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## Summary Clicking the clock dock band in the CmdPal Dock now opens the Windows notification center (Action Center). A separate bell-icon-only dock band is also exposed for users who prefer a dedicated notification center shortcut. Closes #46327 ## Detail - **Clock band left-click**: replaced the previous `NoOpCommand` on `NowDockBand` with `OpenUrlCommand("ms-actioncenter:")`, dismissing the Dock on invoke. The `ms-actioncenter:` URI is the correct shell mechanism - `SendInput` Win+N was tested but dropped because it requires foreground focus, which the Dock holds at click time. - **Notification center band**: new `NotificationCenterDockBand` (`ListItem`) in `TimeDateCommandsProvider.cs`, with a bell icon (`\uEA8F`, Segoe Fluent Icons) and the same `ms-actioncenter:` command. Exposed as a second `WrappedDockItem` from `GetDockBands()` under the id `com.microsoft.cmdpal.timedate.notificationCenterBand`. Users can pin it from the Dock's edit mode. - **New resource strings**: `timedate_show_notification_center_command_name` and `timedate_notification_center_band_title` added to `Resources.resx` / `Resources.Designer.cs`. - **VS 2026 C++ build fixes** (pre-existing failures on `HEAD`): added `_SILENCE_EXPERIMENTAL_COROUTINE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS` to `CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj`. ## Screenshots <img width="339" height="991" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e0ef8c9a-ec1f-40fa-9620-1e83e6aeeb8d" /> ## How tested - Built `Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj` (Debug x64) - 0 errors. - Launched dev `Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.exe`, clicked the clock band - notification center opened correctly. - Right-click context menu on the clock band still shows "Copy time" and "Copy date" unchanged. - Pinned the notification center band via edit mode - bell icon renders icon-only, click opens notification center.