccentModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.PowerAccentKeyboardService.dll",

            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.PowerRenameExt.dll",
@@ -222,7 +194,6 @@
            "PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor.dll",
            "PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncherUI.exe",
            "PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncherUI.dll",
-            "PowerToys.WorkspacesModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.WorkspacesCsharpLibrary.dll",

            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreviewExt.dll",
@@ -231,16 +202,13 @@
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe",

            "PowerToys.ShortcutGuide.exe",
-            "PowerToys.ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.dll",

            "PowerToys.ZoomIt.exe",
-            "PowerToys.ZoomItModuleInterface.dll",
            "PowerToys.ZoomItSettingsInterop.dll",

            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Settings.dll",
            "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Settings.exe",

-            "PowerToys.CmdPalModuleInterface.dll",
            "CmdPalKeyboardService.dll",
            "PowerToys.ModuleContracts.dll",
            "Awake.ModuleServices.dll",
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
@@ -504,6 +504,14 @@ jobs:
        Remove-Item -Force -Recurse "$(JobOutputDirectory)/_appx" -ErrorAction:Ignore
      displayName: Re-pack the new CmdPal package after signing

+    - pwsh: |
+        $testsPath = "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/$(BuildPlatform)/$(BuildConfiguration)/tests"
+        if (Test-Path $testsPath) {
+            Remove-Item -Path $testsPath -Recurse -Force
+            Write-Host "Removed tests folder to reduce signing workload: $testsPath"
+        }
+      displayName: Remove tests folder before signing
+
    - template: steps-esrp-signing.yml
      parameters:
        displayName: Sign Core PowerToys
--- a/.vscode/mcp.json
+++ b/.vscode/mcp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "servers": {
+    "github-artifacts": {
+      "command": "node",
+      "args": [
+        "tools/mcp/github-artifacts/launch.js"
+      ],
+      "env": {
+        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "${env:GITHUB_TOKEN}"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/Cpp.Build.props
+++ b/Cpp.Build.props
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

+  <!-- Generate version data -->
+  <Target Name="GenerateVersionData" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <HeaderLines Include="#pragma once" />
+      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_MAJOR $(Version.Split('.')[0])" />
+      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_MINOR $(Version.Split('.')[1])" />
+      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_REVISION $(Version.Split('.')[2])" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <WriteLinesToFile File="Generated Files\version_gen.h" Lines="@(HeaderLines)" Overwrite="true" Encoding="Unicode" WriteOnlyWhenDifferent="true" />
+  </Target>
+
  <!-- Project configurations -->
  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
--- a/DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md
+++ b/DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 - [C++ events](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys+ProjectTelemetryPrivacyDataTag&type=code)

 ### General
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -43,6 +47,18 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.GeneralSettingsChanged</td>
    <td>Logs changes made to general settings within PowerToys.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Install_Fail</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the PowerToys installation process encounters an error and fails to complete.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Repair_Cancel</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a PowerToys repair operation is cancelled by the user before completion.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Repair_Fail</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the PowerToys repair operation fails to complete successfully due to an error.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Runner_Launch</td>
    <td>Indicates when the PowerToys Runner is launched.</td>
@@ -59,6 +75,18 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ScoobeStartedEvent</td>
    <td>Triggered when SCOOBE (Secondary Out-of-box experience) starts.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutConflictControlClickedEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a user clicks on the Shortcut Conflict Control button in the PowerToys Settings UI Dashboard.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutConflictDetectedEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when keyboard shortcut conflicts are detected in the PowerToys Settings UI Dashboard.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutConflictResolvedEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a keyboard shortcut conflict is resolved in the PowerToys Settings UI.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.TrayFlyoutActivatedEvent</td>
    <td>Indicates when the tray flyout menu is activated.</td>
@@ -67,18 +95,42 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.TrayFlyoutModuleRunEvent</td>
    <td>Logs when a utility from the tray flyout menu is run.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.UnInstall_Cancel</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the PowerToys uninstallation process is cancelled by the user before completion.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.UnInstall_Fail</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the PowerToys uninstallation process fails to complete successfully due to an error. </td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Uninstall_Success</td>
    <td>Logs when PowerToys is successfully uninstalled (who would do such a thing!).</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.UpdateCheck_Completed</td>
+    <td>Logs when an auto-update check completes, including success status, whether an update is available, and version information.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.UpdateDownload_Completed</td>
+    <td>Logs when an update download completes, including success status and version.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### OOBE (Out-of-box experience)
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.OobeModuleRunEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a user clicks to run or launch a PowerToys module directly from the OOBE (out-of-box experience) interface.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.OobeSectionEvent</td>
    <td>Occurs when OOBE is shown to the user.</td>
@@ -91,10 +143,18 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.OobeStartedEvent</td>
    <td>Indicates when the out-of-box experience has been initiated.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.OobeVariantAssignmentEvent</td>
+    <td>This event logs A/B testing assignments for experimental features, helping track which users are in control or alternate groups for feature experiments. </td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### Advanced Paste
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -162,7 +222,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Always on Top
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -182,7 +246,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Awake
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -210,7 +278,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Color Picker
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -227,18 +299,14 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ColorPicker_Settings</td>
    <td>Triggered when the settings for the Color Picker are accessed or modified.</td>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ColorPickerCancelledEvent</td>
-    <td>Occurs when a color picking action is cancelled by the user.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ColorPickerShowEvent</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Color Picker UI is displayed on the screen.</td>
-  </tr>  
 </table>

 ### Command Not Found
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -251,10 +319,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdNotFoundInstallEvent</td>
    <td>Triggered when a Command Not Found is installed.</td>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdNotFoundInstanceCreatedEvent</td>
-    <td>Occurs when an instance of a Command Not Found is created.</td>
-  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdNotFoundUninstallEvent</td>
    <td>Triggered when Command Not Found is uninstalled after being previously installed.</td>
@@ -263,7 +327,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links

 ### Command Palette

-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -327,7 +395,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Crop And Lock
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -336,10 +408,26 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CropAndLock_ActivateReparent</td>
    <td>Triggered when the cropping interface is activated for reparenting the cropped content.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CropAndLock_ActivateScreenshot</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the screenshot mode is activated in Crop and Lock.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CropAndLock_ActivateThumbnail</td>
    <td>Occurs when the thumbnail view for cropped content is activated.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CropAndLock_CreateReparentWindow</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a reparent window is created in Crop and Lock mode.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CropAndLock_CreateScreenshotWindow</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a screenshot window is created in Crop and Lock mode.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CropAndLock_CreateThumbnailWindow</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a thumbnail window is created in Crop and Lock mode.<-/td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CropAndLock_EnableCropAndLock</td>
    <td>Triggered when Crop and Lock is enabled.</td>
@@ -350,8 +438,28 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
  </tr>  
 </table>

+### Cursor Wrap
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Event Name</th>
+    <th>Description</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CursorWrap_EnableCursorWrap</td>
+    <td>Triggered when Cursor Wrap is enabled or disabled.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
 ### Environment Variables
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -379,7 +487,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### FancyZones
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -396,6 +508,10 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_EnableFancyZones</td>
    <td>Occurs when FancyZones is enabled.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_Error</td>
+    <td>Triggered when an error occurs within the FancyZones module. This event logs critical errors to help diagnose and troubleshoot issues with FancyZones functionality, such as failures to set up Windows hooks or other system-level operations required for window management.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_KeyboardSnapWindowToZone</td>
    <td>Triggered when a window is snapped to a zone using the keyboard.</td>
@@ -408,10 +524,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_MoveOrResizeStarted</td>
    <td>Triggered when a window move or resize action is initiated.</td>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_MoveSizeEnd</td>
-    <td>Occurs when the moving or resizing of a window has ended.</td>
-  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_OnKeyDown</td>
    <td>Triggered when a key is pressed down while interacting with zones.</td>
@@ -424,10 +536,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_Settings</td>
    <td>Triggered when FancyZones settings are accessed or modified.</td>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_SettingsChanged</td>
-    <td>Occurs when there is a change in the FancyZones settings.</td>
-  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_SnapNewWindowIntoZone</td>
    <td>Triggered when a new window is snapped into a zone.</td>
@@ -448,10 +556,50 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZones_CLICommand</td>
    <td>Triggered when a FancyZones CLI command is executed, logging the command name and success status.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZonesEditorStartEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the FancyZones Editor application starts. This logs the initialization of the editor UI, which is used to create and configure custom zone layouts.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FancyZonesEditorStartFinishEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the FancyZones Editor has completed loading and is ready for user interaction.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+### File Locksmith
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Event Name</th>
+    <th>Description</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_EnableFileLocksmith</td>
+    <td>Triggered when File Locksmith is enabled.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_Invoked</td>
+    <td>Occurs when File Locksmith is invoked.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_InvokedRet</td>
+    <td>Triggered when File Locksmith invocation returns a result.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_QueryContextMenuError</td>
+    <td>Occurs when there is an error querying the context menu for File Locksmith.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### FileExplorerAddOns
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -488,6 +636,10 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.MarkdownFilePreviewed</td>
    <td>Triggered when a Markdown file is previewed in File Explorer.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.MarkdownFilePreviewError</td>
+    <td>Triggered when there is an error previewing a Markdown file in File Explorer.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.PdfFileHandlerLoaded</td>
    <td>Occurs when a PDF file handler is loaded.</td>
@@ -496,6 +648,10 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.PdfFilePreviewed</td>
    <td>Triggered when a PDF file is previewed in File Explorer.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.PdfFilePreviewError</td>
+    <td>Triggered when there is an error previewing a PDF file in File Explorer.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.PowerPreview_Enabled</td>
    <td>Occurs when preview is enabled.</td>
@@ -512,6 +668,10 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.PowerPreview_TweakUISettings_InitSet__ErrorLoadingFile</td>
    <td>Triggered when there is an error loading a file during Tweak UI settings initialization.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.PowerPreview_TweakUISettings_SetConfig__InvalidJSONGiven</td>
+    <td>Triggered when invalid JSON is provided to the Power Preview settings configuration</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.PowerPreview_TweakUISettings_SuccessfullyUpdatedSettings</td>
    <td>Occurs when the Tweak UI settings for Power Preview are successfully updated.</td>
@@ -520,6 +680,10 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.QoiFilePreviewed</td>
    <td>Triggered when a QOI file is previewed in File Explorer.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.QoiFilePreviewError</td>
+    <td>Triggered when there is an error previewing a QOI (Quite OK Image) file in File Explorer.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.SvgFileHandlerLoaded</td>
    <td>Occurs when an SVG file handler is loaded.</td>
@@ -534,32 +698,12 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
  </tr>
 </table>

-### File Locksmith
-<table style="width:100%">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Event Name</th>
-    <th>Description</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_EnableFileLocksmith</td>
-    <td>Triggered when File Locksmith is enabled.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_Invoked</td>
-    <td>Occurs when File Locksmith is invoked.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_InvokedRet</td>
-    <td>Triggered when File Locksmith invocation returns a result.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FileLocksmith_QueryContextMenuError</td>
-    <td>Occurs when there is an error querying the context menu for File Locksmith.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
 ### Find My Mouse
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -570,12 +714,16 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.FindMyMouse_MousePointerFocused</td>
-    <td>Occurs when the mouse pointer is focused using Find My Mouse.</td>
+    <td>Occurs when the mouse pointer is focused using Find My Mouse, including the activation method (double-tap left/right Ctrl, shake mouse, or shortcut).</td>
  </tr>
 </table>

 ### Hosts File Editor
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -592,10 +740,22 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.HostsFileEditorOpenedEvent</td>
    <td>Fires when Hosts File Editor is opened.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.HostEditorStartEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the Hosts File Editor application starts. This logs the initialization of the Hosts File Editor UI with a timestamp.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.HostEditorStartFinishEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the Hosts File Editor has completed loading and is ready for user interaction.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### Image Resizer
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -612,10 +772,18 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ImageResizer_InvokedRet</td>
    <td>Fires when the Image Resizer operation is completed and returns a result.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ImageResizer_QueryContextMenuError</td>
+    <td>Triggered when there is an error querying the context menu for Image Resizer.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### Keyboard Manager
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -628,10 +796,22 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.KeyboardManager_AppSpecificShortcutRemapCount</td>
    <td>Logs the number of application-specific shortcut remaps configured by the user.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.KeyboardManager_AppSpecificShortcutToKeyRemapInvoked</td>
+    <td>Logs each instance when an application-specific shortcut-to-key remap is used.</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.KeyboardManager_AppSpecificShortcutToShortcutRemapInvoked</td>
    <td>Logs each instance when an application-specific shortcut-to-shortcut remap is used.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.KeyboardManager_Error</td>
+    <td>Triggered when an error occurs in Keyboard Manager. This logs the error code, error message, and the method name where the error occurred.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.KeyboardManager_ErrorSendingKeyAndShortcutRemapLoadedConfiguration</td>
+    <td>Triggered when there is an error sending remapping configuration telemetry. This occurs when Keyboard Manager fails to report the loaded key and shortcut remap configurations</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.KeyboardManager_DailyAppSpecificShortcutToKeyRemapInvoked</td>
    <td>Logs the daily count of application-specific shortcut-to-key remaps executed by the user.</td>
@@ -695,7 +875,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Light Switch
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -719,7 +903,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Mouse Highlighter
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -732,10 +920,18 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.MouseHighlighter_StartHighlightingSession</td>
    <td>Occurs when a new highlighting session is started.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.MouseHighlighter_StartSpotlightSession</td>
+    <td>Triggered when a spotlight session is started in Mouse Highlighter. This occurs when the user activates the spotlight mode.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### Mouse Jump
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -759,7 +955,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Mouse Pointer Crosshairs
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -775,7 +975,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Mouse Without Borders
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -827,7 +1031,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### New+
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -859,7 +1067,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Peek
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -892,10 +1104,18 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Peek_Settings</td>
    <td>Triggered when the settings for Peek are modified.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Peek_SpaceModeEnabled</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the Space key activation mode is enabled or disabled in Peek</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### PowerRename
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -927,7 +1147,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### PowerToys Run
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -968,14 +1192,14 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.RunPluginsSettingsEvent</td>
    <td>Triggered when the settings for PowerToys Run plugins are accessed or modified.</td>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.WindowWalker_EnableWindowWalker</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Window Walker plugin is enabled.</td>
-  </tr>
 </table>

 ### Quick Accent
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -991,7 +1215,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Registry Preview
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -1004,10 +1232,22 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.RegistryPreview_EnableRegistryPreview</td>
    <td>Occurs when Registry Preview is enabled.</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.RegistryPreviewEditorStartEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the Registry Preview application starts. This logs the initialization of the Registry Preview UI with a timestamp.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.RegistryPreviewEditorStartFinishEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the Registry Preview application has completed loading and is ready for user interaction.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>

 ### Screen Ruler
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -1027,7 +1267,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Shortcut Guide
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -1043,7 +1287,11 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Text Extractor
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
@@ -1067,15 +1315,15 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
 </table>

 ### Workspaces
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Projects_CLIUsage</td>
-    <td>Logs usage of command-line arguments for launching apps.</td>
-  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Workspaces_CreateEvent</td>
    <td>Triggered when a new workspace is created.</td>
@@ -1097,13 +1345,21 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
    <td>Triggered when a workspace is launched.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.Workspaces_Settings</td>
-    <td>Logs changes to workspaces settings.</td>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.WorkspacesEditorStartEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the Workspaces Editor application starts. This logs the initialization of the Workspaces Editor UI with a timestamp.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.WorkspacesEditorStartFinishEvent</td>
+    <td>Triggered when the Workspaces Editor has completed loading and is ready for user interaction.</td>
  </tr>
 </table>

 ### ZoomIt
-<table style="width:100%">
+<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
+  <colgroup>
+    <col style="width:40%">
+    <col style="width:60%">
+  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>Event Name</th>
    <th>Description</th>
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters" Version="8.2.250402" />
    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions" Version="8.2.250402" />
    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.DataGrid" Version="7.1.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.MarkdownTextBlock" Version="0.1.260107-build.2454" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.MarkdownTextBlock" Version="0.1.260116-build.2514" />
    <PackageVersion Include="ControlzEx" Version="6.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="HelixToolkit" Version="2.24.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="HelixToolkit.Core.Wpf" Version="2.24.0" />
--- a/PowerToys.slnx
+++ b/PowerToys.slnx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
    </Project>
-    <Project Path="src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj" Id="7319089e-46d6-4400-bc65-e39bdf1416ee" />
    <Project Path="src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj" Id="caba8dfb-823b-4bf2-93ac-3f31984150d9" />
    <Project Path="src/common/FilePreviewCommon/FilePreviewCommon.csproj">
      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@
      <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/updating/updating.vcxproj" Id="17da04df-e393-4397-9cf0-84dabe11032e" />
-    <Project Path="src/common/version/version.vcxproj" Id="cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/common/interop/">
    <Project Path="src/common/interop/interop-tests/Common.Interop.UnitTests.csproj">
@@ -116,8 +113,10 @@
    <File Path="src/common/utils/string_utils.h" />
    <File Path="src/common/utils/timeutil.h" />
    <File Path="src/common/utils/UnhandledExceptionHandler.h" />
+    <File Path="src/common/utils/version.h" />
    <File Path="src/common/utils/winapi_error.h" />
    <File Path="src/common/utils/window.h" />
+    <File Path="version.h" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/DSC/">
    <Project Path="src/dsc/PowerToys.Settings.DSC.Schema.Generator/PowerToys.Settings.DSC.Schema.Generator.csproj">
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
      <Deploy />
    </Project>
-    <Project Path="src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="fc373b24-3293-453c-aaf5-cf2909dcee6a" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/AdvancedPaste/Tests/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests/AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests.csproj">
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/AlwaysOnTop/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/alwaysontop/AlwaysOnTop/AlwaysOnTop.vcxproj" Id="1dc3be92-ce89-43fb-8110-9c043a2fe7a2" />
-    <Project Path="src/modules/alwaysontop/AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface/AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="48a0a19e-a0be-4256-acf8-cc3b80291af9" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/awake/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/awake/Awake.ModuleServices/Awake.ModuleServices.csproj">
@@ -168,19 +165,12 @@
      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
    </Project>
-    <Project Path="src/modules/awake/AwakeModuleInterface/AwakeModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="5e7360a8-d048-4ed3-8f09-0bfd64c5529a" />
-  </Folder>
-  <Folder Name="/modules/cmdNotFound/">
-    <Project Path="src/modules/cmdNotFound/CmdNotFoundModuleInterface/CmdNotFoundModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="0014d652-901f-4456-8d65-06fc5f997fb0" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/colorpicker/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPicker.ModuleServices/ColorPicker.ModuleServices.csproj">
      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
    </Project>
-    <Project Path="src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.vcxproj" Id="655c9af2-18d3-4da6-80e4-85504a7722ba">
-      <BuildDependency Project="src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj" />
-    </Project>
    <Project Path="src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPickerUI/ColorPickerUI.csproj">
      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
@@ -194,7 +184,6 @@
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/CommandPalette/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalKeyboardService/CmdPalKeyboardService.vcxproj" Id="5f63c743-f6ce-4dba-a200-2b3f8a14e8c2" />
-    <Project Path="src/modules/cmdpal/CmdPalModuleInterface/CmdPalModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="0adeb797-c8c7-4ffa-acd5-2af6cad7ecd8" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/CommandPalette/Built-in Extensions/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.csproj">
@@ -371,14 +360,12 @@
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/CropAndLock/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj" Id="f5e1146e-b7b3-4e11-85fd-270a500bd78c" />
-    <Project Path="src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLockModuleInterface/CropAndLockModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="3157fa75-86cf-4ee2-8f62-c43f776493c6" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/EnvironmentVariables/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariables.csproj">
      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
    </Project>
-    <Project Path="src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="b9420661-b0e4-4241-abd4-4a27a1f64250" />
    <Project Path="src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesUILib/EnvironmentVariablesUILib.csproj" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/fancyzones/">
@@ -396,7 +383,6 @@
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
    </Project>
    <Project Path="src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesLib/FancyZonesLib.vcxproj" Id="f9c68edf-ac74-4b77-9af1-005d9c9f6a99" />
-    <Project Path="src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesModuleInterface/FancyZonesModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="48804216-2a0e-4168-a6d8-9cd068d14227" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/fancyzones/Tests/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZones.FuzzTests/FancyZones.FuzzTests.csproj">
@@ -419,8 +405,121 @@
      <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesLib/FancyZonesLib.vcxproj" />
    </Project>
  </Folder>
+  <Folder Name="/modules/File Explorer/">
+    <Project Path="src/modules/previewpane/BgcodePreviewHandler/BgcodePreviewHandler.csproj">
+      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+    </Project>
+    <Project Path="src/modules/previewpane/BgcodeThumbnailProvider/BgcodeThumbnailProvider.csproj">
+      <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
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@@ -975,7 +934,6 @@
      <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
    </Project>
    <Project Path="src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesLib/WorkspacesLib.vcxproj" Id="b31fcc55-b5a4-4ea7-b414-2dceae6af332" />
-    <Project Path="src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesModuleInterface/WorkspacesModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="45285df2-9742-4eca-9ac9-58951fc26489" />
    <Project Path="src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesSnapshotTool/WorkspacesSnapshotTool.vcxproj" Id="3d63307b-9d27-44fd-b033-b26f39245b85" />
    <Project Path="src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesWindowArranger/WorkspacesWindowArranger.vcxproj" Id="37d07516-4185-43a4-924f-3c7a5d95ecf6" />
  </Folder>
@@ -1001,7 +959,6 @@
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/modules/ZoomIt/">
    <Project Path="src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj" Id="0a84f764-3a88-44cd-aa96-41bdbd48627b" />
-    <Project Path="src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomItModuleInterface/ZoomItModuleInterface.vcxproj" Id="e4585179-2ac1-4d5f-a3ff-cfc5392f694c" />
    <Project Path="src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomItSettingsInterop/ZoomItSettingsInterop.vcxproj" Id="ca7d8106-30b9-4aec-9d05-b69b31b8c461" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/settings-ui/">
@@ -1046,37 +1003,35 @@
    <File Path="src/Solution.props" />
    <File Path="src/Version.props" />
  </Folder>
-  <Project Path="src/ActionRunner/ActionRunner.vcxproj" Id="d29ddd63-e2cf-4657-9fd5-2aede4257e5d">
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj" />
-  </Project>
  <Project Path="src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj" Id="e2a5a82e-1e5b-4c8d-9a4f-2b1a8f9e5c3d" />
+  <Project Path="src/PowerToys.ActionRunner/PowerToys.ActionRunner.csproj">
+    <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+    <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+  </Project>
  <Project Path="src/runner/runner.vcxproj" Id="9412d5c6-2cf2-4fc2-a601-b55508ea9b27">
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/ActionRunner/ActionRunner.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivatorDLL.vcxproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/awake/Awake/Awake.csproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/awake/AwakeModuleInterface/AwakeModuleInterface.vcxproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPickerUI/ColorPickerUI.csproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/FancyZonesEditor.csproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesLib/FancyZonesLib.vcxproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesModuleInterface/FancyZonesModuleInterface.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/imageresizer/dll/ImageResizerExt.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/imageresizer/ui/ImageResizerUI.csproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/keyboardmanager/dll/KeyboardManager.vcxproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/launcher/Microsoft.Launcher/Microsoft.Launcher.vcxproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchModuleInterface/LightSwitchModuleInterface.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/powerrename/dll/PowerRenameExt.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/powerrename/lib/PowerRenameLib.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/previewpane/Common/PreviewHandlerCommon.csproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/previewpane/MarkdownPreviewHandler/MarkdownPreviewHandler.csproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/previewpane/PdfPreviewHandler/PdfPreviewHandler.csproj" />
-    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/previewpane/powerpreview/powerpreview.vcxproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/modules/previewpane/SvgPreviewHandler/SvgPreviewHandler.csproj" />
    <BuildDependency Project="src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj" />
  </Project>
-  <Project Path="src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj" Id="44ce9ae1-4390-42c5-bacc-0fd6b40aa203" />
-  <Project Path="tools/project_template/ModuleTemplate/ModuleTemplateCompileTest.vcxproj" Id="64a80062-4d8b-4229-8a38-dfa1d7497749" />
+  <Project Path="src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/RunnerV2.csproj">
+    <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+    <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+  </Project>
+  <Project Path="src/Update/Update.csproj">
+    <Platform Solution="*|ARM64" Project="ARM64" />
+    <Platform Solution="*|x64" Project="x64" />
+  </Project>
 </Solution>
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ Go to the <a href="https://aka.ms/installPowerToys">PowerToys GitHub releases</a
 <!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
 [github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.97%22
 [github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.96%22
-[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
-[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe 
-[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
-[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.97.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.97.0-x64.exe 
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.97.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.97.0-arm64.exe 
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.97.0/PowerToysSetup-0.97.0-x64.exe 
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.97.0/PowerToysSetup-0.97.0-arm64.exe
 
 |  Description   | Filename |
 |----------------|----------|
-| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
-| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
-| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
-| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.97.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.97.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.97.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.97.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |

 </details>

@@ -103,134 +103,193 @@ There are <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install#communi
 </details>

 ## ✨ What's new
-**Version 0.96 (November 2025)**
+**Version 0.97 (January 2026)**

 For an in-depth look at the latest changes, visit the [Windows Command Line blog](https://aka.ms/powertoys-releaseblog).

 **✨ Highlights**
- - Advanced Paste now supports multiple online and on-device AI model providers: Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, Foundry Local and Ollama.
- - Command Palette received extensive improvements including file search filters, better clipboard history metadata, context-menu styling, and dozens of bug fixes and enhancements.
- - PowerRename can now extract and use photo metadata (EXIF, XMP) in renaming patterns like `%Camera`, `%Lens`, and `%ExposureTime`.
+- **Command Palette**: Major expansion with PowerToys extension (Windows 11 only), Remote Desktop built-in extension, theme customization, drag-and-drop support, fallback ranking controls, sections/separators for pages, pinyin Chinese matching, and many UX refinements.
+- **Settings**: Quick Access flyout is now a standalone process for significantly faster startup, theme-adaptive tray icon, AOT serialization, and multiple UI/accessibility fixes
+- **CursorWrap (New!)**: New mouse utility that lets your cursor wrap around screen edges, making multi-monitor navigation faster and more seamless.
+- **Advanced Paste**: Image input for AI, color detection in clipboard history, Foundry Local improvements, Azure AI icons, and multiple bug fixes
+- **CLI Support Expanded**: FancyZones, Image Resizer, and File Locksmith can now be controlled from the command line for layout management, batch image resizing, and file lock inspection.
+- **LightSwitch**: Added support for automatically following Windows Night Light mode.
+- **Release Experience & Quality**: Refreshed "What’s new" dialog, plus many performance improvements, stability fixes, and refinements across PowerToys.

-### Advanced Paste
- - Advanced Paste now lets you connect to multiple AI providers instead of being limited to a single OpenAI provider. See [Advanced Paste documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/advanced-paste) for usage.
+## Advanced Paste

-### Awake
- - The Awake countdown timer now stays accurate over long periods. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
- - Fixed Awake context menu positioning. The fix removed the conversion of the mouse cursor from screen to client-window coordinates, instead using the raw screen coordinates returned by GetCursorPos; the context menu now appears at the correct screen position. Thanks [@lzandman](https://github.com/lzandman)!
+- Added hex color previews in clipboard history. Thanks [@crramirez](https://github.com/crramirez)!
+- Added automatic placeholder endpoints when required fields are left empty.
+- Fixed a grammar issue in the AI settings description. Thanks [@erik-anderson](https://github.com/erik-anderson)!
+- Fixed loading order so custom action hotkeys are read correctly.
+- Updated Advanced Paste descriptions to reflect support for online and local models.
+- Fixed clipboard history item selection so it doesn’t duplicate entries.
+- Prevented placeholder endpoints from being saved for providers that don’t need them.
+- Added image input support for AI transforms and improved clipboard change tracking.

-### Command Palette
- - The search field in context menus now matches the look of the Command Palette, with a smoke backdrop and improved padding.
- - Fallback items such as math calculations or the Run command now appear in results more quickly. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Ensured the command bar updates correctly after navigating to another page and commands are displayed correctly. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - The Command Palette settings page has been reorganized. Activation-key options are grouped under an expander and extension settings are framed for improved readability.
- - When you modify a command, its alias, hotkey, and tags now update in the top-level list, keeping the displayed information in sync. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Press `Ctrl + ,` to open Command Palette settings from anywhere. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - You can use `Page Up` and `Page Down` to navigate the list while focus is in the search box. Thanks [@samrueby](https://github.com/samrueby)!
- - Fixed an issue where the search box could disappear when navigating pages. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Ensured search text is selected when *Go home when activated* and *Highlight search on activate* are both enabled. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Fixed an issue where Command Palette window occasionally appeared on the taskbar under certain Windows settings. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Ensured that labels and icons of list items and menu items update when they change. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Fixed visibility of list filters when navigating to a content page. Thanks [@DevLGuilherme](https://github.com/DevLGuilherme)!
- - Added search to the extension list and a link to extensions on the Microsoft Store. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Added options to open the Command Palette window at its last position or re-center it.
- - The Command Palette now remembers its window size after restarting.
- - Added a global error handler that logs fatal errors and provides feedback when unexpected failures force Command Palette to close. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Fixed forms and extension settings not showing on some machines due to a missing VC++ runtime.
- - Restored ranking of fallback commands for built-in extensions (Sleep, Shutdown, Windows settings, Web search, etc.). Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek).
- - Improved and unified labels and texts across the application!
- - Maintainance: Resolved numerous build warnings in Command Palette projects; no user-visible impact. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Maintainance: Fixed a logging issue so exception messages are properly recorded instead of placeholder text, improving troubleshooting. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+## Awake

-### Command Palette Extensions
- - Bookmarks: Added hints about bookmark placeholders to the Add/Edit Bookmark form. — Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Bookmarks: Improved migration of bookmarks from older versions and fixed an issue where aliases or keyboard shortcuts could be lost after restart. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Clipboard history: Items shown in Command Palette’s clipboard history now include helpful metadata. For example, image items show dimensions, text files show names and sizes, web links include page titles, and text entries display word counts. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - File search: Added filter buttons to show *all items*, *files only*, or *folders only*. Selecting a filter adds `kind:folders` or `kind:not folders` to narrow results.
- - System commands: Replaced the `:red_circle:` placeholder with an actual red-circle emoji so the correct icon appears in the UI. Thanks [@samrueby](https://github.com/samrueby)!
- - WinGet: Search performance feels more responsive because typed input is now processed via a task queue rather than complex cancellation tokens!
- - Window Walker: UWP apps no longer show a "not responding" label when suspended. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Window Walker: Now displays the actual icon of each window rather than using the process icon, improving recognition of PWAs and Python GUIs. Thanks [@Lee-WonJun](https://github.com/Lee-WonJun)!
- Windows Terminal profiles: Fixed a rare crash in the Windows Terminal extension when the `LOCALAPPDATA` environment variable was missing. The path is now retrieved via a reliable API. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Fixed Awake CLI so help, errors, and logs appear correctly in the console. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!

-### Find My Mouse
- - Activating Find My Mouse no longer makes the cursor change to the busy (hourglass) icon or steals focus from your active application.
+## Command Palette

-### Hosts File Editor
- - Added customizable backup settings allowing users to configure backup frequency, location, and auto-deletion policies. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+- Fixed background image loading in BlurImageControl. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Fixed SDK packaging paths and added a CI SDK build stage.
+- Aligned naming and spell-checking with .NET conventions. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added drag-and-drop support for Command Palette items. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added a PowerToys Command Palette extension to discover and launch PowerToys utilities.
+- Fixed grid view bindings and layout issues. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Fixed a line-break issue in RDC extension toast messages. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Made the Settings button text localizable. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Hid the RDC fallback on the home page and fixed MSTSC working directory handling. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Optimized result list merging for better performance. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+- Added Small/Medium/Large detail sizes in the extensions API. Thanks [@DevLGuilherme](https://github.com/DevLGuilherme)!
+- Hid fallback commands on the home page when no query is entered. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added back navigation support in the Settings window. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added a Command Palette solution filter. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Updated Extension SDK documentation links to Microsoft Learn. Thanks [@RubenFricke](https://github.com/RubenFricke)!
+- Added a custom search engine URL setting for Web Search. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added pinyin matching for Chinese input. Thanks [@frg2089](https://github.com/frg2089)!
+- Bumped Command Palette version to 0.8.
+- Removed subtitles from built-in top-level commands. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Refined separator styling in the details pane. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added a built-in Remote Desktop extension.
+- Added a Peek command to the Indexer extension.
+- Improved default browser detection using the Windows Shell API. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added Escape key behavior options. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added theme and background customization options. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Improved WinGet package app matching. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added an auto-return-home delay setting. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added fallback ranking and global results settings.
+- Removed the selection indicator in the context menu list. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added a developer ribbon with build and log info. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Updated the “Learn more” string for Command Palette. Thanks [@pratnala](https://github.com/pratnala)!
+- Added arrow-key navigation for grid views. Thanks [@samrueby](https://github.com/samrueby)!
+- Fixed version display when running unpackaged. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added a native debugging launch profile. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Reduced redundant property change notifications in the SDK. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Improved section readability and accessibility. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Made gallery spacing uniform. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+- Added sections and separators for list and grid pages. Thanks [@DevLGuilherme](https://github.com/DevLGuilherme)!

-### Image Resizer
- - Fixed settings consistency during batch resize operations by capturing settings once before processing. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+## Crop & Lock

-### Light Switch
- Introduced new UI to allow users to manually enter their latitude and longitude in Sunrise to Sunset mode.
- Refactored service with cleaner state management for stability.
- Removed logs from every tick, only logging key events to largely reduce log size.
+- Added a screenshot mode that freezes a cropped region into its own window. Thanks [@fm-sys](https://github.com/fm-sys)!

-### Mouse Pointer Crosshairs
- - Enabled switching between Mouse Pointer Crosshairs and Gliding Cursor modes. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
+## Cursor Wrap

-### Mouse Without Borders
- - Added horizontal scrolling support. Thanks [@MasonBergstrom](https://github.com/MasonBergstrom)!
+- Improved Cursor Wrap behavior on multi-monitor setups by wrapping only at outer edges. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!

-### Peek
- Fixed media files remaining locked after preview window closes. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
- Added a command-line interface for file previewing. See the [Peek documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/peek) for usage. Thanks [@prochan2](https://github.com/prochan2)!
+## FancyZones

-### PowerRename
- PowerRename no longer crashes due to a missing resources file.
- Added photo metadata extraction support using EXIF and XMP for pattern-based renaming with camera info, GPS coordinates, and date taken. See [PowerRename Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/powerrename).
+- Fixed editor overlay positioning on mixed-DPI multi-monitor setups. Thanks [@Memphizzz](https://github.com/Memphizzz)!
+- Added a FancyZones CLI for command-line layout management.

-### PowerToys Run
- - Added retry logic with exponential backoff to handle DWM composition errors during theme changes. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Updated OneNote icons to reflect new Microsoft 365 design. Thanks [@trevorNgo](https://github.com/trevorNgo)!
+## File Locksmith

- ### Quick Accent
- - Added diameter symbol (⌀) for Shift+O in Special Characters mode, thanks to [@anselumjuju](https://github.com/anselumjuju)!
+- Added a File Locksmith CLI for querying, waiting on, or killing file locks.

-### Zoomit
- - Smoothed out zoom-animation in ZoomIt by coalescing mouse-move and timer events, thanks to [@foxmsft](https://github.com/foxmsft)!
- - Enabled GIF support for ZoomIt, thanks to [@MarioHewardt](https://github.com/MarioHewardt)!
- - Fixed spelling mistakes, and refactored some literal strings to string constants, thanks to [@lzandman](https://github.com/lzandman)!
- - Fixed inaccurate "actual size" screenshots in ZoomIt and resolves a GDI handle leak, improving capture fidelity and long-session stability. thanks to [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+## Find My Mouse

-### Settings
- Fixed title bar overlapping issue at smaller window sizes.
- Refined shortcut control visual design with improved consistency and spacing.
- Added dashboard utilities sorting by name or status.
- Made update notification InfoBar in flyout clickable for direct navigation to update page.
- Expanded installation instructions by default in README.
- Improved accessibility for shortcut conflict button with static resource-based automation properties.
- Added ScrollViewer to Command Palette page in PowerToys Settings. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- Fixed module list glitches and Sort Status checkmark issue. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+- Improved spotlight edge rendering for clearer Find My Mouse visuals.
+- Added telemetry to track how Find My Mouse is triggered.

-### Development
- Fixed accessibility by associating controls with labels for screen readers.
- Added accessible name to Shortcut Conflicts button for screen readers.
- Excluded TitleBars from tab navigation across multiple utilities. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- Migrated build infrastructure from Windows Server 2019 to Server 2022 with improved failure logging and predictable NuGet package paths.
- Configured build agents to use larger P: drive for release builds to address disk space constraints.
- Enhanced DSC v3 support by organizing resource manifests in a dedicated subfolder with PATH configuration.
- Reduced installer bundle size by 6-7MB through centralized Hybrid CRT configuration across all C++ projects.
- Updated .NET packages to version 9.0.10 for security fixes. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Fixed spell check dictionary entries for consistency.
- Restored accidentally deleted NuGet configuration file for Command Palette extensions.
- Fixed package identity build by updating AppxManifest entry points to use PowerShell Core.
- Optimized CI pipeline by replacing file copy operations with hard links and moves, reducing build time and disk usage by 10-15GB.
- Updated Copilot guidance and PR prompt workflow.
- Included high-volume bugs in issue template header. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
- Fixed incorrect HRESULT logging for inner exceptions. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- Introduced shared sparse package identity for PowerToys Win32 components to enable access to Windows platform APIs.
- Consolidated installer builds to produce both machine and user installers simultaneously, reducing build time and complexity.
- Migrated exclusively to WiX v5 installer infrastructure, removing legacy WiX v3 support.
- Temporarily removed PowerToys installer path from PATH environment variable to prevent application crashes.
- Added complete OCR UI test coverage with automated tests for activation, settings, language selection, and text extraction.
- Fixed test input for drive path normalization in bookmark resolver unit tests.
- Fixed Peek UI tests by restoring Ctrl+Space activation shortcut for test scenarios.
- Hided apps in PowerToys.SpareApps package from Start Menu. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+## Image Resizer
+
+- Fixed Fill mode cropping when Shrink Only is enabled. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+- Added a dedicated Image Resizer CLI for scripted resizing.
+
+## Light Switch
+
+- Added telemetry events for Light Switch usage and settings changes.
+- Added a Follow Night Light mode to sync theme changes with Night Light.
+- Clarified LightSwitchService and LightSwitchStateManager roles in docs.
+- Added a Quick Access dashboard button to toggle Light Switch quickly.
+- Ensured Light Switch honors GPO policy states with clear status messaging.
+
+## Mouse Without Borders
+
+- Continued refactoring Mouse Without Borders by splitting the large Common class into focused components. Thanks [@mikeclayton](https://github.com/mikeclayton)!
+- Completed the Common class refactor with Core and IPC helper extraction. Thanks [@mikeclayton](https://github.com/mikeclayton)!
+
+## Peek
+
+- Hardened Peek previews with strict resource filtering and safer external link warnings.
+- Improved SVG preview compatibility by rendering via WebView2.
+
+## PowerRename
+
+- Added HEIF/AVIF EXIF metadata extraction and extension status guidance for related previews.
+- Fixed undefined behavior in file time handling. Thanks [@safocl](https://github.com/safocl)!
+- Optimized memory allocation for depth-based rename processing.
+- Fixed Unicode normalization and non‑breaking space matching. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+- Fixed date token replacements followed by capital letters. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+
+## PowerToys Run Plugins
+
+- Fixed a plugin name typo and added Project Launcher to the third‑party list. Thanks [@artickc](https://github.com/artickc)!
+- Added the Open With Antigravity plugin to the third‑party list. Thanks [@artickc](https://github.com/artickc)!
+
+## PowerToys Run
+
+- Avoided unnecessary hotkey conflict checks when settings change.
+- Added QuickAI to the third-party PowerToys Run plugin list. Thanks [@ruslanlap](https://github.com/ruslanlap)!
+
+## Quick Accent
+
+- Added localized quotation marks to Quick Accent. Thanks [@warquys](https://github.com/warquys)!
+- Fixed duplicate and redundant characters in Quick Accent sets. Thanks [@noraa-junker](https://github.com/noraa-junker)!
+- Fixed DPI positioning issues for Quick Accent on mixed-DPI setups. Thanks [@noraa-junker](https://github.com/noraa-junker)!
+
+## Settings
+
+- Added a new tray icon that adapts to theme changes. Thanks [@HO-COOH](https://github.com/HO-COOH)!
+- Centralized module enable/disable logic for cleaner Settings UI updates.
+- Simplified Settings utilities by removing ISettingsUtils/ISettingsPath interfaces. Thanks [@noraa-junker](https://github.com/noraa-junker)!
+- Improved Settings UI consistency and disabled-state visuals.
+- Added semantic headings to the Dashboard for better accessibility.
+- Introduced Quick Access as a standalone host with updated Settings integration.
+- Fixed Dashboard toggle flicker and sort menu checkmarks. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+- Added Native AOT-compatible settings serialization.
+- Standardized mouse tool description text. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+- Added a global SettingsUtils singleton to reduce repeated initialization.
+
+## Development
+
+- Fixed broken devdocs links to the coding style guide. Thanks [@RubenFricke](https://github.com/RubenFricke)!
+- Migrated main and installer solutions to .slnx for improved build tooling.
+- Restored local installer builds after the WiX v5 upgrade with signing and versioning fixes.
+- Added incremental review tooling and structured AI prompts for PR/issue reviews.
+- Documented bot commands and cleaned up devdocs structure. Thanks [@noraa-junker](https://github.com/noraa-junker)!
+- Updated WinAppSDK pipeline defaults to 1.8 and fixed restore handling.
+- Updated the COMMUNITY list to reflect current roles.
+- Maintained community member ordering and added a new entry.
+- Re-enabled centralized PackageReference for native projects with VS auto-restore.
+- Disabled MSBuild caching by default in CI to avoid build instability.
+- Updated the latest WinAppSDK daily pipeline for split-dependency restores.
+- Suppressed experimental build warnings and aligned WrapPanel stretch handling.
+- Reordered the spell-check expect list for consistent automation.
+- Migrated native projects to centralized PackageReference management.
+- Cleaned spell-check dictionary entries and capitalization.
+- Synced commit/PR prompts and wired VS Code to repo prompt files.
+- Added VS Code build tasks and improved build script path handling.
+- Updated Windows App SDK package versions in central package management.
+- Migrated cmdpal extension native project to PackageReference and fixed outputs.
+- Reverted PackageReference changes back to packages.config where needed.
+- Bypassed a release version check for a failing DLL to keep pipelines green.
+- Consolidated Copilot instructions and fixed prompt frontmatter.
+- Added signing entries for new Quick Access binaries and CLI version metadata.
+- Fixed install scope detection to avoid mixed per-user/per-machine installs.
+- Added a Module Loader tool to quickly test PowerToys modules without full builds. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
+- Added update telemetry to understand auto-update checks and downloads.
+- Updated the telemetry package for new compliance requirements. Thanks [@carlos-zamora](https://github.com/carlos-zamora)!
+- Documented missing telemetry events in DATA_AND_PRIVACY.
+- Fixed UI test pipeline restores for .slnx solutions.
+- Added UI automation coverage for Advanced Paste clipboard history flows.
+- Stabilized FancyZones UI tests with more reliable selectors and screen recordings.

 ## 🛣️ Roadmap 
-We are planning some nice new features and improvements for the next releases – a revamped Keyboard Manager UI, custom endpoint and local model support for Advanced Paste, Command Palette improvements and a brand-new Shortcut Guide experience! Stay tuned for [v0.96][github-next-release-work]!
+We are planning some nice new features and improvements for the next releases – PowerDisplay, Command Palette improvements and a brand-new Shortcut Guide experience! Stay tuned for [v0.97][github-next-release-work]!

 ## ❤️ PowerToys Community 
 The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the [support of an amazing active community][community-link]. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn't be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work. Your contributions and feedback improve PowerToys month after month!
--- a/doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md
@@ -96,3 +96,40 @@ The Shell Process Debugging Tool is a Visual Studio extension that helps debug m
 - Logs are stored in the local app directory: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys`
 - Check Event Viewer for application crashes related to `PowerToys.Settings.exe`
 - Crash dumps can be obtained from Event Viewer
+
+## Troubleshooting Build Errors
+
+### Missing Image Files or Corrupted Build State
+
+If you encounter build errors about missing image files (e.g., `.png`, `.ico`, or other assets), this typically indicates a corrupted build state. To resolve:
+
+1. **Clean the solution in Visual Studio**: Build > Clean Solution
+
+   Or from the command line (Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022):
+   ```pwsh
+   msbuild PowerToys.slnx /t:Clean /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug
+   ```
+
+2. **Delete build output and package folders** from the repository root:
+   - `x64/`
+   - `ARM64/`
+   - `Debug/`
+   - `Release/`
+   - `packages/`
+
+3. **Rebuild the solution**
+
+#### Helper Script
+
+A PowerShell script is available to automate this cleanup:
+
+```pwsh
+.\tools\build\clean-artifacts.ps1
+```
+
+This script will run MSBuild Clean and remove the build folders listed above. Use `-SkipMSBuildClean` if you only want to delete the folders without running MSBuild Clean.
+
+After cleaning, rebuild with:
+```pwsh
+msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=x64 -m PowerToys.slnx
+```
--- a/doc/devdocs/readme.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/readme.md
@@ -83,14 +83,40 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an
 1. A local clone of the PowerToys repository
 1. Enable long paths in Windows (see [Enable Long Paths](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation#enabling-long-paths-in-windows-10-version-1607-and-later) for details)

-### Install Visual Studio dependencies
+### Automated Setup (Recommended)
+
+Run the setup script to automatically configure your development environment:
+
+```powershell
+.\tools\build\setup-dev-environment.ps1
+```
+
+This script will:
+- Enable Windows long path support (requires administrator privileges)
+- Enable Windows Developer Mode (requires administrator privileges)
+- Guide you through installing required Visual Studio components from `.vsconfig`
+- Initialize git submodules
+
+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:
+
+#### Install Visual Studio dependencies

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

-### Get Submodules to compile
+Alternatively, import the `.vsconfig` file from the repository root using Visual Studio Installer to install all required workloads.

-We have submodules that need to be initialized before you can compile most parts of PowerToys.  This should be a one-time step.
+#### Get Submodules to compile
+
+We have submodules that need to be initialized before you can compile most parts of PowerToys. This should be a one-time step.

 1. Open a terminal
 1. Navigate to the folder you cloned PowerToys to.
@@ -98,12 +124,32 @@ We have submodules that need to be initialized before you can compile most parts

 ### Compiling Source Code

+#### Using Visual Studio
+
 - Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio.
 - In the `Solutions Configuration` drop-down menu select `Release` or `Debug`.
 - From the `Build` menu choose `Build Solution`, or press <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>b</kbd> on your keyboard.
 - The build process may take several minutes depending on your computer's performance. Once it completes, the PowerToys binaries will be in your repo under `x64\Release\`.
    - You can run `x64\Release\PowerToys.exe` directly without installing PowerToys, but some modules (i.e. PowerRename, ImageResizer, File Explorer extension etc.) will not be available unless you also build the installer and install PowerToys.

+#### Using Command Line
+
+You can also build from the command line using the provided scripts in `tools\build\`:
+
+```powershell
+# Build the full solution (auto-detects platform)
+.\tools\build\build.ps1
+
+# Build with specific configuration
+.\tools\build\build.ps1 -Platform x64 -Configuration Release
+
+# Build only essential projects (runner + settings) for faster iteration
+.\tools\build\build-essentials.ps1
+
+# Build everything including the installer (Release only)
+.\tools\build\build-installer.ps1
+```
+
 ## Compile the installer

 Our installer is two parts, an EXE and an MSI.  The EXE (Bootstrapper) contains the MSI and handles more complex installation logic. 
--- a/doc/planning/awake.md
+++ b/doc/planning/awake.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-last-update: 7-16-2024
+last-update: 1-18-2026
 ---

 # PowerToys Awake Changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The build ID moniker is made up of two components - a reference to a [Halo](http

 | Build ID                                                           | Build Date        |
 |:-------------------------------------------------------------------|:------------------|
+| [`DIDACT_01182026`](#DIDACT_01182026-january-18-2026)              | January 18, 2026  |
 | [`TILLSON_11272024`](#TILLSON_11272024-november-27-2024)           | November 27, 2024 |
 | [`PROMETHEAN_09082024`](#PROMETHEAN_09082024-september-8-2024)     | September 8, 2024 |
 | [`VISEGRADRELAY_08152024`](#VISEGRADRELAY_08152024-august-15-2024) | August 15, 2024   |
@@ -20,6 +21,22 @@ The build ID moniker is made up of two components - a reference to a [Halo](http
 | [`LIBRARIAN_03202022`](#librarian_03202022-march-20-2022)          | March 20, 2022    |
 | `ARBITER_01312022`                                                 | January 31, 2022  |

+### `DIDACT_01182026` (January 18, 2026)
+
+>[!NOTE]
+>See pull request: [Awake - `DIDACT_01182026`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/44795)
+
+- [#32544](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/32544) Fixed an issue where Awake settings became non-functional after the PC wakes from sleep. Added `WM_POWERBROADCAST` handling to detect system resume events (`PBT_APMRESUMEAUTOMATIC`, `PBT_APMRESUMESUSPEND`) and re-apply `SetThreadExecutionState` to restore the awake state.
+- [#36150](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/36150) Fixed an issue where Awake would not prevent sleep when AC power is connected. Added `PBT_APMPOWERSTATUSCHANGE` handling to re-apply `SetThreadExecutionState` when the power source changes (AC/battery transitions).
+- Fixed an issue where toggling "Keep screen on" during an active timed session would disrupt the countdown timer. The display setting now updates directly without restarting the timer, preserving the exact remaining time.
+- [#41918](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/41918) Fixed `WM_COMMAND` message processing flaw in `TrayHelper.WndProc` that incorrectly compared enum values against enum count. Added proper bounds checking for custom tray time entries.
+- Investigated [#44134](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/44134) - documented that `ES_DISPLAY_REQUIRED` (used when "Keep display on" is enabled) blocks Task Scheduler idle detection, preventing scheduled maintenance tasks like SSD TRIM. Workaround: disable "Keep display on" or manually run `Optimize-Volume -DriveLetter C -ReTrim`. Additional investigation needed for potential "idle window" feature.
+- [#41738](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/41738) Fixed `--display-on` CLI flag default from `true` to `false` to align with documentation and PowerToys settings behavior. This is a breaking change for scripts relying on the undocumented default.
+- [#41674](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/41674) Fixed silent failure when `SetThreadExecutionState` fails. The monitor thread now handles the return value, logs an error, and reverts to passive mode with updated tray icon.
+- [#38770](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/38770) Fixed tray icon failing to appear after Windows updates. Increased retry attempts and delays for icon Add operations (10 attempts, up to ~15.5 seconds total) while keeping existing fast retry behavior for Update/Delete operations.
+- [#40501](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/40501) Fixed tray icon not disappearing when Awake is disabled. The `SetShellIcon` function was incorrectly requiring an icon for Delete operations, causing the `NIM_DELETE` message to never be sent.
+- [#40659](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/40659) Fixed potential stack overflow crash in EXPIRABLE mode. Added early return after SaveSettings when correcting past expiration times, matching the pattern used by other mode handlers to prevent reentrant execution.
+
 ### `TILLSON_11272024` (November 27, 2024)

 >[!NOTE]
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/Resource.rc
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/Resource.rc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
-#include "../../src/common/version/version.h"
+#include "../../src/common/utils/version.h"

 #define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
--- a/src/ActionRunner/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/Resources.resx
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
-  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
-    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
-    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
-      <xsd:complexType>
-        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
-          <xsd:element name="metadata">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="assembly">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="data">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
-              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="resheader">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-        </xsd:choice>
-      </xsd:complexType>
-    </xsd:element>
-  </xsd:schema>
-  <resheader name="resmimetype">
-    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="version">
-    <value>2.0</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="reader">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="writer">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <data name="DOTNET_CORE_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Couldn't download .NET Core Desktop Runtime 3.1, please install it manually.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="DOTNET_CORE_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE_TITLE" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>PowerToys installation error</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="GITHUB_NEW_VERSION_AVAILABLE_OFFER_VISIT" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>An update to PowerToys is available. Visit our GitHub page to update.</value>
-  </data>
-</root>
--- a/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.base.rc
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.base.rc
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#include <windows.h>
-#include "resource.h"
-#include "../common/version/version.h"
-
-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN 
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
--- a/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.cpp
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.cpp
@@ -1,109 +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.
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#include "Generated Files/resource.h"
-
-#include <Windows.h>
-#include <shellapi.h>
-
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <string_view>
-
-#include <common/utils/elevation.h>
-#include <common/utils/process_path.h>
-#include <common/utils/resources.h>
-#include <common/utils/timeutil.h>
-
-#include <common/SettingsAPI/settings_helpers.h>
-
-#include <common/logger/logger.h>
-
-#include <winrt/Windows.ApplicationModel.h>
-#include <winrt/Windows.Storage.h>
-
-#include "../runner/tray_icon.h"
-#include "../runner/ActionRunnerUtils.h"
-
-using namespace cmdArg;
-
-int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
-{
-    int nArgs = 0;
-    LPWSTR* args = CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLineW(), &nArgs);
-    if (!args || nArgs < 2)
-    {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    std::wstring_view action{ args[1] };
-
-    std::filesystem::path logFilePath(PTSettingsHelper::get_root_save_folder_location());
-    logFilePath.append(LogSettings::actionRunnerLogPath);
-    Logger::init(LogSettings::actionRunnerLoggerName, logFilePath.wstring(), PTSettingsHelper::get_log_settings_file_location());
-
-    if (action == RUN_NONELEVATED)
-    {
-        int nextArg = 2;
-
-        std::wstring_view target;
-        std::wstring_view pidFile;
-        std::wstring params;
-
-        while (nextArg < nArgs)
-        {
-            if (std::wstring_view(args[nextArg]) == L"-target" && nextArg + 1 < nArgs)
-            {
-                target = args[nextArg + 1];
-                nextArg += 2;
-            }
-            else if (std::wstring_view(args[nextArg]) == L"-pidFile" && nextArg + 1 < nArgs)
-            {
-                pidFile = args[nextArg + 1];
-                nextArg += 2;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                params += args[nextArg];
-                params += L' ';
-                nextArg++;
-            }
-        }
-
-        HANDLE hMapFile = NULL;
-        PDWORD pidBuffer = NULL;
-
-        if (!pidFile.empty())
-        {
-            hMapFile = OpenFileMappingW(FILE_MAP_WRITE, FALSE, pidFile.data());
-            if (hMapFile)
-            {
-                pidBuffer = static_cast<PDWORD>(MapViewOfFile(hMapFile, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, sizeof(DWORD)));
-                if (pidBuffer)
-                {
-                    *pidBuffer = 0;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        run_same_elevation(target.data(), params, pidBuffer);
-
-        if (!pidFile.empty())
-        {
-            if (pidBuffer)
-            {
-                FlushViewOfFile(pidBuffer, sizeof(DWORD));
-                UnmapViewOfFile(pidBuffer);
-            }
-
-            if (hMapFile)
-            {
-                FlushFileBuffers(hMapFile);
-                CloseHandle(hMapFile);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
--- a/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-<?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')" />
-  <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h actionRunner.base.rc actionRunner.rc" />
-  </Target>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
-    <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
-    <ProjectGuid>{D29DDD63-E2CF-4657-9FD5-2AEDE4257E5D}</ProjectGuid>
-    <RootNamespace>actionRunner</RootNamespace>
-    <ProjectName>PowerToys.ActionRunner</ProjectName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup>
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <ClCompile>
-      <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>WindowsApp.lib;Msi.lib;Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="ActionRunner.cpp" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="ActionRunner.base.rc" />
-    <ResourceCompile Include="Generated Files\ActionRunner.rc" />
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-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
-  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
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-  <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'))" />
-  </Target>
-</Project>
--- a/src/ActionRunner/resource.base.h
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/resource.base.h
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
-// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
-// Used by PowerToys.ActionRunner.rc
-
-//////////////////////////////
-// Non-localizable
-
-#define FILE_DESCRIPTION "PowerToys ActionRunner"
-#define INTERNAL_NAME "PowerToys.ActionRunner"
-#define ORIGINAL_FILENAME "PowerToys.ActionRunner.exe"
-
--- a/src/PowerToys.ActionRunner/PowerToys.ActionRunner.csproj
+++ b/src/PowerToys.ActionRunner/PowerToys.ActionRunner.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
--- a/src/PowerToys.ActionRunner/Program.cs
+++ b/src/PowerToys.ActionRunner/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// 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.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace PowerToys.ActionRunner;
+
+internal sealed partial class Program
+{
+    private static void Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        if (args.Length < 1)
+        {
+            Environment.Exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        switch (args[0])
+        {
+            case "-run-non-elevated":
+                ExecuteRunNonElevated(args[1..]);
+                break;
+            default:
+                Environment.Exit(1);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void ExecuteRunNonElevated(string[] args)
+    {
+        string? target = null;
+        string? pidFile = null;
+        string? arguments = null;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
+        {
+            string arg = args[i];
+            if (arg == "-target" && i + 1 < args.Length)
+            {
+                target = args[i + 1];
+                i++;
+                continue;
+            }
+            else if (arg == "-pidFile" && i + 1 < args.Length)
+            {
+                pidFile = args[i + 1];
+                i++;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            arguments = args[i + 1] + " ";
+            i++;
+
+            if (target == null)
+            {
+                Environment.Exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pidFile))
+            {
+                IntPtr pidBuffer = IntPtr.Zero;
+                IntPtr mapFile = OpenFileMapping(0x0002 /* FILE_MAP_WRITE */, false, pidFile);
+                if (mapFile != IntPtr.Zero)
+                {
+                    pidBuffer = MapViewOfFile(mapFile, 0x001F /* FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS */, 0, 0, sizeof(uint));
+                    if (pidBuffer != IntPtr.Zero)
+                    {
+                        Marshal.WriteInt32(pidBuffer, 0);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Process? p = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
+                {
+                    FileName = target,
+                    Arguments = arguments.Trim(),
+                    UseShellExecute = true,
+                });
+
+                if (pidBuffer != IntPtr.Zero)
+                {
+                    Marshal.WriteInt32(pidBuffer, p?.Id ?? 0);
+                    FlushViewOfFile(pidBuffer, sizeof(uint));
+                    UnmapViewOfFile(pidBuffer);
+                }
+
+                if (mapFile != IntPtr.Zero)
+                {
+                    FlushFileBuffers(mapFile);
+                    CloseHandle(mapFile);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [LibraryImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf16)]
+    private static partial IntPtr OpenFileMapping(uint dwDesiredAccess, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool bInheritHandle, string lpName);
+
+    [LibraryImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    private static partial IntPtr MapViewOfFile(IntPtr hFileMappingObject, uint dwDesiredAccess, uint dwFileOffsetHigh, uint dwFileOffsetLow, UIntPtr dwNumberOfBytesToMap);
+
+    [LibraryImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool UnmapViewOfFile(IntPtr lpBaseAddress);
+
+    [LibraryImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool FlushViewOfFile(IntPtr lpBaseAddress, uint dwNumberOfBytesToFlush);
+
+    [LibraryImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool FlushFileBuffers(IntPtr hFile);
+
+    [LibraryImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject);
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Extensions/PackageVersionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Extensions/PackageVersionExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// 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 Windows.ApplicationModel;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Extensions
+{
+    internal static class PackageVersionExtensions
+    {
+        public static Version ToVersion(this PackageVersion packageVersion)
+        {
+            return new Version(packageVersion.Major, packageVersion.Minor, packageVersion.Build, packageVersion.Revision);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/COMUtils.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/COMUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// 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.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    internal static class COMUtils
+    {
+        public static void InitializeCOMSecurity(string securityDescriptor)
+        {
+            if (!NativeMethods.ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(
+                securityDescriptor,
+                1,
+                out IntPtr pSD,
+                out _))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            uint absoluteSDSize = 0;
+            uint daclSize = 0;
+            uint groupSize = 0;
+            uint ownerSize = 0;
+            uint saclSize = 0;
+
+            if (!NativeMethods.MakeAbsoluteSD(pSD, IntPtr.Zero, ref absoluteSDSize, IntPtr.Zero, ref daclSize, IntPtr.Zero, ref saclSize, IntPtr.Zero, ref ownerSize, IntPtr.Zero, ref groupSize))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            IntPtr absoluteSD = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int)absoluteSDSize);
+            IntPtr dacl = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int)daclSize);
+            IntPtr sacl = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int)saclSize);
+            IntPtr owner = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int)ownerSize);
+            IntPtr group = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int)groupSize);
+
+            if (!NativeMethods.MakeAbsoluteSD(pSD, absoluteSD, ref absoluteSDSize, dacl, ref daclSize, sacl, ref saclSize, owner, ref ownerSize, group, ref groupSize))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _ = NativeMethods.CoInitializeSecurity(
+                absoluteSD,
+                -1,
+                IntPtr.Zero,
+                IntPtr.Zero,
+                6, // RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_PKT_PRIVACY
+                2, // RPC_C_IMP_LEVEL_IDENTIFY
+                IntPtr.Zero,
+                64 | 4096, // EOAC_DYNAMIC_CLOAKING | EOAC_DISABLE_AAA
+                IntPtr.Zero);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/CentralizedKeyboardHookManager.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/CentralizedKeyboardHookManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using Windows.System;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    internal static class CentralizedKeyboardHookManager
+    {
+        private static readonly UIntPtr _ignoreKeyEventFlag = 0x5555;
+
+        private static readonly Dictionary<string, List<(HotkeySettings HotkeySettings, Action Action)>> _keyboardHooks = [];
+
+        private static HotkeySettingsControlHook _hotkeySettingsControlHook = new(OnKeyDown, OnKeyUp, IsActive, (_, specialFlags) => specialFlags != _ignoreKeyEventFlag);
+
+        private static void OnKeyDown(int key)
+        {
+            if ((VirtualKey)key == VirtualKey.RightMenu && _ctrlState)
+            {
+                _ctrlAltState = true;
+            }
+
+            switch ((VirtualKey)key)
+            {
+                case VirtualKey.Control:
+                case VirtualKey.LeftControl:
+                case VirtualKey.RightControl:
+                    _ctrlState = true;
+                    break;
+                case VirtualKey.Menu:
+                case VirtualKey.LeftMenu:
+                case VirtualKey.RightMenu:
+                    _altState = true;
+                    break;
+                case VirtualKey.Shift:
+                case VirtualKey.LeftShift:
+                case VirtualKey.RightShift:
+                    _shiftState = true;
+                    break;
+                case VirtualKey.LeftWindows:
+                case VirtualKey.RightWindows:
+                    _winState = true;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (OnKeyboardEvent(new HotkeySettings
+                    {
+                        Code = key,
+                        Ctrl = _ctrlState,
+                        Alt = _altState,
+                        Shift = _shiftState,
+                        Win = _winState,
+                    }))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            SendSingleKeyboardInput((short)key, (uint)NativeKeyboardHelper.KeyEventF.KeyDown);
+        }
+
+        private static void OnKeyUp(int key)
+        {
+            switch ((VirtualKey)key)
+            {
+                case VirtualKey.Control:
+                case VirtualKey.LeftControl:
+                case VirtualKey.RightControl:
+                    _ctrlState = false;
+                    break;
+                case VirtualKey.Menu:
+                case VirtualKey.LeftMenu:
+                case VirtualKey.RightMenu:
+                    _altState = false;
+                    break;
+                case VirtualKey.Shift:
+                case VirtualKey.LeftShift:
+                case VirtualKey.RightShift:
+                    _shiftState = false;
+                    break;
+                case VirtualKey.LeftWindows:
+                case VirtualKey.RightWindows:
+                    _winState = false;
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            // Correctly release Ctrl key if Ctrl+Alt (AltGr) was used.
+            if (_ctrlAltState && (VirtualKey)key == VirtualKey.RightMenu)
+            {
+                _ctrlAltState = false;
+                _ctrlState = false;
+
+                SendSingleKeyboardInput((short)VirtualKey.LeftControl, (uint)NativeKeyboardHelper.KeyEventF.KeyUp);
+            }
+
+            SendSingleKeyboardInput((short)key, (uint)NativeKeyboardHelper.KeyEventF.KeyUp);
+        }
+
+        private static bool _ctrlState;
+        private static bool _altState;
+        private static bool _shiftState;
+        private static bool _winState;
+        private static bool _ctrlAltState;
+
+        private static bool _isActive;
+
+        private static bool IsActive()
+        {
+            return _isActive;
+        }
+
+        public static void AddKeyboardHook(string moduleName, HotkeySettings hotkeySettings, Action action)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable CA1854 // Prefer the 'IDictionary.TryGetValue(TKey, out TValue)' method
+            if (!_keyboardHooks.ContainsKey(moduleName))
+            {
+                _keyboardHooks[moduleName] = [];
+            }
+#pragma warning restore CA1854 // Prefer the 'IDictionary.TryGetValue(TKey, out TValue)' method
+
+            _keyboardHooks[moduleName].Add((hotkeySettings, action));
+        }
+
+        public static void RemoveAllHooksFromModule(string moduleName)
+        {
+            _keyboardHooks.Remove(moduleName);
+        }
+
+        private static bool OnKeyboardEvent(HotkeySettings pressedHotkey)
+        {
+            bool shortcutHandled = false;
+
+            foreach (var moduleHooks in _keyboardHooks.Values)
+            {
+                foreach (var (hotkeySettings, action) in moduleHooks)
+                {
+                    if (hotkeySettings == pressedHotkey)
+                    {
+                        action();
+                        shortcutHandled = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return shortcutHandled;
+        }
+
+        public static void Start()
+        {
+            if (_hotkeySettingsControlHook.GetDisposedState())
+            {
+                _hotkeySettingsControlHook = new(OnKeyDown, OnKeyUp, IsActive, (_, specialFlags) => specialFlags != _ignoreKeyEventFlag);
+            }
+
+            _isActive = true;
+        }
+
+        public static void Stop()
+        {
+            _isActive = false;
+            _hotkeySettingsControlHook.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        // Function to send a single key event to the system which would be ignored by the hotkey control.
+        private static void SendSingleKeyboardInput(short keyCode, uint keyStatus)
+        {
+            if (IsExtendedVirtualKey(keyCode))
+            {
+               keyStatus |= (uint)NativeKeyboardHelper.KeyEventF.ExtendedKey;
+            }
+
+            NativeKeyboardHelper.INPUT input = new()
+            {
+                type = NativeKeyboardHelper.INPUTTYPE.INPUT_KEYBOARD,
+                data = new NativeKeyboardHelper.InputUnion
+                {
+                    ki = new NativeKeyboardHelper.KEYBDINPUT
+                    {
+                        wVk = keyCode,
+                        dwFlags = keyStatus,
+                        dwExtraInfo = _ignoreKeyEventFlag,
+                    },
+                },
+            };
+
+            NativeKeyboardHelper.INPUT[] inputs = [input];
+
+            _ = NativeMethods.SendInput(1, inputs, NativeKeyboardHelper.INPUT.Size);
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsExtendedVirtualKey(short vk)
+        {
+            return vk switch
+            {
+                0xA5 => true, // VK_RMENU (Right Alt - AltGr)
+                0xA3 => true, // VK_RCONTROL
+                0x2D => true, // VK_INSERT
+                0x2E => true, // VK_DELETE
+                0x23 => true, // VK_END
+                0x24 => true, // VK_HOME
+                0x21 => true, // VK_PRIOR (Page Up)
+                0x22 => true, // VK_NEXT (Page Down)
+                0x25 => true, // VK_LEFT
+                0x26 => true, // VK_UP
+                0x27 => true, // VK_RIGHT
+                0x28 => true, // VK_DOWN
+                0x90 => true, // VK_NUMLOCK
+                _ => false,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/ElevationHelper.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/ElevationHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// 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.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using static RunnerV2.NativeMethods;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    internal static partial class ElevationHelper
+    {
+        internal static RestartScheduledMode RestartScheduled { get; set; } = RestartScheduledMode.None;
+
+        internal enum RestartScheduledMode
+        {
+            None,
+            RestartElevated,
+            RestartElevatedWithOpenSettings,
+            RestartNonElevated,
+        }
+
+        private static bool? _cachedValue;
+
+        internal static void RestartIfScheudled()
+        {
+            switch (RestartScheduled)
+            {
+                case RestartScheduledMode.None:
+                    return;
+                case RestartScheduledMode.RestartElevated:
+                    RestartAsAdministrator("--restartedElevated");
+                    break;
+                case RestartScheduledMode.RestartElevatedWithOpenSettings:
+                    RestartAsAdministrator("--restartedElevated --open-settings");
+                    break;
+                case RestartScheduledMode.RestartNonElevated:
+                    // Todo: restart unelevated
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void RestartAsAdministrator(string arguments)
+        {
+            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new()
+            {
+                Arguments = arguments,
+                Verb = "runas",
+                UseShellExecute = true,
+                FileName = Environment.ProcessPath,
+            };
+
+            try
+            {
+                Process.Start(processStartInfo);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Failed to restart as administrator: " + ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static bool IsProcessElevated(bool useCachedValue = true)
+        {
+            if (_cachedValue is not null && useCachedValue)
+            {
+                return _cachedValue.Value;
+            }
+
+            bool elevated = false;
+            if (OpenProcessToken(Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle, TOKENQUERY, out nint token))
+            {
+                TokenElevation elevation = default;
+                if (GetTokenInformation(token, TOKEN_INFORMATION_CLASS.TOKEN_ELEVATION, ref elevation, (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(elevation), out uint _))
+                {
+                    elevated = elevation.TokenIsElevated != 0;
+                }
+
+                if (token != IntPtr.Zero)
+                {
+                    CloseHandle(token);
+                }
+            }
+
+            _cachedValue = elevated;
+            return elevated;
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/NotificationHelper.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/NotificationHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    internal static class NotificationHelper
+    {
+        public enum ToastType
+        {
+            ElevatedDontShowAgain,
+            CouldntToggleFileExplorerModules,
+        }
+
+        public static string GetToastKey(ToastType key) => key switch
+        {
+            ToastType.ElevatedDontShowAgain => @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain\{e16ea82f-6d94-4f30-bb02-d6d911588afd}",
+            ToastType.CouldntToggleFileExplorerModules => @"(SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain\{7e29e2b2-b31c-4dcd-b7b0-79c078b02430})",
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(key), key, null),
+        };
+
+        public static bool DisableToast(ToastType type)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                RegistryKey? key = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(GetToastKey(type));
+
+                if (key != null)
+                {
+                    key.SetValue(null, BitConverter.GetBytes(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds()), RegistryValueKind.QWord);
+                    key.Close();
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Could not disable toast notification.", e);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/PackageHelper.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/PackageHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using RunnerV2.Extensions;
+using Windows.ApplicationModel;
+using Windows.Foundation;
+using Windows.Management.Deployment;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides helper methods for working with UWP packages.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static partial class PackageHelper
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the registered UWP package based on the display name and version check.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="packageDisplayName">The display name of the package.</param>
+        /// <param name="checkVersion">If true, the package version will be checked against the executing assembly version.</param>
+        /// <returns>If a package is found the corresponding <see cref="Package"/> object. If none is found <c>null</c>.</returns>
+        internal static Package? GetRegisteredPackage(string packageDisplayName, bool checkVersion)
+        {
+            PackageManager packageManager = new();
+            foreach (var package in packageManager.FindPackagesForUser(null))
+            {
+                if (package.Id.FullName.Contains(packageDisplayName) && (!checkVersion || package.Id.Version.ToVersion() == Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version))
+                {
+                    return package;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        internal static string[] FindMsixFiles(string directoryPath, bool recursive)
+        {
+            if (!Directory.Exists(directoryPath))
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Tried to search msix files in " + directoryPath + ", but it does not exist.");
+                return [];
+            }
+
+            List<string> matchedFiles = [];
+
+            try
+            {
+                foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(directoryPath, "*", recursive ? SearchOption.AllDirectories : SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly))
+                {
+                    if (File.Exists(file) && msixPackagePattern().IsMatch(Path.GetFileName(file)))
+                    {
+                        matchedFiles.Add(file);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("An error occured while searching for MSIX files.", e);
+            }
+
+            return [.. matchedFiles];
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Installs the specified appx package along with its dependencies.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="packagePath">Path to the package</param>
+        /// <param name="dependencies">Array of dependency package paths</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the installation was successful, false otherwise</returns>
+        internal static bool InstallPackage(string packagePath, string[] dependencies)
+        {
+            Logger.LogInfo("Starting package install of package \"" + packagePath + "\"");
+            PackageManager packageManager = new();
+            List<Uri> uris = [];
+
+            foreach (string dependency in dependencies)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    if (IsPackageSatisfied(dependency))
+                    {
+                        Logger.LogInfo("Dependency \"" + dependency + "\" is already satisfied.");
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        uris.Add(new Uri(packagePath));
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError("Could not process dependency package at path \"" + dependency + "\"", ex);
+                }
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                IAsyncOperationWithProgress<DeploymentResult, DeploymentProgress> deploymentOperation = packageManager.AddPackageAsync(new Uri(packagePath), uris, DeploymentOptions.ForceApplicationShutdown);
+                deploymentOperation.Get();
+
+                switch (deploymentOperation.Status)
+                {
+                    case AsyncStatus.Error:
+                        Logger.LogError($"Registering {packagePath} failed. ErrorCode: {deploymentOperation.ErrorCode}, ErrorText: {deploymentOperation.GetResults().ErrorText}");
+                        break;
+                    case AsyncStatus.Canceled:
+                        Logger.LogError($"Registering {packagePath} was canceled.");
+                        break;
+                    case AsyncStatus.Completed:
+                        Logger.LogInfo($"Registering {packagePath} succeded.");
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        Logger.LogDebug($"Registering {packagePath} package started.");
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Exception thrown while trying to register package: {packagePath}", e);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if the package specified by the given path is already installed and satisfies the required version.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="packagePath">Path to the package.</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the package is already installed and satisfies the required version, false otherwise.</returns>
+        private static bool IsPackageSatisfied(string packagePath)
+        {
+            if (!GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(packagePath, out string name, out PackageVersion version))
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Could not get package name and version from dependency package at path \"" + packagePath + "\"");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            PackageManager packageManager = new();
+
+            foreach (var package in packageManager.FindPackagesForUser(null))
+            {
+                if (package.Id.Name.Equals(name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
+                    package.Id.Version.ToVersion() > version.ToVersion())
+                {
+                    Logger.LogInfo($@"Package ""{name}"" is already statisfied with version: {package.Id.Version}. Target version: {version}. PackagePath: {packagePath}");
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            Logger.LogInfo($@"Package ""{name}"" with version {version} is not satisfied. PackagePath: {packagePath}");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the package name and version from the specified appx package file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="packagePath">Path to the package file.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Output parameter for the package name.</param>
+        /// <param name="packageVersion">Output parameter for the package version.</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the package name and version were successfully retrieved, false otherwise.</returns>
+        private static bool GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(string packagePath, out string name, out PackageVersion packageVersion)
+        {
+            // Todo: Implement this without interop if possible
+            return NativeMethods.GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(packagePath, out name, out packageVersion);
+        }
+
+        [GeneratedRegex("(^.+\\.(appx|msix|msixbundle)$)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
+        private static partial Regex msixPackagePattern();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/ProcessHelper.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/ProcessHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// 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.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    internal static class ProcessHelper
+    {
+        internal static void ScheudleProcessKill(string processName, int msDelay = 500)
+        {
+            new Thread(async () =>
+            {
+                Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(processName);
+
+                await Task.Delay(msDelay);
+                foreach (var process in processes)
+                {
+                    if (!process.HasExited)
+                    {
+                        process.Kill();
+                    }
+                }
+            }).Start();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/SettingsHelper.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/SettingsHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+// 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.Drawing;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Pipelines;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+using Update;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class provides helper methods to interact with the PowerToys Settings window.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class SettingsHelper
+    {
+        private static readonly SettingsUtils _settingsUtils = SettingsUtils.Default;
+        private static Process? _process;
+        private static TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged? _ipc;
+
+        public static void OpenSettingsWindow(bool showOobeWindow = false, bool showScoobeWindow = false, bool showFlyout = false, Point? flyoutPosition = null, string? additionalArguments = null)
+        {
+            if (_process is not null && _ipc is not null && !_process.HasExited)
+            {
+                if (showFlyout)
+                {
+                    _ipc.Send(@"{""ShowYourself"": ""flyout""}");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _ipc.Send($@"{{""ShowYourself"": ""{additionalArguments ?? "Dashboard"}""}}");
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _ipc?.End();
+            _ipc = null;
+
+            // Arg 1: Executable path
+            string executablePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("No executable path found"), "WinUI3Apps", "PowerToys.Settings.exe");
+
+            // Arg 2,3: Pipe names
+            Pipe settingsPipe = new();
+            Pipe powertoysPipe = new();
+
+            string powerToysPipeName = @"\\.\pipe\powertoys_runner_" + Guid.NewGuid();
+            string settingsPipeName = @"\\.\pipe\powertoys_settings_" + Guid.NewGuid();
+
+            // Arg 4: Process pid
+            string currentProcessId = Environment.ProcessId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
+            // Arg 5: Settings theme
+            string theme = Program.GeneralSettings.Theme switch
+            {
+                "light" => "light",
+                "dark" => "dark",
+                "system" when ThemeHelpers.GetAppTheme() == AppTheme.Light => "light",
+                "system" when ThemeHelpers.GetAppTheme() == AppTheme.Dark => "dark",
+                _ => throw new NotImplementedException(),
+            };
+
+            // Arg 6: Elevated status
+            string isElevated = Program.GeneralSettings.IsElevated ? "true" : "false";
+
+            // Arg 7: Is user an administrator
+            string isAdmin = Program.GeneralSettings.IsAdmin ? "true" : "false";
+
+            // Arg 8: Show OOBE window
+            string showOobeArg = showOobeWindow ? "true" : "false";
+
+            // Arg 9: Show SCOOBE window
+            string showScoobeArg = showScoobeWindow ? "true" : "false";
+
+            // Arg 10: Show flyout
+            string showFlyoutArg = showFlyout ? "true" : "false";
+
+            // Arg 11: Are there additional settings window arguments
+            string areThereadditionalArgs = string.IsNullOrEmpty(additionalArguments) ? "false" : "true";
+
+            // Arg 12: Are there flyout position arguments
+            string areThereFlyoutPositionArgs = flyoutPosition.HasValue ? "true" : "false";
+
+            string executableArgs = $"{powerToysPipeName} {settingsPipeName} {currentProcessId} {theme} {isElevated} {isAdmin} {showOobeArg} {showScoobeArg} {showFlyoutArg} {areThereadditionalArgs} {areThereFlyoutPositionArgs}";
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(additionalArguments))
+            {
+                executableArgs += $" {additionalArguments}";
+            }
+
+            if (flyoutPosition is not null)
+            {
+                executableArgs += $" {flyoutPosition.Value.X} {flyoutPosition.Value.Y}";
+            }
+
+            _process = Process.Start(executablePath, executableArgs);
+
+            // Initialize listening to pipes
+            _ipc = new TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged(powerToysPipeName, settingsPipeName, OnSettingsMessageReceived);
+            _ipc.Start();
+        }
+
+        private static void OnSettingsMessageReceived(string message)
+        {
+            JsonDocument messageDocument = JsonDocument.Parse(message);
+
+            foreach (var property in messageDocument.RootElement.EnumerateObject())
+            {
+                switch (property.Name)
+                {
+                    case "action":
+                        foreach (var moduleName in property.Value.EnumerateObject())
+                        {
+                            _settingsUtils.SaveSettings(moduleName.Value.ToString(), moduleName.Name);
+                            if (moduleName.Name == "general")
+                            {
+                                switch (moduleName.Value.GetProperty("action_name").GetString())
+                                {
+                                    case "restart_elevation":
+                                        ElevationHelper.RestartScheduled = ElevationHelper.RestartScheduledMode.RestartElevatedWithOpenSettings;
+                                        Runner.Close();
+                                        break;
+                                    case "restart_mentain_elevation":
+                                        // Todo:
+                                        break;
+                                    case "check_for_updates":
+                                        UpdateSettingsHelper.TriggerUpdateCheck();
+                                        break;
+                                    case "request_update_state_date":
+                                        // Todo:
+                                        break;
+                                }
+
+                                break;
+                            }
+
+                            foreach (IPowerToysModule ptModule in Runner.LoadedModules)
+                            {
+                                if (ptModule is IPowerToysModuleCustomActionsProvider customActionsProvider && customActionsProvider.CustomActions.TryGetValue(moduleName.Value.GetProperty("action_name").GetString() ?? string.Empty, out Action? action))
+                                {
+                                    action();
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    case "get_all_hotkey_conflicts":
+                        // Todo: Handle hotkey conflict
+                        break;
+                    case "bugreport":
+                        TrayIconManager.ProcessTrayMenuCommand((nuint)TrayIconManager.TrayButton.ReportBug);
+                        break;
+                    case "bug_report_status":
+                        _ipc?.Send($@"{{""bug_report_running:"" {(TrayIconManager.IsBugReportToolRunning ? "true" : "false")}");
+                        break;
+                    case "killrunner":
+                        Runner.Close();
+                        break;
+                    case "general":
+                        try
+                        {
+                            _settingsUtils.SaveSettings(property.Value.ToString(), string.Empty);
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception)
+                        {
+                            // TODO: Log error
+                        }
+
+                        NativeMethods.PostMessageW(Runner.RunnerHwnd, (uint)NativeMethods.WindowMessages.REFRESH_SETTINGS, 0, 0);
+
+                        foreach (IPowerToysModule module in Runner.ModulesToLoad)
+                        {
+                            if (module is IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber settingsChangedSubscriber)
+                            {
+                                settingsChangedSubscriber.OnSettingsChanged();
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    case "powertoys":
+                        foreach (var powertoysSettingsPart in property.Value.EnumerateObject())
+                        {
+                            _settingsUtils.SaveSettings(powertoysSettingsPart.Value.ToString(), powertoysSettingsPart.Name);
+
+                            if (Runner.LoadedModules.Find(m => m.Name == powertoysSettingsPart.Name) is IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber module)
+                            {
+                                module.OnSettingsChanged();
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                // If no specific module was found, notify all enabled modules
+                                foreach (IPowerToysModule module2 in Runner.LoadedModules.Where(m => m.Enabled))
+                                {
+                                    if (module2 is IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber settingsChangedSubscriber)
+                                    {
+                                        settingsChangedSubscriber.OnSettingsChanged();
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            NativeMethods.PostMessageW(Runner.RunnerHwnd, (uint)NativeMethods.WindowMessages.REFRESH_SETTINGS, 0, 0);
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        Console.WriteLine($"Unknown message received from Settings: {property.Name}");
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void CloseSettingsWindow()
+        {
+            using var closeEventWrapper = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.PowerToysRunnerTerminateSettingsEvent());
+            closeEventWrapper.Set();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/TrayIconManager.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Helpers/TrayIconManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+// 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.Drawing;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using static RunnerV2.NativeMethods;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Helpers
+{
+    internal static partial class TrayIconManager
+    {
+        internal static void StartTrayIcon()
+        {
+            NOTIFYICONDATA notifyicondata = new()
+            {
+                CbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf<NOTIFYICONDATA>(),
+                HWnd = Runner.RunnerHwnd,
+                UId = 1,
+                HIcon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(Environment.ProcessPath!)!.Handle,
+                UFlags = 0x0000001 | 0x00000002 | 0x4,
+                UCallbackMessage = (uint)WindowMessages.ICON_NOTIFY,
+                SzTip = "PowerToys Runner",
+            };
+
+            ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx(Runner.RunnerHwnd, 0x0111, 0x0001, IntPtr.Zero);
+
+            Shell_NotifyIcon(NIMADD, ref notifyicondata);
+        }
+
+        internal static void StopTrayIcon()
+        {
+            NOTIFYICONDATA notifyicondata = new()
+            {
+                CbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf<NOTIFYICONDATA>(),
+                HWnd = Runner.RunnerHwnd,
+                UId = 1,
+            };
+
+            Shell_NotifyIcon(NIMDELETE, ref notifyicondata);
+        }
+
+        internal enum TrayButton : uint
+        {
+            Settings = 1,
+            Documentation,
+            ReportBug,
+            Close,
+        }
+
+        private static bool _doubleClickTimerRunning;
+        private static bool _doubleClickDetected;
+
+        private static IntPtr _trayIconMenu;
+
+        static TrayIconManager()
+        {
+            _trayIconMenu = CreatePopupMenu();
+            AppendMenuW(_trayIconMenu, 0u, new UIntPtr((uint)TrayButton.Settings), "Settings\tDouble-click");
+            AppendMenuW(_trayIconMenu, 0x00000800u, UIntPtr.Zero, string.Empty); // separator
+            AppendMenuW(_trayIconMenu, 0u, new UIntPtr((uint)TrayButton.Documentation), "Documentation");
+            AppendMenuW(_trayIconMenu, 0u, new UIntPtr((uint)TrayButton.ReportBug), "Report a Bug");
+            AppendMenuW(_trayIconMenu, 0x00000800u, UIntPtr.Zero, string.Empty); // separator
+            AppendMenuW(_trayIconMenu, 0u, new UIntPtr((uint)TrayButton.Close), "Close");
+        }
+
+        internal static void ProcessTrayIconMessage(long lParam)
+        {
+            switch (lParam)
+            {
+                case 0x0205: // WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK
+                case 0x007B: // WM_CONTEXTMENU
+                    SetForegroundWindow(Runner.RunnerHwnd);
+                    TrackPopupMenu(_trayIconMenu, 0x0004 | 0x0020, Cursor.Position.X, Cursor.Position.Y, 0, Runner.RunnerHwnd, IntPtr.Zero);
+                    break;
+                case 0x0202: // WM_LBUTTONUP
+                    if (_doubleClickTimerRunning)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    _doubleClickTimerRunning = true;
+                    Task.Delay(SystemInformation.DoubleClickTime).ContinueWith(_ =>
+                    {
+                        if (!_doubleClickDetected)
+                        {
+                            SettingsHelper.OpenSettingsWindow(showFlyout: true, flyoutPosition: Cursor.Position);
+                        }
+
+                        _doubleClickDetected = false;
+                        _doubleClickTimerRunning = false;
+                    });
+                    break;
+                case 0x0203: // WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK
+                    _doubleClickDetected = true;
+                    SettingsHelper.OpenSettingsWindow();
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static bool IsBugReportToolRunning { get; set; }
+
+        internal static void ProcessTrayMenuCommand(nuint commandId)
+        {
+            switch ((TrayButton)commandId)
+            {
+                case TrayButton.Settings:
+                    SettingsHelper.OpenSettingsWindow();
+                    break;
+                case TrayButton.Documentation:
+                    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
+                    {
+                        FileName = "https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview",
+                        UseShellExecute = true,
+                    });
+                    break;
+                case TrayButton.ReportBug:
+                    Process bugReportProcess = new();
+                    bugReportProcess.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+                    {
+                        FileName = "Tools\\PowerToys.BugReportTool.exe",
+                        CreateNoWindow = true,
+                    };
+
+                    bugReportProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
+
+                    EnableMenuItem(_trayIconMenu, (uint)TrayButton.ReportBug, 0x000000 | 0x00001);
+
+                    bugReportProcess.Exited += (sender, e) =>
+                    {
+                        bugReportProcess.Dispose();
+                        EnableMenuItem(_trayIconMenu, (uint)TrayButton.ReportBug, 0x00000000);
+                        IsBugReportToolRunning = false;
+                    };
+
+                    bugReportProcess.Start();
+                    IsBugReportToolRunning = true;
+
+                    break;
+                case TrayButton.Close:
+                    Runner.Close();
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModule.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModule.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    public interface IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the short name of the module. The same used as the name of the folder containing its settings.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Name { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This function is called when the module is enabled.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Enable();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This function is called when the module is disabled.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Disable();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the module is enabled.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This value shall be read from the settings of the module in the module interface implementation.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public bool Enabled { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the GPO rule configured state for the module.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This value shall be read from the GPO settings with the <see cref="GPOWrapper"/> class.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured { get; }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModuleCustomActionsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModuleCustomActionsProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    internal interface IPowerToysModuleCustomActionsProvider
+    {
+        public Dictionary<string, Action> CustomActions { get; }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    internal interface IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public void OnSettingsChanged();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    internal interface IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a list of shortcuts, that shall be registered in the keyboard hook, and their associated actions.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If this property is not overridden, the module is considered to not have shortcuts.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/ProcessModuleAbstractClass.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/ProcessModuleAbstractClass.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// 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 RunnerV2.Helpers;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Base abstract class for modules that launch and manage external processes.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal abstract class ProcessModuleAbstractClass
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Options for launching a process.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Flags]
+        public enum ProcessLaunchOptions
+        {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Only a single instance of the process should be running.
+            /// </summary>
+            SingletonProcess = 1,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Elevate the process if the current process is elevated.
+            /// </summary>
+            ElevateIfApplicable = 2,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Provide the runner process ID as the first argument to the launched process.
+            /// </summary>
+            RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument = 4,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Indicates that the application should not launch automatically when the specified module is enabled.
+            /// </summary>
+            SupressLaunchOnModuleEnabled = 8,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Specifies that the process should be started using the operating system shell.
+            /// </summary>
+            UseShellExecute = 16,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Indicates that the process should never exit automatically.
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <remarks>Use this value when using a helper process to launch an application like explorer.exe.</remarks>
+            NeverExit = 32,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Suppresses UI when process is launched.
+            /// </summary>
+            HideUI = 64,
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Sets the launched process to realtime priority.
+            /// </summary>
+            RealtimePriority = 128,
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the relative or absolute path to the process executable.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract string ProcessPath { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the name of the process without the .exe extension.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Has no effect if the <see cref="LaunchOptions"/> has the <see cref="ProcessLaunchOptions.UseShellExecute"/> flag set.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public abstract string ProcessName { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the arguments to pass to the process on launch.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If not overridden, no arguments are passed.
+        /// If the <see cref="LaunchOptions"/> has the <see cref="ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument"/> flag is set, the runner process ID is prepended to these arguments.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public virtual string ProcessArguments { get; } = string.Empty;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the options used to configure how the process is launched.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Ensures that atleast one process is launched. If the process is already running, does nothing.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void EnsureLaunched()
+        {
+            Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(ProcessName);
+            if (processes.Length > 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            LaunchProcess();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Launches the process with the specified options.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="isModuleEnableProcess">Specifies if the <see cref="Runner"/> class is currently calling this function as part of a module startup</param>
+        public void LaunchProcess(bool isModuleEnableProcess = false)
+        {
+            if (isModuleEnableProcess && LaunchOptions.HasFlag(ProcessLaunchOptions.SupressLaunchOnModuleEnabled))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (LaunchOptions.HasFlag(ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess))
+            {
+                Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(ProcessName);
+                if (processes.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            string arguments = (LaunchOptions.HasFlag(ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument) ? Environment.ProcessId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ProcessArguments) ? string.Empty : " ") : string.Empty) + ProcessArguments;
+
+            Process? p = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo()
+            {
+                UseShellExecute = LaunchOptions.HasFlag(ProcessLaunchOptions.UseShellExecute),
+                FileName = ProcessPath,
+                Arguments = arguments,
+                Verb = LaunchOptions.HasFlag(ProcessLaunchOptions.ElevateIfApplicable) && ElevationHelper.IsProcessElevated() ? "runas" : "open",
+            });
+
+            if (LaunchOptions.HasFlag(ProcessLaunchOptions.RealtimePriority))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    if (p != null && !p.HasExited)
+                    {
+                        p.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.RealTime;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Debug.WriteLine($"[ProcessModuleAbstractClass] Failed to set realtime priority for process {ProcessName}", ex);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Schedules all processes with the specified <see cref="ProcessName"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If the <see cref="LaunchOptions"/> has the <see cref="ProcessLaunchOptions.NeverExit"/> flag set, this function does nothing.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public void ProcessExit()
+        {
+            if (LaunchOptions.HasFlag(ProcessLaunchOptions.NeverExit))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            ProcessHelper.ScheudleProcessKill(ProcessName);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/RegistryChangeSet.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/RegistryChangeSet.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    internal readonly struct RegistryChangeSet
+    {
+        public RegistryValueChange[] Changes { get; init; }
+
+        public readonly bool IsApplied => Changes.All(c => c.IsApplied);
+
+        public readonly bool Apply()
+        {
+            bool allApplied = true;
+            foreach (var change in Changes)
+            {
+                allApplied = (change.Apply() || !change.Required) && allApplied;
+            }
+
+            return allApplied;
+        }
+
+        public readonly bool ApplyIfNotApplied() => IsApplied || Apply();
+
+        public readonly bool UnApplyIfApplied() => !IsApplied || UnApply();
+
+        public readonly bool UnApply()
+        {
+            bool allUnapplied = true;
+            foreach (var change in Changes)
+            {
+                allUnapplied = (change.UnApply() || !change.Required) && allUnapplied;
+            }
+
+            return allUnapplied;
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/RegistryValueChange.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/RegistryValueChange.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    internal readonly struct RegistryValueChange
+    {
+        public RegistryValueChange()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public required string KeyPath { get; init; }
+
+        public required string? KeyName { get; init; }
+
+        public bool Required { get; init; } = true;
+
+        public required object Value { get; init; }
+
+        public RegistryHive Scope { get; init; } = RegistryHive.CurrentUser;
+
+        private static RegistryValueKind ValueTypeToRegistryValueKind(object value)
+        {
+            return value switch
+            {
+                int => RegistryValueKind.DWord,
+                long => RegistryValueKind.QWord,
+                string => RegistryValueKind.String,
+                string[] => RegistryValueKind.MultiString,
+                byte[] => RegistryValueKind.Binary,
+                _ => throw new ArgumentException("Unsupported value type"),
+            };
+        }
+
+        public readonly bool IsApplied
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    using RegistryKey? key = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(Scope, RegistryView.Default).OpenSubKey(KeyPath, false);
+                    return key != null && ValueTypeToRegistryValueKind(Value) == key.GetValueKind(KeyName) && Value.Equals(key.GetValue(KeyName));
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError($"Testing if registry change \"{this}\" is applied failed.", e);
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public readonly bool RequiresElevation
+        {
+            get => Scope == RegistryHive.LocalMachine;
+        }
+
+        public readonly bool Apply()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using RegistryKey? key = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(Scope, RegistryView.Default).CreateSubKey(KeyPath, true);
+                if (key == null)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError($"Applying registry change \"{this}\" failed because the registry key could not be created.");
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                key.SetValue(KeyName, Value, ValueTypeToRegistryValueKind(Value));
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Applying registry change \"{this}\" failed.", e);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public readonly bool UnApply()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using RegistryKey? key = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(Scope, RegistryView.Default).OpenSubKey(KeyPath, true);
+                if (key == null)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError($"Unapplying registry change \"{this}\" failed because the registry key could not be opened.");
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                if (KeyName is not null)
+                {
+                    key.DeleteValue(KeyName, false);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    key.SetValue(null, string.Empty); // Delete the default value
+                }
+
+                // Check if the path doesn't contain anything and delete it if so
+                if (key.GetValueNames().Length == 0 && key.GetSubKeyNames().Length == 0)
+                {
+                    RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(Scope, RegistryView.Default).DeleteSubKey(KeyPath, false);
+                }
+
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Unapplying registry change \"{this}\" failed.", e);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public override readonly string ToString() => $"{RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(Scope, RegistryView.Default).Name}\\{KeyPath}\\{KeyName}:{Value}";
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/SpecialMode.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Models/SpecialMode.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace RunnerV2.Models
+{
+    internal enum SpecialMode
+    {
+        None,
+        Win32ToastNotificationCOMServer,
+        DisableCantDragElevatedNotification,
+        UpdateNow,
+        ReportSuccessfulUpdate,
+        CouldntToggleFileExplorerModulesNotification,
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Helpers;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class AdvancedPasteModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IDisposable, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "AdvancedPaste";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.AdvancedPaste;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredAdvancedPasteEnabledValue();
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            if (_ipc != null)
+            {
+                _ipc.Send(Constants.AdvancedPasteTerminateAppMessage());
+                _ipc.End();
+                _ipc = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private const string IpcName = @"\\.\pipe\PowerToys.AdvancedPaste";
+        private TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged? _ipc;
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            _ipc = new TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged(string.Empty, IpcName, (_) => { });
+            _ipc.Start();
+
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public void PopulateShortcuts()
+        {
+            _ipc ??= new TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged(string.Empty, @"\\.\pipe\PowerToys.AdvancedPaste", (_) => { });
+
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+
+            AdvancedPasteSettings settings = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettingsOrDefault<AdvancedPasteSettings>(Name);
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.AdvancedPasteUIShortcut, () =>
+                _ipc.Send(Constants.AdvancedPasteShowUIMessage())
+            ));
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.PasteAsPlainTextShortcut, TryToPasteAsPlainText));
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.PasteAsMarkdownShortcut, () => _ipc.Send(Constants.AdvancedPasteMarkdownMessage())));
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.PasteAsJsonShortcut, () => _ipc.Send(Constants.AdvancedPasteJsonMessage())));
+
+            HotkeyAccessor[] hotkeyAccessors = settings.GetAllHotkeyAccessors();
+            int additionalActionsCount = settings.Properties.AdditionalActions.GetAllActions().Count() - 2;
+            for (int i = 0; i < additionalActionsCount; i++)
+            {
+                int scopedI = i;
+                Shortcuts.Add((hotkeyAccessors[4 + i].Value, () => _ipc.Send(Constants.AdvancedPasteAdditionalActionMessage() + " " + (3 + scopedI))));
+            }
+
+            for (int i = 4 + additionalActionsCount; i < hotkeyAccessors.Length; i++)
+            {
+                int scopedI = i;
+                Shortcuts.Add((hotkeyAccessors[i].Value, () => _ipc.Send(Constants.AdvancedPasteCustomActionMessage() + " " + (scopedI - 4 - additionalActionsCount))));
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void TryToPasteAsPlainText()
+        {
+            if (Clipboard.ContainsText())
+            {
+                string text = Clipboard.GetText();
+                SendKeys.SendWait(text);
+            }
+
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            _ipc?.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.AdvancedPaste.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.AdvancedPaste";
+
+        public override string ProcessArguments => IpcName;
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.AlwaysOnTop;
+
+        public string Name => "AlwaysOnTop";
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredAlwaysOnTopEnabledValue();
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEventWrapper = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.AlwaysOnTopTerminateEvent());
+            terminateEventWrapper.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            InitializeHotkey();
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeHotkey()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<AlwaysOnTopSettings>(Name).Properties.Hotkey.Value, () =>
+                {
+                    using var pinEventWrapper = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.AlwaysOnTopPinEvent());
+                    pinEventWrapper.Set();
+                }
+            ));
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            InitializeHotkey();
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.AlwaysOnTop.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.AlwaysOnTop";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument | ProcessLaunchOptions.ElevateIfApplicable;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/AwakeModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/AwakeModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// 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.Globalization;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class AwakeModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        public string Name => "Awake";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.Awake;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredAwakeEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.Awake.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.Awake";
+
+        public override string ProcessArguments => $"--use-pt-config --pid {Environment.ProcessId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEventWrapper = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.AwakeExitEvent());
+            terminateEventWrapper.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CmdNotFoundModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CmdNotFoundModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// 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.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class CmdNotFoundModuleInterface : IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        public string Name => "CmdNotFound";
+
+        public bool Enabled => true;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredCmdNotFoundEnabledValue();
+
+        public CmdNotFoundModuleInterface()
+        {
+            if (GpoRuleConfigured == GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled)
+            {
+                UninstallModule();
+            }
+
+            if (GpoRuleConfigured == GpoRuleConfigured.Enabled)
+            {
+                InstallModule();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void InstallModule()
+        {
+            Logger.LogInfo("Installing Command Not Found module invoked through GPO");
+
+            new Thread(async () =>
+            {
+                Process p = Process.Start("pwsh.exe", "-NoProfile -NonInteractive -NoLogo -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File \"" + Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.ProcessPath) + "\\WinUI3Apps\\Assets\\Settings\\Scripts\\EnableModule.ps1" + "\"" + " -scriptPath \"" + Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.ProcessPath) + "\"");
+                await p.WaitForExitAsync();
+                if (p.ExitCode == 0)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogInfo("Command Not Found was successfully installed.");
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                Logger.LogInfo("Command Not Found failed to install with exit code: " + p.ExitCode);
+            }).Start();
+        }
+
+        public void UninstallModule()
+        {
+            Logger.LogInfo("Uninstalling Command Not Found module invoked through GPO");
+
+            new Thread(async () =>
+            {
+                Process p = Process.Start("pwsh.exe", "-NoProfile -NonInteractive -NoLogo -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File \"" + Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.ProcessPath) + "\\WinUI3Apps\\Assets\\Settings\\Scripts\\DisableModule.ps1" + "\"" + " -scriptPath \"" + Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.ProcessPath) + "\"");
+                await p.WaitForExitAsync();
+                if (p.ExitCode == 0)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogInfo("Command Not Found was successfully uninstalled.");
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                Logger.LogInfo("Command Not Found failed to uninstall with exit code: " + p.ExitCode);
+            }).Start();
+        }
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/ColorPickerModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/ColorPickerModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class ColorPickerModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "ColorPicker";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettingsOrDefault<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.ColorPicker;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredColorPickerEnabledValue();
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEventWrapper = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.TerminateColorPickerSharedEvent());
+            terminateEventWrapper.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<ColorPickerSettings>(Name).Properties.ActivationShortcut, () =>
+            {
+                using var showUiEventWrapper = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.ShowColorPickerSharedEvent());
+                showUiEventWrapper.Set();
+            }
+            ));
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.ColorPickerUI.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.ColorPickerUI";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CommandPaletteModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CommandPaletteModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// 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.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Helpers;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class CommandPaletteModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        private const string PackageName = "Microsoft.CommandPalette"
+#if DEBUG
+            + ".Dev"
+#endif
+            ;
+
+        public string Name => "CmdPal";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettingsOrDefault<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.CmdPal;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredCmdPalEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "explorer.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessArguments => "x-cmdpal://background";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => string.Empty;
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.UseShellExecute | ProcessLaunchOptions.NeverExit;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            if (PackageHelper.GetRegisteredPackage(PackageName, false) is null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    string architectureString = RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture == Architecture.X64 ? "x64" : "ARM64";
+#if DEBUG
+                    string[] msixFiles = PackageHelper.FindMsixFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "\\WinUI3Apps\\CmdPal\\AppPackages\\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_0.0.1.0_Debug_Test\\", false);
+                    string[] dependencies = PackageHelper.FindMsixFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "\\WinUI3Apps\\CmdPal\\AppPackages\\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI_0.0.1.0_Debug_Test\\Dependencies\\" + architectureString + "\\", true);
+#else
+                    string[] msixFiles = PackageHelper.FindMsixFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "\\WinUI3Apps\\CmdPal\\", false);
+                    string[] dependencies = PackageHelper.FindMsixFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "\\WinUI3Apps\\CmdPal\\Dependencies\\", true);
+#endif
+
+                    if (msixFiles.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        if (!PackageHelper.InstallPackage(msixFiles[0], dependencies))
+                        {
+                            Logger.LogError("Failed to register Command Palette package.");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError("Exception occurred while enabling Command Palette package.", ex);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (PackageHelper.GetRegisteredPackage(PackageName, false) is null)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Command Palette package is not registered after attempting to enable it.");
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CropAndLockModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CropAndLockModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed partial class CropAndLockModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IDisposable, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "CropAndLock";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.CropAndLock;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredCropAndLockEnabledValue();
+
+        private EventWaitHandle _reparentEvent = new(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.CropAndLockReparentEvent());
+        private EventWaitHandle _thumbnailEvent = new(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.CropAndLockThumbnailEvent());
+        private EventWaitHandle _terminateEvent = new(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.CropAndLockExitEvent());
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            _terminateEvent.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public void PopulateShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            var settings = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<CropAndLockSettings>(Name);
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.ThumbnailHotkey.Value,  () => _thumbnailEvent.Set()));
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.ReparentHotkey.Value,  () => _reparentEvent.Set()));
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.CropAndLock.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.CropAndLock";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+            _reparentEvent.Dispose();
+            _thumbnailEvent.Dispose();
+            _terminateEvent.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CursorWrapModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/CursorWrapModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class CursorWrapModuleInterface : IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "CursorWrap";
+
+        private bool _hookActive;
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.CursorWrap;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredCursorWrapEnabledValue();
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            _hookActive = false;
+            CursorWrapStopMouseHook();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+            _hookActive = true;
+            CursorWrapStartMouseHook();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<CursorWrapSettings>(Name).Properties.DefaultActivationShortcut, () =>
+            {
+                if (_hookActive)
+                {
+                    CursorWrapStopMouseHook();
+                    _hookActive = false;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    CursorWrapStartMouseHook();
+                    _hookActive = true;
+                }
+            }));
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.CursorWrap.dll")]
+        private static extern bool CursorWrapStartMouseHook();
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.CursorWrap.dll")]
+        private static extern bool CursorWrapStopMouseHook();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// 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.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        public string Name => "Environment Variables";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.EnvironmentVariables;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredEnvironmentVariablesEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.EnvironmentVariables.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.EnvironmentVariables";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SupressLaunchOnModuleEnabled | ProcessLaunchOptions.NeverExit;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/FancyZonesModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/FancyZonesModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class FancyZonesModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleCustomActionsProvider, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "FancyZones";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.FancyZones;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredFancyZonesEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.FancyZones.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.FancyZones";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument | ProcessLaunchOptions.HideUI;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.FZEExitEvent());
+            terminateEvent.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public Dictionary<string, Action> CustomActions => new()
+        {
+            {
+                "ToggledFZEditor",
+                () =>
+                {
+                    EnsureLaunched();
+                    using var invokeFZEditorEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.FZEToggleEvent());
+                    invokeFZEditorEvent.Set();
+                }
+            },
+        };
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get;  } = [];
+
+        public void InitializeShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            var settings = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<FancyZonesSettings>(Name);
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.FancyzonesEditorHotkey.Value, () =>
+            {
+                EnsureLaunched();
+                using var invokeFZEditorEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.FZEToggleEvent());
+                invokeFZEditorEvent.Set();
+            }
+            ));
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/FileExplorerModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/FileExplorerModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class FileExplorerModuleInterface : IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        private record struct FileExplorerModule(Func<bool> IsEnabled, GpoRuleConfigured GpoRule, RegistryChangeSet RegistryChanges);
+
+        private static readonly List<FileExplorerModule> _fileExplorerModules;
+
+        private static readonly string[] ExtSVG = { ".svg" };
+        private static readonly string[] ExtMarkdown = { ".md", ".markdown", ".mdown", ".mkdn", ".mkd", ".mdwn", ".mdtxt", ".mdtext" };
+        private static readonly string[] ExtPDF = { ".pdf" };
+        private static readonly string[] ExtGCode = { ".gcode" };
+        private static readonly string[] ExtBGCode = { ".bgcode" };
+        private static readonly string[] ExtSTL = { ".stl" };
+        private static readonly string[] ExtQOI = { ".qoi" };
+
+        static FileExplorerModuleInterface()
+        {
+            static PowerPreviewProperties GetProperties() => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<PowerPreviewSettings>(PowerPreviewSettings.ModuleName).Properties;
+
+            string installationPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)!;
+
+            _fileExplorerModules = [
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableBgcodePreview,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredBgcodePreviewEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler, "{0e6d5bdd-d5f8-4692-a089-8bb88cdd37f4}", "BgcodePreviewHandler", "Binary G-code Preview Handler", ExtBGCode)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableBgcodeThumbnail,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredBgcodeThumbnailsEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.ThumbnailProvider, "{5c93a1e4-99d0-4fb3-991c-6c296a27be21}", "BgcodeThumbnailProvider", "Binary G-code Thumbnail Provider", ExtBGCode)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableGcodePreview,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredGcodePreviewEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler, "{A0257634-8812-4CE8-AF11-FA69ACAEAFAE}", "GcodePreviewHandler", "G-code Preview Handler", ExtGCode)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableGcodeThumbnail,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredGcodeThumbnailsEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.ThumbnailProvider, "{F2847CBE-CD03-4C83-A359-1A8052C1B9D5}", "GcodeThumbnailProvider", "G-code Thumbnail Provider", ExtGCode)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableMdPreview,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMarkdownPreviewEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler, "{60789D87-9C3C-44AF-B18C-3DE2C2820ED3}", "MarkdownPreviewHandler", "Markdown Preview Handler", ExtMarkdown)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnablePdfPreview,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredPdfPreviewEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler, "{A5A41CC7-02CB-41D4-8C9B-9087040D6098}", "PdfPreviewHandler", "PDF Preview Handler", ExtPDF)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnablePdfThumbnail,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredPdfThumbnailsEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.ThumbnailProvider, "{D8BB9942-93BD-412D-87E4-33FAB214DC1A}", "PdfThumbnailProvider", "PDF Thumbnail Provider", ExtPDF)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableQoiPreview,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredQoiPreviewEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler, "{729B72CD-B72E-4FE9-BCBF-E954B33FE699}", "QoiPreviewHandler", "QOI Preview Handler", ExtQOI)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableQoiThumbnail,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredQoiThumbnailsEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.ThumbnailProvider, "{AD856B15-D25E-4008-AFB7-AFAA55586188}", "QoiThumbnailProvider", "QOI Thumbnail Provider", ExtQOI, "image", "Picture")),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableStlThumbnail,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredStlThumbnailsEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.ThumbnailProvider, "{77257004-6F25-4521-B602-50ECC6EC62A6}", "StlThumbnailProvider", "STL Thumbnail Provider", ExtSTL)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableSvgPreview,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredSvgPreviewEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler, "{FCDD4EED-41AA-492F-8A84-31A1546226E0}", "SvgPreviewHandler", "SVG Preview Handler", ExtSVG)),
+                new FileExplorerModule(
+                    () => GetProperties().EnableSvgThumbnail,
+                    GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredSvgThumbnailsEnabledValue(),
+                    GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType.ThumbnailProvider, "{10144713-1526-46C9-88DA-1FB52807A9FF}", "SvgThumbnailProvider", "SVG Thumbnail Provider", ExtSVG, "image", "Picture")),
+                GetMonacoFileExplorerModule(installationPath)
+            ];
+        }
+
+        private static FileExplorerModule GetMonacoFileExplorerModule(string installationPath)
+        {
+            // .svgz is a binary file type that Monaco cannot handle, so we exclude it from the preview handler
+            string[] extExclusions = [..ExtMarkdown, ..ExtSVG, ".svgz"];
+            List<string> extensions = [];
+
+            string languagesFilePath = Path.Combine(installationPath, "Assets\\Monaco\\monaco_languages.json");
+
+            if (!File.Exists(languagesFilePath))
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("PowerPreviewModuleInterface: Unable to find monaco_languages.json file at " + languagesFilePath);
+                goto returnLabel;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                JsonDocument jsonDocument = JsonDocument.Parse(File.ReadAllText(languagesFilePath));
+                var list = jsonDocument.RootElement.GetProperty("list");
+
+                foreach (var item in list.EnumerateArray())
+                {
+                    if (item.TryGetProperty("extensions", out JsonElement extensionsElement))
+                    {
+                        foreach (var ext in extensionsElement.EnumerateArray())
+                        {
+                            string extension = ext.GetString() ?? string.Empty;
+                            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(extension) && !extensions.Contains(extension, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                            {
+                                extensions.Add(extension);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("PowerPreviewModuleInterface: Failed to parse monaco_languages.json file.", ex);
+            }
+
+        returnLabel:
+            return new FileExplorerModule(
+                () => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<PowerPreviewSettings>(PowerPreviewSettings.ModuleName).Properties.EnableMonacoPreview,
+                GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMonacoPreviewEnabledValue(),
+                GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(
+                    FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler,
+                    "{D8034CFA-F34B-41FE-AD45-62FCBB52A6DA}",
+                    "MonacoPreviewHandler",
+                    "Monaco Preview Handler",
+                    [.. extensions.Where(ext => !extExclusions.Contains(ext))]));
+        }
+
+        private enum FileExplorerAddOnType
+        {
+            ThumbnailProvider,
+            PreviewHandler,
+        }
+
+        private static RegistryChangeSet GetFileExplorerAddOnChangeSet(FileExplorerAddOnType type, string handlerClsid, string className, string displayName, string[] fileTypes, string? perceivedType = null, string? fileKindType = null)
+        {
+            string installationPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)!;
+            string pathToHandler = Path.Combine(installationPath, "PowerToys.FileExplorerDllExporter.dll");
+            string clsidPath = "Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\" + handlerClsid;
+            string inprocServer32Path = clsidPath + "\\InprocServer32";
+
+            string assemblyKeyValue;
+            int lastDotPos = className.LastIndexOf('.');
+
+            if (lastDotPos != -1)
+            {
+                assemblyKeyValue = string.Concat("PowerToys.", className.AsSpan(lastDotPos + 1));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                assemblyKeyValue = "PowerToys." + className;
+            }
+
+            assemblyKeyValue += $", Version={Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version!}, Culture=neutral";
+
+            List<RegistryValueChange> changes = [
+                new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = clsidPath,
+                    KeyName = "DisplayName",
+                    Value = displayName,
+                },
+                new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = clsidPath,
+                    KeyName = null,
+                    Value = className,
+                },
+                new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = inprocServer32Path,
+                    KeyName = null,
+                    Value = pathToHandler,
+                },
+                new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = inprocServer32Path,
+                    KeyName = "Assembly",
+                    Value = assemblyKeyValue,
+                },
+                new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = inprocServer32Path,
+                    KeyName = "Class",
+                    Value = className,
+                },
+                new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = inprocServer32Path,
+                    KeyName = "ThreadingModel",
+                    Value = "Apartment",
+                },
+            ];
+
+            foreach (string fileType in fileTypes)
+            {
+                string fileTypePath = "Software\\Classes\\" + fileType;
+                string fileAssociationPath = fileTypePath + "\\shellex\\" + (type == FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler ? IPREVIEWHANDLERCLSID : ITHUMBNAILPROVIDERCLSID);
+
+                changes.Add(new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = fileAssociationPath,
+                    KeyName = null,
+                    Value = handlerClsid,
+                });
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileKindType))
+                {
+                    // Registering a file type as a kind needs to be done at the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE level.
+                    // Make it optional as well so that we don't fail registering the handler if we can't write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
+                    string kindPath = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\KindMap";
+                    changes.Add(new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        Scope = Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive.LocalMachine,
+                        KeyPath = kindPath,
+                        KeyName = fileType,
+                        Value = fileKindType,
+                        Required = false,
+                    });
+                }
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(perceivedType))
+                {
+                    changes.Add(new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = fileTypePath,
+                        KeyName = "PerceivedType",
+                        Value = perceivedType,
+                    });
+                }
+
+                // this regfile registry key has precedence over Software\Classes\.reg for .reg files
+                if (type == FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler && fileType.Equals(".reg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    string regFilePath = "Software\\Classes\\regfile\\shellex\\" + IPREVIEWHANDLERCLSID;
+                    changes.Add(new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = regFilePath,
+                        KeyName = null,
+                        Value = handlerClsid,
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (type == FileExplorerAddOnType.PreviewHandler)
+            {
+                string previewHostClsid = "{6d2b5079-2f0b-48dd-ab7f-97cec514d30b}";
+                string previewHandlerListPath = "(Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\PreviewHandlers)";
+                changes.Add(new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = clsidPath,
+                    KeyName = "AppID",
+                    Value = previewHostClsid,
+                });
+
+                changes.Add(new RegistryValueChange
+                {
+                    KeyPath = previewHandlerListPath,
+                    KeyName = handlerClsid,
+                    Value = displayName,
+                });
+            }
+
+            changes.Add(new RegistryValueChange
+            {
+                Scope = Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive.LocalMachine,
+                KeyPath = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Shell Extensions\\Approved",
+                KeyName = handlerClsid,
+                Value = displayName,
+                Required = false,
+            });
+
+            return new RegistryChangeSet
+            {
+                Changes = [.. changes],
+            };
+        }
+
+        private const string ITHUMBNAILPROVIDERCLSID = "{E357FCCD-A995-4576-B01F-234630154E96}";
+        private const string IPREVIEWHANDLERCLSID = "{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f}";
+
+        public string Name => "File Explorer";
+
+        public bool Enabled => true;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GpoRuleConfigured.Unavailable;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            OnSettingsChanged();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            foreach (FileExplorerModule submodule in _fileExplorerModules)
+            {
+                if (submodule.GpoRule == GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled)
+                {
+                    submodule.RegistryChanges.UnApply();
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (submodule.IsEnabled() || submodule.GpoRule == GpoRuleConfigured.Enabled)
+                {
+                    submodule.RegistryChanges.Apply();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    submodule.RegistryChanges.UnApply();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/FindMyMouseModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/FindMyMouseModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class FindMyMouseModuleInterface : IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "FindMyMouse";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.FindMyMouse;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredFindMyMouseEnabledValue();
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            FindMyMouseDisable();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+
+            var thread = new Thread(() =>
+            {
+                uint version = 0x00010008;
+                int hr = MddBootstrapInitialize(version, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
+                if (hr < 0)
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException($"Windows app sdk could not be initialized for MouseJump. HR code:{hr}");
+                }
+
+                FindMyMouseMain();
+            });
+            thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
+            thread.Start();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+            NativeMethods.PostMessageW(GetSonarHwnd(), GetWmPrivSettingsChanged(), IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<FindMyMouseSettings>(Name).Properties.ActivationShortcut, () =>
+            {
+                NativeMethods.PostMessageW(GetSonarHwnd(), GetWmPrivShortcut(), IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
+            }
+            ));
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll")]
+        public static extern void FindMyMouseMain();
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll")]
+        public static extern void FindMyMouseDisable();
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll")]
+        public static extern IntPtr GetSonarHwnd();
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll")]
+        public static extern uint GetWmPrivShortcut();
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll")]
+        public static extern uint GetWmPrivSettingsChanged();
+
+        [DllImport("Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+        private static extern int MddBootstrapInitialize(uint majorMinorVersion, uint versionTag, IntPtr packageVersion);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/HostsModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/HostsModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class HostsModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettingsOrDefault<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.Hosts;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredHostsFileEditorEnabledValue();
+
+        public string Name => "Hosts";
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.Hosts.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.Hosts";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SupressLaunchOnModuleEnabled | ProcessLaunchOptions.NeverExit;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/KeyboardManagerModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/KeyboardManagerModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// 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.Threading;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class KeyboardManagerModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        public string Name => "Keyboard Manager";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.KeyboardManager;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredKeyboardManagerEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "KeyboardManagerEngine\\PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument | ProcessLaunchOptions.RealtimePriority;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.TerminateKBMSharedEvent());
+            terminateEvent.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/LightSwitchModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/LightSwitchModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+using Settings.UI.Library;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class LightSwitchModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider
+    {
+        public string Name => "LightSwitch";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.LightSwitch;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredLightSwitchEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "LightSwitchService\\PowerToys.LightSwitchService.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.LightSwitchService";
+
+        public override string ProcessArguments => $"--pid {Environment.ProcessId}";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess;
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts
+        {
+            get => [(SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<LightSwitchSettings>(Name).Properties.ToggleThemeHotkey.Value, () =>
+            {
+                LightSwitchProperties properties = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<LightSwitchSettings>(Name).Properties;
+                EnsureLaunched();
+                if (properties.ChangeSystem.Value)
+                {
+                    ThemeHelper.SetSystemTheme(!ThemeHelper.GetCurrentSystemTheme());
+                }
+
+                if (properties.ChangeApps.Value)
+                {
+                    ThemeHelper.SetAppsTheme(!ThemeHelper.GetCurrentAppsTheme());
+                }
+
+                using var manualOverrideEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.LightSwitchManualOverrideEvent());
+                manualOverrideEvent.Set();
+            })];
+        }
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MeasureToolModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MeasureToolModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class MeasureToolModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "Measure Tool";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.MeasureTool;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredScreenRulerEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.MeasureToolUI.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.MeasureToolUI";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument | ProcessLaunchOptions.SupressLaunchOnModuleEnabled;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        private void PopulateShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<MeasureToolSettings>(Name).Properties.ActivationShortcut, () =>
+                {
+                    LaunchProcess();
+                }
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MouseHighlighterModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MouseHighlighterModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed partial class MouseHighlighterModuleInterface : IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "MouseHighlighter";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.MouseHighlighter;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMouseHighlighterEnabledValue();
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            DisableMouseHighlighter();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            EnableMouseHighlighter();
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<MouseHighlighterSettings>(Name).Properties.ActivationShortcut, ToggleMouseHighlighter));
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+            MouseHighlighterSettingsChanged();
+        }
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MouseHighlighter.dll")]
+        internal static partial void DisableMouseHighlighter();
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MouseHighlighter.dll")]
+        internal static partial void EnableMouseHighlighter();
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MouseHighlighter.dll")]
+        internal static partial void MouseHighlighterSettingsChanged();
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MouseHighlighter.dll")]
+        internal static partial void ToggleMouseHighlighter();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MouseJumpModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MouseJumpModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class MouseJumpModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "MouseJump";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.MouseJump;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMouseJumpEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.MouseJumpUI.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.MouseJumpUI";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.TerminateMouseJumpSharedEvent());
+            terminateEvent.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        public void PopulateShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            var settings = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<MouseJumpSettings>(Name);
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.Properties.ActivationShortcut, () =>
+            {
+                EnsureLaunched();
+                using var invokeMouseJumpEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.MouseJumpShowPreviewEvent());
+                invokeMouseJumpEvent.Set();
+            }));
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MousePointerCrosshairsModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/MousePointerCrosshairsModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed partial class MousePointerCrosshairsModuleInterface : IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "MousePointerCrosshairs";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.MousePointerCrosshairs;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredMousePointerCrosshairsEnabledValue();
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            DisableMousePointerCrosshairs();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+            EnableMousePointerCrosshairs();
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        private void InitializeShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            var settings = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<MousePointerCrosshairsSettings>(Name).Properties;
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.ActivationShortcut, OnMousePointerCrosshairsActivationShortcut));
+            Shortcuts.Add((settings.GlidingCursorActivationShortcut, OnMousePointerCrosshairsGlidingCursorShortcut));
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            OnMousePointerCrosshairsSettingsChanged();
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MousePointerCrosshairs.dll")]
+        internal static partial void DisableMousePointerCrosshairs();
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MousePointerCrosshairs.dll")]
+        internal static partial void EnableMousePointerCrosshairs();
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MousePointerCrosshairs.dll")]
+        internal static partial void OnMousePointerCrosshairsSettingsChanged();
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MousePointerCrosshairs.dll")]
+        internal static partial void OnMousePointerCrosshairsActivationShortcut();
+
+        [LibraryImport("PowerToys.MousePointerCrosshairs.dll")]
+        internal static partial void OnMousePointerCrosshairsGlidingCursorShortcut();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/PowerAccentModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/PowerAccentModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// 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.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class PowerAccentModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule
+    {
+        public string Name => "PowerAccent";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettingsOrDefault<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.PowerAccent;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredQuickAccentEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.PowerAccent.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.PowerAccent";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/PowerOCRModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/PowerOCRModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class PowerOCRModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "TextExtractor";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.PowerOcr;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredTextExtractorEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.PowerOCR.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.PowerOCR";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+
+        private void PopulateShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<PowerOcrSettings>(Name).Properties.ActivationShortcut, () =>
+                {
+                    using var invokeOcrEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.ShowPowerOCRSharedEvent());
+                    invokeOcrEvent.Set();
+                }
+            ));
+        }
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.TerminatePowerOCRSharedEvent());
+            terminateEvent.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            PopulateShortcuts();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/PowerToysRunModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/PowerToysRunModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class PowerToysRunModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider
+    {
+        public string Name => "PowerToys Run";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.PowerLauncher;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredPowerLauncherEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => Path.GetFullPath("PowerToys.PowerLauncher.exe");
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.PowerLauncher";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.ElevateIfApplicable | ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess;
+
+        public override string ProcessArguments => $"-powerToysPid {Environment.ProcessId}";
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            using var terminateEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.RunExitEvent());
+            terminateEvent.Set();
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts =>
+        [
+            (
+                SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<PowerLauncherSettings>(Name).Properties.OpenPowerLauncher,
+                () =>
+                {
+                    EnsureLaunched();
+                    using var invokeRunEvent = new System.Threading.EventWaitHandle(false, System.Threading.EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.PowerLauncherCentralizedHookSharedEvent());
+                    invokeRunEvent.Set();
+                }
+            ),
+        ];
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/RegistryPreviewModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/RegistryPreviewModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class RegistryPreviewModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleCustomActionsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettingsOrDefault<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.RegistryPreview;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredHostsFileEditorEnabledValue();
+
+        public string Name => "RegistryPreview";
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.RegistryPreview";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SupressLaunchOnModuleEnabled | ProcessLaunchOptions.NeverExit;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+            if (!RegistryPreviewChangeSet.UnApplyIfApplied())
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Unapplying registry changes failed");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            bool defaultRegApp = SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<RegistryPreviewSettings>(Name).Properties.DefaultRegApp;
+            if (defaultRegApp && !RegistryPreviewSetDefaultAppChangeSet.IsApplied)
+            {
+                if (!RegistryPreviewSetDefaultAppChangeSet.Apply())
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError("Applying reg default handler failed.");
+                }
+
+                NativeMethods.SHChangeNotify(NativeMethods.SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, NativeMethods.SHCNF_IDLIST, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
+            }
+            else if (!defaultRegApp && RegistryPreviewSetDefaultAppChangeSet.IsApplied)
+            {
+                if (RegistryPreviewSetDefaultAppChangeSet.UnApply())
+                {
+                    Logger.LogError("Unapplying reg default handler failed.");
+                }
+
+                NativeMethods.SHChangeNotify(NativeMethods.SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, NativeMethods.SHCNF_IDLIST, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            if (!RegistryPreviewChangeSet.ApplyIfNotApplied())
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Applying registry changes failed");
+            }
+
+            OnSettingsChanged();
+        }
+
+        public Dictionary<string, Action> CustomActions
+        {
+            get => new() { { "Launch", () => LaunchProcess() } };
+        }
+
+        private RegistryChangeSet RegistryPreviewSetDefaultAppChangeSet
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                string installationDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)!;
+
+                string appName = "Registry Preview";
+                string registryKeyPrefix = "Software\\Classes\\";
+                RegistryValueChange[] changes =
+                    [
+                        new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = registryKeyPrefix + ProcessName + "\\Application",
+                        KeyName = "ApplicationName",
+                        Value = appName,
+                    },
+                    new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = registryKeyPrefix + ProcessName + "\\DefaultIcon",
+                        KeyName = null,
+                        Value = installationDir + "\\WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe",
+                    },
+                    new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = registryKeyPrefix + ProcessName + "\\shell\\open\\command",
+                        KeyName = null,
+                        Value = installationDir + "\\WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe \"----ms-protocol:ms-encodedlaunch:App?ContractId=Windows.File&Verb=open&File=%1\"",
+                    },
+                    new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = registryKeyPrefix + ".reg\\OpenWithProgIDs",
+                        KeyName = null,
+                        Value = ProcessName,
+                    }
+                    ];
+                return new RegistryChangeSet { Changes = changes };
+            }
+        }
+
+        private RegistryChangeSet RegistryPreviewChangeSet
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                string installationDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)!;
+
+                RegistryValueChange[] changes =
+                    [
+                        new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = "Software\\Classes\\regfile\\shell\\preview\\command",
+                        KeyName = null,
+                        Value = installationDir + "\\WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe \"%1\"",
+                    },
+                    new RegistryValueChange
+                    {
+                        KeyPath = "Software\\Classes\\regfile\\shell\\preview",
+                        KeyName = "icon",
+                        Value = installationDir + "\\WinUI3Apps\\Assets\\RegistryPreview\\RegistryPreview.ico",
+                    }
+                    ];
+                return new RegistryChangeSet() { Changes = changes };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/WorkspacesModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/WorkspacesModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class WorkspacesModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "Workspaces";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.Workspaces;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SupressLaunchOnModuleEnabled | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            InitializeShortcuts();
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeShortcuts()
+        {
+            Shortcuts.Clear();
+            Shortcuts.Add((SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<WorkspacesSettings>(Name).Properties.Hotkey, () =>
+            {
+                LaunchProcess();
+            }));
+        }
+
+        public List<(HotkeySettings Hotkey, Action Action)> Shortcuts { get; } = [];
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/ZoomItModuleInterface.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/ModuleInterfaces/ZoomItModuleInterface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapper;
+using PowerToys.Interop;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+
+namespace RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces
+{
+    internal sealed class ZoomItModuleInterface : ProcessModuleAbstractClass, IPowerToysModule, IPowerToysModuleCustomActionsProvider, IPowerToysModuleSettingsChangedSubscriber
+    {
+        public string Name => "ZoomIt";
+
+        public bool Enabled => SettingsUtils.Default.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>().Enabled.ZoomIt;
+
+        public GpoRuleConfigured GpoRuleConfigured => GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredZoomItEnabledValue();
+
+        public override string ProcessPath => "PowerToys.ZoomIt.exe";
+
+        public override string ProcessName => "PowerToys.ZoomIt";
+
+        public override ProcessLaunchOptions LaunchOptions => ProcessLaunchOptions.SingletonProcess | ProcessLaunchOptions.RunnerProcessIdAsFirstArgument;
+
+        public void Disable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Enable()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public Dictionary<string, Action> CustomActions { get => new() { { "refresh_settings", () => OnSettingsChanged() } }; }
+
+        public void OnSettingsChanged()
+        {
+            using var refreshSettingsEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, Constants.ZoomItRefreshSettingsEvent());
+            refreshSettingsEvent.Set();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+// 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.Drawing;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Windows.ApplicationModel;
+
+namespace RunnerV2
+{
+    internal static partial class NativeMethods
+    {
+        [LibraryImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool OpenProcessToken(IntPtr processHandle, uint desiredAccess, out IntPtr tokenHandle);
+
+        [LibraryImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool GetTokenInformation(IntPtr tokenHandle, TOKEN_INFORMATION_CLASS tokenInformationClass, ref TokenElevation tokenInformation, uint tokenInformationLength, out uint returnLength);
+
+        [LibraryImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject);
+
+        internal enum TOKEN_INFORMATION_CLASS
+        {
+            TOKEN_ELEVATION = 20,
+        }
+
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+        internal struct TokenElevation
+        {
+            public uint TokenIsElevated;
+        }
+
+        internal const int TOKENQUERY = 0x0008;
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id, uint fsModifiers, uint vk);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf16)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool AppendMenuW(IntPtr hMenu, uint uFlags, UIntPtr uIDNewItem, string lpNewItem);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        internal static partial IntPtr CreatePopupMenu();
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool TrackPopupMenu(IntPtr hMenu, uint uFlags, int x, int y, int nReserved, IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr prcRect);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool EnableMenuItem(IntPtr hMenu, uint uIDEnableItem, uint uEnable);
+
+        internal const uint NIMADD = 0x00000000;
+        internal const uint NIMDELETE = 0x00000002;
+
+        internal struct NOTIFYICONDATA
+        {
+            public uint CbSize;
+            public IntPtr HWnd;
+            public uint UId;
+            public uint UFlags;
+            public uint UCallbackMessage;
+            public IntPtr HIcon;
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 128)]
+            public string SzTip;
+            public uint DwState;
+            public uint DwStateMask;
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 256)]
+            public string SzInfo;
+            public uint UTimeoutOrVersion;
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 64)]
+            public string SzInfoTitle;
+            public uint DwInfoFlags;
+            public Guid GuidItem;
+            public IntPtr HBalloonIcon;
+        }
+
+        [DllImport("shell32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static extern bool Shell_NotifyIcon(uint dwMessage, ref NOTIFYICONDATA lpdata);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static partial bool ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, uint action, IntPtr pChangeFilterStruct);
+
+        internal const uint CSVREDRAW = 0x0001;
+        internal const uint CSHREDRAW = 0x0002;
+
+        internal const uint WSOVERLAPPEDWINDOW = 0x00CF0000;
+        internal const uint WSPOPUP = 0x80000000;
+
+        internal const int CWUSEDEFAULT = unchecked((int)0x80000000);
+
+        internal static readonly IntPtr IDCARROW = new(32512);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        internal static extern IntPtr GetMessageW(out MSG lpMsg, IntPtr hWnd, uint wMsgFilterMin, uint wMsgFilterMax);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static extern bool TranslateMessage(ref MSG lpMsg);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static extern bool DispatchMessageW(ref MSG lpMsg);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static extern bool PostMessageW(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
+
+        [LibraryImport("kernel32.dll")]
+        internal static partial ushort AddAtomW([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpString);
+
+        internal struct MSG
+        {
+            public IntPtr HWnd;
+            public uint Message;
+            public UIntPtr WParam;
+            public long LParam;
+            public ulong Time;
+            public Point Pt;
+        }
+
+        internal enum WindowMessages : uint
+        {
+            COMMAND = 0x0111,
+            HOTKEY = 0x0312,
+            ICON_NOTIFY = 0x0800,
+            WINDOWPOSCHANGING = 0x0046,
+            DESTROY = 0x0002,
+            REFRESH_SETTINGS = 0x0400 + 2,
+        }
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        internal static extern ushort RegisterClassW(ref WNDCLASS lpWndClass);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = false)]
+        internal static partial IntPtr DefWindowProcW(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        internal static partial uint RegisterWindowMessageW([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpString);
+
+        [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf16)]
+        internal static partial nint CreateWindowExW(
+            uint dwExStyle,
+            string lpClassName,
+            string lpWindowName,
+            uint dwStyle,
+            int x,
+            int y,
+            int nWidth,
+            int nHeight,
+            IntPtr hWndParent,
+            IntPtr hMenu,
+            IntPtr hInstance,
+            IntPtr lpParam);
+
+        [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
+        internal delegate IntPtr WndProc(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
+
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+        internal struct WNDCLASS
+        {
+            public uint Style;
+            public WndProc LpfnWndProc;
+            public int CbClsExtra;
+            public int CbWndExtra;
+            public IntPtr HInstance;
+            public IntPtr HIcon;
+            public IntPtr HCursor;
+            public IntPtr HbrBackground;
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
+            public string LpszMenuName;
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
+            public string LpszClassName;
+        }
+
+        [DllImport("Advapi32.dll")]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static extern bool ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string StringSecurityDescriptor,
+            uint StringSDRevision,
+            out IntPtr SecurityDescriptor,
+            out uint SecurityDescriptorSize);
+
+        [DllImport("Advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static extern bool MakeAbsoluteSD(
+            IntPtr pSelfRelativeSD,
+            IntPtr pAbsoluteSD,
+            ref uint lpdwAbsoluteSDSize,
+            IntPtr pDacl,
+            ref uint lpdwDaclSize,
+            IntPtr pSacl,
+            ref uint lpdwSaclSize,
+            IntPtr pOwner,
+            ref uint lpdwOwnerSize,
+            IntPtr pPrimaryGroup,
+            ref uint lpdwPrimaryGroupSize);
+
+        [DllImport("ole32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        internal static extern int CoInitializeSecurity(
+            IntPtr pSecDesc,
+            int cAuthSvc,
+            IntPtr asAuthSvc,
+            IntPtr pReserved1,
+            uint dwAuthnLevel,
+            uint dwImpLevel,
+            IntPtr pAuthList,
+            uint dwCapabilities,
+            IntPtr pReserved3);
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        internal static extern uint SendInput(uint nInputs, NativeKeyboardHelper.INPUT[] pInputs, int cbSize);
+
+        [DllImport("PowerToys.Interop.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        internal static extern bool GetPackageNameAndVersionFromAppx(
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string appxPath,
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] out string outName,
+            out PackageVersion outVersion);
+
+        [LibraryImport("Shell32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+        internal static partial void SHChangeNotify(
+            uint wEventId,
+            uint uFlags,
+            IntPtr dwItem1,
+            IntPtr dwItem2);
+
+        internal const uint SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED = 0x8000000;
+        internal const uint SHCNF_IDLIST = 0x0;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Program.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+// 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.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
+using PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection;
+using RunnerV2;
+using RunnerV2.Helpers;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+using Settings.UI.Library;
+
+internal sealed class Program
+{
+    private static readonly SettingsUtils _settingsUtils = SettingsUtils.Default;
+
+    internal static GeneralSettings GeneralSettings => _settingsUtils.GetSettings<GeneralSettings>();
+
+    private static void Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        Logger.InitializeLogger("\\RunnerLogs");
+
+        string securityDescriptor =
+        "O:BA" // Owner: Builtin (local) administrator
+        + "G:BA" // Group: Builtin (local) administrator
+        + "D:"
+        + "(A;;0x7;;;PS)" // Access allowed on COM_RIGHTS_EXECUTE, _LOCAL, & _REMOTE for Personal self
+        + "(A;;0x7;;;IU)" // Access allowed on COM_RIGHTS_EXECUTE for Interactive Users
+        + "(A;;0x3;;;SY)" // Access allowed on COM_RIGHTS_EXECUTE, & _LOCAL for Local system
+        + "(A;;0x7;;;BA)" // Access allowed on COM_RIGHTS_EXECUTE, _LOCAL, & _REMOTE for Builtin (local) administrator
+        + "(A;;0x3;;;S-1-15-3-1310292540-1029022339-4008023048-2190398717-53961996-4257829345-603366646)" // Access allowed on COM_RIGHTS_EXECUTE, & _LOCAL for Win32WebViewHost package capability
+        + "S:"
+        + "(ML;;NX;;;LW)"; // Integrity label on No execute up for Low mandatory level
+
+        COMUtils.InitializeCOMSecurity(securityDescriptor);
+
+        switch (ShouldRunInSpecialMode(args))
+        {
+            case SpecialMode.None:
+                break;
+            case SpecialMode.UpdateNow:
+                UpdateNow();
+                return;
+            case SpecialMode.DisableCantDragElevatedNotification:
+                Environment.Exit(NotificationHelper.DisableToast(NotificationHelper.ToastType.ElevatedDontShowAgain) ? 1 : 0);
+                return;
+            case SpecialMode.CouldntToggleFileExplorerModulesNotification:
+                Environment.Exit(NotificationHelper.DisableToast(NotificationHelper.ToastType.CouldntToggleFileExplorerModules) ? 1 : 0);
+                return;
+            default:
+                throw new NotImplementedException("Special modes are not implemented yet.");
+        }
+
+        bool shouldOpenSettings = args.Any(s => s.StartsWith("--open-settings", StringComparison.InvariantCulture));
+        bool shouldOpenSettingsToSpecificPage = args.Any(s => s.StartsWith("--open-settings=", StringComparison.InvariantCulture));
+
+        // Check if PowerToys is already running
+        if (Process.GetProcessesByName(Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName).Length > 1)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException("Opening another instance window is not supported yet.");
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Todo: Data diagnotics
+        */
+
+        bool isElevated = ElevationHelper.IsProcessElevated();
+        bool hasDontElevateArgument = args.Contains("--dont-elevate");
+        bool runElevatedSetting = GeneralSettings.RunElevated;
+        bool hasRestartedElevatedArgment = args.Contains("--restartedElevated");
+
+        Action afterInitializationAction = () => { };
+        Version version = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version!;
+
+        if ($"v{version.Major}.{version.Minor}.{version.Build}" != _settingsUtils.GetSettings<LastVersionRunSettings>(fileName: "last_version_run.json").LastVersion && (!GeneralSettings.ShowWhatsNewAfterUpdates || GPOWrapper.GetDisableShowWhatsNewAfterUpdatesValue() != GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled))
+        {
+            afterInitializationAction += () =>
+            {
+                SettingsHelper.OpenSettingsWindow(showScoobeWindow: true);
+            };
+        }
+
+        if (!_settingsUtils.GetSettings<OOBESettings>(fileName: "oobe_settings.json").OpenedAtFirstLaunch)
+        {
+            afterInitializationAction += () =>
+            {
+                SettingsHelper.OpenSettingsWindow(showOobeWindow: true);
+            };
+        }
+
+        if (shouldOpenSettings)
+        {
+            afterInitializationAction += () =>
+            {
+                SettingsHelper.OpenSettingsWindow(additionalArguments: shouldOpenSettingsToSpecificPage ? args.First(s => s.StartsWith("--open-settings=", StringComparison.InvariantCulture)).Replace("--open-settings=", string.Empty, StringComparison.InvariantCulture) : null);
+            };
+        }
+
+        // Set last version run
+        _settingsUtils.SaveSettings(new LastVersionRunSettings() { LastVersion = $"v{version.Major}.{version.Minor}.{version.Build}" }.ToJsonString(), fileName: "last_version_run.json");
+
+        switch ((isElevated, hasDontElevateArgument, runElevatedSetting, hasRestartedElevatedArgment))
+        {
+            case (true, true, false, _):
+                // Todo: Scheudle restart as non elevated
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            case (true, _, _, _):
+            case (_, _, false, _):
+            case (_, true, _, _):
+            case (false, _, _, true):
+                GeneralSettings tempGeneralSettings = GeneralSettings;
+                tempGeneralSettings.IsElevated = isElevated;
+                _settingsUtils.SaveSettings(tempGeneralSettings.ToJsonString());
+
+                Runner.Run(afterInitializationAction);
+                break;
+            default:
+                ElevationHelper.RestartScheduled = ElevationHelper.RestartScheduledMode.RestartElevated;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        ElevationHelper.RestartIfScheudled();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns whether the application should run in a special mode based on the provided arguments.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="args">The arguments passed to <see cref="Main(string[])"/></param>
+    /// <returns>The <see cref="SpecialMode"/> the app should run in.</returns>
+    private static SpecialMode ShouldRunInSpecialMode(string[] args)
+    {
+        if (args.Length > 0 && args[0].StartsWith("powertoys://", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Uri uri = new(args[0]);
+            string host = uri.Host.ToLowerInvariant();
+            return host switch
+            {
+                "update_now" => SpecialMode.UpdateNow,
+                "cant_drag_elevated_disable" => SpecialMode.DisableCantDragElevatedNotification,
+                "couldnt_toggle_powerpreview_modules_disable" => SpecialMode.CouldntToggleFileExplorerModulesNotification,
+                _ => SpecialMode.None,
+            };
+        }
+
+        return SpecialMode.None;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Starts the update process for PowerToys.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static void UpdateNow()
+    {
+        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo()
+        {
+            UseShellExecute = false,
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+            FileName = "PowerToys.Update.exe",
+            Arguments = "-update_now",
+        });
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Runner.cs
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/Runner.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Frozen;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using ManagedCommon;
+using RunnerV2.Helpers;
+using RunnerV2.Models;
+using RunnerV2.ModuleInterfaces;
+using Update;
+using static RunnerV2.NativeMethods;
+
+namespace RunnerV2
+{
+    internal static partial class Runner
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the window handle for the Runner main window that hosts the tray icon and receives system messages.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static nint RunnerHwnd { get; private set; }
+
+        private const string TrayWindowClassName = "pt_tray_icon_window_class";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets all the currently loaded modules.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static List<IPowerToysModule> LoadedModules { get; } = [];
+
+        private static List<IPowerToysModule> _failedModuleLoads = [];
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the list of all available PowerToys modules.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static FrozenSet<IPowerToysModule> ModulesToLoad { get; } =
+        [
+            new ColorPickerModuleInterface(),
+            new AlwaysOnTopModuleInterface(),
+            new HostsModuleInterface(),
+            new PowerAccentModuleInterface(),
+            new AdvancedPasteModuleInterface(),
+            new AwakeModuleInterface(),
+            new CmdNotFoundModuleInterface(),
+            new CommandPaletteModuleInterface(),
+            new CropAndLockModuleInterface(),
+            new EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface(),
+            new RegistryPreviewModuleInterface(),
+            new FileExplorerModuleInterface(),
+            new ZoomItModuleInterface(),
+            new PowerOCRModuleInterface(),
+            new MeasureToolModuleInterface(),
+            new MouseJumpModuleInterface(),
+            new FancyZonesModuleInterface(),
+            new PowerToysRunModuleInterface(),
+            new KeyboardManagerModuleInterface(),
+            new LightSwitchModuleInterface(),
+            new CursorWrapModuleInterface(),
+            new FindMyMouseModuleInterface(),
+            new WorkspacesModuleInterface(),
+            new MousePointerCrosshairsModuleInterface(),
+            new MouseHighlighterModuleInterface(),
+        ];
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Runs the main message loop for Runner.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="afterInitializationAction">A function to execute after initialization.</param>
+        internal static void Run(Action afterInitializationAction)
+        {
+            Logger.LogInfo("Runner started");
+
+            InitializeTrayWindow();
+            TrayIconManager.StartTrayIcon();
+
+            Task.Run(UpdateUtilities.UninstallPreviousMsixVersions);
+
+            foreach (IPowerToysModule module in ModulesToLoad)
+            {
+                ToggleModuleStateBasedOnEnabledProperty(module);
+            }
+
+            CentralizedKeyboardHookManager.Start();
+
+            afterInitializationAction();
+
+            MessageLoop();
+        }
+
+        private static readonly uint _taskbarCreatedMessage = RegisterWindowMessageW("TaskbarCreated");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The main message loop that processes Windows messages.
+        /// </summary>
+        [STAThread]
+        private static void MessageLoop()
+        {
+            while (GetMessageW(out MSG msg, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0) != 0 || true)
+            {
+                TranslateMessage(ref msg);
+                DispatchMessageW(ref msg);
+
+                // Supress duplicate handling of HOTKEY messages
+                if (msg.Message == (uint)WindowMessages.HOTKEY)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                HandleMessage(msg.HWnd, msg.Message, (nint)msg.WParam, (nint)msg.LParam);
+            }
+
+            Close();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Closes Runner and all loaded modules.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DoesNotReturn]
+        internal static void Close()
+        {
+            TrayIconManager.StopTrayIcon();
+            SettingsHelper.CloseSettingsWindow();
+            ElevationHelper.RestartIfScheudled();
+
+            foreach (IPowerToysModule module in LoadedModules)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    module.Disable();
+
+                    if (module is ProcessModuleAbstractClass pmac)
+                    {
+                        pmac.ProcessExit();
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    MessageBox.Show($"The module {module.Name} failed to unload: \n" + e.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+                }
+            }
+
+            Environment.Exit(0);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Toggles the state of a module based on its enabled property and GPO rules.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="module">The module to toggle</param>
+        public static void ToggleModuleStateBasedOnEnabledProperty(IPowerToysModule module)
+        {
+            if (_failedModuleLoads.Contains(module))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                if ((module.Enabled && (module.GpoRuleConfigured != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled)) || module.GpoRuleConfigured == PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Enabled)
+                {
+                    /* Todo: conflict manager */
+
+                    if (!LoadedModules.Contains(module))
+                    {
+                        module.Enable();
+                        if (module is ProcessModuleAbstractClass pmac)
+                        {
+                            pmac.LaunchProcess(true);
+                        }
+
+                        LoadedModules.Add(module);
+                    }
+
+                    CentralizedKeyboardHookManager.RemoveAllHooksFromModule(module.Name);
+
+                    if (module is IPowerToysModuleShortcutsProvider shortcutsProvider)
+                    {
+                        foreach (var shortcut in shortcutsProvider.Shortcuts.ToArray())
+                        {
+                            CentralizedKeyboardHookManager.AddKeyboardHook(module.Name, shortcut.Hotkey, shortcut.Action);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (IOException)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show($"The module {module.Name} failed to load: \n" + e.Message, "Error: " + e.GetType().Name, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+                _failedModuleLoads.Add(module);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                module.Disable();
+
+                if (module is ProcessModuleAbstractClass pmac)
+                {
+                    pmac.ProcessExit();
+                }
+
+                CentralizedKeyboardHookManager.RemoveAllHooksFromModule(module.Name);
+
+                LoadedModules.Remove(module);
+            }
+            catch (IOException)
+            {
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show($"The module {module.Name} failed to unload: \n" + e.Message, "Error: " + e.GetType().Name, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+                _failedModuleLoads.Add(module);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes the tray window to receive system messages.
+        /// </summary>
+        [STAThread]
+        private static void InitializeTrayWindow()
+        {
+            IntPtr hInstance = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule!.BaseAddress;
+            IntPtr hCursor = Cursors.Arrow.Handle;
+            IntPtr hIcon = SystemIcons.Application.Handle;
+
+            var wc = new WNDCLASS
+            {
+                HCursor = hCursor,
+                HInstance = hInstance,
+                LpszClassName = TrayWindowClassName,
+                Style = CSHREDRAW | CSVREDRAW,
+                LpfnWndProc = HandleMessage,
+                HIcon = hIcon,
+                HbrBackground = IntPtr.Zero,
+                LpszMenuName = string.Empty,
+                CbClsExtra = 0,
+                CbWndExtra = 0,
+            };
+
+            _ = RegisterClassW(ref wc);
+
+            RunnerHwnd = CreateWindowExW(
+                0,
+                wc.LpszClassName,
+                TrayWindowClassName,
+                WSOVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WSPOPUP,
+                CWUSEDEFAULT,
+                CWUSEDEFAULT,
+                CWUSEDEFAULT,
+                CWUSEDEFAULT,
+                IntPtr.Zero,
+                IntPtr.Zero,
+                wc.HInstance,
+                IntPtr.Zero);
+
+            if (RunnerHwnd == IntPtr.Zero)
+            {
+                var err = Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError();
+                MessageBox.Show($"CreateWindowExW failed. LastError={err}", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles Windows messages sent to the tray window.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static IntPtr HandleMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
+        {
+            switch (msg)
+            {
+                case (uint)WindowMessages.ICON_NOTIFY:
+                    TrayIconManager.ProcessTrayIconMessage(lParam);
+                    break;
+                case (uint)WindowMessages.COMMAND:
+                    TrayIconManager.ProcessTrayMenuCommand((nuint)wParam);
+                    break;
+                case (uint)WindowMessages.WINDOWPOSCHANGING:
+                    TrayIconManager.StartTrayIcon();
+                    break;
+                case (uint)WindowMessages.DESTROY:
+                    Close();
+                    break;
+                case (uint)WindowMessages.REFRESH_SETTINGS:
+                    foreach (IPowerToysModule module in ModulesToLoad)
+                    {
+                        ToggleModuleStateBasedOnEnabledProperty(module);
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (msg == _taskbarCreatedMessage)
+                    {
+                        TrayIconManager.StartTrayIcon();
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            return DefWindowProcW(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/RunnerV2.csproj
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/RunnerV2.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
+    <Description>PowerToys Runner</Description>
+    <AssemblyName>PowerToys</AssemblyName>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
+    <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
+    <ApplicationIcon>icon.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+    <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\common\GPOWrapperProjection\GPOWrapperProjection.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\common\ManagedCommon\ManagedCommon.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\common\ManagedCsWin32\ManagedCsWin32.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\modules\poweraccent\PowerAccent.UI\PowerAccent.UI.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\settings-ui\Settings.UI.Library\Settings.UI.Library.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Update\Update.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/app.manifest
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/app.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="MyApplication.app"/>
+  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
+    <security>
+      <requestedPrivileges xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+        <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
+      </requestedPrivileges>
+    </security>
+  </trustInfo>
+
+  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">true/PM</dpiAware>
+      <dpiAwareness xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">PerMonitorV2</dpiAwareness>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+</assembly>
--- a/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/icon.ico
+++ b/src/RunnerV2/RunnerV2/icon.ico
--- a/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.base.rc
+++ b/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.base.rc
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#include <windows.h>
-#include "resource.h"
-#include "../common/version/version.h"
-
-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN 
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
--- a/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.cpp
+++ b/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.cpp
@@ -1,234 +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.
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#include "Generated Files/resource.h"
-
-#include <Windows.h>
-#include <shellapi.h>
-
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <string_view>
-
-#include <common/updating/updating.h>
-#include <common/updating/updateState.h>
-#include <common/updating/installer.h>
-
-#include <common/utils/elevation.h>
-#include <common/utils/HttpClient.h>
-#include <common/utils/process_path.h>
-#include <common/utils/resources.h>
-#include <common/utils/timeutil.h>
-
-#include <common/SettingsAPI/settings_helpers.h>
-
-#include <common/logger/logger.h>
-
-#include <winrt/Windows.ApplicationModel.h>
-#include <winrt/Windows.Storage.h>
-#include <Msi.h>
-
-#include "../runner/tray_icon.h"
-#include "../runner/UpdateUtils.h"
-
-using namespace cmdArg;
-
-namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-
-std::optional<fs::path> CopySelfToTempDir()
-{
-    std::error_code error;
-    auto dst_path = fs::temp_directory_path() / "PowerToys.Update.exe";
-    fs::copy_file(get_module_filename(), dst_path, fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing, error);
-    if (error)
-    {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    return std::move(dst_path);
-}
-
-std::optional<fs::path> ObtainInstaller(bool& isUpToDate)
-{
-    using namespace updating;
-
-    isUpToDate = false;
-
-    auto state = UpdateState::read();
-
-    const auto new_version_info = get_github_version_info_async().get();
-    if (std::holds_alternative<version_up_to_date>(*new_version_info))
-    {
-        isUpToDate = true;
-        Logger::error("Invoked with -update_now argument, but no update was available");
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    if (state.state == UpdateState::readyToDownload || state.state == UpdateState::errorDownloading)
-    {
-        if (!new_version_info)
-        {
-            Logger::error(L"Couldn't obtain github version info: {}", new_version_info.error());
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-
-        // 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();
-        if (!downloaded_installer)
-        {
-            Logger::error("Couldn't download new installer");
-        }
-
-        return downloaded_installer;
-    }
-    else if (state.state == UpdateState::readyToInstall)
-    {
-        fs::path installer{ get_pending_updates_path() / state.downloadedInstallerFilename };
-        if (fs::is_regular_file(installer))
-        {
-            return std::move(installer);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            Logger::error(L"Couldn't find a downloaded installer {}", installer.native());
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-    }
-    else if (state.state == UpdateState::upToDate)
-    {
-        isUpToDate = true;
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-
-    Logger::error("Invoked with -update_now argument, but update state was invalid");
-    return std::nullopt;
-}
-
-bool InstallNewVersionStage1(fs::path installer)
-{
-    if (auto copy_in_temp = CopySelfToTempDir())
-    {
-        // Detect if PT was running
-        const auto pt_main_window = FindWindowW(pt_tray_icon_window_class, nullptr);
-
-        if (pt_main_window != nullptr)
-        {
-            SendMessageW(pt_main_window, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
-        }
-
-        std::wstring arguments{ UPDATE_NOW_LAUNCH_STAGE2 };
-        arguments += L" \"";
-        arguments += installer.c_str();
-        arguments += L"\"";
-        SHELLEXECUTEINFOW sei{ sizeof(sei) };
-        sei.fMask = { SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI | SEE_MASK_NOASYNC };
-        sei.lpFile = copy_in_temp->c_str();
-        sei.nShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL;
-
-        sei.lpParameters = arguments.c_str();
-        return ShellExecuteExW(&sei) == TRUE;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-bool InstallNewVersionStage2(std::wstring installer_path)
-{
-    std::transform(begin(installer_path), end(installer_path), begin(installer_path), ::towlower);
-
-    bool success = true;
-
-    if (installer_path.ends_with(L".msi"))
-    {
-        success = MsiInstallProductW(installer_path.data(), nullptr) == ERROR_SUCCESS;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        // If it's not .msi, then it's a wix bootstrapper
-        SHELLEXECUTEINFOW sei{ sizeof(sei) };
-        sei.fMask = { SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI | SEE_MASK_NOASYNC | SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS | SEE_MASK_NO_CONSOLE };
-        sei.lpFile = installer_path.c_str();
-        sei.nShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL;
-        std::wstring parameters = L"/passive /norestart";
-        sei.lpParameters = parameters.c_str();
-
-        success = ShellExecuteExW(&sei) == TRUE;
-
-        // Wait for the install completion
-        if (success)
-        {
-            WaitForSingleObject(sei.hProcess, INFINITE);
-            DWORD exitCode = 0;
-            GetExitCodeProcess(sei.hProcess, &exitCode);
-            success = exitCode == 0;
-            CloseHandle(sei.hProcess);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (!success)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    UpdateState::store([&](UpdateState& state) {
-        state = {};
-        state.githubUpdateLastCheckedDate.emplace(timeutil::now());
-        state.state = UpdateState::upToDate;
-    });
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
-{
-    int nArgs = 0;
-    LPWSTR* args = CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLineW(), &nArgs);
-    if (!args || nArgs < 2)
-    {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    std::wstring_view action{ args[1] };
-
-    std::filesystem::path logFilePath(PTSettingsHelper::get_root_save_folder_location());
-    logFilePath.append(LogSettings::updateLogPath);
-    Logger::init(LogSettings::updateLoggerName, logFilePath.wstring(), PTSettingsHelper::get_log_settings_file_location());
-
-    if (action == UPDATE_NOW_LAUNCH_STAGE1)
-    {
-        bool isUpToDate = false;
-        auto installerPath = ObtainInstaller(isUpToDate);
-        bool failed = !installerPath.has_value();
-        failed = failed || !InstallNewVersionStage1(std::move(*installerPath));
-        if (failed)
-        {
-            UpdateState::store([&](UpdateState& state) {
-                state = {};
-                state.githubUpdateLastCheckedDate.emplace(timeutil::now());
-                state.state = isUpToDate ? UpdateState::upToDate : UpdateState::errorDownloading;
-            });
-        }
-        return failed;
-    }
-    else if (action == UPDATE_NOW_LAUNCH_STAGE2)
-    {
-        using namespace std::string_view_literals;
-        const bool failed = !InstallNewVersionStage2(args[2]);
-        if (failed)
-        {
-            UpdateState::store([&](UpdateState& state) {
-                state = {};
-                state.githubUpdateLastCheckedDate.emplace(timeutil::now());
-                state.state = UpdateState::errorDownloading;
-            });
-        }
-        return failed;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
--- a/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj
+++ b/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-<?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')" />
-  <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h PowerToys.Update.base.rc PowerToys.Update.rc" />
-  </Target>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
-    <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
-    <ProjectGuid>{44CE9AE1-4390-42C5-BACC-0FD6B40AA203}</ProjectGuid>
-    <RootNamespace>Update</RootNamespace>
-    <ProjectName>PowerToys.Update</ProjectName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <ImportGroup>
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
-    <ClCompile>
-      <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>WindowsApp.lib;Msi.lib;Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="PowerToys.Update.cpp" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\common\notifications\notifications.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{1d5be09d-78c0-4fd7-af00-ae7c1af7c525}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
-      <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
-    </ProjectReference>
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-    </ProjectReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="PowerToys.Update.base.rc" />
-    <ResourceCompile Include="Generated Files\PowerToys.Update.rc" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\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')" />
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-  </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>
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-</Project>
--- a/src/Update/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Update/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+// 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.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Update;
+
+[SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+internal sealed partial class Program
+{
+    private static readonly string _installerPath = Path.Combine(Path.Combine(
+        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
+        "Microsoft",
+        "PowerToys",
+        "Updates"));
+
+    private static async Task Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        if (args.Length < 1)
+        {
+            Environment.Exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        string action = args[0];
+
+        switch (action)
+        {
+            case UpdateStage.UPDATENOWLAUNCHSTAGE1:
+                await PerformUpdateNowStage1();
+                break;
+            case UpdateStage.UPDATENOWLAUNCHSTAGE2:
+                if (args.Length < 2)
+                {
+                    Environment.Exit(1);
+                }
+
+                await PerformUpdateNowStage2(args[1]);
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async Task PerformUpdateNowStage2(string installerPath)
+    {
+        Process installerProcess = new()
+        {
+            StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+            {
+                FileName = installerPath,
+                Arguments = "/passive /norestart",
+                UseShellExecute = true,
+            },
+        };
+
+        installerProcess.Start();
+        await installerProcess.WaitForExitAsync();
+
+        if (installerProcess.ExitCode == 0)
+        {
+            UpdateSettingsHelper.ProcessNoUpdateAvailable();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            UpdateSettingsHelper.SetUpdateState(UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.ErrorDownloading);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async Task PerformUpdateNowStage1()
+    {
+        UpdateSettingsHelper.TriggerUpdateCheck();
+        UpdateSettingsHelper.UpdateInfo updateInfo = await UpdateSettingsHelper.GetUpdateAvailableInfo();
+
+        if (updateInfo is not UpdateSettingsHelper.UpdateInfo.UpdateAvailable ua)
+        {
+            // No update found
+            Environment.Exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Copy itsself to the temp folder
+        File.Copy("PowerToys.Update.exe", Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "PowerToys.Update.exe"), true);
+
+        string? installerFilePath = null;
+
+        switch (UpdateSettingsHelper.GetUpdateState())
+        {
+            case UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.ReadyToDownload:
+            case UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.ErrorDownloading:
+                CleanupUpdates();
+                installerFilePath = await DownloadFile(ua.InstallerDownloadUrl.ToString(), ua.InstallerFilename);
+                break;
+            case UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.ReadyToInstall:
+                installerFilePath = Path.Combine(_installerPath, ua.InstallerFilename);
+                if (!File.Exists(installerFilePath))
+                {
+                    // Installer not found
+                    Environment.Exit(1);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                break;
+            case UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.UpToDate:
+                Environment.Exit(0);
+                return;
+        }
+
+        if (installerFilePath == null)
+        {
+            UpdateSettingsHelper.SetUpdateState(UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.ErrorDownloading);
+            Environment.Exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        IntPtr runnerHwnd = FindWindowW("pt_tray_icon_window_class");
+
+        if (runnerHwnd != IntPtr.Zero)
+        {
+            SendMessageW(runnerHwnd, 0x0010, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); // Send WM_CLOSE
+        }
+
+        string arguments = $"{UpdateStage.UPDATENOWLAUNCHSTAGE2} \"{installerFilePath}\"";
+
+        Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
+        {
+            FileName = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "PowerToys.Update.exe"),
+            Arguments = arguments,
+            UseShellExecute = true,
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+            WorkingDirectory = Environment.CurrentDirectory,
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static async Task<string?> DownloadFile(string downloadUri, string downloadFileName)
+    {
+        HttpClient httpClient = new();
+        httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.ParseAdd("PowerToys Runner"); // GitHub API requires a user-agent
+
+        // 3 Attempts to download the file
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using FileStream fileStream = new(Path.Combine(_installerPath, downloadFileName), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
+                await (await httpClient.GetStreamAsync(downloadUri)).CopyToAsync(fileStream);
+                return fileStream.Name;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static void CleanupUpdates()
+    {
+        if (!Path.Exists(_installerPath))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(_installerPath).Where(f => f.EndsWith(".exe", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+        {
+            File.Delete(file);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf16)]
+    private static partial IntPtr FindWindowW(string lpClassName);
+
+    [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool SendMessageW(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
+}
--- a/src/Update/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/Update/Resources.resx
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<root>
-  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
-    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
-    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
-      <xsd:complexType>
-        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
-          <xsd:element name="metadata">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="assembly">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="data">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
-              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
-              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-          <xsd:element name="resheader">
-            <xsd:complexType>
-              <xsd:sequence>
-                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
-              </xsd:sequence>
-              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
-            </xsd:complexType>
-          </xsd:element>
-        </xsd:choice>
-      </xsd:complexType>
-    </xsd:element>
-  </xsd:schema>
-  <resheader name="resmimetype">
-    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="version">
-    <value>2.0</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="reader">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <resheader name="writer">
-    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
-  </resheader>
-  <data name="DOTNET_CORE_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Couldn't download .NET Core Desktop Runtime 3.1, please install it manually.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="DOTNET_CORE_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE_TITLE" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>PowerToys installation error</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="GITHUB_NEW_VERSION_AVAILABLE" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>An update to PowerToys is available.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="GITHUB_NEW_VERSION_UPDATE_NOW" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Update now</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="GITHUB_NEW_VERSION_AVAILABLE_OFFER_VISIT" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>An update to PowerToys is available. Visit our GitHub page to update.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="GITHUB_NEW_VERSION_MORE_INFO" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>More info...</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="TOAST_TITLE" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>PowerToys Update</value>
-  </data>
-</root>
--- a/src/Update/Update.csproj
+++ b/src/Update/Update.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <Import Project="..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
+    <Description>PowerToys Runner</Description>
+    <AssemblyName>PowerToys.Update</AssemblyName>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
+    <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
+		<PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
+		<PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_IsPublishing Condition="'$(_IsPublishing)'==''">false</_IsPublishing>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent" Condition="'$(_IsPublishing)'!='true'">
+    <Exec Command="dotnet publish &quot;$(ProjectPath)&quot; -c $(Configuration) -r $(RuntimeIdentifier) --self-contained -o &quot;$(OutputPath)&quot;" />
+  </Target>
+</Project>
--- a/src/Update/UpdateSettingsHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Update/UpdateSettingsHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+// 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.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace Update
+{
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    public static class UpdateSettingsHelper
+    {
+        private static Thread? _updateThread;
+
+        private const string INSTALLERFILENAME = "powertoyssetup";
+        private const string USERINSTALLERFILENAME = "powertoysusersetup";
+
+        public static void TriggerUpdateCheck()
+        {
+            if (_updateThread is not null && _updateThread.IsAlive)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _updateThread = new Thread(async () =>
+            {
+                UpdateInfo updateInfo = await GetUpdateAvailableInfo();
+                switch (updateInfo)
+                {
+                    case UpdateInfo.UpdateCheckFailed ucf:
+                        ProcessUpdateCheckFailed(ucf);
+                        break;
+                    case UpdateInfo.UpdateAvailable ua:
+                        ProcessUpdateAvailable(ua);
+                        break;
+                    case UpdateInfo.NoUpdateAvailable:
+                        ProcessNoUpdateAvailable();
+                        break;
+                }
+            });
+
+            _updateThread.Start();
+        }
+
+        internal record UpdateInfo
+        {
+            private UpdateInfo()
+            {
+            }
+
+            public sealed record NoUpdateAvailable : UpdateInfo;
+
+            public sealed record UpdateAvailable(Uri ReleasePageUri, Version AvailableVersion, Uri InstallerDownloadUrl, string InstallerFilename) : UpdateInfo;
+
+            public sealed record UpdateCheckFailed(Exception Exception) : UpdateInfo;
+        }
+
+        internal static async Task<UpdateInfo> GetUpdateAvailableInfo()
+        {
+            Version? currentVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;
+
+            if (currentVersion is null)
+            {
+                // Todo: Log
+                return new UpdateInfo.NoUpdateAvailable();
+            }
+
+            if (currentVersion is { Major: 0, Minor: 0 })
+            {
+                // Pre-release or local build, skip update check
+                return new UpdateInfo.NoUpdateAvailable();
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                HttpClient httpClient = new();
+                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.ParseAdd("PowerToys Runner"); // GitHub API requires a user-agent
+                Stream body = await httpClient.GetStreamAsync("https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/latest").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                JsonElement releaseObject = (await JsonDocument.ParseAsync(body)).RootElement;
+                Version latestVersion = new(releaseObject.GetProperty("tag_name").GetString()?.TrimStart('V', 'v') ?? throw new FormatException("The \"tag_name\" field could not be found"));
+                string architectureString = RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture switch
+                {
+                    Architecture.X64 => "x64",
+                    Architecture.Arm64 => "arm64",
+                    _ => throw new InvalidDataException("Unknown architecture"),
+                };
+
+                if (latestVersion > currentVersion)
+                {
+                    Uri releasePageUri = new(releaseObject.GetProperty("html_url").GetString() ?? throw new FormatException("The \"html_url\" field could not be found"));
+
+                    string requiredFilename = GetInstallScope() == InstallScope.PerMachine ? INSTALLERFILENAME : USERINSTALLERFILENAME;
+
+                    Uri? installerDownloadUrl = null;
+                    string? installerFilename = null;
+
+                    foreach (JsonElement asset in releaseObject.GetProperty("assets").EnumerateArray())
+                    {
+                        string? name = asset.GetProperty("name").GetString();
+                        string? browserDownloadUrl = asset.GetProperty("browser_download_url").GetString();
+
+                        if (name is null
+                            || browserDownloadUrl is null
+                            || !name.Contains(requiredFilename, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
+                            || !name.Contains(".exe", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
+                            || !name.Contains(architectureString, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        installerDownloadUrl = new Uri(browserDownloadUrl);
+                        installerFilename = name;
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    return installerDownloadUrl is null || installerFilename is null
+                        ? new UpdateInfo.UpdateCheckFailed(new InvalidDataException("No installer found in GitHub release"))
+                        : new UpdateInfo.UpdateAvailable(releasePageUri, latestVersion, installerDownloadUrl, installerFilename);
+                }
+
+                return new UpdateInfo.NoUpdateAvailable();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                return new UpdateInfo.UpdateCheckFailed(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private enum InstallScope
+        {
+            PerMachine,
+            PerUser,
+        }
+
+        [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+        private static InstallScope GetInstallScope()
+        {
+            if (Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Classes\powertoys\", false) is not RegistryKey machineKey)
+            {
+                if (Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Classes\powertoys\", false) is not RegistryKey userKey)
+                {
+                    // Both keys are missing
+                    return InstallScope.PerMachine;
+                }
+
+                if (userKey.GetValue("InstallScope") is not string installScope)
+                {
+                    userKey.Close();
+                    return InstallScope.PerMachine;
+                }
+
+                userKey.Close();
+
+                return installScope.Contains("perUser") ? InstallScope.PerUser : InstallScope.PerMachine;
+            }
+
+            machineKey.Close();
+
+            return InstallScope.PerMachine;
+        }
+
+        private static readonly string _settingsPath = Path.Combine(
+            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
+            "Microsoft",
+            "PowerToys");
+
+        private static readonly string _updatingSettingsFile = Path.Combine(_settingsPath, "UpdateState.json");
+
+        private static void ProcessUpdateAvailable(UpdateInfo.UpdateAvailable updateAvailable)
+        {
+            UpdatingSettings updatingSettings = UpdatingSettings.LoadSettings();
+            Console.WriteLine($"Update available: {updateAvailable.AvailableVersion}");
+
+            updatingSettings.State = UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.ReadyToDownload;
+            updatingSettings.ReleasePageLink = updateAvailable.ReleasePageUri.ToString();
+            updatingSettings.DownloadedInstallerFilename = updateAvailable.InstallerFilename;
+            updatingSettings.ReleasePageLink = updateAvailable.ReleasePageUri.ToString();
+            updatingSettings.LastCheckedDate = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
+            File.WriteAllText(_updatingSettingsFile, updatingSettings.ToJsonString());
+        }
+
+        internal static void ProcessNoUpdateAvailable()
+        {
+            UpdatingSettings updatingSettings = UpdatingSettings.LoadSettings();
+
+            updatingSettings.State = UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.UpToDate;
+            updatingSettings.ReleasePageLink = string.Empty;
+            updatingSettings.DownloadedInstallerFilename = string.Empty;
+            updatingSettings.ReleasePageLink = string.Empty;
+            updatingSettings.LastCheckedDate = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            File.WriteAllText(_updatingSettingsFile, updatingSettings.ToJsonString());
+        }
+
+        private static void ProcessUpdateCheckFailed(UpdateInfo.UpdateCheckFailed updateCheckFailed)
+        {
+            // Todo: Log failed attempt
+            UpdatingSettings updatingSettings = UpdatingSettings.LoadSettings();
+
+            updatingSettings.State = UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState.NetworkError;
+            updatingSettings.ReleasePageLink = string.Empty;
+            updatingSettings.DownloadedInstallerFilename = string.Empty;
+            updatingSettings.ReleasePageLink = string.Empty;
+            updatingSettings.LastCheckedDate = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            File.WriteAllText(_updatingSettingsFile, updatingSettings.ToJsonString());
+        }
+
+        internal static void SetUpdateState(UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState state)
+        {
+            UpdatingSettings updatingSettings = UpdatingSettings.LoadSettings();
+
+            updatingSettings.State = state;
+            File.WriteAllText(_updatingSettingsFile, updatingSettings.ToJsonString());
+        }
+
+        internal static UpdatingSettings.UpdatingState GetUpdateState() => UpdatingSettings.LoadSettings().State;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/Update/UpdateStage.cs
+++ b/src/Update/UpdateStage.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Update
+{
+    internal static class UpdateStage
+    {
+        internal const string UPDATENOWLAUNCHSTAGE1 = "-update_now";
+        internal const string UPDATENOWLAUNCHSTAGE2 = "-update_now_stage_2";
+    }
+}
--- a/src/Update/UpdateUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/Update/UpdateUtilities.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Update
+{
+    public static class UpdateUtilities
+    {
+        public static async void UninstallPreviousMsixVersions()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Windows.Management.Deployment.PackageManager packageManager = new();
+                var packages = packageManager.FindPackagesForUser(string.Empty, "Microsoft.PowerToys", "CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US");
+
+                Version? currentVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;
+
+                if (currentVersion == null)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                foreach (var package in packages)
+                {
+                    Version msixVersion = new Version(package.Id.Version.Major, package.Id.Version.Minor, package.Id.Version.Revision);
+                    if (msixVersion < currentVersion)
+                    {
+                        await packageManager.RemovePackageAsync(package.Id.FullName);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/Update/UpdatingSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Update/UpdatingSettings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// 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.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace Update
+{
+    public sealed class UpdatingSettings
+    {
+        public enum UpdatingState
+        {
+            UpToDate = 0,
+            ErrorDownloading,
+            ReadyToDownload,
+            ReadyToInstall,
+            NetworkError,
+        }
+
+        // Gets or sets a value of the updating state
+        [JsonPropertyName("state")]
+        public UpdatingState State { get; set; }
+
+        // Gets or sets a value of the release page url
+        [JsonPropertyName("releasePageUrl")]
+        public string ReleasePageLink { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        // Gets or sets a value of the github last checked date
+        [JsonPropertyName("githubUpdateLastCheckedDate")]
+        public string LastCheckedDate { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        // Gets or sets a value of the updating state
+        [JsonPropertyName("downloadedInstallerFilename")]
+        public string DownloadedInstallerFilename { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        // Non-localizable strings: Files
+        public const string SettingsFilePath = "\\Microsoft\\PowerToys\\";
+        public const string SettingsFile = "UpdateState.json";
+
+        public string NewVersion
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (ReleasePageLink == null)
+                {
+                    return string.Empty;
+                }
+
+                try
+                {
+                    string version = ReleasePageLink.Substring(ReleasePageLink.LastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+                    return version.Trim();
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                }
+
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public string LastCheckedDateLocalized
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    if (LastCheckedDate == null)
+                    {
+                        return string.Empty;
+                    }
+
+                    long seconds = long.Parse(LastCheckedDate, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
+                    var date = DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(seconds).UtcDateTime;
+                    return date.ToLocalTime().ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                }
+
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public UpdatingSettings()
+        {
+            State = UpdatingState.UpToDate;
+        }
+
+        public static UpdatingSettings LoadSettings()
+        {
+            var localAppDataDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
+            var file = localAppDataDir + SettingsFilePath + SettingsFile;
+
+            if (File.Exists(file))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    FileStream inputStream = File.Open(file, FileMode.Open);
+                    StreamReader reader = new(inputStream);
+                    string data = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                    inputStream.Close();
+                    reader.Dispose();
+
+                    return JsonSerializer.Deserialize(data, UpdatingsSettingsSourceGenerationContext.Default.UpdatingSettings)!;
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                }
+            }
+
+            return new UpdatingSettings();
+        }
+
+        public string ToJsonString()
+        {
+            return JsonSerializer.Serialize(this, UpdatingsSettingsSourceGenerationContext.Default.UpdatingSettings);
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/Update/UpdatingsSettingsSourceGenerationContext.cs
+++ b/src/Update/UpdatingsSettingsSourceGenerationContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Update
+{
+    [JsonSourceGenerationOptions(WriteIndented = true)]
+    [JsonSerializable(typeof(UpdatingSettings))]
+
+    internal sealed partial class UpdatingsSettingsSourceGenerationContext : JsonSerializerContext
+    {
+    }
+}
--- a/src/Update/packages.config
+++ b/src/Update/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
-</packages>
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More