New+ Windows 10 support

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

@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ newitem
 newpath
 newplus
 NEWPLUSCONTEXTMENU
+NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN
 newrow
 newsgroups
 NIF
@@ -1180,6 +1181,7 @@ pnid
 Pnp
 Popups
 POPUPWINDOW
+POSITIONITEM
 POWERRENAMECONTEXTMENU
 powerrenameinput
 POWERRENAMETEST

.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
 
                 "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.NewPlus.ShellExtension.dll",
                 "WinUI3Apps\\NewPlusPackage.msix",
+                "WinUI3Apps\\PowerToys.NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10.dll",
 
                 "PowerAccent.Core.dll",
                 "PowerToys.PowerAccent.dll",

PowerToys.sln

@@ -632,6 +632,8 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "MouseWithoutBorders.UnitTes
 EndProject
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 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10", "src\modules\NewPlus\NewShellExtensionContextMenu.win10\NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10.vcxproj", "{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|ARM64 = Debug|ARM64
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 		{89D0E199-B17A-418C-B2F8-7375B6708357}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -3024,6 +3038,7 @@ Global
 		{8F021B46-362B-485C-BFBA-CCF83E820CBD} = {8F62026A-294B-41C6-8839-87463613F216}
 		{66614C26-314C-4B91-9071-76133422CFEF} = {B6C42F16-73EB-477E-8B0D-4E6CF6C20AAC}
 		{89D0E199-B17A-418C-B2F8-7375B6708357} = {A2221D7E-55E7-4BEA-90D1-4F162D670BBF}
+		{0DB0F63A-D2F8-4DA3-A650-2D0B8724218E} = {CA716AE6-FE5C-40AC-BB8F-2C87912687AC}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {C3A2F9D1-7930-4EF4-A6FC-7EE0A99821D0}

installer/PowerToysSetup/NewPlus.wxs

@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@
       <DirectoryRef Id="NewPlusAssetsInstallFolder" FileSource="$(var.NewPlusAssetsFilesPath)">
          <!-- Generated by generateFileComponents.ps1 -->
          <!--NewPlusAssetsFiles_Component_Def-->
+
+         <!-- NewPlus Shell Extension for Win10 registration -->
+         <Component Id="NewPlus_ShellExtension_win10" Guid="D5456D4A-6EEC-4B85-944D-6A6A4A74FFA6" Win64="yes">
+            <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="Software\Classes\CLSID\{FF90D477-E32A-4BE8-8CC5-A502A97F5401}">
+               <RegistryValue Type="string" Value="NewPlus Shell Extension Win10" />
+               <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ContextMenuOptIn" Value="" />
+               <RegistryValue Type="string" Key="InprocServer32" Value="[WinUI3AppsInstallFolder]PowerToys.NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10.dll" />
+               <RegistryValue Type="string" Key="InprocServer32" Name="ThreadingModel" Value="Apartment" />
+            </RegistryKey>
+            <RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryScope)" Key="SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\NewPlusShellExtensionWin10">
+               <RegistryValue Type="string" Value="{FF90D477-E32A-4BE8-8CC5-A502A97F5401}"/>
+            </RegistryKey>
+         </Component>
       </DirectoryRef>
 
       <ComponentGroup Id="NewPlusComponentGroup">
@@ -27,6 +40,7 @@
             </RegistryKey>
             <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveFolderNewPlusAssetsFolder" Directory="NewPlusAssetsInstallFolder" On="uninstall"/>
          </Component>
+         <ComponentRef Id="NewPlus_ShellExtension_win10" />
       </ComponentGroup>
 
 

src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.win10/NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10.vcxproj

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
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+  <Target Name="GenerateResourceFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <Exec Command="powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy Unrestricted $(SolutionDir)tools\build\convert-resx-to-rc.ps1 $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory) resource.base.h resource.h new.base.rc new.rc" />
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+    <ProjectGuid>{0db0f63a-d2f8-4da3-a650-2d0b8724218e}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>NewPlusShellExtensionWin10</RootNamespace>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.22621.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
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+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutDir>
+    <TargetName>PowerToys.NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10</TargetName>
+    <LinkIncremental />
+    <IgnoreImportLibrary />
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN10_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <EnableUAC>false</EnableUAC>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>runtimeobject.lib;$(CoreLibraryDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <ModuleDefinitionFile>dll.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
+      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;NEWPLUSSHELLEXTENSIONWIN10_EXPORTS;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\common\Telemetry;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);..\NewShellExtensionContextMenu</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <EnableUAC>false</EnableUAC>
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+      <ModuleDefinitionFile>dll.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
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src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.win10/NewPlus.ShellExtension.win10.vcxproj.filters

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
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src/modules/NewPlus/NewShellExtensionContextMenu.win10/dll.def

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
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+
+EXPORTS
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+        DllCanUnloadNow                     PRIVATE
+        DllGetActivationFactory             PRIVATE