Microsoft PowerToys 0.45.0

What's new in this version:

- Removed ModuleImageLink
- Replaced theme radiobuttons settings with combobox
- Consolidated to one testing framework for C# components of the project
- StyleCop and warnings fix
- Removed unused namespace alias
- Standardized .NET JSON on System.Text.Json
- Fixed various .xaml broken links and icons
- Updated name property in "Edit layout" and "Create custom layout" controls to not include private Unicode characters
- Changed bitmask variable from size_t to uint64_t which will enable PowerToys to support more than 40 zones per layout
- Adjusted telemetry to better disambiguate when PowerToys Run launches at startup
- Plugins "Direct activation phrase" setting renamed to "Direct activation string"
- Updated environment variables when changed

General:
- Settings and OOBE windows updated with Fluent UX! We hope you enjoy the new modern feel of the application menus as we align our product with upcoming Windows 11 interfaces
- Added button to settings which displays version history
- Signed PowerToysSetupCustomActions.dll
- Improved Update available & Update ready message severity visual
- Improved auto-update experience
- Aligned OOBE theme color with Settings theme color
- Adjusted labeling of "Restart as Administrator" button to "Restart PowerToys as Administrator" to avoid ambiguity in meaning
- Added colored icons to settings sidebar
- Fixed accessibility issue in OOBE where Microsoft Docs and PowerToys release notes links could not be navigated to via keyboard
- Fixed settings header alignment
- Fixed updates text next being visible when in light mode
- Updated "Learn More" text to be more descriptive
- Updated "Read more" text on updates to be more descriptive
- Added link to documentation in system tray
- Fixed error caused by file in use issues when installing PowerToys
- Fixed issue where opening settings from start menu didn't work when PowerToys was run as admin

Awake:
- Added Awake as option in translation bug template
- Adjusted description of inactive setting to improve distinguishing between the utility being disabled vs inactive

Color Picker:
- Fixed bug where changing RGB values doesn't update color's HEX value
- Fixed accessibility issue with screen reader not announcing when "Copied to Clipboard" is activated
- Fixed accessibility issue where user could not hover the content of the info icon using a mouse
- Fixed color picker format order not being accessible via keyboard
- Fixed accessibility issue where screen reader announces incorrect name for "Editor color format" button and not announcint "Toggle switch" button at all

FancyZones:
- Adjusted "Save and apply" editor button to adjust with text size for localizations
- Fixed "Create new layout" button visibility when in high contrast mode
- Fixed scaling quirks related to editor UI
- Fixed editor crashing when double clicking the "edit layout" button
- Fixed issue with editor crashing immediately after displaying zones
- Fixed bug when navigating editor options via keyboard where pressing enter on unselected Canvas option launches Grid editor instead
- Fixed issue where FancyZones would not restore Console Applications
- Fixed Canvas editor and Grid editor window heights
- Fixed crash due to KERNELBASE.dll
- Fixed FancyZone icons to be smoother at higher DPI settings
- Fixed crash when changing between zone layouts
- Fixed regression where FancyZones does not resize windows on layout change
- Adjusted layout settings to reset shortcut key after canceling changes on a particular layout

File Explorer add-ons:
- Fixed issue where markdown files were still previewed even when "Enable Markdown" was unselected

Image Resizer:
- Added warning that GIF files with animations may no correctly resize if the encoding used for the files is incompatible

Keyboard Manager:
- Improved UI for KBM re-mappings list

PowerRename:
- Expanding a plugin option in settings can now be toggled
- Fixed race condition causing PowerRename to crash File Explorer

PowerToys Run:
- Fixed lag caused from PowerToys running in background and invoking Alt-Tab
- Resolved file not found exception when loading "System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon"
- Fixed null reference exception crash
- Fixed registry plugin load crash
- Fixed unauthorized access exception crash when setting registry keys for the utility
- Improved visibility of warnings when plugin properties are collapsed
- Added search for Plugin Manager
- Fixed VSCode workspace plugin not working

Video Conference Mute:
- Fixed toolbar top right vertical offset to allow users to close other app windows
- Fixed compatibility issues for certain systems when compiling from source
- Fixed toolbox from persisting on screen
- Fixed microphone unmuting when changing Video Conference Mute toolbar position
- Added Video Conference Mute to OOBE