Revert "Add Drag and Drop For Environment Variables (#40105)" (#44705)

This reverts commit 1b6b446915.

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## Summary of the Pull Request
Reverting this PR because WinUI 3 doesn’t support drag operations when
running as admin.

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## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

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## Validation Steps Performed

.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-esrp-signing.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ parameters:
     default: {}
 
 steps:
-  - task: EsrpCodeSigning@5
+  - task: EsrpCodeSigning@6
     displayName: 🔏 ${{ parameters.displayName }}
     inputs:
       ConnectedServiceName: ${{ parameters.signingIdentity.serviceName }}

Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</RepoRoot>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Version.props" />
+  <Import Project="src\Version.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Copyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <AssemblyCopyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</AssemblyCopyright>
@@ -31,15 +28,15 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_PropertySheetDisplayName>PowerToys.Root.Props</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-    <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(RepoRoot)Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
+    <ForceImportBeforeCppProps>$(MsbuildThisFileDirectory)\Cpp.Build.props</ForceImportBeforeCppProps>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
-    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(RepoRoot)src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
+    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     <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" />
+    <!-- Pin the SixLabors.ImageSharp version (a transitive dependency of CoenM.ImageSharp.ImageHash) to restore functionality and apply patches. -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="2.1.12" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Common" Version="8.4.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.4.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations" Version="8.2.250402" />

installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/CustomAction.cpp

@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ UINT __stdcall TerminateProcessesCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
     }
     processes.resize(bytes / sizeof(processes[0]));
 
-    std::array<std::wstring_view, 42> processesToTerminate = {
+    std::array<std::wstring_view, 44> processesToTerminate = {
         L"PowerToys.PowerLauncher.exe",
         L"PowerToys.Settings.exe",
         L"PowerToys.AdvancedPaste.exe",
@@ -1584,12 +1584,14 @@ UINT __stdcall TerminateProcessesCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
         L"PowerToys.MouseWithoutBordersService.exe",
         L"PowerToys.CropAndLock.exe",
         L"PowerToys.EnvironmentVariables.exe",
+        L"PowerToys.QuickAccess.exe",
         L"PowerToys.WorkspacesSnapshotTool.exe",
         L"PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncher.exe",
         L"PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncherUI.exe",
         L"PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor.exe",
         L"PowerToys.WorkspacesWindowArranger.exe",
         L"Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.exe",
+        L"Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.exe",
         L"PowerToys.ZoomIt.exe",
         L"PowerToys.exe",
     };

src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h actionRunner.base.rc actionRunner.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h actionRunner.base.rc actionRunner.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\expected.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />

src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h PowerToys.Update.base.rc PowerToys.Update.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h PowerToys.Update.base.rc PowerToys.Update.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\expected.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />

src/common/AllExperiments/AllExperiments.csproj

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

src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>

src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>CalculatorEngineCommon</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <ResourceCompile Include="CalculatorEngineCommon.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

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

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

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

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

src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;..\..\common;.\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;..\..\common;.\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>

src/common/FilePreviewCommon/FilePreviewCommon.csproj

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

src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapper.cs

@@ -66,5 +66,10 @@ namespace PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection
         {
             return (GpoRuleConfigured)PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue();
         }
+
+        public static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredLightSwitchEnabledValue()
+        {
+            return (GpoRuleConfigured)PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredLightSwitchEnabledValue();
+        }
     }
 }

src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapperProjection.csproj

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

src/common/LanguageModelProvider/LanguageModelProvider.csproj

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

src/common/ManagedCommon/ManagedCommon.csproj

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

src/common/ManagedCsWin32/ManagedCsWin32.csproj

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

src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/ManagedTelemetry.csproj

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

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

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

src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />

src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>

src/common/UITestAutomation/UITestAutomation.csproj

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

src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.Interop</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <CopyCppRuntimeToOutputDir>true</CopyCppRuntimeToOutputDir>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINRT_DLL;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;PowerToysInterop;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\interop;../../;../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\interop;../../;../;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(WindowsSDK_WindowsMetadata);$(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
       <OmitDefaultLibName>false</OmitDefaultLibName>
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj /Zc:twoPhase- </AdditionalOptions>

src/common/interop/interop-tests/Common.Interop.UnitTests.csproj

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

src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="Shared">

src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivatorDLL.vcxproj

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\version\version.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\version\version.vcxproj">
       <Project>{cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\BackgroundActivator\BackgroundActivator.vcxproj">

src/common/notifications/notifications.vcxproj

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>

src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
     <ProjectName>ApplicationUpdate</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\expected.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\expected.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>

src/common/version/version.vcxproj

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>

src/dsc/PowerToys.Settings.DSC.Schema.Generator/PowerToys.Settings.DSC.Schema.Generator.csproj

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

src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC.UnitTests/PowerToys.DSC.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\tests\PowerToys.DSC.Tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\tests\PowerToys.DSC.Tests\</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/dsc/v3/PowerToys.DSC/PowerToys.DSC.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.DSC</AssemblyName>

src/logging/logging.vcxproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="16.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests/AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests.csproj

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
 		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
+		<OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\AdvancedPaste.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<Compile Include="..\AdvancedPaste\Helpers\JsonHelper.cs" Link="JsonHelper.cs" />

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests/AdvancedPaste.UnitTests.csproj

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

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
     <ApplicationIcon>Assets\AdvancedPaste\AdvancedPaste.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface/AdvancedPasteModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>EXAMPLEPOWERTOY_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <OutputFile>$(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</OutputFile>
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
     <ClCompile Include="trace.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/AdvancedPaste/UITest-AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste-UITests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<ProjectGuid>{2B1505FA-132A-460B-B22B-7CC3FFAB0C5D}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\UITests-AdvancedPaste\</OutputPath>
+		<OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\UITests-AdvancedPaste\</OutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>

src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLock/CropAndLock.vcxproj

@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.$(MSBuildProjectName)</TargetName>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj</AdditionalOptions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;$(RepoRoot)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src\common\Telemetry;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -147,21 +147,21 @@
     <Manifest Include="app.manifest" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
       <Project>{8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
       <Project>{98537082-0fdb-40de-abd8-0dc5a4269bab}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\robmikh.common.0.0.23-beta\build\native\robmikh.common.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\robmikh.common.0.0.23-beta\build\native\robmikh.common.targets')" />

src/modules/CropAndLock/CropAndLockModuleInterface/CropAndLockModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.CropAndLockModuleInterface</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;$(RepoRoot)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;$(SolutionDir)src\common\Telemetry;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <OutputFile>$(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</OutputFile>
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@
     <ResourceCompile Include="CropAndLockModuleInterface.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\robmikh.common.0.0.23-beta\build\native\robmikh.common.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\robmikh.common.0.0.23-beta\build\native\robmikh.common.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>

src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariables.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>true</WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>
     <DefineConstants>DISABLE_XAML_GENERATED_MAIN,TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.EnvironmentVariables</AssemblyName>
     <ApplicationIcon>Assets\EnvironmentVariables\EnvironmentVariables.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->

src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface/EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.base.rc EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.base.rc EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>17.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.EnvironmentVariablesModuleInterface</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src;$(RepoRoot)src\modules;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)src;$(SolutionDir)src\modules;$(SolutionDir)src\common\Telemetry;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@
     <None Include="Resource.resx" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\version\version.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\version\version.vcxproj">
       <Project>{cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesUILib/EnvironmentVariablesMainPage.xaml

@@ -466,39 +466,27 @@
                         TextChanged="EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged"
                         TextWrapping="Wrap" />
                     <MenuFlyoutSeparator Visibility="{Binding ShowAsList, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}" />
-                    <ListView
+                    <ItemsControl
                         x:Name="EditVariableValuesList"
                         Margin="0,-8,0,12"
                         HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
-                        AllowDrop="True"
-                        CanDragItems="True"
-                        CanReorderItems="True"
-                        DragItemsCompleted="EditVariableValuesList_DragItemsCompleted"
                         ItemsSource="{Binding ValuesList, Mode=TwoWay}"
                         Visibility="{Binding ShowAsList, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}}">
-                        <ListView.ItemTemplate>
+                        <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
                             <DataTemplate>
                                 <Grid>
                                     <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                                        <ColumnDefinition Width="32" />
                                         <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                                         <ColumnDefinition Width="40" />
                                     </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                                    <FontIcon
-                                        Grid.Column="0"
-                                        Margin="0,0,8,0"
-                                        FontSize="16"
-                                        Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                                        Glyph="&#xE759;" />
                                     <TextBox
-                                        Grid.Column="1"
                                         Background="Transparent"
                                         BorderBrush="Transparent"
                                         LostFocus="EditVariableValuesListTextBox_LostFocus"
                                         Text="{Binding Text}" />
                                     <Button
                                         x:Uid="More_Options_Button"
-                                        Grid.Column="2"
+                                        Grid.Column="1"
                                         VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                         Content="&#xE712;"
                                         FontFamily="{ThemeResource SymbolThemeFontFamily}"
@@ -535,8 +523,8 @@
                                     </Button>
                                 </Grid>
                             </DataTemplate>
-                        </ListView.ItemTemplate>
-                    </ListView>
+                        </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
+                    </ItemsControl>
                 </StackPanel>
             </ScrollViewer>
         </ContentDialog>

src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesUILib/EnvironmentVariablesMainPage.xaml.cs

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
 {
     public sealed partial class EnvironmentVariablesMainPage : Page
     {
-        private const string ValueListSeparator = ";";
-
         private sealed class RelayCommandParameter
         {
             public RelayCommandParameter(Variable variable, VariablesSet set)
@@ -442,7 +440,7 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
                 variable.ValuesList.Move(index, index - 1);
             }
 
-            var newValues = string.Join(ValueListSeparator, variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
+            var newValues = string.Join(";", variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.Text = newValues;
         }
 
@@ -463,7 +461,7 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
                 variable.ValuesList.Move(index, index + 1);
             }
 
-            var newValues = string.Join(ValueListSeparator, variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
+            var newValues = string.Join(";", variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.Text = newValues;
         }
 
@@ -478,7 +476,7 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
             var variable = EditVariableDialog.DataContext as Variable;
             variable.ValuesList.Remove(listItem);
 
-            var newValues = string.Join(ValueListSeparator, variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
+            var newValues = string.Join(";", variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.Text = newValues;
         }
 
@@ -494,7 +492,7 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
             var index = variable.ValuesList.IndexOf(listItem);
             variable.ValuesList.Insert(index, new Variable.ValuesListItem { Text = string.Empty });
 
-            var newValues = string.Join(ValueListSeparator, variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
+            var newValues = string.Join(";", variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged -= EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.Text = newValues;
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged += EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
@@ -512,7 +510,7 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
             var index = variable.ValuesList.IndexOf(listItem);
             variable.ValuesList.Insert(index + 1, new Variable.ValuesListItem { Text = string.Empty });
 
-            var newValues = string.Join(ValueListSeparator, variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
+            var newValues = string.Join(";", variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged -= EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.Text = newValues;
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged += EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
@@ -534,7 +532,7 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
             listItem.Text = (sender as TextBox)?.Text;
             var variable = EditVariableDialog.DataContext as Variable;
 
-            var newValues = string.Join(ValueListSeparator, variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
+            var newValues = string.Join(";", variable.ValuesList?.Select(x => x.Text).ToArray());
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged -= EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.Text = newValues;
             EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged += EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
@@ -550,16 +548,5 @@ namespace EnvironmentVariablesUILib
             CancelAddVariable();
             ConfirmAddVariableBtn.IsEnabled = false;
         }
-
-        private void EditVariableValuesList_DragItemsCompleted(ListViewBase sender, DragItemsCompletedEventArgs args)
-        {
-            if (EditVariableDialog.DataContext is Variable variable && variable.ValuesList != null)
-            {
-                var newValues = string.Join(ValueListSeparator, variable.ValuesList.Select(x => x.Text));
-                EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged -= EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
-                EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.Text = newValues;
-                EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox.TextChanged += EditVariableDialogValueTxtBox_TextChanged;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }

src/modules/EnvironmentVariables/EnvironmentVariablesUILib/EnvironmentVariablesUILib.csproj

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

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithCLI/FileLocksmithCLI.vcxproj

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <ProjectName>FileLocksmithCLI</ProjectName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
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   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
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+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\FileLocksmithCLI\</OutDir>
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   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
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src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithContextMenu/FileLocksmithContextMenu.vcxproj

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+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h FileLocksmithContextMenu.base.rc FileLocksmithContextMenu.rc" />
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-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
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     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
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     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
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     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
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     </ProjectReference>
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   <ItemGroup>
     <ResourceCompile Include="FileLocksmithContextMenu.base.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithExt/FileLocksmithExt.vcxproj

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   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h FileLocksmithExt.base.rc FileLocksmithExt.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h FileLocksmithExt.base.rc FileLocksmithExt.rc" />
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     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <ProjectGuid>{57175ec7-92a5-4c1e-8244-e3fbca2a81de}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>FileLocksmithExt</RootNamespace>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.FileLocksmithExt</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
@@ -98,16 +98,16 @@
     <None Include="dll.def" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
       <Project>{8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
       <Project>{98537082-0fdb-40de-abd8-0dc5a4269bab}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FileLocksmithLib\FileLocksmithLib.vcxproj">
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/FileLocksmithLibInterop.vcxproj

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <ProjectName>PowerToys.FileLocksmithLib.Interop</ProjectName>
     <RootNamespace>PowerToys.FileLocksmithLib.Interop</RootNamespace>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.22621.0</TargetFramework>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.FileLocksmithLib.Interop</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\interop\PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\interop\PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj">
       <Project>{f055103b-f80b-4d0c-bf48-057c55620033}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>

src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithUI/FileLocksmithUI.csproj

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>PowerToys.FileLocksmith</AssemblyTitle>
     <AssemblyDescription>PowerToys File Locksmith</AssemblyDescription>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
     <RootNamespace>PowerToys.FileLocksmithUI</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.FileLocksmithUI</AssemblyName>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts.FuzzTests/HostsEditor.FuzzTests.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-	<Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	<Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props" />
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
+		<OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.FuzzTests\</OutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 	
 	<ItemGroup>

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts.Tests/HostsEditor.UnitTests.csproj

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

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts.UITests/HostsEditor.UITests.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ProjectGuid>{4E0AE3A4-2EE0-44D7-A2D0-8769977254A0}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       <RunVSTest>false</RunVSTest>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.UITests\</OutputPath>
+      <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Hosts.UITests\</OutputPath>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <EmbeddedResource Include="Baseline\HostModuleTests_TestAddingEntry_arm64.png" />

src/modules/Hosts/Hosts/Hosts.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>true</WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>
-    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps</OutputPath>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.Hosts</AssemblyName>
     <DefineConstants>DISABLE_XAML_GENERATED_MAIN,TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ApplicationIcon>Assets/Hosts/Hosts.ico</ApplicationIcon>

src/modules/Hosts/HostsModuleInterface/HostsModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.HostsModuleInterface</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
     <ClCompile Include="dllmain.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <None Include="Resource.resx" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/Hosts/HostsUILib/HostsUILib.csproj

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

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchModuleInterface/LightSwitchModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
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     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -194,13 +194,13 @@
     <ResourceCompile Include="LightSwitchModuleInterface.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
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       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\ManagedCommon\ManagedCommon.csproj">
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     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
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@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/LightSwitch/LightSwitchService/LightSwitchService.vcxproj

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.LightSwitchService</TargetName>
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-        $(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI;
-        $(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;
-        $(RepoRoot)src\;
+        ..\..\..\common\logger;
+        ..\..\..\common\utils;
+        ..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI;
+        ..\..\..\common\Telemetry;
+        ..\..\..\;
         ..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog\include;
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   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
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+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
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src/modules/LightSwitch/Tests/LightSwitch.UITests/LightSwitch.UITests.csproj

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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src/modules/MeasureTool/Tests/ScreenRuler.UITests/ScreenRuler.UITests.csproj

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src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJump.Common.UnitTests/MouseJump.Common.UnitTests.csproj

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src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJump.Common/MouseJump.Common.csproj

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src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJumpUI/MouseJumpUI.csproj

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-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />

src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/MouseWithoutBorders.UnitTests/MouseWithoutBorders.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
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src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.win10/NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h new.base.rc new.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h new.base.rc new.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>17.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10</TargetName>
     <LinkIncremental />
     <IgnoreImportLibrary />
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN10_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN10_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
       <Project>{8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
       <Project>{98537082-0fdb-40de-abd8-0dc5a4269bab}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" />

src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h new.base.rc new.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h new.base.rc new.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>17.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <TargetExt>.dll</TargetExt>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.NewPlus.ShellExtension</TargetName>
     <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\TemporaryBuild\obj\$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
     <LinkIncremental />
     <IgnoreImportLibrary />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.NewPlus.ShellExtension</TargetName>
     <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\TemporaryBuild\obj\$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
     <LinkIncremental />
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ MakeAppx.exe pack /d . /p $(OutDir)NewPlusPackage.msix /nv</Command>
       <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -167,19 +167,19 @@ MakeAppx.exe pack /d . /p $(OutDir)NewPlusPackage.msix /nv</Command>
     </CopyFileToFolders>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
       <Project>{8f021b46-362b-485c-bfba-ccf83e820cbd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
       <Project>{98537082-0fdb-40de-abd8-0dc5a4269bab}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\version\version.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\version\version.vcxproj">
       <Project>{cc6e41ac-8174-4e8a-8d22-85dd7f4851df}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ MakeAppx.exe pack /d . /p $(OutDir)NewPlusPackage.msix /nv</Command>
     <None Include="AppxManifest.xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/PowerOCR/PowerOCR-UITests/PowerOCR.UITests.csproj

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>PowerOCR.UITests</RootNamespace>
 	<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-	<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\PowerOCR.UITests\</OutputPath>
+	<OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\PowerOCR.UITests\</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 	
   <ItemGroup>

src/modules/PowerOCR/PowerOCR/PowerOCR.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)src\Common.SelfContained.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.SelfContained.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyTitle>PowerToys.PowerOCR</AssemblyTitle>
-    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <GenerateSatelliteAssembliesForCore>true</GenerateSatelliteAssembliesForCore>

src/modules/PowerOCR/PowerOCRModuleInterface/PowerOCRModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h PowerOCR.base.rc PowerOCR.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h PowerOCR.base.rc PowerOCR.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>15.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>EXAMPLEPOWERTOY_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;..\..\;$(RepoRoot)src\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <OutputFile>$(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</OutputFile>
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
     <ClCompile Include="trace.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/ShortcutGuide/ShortcutGuide/ShortcutGuide.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h ShortcutGuide.base.rc ShortcutGuide.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h ShortcutGuide.base.rc ShortcutGuide.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <CppWinRTOptimized>true</CppWinRTOptimized>
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
     <TargetName>PowerToys.$(MSBuildProjectName)</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>;$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;$(RepoRoot)src\;..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>;..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\..\;..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>ole32.lib;Shell32.lib;OleAut32.lib;Dbghelp.lib;Dwmapi.lib;Dcomp.lib;Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -149,19 +149,19 @@
     </CopyFileToFolders>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Display\Display.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Display\Display.vcxproj">
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     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
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     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Telemetry\EtwTrace\EtwTrace.vcxproj">
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     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\Themes\Themes.vcxproj">
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     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     <Manifest Include="ShortcutGuide.exe.manifest" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/ShortcutGuide/ShortcutGuideModuleInterface/ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.vcxproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
   <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(RepoRoot)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.base.rc ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.rc" />
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.base.rc ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.rc" />
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>15.0</VCProjectVersion>
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
     <TargetName>PowerToys.ShortcutGuideModuleInterface</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>;$(RepoRoot)src\common\inc;$(RepoRoot)src\common\Telemetry;$(RepoRoot)src\;..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>;..\..\..\common\inc;..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\..\;..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Dwmapi.lib;Dcomp.lib;Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\logger\logger.vcxproj">
       <Project>{d9b8fc84-322a-4f9f-bbb9-20915c47ddfd}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
-    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)src\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\SettingsAPI\SettingsAPI.vcxproj">
       <Project>{6955446d-23f7-4023-9bb3-8657f904af99}</Project>
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@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <None Include="ShortcutGuideModuleInterface.base.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)deps\spdlog.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
     <Import Project="..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>

src/modules/Workspaces/Workspaces.ModuleServices/Workspaces.ModuleServices.csproj

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

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesCsharpLibrary/Data/ApplicationWrapper.cs

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ public struct ApplicationWrapper
 {
     public struct WindowPositionWrapper
     {
-        [JsonPropertyName("x")]
+        [JsonPropertyName("X")]
         public int X { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonPropertyName("y")]
+        [JsonPropertyName("Y")]
         public int Y { get; set; }
 
         [JsonPropertyName("width")]

src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesCsharpLibrary/WorkspacesCsharpLibrary.csproj

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