Fix VIProductName

Remove crufty version defines
Get rid of all extra VERSIONINFO resources
2026-02-02 01:09:41 +01:00 · 2024-09-18 16:14:14 -05:00 · 2024-09-18 16:13:53 -05:00 · 2024-09-18 16:11:40 -05:00 · 2024-09-18 15:46:04 -05:00 · 2024-09-18 13:48:01 -05:00
1177 changed files with 18883 additions and 6199 deletions
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ body:
      - System tray interaction
      - TextExtractor
      - Video Conference Mute
+      - Workspaces
      - Welcome / PowerToys Tour window
  validations:
    required: true
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/translation_issue.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/translation_issue.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ body:
    - System tray interaction
    - TextExtractor
    - Video Conference Mute
+    - Workspaces
    - Welcome / PowerToys Tour window
  validations:
    required: true
--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/allow/names.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/allow/names.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ videoconference

 # USERS

-8LWXpg
+LWXpg  # (number eight)LWXpg is actual user name but spell checker throws error with a numeric leading value ... which is kinda odd
 Adoumie
 Advaith
 alekhyareddy
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ DHowett
 ductdo
 Essey
 ethanfangg
+ferraridavide
 frankychen
 gabime
 Galaxi
--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/excludes.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/excludes.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 ^\Qsrc/modules/previewpane/UnitTests-StlThumbnailProvider/HelperFiles/sample.stl\E$
 ^\Qtools/project_template/ModuleTemplate/resource.h\E$
 ^doc/devdocs/akaLinks\.md$
+^src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft\.PowerToys\.Run\.Plugin\.TimeDate/Properties/
 ^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/.*/NativeMethods\.cs$
 ^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/.*\.Designer\.cs$
 ^src/modules/MouseWithoutBorders/App/Form/.*\.resx$
--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
@@ -56,11 +56,14 @@ APPBARDATA
 appdata
 APPEXECLINK
 Appium
+applayout
 Applicationcan
+APPLICATIONFRAMEHOST
 appmanifest
 APPNAME
 appref
 appsettings
+appsfolder
 appwindow
 appwiz
 APSTUDIO
@@ -189,7 +192,6 @@ CLIPBOARDUPDATE
 CLIPCHILDREN
 CLIPSIBLINGS
 closesocket
-clrcall
 CLSCTX
 Clusion
 cmder
@@ -200,8 +202,8 @@ CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO
 CMINVOKECOMMANDINFOEX
 CMock
 CMONITORS
-cmph
 cmpgt
+cmph
 cne
 CNF
 coclass
@@ -241,16 +243,14 @@ CONTEXTMENUHANDLER
 CONTROLL
 CONTROLPARENT
 copiedcolorrepresentation
+COREWINDOW
 cotaskmem
 COULDNOT
 countof
 cph
 CPower
 cppblog
-cppruntime
-cppstd
 cppwinrt
-CProj
 createdump
 CREATESCHEDULEDTASK
 CREATESTRUCT
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ CSettings
 cso
 CSRW
 CStyle
+cswinrt
 CSY
 CTest
 currentculture
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ dxgi
 dxgidebug
 dxgiformat
 dxguid
+easeofaccess
 ecount
 EData
 Edid
@@ -604,7 +606,6 @@ hmenu
 hmodule
 hmonitor
 homljgmgpmcbpjbnjpfijnhipfkiclkd
-HOOKPROC
 Hostbackdropbrush
 hotkeycontrol
 hotkeys
@@ -836,6 +837,7 @@ lpwcx
 lpwndpl
 LReader
 LRESULT
+LSTATUS
 lstrcmp
 lstrcmpi
 lstrlen
@@ -932,7 +934,6 @@ MRT
 mru
 mrw
 msc
-msclr
 mscorlib
 msdata
 msedge
@@ -1112,6 +1113,7 @@ PATINVERT
 PATPAINT
 PAUDIO
 pbc
+pbi
 PBlob
 pcb
 pcch
@@ -1125,6 +1127,7 @@ pdo
 pdto
 pdtobj
 pdw
+Peb
 pef
 PElems
 Pels
@@ -1208,6 +1211,8 @@ projectname
 PROPBAG
 PROPERTYKEY
 propkey
+propsys
+PROPVARIANT
 propvarutil
 prvpane
 psapi
@@ -1373,6 +1378,7 @@ sddl
 SDKDDK
 sdns
 searchterm
+SEARCHUI
 secpol
 SENDCHANGE
 sendinput
@@ -1504,7 +1510,6 @@ STATICEDGE
 STATSTG
 stdafx
 STDAPI
-stdcpp
 stdcpplatest
 STDMETHODCALLTYPE
 STDMETHODIMP
@@ -1556,7 +1561,9 @@ SYSKEYUP
 SYSLIB
 SYSMENU
 SYSTEMAPPS
+systemsettings
 SYSTEMTIME
+SYSTEMWOW
 tapp
 TApplication
 TApplied
@@ -1668,9 +1675,11 @@ urlmon
 Usb
 USEDEFAULT
 USEFILEATTRIBUTES
+USEPOSITION
 USERDATA
 Userenv
 USESHOWWINDOW
+USESIZE
 USESTDHANDLES
 USRDLL
 UType
@@ -1708,8 +1717,10 @@ VIDEOINFOHEADER
 viewmodel
 vih
 VIRTUALDESK
+VISEGRADRELAY
 visiblecolorformats
 Visibletrue
+visualeffects
 VKey
 vmovl
 vorrq
@@ -1736,6 +1747,7 @@ vswhere
 Vtbl
 WANTPALM
 wbem
+Wbemidl
 wbemuuid
 WBounds
 Wca
@@ -1823,6 +1835,9 @@ WNDCLASSEXW
 WNDCLASSW
 WNDPROC
 workarounds
+WORKSPACESEDITOR
+WORKSPACESLAUNCHER
+WORKSPACESSNAPSHOTTOOL
 wox
 wparam
 wpf
--- a/.github/policies/resourceManagement.yml
+++ b/.github/policies/resourceManagement.yml
@@ -236,11 +236,22 @@ configuration:
    - if:
      - payloadType: Issue_Comment
      - commentContains:
-          pattern: 'I would [like|love] [to help|helping|to contribute|contributing|to implement|implementing|to fix|fixing]'
+          pattern: "I(( would|'d) (like|love|be happy)| want) (to help|helping|to contribute|contributing|to implement|implementing|to fix|fixing)"
          isRegex: True
      then:
      - addReply:
          reply: Hi! Your last comment indicates to our system, that you might want to contribute to this feature/fix this bug. Thank you! Please make us aware on our ["Would you like to contribute to PowerToys?" thread](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/28769), as we don't see all the comments. <br /><br />_I'm a bot (beep!) so please excuse any mistakes I may make_
+      description:
+    - if:
+      - payloadType: Issues
+      - isAction:
+          action: Opened
+      - bodyContains:
+          pattern: 'Area\(s\) with issue\?\s*\nWorkspaces'
+          isRegex: True
+      then:
+      - addLabel:
+          label: Product-Workspaces
      description: 
 onFailure: 
 onSuccess: 
--- a/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json
+++ b/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@
                "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.PowerRenameContextMenu.dll",
                "WinUI3Apps\\PowerRenameContextMenuPackage.msix",

+                "PowerToys.WorkspacesSnapshotTool.exe",
+                "PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncher.exe",
+                "PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor.exe",
+                "PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor.dll",
+                "PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncherUI.exe",
+                "PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncherUI.dll",
+                "PowerToys.WorkspacesModuleInterface.dll",
+
                "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreviewExt.dll",
                "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreviewUILib.dll",
                "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.RegistryPreview.dll",
--- a/.pipelines/installer-steps.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/installer-steps.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 parameters:
-  - name: versionNumber
-    type: string
-    default: "0.0.1"
  - name: perUserArg
    type: string
    default: "false"
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ steps:
    displayName: "Extracting MSI to verify contents"
    inputs:
      script: |
-        "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\dark.exe" -x $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}-$(BuildPlatform).msi
+        "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\dark.exe" -x $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-$(XES_BINARYVERSION)-$(BuildPlatform).msi
        dir $(build.sourcesdirectory)\extractedMsi

  # Check if deps.json files don't reference different dll versions.
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ steps:
  - task: CmdLine@2
    displayName: "Insignia: Extract Engine from Bundle"
    inputs:
-      script: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" -ib installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}-$(BuildPlatform).exe -o installer\engine.exe'
+      script: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" -ib installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-$(XES_BINARYVERSION)-$(BuildPlatform).exe -o installer\engine.exe'

  - task: SFP.build-tasks.custom-build-task-1.EsrpCodeSigning@5
    displayName: "ESRP CodeSigning (Engine)"
@@ -138,7 +135,7 @@ steps:
  - task: CmdLine@2
    displayName: "Insignia: Merge Engine into Bundle"
    inputs:
-      script: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" -ab installer\engine.exe installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}-$(BuildPlatform).exe -o installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-${{ parameters.versionNumber }}-$(BuildPlatform).exe'
+      script: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.14\bin\insignia.exe" -ab installer\engine.exe installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-$(XES_BINARYVERSION)-$(BuildPlatform).exe -o installer\PowerToysSetup\$(BuildPlatform)\$(BuildConfiguration)\${{parameters.buildSubDir}}\${{parameters.installerPrefix}}-$(XES_BINARYVERSION)-$(BuildPlatform).exe'

  - task: SFP.build-tasks.custom-build-task-1.EsrpCodeSigning@5
    displayName: Sign Bootstrapper
--- a/.pipelines/release.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/release.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ parameters:
    default:
      - x64
      - arm64
-  - name: versionNumber
-    type: string
-    default: '0.0.1'
  - name: signingParameters
    type: object
    default:
@@ -83,13 +80,6 @@ extends:
          submodules: true
          persistCredentials: True

-      # Sets versions for all PowerToy created DLLs
-        - task: PowerShell@1
-          displayName: Set Versions.Prop
-          inputs:
-            scriptName: .pipelines/versionSetting.ps1
-            arguments: -versionNumber '${{ parameters.versionNumber }}' -DevEnvironment ''
-
      # ESRP needs 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '6.0.0' (x64)
        - task: UseDotNet@2
          displayName: 'Use .NET 6 SDK'
@@ -120,6 +110,13 @@ extends:
      # - Webcam report tool
      # - Installer
      # - Bootstrapper Installer
+
+        - pwsh: |-
+            nuget install -configFile .pipelines/release-nuget.config Microsoft.Windows.Terminal.Versioning -OutputDirectory _versioning
+            $VersionRoot = (Get-Item _versioning\Microsoft.Windows.*).FullName
+            & "$VersionRoot\build\Setup.ps1" -ProjectDirectory "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)" -Verbose
+          displayName: Set up versioning via M.W.T.V
+
        - task: PowerShell@2
          displayName: Download and install WiX 3.14 development build
          inputs:
@@ -487,7 +484,6 @@ extends:
        - template: .pipelines/installer-steps.yml@self
          parameters:
            signingParameters: ${{ parameters.signingParameters }}
-            versionNumber: ${{ parameters.versionNumber }}
            perUserArg: "false"
            buildSubDir: "MachineSetup"
            installerPrefix: "PowerToysSetup"
@@ -502,7 +498,6 @@ extends:
        - template: .pipelines/installer-steps.yml@self
          parameters:
            signingParameters: ${{ parameters.signingParameters }}
-            versionNumber: ${{ parameters.versionNumber }}
            perUserArg: "true"
            buildSubDir: "UserSetup"
            installerPrefix: "PowerToysUserSetup"
--- a/.pipelines/verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1
+++ b/.pipelines/verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ Get-ChildItem $targetDir -Recurse -Filter *.deps.json -Exclude UITests-FancyZone
                            $dllName = Split-Path $_.Name -leaf
                            if([bool]($_.Value.PSObject.Properties.name -match 'fileVersion')) {
                                $dllFileVersion = $_.Value.fileVersion
-                                
+                                if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($dllFileVersion) -and $dllName.StartsWith('PowerToys.'))` {
+                                    # After VS 17.11 update some of PowerToys dlls have no fileVersion in deps.json even though the 
+                                    # version is correctly set. This is a workaround to skip our dlls as we are confident that all of
+                                    # our dlls share the same version across the dependencies.
+                                    continue
+                                }
+
                                # Add the entry to the dictionary of dictionary of lists
                                if(-Not $referencedFileVersionsPerDll.ContainsKey($dllName)) {
                                    $referencedFileVersionsPerDll[$dllName] = @{ $dllFileVersion = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[System.String] }
--- a/.vsconfig
+++ b/.vsconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Universal",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041",
-    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.20348",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.22621",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.UWP.VC",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.UWP.VC.ARM64",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.ARM64.Spectre",
--- a/Cpp.Build.props
+++ b/Cpp.Build.props
@@ -94,17 +94,16 @@
    </Link>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>

-  <!-- Global props -->
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals"
-    Condition="'$(OverrideWindowsTargetPlatformVersion)'!='True'">
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.20348.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
-    <TargetPlatformVersion>10.0.20348.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
+  <!-- Global props OverrideWindowsTargetPlatformVersion-->
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.22621.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <TargetPlatformVersion>10.0.22621.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
    <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.19041.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(OverridePlatformToolset)'!='True'">v143</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
    <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,132 +1,3 @@
 <Project>
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <Copyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
-    <AssemblyCompany>Microsoft Corp.</AssemblyCompany>
-    <AssemblyCopyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</AssemblyCopyright>
-    <AssemblyProduct>PowerToys</AssemblyProduct>
-    <Company>Microsoft Corporation</Company>
-    <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
-    <Platforms>x64;ARM64</Platforms>
-    <PackageTags>PowerToys</PackageTags>
-    <EnableNETAnalyzers>true</EnableNETAnalyzers>
-    <AnalysisMode>Recommended</AnalysisMode>
-    <_SkipUpgradeNetAnalyzersNuGetWarning>true</_SkipUpgradeNetAnalyzersNuGetWarning>
-    <IncludeSourceRevisionInInformationalVersion>false</IncludeSourceRevisionInInformationalVersion> <!-- Don't add source revision hash to the product version of binaries. -->
-    <PlatformTarget>$(Platform)</PlatformTarget>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
-    <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys</RepositoryUrl>
-    <RepositoryType>GitHub</RepositoryType>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
-    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>PowerToys.Root.Props</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
-    <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="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
-    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
-
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers">
-      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
-      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <!-- Add ability to run tests via "msbuild /t:Test" -->
-  <!--
-    Workaround an MSBuild bug where Microsoft.Common.Test.targets is missing from the Arm64 installation.
-    See: https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/pull/9984
-    NB 1: This means that using "/t:Test" is not supported for Arm64 builds and tests will need to be run in an alternate way,
-          eg running tests in VS or invoking vstest.console directly.
-    NB 2: <Sdk> elements do not support conditions, so this is also being worked around.
-          Once the change referenced above is fixed, the ImportGroup below can be replaced with:
-            <Sdk Name="Microsoft.Build.RunVSTest" Version="1.0.319" />
-  -->
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)' != 'ARM64'">
-    <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.Build.RunVSTest" Version="1.0.319" />
-    <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.Build.RunVSTest" Version="1.0.319" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VSTestLogger>trx</VSTestLogger>
-    <!--
-      RunVSTest by default uses %VSINSTALLDIR%\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\vstest.console.exe,
-      but some of the CI scenarios don't define %VSINSTALLDIR%, so be explicit about where to look for vstest.
-      Note: $(VsInstallRoot) is a built-in MSBuild property, so should always be defined.
-    -->
-    <VSTestToolPath>$(VsInstallRoot)\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow</VSTestToolPath>
-    <!-- No arm64 agents to run the tests. -->
-    <RunVSTest Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'ARM64'">false</RunVSTest>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <!-- MSBuildCache -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- Off by default -->
-    <MSBuildCacheEnabled Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == ''">false</MSBuildCacheEnabled>
-
-    <!-- In Azure pipelines, use Pipeline Caching as the cache storage backend. Otherwise, use the local cache. -->
-    <MSBuildCachePackageName Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' != ''">Microsoft.MSBuildCache.AzurePipelines</MSBuildCachePackageName>
-    <MSBuildCachePackageName Condition="'$(MSBuildCachePackageName)' == ''">Microsoft.MSBuildCache.Local</MSBuildCachePackageName>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'">
-    <!-- Disable when running in a pipeline as the time to upload or download the massive .pch/.pchast to the cache is greater than the savings they provide. -->
-    <UsePrecompiledHeaders Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' != ''">false</UsePrecompiledHeaders>
-
-    <!-- Change this to bust the cache -->
-    <MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse)' == ''">202407200737</MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse>
-
-    <!--
-      Visual Studio telemetry reads various ApplicationInsights.config files and other files after the project is finished, likely in a detached process.
-      This is acceptable and should not impact cache correctness.
-    -->
-    <MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
-      $(MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns);
-      \**\ApplicationInsights.config;
-      $(LocalAppData)\Microsoft\VSApplicationInsights\**;
-      $(LocalAppData)\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\**;
-      A:\;
-      E:\;
-      $(windir)\**;
-    </MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
-
-    <!-- Unit tests of low-priv processes, eg the preview handler tests, may log to this location. -->
-    <MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
-      $(MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns);
-      $(USERPROFILE)\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\PowerToys\**;
-    </MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
-
-    <!-- 
-      This repo uses a common output directory with many projects writing duplicate outputs. Allow everything, but note this costs some performance in the form of requiring
-      the cache to use copies instead of hardlinks when pulling from cache.
-    -->
-    <MSBuildCacheIdenticalDuplicateOutputPatterns>$(MSBuildCacheIdenticalDuplicateOutputPatterns);**</MSBuildCacheIdenticalDuplicateOutputPatterns>
-
-    <!-- version of MSBuildCache is not part of the cache key -->
-    <PackagesConfigFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages.config</PackagesConfigFile>
-    <MSBuildCacheIgnoredInputPatterns>$(MSBuildCacheIgnoredInputPatterns);$(PackagesConfigFile)</MSBuildCacheIgnoredInputPatterns>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(MSBuildCachePackageRoot)' == ''">
-    <PackagesConfigContents>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$(PackagesConfigFile)"))</PackagesConfigContents>
-    <MSBuildCachePackageVersion>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match($(PackagesConfigContents), 'Microsoft.MSBuildCache.*?version="(.*?)"').Groups[1].Value)</MSBuildCachePackageVersion>
-    <MSBuildCachePackageRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages\$(MSBuildCachePackageName).$(MSBuildCachePackageVersion)</MSBuildCachePackageRoot>
-    <MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages\Microsoft.MSBuildCache.SharedCompilation.$(MSBuildCachePackageVersion)</MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'">
-    <Import Project="$(MSBuildCachePackageRoot)\build\$(MSBuildCachePackageName).props" />
-    <Import Project="$(MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot)\build\Microsoft.MSBuildCache.SharedCompilation.props" />
-  </ImportGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\custom.props" />
 </Project>
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 <Project>
-  <Sdk Name="Microsoft.Build.CopyOnWrite" Version="1.0.282" />
-
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildCachePackageRoot)\build\$(MSBuildCachePackageName).targets" Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'" />
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot)\build\Microsoft.MSBuildCache.SharedCompilation.targets" Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'" />
-</Project>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\custom.targets" />
+</Project>
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project>
+<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
  </PropertyGroup>
@@ -6,21 +6,19 @@
    <PackageVersion Include="Appium.WebDriver" Version="4.4.5" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="1.0.0-beta.12" />
    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.2.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations" Version="8.0.240109" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Collections" Version="8.0.240109" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives" Version="8.0.240109" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.SettingsControls" Version="8.0.240109" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Segmented" Version="8.0.240109" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Sizers" Version="8.0.240109" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters" Version="8.0.240109" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions" Version="8.0.240109" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations" Version="8.1.240821" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Collections" Version="8.1.240821" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives" Version="8.1.240821" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.SettingsControls" Version="8.1.240821" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Segmented" Version="8.1.240821" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Sizers" Version="8.1.240821" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters" Version="8.1.240821" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions" Version="8.1.240821" />
    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.DataGrid" Version="7.1.2" />
    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.Markdown" Version="7.1.2" />
    <PackageVersion Include="ControlzEx" Version="6.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="DotNetSeleniumExtras.WaitHelpers" Version="3.11.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="HelixToolkit" Version="2.24.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="HelixToolkit.Core.Wpf" Version="2.24.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="HtmlAgilityPack" Version="1.11.57" />
    <PackageVersion Include="hyjiacan.pinyin4net" Version="4.1.1" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Interop.Microsoft.Office.Interop.OneNote" Version="1.1.0.2" />
    <PackageVersion Include="LazyCache" Version="2.4.0" />
@@ -28,30 +26,31 @@
    <PackageVersion Include="Markdig.Signed" Version="0.34.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="8.0.7" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.DotNet.UpgradeAssistant.Extensions.Default.Analyzers" Version="0.4.336902" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.2365.46" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.2739.15" />
    <!-- Package Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents added as a hack for being able to exclude the runtime assets so they don't conflict with 8.0.1. This is a dependency of System.Drawing.Common but the 8.0.1 version wasn't published to nuget. -->
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility" Version="8.0.7" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32" Version="0.2.46-beta" />
    <!-- CsWinRT version needs to be set to have a WinRT.Runtime.dll at the same version contained inside the NET SDK we're currently building on CI. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.0.4" />
+    <!-- 
+      TODO: in Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props, on upgrade, verify RemoveCsWinRTPackageAnalyzer is no longer needed.  
+      This is present due to a bug in CsWinRT where WPF projects cause the analyzer to fail.
+	-->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" Version="2.1.1" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.22621.2428" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts" Version="10.0.19041.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.5.240428000" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.6.240829007" />
    <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" />
    <!-- Moq to stay below v4.20 due to behavior change. need to be sure fixed -->
    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.4" />
    <PackageVersion Include="MSTest" Version="3.5.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
    <PackageVersion Include="NLog" Version="5.0.4" />
    <PackageVersion Include="NLog.Extensions.Logging" Version="5.3.8" />
    <PackageVersion Include="NLog.Schema" Version="5.2.8" />
@@ -84,10 +83,8 @@
    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="8.0.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.4" />
    <PackageVersion Include="UnicodeInformation" Version="2.6.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="UnitsNet" Version="5.50.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="UnitsNet" Version="5.56.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.5.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Vanara.PInvoke.User32" Version="3.4.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32" Version="3.4.11" />
    <PackageVersion Include="WinUIEx" Version="2.2.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="WPF-UI" Version="3.0.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
--- a/NOTICE.md
+++ b/NOTICE.md
@@ -1299,14 +1299,14 @@ EXHIBIT A -Mozilla Public License.
 - Appium.WebDriver 4.4.5
 - Azure.AI.OpenAI 1.0.0-beta.12
 - CommunityToolkit.Mvvm 8.2.2
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations 8.0.240109
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Collections 8.0.240109
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives 8.0.240109
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Segmented 8.0.240109
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.SettingsControls 8.0.240109
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Sizers 8.0.240109
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters 8.0.240109
- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions 8.0.240109
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Animations 8.1.240821
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Collections 8.1.240821
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Primitives 8.1.240821
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Segmented 8.1.240821
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.SettingsControls 8.1.240821
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls.Sizers 8.1.240821
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Converters 8.1.240821
+- CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Extensions 8.1.240821
 - CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.DataGrid 7.1.2
 - CommunityToolkit.WinUI.UI.Controls.Markdown 7.1.2
 - ControlzEx 6.0.0
@@ -1325,14 +1325,13 @@ EXHIBIT A -Mozilla Public License.
 - Microsoft.Extensions.Logging 8.0.0
 - Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions 8.0.0
 - Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications 7.1.2
- Microsoft.Web.WebView2 1.0.2365.46
+- Microsoft.Web.WebView2 1.0.2739.15
 - Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents 8.0.0
 - Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility 8.0.7
 - Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 0.2.46-beta
- Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT 2.0.4
+- Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT 2.1.1
 - Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools 10.0.22621.2428
- Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts 10.0.19041.1
- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.5.240428000
+- Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.6.240829007
 - Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.WinUI.Managed 2.0.9
 - Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf 1.1.39
 - ModernWpfUI 0.9.4
@@ -1364,9 +1363,7 @@ EXHIBIT A -Mozilla Public License.
 - System.Text.Encoding.CodePages 8.0.0
 - System.Text.Json 8.0.4
 - UnicodeInformation 2.6.0
- UnitsNet 5.50.0
+- UnitsNet 5.56.0
 - UTF.Unknown 2.5.1
- Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32 3.4.11
- Vanara.PInvoke.User32 3.4.11
 - WinUIEx 2.2.0
 - WPF-UI 3.0.0
--- a/PowerToys.sln
+++ b/PowerToys.sln
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
 		src\.editorconfig = src\.editorconfig
 		.vsconfig = .vsconfig
+		src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props = src\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props
+		src\Common.SelfContained.props = src\Common.SelfContained.props
 		Cpp.Build.props = Cpp.Build.props
 		Directory.Build.props = Directory.Build.props
 		Directory.Build.targets = Directory.Build.targets
@@ -180,11 +182,6 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Settings.UI.Library", "src\settings-ui\Settings.UI.Library\Settings.UI.Library.csproj", "{B1BCC8C6-46B5-4BFA-8F22-20F32D99EC6A}"
 EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PowerToys.Interop", "src\common\interop\PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj", "{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF} = {CC6E41AC-8174-4E8A-8D22-85DD7F4851DF}
-	EndProjectSection
-EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Microsoft.Plugin.Folder", "src\modules\launcher\Plugins\Microsoft.Plugin.Folder\Microsoft.Plugin.Folder.csproj", "{787B8AA6-CA93-4C84-96FE-DF31110AD1C4}"
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "PowerLauncher.Telemetry", "src\modules\launcher\PowerLauncher.Telemetry\PowerLauncher.Telemetry.csproj", "{08C8C05F-0362-41BC-818C-724572DF8B06}"
@@ -279,6 +276,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "utils", "utils", "{B39DC643
 		src\common\utils\modulesRegistry.h = src\common\utils\modulesRegistry.h
 		src\common\utils\MsiUtils.h = src\common\utils\MsiUtils.h
 		src\common\utils\MsWindowsSettings.h = src\common\utils\MsWindowsSettings.h
+		src\common\utils\OnThreadExecutor.h = src\common\utils\OnThreadExecutor.h
 		src\common\utils\os-detect.h = src\common\utils\os-detect.h
 		src\common\utils\package.h = src\common\utils\package.h
 		src\common\utils\ProcessWaiter.h = src\common\utils\ProcessWaiter.h
@@ -458,7 +456,7 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "FileLocksmithExt", "src\mod
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "FileLocksmithUI", "src\modules\FileLocksmith\FileLocksmithUI\FileLocksmithUI.csproj", "{E69B044A-2F8A-45AA-AD0B-256C59421807}"
 EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "FileLocksmithLibInterop", "src\modules\FileLocksmith\FileLocksmithLibInterop\FileLocksmithLibInterop.vcxproj", "{C604B37E-9D0E-4484-8778-E8B31B0E1B3A}"
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PowerToys.FileLocksmithLib.Interop", "src\modules\FileLocksmith\FileLocksmithLibInterop\FileLocksmithLibInterop.vcxproj", "{C604B37E-9D0E-4484-8778-E8B31B0E1B3A}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "GPOWrapper", "src\common\GPOWrapper\GPOWrapper.vcxproj", "{E599C30B-9DC8-4E5A-BF27-93D4CCEDE788}"
 EndProject
@@ -583,6 +581,39 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "PowerToys.Settings.DSC.Sche
 		{020A7474-3601-4160-A159-D7B70B77B15F} = {020A7474-3601-4160-A159-D7B70B77B15F}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "PowerToys.Interop", "src\common\interop\PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj", "{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}"
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Workspaces", "Workspaces", "{A2221D7E-55E7-4BEA-90D1-4F162D670BBF}"
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "workspaces-common", "workspaces-common", "{BE126CBB-AE12-406A-9837-A05ACFCA57A7}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\GuidUtils.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\GuidUtils.h
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\InvokePoint.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\InvokePoint.h
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\MonitorEnumerator.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\MonitorEnumerator.h
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\MonitorUtils.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\MonitorUtils.h
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\VirtualDesktop.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\VirtualDesktop.h
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\WindowEnumerator.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\WindowEnumerator.h
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\WindowFilter.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\WindowFilter.h
+		src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\WindowUtils.h = src\modules\Workspaces\workspaces-common\WindowUtils.h
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "WindowProperties", "WindowProperties", "{14CB58B7-D280-4A7A-95DE-4B2DF14EA000}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		src\modules\Workspaces\WindowProperties\WorkspacesWindowPropertyUtils.h = src\modules\Workspaces\WindowProperties\WorkspacesWindowPropertyUtils.h
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "WorkspacesLib", "src\modules\Workspaces\WorkspacesLib\WorkspacesLib.vcxproj", "{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}"
+EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "WorkspacesLauncherUI", "src\modules\Workspaces\WorkspacesLauncherUI\WorkspacesLauncherUI.csproj", "{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "WorkspacesModuleInterface", "src\modules\Workspaces\WorkspacesModuleInterface\WorkspacesModuleInterface.vcxproj", "{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "WorkspacesSnapshotTool", "src\modules\Workspaces\WorkspacesSnapshotTool\WorkspacesSnapshotTool.vcxproj", "{3D63307B-9D27-44FD-B033-B26F39245B85}"
+EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "WorkspacesEditor", "src\modules\Workspaces\WorkspacesEditor\WorkspacesEditor.csproj", "{367D7543-7DBA-4381-99F1-BF6142A996C4}"
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "WorkspacesLauncher", "src\modules\Workspaces\WorkspacesLauncher\WorkspacesLauncher.vcxproj", "{2CAC093E-5FCF-4102-9C2C-AC7DD5D9EB96}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|ARM64 = Debug|ARM64
@@ -953,16 +984,6 @@ Global
 		{B1BCC8C6-46B5-4BFA-8F22-20F32D99EC6A}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{B1BCC8C6-46B5-4BFA-8F22-20F32D99EC6A}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{B1BCC8C6-46B5-4BFA-8F22-20F32D99EC6A}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
-		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{787B8AA6-CA93-4C84-96FE-DF31110AD1C4}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
 		{787B8AA6-CA93-4C84-96FE-DF31110AD1C4}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
 		{787B8AA6-CA93-4C84-96FE-DF31110AD1C4}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
@@ -2599,6 +2620,90 @@ Global
 		{1D6893CB-BC0C-46A8-A76C-9728706CA51A}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{1D6893CB-BC0C-46A8-A76C-9728706CA51A}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{1D6893CB-BC0C-46A8-A76C-9728706CA51A}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{F055103B-F80B-4D0C-BF48-057C55620033}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{B31FCC55-B5A4-4EA7-B414-2DCEAE6AF332}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{9C53CC25-0623-4569-95BC-B05410675EE3}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{45285DF2-9742-4ECA-9AC9-58951FC26489}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline
 | [Peek](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Peek) | [Paste as Plain Text](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PastePlain) | [PowerRename](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerRename) |
 | [PowerToys Run](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerToysRun) | [Quick Accent](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_QuickAccent) | [Registry Preview](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_RegistryPreview) |
 | [Screen Ruler](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ScreenRuler) | [Shortcut Guide](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ShortcutGuide) | [Text Extractor](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_TextExtractor) |
-| [Video Conference Mute](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_VideoConference) |
+| [Video Conference Mute](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_VideoConference) | [Workspaces](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Workspaces) |

 ## Installing and running Microsoft PowerToys

@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@ Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline
 Go to the [Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link] and click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release. Please use the appropriate PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture and install scope. For most, it is `x64` and per-user.

 <!-- 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+0.83%22
-[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.82%22
-[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.82.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.82.1-x64.exe 
-[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.82.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.82.1-arm64.exe 
-[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.82.1/PowerToysSetup-0.82.1-x64.exe 
-[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.82.1/PowerToysSetup-0.82.1-arm64.exe
+[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.85%22
+[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.84%22
+[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.84.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.84.1-x64.exe
+[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.84.1/PowerToysUserSetup-0.84.1-arm64.exe
+[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.84.1/PowerToysSetup-0.84.1-x64.exe
+[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.84.1/PowerToysSetup-0.84.1-arm64.exe
 
 |  Description   | Filename | sha256 hash |
 |----------------|----------|-------------|
-| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.82.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | B594C9A32125079186DCE776431E2DC77B896774D2AEE2ACF51BAB8791683485 |
-| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.82.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | 41C1D9C0E8FA7EFFCE6F605C92C143AE933F8C999A2933A4D9D1115B16F14F67 |
-| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.82.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | B8FA7E7C8F88B69E070E234F561D32807634E2E9D782EDBB9DC35F3A454F2264 |
-| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.82.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 58F22306F22CF9878C6DDE6AC128388DF4DFF78B76165E38A695490E55B3C8C4 |
+| Per user - x64       | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.84.1-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 1CDAF3482B031D84DAE15188DE292FB44C5D211698089921040D94B256EBD3CA |
+| Per user - ARM64     | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.84.1-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | E0207EF5147EE281D4F438E87A30586D8CAA24DE948950FF1B12E05454622CD9 |
+| Machine wide - x64   | [PowerToysSetup-0.84.1-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 10DF9774DE1857051E135B9790A18A92C5C7F42587C733DEE991186E67231EE0 |
+| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.84.1-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | EB5DDA5EFBA17E813DBF24AFF668DDF5424ED3659234ABBC15441D478D812699 |

 This is our preferred method.

@@ -99,136 +99,98 @@ For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](/doc/

 Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on.

-### 0.82 - June 2024 Update
+### 0.84 - August 2024 Update

-In this release, we focused on stability and improvements.
+In this release, we focused on adding a new utility (PowerToys Workspaces), Advanced paste custom actions feature, stability, and improvements.

 **Highlights**

- - New feature added to PowerRename to allow using sequences of random characters and UUIDs when renaming files. Thanks [@jhirvioja](https://github.com/jhirvioja)!
- - Improvements in the Paste As JSON feature to better handle other CSV delimiters and converting from ini files. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Fixed UI issues that were reported after upgrading to WPF UI on Color Picker and PowerToys Run.
- - Bug fixes and stability.
+ - New utility: PowerToys Workspaces - this utility can launch a set of applications to a custom layout and configuration on the desktop. App arrangements can be saved as a workspace and then relaunched with one click from the Workspaces Editor or from a desktop shortcut. In the editor, app configuration can be customized using CLI arguments and "launch as admin" modifiers, and app window sizes and positions can be updated as desired. This is our first public version of Workspaces and we are excited for you to try it out for yourself! Make sure to file issues you encounter on our GitHub so the team can continue to improve the utility.
+    - Known issues - the team is actively working on fixing these:
+       - Apps that launch as admin are unable to be repositioned to the desired layout.
+       - Border of "Remove" / "Add Back" app button in editor is not clearly visible on light themes.
+ - Added Awake --use-parent-pid CLI argument to attach to parent process. Thanks [@dend](https://github.com/dend)!
+ - Added custom actions - user-specified pre-defined prompts for the AI model. Additionally, actions (both standard and custom) are now searchable from prompt box and Ctrl + number in-app shortcuts are now applicable for first 9 search results.
+ - Ported all C++/CX code to C++/WinRT as part of a refactor and upgrade series aimed at enabling AOT (Ahead of Time) compilation for enhanced performance and reduced disk footprint.

+### General
+
+ - Added DSC support for ImageResizer resize sizes property.
+ 
 ### Advanced Paste

- - Fixed an issue causing external applications triggering Advanced Paste. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)
- - Added a GPO rule to disallow using online models in Advanced Paste. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)
- - Improved CSV delimiter handling and plain text parsing for the Paste as JSON feature. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Added support to convert from ini in the Paste as JSON feature. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Fixed a memory leak caused by images not being properly cleaned out from clipboard history.
- - Added an option to hide the UI when it loses focus. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- - Improved telemetry to get better data about token usage and if clipboard history is a popular feature. Thanks [@craigloewen-msft](https://github.com/craigloewen-msft)!
+ - Added custom actions - user-specified pre-defined prompts for the AI model. Additionally, actions (both standard and custom) are now searchable from prompt box and Ctrl + number in-app shortcuts are now applicable for first 9 search results.

-### Color Picker
+### Awake

- - Fixed the opaque background corners in the picker that were introduced after the upgrade to WPFUI.
-
-### Developer Files Preview (Monaco)
-
- - Improved the syntax highlight for .gitignore files. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- - Checking for the sticky scroll option in code behind was being done twice. Removed one of the checks. Thanks [@downarowiczd](https://github.com/downarowiczd)!
-
-### Environment Variables Editor
-
- - Added clarity to the UI section tooltips. Thanks [@anson-poon](https://github.com/anson-poon)!
-
-### File Explorer add-ons
-
- - Fixed a crash when the preview handlers received a 64-bit handle from the OS. Thanks [@z4pf1sh](https://github.com/z4pf1sh)!
- - Fixed a crash when trying to update window bounds and File Explorer already disposed the preview.
-
-### Find My Mouse
-
- - Added the option to have to use the Windows + Control keys to activate. Thanks [@Gentoli](https://github.com/Gentoli)!
+ - Added --use-parent-pid CLI argument to attach to parent process and fixed issue causing tray icon to disappear. Thanks [@dend](https://github.com/dend)!

 ### Hosts File Editor

- - Improved spacing definitions in the UI so that hosts name are not hidden when resizing and icons are well aligned. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Changed the additional lines dialog to show the horizontal scrollbar instead of wrapping contents. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Improved the duplication check's logic to improve performance and take into account features that were introduced after it. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ -  Fixed save failure when the hosts file is hidden. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!

-### Installer
+### File Explorer add-ons

- - Fixed the remaining install failures when the folders the DSC module is to be installed in isn't accessible by the WiX installer for user scope installations.
- - Fixed an issue causing ARM64 uninstall process to not correctly find powershell 7 to run uninstall scripts.
+ - Fixed multiple preview form positioning issues causing floating, detached windows, CoreWebView2 related exception and process leak. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+
+### Keyboard Manager
+
+ - Convert RemapBufferRow to a struct with descriptive field names. Thanks [@masaru-iritani](https://github.com/masaru-iritani)!
+ - Fixed issue causing stuck Ctrl key when shortcuts contain AltGr key.

 ### Peek

- - Prevent activating Peek when the user is renaming a file. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- - Added support to preview special folders like Recycle Bin and My PC instead of throwing an error.
- - Fixed a crash caused by double releasing a COM object from the module interface.
-
-### Power Rename
-
- - Improved apostrophe character handling for the Capitalize and Titlecase renaming flags. Thanks [@anthonymonforte](https://github.com/anthonymonforte)!
- - Added a feature to allow using sequences of random characters or UUIDs when renaming files. Thanks [@jhirvioja](https://github.com/jhirvioja)!
-
-### PowerToys Run
-
- - Improved the plugin descriptions for consistency in the UI. Thanks [@HydroH](https://github.com/HydroH)!
- - Fixed UI scaling for different dpi scenarios.
- - Fixed crash on a racing condition when updating UWP icon paths in the Program plugin. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- - Fixed PowerToys Run hanging when trying to close an unresponsive window in the WindowWalker plugin. Thanks [@GhostVaibhav](https://github.com/GhostVaibhav)!
- - Fixed the example in the UnitConverter description to reduce confusion with the inches abbreviation (now uses "to" instead of "in"). Thanks [@acekirkpatrick](https://github.com/acekirkpatrick)!
- - Brought the acrylic background back and applied a proper fix to the titlebar accent showing through transparency.
- - Fixed an issue causing the transparency from the UI disappearing after some time.
+ - Added long paths support. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!

 ### Quick Accent

- - Added support for the Crimean Tatar character set. Thanks [@cor-bee](https://github.com/cor-bee)!
- - Added the Numero symbol and double acute accent character. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- - Added the International Phonetic Alphabet characters. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- - Fixed the character description center positioning. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)!
- - Added feminine and masculine ordinal indicator characters to the Portuguese character set. Thanks [@octastylos-pseudodipteros](https://github.com/octastylos-pseudodipteros)!
+ - Moved number superscripts and subscripts from Portuguese to all languages definition. Thanks [@octastylos-pseudodipteros](https://github.com/octastylos-pseudodipteros)!
+
+### PowerRename
+
+ - Updated the tooltip text of the replace box info button. Thanks [@Agnibaan](https://github.com/Agnibaan)!
+
+### PowerToys Run
+
+ - Fixed window positioning on start-up introduced in 0.83.
+ - Improved default web browser detection. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Fixed volume ounces conversion to support both imperial and metric. Thanks [@GhostVaibhav](https://github.com/GhostVaibhav)!
+ - Fixed thread-safety issue causing results not to be shown on first launch.

 ### Screen Ruler

- - Updated the default activation hotkey to Win+Control+Shift+M, in order to not conflict with the Windows shortcut that restores minimized windows (Win+Shift+M). Thanks [@nx-frost](https://github.com/nx-frost)!
+ - Added multiple measurements support for all measuring tools.

 ### Settings

- - Disabled the UI to enable/disable clipboard history in the Advanced Paste settings page when clipboard history is disabled by GPO in the system. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)
- - Updated Advanced Paste's Settings and OOBE page to clarify that the AI use is optional and opt-in. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)
- - Corrected a spelling fix in Advanced Paste's settings page. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Added localization support for the "Configure OpenAI Key" button in Advanced Paste's settings page. Thanks [@zetaloop](https://github.com/zetaloop)!
- - Fixed extra GPO warnings being shown in Advanced Paste's settings page even if the module is disabled. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- - Fixed a crash when a PowerToys Run plugin icon path is badly formed.
- - Disabled the experimentation paths in code behind to improve performance, since there's no current experimentation going on.
+ - Improved disabled animations InfoBar in Find My Mouse page. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+
+### Workspaces
+
+ - New utility: PowerToys Workspaces - this utility can launch a set of applications to a custom layout and configuration on the desktop. App arrangements can be saved as a workspace and then relaunched with one click from the Workspaces Editor or from a desktop shortcut. In the editor, app configuration can be customized using CLI arguments and "launch as admin" modifiers, and app window sizes and positions can be updated as desired. This is our first public version of Workspaces and we are excited for you to try it out for yourself! Make sure to file issues you encounter on our GitHub so the team can continue to improve the utility.

 ### Documentation

- - Adjusted the readme and release notes to clarify use of AI on Advanced Paste. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)
- - Added the Edge Workspaces plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks [@quachpas](https://github.com/quachpas)!
- - Removed the deprecated Guid plugin from PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks [@abduljawada](https://github.com/abduljawada)!
- - Added the PowerHexInspector plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks [@NaroZeol](https://github.com/NaroZeol)!
- - Fixed a broken link in the communication-with-modules.md file. Thanks [@PesBandi](https://github.com/PesBandi)! 
- - Updated COMMUNITY.md with missing and former members.
+ - Added ChatGPTPowerToys plugin mention to thirdPartyRunPlugins.md. Thanks [@ferraridavide](https://github.com/ferraridavide)!

 ### Development

- - Fixed ci UI tests to point to the correct Visual Studio vstest location after a Visual Studio upgrade. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)
- - Updated System.Drawing.Common to 8.0.6 to fix CI builds after the .NET 8.0.6 upgrade was released.
- - Removed an incorrect file reference to long removed documentation from the solution file. Thanks [@Kissaki](https://github.com/Kissaki)!
- - Upgraded Windows App SDK to 1.5.3.
- - Removed use of the BinaryFormatter API from Mouse Without Borders, which is expected to be deprecated in .NET 9.
- - The user scope installer is now sent to the Microsoft store instead of the machine scope installer.
- - Refactored Mouse Jump's internal code to allow for a future introduction of customizable appearance features. Thanks [@mikeclayton](https://github.com/mikeclayton)!
- - Removed a noisy error from spell check ci runs.
- - Improved the ci agent pool selection code.
- - Updated Xamlstyler.console to 3.2404.2. Thanks [@Jvr2022](https://github.com/Jvr2022)!
- - Updated UnitsNet to 5.50.0 Thanks [@Jvr2022](https://github.com/Jvr2022)!
- - Replaced LPINPUT with std::vector of INPUT instances in Keyboard Manager internal code. Thanks [@masaru-iritani](https://github.com/masaru-iritani)!
- - Improved the Microsoft Store submission ci action to use the proper cli and authentication.
+ - Ported all C++/CX code to C++/WinRT.
+ - Extracted self-containment related .csproj properties to src/Common.SelfContained.props.
+ - Unused and obsolete dependencies cleanup. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
+ - Extracted CSWinRT related .csproj properties to src/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props.
+ - Upgraded Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT to 2.0.8 and updated verifyDepsJsonLibraryVersions.ps1 to unblock PRs.
+ - Explicitly Set NuGet Audit Mode to Direct in Directory.Build.props to revert changes made with VS 17.12 update. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
+ - Upgraded UnitsNet to 5.56.0.

-#### What is being planned for version 0.83
+#### What is being planned for version 0.84

-For [v0.83][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below:
+For [v0.85][github-next-release-work], we'll work on the items below:

 - Stability / bug fixes
- - New utility: Dev Projects
 - Language selection
 - New module: File Actions Menu
+ - New module: New+

 ## PowerToys Community

--- a/custom.props
+++ b/custom.props
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Version">
+    <VersionMajor>0</VersionMajor>
+    <VersionMinor>86</VersionMinor>
+    <VersionInfoProductName>PowerToys</VersionInfoProductName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Copyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
+    <AssemblyCopyright>Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</AssemblyCopyright>
+    <AssemblyProduct>PowerToys</AssemblyProduct>
+    <AssemblyCompany>Microsoft Corp.</AssemblyCompany>
+    <Company>Microsoft Corporation</Company>
+    <Authors>Microsoft Corporation</Authors>
+    <Product>PowerToys</Product>
+    <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
+    <Platforms>x64;ARM64</Platforms>
+    <PackageTags>PowerToys</PackageTags>
+    <EnableNETAnalyzers>true</EnableNETAnalyzers>
+    <AnalysisMode>Recommended</AnalysisMode>
+    <_SkipUpgradeNetAnalyzersNuGetWarning>true</_SkipUpgradeNetAnalyzersNuGetWarning>
+    <NuGetAuditMode>direct</NuGetAuditMode>
+    <IncludeSourceRevisionInInformationalVersion>false</IncludeSourceRevisionInInformationalVersion>    <!-- Don't add source revision hash to the product version of binaries. -->
+    <PlatformTarget>$(Platform)</PlatformTarget>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.csproj'">
+    <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys</RepositoryUrl>
+    <RepositoryType>GitHub</RepositoryType>
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_PropertySheetDisplayName>PowerToys.Root.Props</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+    <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="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\GlobalSuppressions.cs" Link="GlobalSuppressions.cs" />
+    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\src\codeAnalysis\StyleCop.json" Link="StyleCop.json" />
+
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- Add ability to run tests via "msbuild /t:Test" -->
+  <!--
+    Workaround an MSBuild bug where Microsoft.Common.Test.targets is missing from the Arm64 installation.
+    See: https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/pull/9984
+    NB 1: This means that using "/t:Test" is not supported for Arm64 builds and tests will need to be run in an alternate way,
+          eg running tests in VS or invoking vstest.console directly.
+    NB 2: <Sdk> elements do not support conditions, so this is also being worked around.
+          Once the change referenced above is fixed, the ImportGroup below can be replaced with:
+            <Sdk Name="Microsoft.Build.RunVSTest" Version="1.0.319" />
+  -->
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)' != 'ARM64'">
+    <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.Build.RunVSTest" Version="1.0.319" />
+    <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.Build.RunVSTest" Version="1.0.319" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <VSTestLogger>trx</VSTestLogger>
+    <!--
+      RunVSTest by default uses %VSINSTALLDIR%\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\vstest.console.exe,
+      but some of the CI scenarios don't define %VSINSTALLDIR%, so be explicit about where to look for vstest.
+      Note: $(VsInstallRoot) is a built-in MSBuild property, so should always be defined.
+    -->
+    <VSTestToolPath>$(VsInstallRoot)\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow</VSTestToolPath>
+    <!-- No arm64 agents to run the tests. -->
+    <RunVSTest Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'ARM64'">false</RunVSTest>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- MSBuildCache -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Off by default -->
+    <MSBuildCacheEnabled Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == ''">false</MSBuildCacheEnabled>
+
+    <!-- In Azure pipelines, use Pipeline Caching as the cache storage backend. Otherwise, use the local cache. -->
+    <MSBuildCachePackageName Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' != ''">Microsoft.MSBuildCache.AzurePipelines</MSBuildCachePackageName>
+    <MSBuildCachePackageName Condition="'$(MSBuildCachePackageName)' == ''">Microsoft.MSBuildCache.Local</MSBuildCachePackageName>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'">
+    <!-- Disable when running in a pipeline as the time to upload or download the massive .pch/.pchast to the cache is greater than the savings they provide. -->
+    <UsePrecompiledHeaders Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' != ''">false</UsePrecompiledHeaders>
+
+    <!-- Change this to bust the cache -->
+    <MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse)' == ''">202408150737</MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse>
+
+    <!--
+      Visual Studio telemetry reads various ApplicationInsights.config files and other files after the project is finished, likely in a detached process.
+      This is acceptable and should not impact cache correctness.
+    -->
+    <MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
+      $(MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns);
+      \**\ApplicationInsights.config;
+      $(LocalAppData)\Microsoft\VSApplicationInsights\**;
+      $(LocalAppData)\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\**;
+      A:\;
+      E:\;
+      $(windir)\**;
+    </MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
+
+    <!-- Unit tests of low-priv processes, eg the preview handler tests, may log to this location. -->
+    <MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
+      $(MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns);
+      $(USERPROFILE)\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\PowerToys\**;
+    </MSBuildCacheAllowFileAccessAfterProjectFinishFilePatterns>
+
+    <!-- 
+      This repo uses a common output directory with many projects writing duplicate outputs. Allow everything, but note this costs some performance in the form of requiring
+      the cache to use copies instead of hardlinks when pulling from cache.
+    -->
+    <MSBuildCacheIdenticalDuplicateOutputPatterns>$(MSBuildCacheIdenticalDuplicateOutputPatterns);**</MSBuildCacheIdenticalDuplicateOutputPatterns>
+
+    <!-- version of MSBuildCache is not part of the cache key -->
+    <PackagesConfigFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages.config</PackagesConfigFile>
+    <MSBuildCacheIgnoredInputPatterns>$(MSBuildCacheIgnoredInputPatterns);$(PackagesConfigFile)</MSBuildCacheIgnoredInputPatterns>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(MSBuildCachePackageRoot)' == ''">
+    <PackagesConfigContents>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$(PackagesConfigFile)"))</PackagesConfigContents>
+    <MSBuildCachePackageVersion>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match($(PackagesConfigContents), 'Microsoft.MSBuildCache.*?version="(.*?)"').Groups[1].Value)</MSBuildCachePackageVersion>
+    <MSBuildCachePackageRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages\$(MSBuildCachePackageName).$(MSBuildCachePackageVersion)</MSBuildCachePackageRoot>
+    <MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)packages\Microsoft.MSBuildCache.SharedCompilation.$(MSBuildCachePackageVersion)</MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ImportGroup Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'">
+    <Import Project="$(MSBuildCachePackageRoot)\build\$(MSBuildCachePackageName).props" />
+    <Import Project="$(MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot)\build\Microsoft.MSBuildCache.SharedCompilation.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
--- a/custom.targets
+++ b/custom.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+  <Sdk Name="Microsoft.Build.CopyOnWrite" Version="1.0.282" />
+
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildCachePackageRoot)\build\$(MSBuildCachePackageName).targets" Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'" />
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildCacheSharedCompilationPackageRoot)\build\Microsoft.MSBuildCache.SharedCompilation.targets" Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheEnabled)' == 'true'" />
+</Project>
--- a/doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/new-plugin-checklist.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/new-plugin-checklist.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 - [ ] Microsoft plugin project name pattern: `Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.{PluginName}`
 - [ ] Community plugin project name pattern: `Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.{PluginName}`
 - [ ] The plugin target framework should be `net8.0-windows`
- [ ] The project file should import `Version.props` and specify `<Version>$(Version).0</Version>`
 - [ ] If the plugin uses any 3rd party dependencies the project file should import `DynamicPlugin.props`
 - [ ] The plugin has to contain a `plugin.json` file of the following format in its root folder:

--- a/doc/images/icons/Workspaces.png
+++ b/doc/images/icons/Workspaces.png
--- a/doc/planning/awake.md
+++ b/doc/planning/awake.md
@@ -10,12 +10,23 @@ The build ID can be found in `Core\Constants.cs` in the `BuildId` variable - it

 The build ID moniker is made up of two components - a reference to a [Halo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(franchise)) character, and the date when the work on the specific build started in the format of `MMDDYYYY`.

-| Build ID                                                  | Build Date       |
-|:----------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------|
-| [`DAISY023_04102024`](#DAISY023_04102024-april-10-2024)   | April 10, 2024   |
-| [`ATRIOX_04132023`](#ATRIOX_04132023-april-13-2023)       | April 13, 2023   |
-| [`LIBRARIAN_03202022`](#librarian_03202022-march-20-2022) | March 20, 2022   |
-| `ARBITER_01312022`                                        | January 31, 2022 |
+| Build ID                                                           | Build Date      |
+|:-------------------------------------------------------------------|:----------------|
+| [`VISEGRADRELAY_08152024`](#VISEGRADRELAY_08152024-august-15-2024) | August 15, 2024 |
+| [`DAISY023_04102024`](#DAISY023_04102024-april-10-2024)            | April 10, 2024  |
+| [`ATRIOX_04132023`](#ATRIOX_04132023-april-13-2023)                | April 13, 2023  |
+| [`LIBRARIAN_03202022`](#librarian_03202022-march-20-2022)          | March 20, 2022  |
+| `ARBITER_01312022`                                                 | January 31, 2022 |
+
+### `VISEGRADRELAY_08152024` (August 15, 2024)
+
+>[!NOTE]
+>See pull request: [Awake - `VISEGRADRELAY_08152024`](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/34316)
+
+- [#34148](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/34148) Fixes the issue where the Awake icon is not displayed.
+- [#17969](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/17969) Add the ability to bind the process target to the parent of the Awake launcher.
+- PID binding now correctly ignores irrelevant parameters (e.g., expiration, interval) and only works for indefinite periods.
+- Amending the native API surface to make sure that the Win32 error is set correctly.

 ### `DAISY023_04102024` (April 10, 2024)

--- a/doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md
+++ b/doc/thirdPartyRunPlugins.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Contact the developers of a plugin directly for assistance with a specific plugi
 | [PowerHexInspector](https://github.com/NaroZeol/PowerHexInspector) | [NaroZeol](https://github.com/NaroZeol) | Peek other forms of an input number |
 | [GitHubRepo](https://github.com/8LWXpg/PowerToysRun-GitHubRepo) | [8LWXpg](https://github.com/8LWXpg) | Search and open GitHub repositories |
 | [ProcessKiller](https://github.com/8LWXpg/PowerToysRun-ProcessKiller) | [8LWXpg](https://github.com/8LWXpg) | Search and kill processes |
+| [ChatGPT](https://github.com/ferraridavide/ChatGPTPowerToys) | [ferraridavide](https://github.com/ferraridavide) | Ask a question to ChatGPT |

 ## Extending software plugins

@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ Below are community created plugins that target a website or software.  They are
 | [Edge Workspaces](https://github.com/quachpas/PowerToys-Run-EdgeWorkspaces) | [quachpas](https://github.com/quachpas) | Open Microsoft Edge workspaces|
 | [Everything](https://github.com/lin-ycv/EverythingPowerToys) | [Yu Chieh (Victor) Lin](https://github.com/Lin-ycv) | Get search results from Everything |
 | [GitKraken](https://github.com/davidegiacometti/PowerToys-Run-GitKraken) | [davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti) | Open GitKraken repositories |
-| [RDP](https://github.com/anthony81799/PowerToysRun-RDP)) | [anthony81799](https://github.com/anthony81799) | Open Remote Desktop connections |
+| [RDP](https://github.com/anthony81799/PowerToysRun-RDP) | [anthony81799](https://github.com/anthony81799) | Open Remote Desktop connections |
 | [Visual Studio Recents](https://github.com/davidegiacometti/PowerToys-Run-VisualStudio) | [davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti) | Open Visual Studio recents |
 | [WinGet](https://github.com/bostrot/PowerToysRunPluginWinget) | [bostrot](https://github.com/bostrot) | Search and install packages from WinGet |
 | [Scoop](https://github.com/Quriz/PowerToysRunScoop) | [Quriz](https://github.com/Quriz) | Search and install packages from Scoop |
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup/Common.wxi
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup/Common.wxi
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  <?define AdvancedPasteProjectName="AdvancedPaste"?>
  <?define RegistryPreviewProjectName="RegistryPreview"?>
  <?define PeekProjectName="Peek"?>
+  <?define WorkspacesProjectName="Workspaces"?>
  
  <?define RepoDir="$(var.ProjectDir)..\..\" ?>
  <?if $(var.Platform) = x64?>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup/Core.wxs
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup/Core.wxs
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
        <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\powertoys\components">
          <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="DSCModulesReference" Value="" KeyPath="yes"/>
        </RegistryKey>
-        <File Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version)\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psd1" Id="PTConfReference.psd1" />
-        <File Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version)\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psm1" Id="PTConfReference.psm1" />
+        <File Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version).0\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psd1" Id="PTConfReference.psd1" />
+        <File Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version).0\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psm1" Id="PTConfReference.psm1" />
      </Component>
    </DirectoryRef>

@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
      <Directory Id="WindowsPowerShellFolder" Name="WindowsPowerShell">
        <Directory Id="PowerShellModulesFolder" Name="Modules">
          <Directory Id="PowerToysDscFolder" Name="Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure">
-            <Directory Id="PowerToysDscVerFolder" Name="$(var.Version)">
+            <Directory Id="PowerToysDscVerFolder" Name="$(var.Version).0">
              <Component Id="PowerToysDSC" Win64="yes" Guid="C52AECA0-DA73-49B8-BB49-31EF6640FF1F">
                <!-- Don't fail installation because of DSC. Files are marked as not vital. -->
-                <File Vital="no" Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version)\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psd1" Id="PTConf.psd1" />
-                <File Vital="no" Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version)\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psm1" Id="PTConf.psm1" />
+                <File Vital="no" Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version).0\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psd1" Id="PTConf.psd1" />
+                <File Vital="no" Source="$(var.RepoDir)\src\dsc\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\Generated\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\$(var.Version).0\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure.psm1" Id="PTConf.psm1" />
              </Component>
            </Directory>
          </Directory>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup/KeyboardManager.wxs
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup/KeyboardManager.wxs
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@
        <?if $(sys.BUILDARCH) = x64 ?>
          <File Source="$(var.BinDir)KeyboardManagerEditor\vcruntime140_1_app.dll" />
        <?endif ?>
-        <!-- Latest CppWinRT upgrade made Keyboard Manager Editor depend on additional VC Runtime libraries. -->
-        <!-- These are not in the Keyboard Manager Editor build output. So we copy them from the base build directory. -->
-        <File Source="$(var.BinDir)vcruntime140.dll" />
-        <File Source="$(var.BinDir)vcruntime140_1.dll" />
-        <File Source="$(var.BinDir)msvcp140.dll" />
+        <File Source="$(var.BinDir)KeyboardManagerEditor\vcruntime140.dll" />
+        <File Source="$(var.BinDir)KeyboardManagerEditor\vcruntime140_1.dll" />
+        <File Source="$(var.BinDir)KeyboardManagerEditor\msvcp140.dll" />
      </Component>
    </DirectoryRef>

--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup/PowerToysBootstrapper.wixproj
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup/PowerToysBootstrapper.wixproj
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
  DefaultTargets="Build"
  InitialTargets="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\wix.props"
-    Condition="Exists('..\wix.props')" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\src\Version.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\custom.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\wix.props" Condition="Exists('..\wix.props')" />
+
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <DefineConstants>Version=$(Version)</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>Version=$(VersionMajor).$(VersionMinor)</DefineConstants>
    <Name>PowerToysBootstrapper</Name>
    <ProjectGuid>{31d72625-43c1-41b1-b784-bce4a8dc5543}</ProjectGuid>
  </PropertyGroup>
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>
  <Target Name="Restore" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup/PowerToysInstaller.wixproj
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup/PowerToysInstaller.wixproj
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" InitialTargets="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="..\..\custom.props" />
  <Import Project="..\wix.props" Condition="Exists('..\wix.props')" />
-  <Import Project="..\..\src\Version.props" />
+
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'x64'">
-    <DefineConstants>Version=$(Version);MonacoSRCHarvestPath=$(ProjectDir)..\..\x64\$(Configuration)\Assets\Monaco\monacoSRC</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>Version=$(VersionMajor).$(VersionMinor);MonacoSRCHarvestPath=$(ProjectDir)..\..\x64\$(Configuration)\Assets\Monaco\monacoSRC</DefineConstants>
    <!-- THIS IS AN INNER LOOP OPTIMIZATION
    The build pipeline builds the Settings and Launcher projects for Publication
    using a specific profile. If you're doing local installer builds, this will
@@ -193,4 +194,4 @@ call powershell.exe -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted -File $(MSBuil
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>
  <Target Name="Restore" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetup/Resources.wxs
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetup/Resources.wxs
@@ -449,6 +449,15 @@
        </RegistryKey>
        <File Id="PowerOCR_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_File" Source="$(var.BinDir)\$(var.Language)\PowerToys.PowerOCR.resources.dll" />
      </Component>
+      <Component
+          Id="WorkspacesEditor_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_Component"
+          Directory="Resource$(var.IdSafeLanguage)INSTALLFOLDER"
+          Guid="$(var.CompGUIDPrefix)21">
+        <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\powertoys\components">
+          <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="WorkspacesEditor_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_Component" Value="" KeyPath="yes"/>
+        </RegistryKey>
+        <File Id="WorkspacesEditor_$(var.IdSafeLanguage)_File" Source="$(var.BinDir)\$(var.Language)\PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor.resources.dll" />
+      </Component>
      <?undef IdSafeLanguage?>
      <?undef CompGUIDPrefix?>
      <?endforeach?>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActions/CustomAction.cpp
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActions/CustomAction.cpp
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ UINT __stdcall InstallDSCModuleCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
            ExitOnFailure(hr, "Unable to determine Powershell modules path");
        }

-        const auto modulesPath = baseModulesPath / L"Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure" / get_product_version(false);
+        const auto modulesPath = baseModulesPath / L"Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure" / (get_product_version(false) + L".0");

        std::error_code errorCode;
        fs::create_directories(modulesPath, errorCode);
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ UINT __stdcall UninstallDSCModuleCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
        }

        const auto powerToysModulePath = baseModulesPath / L"Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure";
-        const auto versionedModulePath = powerToysModulePath / get_product_version(false);
+        const auto versionedModulePath = powerToysModulePath / (get_product_version(false) + L".0");

        std::error_code errorCode;

@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ UINT __stdcall TerminateProcessesCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
    }
    processes.resize(bytes / sizeof(processes[0]));

-    std::array<std::wstring_view, 32> processesToTerminate = {
+    std::array<std::wstring_view, 36> processesToTerminate = {
        L"PowerToys.PowerLauncher.exe",
        L"PowerToys.Settings.exe",
        L"PowerToys.AdvancedPaste.exe",
@@ -1255,6 +1255,10 @@ UINT __stdcall TerminateProcessesCA(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
        L"PowerToys.MouseWithoutBordersService.exe",
        L"PowerToys.CropAndLock.exe",
        L"PowerToys.EnvironmentVariables.exe",
+        L"PowerToys.WorkspacesSnapshotTool.exe",
+        L"PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncher.exe",
+        L"PowerToys.WorkspacesLauncherUI.exe",
+        L"PowerToys.WorkspacesEditor.exe",
        L"PowerToys.exe",
    };

--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActions/Resource.rc
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActions/Resource.rc
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 //
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
-#include "../../src/common/version/version.h"

 #define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -14,39 +13,6 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
-
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // English (United States) resources

--- a/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.base.rc
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.base.rc
@@ -1,36 +1,3 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
-#include "../common/version/version.h"

-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN 
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
--- a/src/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props
+++ b/src/Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Some items may be set in Directory.Build.props in root -->
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.22621.38</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.22621.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.19041.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
+    <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>10.0.19041.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Common from the debug / release items -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <NoWarn></NoWarn>
+    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>True</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+    <WarningsNotAsErrors>CA1720</WarningsNotAsErrors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <DefineConstants>RELEASE;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- this may need to be removed on future CsWinRT upgrades-->
+  <Target Name="RemoveCsWinRTPackageAnalyzer" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Analyzer Remove="@(Analyzer)" Condition="%(Analyzer.NuGetPackageId) == 'Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT'" />	  
+    </ItemGroup>
+  </Target>
+</Project>
--- a/src/Common.SelfContained.props
+++ b/src/Common.SelfContained.props
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Some items may be set in Directory.Build.props in root -->
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+	<SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+	<!-- SelfContained=true requires RuntimeIdentifier to be set -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM64'">
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
--- a/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.base.rc
+++ b/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.base.rc
@@ -1,36 +1,3 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
-#include "../common/version/version.h"

-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN 
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
--- a/src/common/AllExperiments/AllExperiments.csproj
+++ b/src/common/AllExperiments/AllExperiments.csproj
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\..\Version.props" />
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.20348.0</TargetFramework>
-    <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.19041.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
-    <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>10.0.19041.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <TargetName>PowerToys.AllExperiments</TargetName>
    <MockDirectory>.\Microsoft.VariantAssignment\</MockDirectory>
  </PropertyGroup>

-  
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ManagedTelemetry\Telemetry\ManagedTelemetry.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\settings-ui\Settings.UI.Library\Settings.UI.Library.csproj" />
--- a/src/common/AllExperiments/Experiments.cs
+++ b/src/common/AllExperiments/Experiments.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Text.Json;
+
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library.Telemetry.Events;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.VariantAssignment.Client;
--- a/src/common/Common.UI/Common.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/common/Common.UI/Common.UI.csproj
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\..\Version.props" />
-  
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
-	<RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
    <AssemblyName>PowerToys.Common.UI</AssemblyName>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/Common.UI/SettingsDeepLink.cs
+++ b/src/common/Common.UI/SettingsDeepLink.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace Common.UI
            EnvironmentVariables,
            Dashboard,
            AdvancedPaste,
+            Workspaces,
        }

        private static string SettingsWindowNameToString(SettingsWindow value)
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ namespace Common.UI
                    return "Dashboard";
                case SettingsWindow.AdvancedPaste:
                    return "AdvancedPaste";
+                case SettingsWindow.Workspaces:
+                    return "Workspaces";
                default:
                    {
                        return string.Empty;
--- a/src/common/Common.UI/ThemeManager.cs
+++ b/src/common/Common.UI/ThemeManager.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Windows;
+
 using ManagedCommon;
 using Microsoft.Win32;

--- a/src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@
  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
    <ClCompile>
      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\;..\..\common;.\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
    </ClCompile>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="DisplayUtils.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="MonitorEnumerator.h" />
    <ClInclude Include="monitors.h" />
    <ClInclude Include="dpi_aware.h" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="DisplayUtils.cpp" />
    <ClCompile Include="monitors.cpp" />
    <ClCompile Include="dpi_aware.cpp" />
  </ItemGroup>
--- a/src/common/Display/DisplayUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Display/DisplayUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#include "DisplayUtils.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cwctype>
+#include <iterator>
+
+#include <dpi_aware.h>
+#include <MonitorEnumerator.h>
+
+#include <utils/OnThreadExecutor.h>
+
+namespace DisplayUtils
+{
+    std::wstring remove_non_digits(const std::wstring& input)
+    {
+        std::wstring result;
+        std::copy_if(input.begin(), input.end(), std::back_inserter(result), [](wchar_t ch) { return std::iswdigit(ch); });
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    std::pair<std::wstring, std::wstring> SplitDisplayDeviceId(const std::wstring& str) noexcept
+    {
+        // format:  \\?\DISPLAY#{device id}#{instance id}#{some other id}
+        // example: \\?\DISPLAY#GSM1388#4&125707d6&0&UID8388688#{e6f07b5f-ee97-4a90-b076-33f57bf4eaa7}
+        // output:  { GSM1388, 4&125707d6&0&UID8388688 }
+
+        size_t nameStartPos = str.find_first_of('#');
+        size_t uidStartPos = str.find('#', nameStartPos + 1);
+        size_t uidEndPos = str.find('#', uidStartPos + 1);
+
+        if (nameStartPos == std::string::npos || uidStartPos == std::string::npos || uidEndPos == std::string::npos)
+        {
+            return { str, L"" };
+        }
+
+        return { str.substr(nameStartPos + 1, uidStartPos - nameStartPos - 1), str.substr(uidStartPos + 1, uidEndPos - uidStartPos - 1) };
+    }
+
+    std::pair<bool, std::vector<DisplayUtils::DisplayData>> GetDisplays()
+    {
+        bool success = true;
+        std::vector<DisplayUtils::DisplayData> result{};
+        auto allMonitors = MonitorEnumerator::Enumerate();
+
+        OnThreadExecutor dpiUnawareThread;
+        dpiUnawareThread.submit(OnThreadExecutor::task_t{ [&] {
+            SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext(DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_UNAWARE);
+            SetThreadDpiHostingBehavior(DPI_HOSTING_BEHAVIOR_MIXED);
+        } }).wait();
+
+        for (auto& monitorData : allMonitors)
+        {
+            MONITORINFOEX monitorInfo = monitorData.second;
+            MONITORINFOEX dpiUnawareMonitorInfo{};
+
+            dpiUnawareThread.submit(OnThreadExecutor::task_t{ [&] {
+                dpiUnawareMonitorInfo.cbSize = sizeof(dpiUnawareMonitorInfo);
+                if (!GetMonitorInfo(monitorData.first, &dpiUnawareMonitorInfo))
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+            } }).wait();
+
+            UINT dpi = 0;
+            if (DPIAware::GetScreenDPIForMonitor(monitorData.first, dpi) != S_OK)
+            {
+                success = false;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            DisplayUtils::DisplayData data{
+                .monitor = monitorData.first,
+                .dpi = dpi,
+                .monitorRectDpiAware = monitorInfo.rcMonitor,
+                .monitorRectDpiUnaware = dpiUnawareMonitorInfo.rcMonitor,
+            };
+
+            bool foundActiveMonitor = false;
+            DISPLAY_DEVICE displayDevice{ .cb = sizeof(displayDevice) };
+            DWORD displayDeviceIndex = 0;
+            while (EnumDisplayDevicesW(monitorInfo.szDevice, displayDeviceIndex, &displayDevice, EDD_GET_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NAME))
+            {
+                /* 
+                    * if (WI_IsFlagSet(displayDevice.StateFlags, DISPLAY_DEVICE_ACTIVE) &&
+                        WI_IsFlagClear(displayDevice.StateFlags, DISPLAY_DEVICE_MIRRORING_DRIVER))
+                    */
+                if (((displayDevice.StateFlags & DISPLAY_DEVICE_ACTIVE) == DISPLAY_DEVICE_ACTIVE) &&
+                    (displayDevice.StateFlags & DISPLAY_DEVICE_MIRRORING_DRIVER) == 0)
+                {
+                    // Find display devices associated with the display.
+                    foundActiveMonitor = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                displayDeviceIndex++;
+            }
+
+            if (foundActiveMonitor)
+            {
+                auto deviceId = SplitDisplayDeviceId(displayDevice.DeviceID);
+                data.id = deviceId.first;
+                data.instanceId = deviceId.second;
+                try
+                {
+                    std::wstring numberStr = displayDevice.DeviceName; // \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
+                    numberStr = numberStr.substr(0, numberStr.find_last_of('\\')); // \\.\DISPLAY1
+                    numberStr = remove_non_digits(numberStr);
+                    data.number = std::stoi(numberStr);
+                }
+                catch (...)
+                {
+                    success = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                success = false;
+
+                // Use the display name as a fallback value when no proper device was found.
+                data.id = monitorInfo.szDevice;
+                data.instanceId = L"";
+
+                try
+                {
+                    std::wstring numberStr = monitorInfo.szDevice; // \\.\DISPLAY1
+                    numberStr = remove_non_digits(numberStr);
+                    data.number = std::stoi(numberStr);
+                }
+                catch (...)
+                {
+                    success = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            result.push_back(data);
+        }
+
+        return { success, result };
+    }
+
+}
--- a/src/common/Display/DisplayUtils.h
+++ b/src/common/Display/DisplayUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace DisplayUtils
+{
+    struct DisplayData
+    {
+        HMONITOR monitor{};
+        std::wstring id;
+        std::wstring instanceId;
+        unsigned int number{};
+        unsigned int dpi{};
+        RECT monitorRectDpiAware{};
+        RECT monitorRectDpiUnaware{};
+    };
+
+    std::pair<bool, std::vector<DisplayData>> GetDisplays();
+};
--- a/src/common/Display/MonitorEnumerator.h
+++ b/src/common/Display/MonitorEnumerator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <vector>
+#include <Windows.h>
+
+class MonitorEnumerator
+{
+public:
+	static std::vector<std::pair<HMONITOR, MONITORINFOEX>> Enumerate()
+	{
+		MonitorEnumerator inst;
+		EnumDisplayMonitors(NULL, NULL, Callback, reinterpret_cast<LPARAM>(&inst));
+		return inst.m_monitors;
+	}
+
+private:
+	MonitorEnumerator() = default;
+	~MonitorEnumerator() = default;
+
+	static BOOL CALLBACK Callback(HMONITOR monitor, HDC /*hdc*/, LPRECT /*pRect*/, LPARAM param)
+	{
+		MonitorEnumerator* inst = reinterpret_cast<MonitorEnumerator*>(param);
+		MONITORINFOEX mi;
+		mi.cbSize = sizeof(mi);
+		if (GetMonitorInfo(monitor, &mi))
+		{
+			inst->m_monitors.push_back({monitor, mi});
+		}
+
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+
+	std::vector<std::pair<HMONITOR, MONITORINFOEX>> m_monitors;
+};
--- a/src/common/Display/dpi_aware.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Display/dpi_aware.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include "dpi_aware.h"
+
 #include "monitors.h"
 #include <ShellScalingApi.h>
 #include <array>
+#include <cmath>

 namespace DPIAware
 {
@@ -60,6 +62,24 @@ namespace DPIAware
        }
    }

+    void Convert(HMONITOR monitor_handle, RECT& rect)
+    {
+        if (monitor_handle == NULL)
+        {
+            const POINT ptZero = { 0, 0 };
+            monitor_handle = MonitorFromPoint(ptZero, MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY);
+        }
+
+        UINT dpi_x, dpi_y;
+        if (GetDpiForMonitor(monitor_handle, MDT_EFFECTIVE_DPI, &dpi_x, &dpi_y) == S_OK)
+        {
+            rect.left = static_cast<long>(std::round(rect.left * static_cast<float>(dpi_x) / DEFAULT_DPI));
+            rect.right = static_cast<long>(std::round(rect.right * static_cast<float>(dpi_x) / DEFAULT_DPI));
+            rect.top = static_cast<long>(std::round(rect.top * static_cast<float>(dpi_y) / DEFAULT_DPI));
+            rect.bottom = static_cast<long>(std::round(rect.bottom * static_cast<float>(dpi_y) / DEFAULT_DPI));
+        }
+    }
+
    void ConvertByCursorPosition(float& width, float& height)
    {
        HMONITOR targetMonitor = nullptr;
--- a/src/common/Display/dpi_aware.h
+++ b/src/common/Display/dpi_aware.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace DPIAware
    HRESULT GetScreenDPIForPoint(POINT p, UINT& dpi);
    HRESULT GetScreenDPIForCursor(UINT& dpi);
    void Convert(HMONITOR monitor_handle, float& width, float& height);
+    void Convert(HMONITOR monitor_handle, RECT& rect);
    void ConvertByCursorPosition(float& width, float& height);
    void InverseConvert(HMONITOR monitor_handle, float& width, float& height);
    void EnableDPIAwarenessForThisProcess();
--- a/src/common/FilePreviewCommon/FilePreviewCommon.csproj
+++ b/src/common/FilePreviewCommon/FilePreviewCommon.csproj
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
-  <Import Project="..\..\Version.props" />
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />

  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
-    <Version>$(Version).0</Version>
-    <Authors>Microsoft Corporation</Authors>
-    <Product>PowerToys</Product>
    <Description>PowerToys FilePreviewCommon</Description>
    <AssemblyName>PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon</AssemblyName>
    <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
--- a/src/common/FilePreviewCommon/MarkdownHelper.cs
+++ b/src/common/FilePreviewCommon/MarkdownHelper.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

 using System.IO;
+
 using Markdig;

 namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon
--- a/src/common/FilePreviewCommon/MonacoHelper.cs
+++ b/src/common/FilePreviewCommon/MonacoHelper.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.Json;
+
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon.Monaco.Formatters;

 namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.FilePreviewCommon
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "pch.h"
+#include "pch.h"
 #include "GPOWrapper.h"
 #include "GPOWrapper.g.cpp"

@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
    {
        return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getAllowedAdvancedPasteOnlineAIModelsValue());
    }
+    GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue()
+    {
+        return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue());
+    }
    GpoRuleConfigured GPOWrapper::GetConfiguredMwbClipboardSharingEnabledValue()
    {
        return static_cast<GpoRuleConfigured>(powertoys_gpo::getConfiguredMwbClipboardSharingEnabledValue());
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.h
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#pragma once
+#pragma once
 #include "GPOWrapper.g.h"
 #include <common/utils/gpo.h>

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::GPOWrapper::implementation
        static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredQoiPreviewEnabledValue();
        static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredQoiThumbnailsEnabledValue();
        static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOnlineAIModelsValue();
+        static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue();
        static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredMwbClipboardSharingEnabledValue();
        static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredMwbFileTransferEnabledValue();
        static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredMwbUseOriginalUserInterfaceValue();
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.idl
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.idl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ namespace PowerToys
            static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredQoiPreviewEnabledValue();
            static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredQoiThumbnailsEnabledValue();
            static GpoRuleConfigured GetAllowedAdvancedPasteOnlineAIModelsValue();
+            static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue();
            static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredMwbClipboardSharingEnabledValue();
            static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredMwbFileTransferEnabledValue();
            static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredMwbUseOriginalUserInterfaceValue();
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.rc
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.rc
@@ -1,40 +1,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
-#include "../../../common/version/version.h"

 #define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
 #include "winres.h"
 #undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapper.cs
@@ -61,5 +61,10 @@ namespace PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection
        {
            return (GpoRuleConfigured)PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetRunPluginEnabledValue(pluginID);
        }
+
+        public static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue()
+        {
+            return (GpoRuleConfigured)PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue();
+        }
    }
 }
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapperProjection.csproj
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapperProjection.csproj
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\..\Version.props" />
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.20348.0</TargetFramework>
-    <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.19041.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
-    <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>10.0.19041.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <TargetName>PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection</TargetName>
@@ -19,12 +18,7 @@
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\GPOWrapper\GPOWrapper.vcxproj">
-    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\GPOWrapper\GPOWrapper.vcxproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

 </Project>
--- a/src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCommon/Logger.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO.Abstractions;
 using System.Reflection;
-using interop;
+
+using PowerToys.Interop;

 namespace ManagedCommon
 {
--- a/src/common/ManagedCommon/ManagedCommon.csproj
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCommon/ManagedCommon.csproj
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
-  <Import Project="..\..\Version.props" />
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />

  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
-    <Version>$(Version).0</Version>
-    <Authors>Microsoft Corporation</Authors>
-    <Product>PowerToys</Product>
    <Description>PowerToys ManagedCommon</Description>
    <AssemblyName>PowerToys.ManagedCommon</AssemblyName>
  </PropertyGroup>

+  <!-- See https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/develop/platform/csharp-winrt/net-projection-from-cppwinrt-component for more info -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <CsWinRTIncludes>PowerToys.Interop</CsWinRTIncludes>
+    <CsWinRTGeneratedFilesDir>$(OutDir)</CsWinRTGeneratedFilesDir>
+    <ErrorOnDuplicatePublishOutputFiles>false</ErrorOnDuplicatePublishOutputFiles>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" />
    <PackageReference Include="System.Management" />
--- a/src/common/ManagedCommon/ModuleType.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCommon/ModuleType.cs
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ namespace ManagedCommon
        MeasureTool,
        ShortcutGuide,
        PowerOCR,
+        Workspaces,
    }
 }
--- a/src/common/ManagedCommon/RunnerHelper.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCommon/RunnerHelper.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;

--- a/src/common/ManagedCommon/ThemeHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedCommon/ThemeHelpers.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
 using Microsoft.Win32;

 namespace ManagedCommon
--- a/src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/ManagedTelemetry.csproj
+++ b/src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/ManagedTelemetry.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Version.props" />
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
+	
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
-	<RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
-    <Version>$(Version).0</Version>
-    <Authors>Microsoft Corporation</Authors>
-    <Product>PowerToys</Product>
    <Description>PowerToys Telemetry</Description>
    <AssemblyName>PowerToys.ManagedTelemetry</AssemblyName>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/PowerToysTelemetry.cs
+++ b/src/common/ManagedTelemetry/Telemetry/PowerToysTelemetry.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

 using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
+
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry.Events;

 namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Telemetry
--- a/src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.rc
+++ b/src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.rc
@@ -1,36 +1,3 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
-#include "../version/version.h"

-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN 
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
--- a/src/common/interop/CommonManaged.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/CommonManaged.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "CommonManaged.h"
+#include "CommonManaged.g.cpp"
+#include <common/version/version.h>
+#include "../../modules/videoconference/VideoConferenceShared/MicrophoneDevice.h"
+#include "../../modules/videoconference/VideoConferenceShared/VideoCaptureDeviceList.h"
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    hstring CommonManaged::GetProductVersion()
+    {
+        return hstring{ get_product_version() };
+    }
+    winrt::Windows::Foundation::Collections::IVector<hstring> CommonManaged::GetAllActiveMicrophoneDeviceNames()
+    {
+        auto names = std::vector<winrt::hstring>();
+        for (const auto& device : MicrophoneDevice::getAllActive())
+        {
+            names.push_back(device->name().data());
+        }
+        return winrt::multi_threaded_vector(std::move(names));
+    }
+    winrt::Windows::Foundation::Collections::IVector<hstring> CommonManaged::GetAllVideoCaptureDeviceNames()
+    {
+        auto names = std::vector<winrt::hstring>();
+        VideoCaptureDeviceList vcdl;
+        vcdl.EnumerateDevices();
+
+        for (UINT32 i = 0; i < vcdl.Count(); ++i)
+        {
+            auto name = vcdl.GetDeviceName(i).data();
+            if (name != L"PowerToys VideoConference Mute")
+            {
+                names.push_back(name);
+            }
+        }
+        return winrt::multi_threaded_vector(std::move(names));
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/CommonManaged.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/CommonManaged.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "CommonManaged.g.h"
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    struct CommonManaged : CommonManagedT<CommonManaged>
+    {
+        CommonManaged() = default;
+
+        static hstring GetProductVersion();
+        static winrt::Windows::Foundation::Collections::IVector<hstring> GetAllActiveMicrophoneDeviceNames();
+        static winrt::Windows::Foundation::Collections::IVector<hstring> GetAllVideoCaptureDeviceNames();
+    };
+}
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::factory_implementation
+{
+    struct CommonManaged : CommonManagedT<CommonManaged, implementation::CommonManaged>
+    {
+    };
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/CommonManaged.idl
+++ b/src/common/interop/CommonManaged.idl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace PowerToys
+{
+    namespace Interop
+    {
+        [default_interface] static runtimeclass CommonManaged {
+            static String GetProductVersion();
+            static Windows.Foundation.Collections.IVector<String> GetAllActiveMicrophoneDeviceNames();
+            static Windows.Foundation.Collections.IVector<String> GetAllVideoCaptureDeviceNames();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/Constants.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/Constants.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "Constants.h"
+#include "Constants.g.cpp"
+#include "shared_constants.h"
+#include <ShlObj.h>
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    uint32_t Constants::VK_WIN_BOTH()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::VK_WIN_BOTH;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::AppDataPath()
+    {
+        PWSTR local_app_path;
+        winrt::check_hresult(SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_LocalAppData, 0, NULL, &local_app_path));
+        winrt::hstring result{ local_app_path };
+        CoTaskMemFree(local_app_path);
+        result = result + L"\\" + CommonSharedConstants::APPDATA_PATH;
+        return result;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::PowerLauncherSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::POWER_LAUNCHER_SHARED_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::PowerLauncherCentralizedHookSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::POWER_LAUNCHER_CENTRALIZED_HOOK_SHARED_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::RunSendSettingsTelemetryEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::RUN_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::RunExitEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::RUN_EXIT_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::FZEExitEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::FZE_EXIT_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::FZEToggleEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::FANCY_ZONES_EDITOR_TOGGLE_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ColorPickerSendSettingsTelemetryEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::COLOR_PICKER_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShowColorPickerSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_COLOR_PICKER_SHARED_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::AdvancedPasteShowUIMessage()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::ADVANCED_PASTE_SHOW_UI_MESSAGE;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::AdvancedPasteMarkdownMessage()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::ADVANCED_PASTE_MARKDOWN_MESSAGE;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::AdvancedPasteJsonMessage()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::ADVANCED_PASTE_JSON_MESSAGE;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::AdvancedPasteCustomActionMessage()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::ADVANCED_PASTE_CUSTOM_ACTION_MESSAGE;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShowPowerOCRSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_POWEROCR_SHARED_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::MouseJumpShowPreviewEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::MOUSE_JUMP_SHOW_PREVIEW_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::AwakeExitEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::AWAKE_EXIT_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShowPeekEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_PEEK_SHARED_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::PowerAccentExitEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::POWERACCENT_EXIT_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShortcutGuideTriggerEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHORTCUT_GUIDE_TRIGGER_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::RegistryPreviewTriggerEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::REGISTRY_PREVIEW_TRIGGER_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::MeasureToolTriggerEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::MEASURE_TOOL_TRIGGER_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::GcodePreviewResizeEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::GCODE_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::QoiPreviewResizeEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::QOI_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::DevFilesPreviewResizeEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::DEV_FILES_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::MarkdownPreviewResizeEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::MARKDOWN_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::PdfPreviewResizeEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::PDF_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::SvgPreviewResizeEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SVG_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShowHostsSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_HOSTS_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShowHostsAdminSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_HOSTS_ADMIN_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::CropAndLockThumbnailEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::CROP_AND_LOCK_THUMBNAIL_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::CropAndLockReparentEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::CROP_AND_LOCK_REPARENT_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShowEnvironmentVariablesSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::ShowEnvironmentVariablesAdminSharedEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES_ADMIN_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::WorkspacesLaunchEditorEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::WORKSPACES_LAUNCH_EDITOR_EVENT;
+    }
+    hstring Constants::WorkspacesHotkeyEvent()
+    {
+        return CommonSharedConstants::WORKSPACES_HOTKEY_EVENT;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/Constants.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/Constants.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Constants.g.h"
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    struct Constants : ConstantsT<Constants>
+    {
+        Constants() = default;
+
+        static uint32_t VK_WIN_BOTH();
+        static hstring AppDataPath();
+        static hstring PowerLauncherSharedEvent();
+        static hstring PowerLauncherCentralizedHookSharedEvent();
+        static hstring RunSendSettingsTelemetryEvent();
+        static hstring RunExitEvent();
+        static hstring FZEExitEvent();
+        static hstring FZEToggleEvent();
+        static hstring ColorPickerSendSettingsTelemetryEvent();
+        static hstring ShowColorPickerSharedEvent();
+        static hstring AdvancedPasteShowUIMessage();
+        static hstring AdvancedPasteMarkdownMessage();
+        static hstring AdvancedPasteJsonMessage();
+        static hstring AdvancedPasteCustomActionMessage();
+        static hstring ShowPowerOCRSharedEvent();
+        static hstring MouseJumpShowPreviewEvent();
+        static hstring AwakeExitEvent();
+        static hstring ShowPeekEvent();
+        static hstring PowerAccentExitEvent();
+        static hstring ShortcutGuideTriggerEvent();
+        static hstring RegistryPreviewTriggerEvent();
+        static hstring MeasureToolTriggerEvent();
+        static hstring GcodePreviewResizeEvent();
+        static hstring QoiPreviewResizeEvent();
+        static hstring DevFilesPreviewResizeEvent();
+        static hstring MarkdownPreviewResizeEvent();
+        static hstring PdfPreviewResizeEvent();
+        static hstring SvgPreviewResizeEvent();
+        static hstring ShowHostsSharedEvent();
+        static hstring ShowHostsAdminSharedEvent();
+        static hstring CropAndLockThumbnailEvent();
+        static hstring CropAndLockReparentEvent();
+        static hstring ShowEnvironmentVariablesSharedEvent();
+        static hstring ShowEnvironmentVariablesAdminSharedEvent();
+        static hstring WorkspacesLaunchEditorEvent();
+        static hstring WorkspacesHotkeyEvent();
+    };
+}
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::factory_implementation
+{
+    struct Constants : ConstantsT<Constants, implementation::Constants>
+    {
+    };
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/Constants.idl
+++ b/src/common/interop/Constants.idl
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+namespace PowerToys
+{
+    namespace Interop
+    {
+        [default_interface] static runtimeclass Constants {
+            static UInt32 VK_WIN_BOTH {get; };
+            static String AppDataPath();
+            static String PowerLauncherSharedEvent();
+            static String PowerLauncherCentralizedHookSharedEvent();
+            static String RunSendSettingsTelemetryEvent();
+            static String RunExitEvent();
+            static String FZEExitEvent();
+            static String FZEToggleEvent();
+            static String ColorPickerSendSettingsTelemetryEvent();
+            static String ShowColorPickerSharedEvent();
+            static String AdvancedPasteShowUIMessage();
+            static String AdvancedPasteMarkdownMessage();
+            static String AdvancedPasteJsonMessage();
+            static String AdvancedPasteCustomActionMessage();
+            static String ShowPowerOCRSharedEvent();
+            static String MouseJumpShowPreviewEvent();
+            static String AwakeExitEvent();
+            static String ShowPeekEvent();
+            static String PowerAccentExitEvent();
+            static String ShortcutGuideTriggerEvent();
+            static String RegistryPreviewTriggerEvent();
+            static String MeasureToolTriggerEvent();
+            static String GcodePreviewResizeEvent();
+            static String QoiPreviewResizeEvent();
+            static String DevFilesPreviewResizeEvent();
+            static String MarkdownPreviewResizeEvent();
+            static String PdfPreviewResizeEvent();
+            static String SvgPreviewResizeEvent();
+            static String ShowHostsSharedEvent();
+            static String ShowHostsAdminSharedEvent();
+            static String CropAndLockThumbnailEvent();
+            static String CropAndLockReparentEvent();
+            static String ShowEnvironmentVariablesSharedEvent();
+            static String ShowEnvironmentVariablesAdminSharedEvent();
+            static String WorkspacesLaunchEditorEvent();
+            static String WorkspacesHotkeyEvent();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/HotkeyManager.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/HotkeyManager.cpp
@@ -1,94 +1,89 @@
 #include "pch.h"
 #include "HotkeyManager.h"
+#include "HotkeyManager.g.cpp"

-using namespace interop;
-
-HotkeyManager::HotkeyManager()
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
 {
-    keyboardEventCallback = gcnew KeyboardEventCallback(this, &HotkeyManager::KeyboardEventProc);
-    isActiveCallback = gcnew IsActiveCallback(this, &HotkeyManager::IsActiveProc);
-    filterKeyboardCallback = gcnew FilterKeyboardEvent(this, &HotkeyManager::FilterKeyboardProc);
-
-    keyboardHook = gcnew KeyboardHook(
-        keyboardEventCallback,
-        isActiveCallback,
-        filterKeyboardCallback);
-    hotkeys = gcnew Dictionary<HOTKEY_HANDLE, HotkeyCallback ^>();
-    pressedKeys = gcnew Hotkey();
-    keyboardHook->Start();
-}
-
-HotkeyManager::~HotkeyManager()
-{
-    delete keyboardHook;
-}
-
-// When all Shortcut keys are pressed, fire the HotkeyCallback event.
-void HotkeyManager::KeyboardEventProc(KeyboardEvent ^ /*ev*/)
-{
-    // pressedKeys always stores the latest keyboard state
-    auto pressedKeysHandle = GetHotkeyHandle(pressedKeys);
-    if (hotkeys->ContainsKey(pressedKeysHandle))
+    HotkeyManager::HotkeyManager()
    {
-        hotkeys[pressedKeysHandle]->Invoke();
-
-        // After invoking the hotkey send a dummy key to prevent Start Menu from activating
-        INPUT dummyEvent[1] = {};
-        dummyEvent[0].type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
-        dummyEvent[0].ki.wVk = 0xFF;
-        dummyEvent[0].ki.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP;
-        SendInput(1, dummyEvent, sizeof(INPUT));
+        keyboardEventCallback = KeyboardEventCallback{ this, &HotkeyManager::KeyboardEventProc };
+        isActiveCallback = IsActiveCallback{ this, &HotkeyManager::IsActiveProc };
+        filterKeyboardCallback = FilterKeyboardEvent{ this, &HotkeyManager::FilterKeyboardProc };
+        keyboardHook = KeyboardHook{ keyboardEventCallback, isActiveCallback, filterKeyboardCallback };
+        keyboardHook.Start();
    }
-}

-// Hotkeys are intended to be global, therefore they are always active no matter the
-// context in which the keypress occurs.
-bool HotkeyManager::IsActiveProc()
-{
-    return true;
-}
+    // When all Shortcut keys are pressed, fire the HotkeyCallback event.
+    void HotkeyManager::KeyboardEventProc(KeyboardEvent ev)
+    {
+        // pressedKeys always stores the latest keyboard state
+        auto pressedKeysHandle = GetHotkeyHandle(pressedKeys);
+        if (hotkeys.find(pressedKeysHandle) != hotkeys.end())
+        {
+            hotkeys[pressedKeysHandle]();

-// KeyboardEvent callback is only fired for relevant key events.
-bool HotkeyManager::FilterKeyboardProc(KeyboardEvent ^ ev)
-{
-    // Updating the pressed keys here so we know if the keypress event should be propagated or not.
-    pressedKeys->Win = (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_LWIN) & 0x8000) || (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_RWIN) & 0x8000);
-    pressedKeys->Ctrl = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_CONTROL) & 0x8000;
-    pressedKeys->Alt = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_MENU) & 0x8000;
-    pressedKeys->Shift = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_SHIFT) & 0x8000;
-    pressedKeys->Key = static_cast<unsigned char>(ev->key);
+            // After invoking the hotkey send a dummy key to prevent Start Menu from activating
+            INPUT dummyEvent[1] = {};
+            dummyEvent[0].type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
+            dummyEvent[0].ki.wVk = 0xFF;
+            dummyEvent[0].ki.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP;
+            SendInput(1, dummyEvent, sizeof(INPUT));
+        }
+    }

-    // Convert to hotkey handle
-    auto pressedKeysHandle = GetHotkeyHandle(pressedKeys);
-
-    // Check if any hotkey matches the pressed keys if the current key event is a key down event
-    if ((ev->message == WM_KEYDOWN || ev->message == WM_SYSKEYDOWN) && hotkeys->ContainsKey(pressedKeysHandle))
+    // Hotkeys are intended to be global, therefore they are always active no matter the
+    // context in which the keypress occurs.
+    bool HotkeyManager::IsActiveProc()
    {
        return true;
    }
+    bool HotkeyManager::FilterKeyboardProc(KeyboardEvent ev)
+    {
+        // Updating the pressed keys here so we know if the keypress event should be propagated or not.
+        pressedKeys.Win = (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_LWIN) & 0x8000) || (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_RWIN) & 0x8000);
+        pressedKeys.Ctrl = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_CONTROL) & 0x8000;
+        pressedKeys.Alt = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_MENU) & 0x8000;
+        pressedKeys.Shift = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_SHIFT) & 0x8000;
+        pressedKeys.Key = static_cast<unsigned char>(ev.key);

-    return false;
-}
+        // Convert to hotkey handle
+        auto pressedKeysHandle = GetHotkeyHandle(pressedKeys);

-// NOTE: Replaces old hotkey if one already present.
-HOTKEY_HANDLE HotkeyManager::RegisterHotkey(Hotkey ^ hotkey, HotkeyCallback ^ callback)
-{
-    auto handle = GetHotkeyHandle(hotkey);
-    hotkeys[handle] = callback;
-    return handle;
-}
+        // Check if any hotkey matches the pressed keys if the current key event is a key down event
+        if ((ev.message == WM_KEYDOWN || ev.message == WM_SYSKEYDOWN) && hotkeys.find(pressedKeysHandle)!=hotkeys.end())
+        {
+            return true;
+        }

-void HotkeyManager::UnregisterHotkey(HOTKEY_HANDLE handle)
-{
-    hotkeys->Remove(handle);
-}
+        return false;
+    }

-HOTKEY_HANDLE HotkeyManager::GetHotkeyHandle(Hotkey ^ hotkey)
-{
-    HOTKEY_HANDLE handle = hotkey->Key;
-    handle |= hotkey->Win << 8;
-    handle |= hotkey->Ctrl << 9;
-    handle |= hotkey->Shift << 10;
-    handle |= hotkey->Alt << 11;
-    return handle;
+    uint16_t HotkeyManager::RegisterHotkey(winrt::PowerToys::Interop::Hotkey const& _hotkey, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::HotkeyCallback const& _callback)
+    {
+        auto handle = GetHotkeyHandle(_hotkey);
+        hotkeys[handle] = _callback;
+        return handle;
+    }
+
+    void HotkeyManager::UnregisterHotkey(uint16_t _handle)
+    {
+        auto iter = hotkeys.find(_handle);
+        if (iter != hotkeys.end()) {
+            hotkeys.erase(iter);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void HotkeyManager::Close()
+    {
+    }
+
+    uint16_t HotkeyManager::GetHotkeyHandle(Hotkey hotkey)
+    {
+        uint16_t handle = hotkey.Key;
+        handle |= hotkey.Win << 8;
+        handle |= hotkey.Ctrl << 9;
+        handle |= hotkey.Shift << 10;
+        handle |= hotkey.Alt << 11;
+        return handle;
+    }
 }
--- a/src/common/interop/HotkeyManager.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/HotkeyManager.h
@@ -1,54 +1,33 @@
 #pragma once
-#include <Windows.h>
-#include "KeyboardHook.h"
+#include "HotkeyManager.g.h"

-namespace interop
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
 {
-public
-    ref struct Hotkey
+    struct HotkeyManager : HotkeyManagerT<HotkeyManager>
    {
-        bool Win;
-        bool Ctrl;
-        bool Shift;
-        bool Alt;
-        unsigned char Key;
-
-        Hotkey()
-        {
-            Win = false;
-            Ctrl = false;
-            Shift = false;
-            Alt = false;
-            Key = 0;
-        }
-    };
-
-public
-    delegate void HotkeyCallback();
-
-    typedef unsigned short HOTKEY_HANDLE;
-
-public
-    ref class HotkeyManager
-    {
-    public:
        HotkeyManager();
-        ~HotkeyManager();

-        HOTKEY_HANDLE RegisterHotkey(Hotkey ^ hotkey, HotkeyCallback ^ callback);
-        void UnregisterHotkey(HOTKEY_HANDLE handle);
+        uint16_t RegisterHotkey(winrt::PowerToys::Interop::Hotkey const& _hotkey, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::HotkeyCallback const& _callback);
+        void UnregisterHotkey(uint16_t _handle);
+        void Close();

    private:
-        KeyboardHook ^ keyboardHook;
-        Dictionary<HOTKEY_HANDLE, HotkeyCallback ^> ^ hotkeys;
-        Hotkey ^ pressedKeys;
-        KeyboardEventCallback ^ keyboardEventCallback;
-        IsActiveCallback ^ isActiveCallback;
-        FilterKeyboardEvent ^ filterKeyboardCallback;
+        KeyboardHook keyboardHook{ nullptr };
+        std::map<uint16_t, HotkeyCallback> hotkeys;
+        Hotkey pressedKeys{ };
+        KeyboardEventCallback keyboardEventCallback;
+        IsActiveCallback isActiveCallback;
+        FilterKeyboardEvent filterKeyboardCallback;

-        void KeyboardEventProc(KeyboardEvent ^ ev);
+        void KeyboardEventProc(KeyboardEvent ev);
        bool IsActiveProc();
-        bool FilterKeyboardProc(KeyboardEvent ^ ev);
-        HOTKEY_HANDLE GetHotkeyHandle(Hotkey ^ hotkey);
+        bool FilterKeyboardProc(KeyboardEvent ev);
+        uint16_t GetHotkeyHandle(Hotkey hotkey);
+    };
+}
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::factory_implementation
+{
+    struct HotkeyManager : HotkeyManagerT<HotkeyManager, implementation::HotkeyManager>
+    {
    };
 }
--- a/src/common/interop/HotkeyManager.idl
+++ b/src/common/interop/HotkeyManager.idl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+namespace PowerToys
+{
+    namespace Interop
+    {
+        struct Hotkey
+        {
+            Boolean Win;
+            Boolean Ctrl;
+            Boolean Shift;
+            Boolean Alt;
+            UInt8 Key;
+        };
+        delegate void HotkeyCallback();
+
+        [default_interface] runtimeclass HotkeyManager : Windows.Foundation.IClosable
+        {
+            HotkeyManager();
+            UInt16 RegisterHotkey(Hotkey _hotkey, HotkeyCallback _callback);
+            void UnregisterHotkey(UInt16 _handle);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/KeyboardHook.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/KeyboardHook.cpp
@@ -1,73 +1,99 @@
 #include "pch.h"
 #include "KeyboardHook.h"
-#include <exception>
-#include <msclr/marshal.h>
-#include <msclr/marshal_cppstd.h>
+#include "KeyboardHook.g.cpp"
 #include <common/debug_control.h>
 #include <common/utils/winapi_error.h>

-using namespace interop;
-using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;
-using namespace System;
-using namespace System::Diagnostics;
-
-KeyboardHook::KeyboardHook(
-    KeyboardEventCallback ^ keyboardEventCallback,
-    IsActiveCallback ^ isActiveCallback,
-    FilterKeyboardEvent ^ filterKeyboardEvent)
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
 {
-    this->keyboardEventCallback = keyboardEventCallback;
-    this->isActiveCallback = isActiveCallback;
-    this->filterKeyboardEvent = filterKeyboardEvent;
-}
+    std::mutex KeyboardHook::instancesMutex;
+    std::unordered_set<KeyboardHook*> KeyboardHook::instances;

-KeyboardHook::~KeyboardHook()
-{
-    // Unregister low level hook procedure
-    UnhookWindowsHookEx(hookHandle);
-}
+    KeyboardHook::KeyboardHook(winrt::PowerToys::Interop::KeyboardEventCallback const& keyboardEventCallback, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::IsActiveCallback const& isActiveCallback, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::FilterKeyboardEvent const& filterKeyboardEvent)
+    {
+        this->keyboardEventCallback = keyboardEventCallback;
+        this->isActiveCallback = isActiveCallback;
+        this->filterKeyboardEvent = filterKeyboardEvent;
+    }

-void KeyboardHook::Start()
-{
-    hookProc = gcnew HookProcDelegate(this, &KeyboardHook::HookProc);
+    void KeyboardHook::Close()
+    {
+        std::unique_lock lock { instancesMutex };
+        auto iter = instances.find(this);
+        if (iter != instances.end())
+        {
+            instances.erase(iter);
+        }
+        if (instances.size() < 1 && hookHandle != nullptr)
+        {
+            if (UnhookWindowsHookEx(hookHandle))
+            {
+                hookHandle = nullptr;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void KeyboardHook::Start()
+    {
 #if defined(DISABLE_LOWLEVEL_HOOKS_WHEN_DEBUGGED)
-    const bool hookDisabled = IsDebuggerPresent();
+        const bool hookDisabled = IsDebuggerPresent();
 #else
-    const bool hookDisabled = false;
+        const bool hookDisabled = false;
 #endif
-    if (!hookDisabled)
-    {
-        // register low level hook procedure
-        hookHandle = SetWindowsHookEx(
-            WH_KEYBOARD_LL,
-            (HOOKPROC)(void*)Marshal::GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(hookProc),
-            0,
-            0);
-        if (hookHandle == nullptr)
+        if (!hookDisabled)
        {
-            DWORD errorCode = GetLastError();
-            show_last_error_message(L"SetWindowsHookEx", errorCode, L"PowerToys - Interop");
+            std::unique_lock lock { instancesMutex };
+            assert(instances.find(this) == instances.end());
+            // register low level hook procedure
+            instances.insert(this);
+            if (hookHandle == nullptr)
+            {
+                hookHandle = SetWindowsHookEx(
+                    WH_KEYBOARD_LL,
+                    HookProc,
+                    0,
+                    0);
+                if (hookHandle == nullptr)
+                {
+                    DWORD errorCode = GetLastError();
+                    show_last_error_message(L"SetWindowsHookEx", errorCode, L"PowerToys - Interop");
+                }
+            }
        }
    }
+    LRESULT KeyboardHook::HookProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
+    {
+        if (nCode == HC_ACTION)
+        {
+            std::vector<KeyboardHook*> instances_copy;
+            {
+                /* Use a copy of instances, to iterate through the copy without needing to maintain the lock */
+                std::unique_lock lock{ instancesMutex };
+                instances_copy.reserve(instances.size());
+                std::copy(instances.begin(), instances.end(), std::back_inserter(instances_copy));
+            }
+
+            for (auto const& s_instance : instances_copy)
+            {
+                if (s_instance->isActiveCallback())
+                {
+                    KeyboardEvent ev;
+                    ev.message = wParam;
+                    ev.key = reinterpret_cast<KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT*>(lParam)->vkCode;
+                    ev.dwExtraInfo = reinterpret_cast<KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT*>(lParam)->dwExtraInfo;
+
+                    // Ignore the keyboard hook if the FilterkeyboardEvent returns false.
+                    if ((s_instance->filterKeyboardEvent != nullptr && !s_instance->filterKeyboardEvent(ev)))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    s_instance->keyboardEventCallback(ev);
+                    return 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return CallNextHookEx(NULL, nCode, wParam, lParam);
+    }
 }
-
-LRESULT __clrcall KeyboardHook::HookProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
-{
-    if (nCode == HC_ACTION && isActiveCallback->Invoke())
-    {
-        KeyboardEvent ^ ev = gcnew KeyboardEvent();
-        ev->message = wParam;
-        ev->key = reinterpret_cast<KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT*>(lParam)->vkCode;
-        ev->dwExtraInfo = reinterpret_cast<KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT*>(lParam)->dwExtraInfo;
-
-        // Ignore the keyboard hook if the FilterkeyboardEvent returns false.
-        if ((filterKeyboardEvent != nullptr && !filterKeyboardEvent->Invoke(ev)))
-        {
-            return CallNextHookEx(hookHandle, nCode, wParam, lParam);
-        }
-
-        keyboardEventCallback->Invoke(ev);
-        return 1;
-    }
-    return CallNextHookEx(hookHandle, nCode, wParam, lParam);
-}
--- a/src/common/interop/KeyboardHook.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/KeyboardHook.h
@@ -1,48 +1,35 @@
 #pragma once
+#include "KeyboardHook.g.h"
+#include <mutex>
+#include <unordered_set>

-#include <cinttypes>
-
-using namespace System::Threading;
-using namespace System::Collections::Generic;
-
-namespace interop
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
 {
-public
-    ref struct KeyboardEvent
+    struct KeyboardHook : KeyboardHookT<KeyboardHook>
    {
-        WPARAM message;
-        int key;
-        uint64_t dwExtraInfo;
-    };
-
-public
-    delegate void KeyboardEventCallback(KeyboardEvent ^ ev);
-public
-    delegate bool IsActiveCallback();
-public
-    delegate bool FilterKeyboardEvent(KeyboardEvent ^ ev);
-
-public
-    ref class KeyboardHook
-    {
-    public:
-        KeyboardHook(
-            KeyboardEventCallback ^ keyboardEventCallback,
-            IsActiveCallback ^ isActiveCallback,
-            FilterKeyboardEvent ^ filterKeyboardEvent);
-        ~KeyboardHook();
+        // KeyboardHook() = default;

+        KeyboardHook(winrt::PowerToys::Interop::KeyboardEventCallback const& keyboardEventCallback, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::IsActiveCallback const& isActiveCallback, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::FilterKeyboardEvent const& filterKeyboardEvent);
        void Start();
+        void Close();

    private:
-        delegate LRESULT HookProcDelegate(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
-        KeyboardEventCallback ^ keyboardEventCallback;
-        IsActiveCallback ^ isActiveCallback;
-        FilterKeyboardEvent ^ filterKeyboardEvent;
-        HHOOK hookHandle;
-        HookProcDelegate ^ hookProc;
+        winrt::PowerToys::Interop::KeyboardEventCallback keyboardEventCallback;
+        winrt::PowerToys::Interop::IsActiveCallback isActiveCallback;
+        winrt::PowerToys::Interop::FilterKeyboardEvent filterKeyboardEvent;

-        LRESULT __clrcall HookProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
+        // This class used to be C++/CX, which meant it ran on .NET runtime and was able to send function pointer for delegates as hook procedures for SetWindowsHookEx which kept an object reference.
+        // There doesn't seem to be a way to do this outside of the .NET runtime that allows us to get a proper C-style function.
+        // The alternative when porting to C++/winrt is to keep track of every instance and use a single proc instead of one per object. This should also make it lighter.
+        static std::mutex instancesMutex;
+        static std::unordered_set<KeyboardHook*> instances;
+        static inline HHOOK hookHandle = nullptr;
+        static LRESULT CALLBACK HookProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
+    };
+}
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::factory_implementation
+{
+    struct KeyboardHook : KeyboardHookT<KeyboardHook, implementation::KeyboardHook>
+    {
    };
-
 }
--- a/src/common/interop/KeyboardHook.idl
+++ b/src/common/interop/KeyboardHook.idl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+namespace PowerToys
+{
+    namespace Interop
+    {
+        struct KeyboardEvent
+        {
+            UInt64 message;
+            Int32 key;
+            UInt64 dwExtraInfo;
+        };
+
+        [version(1.0), uuid(7b820173-a54a-4a38-b810-810e05c14344)] delegate void KeyboardEventCallback(KeyboardEvent ev);
+        [version(1.0), uuid(e3a8bb91-0dfd-4d77-8472-75a47b7af8f8)] delegate Boolean IsActiveCallback();
+        [version(1.0), uuid(94b900ee-d9e8-4630-9064-737eeb9c18ad)] delegate Boolean FilterKeyboardEvent(KeyboardEvent ev);
+
+        [default_interface] runtimeclass KeyboardHook: Windows.Foundation.IClosable {
+            KeyboardHook(KeyboardEventCallback keyboardEventCallback, IsActiveCallback isActiveCallback, FilterKeyboardEvent filterKeyboardEvent);
+            void Start();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/LayoutMapManaged.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/LayoutMapManaged.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "LayoutMapManaged.h"
+#include "LayoutMapManaged.g.cpp"
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    hstring LayoutMapManaged::GetKeyName(uint32_t key)
+    {
+        return hstring{ _map->GetKeyName(key) };
+    }
+    uint32_t LayoutMapManaged::GetKeyValue(hstring const& name)
+    {
+        return _map->GetKeyFromName(std::wstring(name));
+    }
+    void LayoutMapManaged::Updatelayout()
+    {
+        _map->UpdateLayout();
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/LayoutMapManaged.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/LayoutMapManaged.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "LayoutMapManaged.g.h"
+#include "keyboard_layout.h"
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    struct LayoutMapManaged : LayoutMapManagedT<LayoutMapManaged>
+    {
+        LayoutMapManaged() = default;
+
+        hstring GetKeyName(uint32_t key);
+        uint32_t GetKeyValue(hstring const& name);
+        void Updatelayout();
+
+        private:
+        std::unique_ptr<LayoutMap> _map = std::make_unique<LayoutMap>();
+    };
+}
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::factory_implementation
+{
+    struct LayoutMapManaged : LayoutMapManagedT<LayoutMapManaged, implementation::LayoutMapManaged>
+    {
+    };
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/LayoutMapManaged.idl
+++ b/src/common/interop/LayoutMapManaged.idl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace PowerToys
+{
+    namespace Interop
+    {
+        [default_interface] runtimeclass LayoutMapManaged {
+            LayoutMapManaged();
+            String GetKeyName(UInt32 key);
+            UInt32 GetKeyValue(String name);
+            void Updatelayout();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.def
+++ b/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.def
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+EXPORTS
+DllCanUnloadNow = WINRT_CanUnloadNow                    PRIVATE
+DllGetActivationFactory = WINRT_GetActivationFactory    PRIVATE
--- a/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\Version.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
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@@ -25,16 +25,25 @@
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-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
-    <Keyword>ManagedCProj</Keyword>
-    <RootNamespace>PowerToysInterop</RootNamespace>
+    <RootNamespace>PowerToys.Interop</RootNamespace>
    <ProjectName>PowerToys.Interop</ProjectName>
+    <CppWinRTOptimized>true</CppWinRTOptimized>
+    <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>
+    <CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>true</CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>
+    <MinimalCoreWin>true</MinimalCoreWin>
+    <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
+    <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>14.0</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>
+    <AppContainerApplication>false</AppContainerApplication>
+    <AppxPackage>false</AppxPackage>
+    <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
+    <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision>
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  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
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    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <CLRSupport>NetCore</CLRSupport>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
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@@ -55,93 +64,122 @@
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    <ClCompile>
      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+      <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
    </ClCompile>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
    <ClCompile>
      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+      <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
    </ClCompile>
  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
    <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PowerToysInterop;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>$(IntDir)pch.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINRT_DLL;WINRT_LEAN_AND_MEAN;PowerToysInterop;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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+      <AdditionalUsingDirectories>$(WindowsSDK_WindowsMetadata);$(AdditionalUsingDirectories)</AdditionalUsingDirectories>
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-      <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:twoPhase- </AdditionalOptions>
-      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /bigobj /Zc:twoPhase- </AdditionalOptions>
    </ClCompile>
    <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>WindowsApp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>WindowsApp.lib;shell32.lib;advapi32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateWindowsMetadata>false</GenerateWindowsMetadata>
+      <ModuleDefinitionFile>PowerToys.Interop.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
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+    <ClInclude Include="async_message_queue.h" />
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+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Constants.h">
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+    </ClInclude>
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+    </ClInclude>
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+    </ClInclude>
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    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.1.0.231216.1\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
  </Target>
 </Project>
--- a/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj.filters
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
    <ClInclude Include="pch.h">
      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
    </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="KeyboardHook.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="HotkeyManager.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
    <ClInclude Include="resource.h">
      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
    </ClInclude>
@@ -36,23 +30,38 @@
    <ClInclude Include="shared_constants.h">
      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Constants.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="keyboard_layout.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="keyboard_layout_impl.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="LayoutMapManaged.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="CommonManaged.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="two_way_pipe_message_ipc.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="two_way_pipe_message_ipc_impl.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="async_message_queue.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="HotkeyManager.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Constants.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
-    <ClCompile Include="interop.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="Generated Files\AssemblyInfo.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="KeyboardHook.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="HotkeyManager.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="two_way_pipe_message_ipc.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
    <ClCompile Include="keyboard_layout.cpp">
      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
    </ClCompile>
@@ -62,6 +71,30 @@
    <ClCompile Include="..\..\modules\videoconference\VideoConferenceShared\VideoCaptureDeviceList.cpp">
      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="pch.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="Constants.cpp">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="LayoutMapManaged.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="CommonManaged.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="two_way_pipe_message_ipc.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(GeneratedFilesDir)module.g.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="HotkeyManager.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="Constants.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ResourceCompile Include="interop.rc">
@@ -69,9 +102,33 @@
    </ResourceCompile>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
-    <Natvis Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\natvis\wil.natvis" />
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <None Include="PowerToys.Interop.def">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </None>
+    <None Include="PropertySheet.props" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
+    <Midl Include="HotkeyManager.idl">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </Midl>
+    <Midl Include="Constants.idl">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </Midl>
+    <Midl Include="LayoutMapManaged.idl">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </Midl>
+    <Midl Include="CommonManaged.idl">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </Midl>
+    <Midl Include="KeyboardHook.idl">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </Midl>
+    <Midl Include="TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.idl">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </Midl>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Natvis Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\natvis\wil.natvis" />
  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
--- a/src/common/interop/PropertySheet.props
+++ b/src/common/interop/PropertySheet.props
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <!--
+    To customize common C++/WinRT project properties:
+    * right-click the project node
+    * expand the Common Properties item
+    * select the C++/WinRT property page
+
+    For more advanced scenarios, and complete documentation, please see:
+    https://github.com/Microsoft/cppwinrt/tree/master/nuget
+    -->
+  <PropertyGroup />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup />
+</Project>
--- a/src/common/interop/TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.h"
+#include "TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.g.cpp"
+#include "two_way_pipe_message_ipc_impl.h"
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged::TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged(hstring const& inputPipeName, hstring const& outputPipeName, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::TwoWayPipeIPCReadCallback const& _callback)
+    {
+        this->_callback = _callback;
+        if (_callback != nullptr)
+        {
+            _internalReadCallback = [this](const std::wstring& msg) {
+                this->_callback(msg);
+            };
+        }
+        _pipe = new TwoWayPipeMessageIPC(std::wstring{ inputPipeName }, std::wstring{ outputPipeName }, _internalReadCallback);
+    }
+
+    void TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged::Send(hstring const& msg)
+    {
+        _pipe->send(std::wstring{ msg });
+    }
+    void TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged::Start()
+    {
+        _pipe->start(nullptr);
+    }
+    void TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged::End()
+    {
+        _pipe->end();
+    }
+    void TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged::Close()
+    {
+        delete _pipe;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.g.h"
+#include "two_way_pipe_message_ipc.h"
+
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::implementation
+{
+    struct TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged : TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManagedT<TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged>
+    {
+        TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged() = default;
+
+        TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged(hstring const& inputPipeName, hstring const& outputPipeName, winrt::PowerToys::Interop::TwoWayPipeIPCReadCallback const& _callback);
+        void Send(hstring const& msg);
+        void Start();
+        void End();
+        void Close();
+
+    private:
+        TwoWayPipeMessageIPC* _pipe;
+        TwoWayPipeIPCReadCallback _callback;
+        std::function<void(const std::wstring& msg)> _internalReadCallback;
+    };
+}
+namespace winrt::PowerToys::Interop::factory_implementation
+{
+    struct TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged : TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManagedT<TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged, implementation::TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged>
+    {
+    };
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.idl
+++ b/src/common/interop/TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged.idl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+namespace PowerToys
+{
+    namespace Interop
+    {
+        delegate void TwoWayPipeIPCReadCallback(String message);
+        [default_interface] runtimeclass TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged : Windows.Foundation.IClosable
+        {
+            TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged(String inputPipeName, String outputPipeName, TwoWayPipeIPCReadCallback _callback);
+            void Send(String msg);
+            void Start();
+            void End();
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/src/common/interop/interop-tests/InteropTests.cs
+++ b/src/common/interop/interop-tests/InteropTests.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@

 using System;
 using System.Threading;
-using interop;
+
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using PowerToys.Interop;

 namespace Microsoft.Interop.Tests
 {
--- a/src/common/interop/interop-tests/Microsoft.Interop.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/common/interop/interop-tests/Microsoft.Interop.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\..\..\Version.props" />
+  <!-- Look at Directory.Build.props in root for common stuff as well -->
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />

  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Interop.Tests</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Interop.Tests</AssemblyName>
@@ -14,36 +12,11 @@
    <AssemblyTitle>interop-tests</AssemblyTitle>
  </PropertyGroup>

-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x64'">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <OutputPath>bin\$(Platform)\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x64'">
-    <OutputPath>bin\$(Platform)\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-	
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|ARM64'">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <OutputPath>bin\$(Platform)\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|ARM64'">
-    <OutputPath>bin\$(Platform)\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+  <!-- See https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/develop/platform/csharp-winrt/net-projection-from-cppwinrt-component for more info -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <CsWinRTIncludes>PowerToys.Interop</CsWinRTIncludes>
+    <CsWinRTGeneratedFilesDir>$(OutDir)</CsWinRTGeneratedFilesDir>
+    <ErrorOnDuplicatePublishOutputFiles>false</ErrorOnDuplicatePublishOutputFiles>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
@@ -53,6 +26,4 @@
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj" />
  </ItemGroup>
-
-
 </Project>
--- a/src/common/interop/interop.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/interop.cpp
@@ -1,299 +0,0 @@
-#include "pch.h"
-
-#include <msclr/marshal.h>
-#include <msclr/marshal_cppstd.h>
-#include <functional>
-#include "keyboard_layout.h"
-#include "two_way_pipe_message_ipc.h"
-#include "shared_constants.h"
-
-// We cannot use C++/WinRT APIs when compiled with /clr (we'll get a runtime crash). os-detect API is used
-// in both native C++ and C++/CX.
-// We also cannot compile it as a library, since we use different cppruntime linkage in C++/CX and native C++.
-// Therefore the simplest way is to compile these functions as native using the pragmas below.
-#pragma managed(push, off)
-#include "../utils/os-detect.h"
-// TODO: move to a separate library in common
-#include "../../modules/videoconference/VideoConferenceShared/MicrophoneDevice.h"
-#include "../../modules/videoconference/VideoConferenceShared/VideoCaptureDeviceList.h"
-#pragma managed(pop)
-
-#include <common/version/version.h>
-
-using namespace System;
-using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;
-using System::Collections::Generic::List;
-
-// https://learn.microsoft.com/cpp/dotnet/how-to-wrap-native-class-for-use-by-csharp?view=vs-2019
-namespace interop
-{
-public
-    ref class LayoutMapManaged
-    {
-    public:
-        LayoutMapManaged() :
-            _map(new LayoutMap) {}
-
-        ~LayoutMapManaged()
-        {
-            delete _map;
-        }
-
-        String ^ GetKeyName(DWORD key) 
-        {
-            return gcnew String(_map->GetKeyName(key).c_str());
-        }
-
-        DWORD GetKeyValue(String ^ name)
-        {
-            return _map->GetKeyFromName(msclr::interop::marshal_as<std::wstring>(name));
-        }
-
-        void Updatelayout()
-        {
-            _map->UpdateLayout();
-        }
-
-    protected:
-        !LayoutMapManaged()
-        {
-            delete _map;
-        }
-
-    private:
-        LayoutMap* _map;
-    };
-
-public
-    ref class TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged
-    {
-    public:
-        delegate void ReadCallback(String ^ message);
-
-        TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged(String ^ inputPipeName, String ^ outputPipeName, ReadCallback ^ callback)
-        {
-            _wrapperCallback = gcnew InternalReadCallback(this, &TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged::ReadCallbackHelper);
-            _callback = callback;
-
-            TwoWayPipeMessageIPC::callback_function cb = nullptr;
-            if (callback != nullptr)
-            {
-                cb = (TwoWayPipeMessageIPC::callback_function)(void*)Marshal::GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(_wrapperCallback);
-            }
-            _pipe = new TwoWayPipeMessageIPC(
-                msclr::interop::marshal_as<std::wstring>(inputPipeName),
-                msclr::interop::marshal_as<std::wstring>(outputPipeName),
-                cb);
-        }
-
-        ~TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged()
-        {
-            delete _pipe;
-        }
-
-        void Send(String ^ msg)
-        {
-            _pipe->send(msclr::interop::marshal_as<std::wstring>(msg));
-        }
-
-        void Start()
-        {
-            _pipe->start(nullptr);
-        }
-
-        void End()
-        {
-            _pipe->end();
-        }
-
-    protected:
-        !TwoWayPipeMessageIPCManaged()
-        {
-            delete _pipe;
-        }
-
-    private:
-        delegate void InternalReadCallback(const std::wstring& msg);
-
-        TwoWayPipeMessageIPC* _pipe;
-        ReadCallback ^ _callback;
-        InternalReadCallback ^ _wrapperCallback;
-
-        void ReadCallbackHelper(const std::wstring& msg)
-        {
-            _callback(gcnew String(msg.c_str()));
-        }
-    };
-
-public
-    ref class CommonManaged
-    {
-    public:
-        static String ^ GetProductVersion() {
-            return gcnew String(get_product_version().c_str());
-        }
-
-        static List<String ^> ^ GetAllActiveMicrophoneDeviceNames() {
-                auto names = gcnew List<String ^>();
-                for (const auto& device : MicrophoneDevice::getAllActive())
-                {
-                    names->Add(gcnew String(device->name().data()));
-                }
-                return names;
-            }
-
-            static List<String ^> ^
-            GetAllVideoCaptureDeviceNames() {
-                auto names = gcnew List<String ^>();
-                VideoCaptureDeviceList vcdl;
-                vcdl.EnumerateDevices();
-
-                for (UINT32 i = 0; i < vcdl.Count(); ++i)
-                {
-                    auto name = gcnew String(vcdl.GetDeviceName(i).data());
-                    if (name != L"PowerToys VideoConference Mute")
-                    {
-                        names->Add(name);
-                    }
-                }
-                return names;
-            }
-    };
-
-public
-    ref class Constants
-    {
-    public:
-        literal int VK_WIN_BOTH = CommonSharedConstants::VK_WIN_BOTH;
-
-        static String ^ AppDataPath() {
-            auto localPath = Environment::GetFolderPath(Environment::SpecialFolder::LocalApplicationData);
-            auto powerToysPath = gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::APPDATA_PATH);
-            return System::IO::Path::Combine(localPath, powerToysPath);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ PowerLauncherSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::POWER_LAUNCHER_SHARED_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ PowerLauncherCentralizedHookSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::POWER_LAUNCHER_CENTRALIZED_HOOK_SHARED_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ RunSendSettingsTelemetryEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::RUN_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ RunExitEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::RUN_EXIT_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ FZEExitEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::FZE_EXIT_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ FZEToggleEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::FANCY_ZONES_EDITOR_TOGGLE_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ColorPickerSendSettingsTelemetryEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::COLOR_PICKER_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShowColorPickerSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_COLOR_PICKER_SHARED_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShowAdvancedPasteSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_SHARED_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ AdvancedPasteMarkdownEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::ADVANCED_PASTE_MARKDOWN_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ AdvancedPasteJsonEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::ADVANCED_PASTE_JSON_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShowPowerOCRSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_POWEROCR_SHARED_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ MouseJumpShowPreviewEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::MOUSE_JUMP_SHOW_PREVIEW_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ AwakeExitEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::AWAKE_EXIT_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String^ ShowPeekEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_PEEK_SHARED_EVENT);
-        }
-        
-        static String ^ PowerAccentExitEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::POWERACCENT_EXIT_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShortcutGuideTriggerEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHORTCUT_GUIDE_TRIGGER_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ RegistryPreviewTriggerEvent() {
-                  return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::REGISTRY_PREVIEW_TRIGGER_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ MeasureToolTriggerEvent() {
-                  return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::MEASURE_TOOL_TRIGGER_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ GcodePreviewResizeEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::GCODE_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ QoiPreviewResizeEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::QOI_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ DevFilesPreviewResizeEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::DEV_FILES_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ MarkdownPreviewResizeEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::MARKDOWN_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ PdfPreviewResizeEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::PDF_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ SvgPreviewResizeEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SVG_PREVIEW_RESIZE_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShowHostsSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_HOSTS_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShowHostsAdminSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_HOSTS_ADMIN_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ CropAndLockThumbnailEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::CROP_AND_LOCK_THUMBNAIL_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ CropAndLockReparentEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::CROP_AND_LOCK_REPARENT_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShowEnvironmentVariablesSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES_EVENT);
-        }
-
-        static String ^ ShowEnvironmentVariablesAdminSharedEvent() {
-            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::SHOW_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES_ADMIN_EVENT);
-        }
-    };
-}
--- a/src/common/interop/interop.rc
+++ b/src/common/interop/interop.rc
--- a/src/common/interop/pch.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/pch.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "pch.h"
--- a/src/common/interop/pch.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/pch.h
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 // This also affects IntelliSense performance, including code completion and many code browsing features.
 // However, files listed here are ALL re-compiled if any one of them is updated between builds.
 // Do not add files here that you will be updating frequently as this negates the performance advantage.
-
-#ifndef PCH_H
-#define PCH_H
-
+#pragma once
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 // add headers that you want to pre-compile here
+#include <unknwn.h>
+#include <winrt/base.h>
+#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.h>
+#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.Collections.h>
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <Endpointvolume.h>
-
-#endif //PCH_H
--- a/src/common/interop/shared_constants.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/shared_constants.h
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ namespace CommonSharedConstants

    const wchar_t COLOR_PICKER_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT[] = L"Local\\ColorPickerSettingsTelemetryEvent-6c7071d8-4014-46ec-b687-913bd8a422f1";

-    // Path to the event used to show Advanced Paste UI
-    const wchar_t SHOW_ADVANCED_PASTE_SHARED_EVENT[] = L"Local\\ShowAdvancedPasteEvent-9a46be2a-3e05-4186-b56b-4ae986ef2526";
+    // IPC Messages used in Advanced Paste
+    const wchar_t ADVANCED_PASTE_SHOW_UI_MESSAGE[] = L"ShowUI";

-    const wchar_t ADVANCED_PASTE_MARKDOWN_EVENT[] = L"Local\\AdvancedPasteJsonEvent-a18c0798-3ee6-4fc5-bb9f-114c57ac0d47";
+    const wchar_t ADVANCED_PASTE_MARKDOWN_MESSAGE[] = L"PasteMarkdown";

-    const wchar_t ADVANCED_PASTE_JSON_EVENT[] = L"Local\\AdvancedPasteJsonEvent-9ed021ab-b711-4cf3-9f33-135a698a9d21";
+    const wchar_t ADVANCED_PASTE_JSON_MESSAGE[] = L"PasteJson";
+
+    const wchar_t ADVANCED_PASTE_CUSTOM_ACTION_MESSAGE[] = L"CustomAction";

    // Path to the event used to show Color Picker
    const wchar_t SHOW_COLOR_PICKER_SHARED_EVENT[] = L"Local\\ShowColorPickerEvent-8c46be2a-3e05-4186-b56b-4ae986ef2525";
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ namespace CommonSharedConstants

    const wchar_t FANCY_ZONES_EDITOR_TOGGLE_EVENT[] = L"Local\\FancyZones-ToggleEditorEvent-1e174338-06a3-472b-874d-073b21c62f14";

+    // Path to the event used by Workspaces
+    const wchar_t WORKSPACES_LAUNCH_EDITOR_EVENT[] = L"Local\\Workspaces-LaunchEditorEvent-a55ff427-cf62-4994-a2cd-9f72139296bf";
+    const wchar_t WORKSPACES_HOTKEY_EVENT[] = L"Local\\PowerToys-Workspaces-HotkeyEvent-2625C3C8-BAC9-4DB3-BCD6-3B4391A26FD0";
+
    const wchar_t SHOW_HOSTS_EVENT[] = L"Local\\Hosts-ShowHostsEvent-5a0c0aae-5ff5-40f5-95c2-20e37ed671f0";

    const wchar_t SHOW_HOSTS_ADMIN_EVENT[] = L"Local\\Hosts-ShowHostsAdminEvent-60ff44e2-efd3-43bf-928a-f4d269f98bec";
--- a/src/common/interop/two_way_pipe_message_ipc.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/two_way_pipe_message_ipc.h
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
+#include <functional>
 class TwoWayPipeMessageIPC
 {
 public:
-    typedef void (*callback_function)(const std::wstring&);
+    typedef std::function<void(const std::wstring&)>callback_function;
    TwoWayPipeMessageIPC(
        std::wstring _input_pipe_name,
        std::wstring _output_pipe_name,
--- a/src/common/logger/logger_settings.h
+++ b/src/common/logger/logger_settings.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ struct LogSettings
    inline const static std::string environmentVariablesLoggerName = "environment-variables";
    inline const static std::wstring cmdNotFoundLogPath = L"Logs\\cmd-not-found-log.txt";
    inline const static std::string cmdNotFoundLoggerName = "cmd-not-found";
+    inline const static std::string workspacesLauncherLoggerName = "workspaces-launcher";
+    inline const static std::wstring workspacesLauncherLogPath = L"workspaces-launcher-log.txt";
+    inline const static std::string workspacesSnapshotToolLoggerName = "workspaces-snapshot-tool";
+    inline const static std::wstring workspacesSnapshotToolLogPath = L"workspaces-snapshot-tool-log.txt";
    inline const static int retention = 30;
    std::wstring logLevel;
    LogSettings();
--- a/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivator.rc
+++ b/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivator.rc
@@ -1,36 +1,3 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
-#include "../../version/version.h"

-1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION FILE_VERSION
-PRODUCTVERSION PRODUCT_VERSION
-FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN 
-BEGIN
-    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040904b0" // US English (0x0409), Unicode (0x04B0) charset
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "CompanyName", COMPANY_NAME
-            VALUE "FileDescription", FILE_DESCRIPTION
-            VALUE "FileVersion", FILE_VERSION_STRING
-            VALUE "InternalName", INTERNAL_NAME
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", COPYRIGHT_NOTE
-            VALUE "OriginalFilename", ORIGINAL_FILENAME
-            VALUE "ProductName", PRODUCT_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
-        END
-    END
-    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-    BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200 // US English (0x0409), Unicode (1200) charset
-    END
-END
--- a/src/common/utils/OnThreadExecutor.h
+++ b/src/common/utils/OnThreadExecutor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <future>
+#include <thread>
+#include <functional>
+#include <queue>
+#include <atomic>
+
+// OnThreadExecutor allows its caller to off-load some work to a persistently running background thread.
+// This might come in handy if you use the API which sets thread-wide global state and the state needs
+// to be isolated.
+
+class OnThreadExecutor final
+{
+public:
+    using task_t = std::packaged_task<void()>;
+
+    OnThreadExecutor() :
+        _shutdown_request{ false },
+        _worker_thread{ [this] { worker_thread(); } }
+    {
+    }
+
+    ~OnThreadExecutor()
+    {
+        _shutdown_request = true;
+        _task_cv.notify_one();
+        _worker_thread.join();
+    }
+
+    std::future<void> submit(task_t task)
+    {
+        auto future = task.get_future();
+        std::lock_guard lock{ _task_mutex };
+        _task_queue.emplace(std::move(task));
+        _task_cv.notify_one();
+        return future;
+    }
+
+    void cancel()
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock{ _task_mutex };
+        _task_queue = {};
+        _task_cv.notify_one();
+    }
+
+private:
+    void worker_thread()
+    {
+        while (!_shutdown_request)
+        {
+            task_t task;
+            {
+                std::unique_lock task_lock{ _task_mutex };
+                _task_cv.wait(task_lock, [this] { return !_task_queue.empty() || _shutdown_request; });
+                if (_shutdown_request)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+                task = std::move(_task_queue.front());
+                _task_queue.pop();
+            }
+            task();
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::mutex _task_mutex;
+    std::condition_variable _task_cv;
+    std::atomic_bool _shutdown_request;
+    std::queue<std::packaged_task<void()>> _task_queue;
+    std::thread _worker_thread;
+};
--- a/src/common/utils/gpo.h
+++ b/src/common/utils/gpo.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ namespace powertoys_gpo {
    const std::wstring POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = L"ConfigureEnabledUtilityEnvironmentVariables";
    const std::wstring POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_QOI_PREVIEW = L"ConfigureEnabledUtilityFileExplorerQOIPreview";
    const std::wstring POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_QOI_THUMBNAILS = L"ConfigureEnabledUtilityFileExplorerQOIThumbnails";
+    const std::wstring POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_WORKSPACES = L"ConfigureEnabledUtilityWorkspaces";

    // The registry value names for PowerToys installer and update policies.
    const std::wstring POLICY_DISABLE_PER_USER_INSTALLATION = L"PerUserInstallationDisabled";
@@ -399,6 +400,11 @@ namespace powertoys_gpo {
        return getUtilityEnabledValue(POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_ADVANCED_PASTE);
    }

+    inline gpo_rule_configured_t getConfiguredWorkspacesEnabledValue()
+    {
+        return getUtilityEnabledValue(POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_WORKSPACES);
+    }
+
    inline gpo_rule_configured_t getConfiguredVideoConferenceMuteEnabledValue()
    {
        return getUtilityEnabledValue(POLICY_CONFIGURE_ENABLED_VIDEO_CONFERENCE_MUTE);
--- a/src/common/version/version.h
+++ b/src/common/version/version.h
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once

-#define STRINGIZE2(s) #s
-#define STRINGIZE(s) STRINGIZE2(s)
-
 #include "Generated Files\version_gen.h"

-#define FILE_VERSION VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_REVISION, 0
-#define FILE_VERSION_STRING  \
-    STRINGIZE(VERSION_MAJOR) \
-    "." STRINGIZE(VERSION_MINOR) "." STRINGIZE(VERSION_REVISION) ".0"
-#define PRODUCT_VERSION FILE_VERSION
-#define PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING FILE_VERSION_STRING
-
-#define COMPANY_NAME "Microsoft Corporation"
-#define COPYRIGHT_NOTE "Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved."
-#define PRODUCT_NAME "PowerToys"
-
 #include <string>

 enum class version_architecture
--- a/src/common/version/version.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/version/version.vcxproj
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="..\..\Version.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PtEmbeddedMajor>$(VersionProductMajor)</PtEmbeddedMajor>
+    <PtEmbeddedMinor>$(VersionProductMinor)</PtEmbeddedMinor>
+    <PtEmbeddedRevision>$(VersionProductBuildRevision)</PtEmbeddedRevision>
+    <PtEmbeddedMajor Condition="'$(PtEmbeddedMajor)'==''">0</PtEmbeddedMajor>
+    <PtEmbeddedMinor Condition="'$(PtEmbeddedMinor)'==''">0</PtEmbeddedMinor>
+    <PtEmbeddedRevision Condition="'$(PtEmbeddedRevision)'==''">0</PtEmbeddedRevision>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
  <Target Name="GenerateVersionData" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
    <ItemGroup>
      <HeaderLines Include="#pragma once" />
-      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_MAJOR $(Version.Split('.')[0])" />
-      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_MINOR $(Version.Split('.')[1])" />
-      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_REVISION $(Version.Split('.')[2])" />
+      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_MAJOR $(PtEmbeddedMajor)" />
+      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_MINOR $(PtEmbeddedMinor)" />
+      <HeaderLines Include="#define VERSION_REVISION $(PtEmbeddedRevision)" />
    </ItemGroup>
    <WriteLinesToFile File="Generated Files\version_gen.h" Lines="@(HeaderLines)" Overwrite="true" Encoding="Unicode" WriteOnlyWhenDifferent="true" />
  </Target>
@@ -71,4 +80,4 @@
    <ClCompile Include="helper.cpp" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More