xaml format

Signed-off-by: Shawn Yuan (from Dev Box) <shuaiyuan@microsoft.com>

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

@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ OTP
 Yubi
 Yubico
 Perplexity
-Groq
 svgl
 
 # KEYS
@@ -329,9 +328,3 @@ FFF
 HHH
 riday
 YYY
-
-# GitHub issue/PR commands
-azp
-feedbackhub
-needinfo
-reportbug

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

@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 ^src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/cpp\.hint$
 ^src/common/sysinternals/Eula/
 ^src/modules/cmdpal/doc/initial-sdk-spec/list-elements-mock-002\.pdn$
-^src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/Pages/SampleMarkdownImagesPage\.cs$
 ^src/modules/colorPicker/ColorPickerUI/Shaders/GridShader\.cso$
 ^src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft\.PowerToys\.Run\.Plugin\.TimeDate/Properties/
 ^src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJumpUI/MainForm\.resx$

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

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ AAAAs
 abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvxyz
 abgr
 ABlocked
-ABORTIFHUNG
 ABOUTBOX
+ABORTIFHUNG
 Abug
 Acceleratorkeys
 ACCEPTFILES
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Allmodule
 ALLOWUNDO
 ALLVIEW
 ALPHATYPE
+amazonbedrock
 AModifier
 amr
 ANDSCANS
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ ANull
 AOC
 aocfnapldcnfbofgmbbllojgocaelgdd
 AOklab
-aot
 APARTMENTTHREADED
 APeriod
 apicontract
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ APIIs
 Apm
 APPBARDATA
 APPEXECLINK
-appext
 APPLICATIONFRAMEHOST
 appmanifest
 APPMODEL
@@ -98,10 +97,11 @@ ASSOCSTR
 ASYNCWINDOWPLACEMENT
 ASYNCWINDOWPOS
 atl
-ATRIOX
 ATX
+ATRIOX
 aumid
 authenticode
+Authenticode
 AUTOBUDDY
 AUTOCHECKBOX
 AUTOHIDE
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ azman
 azureaiinference
 azureinference
 azureopenai
-backticks
 bbwe
 BCIE
 bck
+backticks
 BESTEFFORT
 bezelled
 bhid
@@ -142,15 +142,15 @@ bla
 BLACKFRAME
 BLENDFUNCTION
 Blockquotes
-blt
+Blt
 BLURBEHIND
 BLURREGION
 bmi
 BNumber
 BODGY
 BOklab
-BOOTSTRAPPERINSTALLFOLDER
 Bootstrappers
+BOOTSTRAPPERINSTALLFOLDER
 BOTTOMALIGN
 boxmodel
 BPBF
@@ -177,17 +177,17 @@ BYPOSITION
 CALCRECT
 CALG
 callbackptr
+cabstr
 calpwstr
+caub
 Cangjie
 CANRENAME
+Carlseibert
 Canvascustomlayout
 CAPTUREBLT
 CAPTURECHANGED
 CARETBLINKING
-Carlseibert
 CAtl
-caub
-CBN
 cch
 CCHDEVICENAME
 CCHFORMNAME
@@ -206,9 +206,11 @@ changecursor
 CHILDACTIVATE
 CHILDWINDOW
 CHOOSEFONT
+CIBUILD
 cidl
 CIELCh
 cim
+claude
 CImage
 cla
 CLASSDC
@@ -221,7 +223,6 @@ clientside
 CLIPBOARDUPDATE
 CLIPCHILDREN
 CLIPSIBLINGS
-CLITo
 closesocket
 clp
 CLSCTX
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ CONFIGW
 CONFLICTINGMODIFIERKEY
 CONFLICTINGMODIFIERSHORTCUT
 CONOUT
+coreclr
 constexpr
 contentdialog
 contentfiles
@@ -274,7 +276,6 @@ copiedcolorrepresentation
 coppied
 copyable
 COPYPEN
-coreclr
 COREWINDOW
 Corpor
 cotaskmem
@@ -283,18 +284,18 @@ countof
 covrun
 cpcontrols
 cph
+cppcoreguidelines
 cplusplus
 CPower
-cppcoreguidelines
 cpptools
 cppvsdbg
 cppwinrt
 createdump
+creativecommons
 CREATEPROCESS
 CREATESCHEDULEDTASK
 CREATESTRUCT
 CREATEWINDOWFAILED
-creativecommons
 CRECT
 CRH
 critsec
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ CURSORINFO
 cursorpos
 CURSORSHOWING
 CURSORWRAP
+CursorWrap
 customaction
 CUSTOMACTIONTEST
 CUSTOMFORMATPLACEHOLDER
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@ CYSCREEN
 CYSMICON
 CYVIRTUALSCREEN
 Czechia
+cziplib
 Dac
 dacl
 DAffine
@@ -353,7 +356,9 @@ Deact
 debugbreak
 decryptor
 Dedup
+dfx
 Deduplicator
+Deeplink
 DEFAULTBOOTSTRAPPERINSTALLFOLDER
 DEFAULTCOLOR
 DEFAULTFLAGS
@@ -400,6 +405,7 @@ DISPLAYFREQUENCY
 displayname
 DISPLAYORIENTATION
 divyan
+djwsxzxb
 Dlg
 DLGFRAME
 DLGMODALFRAME
@@ -410,8 +416,6 @@ DNLEN
 DONOTROUND
 DONTVALIDATEPATH
 dotnet
-downsampled
-downsampling
 downscale
 DPICHANGED
 DPIs
@@ -428,6 +432,7 @@ DSTINVERT
 DString
 DSVG
 dto
+DTo
 DUMMYUNIONNAME
 dutil
 DVASPECT
@@ -461,6 +466,7 @@ EDITKEYBOARD
 EDITSHORTCUTS
 EDITTEXT
 EFile
+ekus
 eku
 emojis
 ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
@@ -525,6 +531,7 @@ EXTRINSICPROPERTIES
 eyetracker
 FANCYZONESDRAWLAYOUTTEST
 FANCYZONESEDITOR
+FNumber
 FARPROC
 fdx
 fesf
@@ -556,8 +563,8 @@ FIXEDSYS
 flac
 flyouts
 FMask
+foundrylocal
 fmtid
-FNumber
 FOF
 FOFX
 FOLDERID
@@ -568,7 +575,6 @@ FORCEMINIMIZE
 FORMATDLGORD
 formatetc
 FORPARSING
-foundrylocal
 FRAMECHANGED
 frm
 FROMTOUCH
@@ -587,16 +593,15 @@ gdi
 gdiplus
 GDIPVER
 GDISCALED
-geolocator
 GETCLIENTAREAANIMATION
 GETCURSEL
 GETDESKWALLPAPER
 GETDLGCODE
 GETDPISCALEDSIZE
 getfilesiginforedist
+geolocator
 GETHOTKEY
 GETICON
-GETLBTEXT
 GETMINMAXINFO
 GETNONCLIENTMETRICS
 GETPROPERTYSTOREFLAGS
@@ -604,19 +609,16 @@ GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING
 GETSECKEY
 GETSTICKYKEYS
 GETTEXTLENGTH
-GHND
 gitmodules
+GHND
 GMEM
 GNumber
-googleai
-googlegemini
 gpedit
 gpo
 GPOCA
 gpp
 gpu
 gradians
-grctlext
 Gridcustomlayout
 GSM
 gtm
@@ -626,6 +628,8 @@ GValue
 gwl
 GWLP
 GWLSTYLE
+googleai
+googlegemini
 hangeul
 Hanzi
 Hardlines
@@ -688,6 +692,7 @@ hmonitor
 homies
 homljgmgpmcbpjbnjpfijnhipfkiclkd
 HOOKPROC
+huggingface
 HORZRES
 HORZSIZE
 Hostbackdropbrush
@@ -729,14 +734,16 @@ HWNDPARENT
 HWNDPREV
 hyjiacan
 IAI
+icf
 ICONERROR
 ICONLOCATION
-icf
 IDCANCEL
 IDD
 idk
 idl
+IIM
 idlist
+ifd
 IDOK
 IDOn
 IDR
@@ -745,16 +752,15 @@ ietf
 IEXPLORE
 IFACEMETHOD
 IFACEMETHODIMP
-ifd
 IGNOREUNKNOWN
 IGo
 iid
-IIM
 Iindex
 Ijwhost
 ILD
 IMAGEHLP
 IMAGERESIZERCONTEXTMENU
+IPTC
 IMAGERESIZEREXT
 imageresizerinput
 imageresizersettings
@@ -774,7 +780,6 @@ INITGUID
 INITTOLOGFONTSTRUCT
 INLINEPREFIX
 inlines
-Inno
 INPC
 inproc
 INPUTHARDWARE
@@ -791,6 +796,7 @@ INSTALLFOLDERTOPREVIOUSINSTALLFOLDER
 INSTALLLOCATION
 INSTALLMESSAGE
 INSTALLPROPERTY
+installscopeperuser
 INSTALLSTARTMENUSHORTCUT
 INSTALLSTATE
 Inste
@@ -803,7 +809,6 @@ invokecommand
 ipcmanager
 IPREVIEW
 ipreviewhandlervisualssetfont
-IPTC
 irow
 irprops
 isbi
@@ -847,14 +852,15 @@ keyvault
 KILLFOCUS
 killrunner
 kmph
+ksa
 kvp
 Kybd
 LARGEICON
 lastcodeanalysissucceeded
 LASTEXITCODE
 LAYOUTRTL
-lbl
 LCh
+lbl
 lcid
 LCIDTo
 lcl
@@ -870,10 +876,10 @@ LExit
 lhwnd
 LIBFUZZER
 LIBID
-lightswitch
 LIMITSIZE
 LIMITTEXT
 lindex
+lightswitch
 linkid
 LINKOVERLAY
 LINQTo
@@ -884,7 +890,6 @@ LLKH
 llkhf
 LMEM
 LMENU
-lng
 LOADFROMFILE
 LOBYTE
 localappdata
@@ -894,14 +899,17 @@ LOCATIONCHANGE
 LOCKTYPE
 LOGFONT
 LOGFONTW
-LOGMSG
 logon
+lon
+LOGMSG
 LOGPIXELSX
 LOGPIXELSY
+lng
 lon
 longdate
 LONGNAMES
 lowlevel
+lquadrant
 LOWORD
 lparam
 LPBITMAPINFOHEADER
@@ -935,7 +943,6 @@ lpv
 LPW
 lpwcx
 lpwndpl
-lquadrant
 LReader
 LRESULT
 LSTATUS
@@ -962,7 +969,6 @@ MAKELONG
 MAKELPARAM
 makepri
 MAKEWPARAM
-Malware
 manifestdependency
 MAPPEDTOSAMEKEY
 MAPTOSAMESHORTCUT
@@ -985,8 +991,8 @@ MENUITEMINFO
 MENUITEMINFOW
 MERGECOPY
 MERGEPAINT
-metadatamatters
 Metadatas
+metadatamatters
 metafile
 mfc
 Mgmt
@@ -1032,6 +1038,9 @@ mousepointer
 mouseutils
 MOVESIZEEND
 MOVESIZESTART
+muxx
+muxxc
+muxxh
 MRM
 MRT
 mru
@@ -1060,21 +1069,16 @@ msrc
 msstore
 msvcp
 MT
-mstsc
 MTND
 MULTIPLEUSE
 multizone
 muxc
-muxx
-muxxc
-muxxh
 MVPs
 mvvm
 MVVMTK
 MWBEx
 MYICON
 NAMECHANGE
-Notavailable
 namespaceanddescendants
 nao
 NCACTIVATE
@@ -1148,9 +1152,11 @@ NONCLIENTMETRICSW
 NONELEVATED
 nonspace
 nonstd
+nullrefs
 NOOWNERZORDER
 NOPARENTNOTIFY
 NOPREFIX
+NPU
 NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP
 NOREDRAW
 NOREMOVE
@@ -1179,7 +1185,6 @@ nowarn
 NOZORDER
 NPH
 npmjs
-NPU
 NResize
 NTAPI
 ntdll
@@ -1187,8 +1192,8 @@ ntfs
 NTSTATUS
 NTSYSAPI
 NULLCURSOR
-nullonfailure
 nullref
+nullonfailure
 numberbox
 nwc
 ocr
@@ -1204,17 +1209,15 @@ oldpath
 oldtheme
 oleaut
 OLECHAR
-ollama
 onebranch
-onnx
 OOBEUI
 openas
 opencode
 OPENFILENAME
-openrdp
 opensource
 openxmlformats
 ollama
+Olllama
 onnx
 OPTIMIZEFORINVOKE
 ORPHANEDDIALOGTITLE
@@ -1288,7 +1291,6 @@ pguid
 phbm
 phbmp
 phicon
-Photoshop
 phwnd
 pici
 pidl
@@ -1311,6 +1313,7 @@ pnid
 PNMLINK
 Poc
 Podcasts
+Photoshop
 POINTERID
 POINTERUPDATE
 Pokedex
@@ -1405,9 +1408,10 @@ pwsz
 pwtd
 QDC
 qit
+QNN
+Qualcomm
 QITAB
 QITABENT
-QNN
 qoi
 Quarternary
 QUERYENDSESSION
@@ -1417,8 +1421,8 @@ quickaccent
 QUNS
 RAII
 RAlt
-randi
 RAquadrant
+randi
 rasterization
 Rasterize
 RAWINPUTDEVICE
@@ -1428,8 +1432,6 @@ RAWPATH
 rbhid
 rclsid
 RCZOOMIT
-remotedesktop
-rdp
 RDW
 READMODE
 READOBJECTS
@@ -1447,7 +1449,9 @@ regfile
 REGISTERCLASSFAILED
 REGISTRYHEADER
 REGISTRYPREVIEWEXT
+registryroot
 regkey
+regroot
 regsvr
 REINSTALLMODE
 releaseblog
@@ -1500,6 +1504,7 @@ rstringalpha
 rstringdigit
 rtb
 RTLREADING
+rtm
 runas
 rundll
 rungameid
@@ -1556,8 +1561,8 @@ SETRULES
 SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE
 SETSTICKYKEYS
 SETTEXT
-SETTINGCHANGE
 settingscard
+SETTINGCHANGE
 SETTINGSCHANGED
 settingsheader
 settingshotkeycontrol
@@ -1632,7 +1637,6 @@ SKIPOWNPROCESS
 sku
 SLGP
 sln
-slnx
 SMALLICON
 smartphone
 smileys
@@ -1703,7 +1707,6 @@ stringtable
 stringval
 Strm
 strret
-STRSAFE
 stscanf
 sttngs
 Stubless
@@ -1715,6 +1718,7 @@ sublang
 SUBMODULEUPDATE
 subresource
 Superbar
+suntimes
 sut
 svchost
 SVGIn
@@ -1748,6 +1752,7 @@ SYSTEMMODAL
 SYSTEMTIME
 TARG
 TARGETAPPHEADER
+TARGETDIR
 targetentrypoint
 TARGETHEADER
 targetver
@@ -1777,10 +1782,10 @@ textextractor
 TEXTINCLUDE
 tfopen
 tgz
-THEMECHANGED
 themeresources
 THH
 THICKFRAME
+THEMECHANGED
 THISCOMPONENT
 throughs
 TILEDWINDOW
@@ -1851,7 +1856,6 @@ UNCPRIORITY
 UNDNAME
 UNICODETEXT
 unins
-Uninstaller
 uninstalls
 Uniquifies
 unitconverter
@@ -1868,7 +1872,6 @@ UPDATENOW
 UPDATEREGISTRY
 updown
 UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE
-upscaling
 Uptool
 urld
 Usb
@@ -1878,6 +1881,7 @@ USEINSTALLERFORTEST
 USESHOWWINDOW
 USESTDHANDLES
 USRDLL
+utm
 UType
 uuidv
 uwp
@@ -1950,11 +1954,11 @@ Wca
 WCE
 wcex
 WClass
-WCRAPI
 wcsicmp
 wcsncpy
 wcsnicmp
 WCT
+WCRAPI
 WDA
 wdm
 wdp
@@ -1982,7 +1986,6 @@ WINDOWPLACEMENT
 WINDOWPOSCHANGED
 WINDOWPOSCHANGING
 WINDOWSBUILDNUMBER
-windowsml
 windowssearch
 windowssettings
 WINDOWSTYLES
@@ -1998,8 +2001,9 @@ Winhook
 WINL
 winlogon
 winmd
-winml
 WINNT
+windowsml
+winml
 winres
 winrt
 winsdk
@@ -2061,21 +2065,20 @@ WTSAT
 Wubi
 WUX
 Wwanpp
-xap
 XAxis
 XButton
 xclip
 xcopy
+xap
 XDeployment
-xdf
 XDimension
+xdf
 XDocument
 XElement
 xfd
 XFile
 XIncrement
 XLoc
-xmp
 XNamespace
 Xoshiro
 XPels
@@ -2086,22 +2089,23 @@ xsi
 XSpeed
 XStr
 xstyler
+xmp
 XTimer
 XUP
 XVIRTUALSCREEN
 xxxxxx
 YAxis
 ycombinator
-YDimension
 YIncrement
+YDimension
 yinle
 yinyue
 YPels
 YPos
 YResolution
 YSpeed
-YStr
 YTimer
+YStr
 YVIRTUALSCREEN
 ZEROINIT
 zonability

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

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ _SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING
 
 # hit-count: 1 file-count: 1
 # Amazon
-\bamazon\.com/[-\w]+/(?:dp/[0-9A-Z]+|)
+\bamazon\.com/[-\w]+/(?:dp/[0-9A-Z]+|)[^"'\s]+
 
 # hit-count: 3 file-count: 3
 # imgur

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ## PR Checklist
 
 - [ ] Closes: #xxx
-<!--  - [ ] Closes: #yyy (add separate lines for additional resolved issues) -->
 - [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
 - [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
 - [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized

.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout Repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
         uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4

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

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         issue: ${{ fromJson(github.event.inputs.issue_numbers) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Run GenAI Issue Deduplicator
         uses: pelikhan/action-genai-issue-dedup@v0

.github/workflows/msstore-submissions.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           echo powerToysInstallerArm64Url=$(jq -n "$powerToysSetup" | jq -r '[.[]|select(.name | contains("arm64"))][0].browser_download_url') >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Setup .NET 9.0
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 

.gitmodules

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

.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json

@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@
                 "Mono.Cecil.Rocks.dll",
                 "Newtonsoft.Json.dll",
                 "CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.TitleBar.dll",
-                "CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.OpacityMaskView.dll",
 
                 "NLog.dll",
                 "HtmlAgilityPack.dll",

.pipelines/packages.config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry" version="2.0.4" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry" version="2.0.3" />
 </packages>

.pipelines/v2/release.yml

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ extends:
       name: SHINE-INT-S
       ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
         demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
+      ${{ else }}:
+        image: SHINE-VS17-Latest
       os: windows
     sdl:
       tsa:
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ extends:
                 name: SHINE-INT-L
                 demands:
                   # Our INT agents have a large disk mounted at P:\
+                  - WorkFolder -equals P:\_work
                   - ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
                     - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
                 os: windows
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ extends:
             parameters:
               pool:
                 name: SHINE-INT-L
+                image: SHINE-VS17-Latest
                 os: windows
               official: true
               codeSign: true

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

@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
             ${{ else }}:
               OutputBuildPlatform: ${{ platform }}
   variables:
-    NUGET_PACKAGES: 'C:\NuGetPackages' # Some of our build steps cache these here... and it was apparently part of the global environment
     MakeAppxPath: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.26100.0\x86\MakeAppx.exe'
     # Azure DevOps abhors a vacuum
     # If these are blank, expansion will fail later on... which will result in direct substitution of the variable *names*
@@ -140,10 +139,6 @@ jobs:
     - output: pipelineArtifact
       artifactName: $(JobOutputArtifactName)
       targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-    - output: pipelineArtifact
-      artifactName: $(JobOutputArtifactName)-failure-$(System.JobAttempt)
-      targetPath: $(LogOutputDirectory)
-      condition: or(failed(), canceled())
   steps:
   - checkout: self
     clean: true
@@ -192,14 +187,14 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Verify XAML formatting
 
   - pwsh: |-
-      & '.pipelines/verifyNugetPackages.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.slnx'
-    displayName: Verify Nuget package versions for PowerToys.slnx
+      & '.pipelines/verifyNugetPackages.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.sln'
+    displayName: Verify Nuget package versions for PowerToys.sln
 
   - pwsh: |-
-      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.slnx'
+      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\PowerToys.sln'
       & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\tools\BugReportTool\BugReportTool.sln'
       & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\tools\StylesReportTool\StylesReportTool.sln'
-      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx'
+      & '.pipelines/verifyArm64Configuration.ps1' -solution '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln'
     displayName: Verify ARM64 configurations
 
   - ${{ if eq(parameters.enablePackageCaching, true) }}:
@@ -252,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
     ${{ else }}:
       displayName: Build PowerToys main project
     inputs:
-      solution: 'PowerToys.slnx'
+      solution: 'PowerToys.sln'
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore -graph
@@ -275,7 +270,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Generate DSC artifacts for ARM64
     condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
     inputs:
-      solution: PowerToys.slnx
+      solution: PowerToys.sln
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore
@@ -400,7 +395,7 @@ jobs:
   ### HACK: On ARM64 builds, building an app with Windows App SDK copies the x64 WebView2 dll instead of the ARM64 one. This task makes sure the right dll is used.
   - task: CopyFiles@2
     displayName: HACK Copy core WebView2 ARM64 dll to output directory
-    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
+    condition: eq(variables['BuildPlatform'],'arm64')
     inputs:
       contents: packages/Microsoft.Web.WebView2.1.0.2903.40/runtimes/win-ARM64/native_uap/Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll
       targetFolder: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/ARM64/Release/WinUI3Apps/
@@ -439,11 +434,11 @@ jobs:
       inputs:
         testResultsFormat: VSTest
         testResultsFiles: '**/*.trx'
-      condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64'))
+      condition: ne(variables['BuildPlatform'],'arm64')
 
     # Native dlls
     - task: VSTest@2
-      condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['BuildPlatform'], 'arm64')) # No arm64 agents to run the tests.
+      condition: ne(variables['BuildPlatform'],'arm64') # No arm64 agents to run the tests.
       displayName: 'Native Tests'
       inputs:
         platform: '$(BuildPlatform)'

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

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       command: restore
       feedsToUse: config
       configPath: nuget.config
-      restoreSolution: PowerToys.slnx
+      restoreSolution: PowerToys.sln
       restoreDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\packages'
 
   # Build all UI test projects if no specific modules are specified
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ jobs:
   - publish: $(JobOutputDirectory)
     artifact: $(JobOutputArtifactName)
     displayName: Publish UI Test artifacts
-    condition: always()
+    condition: always()

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

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ steps:
   - task: VSBuild@1
     displayName: Build Shared Support DLLs
     inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         /t:PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext;SilentFilesInUseBAFunction
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ steps:
   - task: VSBuild@1
     displayName: 💻 Build VNext MSI
     inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ steps:
   - task: VSBuild@1
     displayName: 👤 Build VNext MSI
     inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ steps:
   - task: VSBuild@1
     displayName: 💻 Build VNext Bootstrapper
     inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         -restore
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ steps:
   - task: VSBuild@1
     displayName: 👤 Build VNext Bootstrapper
     inputs:
-      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx"
+      solution: "**/installer/PowerToysSetup.sln"
       vsVersion: 17.0
       msbuildArgs: >-
         /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-update-winappsdk-and-restore-nuget.yml

@@ -54,13 +54,4 @@ steps:
     feedsToUse: 'config'
     nugetConfigPath: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\nuget.config'
     restoreSolution: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\**\*.sln'
-    includeNuGetOrg: false
-
-- task: NuGetCommand@2
-  displayName: 'Restore NuGet packages (slnx)'
-  inputs:
-    command: 'restore'
-    feedsToUse: 'config'
-    nugetConfigPath: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\nuget.config'
-    restoreSolution: '$(build.sourcesdirectory)\**\*.slnx'
-    includeNuGetOrg: false
+    includeNuGetOrg: false

Cpp.Build.props

@@ -1,6 +1,56 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <!-- Hybrid CRT configuration -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(HybridCrtConfiguration)'==''">
+    <HybridCrtConfiguration>$(Configuration)</HybridCrtConfiguration>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Skip Hybrid CRT for AppContainer/UWP projects as they require MultiThreadedDLL -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(AppContainerApplication)'=='true' and '$(_VC_Target_Library_Platform)'!='Desktop'">
+    <HybridCrtConfiguration></HybridCrtConfiguration>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(HybridCrtConfiguration)'=='Debug'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
+           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
+           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
+           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
+      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(HybridCrtConfiguration)'=='Release'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
+           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
+           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
+           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
+      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+  <!-- AppContainer/UWP projects must use MultiThreadedDLL -->
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(AppContainerApplication)'=='true' and '$(_VC_Target_Library_Platform)'!='Desktop' And '$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(AppContainerApplication)'=='true' and '$(_VC_Target_Library_Platform)'!='Desktop' And '$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
   <!-- Project configurations -->
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
@@ -26,7 +76,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(SkipCppCodeAnalysis)' == ''">
     <RunCodeAnalysis>true</RunCodeAnalysis>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\CppRuleSet.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-    <CAExcludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)deps;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages;$(CAExcludePath)</CAExcludePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- C++ source compile-specific things for all configurations -->
@@ -35,18 +84,13 @@
     <PreferredToolArchitecture Condition="'$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)' == 'ARM64' or '$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432)' == 'ARM64'">arm64</PreferredToolArchitecture>
     <VcpkgEnabled>false</VcpkgEnabled>
     <ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>true</ReplaceWildcardsInProjectItems>
-    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)deps;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
+    <ExternalIncludePath>$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\deps\;$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)\..\packages\;$(ExternalIncludePath)</ExternalIncludePath>
     <!-- Enable control flow guard for C++ projects that don't consume any C++ files -->
     <!-- This covers the case where a .dll exports a .lib, but doesn't have any ClCompile entries. -->
     <LinkControlFlowGuard>Guard</LinkControlFlowGuard>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- Make angle-bracket includes external and turn off code analysis for them -->
-      <TreatAngleIncludeAsExternal>true</TreatAngleIncludeAsExternal>
-      <ExternalWarningLevel>TurnOffAllWarnings</ExternalWarningLevel>
-      <DisableAnalyzeExternal>true</DisableAnalyzeExternal>
-
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(UsePrecompiledHeaders)' != 'false'">Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
@@ -79,7 +123,6 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -89,7 +132,6 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -116,11 +158,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Debug/Release props -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'"
+    Label="Configuration">
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
     <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'"
+    Label="Configuration">
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>

DATA_AND_PRIVACY.md

@@ -147,18 +147,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent</td>
     <td>Triggered when Advanced Paste leverages the Semantic Kernel.</td>
   </tr> 
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelErrorEvent</td>
-    <td>Occurs when the Semantic Kernel workflow encounters an error.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent</td>
-    <td>Logs the AI provider, model, and processing duration for each endpoint call.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent</td>
-    <td>Records provider, model, and status details when a custom action fails.</td>
-  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ### Always on Top
@@ -243,10 +231,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <th>Event Name</th>
     <th>Description</th>
   </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdNotFound_EnableCmdNotFound</td>
-    <td>Triggered when Command Not Found is enabled or disabled.</td>
-  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdNotFoundInstallEvent</td>
     <td>Triggered when a Command Not Found is installed.</td>
@@ -261,62 +245,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
   </tr>  
 </table>
 
-### Command Palette
-<table style="width:100%">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Event Name</th>
-    <th>Description</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_BeginInvoke</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Command Palette is launched by the user.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_ColdLaunch</td>
-    <td>Occurs when Command Palette starts for the first time (cold start).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_OpenPage</td>
-    <td>Triggered when a page is opened within the Command Palette, tracking navigation depth.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_OpenUri</td>
-    <td>Occurs when a URI is opened through the Command Palette, including whether it's a web URL.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_ReactivateInstance</td>
-    <td>Triggered when an existing Command Palette instance is reactivated.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_RunCommand</td>
-    <td>Logs when a command is executed through the Command Palette, including admin elevation status.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPal_RunQuery</td>
-    <td>Triggered when a search query is performed, including result count and duration.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalDismissedOnEsc</td>
-    <td>Occurs when the Command Palette is dismissed by pressing the Escape key.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalDismissedOnLostFocus</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Command Palette is dismissed due to losing focus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalHotkeySummoned</td>
-    <td>Logs when the Command Palette is summoned via hotkey, distinguishing between global and context-specific hotkeys.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalInvokeResult</td>
-    <td>Records the result type of a Command Palette invocation.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.CmdPalProcessStarted</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the Command Palette process is started.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
 ### Crop And Lock
 <table style="width:100%">
   <tr>
@@ -795,10 +723,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <th>Event Name</th>
     <th>Description</th>
   </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_ChangedTemplateLocation</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the template folder location is changed.</td>
-  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventCopyTemplate</td>
     <td>Triggered when an item from New+ is created (copied to the current directory).</td>
@@ -807,10 +731,6 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventCopyTemplateResult</td>
     <td>Logs the success of item creation (copying).</td>
   </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventOpenTemplates</td>
-    <td>Triggered when the templates folder is opened.</td>
-  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.NewPlus_EventShowTemplateItems</td>
     <td>Triggered when the New+ context menu flyout is displayed.</td>
@@ -996,8 +916,12 @@ _If you want to find diagnostic data events in the source code, these two links
     <th>Description</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_GuideSession</td>
-    <td>Logs a Shortcut Guide session including duration and how it was closed.</td>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_EnableGuide</td>
+    <td>Triggered when Shortcut Guide is enabled.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_HideGuide</td>
+    <td>Occurs when Shortcut Guide is hidden from view.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>Microsoft.PowerToys.ShortcutGuide_Settings</td>

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3" Version="2.0.0-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3" Version="2.1.0-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.Templating" Version="2.0.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="boost" Version="1.87.0" TargetFramework="native" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="boost_regex-vc143" Version="1.87.0" TargetFramework="native" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.OpacityMaskView" Version="0.1.251101-build.2372" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core" Version="4.23.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Appium.WebDriver" Version="4.4.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CoenM.ImageSharp.ImageHash" Version="1.3.6" />
@@ -54,8 +51,10 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local" Version="0.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.66.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI" Version="1.66.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference" Version="1.66.0-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace" Version="1.66.0-preview" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama" Version="1.66.0-alpha" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.2" />
@@ -71,12 +70,10 @@
       This is present due to a bug in CsWinRT where WPF projects cause the analyzer to fail.
 	-->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.2.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" Version="1.0.231216.1"/>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.26100.6901" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.8.251106002" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation" Version="1.8.251104000" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI" Version="1.8.39" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime" Version="1.8.251106002" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.26100.4948" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.8.250907003" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI" Version="1.8.37" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime" Version="1.8.250907003" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed" Version="2.0.9" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf" Version="1.1.39" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ModernWpfUI" Version="0.9.4" />
@@ -115,7 +112,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers" Version="22.0.13" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Management" Version="9.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Numerics.Tensors" Version="9.0.11" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="4.3.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Reactive" Version="6.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="9.0.10" />

NOTICE.md

@@ -1498,7 +1498,6 @@ SOFTWARE.
 - CoenM.ImageSharp.ImageHash
 - CommunityToolkit.Common
 - CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.MarkdownTextBlock
-- CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.Controls.OpacityMaskView
 - CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
 - CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations
 - CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Collections

README.md

@@ -7,23 +7,19 @@
 <h1 align="center">
   <span>Microsoft PowerToys</span>
 </h1>
-<p align="center">
-  <span align="center">Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.</span>
-</p>
+
 <h3 align="center">
   <a href="#-installation">Installation</a>
-  <span> · </span>
+  <span> . </span>
   <a href="https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs">Documentation</a>
-  <span> · </span>
+  <span> . </span>
   <a href="https://aka.ms/powertoys-releaseblog">Blog</a>
-  <span> · </span>
+  <span> . </span>
   <a href="#-whats-new">Release notes</a>
 </h3>
 <br/><br/>
-
-## 🔨 Utilities
-
-PowerToys includes over 25 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Windows experience:
+Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.
+<br/><br/>
 
 |   |   |   |
 |---|---|---|
@@ -41,35 +37,41 @@ PowerToys includes over 25 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Win
 
 ## 📋 Installation
 
-For detailed installation instructions and system requirements, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install). 
+For detailed installation instructions, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install). 
+
+Before you begin, make sure your device meets the system requirements:
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> - Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1 / build 19041) or newer
+> - 64-bit processor: x64 or ARM64
+> - Latest stable version of [Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703) is installed via the bootstrapper during setup
+
+Choose one of the installation methods below:
 
-But to get started quickly, choose one of the installation methods below:
-<br/><br/>
 <details open>
-<summary><strong>Download .exe from GitHub</strong></summary>
-<br/>
+<summary>Download .exe from GitHub</summary>
+
 Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases][github-release-link], click Assets to reveal the downloads, and choose the installer that matches your architecture and install scope. For most devices, that's the x64 per-user installer.
 
 <!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
-[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.97%22
-[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.96%22
-[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
-[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe 
-[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe 
-[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.96.1/PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe
+[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.96%22
+[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.95%22
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe 
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe 
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe 
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.95.1/PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe
  
 |  Description   | Filename |
 |----------------|----------|
-| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
-| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
-| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
-| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.96.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.95.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] |
 
 </details>
 
 <details>
-<summary><strong>Microsoft Store</strong></summary>
-<br/>
+<summary>Microsoft Store</summary>
 You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:
 <p>
   <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://aka.ms/getPowertoys">
@@ -80,9 +82,10 @@ You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:
 </p>
 </details>
 
+
 <details>
-<summary><strong>WinGet</strong></summary>
-<br/>
+<summary>WinGet</summary>
+
 Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
 
 *User scope installer [default]*
@@ -97,137 +100,162 @@ winget install --scope machine Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
 </details>
 
 <details>
-<summary><strong>Other methods</strong></summary>
-<br/>
+<summary>Other methods</summary>
+
 There are [community driven install methods](./doc/unofficialInstallMethods.md) such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.
 </details>
 
 ## ✨ What's new
-**Version 0.96 (November 2025)**
+**Version 0.95 (October 2025)**
 
 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`.
-
-### Advanced Paste
- - Advanced Paste now lets you connect to multiple AI providers instead of being limited to a single OpenAI provider. See [Advanced Paste documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/advanced-paste) for usage.
-
-### Awake
- - The Awake countdown timer now stays accurate over long periods. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
- - Fixed Awake context menu positioning. The fix removed the conversion of the mouse cursor from screen to client-window coordinates, instead using the raw screen coordinates returned by GetCursorPos; the context menu now appears at the correct screen position. Thanks [@lzandman](https://github.com/lzandman)!
+ - **NEW:** The **Light Switch** utility in PowerToys allows you to automatically switch between light and dark themes in Windows based on the time of day.
+ - Command Palette delivered major search performance gains (new fuzzy matcher and smarter fallbacks) improving relevance and speed.
+ - Peek can now be activated using just the Spacebar!
+ - Find My Mouse added transparent spotlight with independent backdrop opacity, boosting focus and accessibility.
+ - Settings now lets you delete shortcuts entirely and ignore conflicts.
+ - Mouse Pointer Crosshairs gained orientation options (vertical / horizontal / both) for customizable accessibility. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
+ - PowerRename fixed enumeration counter skipping ensuring reliable batch renames. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+ - ZoomIt restored legacy draw and snipping behaviors, and fixed recording issues, improving reliability. Thanks [@chakrik73](https://github.com/chakrik73)!
 
 ### 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)!
+ - Applied conditional margin for icon-only tags to tighten layout. Thanks [@samrueby](https://github.com/samrueby)
+ - Improved the reliability of accessing Command Palette settings through PowerToys Settings and executing other x-cmdpal:// protocol commands. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Enabled AOT by default for improved performance while simplifying publish configs.
+ - Replaced service state color dots with play/pause/stop icons for enhanced accessibility. Thanks [@samrueby](https://github.com/samrueby)
+ - Fixed filter dropdown sync and crash by binding SelectedValue and raising UI-thread notifications. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Ensured long links wrap correctly in details view.
+ - Removed animation and enforced minimum width on filter dropdown for clarity. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Restored focus to More button after ESC closes context menu, improving keyboard flow. Thanks [@chatasweetie](https://github.com/chatasweetie)
+ - Marked main and toast windows as tool windows to keep them out of Alt+Tab while preserving style. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Fixed AOT template and theming issues for filter separators. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Introduced grid layouts (small, medium, gallery) for richer page presentation.
+ - Materialized result lists to avoid rescoring overhead.
+ - Disabled problematic selection TextToSuggest behind environment flag.
+ - Major search performance improvements (new fuzzy matcher, smarter fallbacks, fewer exceptions).
+ - Added context menu "Show Details" command when details pane is hidden.
+ - Reduced window flicker by avoiding unnecessary cloaking. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Restored EmptyContent rendering for blank states. Thanks [@DevLGuilherme](https://github.com/DevLGuilherme)
+ - Saved new state even if prior app state file was corrupt (better resilience). Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Migrated settings window to WinUI TitleBar control. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Prevented crash on duplicate keybindings and simplified matching. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Hotkeys now always respect the “Ignore shortcut in fullscreen” setting. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Hid search box on content pages, improving focus and accessibility, and added Home title. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Blocked Ctrl+I from inserting stray tabs in search box.
+ - Logged HRESULT codes in error logs for deeper diagnostics. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Advanced font and emoji icon classification and alignment improvements. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Ensured that fallback command icons are visible on the extension settings page. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Fixed breadcrumb margin misalignment (visual polish). Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Truncated overly long command labels with ellipsis to prevent overflow.
+ - Added a setting to configure the page transition animation.
+ - Collection of small improvements and nits for Run Commands.
+ - Improved bookmarks performance and experience. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Added Ctrl+O shortcut in Clipboard History to open links directly.
+ - Resolved conflict with external software that blocked Command Palette from hiding.
+ - Updated context menu items to reflect name and icon changes, and ensured application icons are displayed correctly. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Added Alt+Home shortcut to return immediately to the Command Palette home page. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Fixed a crash when displaying code blocks in markdown on detail or content pages. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Fixed an issue where the search bar icon and title were not updated when rapidly switching pages. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Improved the appearance of the search box in the context menu.
+
 
 ### 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)!
+ - Replaced localized WebSearch setting keys with stable literals and numeric history count. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Enabled advanced markdown tables and emphasis extensions. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Added setting to choose Clipboard History primary action (Paste vs Copy). Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)
+ - Added actionable empty-state hints for File Search (search PC / open indexing settings). Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Ensured all WinGet extension assets copy reliably to output. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Improved Run command line parsing for paths with spaces; sped up related tests.
+ - Updated WebSearch extension icon set for enhanced clarity and contrast. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Added Terminal profile sort order setting including MRU tracking. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Added Uninstall Application command (UWP direct, Win32 via Settings). Thanks [@mKpwnz](https://github.com/mKpwnz)!
+ - Deferred WinGet details loading and added timing logs.
+ - Removed LINQ from All Apps extension for performance.
+ - Added standardized key chord system + shortcuts to File Search commands. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Added Terminal channel filter & remembered selection option. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Enabled loading local/data/app images in markdown with sizing hints. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Added external extension reload via x-cmdpal://reload (configurable). Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Instant WebSearch history updates with in-memory store & events. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+ - Added keep-after-paste option and safe delete with confirmation for Clipboard History. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
+
+### Environment Variables
+ - Replaced custom window chrome with WinUI TitleBar for cleaner, maintainable Environment Variables UI.
+
+### File Locksmith
+ - Adopted WinUI TitleBar to simplify window chrome while preserving appearance.
 
 ### 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.
+ - Added transparent spotlight support with separate backdrop opacity; migrated to Windows App SDK composition APIs.
 
 ### Hosts File Editor
- - Added customizable backup settings allowing users to configure backup frequency, location, and auto-deletion policies. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
-
-### Image Resizer
- - Fixed settings consistency during batch resize operations by capturing settings once before processing. Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
+ - Migrated to native WinUI TitleBar for cleaner, maintainable window chrome.
 
 ### 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.
+ - Introduced as a brand-new PowerToy module.
+ - Automatically switches between light and dark themes.
+ - Supports time-based scheduling or location-based sunrise/sunset switching.
+ - Supports using a keyboard shortcut to force a change.
+ - Supports filtering changes for Apps and/or System Theme.
 
 ### Mouse Pointer Crosshairs
- - Enabled switching between Mouse Pointer Crosshairs and Gliding Cursor modes. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
+ - Added Esc key to cancel active gliding cursor sequence. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
+ - Added orientation option (vertical / horizontal / both) for crosshairs customization. Thanks [@mikehall-ms](https://github.com/mikehall-ms)!
 
 ### Mouse Without Borders
- - Added horizontal scrolling support. Thanks [@MasonBergstrom](https://github.com/MasonBergstrom)!
+ - Continued Common class refactor (part 5/7) by extracting clipboard and init/cleanup logic into focused classes. Thanks [@mikeclayton](https://github.com/mikeclayton)!
+
+ - Fix connection failures caused by conflicting MachineId across machines.  Thanks [@noraa-junker](https://github.com/noraa-junker) for troubleshooting!
 
 ### 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)!
+ - Added the option to activate Peek with just the Spacebar.
 
 ### 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 enumeration counter skipping when regex replacement equals original filename (counters now advance reliably). Thanks [@daverayment](https://github.com/daverayment)!
 
-### PowerToys Run
- - Added retry logic with exponential backoff to handle DWM composition errors during theme changes. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)!
- - Updated OneNote icons to reflect new Microsoft 365 design. Thanks [@trevorNgo](https://github.com/trevorNgo)!
+### Quick Accent
+ - Expanded Welsh layout with acute, grave, and dieresis variants for vowels (consistent ordering). Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
 
- ### Quick Accent
- - Added diameter symbol (⌀) for Shift+O in Special Characters mode, thanks to [@anselumjuju](https://github.com/anselumjuju)!
+### Registry Preview
+ - Migrated to native TitleBar and AppWindow APIs for cleaner window chrome.
 
-### 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)!
+### Screen Ruler
+ - Fixed ARM64 crash by aligning cursor position structure to 8-byte boundary.
 
 ### 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)!
+ - Added ability to ignore specific hotkey conflicts to reduce noise.
+ - Stopped creating backup directory during dry-run status checks (cleaner first-run). 
+ - Standardized casing and localization for ZoomIt and modules header.
+ - Improved search results page accessibility and conditional module grouping.
 
-### 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)!
+### ZoomIt
+ - Updated resource file to reflect standalone v9.01 and current copyright year. Thanks [@foxmsft](https://github.com/foxmsft)!
+ - Restored legacy draw/snipping behaviors and fixed recording race conditions. Thanks [@chakrik73](https://github.com/chakrik73)!
+ - Added smooth image option for improved zoom quality using GDI+ for static zoom and Magnifier API for live zoom. Thanks [@markrussinovich](https://github.com/markrussinovich)!
+
+ ### Documentation
+ - New Microsoft Learn documentation for the Light Switch module.
+ - New dev docs for the Light Switch module.
+
+### Development (Area-Build & Area-Tests) 
+- Allowed debug launches to continue when modules fail to load, speeding developer iteration. 
+- Fixed spell checker dictionary entry (advapi) to eliminate false error. 
+- Added VS Code development guide and launch configs to streamline cross-editor workflows. 
+- Upgraded Windows App SDK and related dependencies to 1.8 for newer platform features. 
+- Rewrote YAML comment to resolve new spell checker forbidden pattern. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)! 
+- Corrected solution structure by returning misplaced Common project, reducing build confusion. 
+- Modernized build scripts with shared helpers and VS environment autodetection for simpler CLI builds. 
+- Standardized build scripts and platform detection to improve reliability and reuse. 
+- Added missing Command Palette version bump to align module release cadence. 
+- Added EXECUTEDEFAULT term to dictionary to prevent regression build failures. Thanks [@jiripolasek](https://github.com/jiripolasek)! 
+- Introduced nightly pre-warm pipeline and configurable MSBuild cache mode to improve CI performance. 
+- Resolved CI forbidden pattern spelling complaint to keep pipelines green. 
+- Added AI contributor instruction set to clarify code area expectations. 
+- Added accessibility IDs to settings and FancyZones toggles, stabilizing UI tests. 
+- Added automatic log collection on UI test failures to speed root cause analysis. 
+- Stabilized Mouse Utils tests by switching to AccessibilityId selectors. 
+- Added Screen Ruler UI test coverage to validate core measurement workflows. 
 
 ## 🛣️ 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]!

doc/devdocs/commands.md

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

doc/devdocs/core/installer.md

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ If you prefer, you can alternatively build prerequisite projects for the install
 
 #### Locally compiling the installer
 
-1. Open `installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx`
+1. Open `installer\PowerToysSetup.sln`
 1. In Visual Studio, in the `Solutions Configuration` drop-down menu select `Release`
 1. From the `Build` menu choose `Build Solution`.
 
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ To build the installer from the command line, run `Developer Command Prompt for
 
 ```
 git clean -xfd  -e *exe -- .\installer\
-MSBuild -t:restore  .\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true /p:Platform="x64" /p:Configuration=Release
-MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64"
-MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64" 
+MSBuild -t:restore  .\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true /p:Platform="x64" /p:Configuration=Release
+MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln /t:PowerToysInstallerVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64"
+MSBuild -t:Restore -m .\installer\PowerToysSetup.sln /t:PowerToysBootstrapperVNext /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x64" 
 ```
 
 ### Supported arguments for the .EXE Bootstrapper installer

doc/devdocs/development/debugging.md

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

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

@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ Or reach out to "tools\build\BUILD-GUIDELINES.md"
 ### Sample plain msbuild command
 ```powershell
 # Restore:
-msbuild powertoys.slnx -t:restore -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m
+msbuild powertoys.sln -t:restore -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m
 
-# Build powertoys slnx
-msbuild powertoys.slnx -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m
+# Build powertoys sln
+msbuild powertoys.sln -p:configuration=debug -p:platform=x64 -m
 
 # dotnet project
 msbuild src\settings-ui\Settings.UI\PowerToys.Settings.csproj -p:Platform=x64 -p:Configuration=Debug -m
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Similar for attach to managed code.
 
 | Task | Command / Action | Notes |
 |------|------------------|-------|
-| Clean | `git clean -xdf` (careful) or `msbuild /t:Clean PowerToys.slnx` | Deep clean removes packages & build outputs |
+| Clean | `git clean -xdf` (careful) or `msbuild /t:Clean PowerToys.sln` | Deep clean removes packages & build outputs |
 | Rebuild single project | `msbuild path\to\proj.vcxproj /t:Rebuild -p:Platform=x64 -p:Configuration=Debug` | Faster than whole solution |
 | Generate installer (rare in inner loop) | See `tools\build\build-installer.ps1` | Usually not needed for local debug |
-| Resource conversion errors | Re-run restore + build | Triggers custom PowerShell targets |
+| Resource conversion errors | Re-run restore + build | Triggers custom PowerShell targets |

doc/devdocs/development/ui-tests.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 - Exit PowerToys if it's running.
 
-- Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio and build the solution.
+- Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio and build the solution.
 
 - Run tests in the Test Explorer (`Test > Test Explorer` or `Ctrl+E, T`).
 

doc/devdocs/localization.md

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

doc/devdocs/modules/alwaysontop.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The module provides a user interface for configuring settings in the PowerToys S
 ### Building and Testing
 
 1. Clone the repository: `git clone https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys.git`
-2. Open PowerToys.slnx in Visual Studio
+2. Open PowerToys.sln in Visual Studio
 3. Select the Release configuration and build the solution
 4. Run PowerToys.exe from the output directory to test the module
 

doc/devdocs/modules/fancyzones.md

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ FancyZones is divided into several projects:
    ```
    git clone https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys.git
    ```
-2. Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio
+2. Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio
 3. Select the Release configuration and build the solution
 4. If you encounter build errors, try deleting the x64 output folder and rebuild
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ UI tests are implemented using [Windows Application Driver](https://github.com/m
   
   - Exit PowerToys if it's running
   - Run WinAppDriver.exe from the installation directory. Skip this step if installed in the default directory (`C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Application Driver`); in this case, it'll be launched automatically during tests.
-  - Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio and build the solution.
+  - Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio and build the solution.
   - Run tests in the Test Explorer (`Test > Test Explorer` or `Ctrl+E, T`). 
 
 >Note: notifications or other application windows, that are shown above the window under test, can disrupt the testing process.

doc/devdocs/modules/keyboardmanager/debug.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Keyboard Manager consists of two main components:
 ## Development Environment Setup
 
 1. Clone the PowerToys repository
-2. Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio
+2. Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio
 3. Ensure all NuGet packages are restored
 4. Build the entire solution in Debug configuration
 
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ If you encounter issues with multiple instances, check the mutex logic in `Keybo
 
 To debug both the Editor and Engine:
 1. Launch the Engine first in debug mode
-2. Attach the debugger to the Editor process when it starts
+2. Attach the debugger to the Editor process when it starts

doc/devdocs/modules/lightswitch.md

@@ -33,12 +33,9 @@ The **Light Switch** module lets users automatically transition between light an
 
   > **Note:** Using the shortcut overrides the current schedule until the next transition event.
 
-* **LightSwitchService.cpp**
-  is the heart beat of the module. Controls ticking every minute and depending on user actions (manual override, settings changing, etc) triggers the state manager to perform the corresponding operation.
-  
-* **LightSwitchStateManager.cpp**
-  handles updating the state based on the signals sent by LightSwitchService.
-  
+* **LightSwitchService**
+  Reads settings and applies theming. Runs a check every minute to ensure the state is correct.
+
 * **SettingsXAML/LightSwitch**
   Provides the settings UI for configuring schedules, syncing location, and customizing shortcuts.
 
@@ -92,7 +89,7 @@ The module’s settings are exposed in the PowerToys Settings UI. Options includ
 3. Build the solution:
 
    ```sh
-   msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=ARM64 -m PowerToys.slnx
+   msbuild -restore -p:RestorePackagesConfig=true -p:Platform=ARM64 -m PowerToys.sln
    ```
 
    > Note: This may take some time.

doc/devdocs/modules/screenruler.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The Screen Ruler module consists of several components:
 
 ### Building
 
-1. Open PowerToys.slnx in Visual Studio
+1. Open PowerToys.sln in Visual Studio
 2. In the Solutions Configuration drop-down menu, select Release or Debug
 3. From the Build menu, choose Build Solution
 4. The executable app for Screen Ruler is named PowerToys.MeasureToolUI.exe

doc/devdocs/modules/shortcut_guide.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Shortcut Guide is a PowerToy that displays an overlay of available keyboard shor
 ## Build and Debug Instructions
 
 ### Build
-1. Open PowerToys.slnx in Visual Studio
+1. Open PowerToys.sln in Visual Studio
 2. Select Release or Debug in the Solutions Configuration drop-down menu
 3. From the Build menu, choose Build Solution
 4. The executable is named PowerToys.ShortcutGuide.exe

doc/devdocs/readme.md

@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ Welcome to the PowerToys developer documentation. This documentation provides in
 - [Update Process](processes/update-process.md) - How PowerToys updates work
 - [GPO Implementation](processes/gpo.md) - Group Policy Objects implementation details
 
-## Other Resources
-
-- [aka.ms links](akaLinks.md) - List of short links
-- [Issue/PR commands](commands.md) - Special commands for managing issues and pull requests
-
 ## Fork, Clone, Branch and Create your PR
 
 Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an approach or a spec has been written and approved, it's time to start development:
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@ Once you've discussed your proposed feature/fix/etc. with a team member, and an
 
 ### Install Visual Studio dependencies
 
-1. Open the `PowerToys.slnx` file.
+1. Open the `PowerToys.sln` file.
 1. If you see a dialog that says `install extra components` in the solution explorer pane, click `install`
 
 ### Get Submodules to compile
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@ We have submodules that need to be initialized before you can compile most parts
 
 ### Compiling Source Code
 
-- Open `PowerToys.slnx` in Visual Studio.
+- Open `PowerToys.sln` in Visual Studio.
 - In the `Solutions Configuration` drop-down menu select `Release` or `Debug`.
 - From the `Build` menu choose `Build Solution`, or press <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>b</kbd> on your keyboard.
 - The build process may take several minutes depending on your computer's performance. Once it completes, the PowerToys binaries will be in your repo under `x64\Release\`.
@@ -112,10 +107,10 @@ Our installer is two parts, an EXE and an MSI.  The EXE (Bootstrapper) contains
 
 The installer can only be compiled in `Release` mode; steps 1 and 2 must be performed before the MSI can be compiled.
 
-1. Compile `PowerToys.slnx`. Instructions are listed above.
+1. Compile `PowerToys.sln`. Instructions are listed above.
 1. Compile `BugReportTool.sln` tool. Path from root: `tools\BugReportTool\BugReportTool.sln` (details listed below)
 1. Compile `StylesReportTool.sln` tool. Path from root: `tools\StylesReportTool\StylesReportTool.sln` (details listed below)
-1. Compile `PowerToysSetup.slnx` Path from root: `installer\PowerToysSetup.slnx` (details listed below)
+1. Compile `PowerToysSetup.sln` Path from root: `installer\PowerToysSetup.sln` (details listed below)
 
 See [Installer](core/installer.md) for more details on building and debugging the installer.
 

doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md

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

installer/PowerToysSetup.sln

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.1.32414.318
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "spdlog", "..\src\logging\logging.vcxproj", "{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "logger", "..\src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj", "{D9B8FC84-322A-4F9F-BBB9-20915C47DDFD}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Version", "..\src\common\version\version.vcxproj", "{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "EtwTrace", "..\src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj", "{8F021B46-362B-485C-BFBA-CCF83E820CBD}"
+EndProject
+Project("{930C7802-8A8C-48F9-8165-68863BCCD9DD}") = "PowerToysInstallerVNext", "PowerToysSetupVNext\PowerToysInstallerVNext.wixproj", "{B6E94700-DF38-41F6-A3FD-18B69674AB1E}"
+EndProject
+Project("{930C7802-8A8C-48F9-8165-68863BCCD9DD}") = "PowerToysBootstrapperVNext", "PowerToysSetupVNext\PowerToysBootstrapperVNext.wixproj", "{DA4E9744-80BE-424C-B0F5-AFD8757DB575}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext", "PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext\PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj", "{B3A354B0-1E54-4B55-A962-FB5AF9330C19}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "SilentFilesInUseBAFunction", "PowerToysSetupVNext\SilentFilesInUseBA\SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj", "{F8B9F842-F5C3-4A2D-8C85-7F8B9E2B4F1D}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|ARM64 = Debug|ARM64
+		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
+		Release|ARM64 = Release|ARM64
+		Release|x64 = Release|x64
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{7E1E3F13-2BD6-3F75-A6A7-873A2B55C60F}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
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installer/PowerToysSetup.slnx

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<Solution>
-  <Configurations>
-    <Platform Name="ARM64" />
-    <Platform Name="x64" />
-  </Configurations>
-  <Project Path="../src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj" Id="d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-  <Project Path="../src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj" Id="8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd" />
-  <Project Path="../src/common/version/version.vcxproj" Id="cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df" />
-  <Project Path="../src/logging/logging.vcxproj" Id="7e1e3f13-2bd6-3f75-a6a7-873a2b55c60f">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj" Id="b3a354b0-1e54-4b55-a962-fb5af9330c19">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupVNext/PowerToysBootstrapperVNext.wixproj" Type="b7dd6f7e-def8-4e67-b5b7-07ef123db6f0" />
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupVNext/PowerToysInstallerVNext.wixproj" Type="b7dd6f7e-def8-4e67-b5b7-07ef123db6f0" />
-  <Project Path="PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj" Id="f8b9f842-f5c3-4a2d-8c85-7f8b9e2b4f1d">
-    <Build Solution="Debug|ARM64" Project="false" />
-  </Project>
-</Solution>

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/CustomAction.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <ProjectTelemetry.h>
 #include <spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h>
 #include <filesystem>
-#include <string_view>
 
 #include "../../src/common/logger/logger.h"
 #include "../../src/common/utils/gpo.h"
@@ -857,69 +856,14 @@ UINT __stdcall UnsetAdvancedPasteAPIKeyCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
 
     try
     {
+        winrt::Windows::Security::Credentials::PasswordVault vault;
+        winrt::Windows::Security::Credentials::PasswordCredential cred;
+
         hr = WcaInitialize(hInstall, "UnsetAdvancedPasteAPIKey");
         ExitOnFailure(hr, "Failed to initialize");
 
-        winrt::Windows::Security::Credentials::PasswordVault vault;
-
-        auto hasPrefix = [](std::wstring_view value, wchar_t const* prefix) {
-            std::wstring_view prefixView{ prefix };
-            return value.compare(0, prefixView.size(), prefixView) == 0;
-        };
-
-        const wchar_t* resourcePrefixes[] = {
-            L"https://platform.openai.com/api-keys",
-            L"https://azure.microsoft.com/products/ai-services/openai-service",
-            L"https://azure.microsoft.com/products/ai-services/ai-inference",
-            L"https://console.mistral.ai/account/api-keys",
-            L"https://ai.google.dev/",
-        };
-
-        const wchar_t* usernamePrefixes[] = {
-            L"PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_",
-        };
-
-        auto credentials = vault.RetrieveAll();
-        for (auto const& credential : credentials)
-        {
-            bool shouldRemove = false;
-
-            std::wstring resource{ credential.Resource() };
-            for (auto const prefix : resourcePrefixes)
-            {
-                if (hasPrefix(resource, prefix))
-                {
-                    shouldRemove = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (!shouldRemove)
-            {
-                std::wstring username{ credential.UserName() };
-                for (auto const prefix : usernamePrefixes)
-                {
-                    if (hasPrefix(username, prefix))
-                    {
-                        shouldRemove = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (!shouldRemove)
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            try
-            {
-                vault.Remove(credential);
-            }
-            catch (...)
-            {
-            }
-        }
+        cred = vault.Retrieve(L"https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", L"PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey");
+        vault.Remove(cred);
     }
     catch (...)
     {

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj

@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;CUSTOMACTIONTEST_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;CUSTOMACTIONTEST_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+  <Import Project="..\..\Directory.Build.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\Directory.Build.props')" />
   <Import Project="..\..\src\Version.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\src\Version.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Set BaseIntermediateOutputPath for each project to avoid conflicts -->
@@ -8,4 +9,4 @@
     <!-- Set MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath to use the BaseIntermediateOutputPath -->
     <MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)' != ''">$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)</MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/Product.wxs

@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
 
       <Custom Action="SetUnApplyModulesRegistryChangeSetsParam" Before="UnApplyModulesRegistryChangeSets" />
       <Custom Action="CheckGPO" After="InstallInitialize" Condition="NOT Installed" />
-      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocationData" Before="SetBundleInstallLocation" Condition="NOT Installed OR WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED" />
-      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocation" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed OR WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED" />
+      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocationData" Before="SetBundleInstallLocation" Condition="NOT Installed" />
+      <Custom Action="SetBundleInstallLocation" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
       <Custom Action="ApplyModulesRegistryChangeSets" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
       <Custom Action="InstallCmdPalPackage" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />
       <Custom Action="InstallPackageIdentityMSIX" After="InstallFiles" Condition="NOT Installed" />

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj

@@ -1,30 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information. -->
-
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM64">
-      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
-      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|ARM64">
-      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
-      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
-      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
-      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    </ProjectConfiguration>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{F8B9F842-F5C3-4A2D-8C85-7F8B9E2B4F1D}</ProjectGuid>
-    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <TargetName>SilentFilesInUseBAFunction</TargetName>
     <ProjectName>PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext</ProjectName>
     <ProjectModuleDefinitionFile>bafunctions.def</ProjectModuleDefinitionFile>
@@ -33,7 +10,6 @@
 
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   
-  <!-- Configuration-specific property groups -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
@@ -65,7 +41,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp">
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="bafunctions.cpp">
       <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>precomp.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
@@ -92,31 +71,5 @@
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <!-- C++ source compile-specific things for Debug/Release configurations -->
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
-      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>

installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunctions.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public: // IBootstrapperApplication
 
         BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION SYSTEM ACTIVE *** Running detect begin BA function. fCached=%d, registrationType=%d, cPackages=%u, fCancel=%d", fCached, registrationType, cPackages, *pfCancel);
 
-    LExit:
         return hr;
     }
 
@@ -32,12 +31,6 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
 
         BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION SYSTEM ACTIVE *** Running plan begin BA function. cPackages=%u, fCancel=%d", cPackages, *pfCancel);
 
-        //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-        // YOUR CODE GOES HERE
-        // BalExitOnFailure(hr, "Change this message to represent real error handling.");
-        //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    LExit:
         return hr;
     }
 
@@ -63,6 +56,7 @@ public: // IBAFunctions
         )
     {
         HRESULT hr = S_OK;
+        UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(source);
 
         BalLog(BOOTSTRAPPER_LOG_LEVEL_STANDARD, "*** CUSTOM BA FUNCTION CALLED *** Running OnExecuteFilesInUse BA function. packageId=%ls, cFiles=%u, recommendation=%d", wzPackageId, cFiles, nRecommendation);
         

src/PackageIdentity/AppxManifest.xml

@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
         Description="PowerToys OCR Module"
         BackgroundColor="transparent"
         Square150x150Logo="Images\Square150x150Logo.png"
-        Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png"
-        AppListEntry="none">
+        Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png">
       </uap:VisualElements>
     </Application>
     <Application Id="PowerToys.SettingsUI" Executable="WinUI3Apps\PowerToys.Settings.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@
         Description="PowerToys Settings UI"
         BackgroundColor="transparent"
         Square150x150Logo="Images\Square150x150Logo.png"
-        Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png"
-        AppListEntry="none">
+        Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png">
       </uap:VisualElements>
     </Application>
     <Application Id="PowerToys.ImageResizerUI" Executable="WinUI3Apps\PowerToys.ImageResizer.exe" EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication">
@@ -62,8 +60,7 @@
         Description="PowerToys Image Resizer UI"
         BackgroundColor="transparent"
         Square150x150Logo="Images\Square150x150Logo.png"
-        Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png"
-        AppListEntry="none">
+        Square44x44Logo="Images\Square44x44Logo.png">
       </uap:VisualElements>
     </Application>
   </Applications>

src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj

@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>CalculatorEngineCommon</RootNamespace>
     <AppxPackage>false</AppxPackage>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <!-- BEGIN common.build.pre.props -->
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <EnableHybridCRT>true</EnableHybridCRT>
-    <UseCrtSDKReferenceStaticWarning Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true'">false</UseCrtSDKReferenceStaticWarning>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <!-- END common.build.pre.props -->
   <!-- BEGIN cppwinrt.build.pre.props -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTEnabled>true</CppWinRTEnabled>
@@ -25,11 +19,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MinimalCoreWin>true</MinimalCoreWin>
-    <AppContainerApplication>true</AppContainerApplication>
+    <AppContainerApplication>false</AppContainerApplication>
     <WindowsStoreApp>true</WindowsStoreApp>
     <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
-    <UseCrtSDKReference Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true'">false</UseCrtSDKReference>
-    <!-- The SDK reference breaks the Hybrid CRT -->
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- We have to use the Desktop platform for Hybrid CRT to work. -->
@@ -148,43 +140,5 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
     <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-  </Target>
-  <!-- BEGIN common.build.post.props -->
-  <!--
-    The Hybrid CRT model statically links the runtime and STL and dynamically
-    links the UCRT instead of the VC++ CRT. The UCRT ships with Windows.
-    WinAppSDK asserts that this is "supported according to the CRT maintainer."
-
-    This must come before Microsoft.Cpp.targets because it manipulates ClCompile.RuntimeLibrary.
-  -->
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true' and '$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <LanguageStandard Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(EnableHybridCRT)'=='true' and ('$(Configuration)'=='Release' or '$(Configuration)'=='AuditMode')">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <!-- END common.build.post.props -->
+  </Target>  <!-- END common.build.post.props -->
 </Project>

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.cpp

@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
     {
         return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue());
     }
+    GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue()
+    {
+        return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue());
+    }
     GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue()
     {
         return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue());

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.h

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAzureAIInferenceValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteMistralValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue();
+        static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteFoundryLocalValue();
         static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredNewPlusEnabledValue();

src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.idl

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace PowerToys
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAzureAIInferenceValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteMistralValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue();
+            static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteFoundryLocalValue();
             static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredNewPlusEnabledValue();

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocal/FoundryClient.cs

@@ -10,23 +10,6 @@ namespace LanguageModelProvider.FoundryLocal;
 internal sealed class FoundryClient
 {
     public static async Task<FoundryClient?> CreateAsync()
-    {
-        // First attempt with current environment
-        var client = await TryCreateClientAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-        if (client != null)
-        {
-            return client;
-        }
-
-        // If failed, refresh PATH from registry and retry once
-        // This handles cases where PowerToys was launched by MSI installer.
-        Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryClient] First attempt failed, refreshing PATH and retrying");
-        RefreshEnvironmentPath();
-
-        return await TryCreateClientAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-    }
-
-    private static async Task<FoundryClient?> TryCreateClientAsync()
     {
         try
         {
@@ -185,95 +168,41 @@ internal sealed class FoundryClient
     }
 
     public async Task<bool> EnsureModelLoaded(string modelId)
-    {
-        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] EnsureModelLoaded called with: {modelId}");
-
-        // Check if already loaded
-        if (await IsModelLoaded(modelId).ConfigureAwait(false))
-        {
-            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] Model already loaded: {modelId}");
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // Load the model
-        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] Loading model: {modelId}");
-        await _foundryManager.LoadModelAsync(modelId).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        // Verify it's loaded
-        var loaded = await IsModelLoaded(modelId).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] Model load result: {loaded}");
-        return loaded;
-    }
-
-    public async Task EnsureRunning()
-    {
-        if (!_foundryManager.IsServiceRunning)
-        {
-            await _foundryManager.StartServiceAsync();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Refreshes the PATH environment variable from the system registry.
-    /// This is necessary when tools are installed while PowerToys is running,
-    /// as the installer updates the system PATH but running processes don't see the change.
-    /// </summary>
-    private static void RefreshEnvironmentPath()
     {
         try
         {
-            Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryClient] Refreshing PATH environment variable from system");
+            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] EnsureModelLoaded called with: {modelId}");
 
-            var currentPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process) ?? string.Empty;
-            var machinePath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine) ?? string.Empty;
-            var userPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", EnvironmentVariableTarget.User) ?? string.Empty;
-
-            var pathsToAdd = new List<string>();
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(currentPath))
+            // Check if already loaded
+            if (await IsModelLoaded(modelId).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                pathsToAdd.AddRange(currentPath.Split(Path.PathSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
+                Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] Model already loaded: {modelId}");
+                return true;
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userPath))
+            // Check if model exists in cache
+            var cachedModels = await ListCachedModels().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] Cached models: {string.Join(", ", cachedModels.Select(m => m.Name))}");
+
+            if (!cachedModels.Any(m => m.Name == modelId))
             {
-                var userPaths = userPath.Split(Path.PathSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-                foreach (var path in userPaths)
-                {
-                    if (!pathsToAdd.Contains(path, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                    {
-                        pathsToAdd.Add(path);
-                    }
-                }
+                Logger.LogWarning($"[FoundryClient] Model not found in cache: {modelId}");
+                return false;
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(machinePath))
-            {
-                var machinePaths = machinePath.Split(Path.PathSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-                foreach (var path in machinePaths)
-                {
-                    if (!pathsToAdd.Contains(path, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                    {
-                        pathsToAdd.Add(path);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            // Load the model
+            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] Loading model: {modelId}");
+            await _foundryManager.LoadModelAsync(modelId).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            var newPath = string.Join(Path.PathSeparator.ToString(), pathsToAdd);
-
-            if (currentPath != newPath)
-            {
-                Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryClient] Updating process PATH with latest system values");
-                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", newPath, EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryClient] PATH is already up to date");
-            }
+            // Verify it's loaded
+            var loaded = await IsModelLoaded(modelId).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryClient] Model load result: {loaded}");
+            return loaded;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryClient] Failed to refresh PATH: {ex.Message}");
+            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryClient] EnsureModelLoaded exception: {ex.Message}");
+            return false;
         }
     }
 }

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/FoundryLocalModelProvider.cs

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ namespace LanguageModelProvider;
 
 public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
 {
-    private FoundryClient? _foundryClient;
-    private IEnumerable<FoundryCatalogModel>? _catalogModels;
+    private IEnumerable<ModelDetails>? _downloadedModels;
+    private FoundryClient? _foundryManager;
     private string? _serviceUrl;
 
     public static FoundryLocalModelProvider Instance { get; } = new();
@@ -22,49 +22,70 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
 
     public string ProviderDescription => "The model will run locally via Foundry Local";
 
-    public IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string modelId)
-    {
-        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] GetIChatClient called with url: {modelId}");
-        InitializeAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+    public string UrlPrefix => "fl://";
 
+    public IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string url)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] GetIChatClient called with url: {url}");
+            InitializeAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] Failed to initialize: {ex.Message}");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_serviceUrl) || _foundryManager == null)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Service URL or manager is null");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Extract model ID from URL (format: fl://modelname)
+        var modelId = url.Replace(UrlPrefix, string.Empty).Trim('/');
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(modelId))
         {
             Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Model ID is empty after extraction");
             return null;
         }
 
-        // Check if model is in catalog
-        var isInCatalog = _catalogModels?.Any(m => m.Name == modelId) ?? false;
-        if (!isInCatalog)
-        {
-            var errorMessage = $"{modelId} is not supported in Foundry Local. Please configure supported models in Settings.";
-            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] {errorMessage}");
-            throw new InvalidOperationException(errorMessage);
-        }
+        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Extracted model ID: {modelId}");
 
         // Ensure the model is loaded before returning chat client
-        var isLoaded = _foundryClient!.EnsureModelLoaded(modelId).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-        if (!isLoaded)
+        try
         {
-            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] Failed to load model: {modelId}");
-            throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to load the model '{modelId}'.");
+            var isLoaded = _foundryManager.EnsureModelLoaded(modelId).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            if (!isLoaded)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] Failed to load model: {modelId}");
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Model is loaded: {modelId}");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] Exception ensuring model loaded: {ex.Message}");
+            return null;
         }
 
         // Use ServiceUri instead of Endpoint since Endpoint already includes /v1
-        var baseUri = _foundryClient.GetServiceUri();
+        var baseUri = _foundryManager.GetServiceUri();
         if (baseUri == null)
         {
-            const string message = "Foundry Local service URL is not available. Please make sure Foundry Local is installed and running.";
-            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] {message}");
-            throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+            Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Service URI is null");
+            return null;
         }
 
         var endpointUri = new Uri($"{baseUri.ToString().TrimEnd('/')}/v1");
         Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Creating OpenAI client with endpoint: {endpointUri}");
+        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Model ID for chat client: {modelId}");
 
         return new OpenAIClient(
             new ApiKeyCredential("none"),
-            new OpenAIClientOptions { Endpoint = endpointUri, NetworkTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5) })
+            new OpenAIClientOptions { Endpoint = endpointUri })
             .GetChatClient(modelId)
             .AsIChatClient();
     }
@@ -90,16 +111,48 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
         return $"new OpenAIClient(new ApiKeyCredential(\"none\"), new OpenAIClientOptions{{ Endpoint = new Uri(\"{_serviceUrl}/v1\") }}).GetChatClient(\"{modelId}\").AsIChatClient()";
     }
 
-    public async Task<IEnumerable<ModelDetails>> GetModelsAsync(CancellationToken cancelationToken = default)
+    public async Task<IEnumerable<ModelDetails>> GetModelsAsync(bool ignoreCached = false, CancellationToken cancelationToken = default)
     {
-        await InitializeAsync(cancelationToken);
-
-        if (_foundryClient == null)
+        if (ignoreCached)
         {
-            return Array.Empty<ModelDetails>();
+            Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryLocal] Ignoring cached models, resetting");
+            Reset();
         }
 
-        var cachedModels = await _foundryClient.ListCachedModels();
+        await InitializeAsync(cancelationToken);
+
+        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Returning {_downloadedModels?.Count() ?? 0} downloaded models");
+        return _downloadedModels ?? [];
+    }
+
+    private void Reset()
+    {
+        _downloadedModels = null;
+        _ = InitializeAsync();
+    }
+
+    private async Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancelationToken = default)
+    {
+        if (_foundryManager != null && _downloadedModels != null && _downloadedModels.Any())
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryLocal] Initializing provider");
+        _foundryManager ??= await FoundryClient.CreateAsync();
+
+        if (_foundryManager == null)
+        {
+            Logger.LogError("[FoundryLocal] Failed to create Foundry client");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _serviceUrl ??= await _foundryManager.GetServiceUrl();
+        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Service URL: {_serviceUrl}");
+
+        var cachedModels = await _foundryManager.ListCachedModels();
+        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Found {cachedModels.Count} cached models");
+
         List<ModelDetails> downloadedModels = [];
 
         foreach (var model in cachedModels)
@@ -109,47 +162,23 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalModelProvider : ILanguageModelProvider
             {
                 Id = $"fl-{model.Name}",
                 Name = model.Name,
-                Url = $"fl://{model.Name}",
+                Url = $"{UrlPrefix}{model.Name}",
                 Description = $"{model.Name} running locally with Foundry Local",
                 HardwareAccelerators = [HardwareAccelerator.FOUNDRYLOCAL],
+                SupportedOnQualcomm = true,
                 ProviderModelDetails = model,
             });
         }
 
-        return downloadedModels;
-    }
-
-    private async Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancelationToken = default)
-    {
-        if (_foundryClient != null && _catalogModels != null && _catalogModels.Any())
-        {
-            await _foundryClient.EnsureRunning().ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryLocal] Initializing provider");
-        _foundryClient ??= await FoundryClient.CreateAsync();
-
-        if (_foundryClient == null)
-        {
-            const string message = "Foundry Local client could not be created. Please make sure Foundry Local is installed and running.";
-            Logger.LogError($"[FoundryLocal] {message}");
-            throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
-        }
-
-        _serviceUrl ??= await _foundryClient.GetServiceUrl();
-        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Service URL: {_serviceUrl}");
-
-        var catalogModels = await _foundryClient.ListCatalogModels();
-        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Found {catalogModels.Count} catalog models");
-        _catalogModels = catalogModels;
+        _downloadedModels = downloadedModels;
+        Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Initialization complete. Total downloaded models: {downloadedModels.Count}");
     }
 
     public async Task<bool> IsAvailable()
     {
         Logger.LogInfo("[FoundryLocal] Checking availability");
         await InitializeAsync();
-        var available = _foundryClient != null;
+        var available = _foundryManager != null;
         Logger.LogInfo($"[FoundryLocal] Available: {available}");
         return available;
     }

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/ILanguageModelProvider.cs

@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ public interface ILanguageModelProvider
 {
     string Name { get; }
 
+    string UrlPrefix { get; }
+
     string ProviderDescription { get; }
 
-    Task<IEnumerable<ModelDetails>> GetModelsAsync(CancellationToken cancelationToken = default);
+    Task<IEnumerable<ModelDetails>> GetModelsAsync(bool ignoreCached = false, CancellationToken cancelationToken = default);
 
-    IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string modelId);
+    IChatClient? GetIChatClient(string url);
 
     string GetIChatClientString(string url);
 }

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/LanguageModelService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace LanguageModelProvider;
+
+public sealed class LanguageModelService
+{
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, ILanguageModelProvider> _providersByPrefix;
+
+    public LanguageModelService(IEnumerable<ILanguageModelProvider> providers)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(providers);
+
+        _providersByPrefix = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, ILanguageModelProvider>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        foreach (var provider in providers)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(provider.UrlPrefix))
+            {
+                _providersByPrefix[provider.UrlPrefix] = provider;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static LanguageModelService CreateDefault()
+    {
+        return new LanguageModelService(new[]
+        {
+            FoundryLocalModelProvider.Instance,
+        });
+    }
+
+    public IReadOnlyCollection<ILanguageModelProvider> Providers => _providersByPrefix.Values.ToArray();
+
+    public bool RegisterProvider(ILanguageModelProvider provider)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(provider);
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(provider.UrlPrefix))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Provider must supply a URL prefix.", nameof(provider));
+        }
+
+        _providersByPrefix[provider.UrlPrefix] = provider;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public ILanguageModelProvider? GetProviderFor(string? modelReference)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(modelReference))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        foreach (var provider in _providersByPrefix.Values)
+        {
+            if (modelReference.StartsWith(provider.UrlPrefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return provider;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<ModelDetails>> GetModelsAsync(bool refresh = false, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        List<ModelDetails> models = [];
+
+        foreach (var provider in _providersByPrefix.Values)
+        {
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            var providerModels = await provider.GetModelsAsync(refresh, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            models.AddRange(providerModels);
+        }
+
+        return models;
+    }
+
+    public IChatClient? GetClient(ModelDetails model)
+    {
+        if (model is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var reference = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(model.Url) ? model.Url : model.Id;
+        return GetClient(reference);
+    }
+
+    public IChatClient? GetClient(string? modelReference)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(modelReference))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var provider = GetProviderFor(modelReference);
+
+        return provider?.GetIChatClient(modelReference);
+    }
+}

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/ModelDetails.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ public class ModelDetails
 
     public List<HardwareAccelerator> HardwareAccelerators { get; set; } = [];
 
+    public bool SupportedOnQualcomm { get; set; }
+
     public string License { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
     public object? ProviderModelDetails { get; set; }

src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs

@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
         /// </summary>
         public static string CurrentVersionLogDirectoryPath { get; private set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the path to the current log file.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static string CurrentLogFile { get; private set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the path to the log directory for the app.
         /// </summary>
@@ -60,9 +55,7 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
             AppLogDirectoryPath = basePath;
             CurrentVersionLogDirectoryPath = versionedPath;
 
-            var logFile = "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log";
-            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(versionedPath, logFile);
-            CurrentLogFile = logFilePath;
+            var logFilePath = Path.Combine(versionedPath, "Log_" + DateTime.Now.ToString(@"yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ".log");
 
             Trace.Listeners.Add(new TextWriterTraceListener(logFilePath));
 

src/common/UITestAutomation/SettingsConfigHelper.cs

@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text.Json;
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Interfaces;
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Utilities;
-
-namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.UITest
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Helper class for configuring PowerToys settings for UI tests.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class SettingsConfigHelper
-    {
-        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions IndentedJsonOptions = new() { WriteIndented = true };
-        private static readonly SettingsUtils SettingsUtils = new SettingsUtils();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Configures global PowerToys settings to enable only specified modules and disable all others.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="modulesToEnable">Array of module names to enable (e.g., "Peek", "FancyZones"). All other modules will be disabled.</param>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown when modulesToEnable is null.</exception>
-        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown when settings file operations fail.</exception>
-        [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("Trimming", "IL2026", Justification = "This is test code and will not be trimmed")]
-        [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("AOT", "IL3050", Justification = "This is test code and will not be AOT compiled")]
-        public static void ConfigureGlobalModuleSettings(params string[] modulesToEnable)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(modulesToEnable);
-
-            try
-            {
-                GeneralSettings settings;
-                try
-                {
-                    settings = SettingsUtils.GetSettingsOrDefault<GeneralSettings>();
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Debug.WriteLine($"Failed to load settings, creating defaults: {ex.Message}");
-                    settings = new GeneralSettings();
-                }
-
-                string settingsJson = settings.ToJsonString();
-                using (JsonDocument doc = JsonDocument.Parse(settingsJson))
-                {
-                    var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true };
-                    var root = doc.RootElement.Clone();
-
-                    if (root.TryGetProperty("enabled", out var enabledElement))
-                    {
-                        var enabledModules = new Dictionary<string, bool>();
-
-                        foreach (var property in enabledElement.EnumerateObject())
-                        {
-                            string moduleName = property.Name;
-
-                            bool shouldEnable = Array.Exists(modulesToEnable, m => string.Equals(m, moduleName, StringComparison.Ordinal));
-                            enabledModules[moduleName] = shouldEnable;
-                        }
-
-                        var settingsDict = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(settingsJson);
-                        if (settingsDict != null)
-                        {
-                            settingsDict["enabled"] = enabledModules;
-                            settingsJson = JsonSerializer.Serialize(settingsDict, IndentedJsonOptions);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                SettingsUtils.SaveSettings(settingsJson);
-
-                string enabledList = modulesToEnable.Length > 0 ? string.Join(", ", modulesToEnable) : "none";
-                Debug.WriteLine($"Successfully updated global settings");
-                Debug.WriteLine($"Enabled modules: {enabledList}");
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Debug.WriteLine($"ERROR in ConfigureGlobalModuleSettings: {ex.Message}");
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to configure global module settings: {ex.Message}", ex);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates a module's settings file. If the file doesn't exist, creates it with default content.
-        /// If the file exists, reads it and applies the provided update function to modify the settings.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="moduleName">The name of the module (e.g., "Peek", "FancyZones").</param>
-        /// <param name="defaultSettingsContent">The default JSON content to use if the settings file doesn't exist.</param>
-        /// <param name="updateSettingsAction">
-        /// A callback function that modifies the settings dictionary. The function receives the deserialized settings
-        /// and should modify it in-place. The function should accept a Dictionary&lt;string, object&gt; and not return a value.
-        /// Example: (settings) => { ((Dictionary&lt;string, object&gt;)settings["properties"])["SomeSetting"] = newValue; }
-        /// </param>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown when moduleName or updateSettingsAction is null.</exception>
-        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">Thrown when settings file operations fail.</exception>
-        [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("Trimming", "IL2026", Justification = "This is test code and will not be trimmed")]
-        [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("AOT", "IL3050", Justification = "This is test code and will not be AOT compiled")]
-        public static void UpdateModuleSettings(
-            string moduleName,
-            string defaultSettingsContent,
-            Action<Dictionary<string, object>> updateSettingsAction)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(moduleName);
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(updateSettingsAction);
-
-            try
-            {
-                // Build the path to the module settings file
-                string powerToysSettingsDirectory = Path.Combine(
-                    Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
-                    "Microsoft",
-                    "PowerToys");
-
-                string moduleDirectory = Path.Combine(powerToysSettingsDirectory, moduleName);
-                string settingsPath = Path.Combine(moduleDirectory, "settings.json");
-
-                // Ensure directory exists
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(moduleDirectory);
-
-                // Read existing settings or use default
-                string existingJson = string.Empty;
-                if (File.Exists(settingsPath))
-                {
-                    existingJson = File.ReadAllText(settingsPath);
-                }
-
-                Dictionary<string, object>? settings;
-
-                // If file doesn't exist or is empty, create from defaults
-                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(existingJson))
-                {
-                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(defaultSettingsContent))
-                    {
-                        throw new ArgumentException("Default settings content must be provided when file doesn't exist.", nameof(defaultSettingsContent));
-                    }
-
-                    settings = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(defaultSettingsContent)
-                               ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to deserialize default settings for {moduleName}");
-
-                    Debug.WriteLine($"Created default settings for {moduleName} at {settingsPath}");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // Parse existing settings
-                    settings = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(existingJson)
-                               ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to deserialize existing settings for {moduleName}");
-
-                    Debug.WriteLine($"Loaded existing settings for {moduleName} from {settingsPath}");
-                }
-
-                // Apply the update action to modify settings
-                updateSettingsAction(settings);
-
-                // Serialize and save the updated settings using SettingsUtils
-                string updatedJson = JsonSerializer.Serialize(settings, IndentedJsonOptions);
-                SettingsUtils.SaveSettings(updatedJson, moduleName);
-
-                Debug.WriteLine($"Successfully updated settings for {moduleName}");
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Debug.WriteLine($"ERROR in UpdateModuleSettings for {moduleName}: {ex.Message}");
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to update settings for {moduleName}: {ex.Message}", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

src/common/UITestAutomation/UITestAutomation.csproj

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
     <InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>
-    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.26100.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.22621.0</TargetFramework>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <PublishTrimmed>false</PublishTrimmed>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -21,8 +21,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="CoenM.ImageSharp.ImageHash" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\settings-ui\Settings.UI.Library\Settings.UI.Library.csproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>

src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj

@@ -63,14 +63,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
       <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>

src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj

@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>notifications</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>

src/common/utils/gpo.h

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ namespace powertoys_gpo
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_AZURE_AI_INFERENCE = L"AllowAdvancedPasteAzureAIInference";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_MISTRAL = L"AllowAdvancedPasteMistral";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_GOOGLE = L"AllowAdvancedPasteGoogle";
+    const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_ANTHROPIC = L"AllowAdvancedPasteAnthropic";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_OLLAMA = L"AllowAdvancedPasteOllama";
     const std::wstring POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_FOUNDRY_LOCAL = L"AllowAdvancedPasteFoundryLocal";
     const std::wstring POLICY_MWB_CLIPBOARD_SHARING_ENABLED = L"MwbClipboardSharingEnabled";
@@ -614,6 +615,11 @@ namespace powertoys_gpo
         return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_GOOGLE);
     }
 
+    inline gpo_rule_configured_t getAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue()
+    {
+        return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_ANTHROPIC);
+    }
+
     inline gpo_rule_configured_t getAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue()
     {
         return getConfiguredValue(POLICY_ALLOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_OLLAMA);

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/ConvertersTests/HexColorToColorConverterTests.cs

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using AdvancedPaste.Converters;
-using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
-using Windows.UI;
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.UnitTests.ConvertersTests;
-
-[TestClass]
-public sealed class HexColorToColorConverterTests
-{
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_ValidSixDigitHex_ReturnsColor()
-    {
-        Color? result = HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#FFBFAB");
-        Assert.IsNotNull(result);
-
-        var color = (Windows.UI.Color)result;
-        Assert.AreEqual(255, color.R);
-        Assert.AreEqual(191, color.G);
-        Assert.AreEqual(171, color.B);
-        Assert.AreEqual(255, color.A);
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_ValidThreeDigitHex_ReturnsColor()
-    {
-        Color? result = HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#abc");
-        Assert.IsNotNull(result);
-
-        var color = (Windows.UI.Color)result;
-
-        // #abc should expand to #aabbcc
-        Assert.AreEqual(170, color.R); // 0xaa
-        Assert.AreEqual(187, color.G); // 0xbb
-        Assert.AreEqual(204, color.B); // 0xcc
-        Assert.AreEqual(255, color.A);
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_NullOrEmpty_ReturnsNull()
-    {
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb(null));
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb(string.Empty));
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("   "));
-    }
-
-    [TestMethod]
-    public void TestConvert_InvalidHex_ReturnsNull()
-    {
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#GGGGGG"));
-        Assert.IsNull(HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb("#12345"));
-    }
-}

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/HelpersTests/ClipboardItemHelperTests.cs

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using AdvancedPaste.Helpers;
-using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.UnitTests.HelpersTests;
-
-[TestClass]
-public sealed class ClipboardItemHelperTests
-{
-    [TestMethod]
-    [DataRow("#FFBFAB", true)]
-    [DataRow("#000000", true)]
-    [DataRow("#FFFFFF", true)]
-    [DataRow("#fff", true)]
-    [DataRow("#abc", true)]
-    [DataRow("#123456", true)]
-    [DataRow("#AbCdEf", true)]
-    [DataRow("FFBFAB", false)] // Missing #
-    [DataRow("#GGGGGG", false)] // Invalid hex characters
-    [DataRow("#12345", false)] // Wrong length
-    [DataRow("#1234567", false)] // Too long
-    [DataRow("", false)]
-    [DataRow(null, false)]
-    [DataRow("  #FFF  ", true)] // Whitespace should be trimmed
-    [DataRow("Not a color", false)]
-    [DataRow("#", false)]
-    [DataRow("##FFFFFF", false)]
-    public void TestIsRgbHexColor(string input, bool expected)
-    {
-        bool result = ClipboardItemHelper.IsRgbHexColor(input);
-        Assert.AreEqual(expected, result, $"IsRgbHexColor(\"{input}\") should return {expected}");
-    }
-}

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/Mocks/IntegrationTestUserSettings.cs

@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ internal sealed class IntegrationTestUserSettings : IUserSettings
 
     public bool CloseAfterLosingFocus => false;
 
-    public bool EnableClipboardPreview => true;
-
     public IReadOnlyList<AdvancedPasteCustomAction> CustomActions => _customActions;
 
     public IReadOnlyList<PasteFormats> AdditionalActions => _additionalActions;

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.csproj

@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives" />
     <!-- Including MessagePack to force version, since it's used by StreamJsonRpc but contains vulnerabilities. After StreamJsonRpc updates the version of MessagePack, we can upgrade StreamJsonRpc instead. -->
     <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/App.xaml.cs

@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste
         /// Invoked when the application is launched.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="args">Details about the launch request and process.</param>
+#if DEBUG
+        protected async override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
+#else
         protected override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
+#endif
         {
             var cmdArgs = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
             if (cmdArgs?.Length > 1)
@@ -134,6 +138,10 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste
             {
                 ProcessNamedPipe(cmdArgs[2]);
             }
+
+#if DEBUG
+            await ShowWindow(); // This allows for direct access without using PowerToys Runner, not all functionality might work
+#endif
         }
 
         private void ProcessNamedPipe(string pipeName)

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl.xaml

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     mc:Ignorable="d">
     <UserControl.Resources>
         <converters:DateTimeToFriendlyStringConverter x:Key="DateTimeToFriendlyStringConverter" />
-        <converters:HexColorToBrushConverter x:Key="HexColorToBrushConverter" />
         <tkconverters:BoolToVisibilityConverter x:Name="BoolToVisibilityConverter" />
     </UserControl.Resources>
     <Grid ColumnSpacing="12">
@@ -26,26 +25,6 @@
                     Source="{x:Bind ClipboardItem.Image, Mode=OneWay}"
                     Stretch="UniformToFill"
                     Visibility="{x:Bind HasImage, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}" />
-                <!--  Color preview with text  -->
-                <Grid Visibility="{x:Bind HasColor, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}">
-                    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                        <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
-                        <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
-                    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                    <Ellipse
-                        Grid.Column="0"
-                        Width="8"
-                        Height="8"
-                        Margin="8,0,8,0"
-                        Fill="{x:Bind ClipboardItem.Content, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource HexColorToBrushConverter}}" />
-                    <TextBlock
-                        Grid.Column="1"
-                        VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                        FontSize="10"
-                        Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                        Text="{x:Bind ClipboardItem.Content, Mode=OneWay}"
-                        TextWrapping="NoWrap" />
-                </Grid>
                 <!--  Text preview  -->
                 <TextBlock
                     Margin="8,0,0,0"

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl.xaml.cs

@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Controls
 
         public bool HasImage => ContentImage is not null;
 
-        public bool HasText => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ContentText) && !HasImage && !HasColor;
+        public bool HasText => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ContentText) && !HasImage;
 
-        public bool HasGlyph => !HasImage && !HasText && !HasColor && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(IconGlyph);
-
-        public bool HasColor => ClipboardItemHelper.IsRgbHexColor(ContentText);
+        public bool HasGlyph => !HasImage && !HasText && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(IconGlyph);
 
         public ClipboardHistoryItemPreviewControl()
         {

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Controls/PromptBox.xaml

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
                                 <TextBlock
                                     x:Uid="AIProvidersFlyoutHeader"
                                     Grid.Row="0"
-                                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
+                                    Style="{StaticResource BodyStrongTextBlockStyle}" />
                                 <ListView
                                     x:Name="AIProviderListView"
                                     Grid.Row="1"
@@ -611,10 +611,10 @@
                                                     CornerRadius="{StaticResource ControlCornerRadius}"
                                                     Visibility="{x:Bind IsLocalModel, Mode=OneWay}">
                                                     <TextBlock
-                                                        x:Uid="LocalModelBadge"
                                                         AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw"
                                                         FontSize="10"
-                                                        Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
+                                                        Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
+                                                        Text="Local" />
                                                 </Border>
                                                 <!--<Border
                                                     Grid.Column="2"

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Converters/HexColorConverterHelper.cs

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.Converters
-{
-    public static class HexColorConverterHelper
-    {
-        public static Windows.UI.Color? ConvertHexColorToRgb(string hexColor)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                // Remove # if present
-                var cleanHex = hexColor.TrimStart('#');
-
-                // Expand 3-digit hex to 6-digit (#ABC -> #AABBCC)
-                if (cleanHex.Length == 3)
-                {
-                    cleanHex = $"{cleanHex[0]}{cleanHex[0]}{cleanHex[1]}{cleanHex[1]}{cleanHex[2]}{cleanHex[2]}";
-                }
-
-                if (cleanHex.Length == 6)
-                {
-                    var r = System.Convert.ToByte(cleanHex.Substring(0, 2), 16);
-                    var g = System.Convert.ToByte(cleanHex.Substring(2, 2), 16);
-                    var b = System.Convert.ToByte(cleanHex.Substring(4, 2), 16);
-
-                    return Windows.UI.Color.FromArgb(255, r, g, b);
-                }
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                // Invalid color format - return null
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-}

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Converters/HexColorToBrushConverter.cs

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data;
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.Converters
-{
-    public sealed partial class HexColorToBrushConverter : IValueConverter
-    {
-        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, string language)
-            => throw new NotSupportedException();
-
-        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, string language)
-        {
-            if (value is not string hexColor || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(hexColor))
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            Windows.UI.Color? color = HexColorConverterHelper.ConvertHexColorToRgb(hexColor);
-
-            return color != null ? new SolidColorBrush((Windows.UI.Color)color) : null;
-        }
-    }
-}

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteXAML/Pages/MainPage.xaml

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
             BorderBrush="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultBrush}"
             BorderThickness="1"
             CornerRadius="20"
-            Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.ShowClipboardPreview, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}, Mode=OneWay}">
+            Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.ClipboardHasData, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}, Mode=OneWay}">
             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                 <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                 <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@
                 Margin="0,0,4,0"
                 VerticalAlignment="Center"
                 IsEnabled="{x:Bind ViewModel.ClipboardHistoryEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}"
-                Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}"
-                Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.ShowClipboardHistoryButton, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}, Mode=OneWay}">
+                Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}">
                 <ToolTipService.ToolTip>
                     <TextBlock x:Uid="ClipboardHistoryButtonToolTip" />
                 </ToolTipService.ToolTip>
@@ -264,17 +263,16 @@
                     <Button
                         Padding="0"
                         VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                        Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}"
-                        Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.HasLegalLinks, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}">
+                        Style="{StaticResource SubtleButtonStyle}">
                         <FontIcon FontSize="12" Glyph="&#xE946;" />
                         <Button.Flyout>
                             <Flyout>
                                 <StackPanel Spacing="8">
                                     <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap">
                                         <Run x:Uid="AIMistakeNote" /><LineBreak /><Run
-                                            x:Uid="CustomEndpointWarning"
                                             FontSize="12"
-                                            Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
+                                            Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
+                                            Text="You are using a custom endpoint. Verify all answers." />
                                     </TextBlock>
                                     <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="8">
                                         <HyperlinkButton
@@ -299,49 +297,47 @@
                 </StackPanel>
             </controls:PromptBox.Footer>
         </controls:PromptBox>
-        <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="2">
-            <Grid RowSpacing="4">
-                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
-                    <RowDefinition Height="{x:Bind ViewModel.StandardPasteFormats.Count, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource standardPasteFormatsToHeightConverter}}" />
-                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
-                    <RowDefinition Height="*" MinHeight="{x:Bind ViewModel.CustomActionPasteFormats.Count, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource customActionsToMinHeightConverter}}" />
-                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
-                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
-                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
-                <ListView
-                    x:Name="PasteOptionsListView"
-                    Grid.Row="0"
-                    VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
-                    IsItemClickEnabled="True"
-                    ItemClick="PasteFormat_ItemClick"
-                    ItemContainerTransitions="{x:Null}"
-                    ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource PasteFormatTemplateSelector}"
-                    ItemsSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.StandardPasteFormats, Mode=OneWay}"
-                    ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"
-                    ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode="Disabled"
-                    SelectionMode="None"
-                    TabIndex="1" />
-                <Rectangle
-                    Grid.Row="1"
-                    Height="1"
-                    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
-                    Fill="{ThemeResource DividerStrokeColorDefaultBrush}"
-                    Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.CustomActionPasteFormats.Count, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource countToVisibilityConverter}}" />
+        <Grid Grid.Row="2" RowSpacing="4">
+            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                <RowDefinition Height="{x:Bind ViewModel.StandardPasteFormats.Count, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource standardPasteFormatsToHeightConverter}}" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="*" MinHeight="{x:Bind ViewModel.CustomActionPasteFormats.Count, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource customActionsToMinHeightConverter}}" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
+            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+            <ListView
+                x:Name="PasteOptionsListView"
+                Grid.Row="0"
+                VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+                IsItemClickEnabled="True"
+                ItemClick="PasteFormat_ItemClick"
+                ItemContainerTransitions="{x:Null}"
+                ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource PasteFormatTemplateSelector}"
+                ItemsSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.StandardPasteFormats, Mode=OneWay}"
+                ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible"
+                ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode="Auto"
+                SelectionMode="None"
+                TabIndex="1" />
+            <Rectangle
+                Grid.Row="1"
+                Height="1"
+                HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+                Fill="{ThemeResource DividerStrokeColorDefaultBrush}"
+                Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.CustomActionPasteFormats.Count, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource countToVisibilityConverter}}" />
 
-                <ListView
-                    x:Name="CustomActionsListView"
-                    Grid.Row="2"
-                    VerticalAlignment="Top"
-                    IsItemClickEnabled="True"
-                    ItemClick="PasteFormat_ItemClick"
-                    ItemContainerTransitions="{x:Null}"
-                    ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource PasteFormatTemplateSelector}"
-                    ItemsSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.CustomActionPasteFormats, Mode=OneWay}"
-                    ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled"
-                    ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode="Disabled"
-                    SelectionMode="None"
-                    TabIndex="2" />
-            </Grid>
-        </ScrollViewer>
+            <ListView
+                x:Name="CustomActionsListView"
+                Grid.Row="2"
+                VerticalAlignment="Top"
+                IsItemClickEnabled="True"
+                ItemClick="PasteFormat_ItemClick"
+                ItemContainerTransitions="{x:Null}"
+                ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource PasteFormatTemplateSelector}"
+                ItemsSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.CustomActionPasteFormats, Mode=OneWay}"
+                ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible"
+                ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollMode="Auto"
+                SelectionMode="None"
+                TabIndex="2" />
+        </Grid>
     </Grid>
 </Page>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/AIServiceFormatEvent.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
             PromptTokens = semanticKernelFormatEvent.PromptTokens;
             CompletionTokens = semanticKernelFormatEvent.CompletionTokens;
             ModelName = semanticKernelFormatEvent.ModelName;
-            ProviderType = semanticKernelFormatEvent.ProviderType;
             ActionChain = semanticKernelFormatEvent.ActionChain;
         }
 
@@ -39,8 +38,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
 
         public string ModelName { get; set; }
 
-        public string ProviderType { get; set; }
-
         public string ActionChain { get; set; }
 
         public string ToJsonString() => JsonSerializer.Serialize(this, SourceGenerationContext.Default.AIServiceFormatEvent);

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/ClipboardItemHelper.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AdvancedPaste.Models;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging;
@@ -11,11 +10,8 @@ using Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer;
 
 namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
 {
-    internal static partial class ClipboardItemHelper
+    internal static class ClipboardItemHelper
     {
-        // Compiled regex for better performance when checking multiple clipboard items
-        private static readonly Regex HexColorRegex = HexColorCompiledRegex();
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a ClipboardItem from current clipboard data.
         /// </summary>
@@ -59,31 +55,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
             return clipboardItem;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if text is a valid RGB hex color (e.g., #FFBFAB or #fff).
-        /// </summary>
-        public static bool IsRgbHexColor(string text)
-        {
-            if (text == null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            string trimmedText = text.Trim();
-            if (trimmedText.Length > 7)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(trimmedText))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // Match #RGB or #RRGGBB format (case-insensitive)
-            return HexColorRegex.IsMatch(trimmedText);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a BitmapImage from clipboard data.
         /// </summary>
@@ -109,8 +80,5 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Helpers
 
             return null;
         }
-
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"^#([0-9A-Fa-f]{3}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{6})$")]
-        private static partial Regex HexColorCompiledRegex();
     }
 }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/IUserSettings.cs

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
 
         public bool CloseAfterLosingFocus { get; }
 
-        public bool EnableClipboardPreview { get; }
-
         public IReadOnlyList<AdvancedPasteCustomAction> CustomActions { get; }
 
         public IReadOnlyList<PasteFormats> AdditionalActions { get; }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/UserSettings.cs

@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
 
         public bool CloseAfterLosingFocus { get; private set; }
 
-        public bool EnableClipboardPreview { get; private set; }
-
         public IReadOnlyList<PasteFormats> AdditionalActions => _additionalActions;
 
         public IReadOnlyList<AdvancedPasteCustomAction> CustomActions => _customActions;
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
             IsAIEnabled = false;
             ShowCustomPreview = true;
             CloseAfterLosingFocus = false;
-            EnableClipboardPreview = true;
             PasteAIConfiguration = new PasteAIConfiguration();
             _additionalActions = [];
             _customActions = [];
@@ -110,7 +107,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
                                 IsAIEnabled = properties.IsAIEnabled;
                                 ShowCustomPreview = properties.ShowCustomPreview;
                                 CloseAfterLosingFocus = properties.CloseAfterLosingFocus;
-                                EnableClipboardPreview = properties.EnableClipboardPreview;
                                 PasteAIConfiguration = properties.PasteAIConfiguration ?? new PasteAIConfiguration();
 
                                 var sourceAdditionalActions = properties.AdditionalActions;
@@ -167,134 +163,28 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Settings
                 return false;
             }
 
-            var properties = settings.Properties;
-            bool legacyAdvancedAIConsumed = properties.TryConsumeLegacyAdvancedAIEnabled(out var advancedFlag);
-            bool legacyAdvancedAIEnabled = legacyAdvancedAIConsumed && advancedFlag;
-            PasswordCredential legacyCredential = TryGetLegacyOpenAICredential();
-
-            if (legacyCredential is null)
+            if (settings.Properties.IsAIEnabled || !LegacyOpenAIKeyExists())
             {
-                return legacyAdvancedAIConsumed;
+                return false;
             }
 
-            var configuration = properties.PasteAIConfiguration;
-
-            if (configuration is null)
-            {
-                configuration = new PasteAIConfiguration();
-                properties.PasteAIConfiguration = configuration;
-            }
-
-            bool configurationUpdated = false;
-
-            var ensureResult = AdvancedPasteMigrationHelper.EnsureOpenAIProvider(configuration);
-            PasteAIProviderDefinition openAIProvider = ensureResult.Provider;
-            configurationUpdated |= ensureResult.Updated;
-
-            if (legacyAdvancedAIConsumed && openAIProvider is not null && openAIProvider.EnableAdvancedAI != legacyAdvancedAIEnabled)
-            {
-                openAIProvider.EnableAdvancedAI = legacyAdvancedAIEnabled;
-                configurationUpdated = true;
-            }
-
-            if (openAIProvider is not null)
-            {
-                StoreMigratedOpenAICredential(openAIProvider.Id, openAIProvider.ServiceType, legacyCredential.Password);
-                RemoveLegacyOpenAICredential();
-            }
-
-            const bool shouldEnableAI = true;
-            bool enabledUpdated = false;
-            if (properties.IsAIEnabled != shouldEnableAI)
-            {
-                properties.IsAIEnabled = shouldEnableAI;
-                enabledUpdated = true;
-            }
-
-            return configurationUpdated || enabledUpdated || legacyAdvancedAIConsumed;
+            settings.Properties.IsAIEnabled = true;
+            return true;
         }
 
-        private static PasswordCredential TryGetLegacyOpenAICredential()
+        private static bool LegacyOpenAIKeyExists()
         {
             try
             {
                 PasswordVault vault = new();
-                var credential = vault.Retrieve("https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", "PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey");
-                credential?.RetrievePassword();
-                return credential;
+                return vault.Retrieve("https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", "PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey") is not null;
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
-                return null;
+                return false;
             }
         }
 
-        private static void RemoveLegacyOpenAICredential()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                PasswordVault vault = new();
-                TryRemoveCredential(vault, "https://platform.openai.com/api-keys", "PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_OpenAIKey");
-            }
-            catch (Exception)
-            {
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static void StoreMigratedOpenAICredential(string providerId, string serviceType, string password)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password))
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            try
-            {
-                var serviceKind = serviceType.ToAIServiceType();
-                if (serviceKind != AIServiceType.OpenAI)
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                string resource = "https://platform.openai.com/api-keys";
-                string username = $"PowerToys_AdvancedPaste_PasteAI_openai_{NormalizeProviderIdentifier(providerId)}";
-
-                PasswordVault vault = new();
-                TryRemoveCredential(vault, resource, username);
-
-                PasswordCredential credential = new(resource, username, password);
-                vault.Add(credential);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Logger.LogError("Failed to migrate legacy OpenAI credential", ex);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static void TryRemoveCredential(PasswordVault vault, string credentialResource, string credentialUserName)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                PasswordCredential existingCred = vault.Retrieve(credentialResource, credentialUserName);
-                vault.Remove(existingCred);
-            }
-            catch (Exception)
-            {
-                // Credential doesn't exist, which is fine
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static string NormalizeProviderIdentifier(string providerId)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(providerId))
-            {
-                return "default";
-            }
-
-            var filtered = new string(providerId.Where(char.IsLetterOrDigit).ToArray());
-            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filtered) ? "default" : filtered.ToLowerInvariant();
-        }
-
         public async Task SetActiveAIProviderAsync(string providerId)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(providerId))

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/AdvancedAIKernelService.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ using AdvancedPaste.Settings;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.ChatCompletion;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI;
 
 namespace AdvancedPaste.Services;
@@ -214,7 +220,8 @@ public sealed class AdvancedAIKernelService : KernelServiceBase
         var serviceType = GetRuntimeConfiguration().ServiceType;
         return new OpenAIPromptExecutionSettings
         {
-            FunctionChoiceBehavior = FunctionChoiceBehavior.Auto(),
+            FunctionChoiceBehavior = FunctionChoiceBehavior.Required(),
+            Temperature = 0.01,
         };
     }
 }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/CustomActionTransformService.cs

@@ -83,39 +83,32 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
                     SystemPrompt = systemPrompt,
                 };
 
-                var operationStart = DateTime.UtcNow;
-
                 var providerContent = await provider.ProcessPasteAsync(
                     request,
                     cancellationToken,
                     progress);
 
-                var durationMs = (int)Math.Round((DateTime.UtcNow - operationStart).TotalMilliseconds);
-
                 var usage = request.Usage;
                 var content = providerContent ?? string.Empty;
 
-                // Log endpoint usage (custom action pipeline is not the advanced SK flow)
-                var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(providerConfig.ProviderType, providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty, isAdvanced: false, durationMs: durationMs);
+                // Log endpoint usage
+                var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(providerConfig.ProviderType);
                 PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(endpointEvent);
 
-                Logger.LogDebug($"{nameof(CustomActionTransformService)}.{nameof(TransformAsync)} complete; ModelName={providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty}, PromptTokens={usage.PromptTokens}, CompletionTokens={usage.CompletionTokens}, DurationMs={durationMs}");
+                Logger.LogDebug($"{nameof(CustomActionTransformService)}.{nameof(TransformAsync)} complete; ModelName={providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty}, PromptTokens={usage.PromptTokens}, CompletionTokens={usage.CompletionTokens}");
 
                 return new CustomActionTransformResult(content, usage);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 Logger.LogError($"{nameof(CustomActionTransformService)}.{nameof(TransformAsync)} failed", ex);
-                var statusCode = ExtractStatusCode(ex);
-                var modelName = providerConfig.Model ?? string.Empty;
-                AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent errorEvent = new(providerConfig.ProviderType, modelName, statusCode, ex is PasteActionModeratedException ? PasteActionModeratedException.ErrorDescription : ex.Message);
-                PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(errorEvent);
 
                 if (ex is PasteActionException or OperationCanceledException)
                 {
                     throw;
                 }
 
+                var statusCode = ExtractStatusCode(ex);
                 var failureMessage = providerConfig.ProviderType switch
                 {
                     AIServiceType.OpenAI or AIServiceType.AzureOpenAI => ErrorHelpers.TranslateErrorText(statusCode),
@@ -188,6 +181,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
             {
                 AIServiceType.Onnx => false,
                 AIServiceType.Ollama => false,
+                AIServiceType.Anthropic => false,
+                AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock => false,
                 _ => true,
             };
         }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/FoundryLocalPasteProvider.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using AdvancedPaste.Helpers;
 using AdvancedPaste.Models;
 using LanguageModelProvider;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
 
     public static PasteAIProviderRegistration Registration { get; } = new(SupportedTypes, config => new FoundryLocalPasteProvider(config));
 
-    private static readonly FoundryLocalModelProvider _modelProvider = FoundryLocalModelProvider.Instance;
+    private static readonly LanguageModelService LanguageModels = LanguageModelService.CreateDefault();
 
     private readonly PasteAIConfig _config;
 
@@ -34,6 +33,10 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
         _config = config;
     }
 
+    public string ProviderName => AIServiceType.FoundryLocal.ToNormalizedKey();
+
+    public string DisplayName => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_config?.Model) ? "Foundry Local" : _config.Model;
+
     public async Task<bool> IsAvailableAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
@@ -69,26 +72,22 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
                 throw new PasteActionException(
                     "No Foundry Local model selected",
                     new InvalidOperationException("Model identifier is required"),
-                    aiServiceMessage: "Please select a model in the AI provider settings.");
+                    aiServiceMessage: "Please select a model in the AI provider settings. Model identifier should be in the format 'fl://model-name'.");
             }
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-            IChatClient chatClient;
-            try
+            var chatClient = LanguageModels.GetClient(modelReference);
+            if (chatClient is null)
             {
-                chatClient = _modelProvider.GetIChatClient(modelReference);
-            }
-            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
-            {
-                // GetIChatClient throws InvalidOperationException for user-facing errors
-                var errorMessage = string.Format(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, ResourceLoaderInstance.ResourceLoader.GetString("FoundryLocal_UnableToLoadModel"), modelReference);
                 throw new PasteActionException(
-                    errorMessage,
-                    ex,
-                    aiServiceMessage: ex.Message);
+                    $"Unable to load Foundry Local model: {modelReference}",
+                    new InvalidOperationException("Chat client resolution failed"),
+                    aiServiceMessage: "The model may not be downloaded or the Foundry Local service may not be running. Please check the model status in settings.");
             }
 
+            // Extract actual model ID from the URL (format: fl://modelId)
+            var actualModelId = modelReference.Replace("fl://", string.Empty).Trim('/');
+
             var userMessageContent = $"""
                 User instructions:
                 {prompt}
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
                 new(ChatRole.User, userMessageContent),
             };
 
-            var chatOptions = CreateChatOptions(_config?.SystemPrompt, modelReference);
+            var chatOptions = CreateChatOptions(_config?.SystemPrompt, actualModelId);
 
             progress?.Report(0.1);
 
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ public sealed class FoundryLocalPasteProvider : IPasteAIProvider
         var options = new ChatOptions
         {
             ModelId = modelReference,
-            MaxOutputTokens = 2048,
         };
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(systemPrompt))

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/CustomActions/SemanticKernelPasteProvider.cs

@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ using AdvancedPaste.Models;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.ChatCompletion;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Amazon;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Google;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.MistralAI;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Ollama;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI;
@@ -27,8 +29,11 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
             AIServiceType.AzureOpenAI,
             AIServiceType.Mistral,
             AIServiceType.Google,
+            AIServiceType.HuggingFace,
             AIServiceType.AzureAIInference,
             AIServiceType.Ollama,
+            AIServiceType.Anthropic,
+            AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock,
         };
 
         public static PasteAIProviderRegistration Registration { get; } = new(SupportedTypes, config => new SemanticKernelPasteProvider(config));
@@ -137,12 +142,21 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
                 case AIServiceType.Google:
                     kernelBuilder.AddGoogleAIGeminiChatCompletion(_config.Model, apiKey: apiKey);
                     break;
+                case AIServiceType.HuggingFace:
+                    kernelBuilder.AddHuggingFaceChatCompletion(_config.Model, apiKey: apiKey);
+                    break;
                 case AIServiceType.AzureAIInference:
                     kernelBuilder.AddAzureAIInferenceChatCompletion(_config.Model, apiKey: apiKey, endpoint: new Uri(endpoint));
                     break;
                 case AIServiceType.Ollama:
                     kernelBuilder.AddOllamaChatCompletion(_config.Model, endpoint: new Uri(endpoint));
                     break;
+                case AIServiceType.Anthropic:
+                    kernelBuilder.AddBedrockChatCompletionService(_config.Model);
+                    break;
+                case AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock:
+                    kernelBuilder.AddBedrockChatCompletionService(_config.Model);
+                    break;
 
                 default:
                     throw new NotSupportedException($"Provider '{_config.ProviderType}' is not supported by {nameof(SemanticKernelPasteProvider)}");
@@ -157,6 +171,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
             {
                 AIServiceType.OpenAI or AIServiceType.AzureOpenAI => new OpenAIPromptExecutionSettings
                 {
+                    Temperature = 0.01,
+                    MaxTokens = 2000,
                     FunctionChoiceBehavior = null,
                 },
                 _ => new PromptExecutionSettings(),
@@ -168,6 +184,8 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Services.CustomActions
             return serviceType switch
             {
                 AIServiceType.Ollama => false,
+                AIServiceType.Anthropic => false,
+                AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock => false,
                 _ => true,
             };
         }

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/EnhancedVaultCredentialsProvider.cs

@@ -156,10 +156,16 @@ public sealed class EnhancedVaultCredentialsProvider : IAICredentialsProvider
                 resource = "https://ai.google.dev/";
                 serviceKey = "google";
                 break;
+            case AIServiceType.HuggingFace:
+                resource = "https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens";
+                serviceKey = "huggingface";
+                break;
             case AIServiceType.FoundryLocal:
             case AIServiceType.ML:
             case AIServiceType.Onnx:
             case AIServiceType.Ollama:
+            case AIServiceType.Anthropic:
+            case AIServiceType.AmazonBedrock:
                 return null;
             default:
                 return null;

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Services/KernelServiceBase.cs

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public abstract class KernelServiceBase(
     ICustomActionTransformService customActionTransformService) : IKernelService
 {
     private const string PromptParameterName = "prompt";
-    private const string DefaultSystemPrompt = "You are an agent who is tasked with helping users paste their clipboard data. You have functions available to help you with this task. Call function when necessary to help user finish the transformation task. You never need to ask permission, always try to do as the user asks. The user will only input one message and will not be available for further questions, so try your best. The user will put in a request to format their clipboard data and you will fulfill it. Do not output anything else besides the reformatted clipboard content.";
 
     private readonly IKernelQueryCacheService _queryCacheService = queryCacheService;
     private readonly IPromptModerationService _promptModerationService = promptModerationService;
@@ -145,8 +144,7 @@ public abstract class KernelServiceBase(
 
         ChatHistory chatHistory = [];
 
-        var systemPrompt = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(runtimeConfig.SystemPrompt) ? DefaultSystemPrompt : runtimeConfig.SystemPrompt;
-        chatHistory.AddSystemMessage(systemPrompt);
+        chatHistory.AddSystemMessage(runtimeConfig.SystemPrompt);
         chatHistory.AddSystemMessage($"Available clipboard formats: {await kernel.GetDataFormatsAsync()}");
         chatHistory.AddUserMessage(prompt);
 
@@ -188,20 +186,12 @@ public abstract class KernelServiceBase(
 
     private void LogResult(bool cacheUsed, bool isSavedQuery, IEnumerable<ActionChainItem> actionChain, AIServiceUsage usage)
     {
-        var runtimeConfig = GetRuntimeConfiguration();
-
-        AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent telemetryEvent = new(
-            cacheUsed,
-            isSavedQuery,
-            usage.PromptTokens,
-            usage.CompletionTokens,
-            AdvancedAIModelName,
-            runtimeConfig.ServiceType.ToString(),
-            AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent.FormatActionChain(actionChain));
+        AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent telemetryEvent = new(cacheUsed, isSavedQuery, usage.PromptTokens, usage.CompletionTokens, AdvancedAIModelName, AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent.FormatActionChain(actionChain));
         PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(telemetryEvent);
 
         // Log endpoint usage
-        var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(runtimeConfig.ServiceType, AdvancedAIModelName, isAdvanced: true);
+        var runtimeConfig = GetRuntimeConfiguration();
+        var endpointEvent = new AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(runtimeConfig.ServiceType);
         PowerToysTelemetry.Log.WriteEvent(endpointEvent);
 
         var logEvent = new AIServiceFormatEvent(telemetryEvent);

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw

@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@
     <value>Active provider: {0}</value>
   </data>
   <data name="AIProvidersFlyoutHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Configured models</value>
+    <value>AI providers</value>
   </data>
   <data name="AIProvidersEmptyText.Text" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>No models configured</value>
+    <value>No AI providers configured</value>
   </data>
   <data name="AIProvidersManageButtonContent.Content" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Configure models in Settings</value>
@@ -359,17 +359,6 @@
   </data>
   <data name="Relative_Date_TimeFormat" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>{0}, {1}</value>
-    <comment>(e.g., "10/20/2025, 17:05" in the user's locale)</comment>
-  </data>
-  <data name="CustomEndpointWarning" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>You are using a custom endpoint. Verify all answers.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="LocalModelBadge.Text" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Local</value>
-    <comment>Badge label displayed next to local AI model providers (e.g., Ollama, Foundry Local) to indicate the model runs locally</comment>
-  </data>
-  <data name="FoundryLocal_UnableToLoadModel" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Unable to load Foundry Local model: {0}</value>
-    <comment>{0} is the model identifier. Do not translate {0}.</comment>
+    <comment>(e.g., “10/20/2025, 17:05” in the user’s locale)</comment>
   </data>
 </root>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Telemetry/AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent.cs

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
-using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;
-
-namespace AdvancedPaste.Telemetry;
-
-[EventData]
-[DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicProperties)]
-public sealed class AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent : EventBase, IEvent
-{
-    public AdvancedPasteCustomActionErrorEvent(AIServiceType providerType, string modelName, int statusCode, string error)
-    {
-        ProviderType = providerType.ToString();
-        ModelName = modelName;
-        StatusCode = statusCode;
-        Error = error;
-    }
-
-    public string ProviderType { get; set; }
-
-    public string ModelName { get; set; }
-
-    public int StatusCode { get; set; }
-
-    public string Error { get; set; }
-
-    public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;
-}

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Telemetry/AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent.cs

@@ -15,31 +15,13 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Telemetry;
 public class AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent : EventBase, IEvent
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the AI provider type (e.g., OpenAI, AzureOpenAI, Google).
+    /// Gets or sets the AI provider type (e.g., OpenAI, AzureOpenAI, Anthropic).
     /// </summary>
     public string ProviderType { get; set; }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the configured model name.
-    /// </summary>
-    public string ModelName { get; set; }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the advanced AI pipeline was used.
-    /// </summary>
-    public bool IsAdvanced { get; set; }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the total duration in milliseconds, or -1 if unavailable.
-    /// </summary>
-    public int DurationMs { get; set; }
-
-    public AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(AIServiceType providerType, string modelName, bool isAdvanced, int durationMs = -1)
+    public AdvancedPasteEndpointUsageEvent(AIServiceType providerType)
     {
         ProviderType = providerType.ToString();
-        ModelName = modelName;
-        IsAdvanced = isAdvanced;
-        DurationMs = durationMs;
     }
 
     public PartA_PrivTags PartA_PrivTags => PartA_PrivTags.ProductAndServiceUsage;

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Telemetry/AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.Telemetry;
 
 [EventData]
 [DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicProperties)]
-public class AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent(bool cacheUsed, bool isSavedQuery, int promptTokens, int completionTokens, string modelName, string providerType, string actionChain) : EventBase, IEvent
+public class AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent(bool cacheUsed, bool isSavedQuery, int promptTokens, int completionTokens, string modelName, string actionChain) : EventBase, IEvent
 {
     public static string FormatActionChain(IEnumerable<ActionChainItem> actionChain) => FormatActionChain(actionChain.Select(item => item.Format));
 
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ public class AdvancedPasteSemanticKernelFormatEvent(bool cacheUsed, bool isSaved
 
     public string ModelName { get; set; } = modelName;
 
-    public string ProviderType { get; set; } = providerType;
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets a comma-separated list of paste formats used - in the same order they were executed.
     /// Conceptually an array but formatted this way to work around https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/10428

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/ViewModels/OptionsViewModel.cs

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
         private ClipboardFormat _availableClipboardFormats;
 
         [ObservableProperty]
-        [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(ShowClipboardHistoryButton))]
         private bool _clipboardHistoryEnabled;
 
         [ObservableProperty]
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
         [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(PrivacyLinkUri))]
         [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(HasTermsLink))]
         [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(HasPrivacyLink))]
-        [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(HasLegalLinks))]
         private bool _isAllowedByGPO;
 
         [ObservableProperty]
@@ -223,16 +221,10 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
 
         public bool HasPrivacyLink => GetActiveProviderMetadata().HasPrivacyLink;
 
-        public bool HasLegalLinks => HasTermsLink || HasPrivacyLink;
-
         public bool ClipboardHasData => AvailableClipboardFormats != ClipboardFormat.None;
 
         public bool ClipboardHasDataForCustomAI => PasteFormat.SupportsClipboardFormats(CustomAIFormat, AvailableClipboardFormats);
 
-        public bool ShowClipboardPreview => _userSettings.EnableClipboardPreview;
-
-        public bool ShowClipboardHistoryButton => ClipboardHistoryEnabled;
-
         public bool HasIndeterminateTransformProgress => double.IsNaN(TransformProgress);
 
         private PasteFormats CustomAIFormat =>
@@ -318,7 +310,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsAdvancedAIEnabled));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(AIProviders));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(AllowedAIProviders));
-            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ShowClipboardPreview));
 
             NotifyActiveProviderChanged();
 
@@ -370,7 +361,6 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(PrivacyLinkUri));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasTermsLink));
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasPrivacyLink));
-            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasLegalLinks));
         }
 
         private void RefreshPasteFormats()
@@ -808,6 +798,7 @@ namespace AdvancedPaste.ViewModels
                 AIServiceType.AzureAIInference => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAzureAIInferenceValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.Mistral => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteMistralValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.Google => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteGoogleValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
+                AIServiceType.Anthropic => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteAnthropicValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.Ollama => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOllamaValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 AIServiceType.FoundryLocal => PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetAllowedAdvancedPasteFoundryLocalValue() != PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled,
                 _ => true, // Allow unknown types by default

src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj

@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|ARM64'">MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateWindowsMetadata>false</GenerateWindowsMetadata>
@@ -95,8 +93,6 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64'">MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/FileLocksmithLibInterop.vcxproj

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
       <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.cpp

@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@
 #include <logger/logger_settings.h>
 #include <logger/logger.h>
 #include <utils/logger_helper.h>
-#include "LightSwitchStateManager.h"
-#include <LightSwitchUtils.h>
 
 SERVICE_STATUS g_ServiceStatus = {};
 SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE g_StatusHandle = nullptr;
 HANDLE g_ServiceStopEvent = nullptr;
+extern int g_lastUpdatedDay = -1;
+static ScheduleMode prevMode = ScheduleMode::Off;
+static std::wstring prevLat, prevLon;
+static int prevMinutes = -1;
+static bool lastOverrideStatus = false;
 
 VOID WINAPI ServiceMain(DWORD argc, LPTSTR* argv);
 VOID WINAPI ServiceCtrlHandler(DWORD dwCtrl);
 DWORD WINAPI ServiceWorkerThread(LPVOID lpParam);
-void ApplyTheme(bool shouldBeLight);
 
 // Entry point for the executable
 int _tmain(int argc, TCHAR* argv[])
@@ -122,66 +124,31 @@ VOID WINAPI ServiceCtrlHandler(DWORD dwCtrl)
     }
 }
 
-void ApplyTheme(bool shouldBeLight)
+static void update_sun_times(auto& settings)
 {
-    const auto& s = LightSwitchSettings::settings();
-
-    if (s.changeSystem)
-    {
-        bool isSystemCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
-        if (shouldBeLight != isSystemCurrentlyLight)
-        {
-            SetSystemTheme(shouldBeLight);
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changed system theme to {}.", shouldBeLight ? L"light" : L"dark");
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (s.changeApps)
-    {
-        bool isAppsCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
-        if (shouldBeLight != isAppsCurrentlyLight)
-        {
-            SetAppsTheme(shouldBeLight);
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changed apps theme to {}.", shouldBeLight ? L"light" : L"dark");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void DetectAndHandleExternalThemeChange(LightSwitchStateManager& stateManager)
-{
-    const auto& s = LightSwitchSettings::settings();
-    if (s.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::Off)
-        return;
+    double latitude = std::stod(settings.latitude);
+    double longitude = std::stod(settings.longitude);
 
     SYSTEMTIME st;
     GetLocalTime(&st);
-    int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
 
-    // Compute effective boundaries (with offsets if needed)
-    int effectiveLight = s.lightTime;
-    int effectiveDark = s.darkTime;
+    SunTimes newTimes = CalculateSunriseSunset(latitude, longitude, st.wYear, st.wMonth, st.wDay);
 
-    if (s.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise)
+    int newLightTime = newTimes.sunriseHour * 60 + newTimes.sunriseMinute;
+    int newDarkTime = newTimes.sunsetHour * 60 + newTimes.sunsetMinute;
+    try
     {
-        effectiveLight = (s.lightTime + s.sunrise_offset) % 1440;
-        effectiveDark = (s.darkTime + s.sunset_offset) % 1440;
+        auto values = PowerToysSettings::PowerToyValues::load_from_settings_file(L"LightSwitch");
+        values.add_property(L"lightTime", newLightTime);
+        values.add_property(L"darkTime", newDarkTime);
+        values.save_to_settings_file();
+
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Updated sun times and saved to config.");
     }
-
-    // Use shared helper (handles wraparound logic)
-    bool shouldBeLight = ShouldBeLight(nowMinutes, effectiveLight, effectiveDark);
-
-    // Compare current system/apps theme
-    bool currentSystemLight = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
-    bool currentAppsLight = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
-
-    bool systemMismatch = s.changeSystem && (currentSystemLight != shouldBeLight);
-    bool appsMismatch = s.changeApps && (currentAppsLight != shouldBeLight);
-
-    // Trigger manual override only if mismatch and not already active
-    if ((systemMismatch || appsMismatch) && !stateManager.GetState().isManualOverride)
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
     {
-        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] External theme change detected (Windows Settings). Entering manual override mode.");
-        stateManager.OnManualOverride();
+        std::wstring wmsg(e.what(), e.what() + strlen(e.what()));
+        Logger::error(L"[LightSwitchService] Exception during sun time update: {}", wmsg);
     }
 }
 
@@ -195,98 +162,307 @@ DWORD WINAPI ServiceWorkerThread(LPVOID lpParam)
     Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Worker thread starting...");
     Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent PID: {}", parentPid);
 
-    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    // Initialization
-    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    static LightSwitchStateManager stateManager;
-
     LightSwitchSettings::instance().InitFileWatcher();
 
     HANDLE hManualOverride = OpenEventW(SYNCHRONIZE | EVENT_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, L"POWERTOYS_LIGHTSWITCH_MANUAL_OVERRIDE");
-    HANDLE hSettingsChanged = LightSwitchSettings::instance().GetSettingsChangedEvent();
 
     LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
-    const auto& settings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
+    auto& settings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
 
     SYSTEMTIME st;
     GetLocalTime(&st);
     int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
 
-    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Initialized at {:02d}:{:02d}.", st.wHour, st.wMinute);
-    stateManager.SyncInitialThemeState();
-    stateManager.OnTick(nowMinutes);
+    // Handle initial theme application if necessary
+    if (settings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off)
+    {
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule mode is set to {}. Applying theme if necessary.", settings.scheduleMode);
+        LightSwitchSettings::instance().ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule mode is set to Off.");
+    }
 
-    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    // Worker Loop
-    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    g_lastUpdatedDay = st.wDay;
+    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Initializing g_lastUpdatedDay to {}.", g_lastUpdatedDay);
+    ULONGLONG lastSettingsReload = 0;
+
+    // ticker loop
     for (;;)
     {
-        HANDLE waits[4];
-        DWORD count = 0;
-        waits[count++] = g_ServiceStopEvent;
-        if (hParent)
-            waits[count++] = hParent;
-        if (hManualOverride)
-            waits[count++] = hManualOverride;
-        waits[count++] = hSettingsChanged;
+        HANDLE waits[2] = { g_ServiceStopEvent, hParent };
+        DWORD count = hParent ? 2 : 1;
+        bool skipRest = false;
 
-        // Wait for one of these to trigger or for a new minute tick
+        const auto& settings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
+
+        // If the mode is set to Off, suspend the scheduler and avoid extra work
+        if (settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::Off)
+        {
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule mode is OFF - suspending scheduler but keeping service alive.");
+
+            if (!hManualOverride)
+                hManualOverride = OpenEventW(SYNCHRONIZE | EVENT_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, L"POWERTOYS_LIGHTSWITCH_MANUAL_OVERRIDE");
+
+            HANDLE waitsOff[4];
+            DWORD countOff = 0;
+            waitsOff[countOff++] = g_ServiceStopEvent;
+            if (hParent)
+                waitsOff[countOff++] = hParent;
+            if (hManualOverride)
+                waitsOff[countOff++] = hManualOverride;
+            waitsOff[countOff++] = LightSwitchSettings::instance().GetSettingsChangedEvent();
+
+            for (;;)
+            {
+                DWORD wait = WaitForMultipleObjects(countOff, waitsOff, FALSE, INFINITE);
+
+                if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
+                {
+                    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Stop event triggered - exiting worker loop.");
+                    goto cleanup;
+                }
+                if (hParent && wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1)
+                {
+                    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent exited - stopping service.");
+                    goto cleanup;
+                }
+
+                if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? 2 : 1))
+                {
+                    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override received while schedule OFF.");
+                    ResetEvent(hManualOverride);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? 3 : 2))
+                {
+                    Logger::trace(L"[LightSwitchService] Settings change event triggered, reloading settings...");
+                    ResetEvent(LightSwitchSettings::instance().GetSettingsChangedEvent());
+                    const auto& newSettings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
+                    lastSettingsReload = GetTickCount64();
+
+                    if (newSettings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off)
+                    {
+                        Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Schedule re-enabled, resuming normal loop.");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        bool scheduleJustEnabled = (prevMode == ScheduleMode::Off && settings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off);
+        prevMode = settings.scheduleMode;
+
+        ULONGLONG nowTick = GetTickCount64();
+        bool recentSettingsReload = (nowTick - lastSettingsReload < 2000);
+
+        Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Current g_lastUpdatedDay value = {}.", g_lastUpdatedDay);
+
+        // Manual Override Detection Logic
+        bool manualOverrideActive = (hManualOverride && WaitForSingleObject(hManualOverride, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0);
+
+        if (manualOverrideActive != lastOverrideStatus)
+        {
+            Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override active = {}", manualOverrideActive);
+            lastOverrideStatus = manualOverrideActive;
+        }
+
+        if (settings.scheduleMode != ScheduleMode::Off && !recentSettingsReload && !scheduleJustEnabled && !manualOverrideActive)
+        {
+            bool currentSystemTheme = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
+            bool currentAppsTheme = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
+
+            SYSTEMTIME st;
+            GetLocalTime(&st);
+            int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
+
+            int lightBoundary = 0;
+            int darkBoundary = 0;
+
+            if (settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise)
+            {
+                lightBoundary = (settings.lightTime + settings.sunrise_offset) % 1440;
+                darkBoundary = (settings.darkTime + settings.sunset_offset) % 1440;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                lightBoundary = settings.lightTime;
+                darkBoundary = settings.darkTime;
+            }
+
+            bool shouldBeLight = (lightBoundary < darkBoundary) ? (nowMinutes >= lightBoundary && nowMinutes < darkBoundary) : (nowMinutes >= lightBoundary || nowMinutes < darkBoundary);
+
+            Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] shouldBeLight = {}", shouldBeLight);
+
+            bool systemMismatch = settings.changeSystem && (currentSystemTheme != shouldBeLight);
+            bool appsMismatch = settings.changeApps && (currentAppsTheme != shouldBeLight);
+
+            if (systemMismatch || appsMismatch)
+            {
+              // Make sure this is not because we crossed a boundary
+              bool crossedBoundary = false;
+              if (prevMinutes != -1)
+              {
+                  if (nowMinutes < prevMinutes)
+                  {
+                      // wrapped around midnight
+                      crossedBoundary = (prevMinutes <= lightBoundary || nowMinutes >= lightBoundary) ||
+                                        (prevMinutes <= darkBoundary || nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
+                  }
+                  else
+                  {
+                      crossedBoundary = (prevMinutes < lightBoundary && nowMinutes >= lightBoundary) ||
+                                        (prevMinutes < darkBoundary && nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
+                  }
+              }
+
+              if (crossedBoundary)
+              {
+                  Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Missed boundary detected. Applying theme instead of triggering manual override.");
+                  LightSwitchSettings::instance().ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
+              }
+              else
+              {
+                  Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] External {} theme change detected, enabling manual override.",
+                               systemMismatch && appsMismatch ? L"system/app" :
+                               systemMismatch                 ? L"system" :
+                                                                L"app");
+                  SetEvent(hManualOverride);
+                  skipRest = true;
+              }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Skipping external-change detection (schedule off, recent reload, or just enabled).");
+        }
+        
+        if (hManualOverride)
+            manualOverrideActive = (WaitForSingleObject(hManualOverride, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0);
+
+        if (manualOverrideActive)
+        {
+            int lightBoundary = (settings.lightTime + settings.sunrise_offset) % 1440;
+            int darkBoundary = (settings.darkTime + settings.sunset_offset) % 1440;
+
+            SYSTEMTIME st;
+            GetLocalTime(&st);
+            nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
+
+            bool crossedLight = false;
+            bool crossedDark = false;
+
+            if (prevMinutes != -1)
+            {
+                // this means we are in a new day cycle
+                if (nowMinutes < prevMinutes)
+                {
+                    crossedLight = (prevMinutes <= lightBoundary || nowMinutes >= lightBoundary);
+                    crossedDark = (prevMinutes <= darkBoundary || nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    crossedLight = (prevMinutes < lightBoundary && nowMinutes >= lightBoundary);
+                    crossedDark = (prevMinutes < darkBoundary && nowMinutes >= darkBoundary);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (crossedLight || crossedDark)
+            {
+                ResetEvent(hManualOverride);
+                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override cleared after crossing schedule boundary.");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Logger::debug(L"[LightSwitchService] Skipping schedule due to manual override");
+                skipRest = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Apply theme if nothing has made us skip
+        if (!skipRest)
+        {
+            // Next two conditionals check for any updates necessary to the sun times.
+            bool modeChangedToSunset = (prevMode != settings.scheduleMode &&
+                                        settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise);
+            bool coordsChanged = (prevLat != settings.latitude || prevLon != settings.longitude);
+
+            if ((modeChangedToSunset || coordsChanged) && settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise)
+            {
+                SYSTEMTIME st;
+                GetLocalTime(&st);
+
+                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Mode or coordinates changed, recalculating sun times.");
+                update_sun_times(settings);
+                g_lastUpdatedDay = st.wDay;
+                prevMode = settings.scheduleMode;
+                prevLat = settings.latitude;
+                prevLon = settings.longitude;
+            }
+
+            SYSTEMTIME st;
+            GetLocalTime(&st);
+            int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
+
+            if ((g_lastUpdatedDay != st.wDay) && (settings.scheduleMode == ScheduleMode::SunsetToSunrise))
+            {
+                update_sun_times(settings);
+                g_lastUpdatedDay = st.wDay;
+                prevMinutes = -1;
+                Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Recalculated sun times at new day boundary.");
+            }
+
+            // settings after any necessary updates.
+            LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
+            const auto& currentSettings = LightSwitchSettings::instance().settings();
+
+            wchar_t msg[160];
+            swprintf_s(msg,
+                       L"[LightSwitchService] now=%02d:%02d | light=%02d:%02d | dark=%02d:%02d | mode=%s",
+                       st.wHour,
+                       st.wMinute,
+                       currentSettings.lightTime / 60,
+                       currentSettings.lightTime % 60,
+                       currentSettings.darkTime / 60,
+                       currentSettings.darkTime % 60,
+                       ToString(currentSettings.scheduleMode).c_str());
+            Logger::info(msg);
+
+            LightSwitchSettings::instance().ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
+        }
+
+        // ─── Wait For Next Minute Tick Or Stop Event ────────────────────────────────
         SYSTEMTIME st;
         GetLocalTime(&st);
         int msToNextMinute = (60 - st.wSecond) * 1000 - st.wMilliseconds;
         if (msToNextMinute < 50)
             msToNextMinute = 50;
 
+       prevMinutes = nowMinutes;
+
         DWORD wait = WaitForMultipleObjects(count, waits, FALSE, msToNextMinute);
-
-        if (wait == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
-        {
-            // regular minute tick
-            GetLocalTime(&st);
-            nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
-            DetectAndHandleExternalThemeChange(stateManager);
-            stateManager.OnTick(nowMinutes);
-            continue;
-        }
-
         if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
         {
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Stop event triggered — exiting.");
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Stop event triggered - exiting worker loop.");
             break;
         }
-
         if (hParent && wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1)
         {
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent process exited — stopping service.");
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Parent process exited - stopping service.");
             break;
         }
-
-        if (hManualOverride && wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? 2 : 1))
-        {
-            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Manual override event detected.");
-            stateManager.OnManualOverride();
-            ResetEvent(hManualOverride);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + (hParent ? (hManualOverride ? 3 : 2) : 2))
-        {
-            ResetEvent(hSettingsChanged);
-            LightSwitchSettings::instance().LoadSettings();
-            stateManager.OnSettingsChanged();
-            continue;
-        }
     }
 
-    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    // Cleanup
-    // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+cleanup:
     if (hManualOverride)
         CloseHandle(hManualOverride);
     if (hParent)
         CloseHandle(hParent);
 
-    Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Worker thread exiting cleanly.");
     return 0;
 }
 

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.vcxproj

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchService.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchSettings.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchStateManager.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="SettingsConstants.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ThemeHelper.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ThemeScheduler.cpp" />
@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchSettings.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchStateManager.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchUtils.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SettingsConstants.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SettingsObserver.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ThemeHelper.h" />

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.vcxproj.filters

@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="WinHookEventIDs.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="LightSwitchStateManager.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="ThemeScheduler.h">
@@ -56,12 +53,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="WinHookEventIDs.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchStateManager.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="LightSwitchUtils.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Natvis Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\natvis\wil.natvis" />

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchSettings.cpp

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 #include <common/utils/json.h>
 #include <common/SettingsAPI/settings_helpers.h>
 #include "SettingsObserver.h"
+#include "ThemeHelper.h"
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <WinHookEventIDs.h>
 #include <logger.h>
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ void LightSwitchSettings::InitFileWatcher()
                     try
                     {
                         LoadSettings();
+                        ApplyThemeIfNecessary();
                         SetEvent(m_settingsChangedEvent);
                     }
                     catch (const std::exception& e)
@@ -247,3 +250,48 @@ void LightSwitchSettings::LoadSettings()
         // Keeps defaults if load fails
     }
 }
+
+void LightSwitchSettings::ApplyThemeIfNecessary()
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_settingsMutex);
+
+    SYSTEMTIME st;
+    GetLocalTime(&st);
+    int nowMinutes = st.wHour * 60 + st.wMinute;
+
+    bool shouldBeLight = false;
+    if (m_settings.lightTime < m_settings.darkTime)
+        shouldBeLight = (nowMinutes >= m_settings.lightTime && nowMinutes < m_settings.darkTime);
+    else
+        shouldBeLight = (nowMinutes >= m_settings.lightTime || nowMinutes < m_settings.darkTime);
+
+    bool isSystemCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentSystemTheme();
+    bool isAppsCurrentlyLight = GetCurrentAppsTheme();
+
+    if (shouldBeLight)
+    {
+        if (m_settings.changeSystem && !isSystemCurrentlyLight)
+        {
+            SetSystemTheme(true);
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing system theme to light mode.");
+        }
+        if (m_settings.changeApps && !isAppsCurrentlyLight)
+        {
+            SetAppsTheme(true);
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing apps theme to light mode.");
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (m_settings.changeSystem && isSystemCurrentlyLight)
+        {
+            SetSystemTheme(false);
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing system theme to dark mode.");
+        }
+        if (m_settings.changeApps && isAppsCurrentlyLight)
+        {
+            SetAppsTheme(false);
+            Logger::info(L"[LightSwitchService] Changing apps theme to dark mode.");
+        }
+    }
+}