Release v0.6.3: fix capture banner ordering and check updates periodically

Release v0.6.2: configurable screenshot editor and DPI fixes
Release v0.6.1 with Win+V default and bilingual wiki links
2026-10-29 13:06:58 +02:00 · 2026-10-29 12:41:48 +02:00 · 2026-10-29 00:34:27 +02:00 · 2026-10-29 00:19:34 +02:00 · 2026-10-29 00:16:36 +02:00 · 2026-10-29 00:01:04 +02:00
38 changed files with 1228 additions and 100 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
-project(KSwitcher VERSION 0.4.1 LANGUAGES CXX RC)
+project(KSwitcher VERSION 0.6.1 LANGUAGES CXX RC)
 if(NOT WIN32)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "KSwitcher uses native Windows APIs")
 endif()
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 add_library(kscore src/core.cpp src/platform.cpp src/autostart.cpp src/autocorrect.cpp src/storage.cpp src/ocr.cpp src/richtext.cpp src/update.cpp)
 target_include_directories(kscore PUBLIC src PRIVATE vendor)
 target_compile_definitions(kscore PUBLIC UNICODE _UNICODE WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN NOMINMAX _WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00)
-target_link_libraries(kscore PUBLIC user32 shell32 advapi32 crypt32 imm32 comctl32 gdi32 ole32 oleaut32 taskschd comdlg32 uuid windowscodecs runtimeobject uiautomationcore)
-add_executable(KSwitcher WIN32 src/main.cpp src/app.cpp src/screenshot.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
+target_link_libraries(kscore PUBLIC user32 shell32 shlwapi advapi32 crypt32 imm32 comctl32 gdi32 ole32 oleaut32 taskschd comdlg32 uuid windowscodecs runtimeobject uiautomationcore)
+add_executable(KSwitcher WIN32 src/main.cpp src/app.cpp src/screenshot_launcher.cpp src/screenshot_activation.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
 target_compile_definitions(KSwitcher PRIVATE KS_RESIDENT_APP)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcher PRIVATE kscore)
 add_executable(KSwitcherConfig WIN32 src/config_main.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@ target_compile_definitions(KSwitcherConfig PRIVATE KS_CONFIG_APP)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcherConfig PRIVATE kscore)
 add_executable(KSwitcherTests tests/tests.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcherTests PRIVATE kscore)
-add_executable(KSwitcherIntegration tests/integration.cpp src/app.cpp src/screenshot.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
+add_executable(KSwitcherIntegration tests/integration.cpp src/screenshot_launcher.cpp src/screenshot_activation.cpp src/app.cpp src/screenshot.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcherIntegration PRIVATE kscore)
-add_executable(KSwitcherInputTests tests/input.cpp src/app.cpp src/screenshot.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
+add_executable(KSwitcherInputTests tests/input.cpp src/screenshot_launcher.cpp src/screenshot_activation.cpp src/app.cpp src/screenshot.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcherInputTests PRIVATE kscore)
-add_executable(KSwitcherScreenshotUITests tests/screenshot_ui.cpp src/app.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
+target_compile_definitions(KSwitcherInputTests PRIVATE KS_SCREENSHOT_RESOURCES)
+add_executable(KSwitcherScreenshotUITests tests/screenshot_ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcherScreenshotUITests PRIVATE kscore)
+target_compile_definitions(KSwitcherScreenshotUITests PRIVATE KS_SCREENSHOT_RESOURCES)
+add_executable(KSwitcherScreenshot WIN32 src/screenshot_main.cpp src/screenshot_notifications.cpp src/screenshot_activation.cpp src/screenshot.cpp resources/app.rc)
+set_target_properties(KSwitcherScreenshot PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "KSwitcher.Screenshot")
+target_compile_definitions(KSwitcherScreenshot PRIVATE KS_SCREENSHOT_RESOURCES)
+target_link_libraries(KSwitcherScreenshot PRIVATE kscore)
 if(MSVC)
  target_compile_options(KSwitcherScreenshotUITests PRIVATE /utf-8)
  set_property(TARGET KSwitcherScreenshotUITests PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
@@ -33,13 +39,15 @@ endif()
 add_executable(KSwitcherOcrTests tests/ocr.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcherOcrTests PRIVATE kscore)
 if(MSVC)
-  set_property(TARGET kscore KSwitcher KSwitcherConfig KSwitcherTests KSwitcherIntegration KSwitcherInputTests KSwitcherOcrTests PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+  set_property(TARGET kscore KSwitcher KSwitcherConfig KSwitcherScreenshot KSwitcherTests KSwitcherIntegration KSwitcherInputTests KSwitcherOcrTests PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
  target_compile_options(kscore PRIVATE /W4 /utf-8)
  target_compile_options(KSwitcher PRIVATE /W4 /utf-8)
  target_compile_options(KSwitcherConfig PRIVATE /W4 /utf-8)
+  target_compile_options(KSwitcherScreenshot PRIVATE /W4 /utf-8)
 else()
  target_link_options(KSwitcher PRIVATE -municode -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
  target_link_options(KSwitcherConfig PRIVATE -municode -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
+  target_link_options(KSwitcherScreenshot PRIVATE -municode -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
  target_link_options(KSwitcherTests PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
  target_link_options(KSwitcherIntegration PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
  target_link_options(KSwitcherInputTests PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ add_test(NAME input-regressions COMMAND KSwitcherInputTests)
 add_test(NAME screenshot-ui-regressions COMMAND KSwitcherScreenshotUITests)
 add_test(NAME updater-regressions COMMAND powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/update.ps1" -Executable "$<TARGET_FILE:KSwitcher>")
 set_tests_properties(native-regressions PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
-install(TARGETS KSwitcher KSwitcherConfig RUNTIME DESTINATION .)
+install(TARGETS KSwitcher KSwitcherConfig KSwitcherScreenshot RUNTIME DESTINATION .)
 install(FILES LICENSE vendor/json-LICENSE.txt DESTINATION .)

 add_custom_command(TARGET KSwitcher POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dictionaries" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:KSwitcher>/dictionaries")
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ Native C++20 / Win32 rewrite of the Windows functionality of [Typlo](https://git
 No .NET, Avalonia, WebView, Qt, external graphics engine, or separately installed C++ runtime.
 The original [Typlo](https://github.com/bitcodepro/Typlo) project and its data remain separate.

-**[User guide / Wiki](https://gitea.hrynco.com/hrynco/hrynco-kswitcher/wiki)** — setup, features, shortcuts, dictionaries, screenshots and troubleshooting (Ukrainian).
+**[User guide / Wiki](https://gitea.hrynco.com/hrynco/hrynco-kswitcher/wiki)** — setup, features, shortcuts, dictionaries, screenshots and troubleshooting in **English** and **[Українська](https://gitea.hrynco.com/hrynco/hrynco-kswitcher/wiki/Home-uk)**. Each wiki page links to its translation.
+
+[![Support KSwitcher development — buy the developer a coffee](resources/support/donate-en.png)](https://send.monobank.ua/jar/88h2TddKfS)
+
+[Donate via Monobank](https://send.monobank.ua/jar/88h2TddKfS) · Thank you for supporting KSwitcher.

 ## Run

@@ -16,12 +20,25 @@ Settings and the snippet editor run on demand in **KSwitcher.Config.exe**, besid
 Repeated launches activate the existing configurator; closing its last window exits that process.
 Saving applies changes immediately through the resident KSwitcher process. The configurator does not
 load clipboard history, dictionaries or global input hooks. Clipboard history and the log viewer remain
-in the resident app. Keep both executables together when copying or updating the application.
+in the resident app. Screen capture and all screenshot editors run on demand in
+**KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe**. The capture hotkey starts it; subsequent captures reuse the same
+process. Closing the last editor (or cancelling the only selection) exits that process. It does not
+load resident settings, dictionaries, clipboard history or keyboard hooks. Editor windows have
+stable numbered titles within that process. Keep all three executables together when copying or
+updating the application. Close screenshot editors before installing an update.
 If settings change in the tray while the configurator is open, a conflicting Save is rejected; reopen
 the configurator to load the latest settings.
-The first upgrade from v0.2.3 or earlier to this two-executable build requires manual extraction:
-the older updater rejects additional executable files. Exit KSwitcher, replace both executables,
-and retain `data/` and customized dictionaries. Subsequent updates support both executables.
+Updates from v0.3.x–v0.4.1 first install the compatible **v0.4.2 bridge** through
+Update in the tray menu. Select Update again to install the full current release;
+manual extraction is not required. Future full releases use stable `release-vX.Y.Z`
+tags, which the bridge and newer clients recognize. Older clients ignore those tags
+and continue to find the bridge instead of skipping it. Versions v0.2.3 and earlier
+still require the previously documented initial configurator migration.
+
+Modern ZIPs contain `release-files.json` (schema, version, file paths, sizes and SHA-256
+hashes). The updater validates that every packaged file is declared, all hashes match,
+and paths stay within the installation directory. `data/` is protected; existing
+dictionaries are preserved. Adding a new program file no longer needs a new updater.
 In Settings, enable **Start with Windows** and **Start with Windows as administrator**
 to use a per-user Task Scheduler logon task with highest privileges. Enabling or changing
 the elevated task requests UAC approval if the app is not already elevated. No password is stored;
@@ -58,8 +75,22 @@ physical key positions and therefore reset recent-word tracking; selection conve
 Press **Win+Shift+S**, choose **Capture screen region…** in the tray menu, or run
 `KSwitcher.exe --capture`. Drag a rectangle on the dimmed, frozen desktop; the selected area stays
 at normal brightness. Escape cancels. Selection and annotation frames are buffered to avoid flicker.
-The editor opens with the selected area. Press **Ctrl+C** or **Enter** to copy it immediately,
-or annotate first: **N** places sequential numbered red markers with a click, and **A** draws
+The selected area is copied immediately, the fullscreen selection is hidden, and a Windows notification
+is sent. Click the notification to open the editor. Enable **Open editor after screen capture** in settings
+to open it automatically; this option is off by default. An immediate notification error still opens the editor.
+Existing saved preferences are preserved. Windows Do Not Disturb can send notifications directly to the
+notification center without showing a banner.
+The preference applies to each new capture, including while other editors are open.
+KSwitcher also sends a notification with a thumbnail. Notification identity and activation are registered
+at resident startup and refreshed before sending; registration/submission errors are written to the log.
+Click the notification to reopen the original screenshot, including after the screenshot process has exited.
+Originals in the local notification cache are DPAPI-encrypted. Thumbnail PNGs live in a separate
+per-user cache under ProgramData, readable only by that user and SYSTEM, so the Windows notification
+broker can load them even when the profile directory is inaccessible to it.
+Notifications expire after 24 hours. Cache cleanup runs on capture/open; each cache is bounded to
+40 files and 256 MiB. Expired or evicted notifications cannot reopen their screenshot.
+In the editor, **Ctrl+C** or **Enter** copies the current result without closing the window.
+To annotate: **N** places sequential numbered red markers with a click, and **A** draws
 red arrows by dragging from the tail to the tip. Click an existing marker or arrow to select it;
 drag its body to move it. Drag the square handle on a number's right edge to change its diameter
 (the text scales with it), or either endpoint handle of an arrow to change its length and direction.
@@ -118,10 +149,10 @@ Dash-dot; **Ends** supports an arrow at the end, start, both ends, or no arrows.
 apply to selected straight/freehand lines and set defaults for subsequent lines. Both are disabled
 for numbered markers and highlights unless a line drawing tool is active. Undo/Redo includes style changes.
 The window close button asks for confirmation before discarding an uncopied screenshot.
-**Escape** cancels region selection or inline text edits; it does not close the editor. Copy closes the editor and publishes the image
+**Escape** cancels region selection or inline text edits; it does not close the editor. Copy keeps the editor open and publishes the image
 at its original pixel size, ready to paste. The preview fits the window without changing export size.
 The shortcut is configurable in Settings under **Screen capture**.
-Each capture opens an independent editor; use the shortcut again to take another screenshot while
+Each capture opens an independent editor available through Alt+Tab; use the shortcut again to take another screenshot while
 keeping earlier editors and their annotations open.
 Captures use ordinary clipboard history settings and limits. Protected video and secure desktops cannot be captured.

@@ -129,7 +160,9 @@ Captures use ordinary clipboard history settings and limits. Protected video and

 Select **Update** in the tray menu to check the stable Releases of
 [this repository](https://gitea.hrynco.com/hrynco/hrynco-kswitcher/releases).
-A startup check also reports an available version, but never installs it automatically.
+A background check runs shortly after startup and every 6 hours while KSwitcher is running.
+It reports each available version once per session and never installs automatically.
+Network failures stay in diagnostics; the next scheduled check retries. You can also check manually at any time.
 Confirm the offered version to download and install it. The updater uses the existing
 `KSwitcher-win-x64.zip` and `SHA256SUMS.txt` assets, checks the checksum, package contents, x64
 executable identity and version, then closes and restarts KSwitcher. Downloads and staging happen
@@ -148,6 +181,8 @@ controls and fonts. Settings has a fixed form size, without manual resizing or m
 utility windows remain resizable. Windows stay within a remaining monitor's work area after display
 changes and provide scrollbars when their content does not fit. Tab navigation scrolls the focused
 field into view; Shift+wheel scrolls horizontally.
+Clipboard history also updates its preview row heights when DPI changes, keeping text,
+thumbnails and source labels aligned with the scaled fonts and spacing.

 ## Implemented

@@ -180,8 +215,9 @@ field into view; Shift+wheel scrolls horizontally.
 - Single instance and `--history`, `--convert`, `--case`, `--transliterate`, `--settings`,
  `--snippets`, `--exit` commands. `--convert` cycles layouts.

-Default shortcuts match [Typlo](https://github.com/bitcodepro/Typlo): Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Space (cycle), C (case), T (transliteration),
-Z (undo), 1/2/3 (first layouts), and Ctrl+Shift+V (history).
+Default text shortcuts match [Typlo](https://github.com/bitcodepro/Typlo): Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Space (cycle), C (case), T (transliteration),
+Z (undo), and 1/2/3 (first layouts). Clipboard history defaults to **Win+V** for new settings;
+existing saved shortcuts are preserved. While KSwitcher runs, this binding opens its history instead of Windows clipboard history.

 History controls: Enter to paste, Shift+Enter for plain text, Ctrl+1…9 for quick paste,
 Ctrl+P to pin/unpin, Delete to delete, Ctrl+O for the full item, Escape to hide.
@@ -346,3 +382,15 @@ It still uses the normal instance lock; close a running KSwitcher first if measu

 Application code is MIT licensed; preserves the original [Typlo](https://github.com/bitcodepro/Typlo) attribution in `LICENSE`.
 Dictionary data has its own CC BY-SA 4.0 license as described above.
+
+The screenshot process lifecycle can be checked interactively with `tests/screenshot_process.ps1`
+against a staged build. It briefly opens real selection/editor windows without changing the clipboard.
+
+### Release channel rule
+
+Keep `v0.4.2` as the last legacy `vX.Y.Z` release. Publish full packages as
+`release-vX.Y.Z` (stable, not prerelease), including `release-files.json`,
+`KSwitcher-win-x64.zip` and `SHA256SUMS.txt`. Never publish a manifest package under a
+legacy version tag: clients that have not installed the bridge would select it.
+Keep the compatibility bridge in the first 100 releases returned by Gitea while
+supporting old clients; their immutable update code only reads that page.
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
 # Latest Windows release

-## v0.4.1 — 2026-10-28
+## v0.6.3 — 2026-10-29

- Fix Settings spacing around Screen capture, automatic layout correction and layout controls.
- Verify update checksums through .NET SHA-256 without requiring the PowerShell Get-FileHash command. This fixes updates from processes launched with a conflicting PowerShell module environment.
- Capture a rectangular screen region with Win+Shift+S (configurable), with dimmed selection and independent editor windows.
- Annotate screenshots with numbered markers, arrows, straight/freehand lines, highlights, rectangles, circles, ellipses and inline text.
- Edit color, line style, arrowheads, thickness, font and size. Link arrow endpoints to markers and attach captions.
- Captions follow line angle and keep their relative offset until manually rotated. Text rotation supports Shift snapping in 15-degree steps.
- Move objects one pixel with arrow keys; clone with Ctrl+D; undo/redo edits. Numbered markers reuse gaps.
- Compact Lucide toolbar, contextual status bar, pencil cursor and confirmation before discarding an uncopied screenshot. Escape no longer closes the editor.
- Preserve the separate on-demand configurator and configurable capture shortcut.
+- Hide the fullscreen capture selection before submitting a notification when automatic editor opening is disabled. Previously the selection remained visible during submission, which could suppress the banner under Windows fullscreen notification rules.
+- Default to capture → notification → click → editor. **Open editor after screen capture** is now off by default; explicitly saved preferences are preserved.
+- Retain the editor fallback for immediate notification errors.
+- Check for updates in the background every 6 hours after the startup check. Notify once per version per session, retry after network failures at the next interval, and install only after confirmation.

-Verified: 173 native checks, 379 input/rendering checks, screenshot editor UI integration checks,
-29 updater checks, including missing Get-FileHash coverage, and package validation.
+Verified: 176 native checks, 403 input/layout checks at 240 DPI, screenshot editor UI integration,
+isolated notification registration checks, and 45 updater checks. The new UI regression test failed
+before the fix and passes afterward: the selection is hidden at notification submission.
+Banner behavior still needs confirmation on the affected laptop. Windows Do Not Disturb can
+send notifications directly to the notification center; asynchronous toast failures are not yet monitored.

-**Upgrade from v0.3.0 or v0.4.0:** use Update in the tray menu. Both executables are supported.
-If an older updater reports missing `Get-FileHash`, restart KSwitcher normally from Explorer
-(outside a PowerShell 7 session) or install this ZIP manually once. v0.4.1 removes that dependency.
-**Upgrade from v0.2.3 or earlier:** install manually once because those updaters reject the additional configurator EXE.
-Exit KSwitcher and extract the entire ZIP into its installation folder. Keep personal `data/` and customized dictionaries.
+**Upgrade:** choose Update in the tray menu. Legacy v0.3.0–v0.4.1 clients first receive the
+v0.4.2 compatibility bridge, then the current full release. v0.2.3 and earlier require manual installation.
+For manual installation, exit KSwitcher and extract the entire ZIP into its installation folder.
+Keep personal `data/` and customized dictionaries.

-Download **KSwitcher-win-x64.zip** with **SHA256SUMS.txt**. The package contains both executables,
-offline dictionaries, documentation and license notices; no personal settings or clipboard history.
+Download **KSwitcher-win-x64.zip** with **SHA256SUMS.txt**. The package contains the resident,
+configurator and screenshot executables, a release manifest, offline dictionaries, documentation
+and license notices; no personal settings or clipboard history.

 Build and package:

@@ -31,5 +29,5 @@ Build and package:
 .\package.ps1 -PublishRelease
 ```

-Commit the archive, checksum and sources together. Publish both assets on a stable release whose
-tag matches the executable version.
+Commit the archive, checksum and sources together. Publish both assets on a stable
+`release-vX.Y.Z` tag matching the executable version. Keep `v0.4.2` as the last legacy tag.
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7c29980c5d3b8862b1d78c06d1c3daa2b2bff24b56d200616971b92d784b51e6  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip
+a43786b06878da0f069dbad0fa29587a736dd2d8904c7bc991f5cf0c0570a16f  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force (Split-Path $executablePath) | Out-Null
 Push-Location $root
 try {
    $common = @('-std=c++20','-Os','-DNDEBUG','-DUNICODE','-D_UNICODE','-DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN','-DNOMINMAX','-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00','-Wall','-Wextra','-Wno-missing-field-initializers','-Isrc','-Ivendor','-ffunction-sections','-fdata-sections')
-    $libs = @('-luser32','-lshell32','-ladvapi32','-lcrypt32','-limm32','-lcomctl32','-lgdi32','-lole32','-loleaut32','-ltaskschd','-lcomdlg32','-luuid','-lwindowscodecs','-lruntimeobject','-luiautomationcore')
-    foreach ($name in @('core','platform','autostart','autocorrect','storage','ocr','richtext','update','screenshot','app','ui','main','configuration','config_main')) {
+    $libs = @('-luser32','-lshell32','-lshlwapi','-ladvapi32','-lcrypt32','-limm32','-lcomctl32','-lgdi32','-lole32','-loleaut32','-ltaskschd','-lcomdlg32','-luuid','-lwindowscodecs','-lruntimeobject','-luiautomationcore')
+    foreach ($name in @('core','platform','autostart','autocorrect','storage','ocr','richtext','update','screenshot','screenshot_main','screenshot_notifications','screenshot_activation','screenshot_launcher','app','ui','main','configuration','config_main')) {
        & $compiler @common -c "src/$name.cpp" -o "build/$name.o"
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw "Compilation failed: $name" }
    }
@@ -24,32 +24,46 @@ try {
    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Configurator UI compilation failed' }
    & windres --codepage=65001 resources/app.rc -O coff -o build/app-res.o
    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Resource compilation failed' }
+    & windres --codepage=65001 -DKS_SCREENSHOT_RESOURCES resources/app.rc -O coff -o build/screenshot-res.o
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Screenshot resource compilation failed' }
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force build/release | Out-Null
-    & $compiler -mwindows -municode -static -s '-Wl,--gc-sections' build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui-resident.o build/main.o build/app-res.o @libs -o $executablePath
+    & $compiler -mwindows -municode -static -s '-Wl,--gc-sections' build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot_launcher.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui-resident.o build/main.o build/app-res.o @libs -o $executablePath
    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Link failed' }
    Copy-Item -LiteralPath $executablePath -Destination build/release/KSwitcher.exe -Force
    $configPath = Join-Path (Split-Path $executablePath) 'KSwitcher.Config.exe'
    & $compiler -mwindows -municode -static -s '-Wl,--gc-sections' build/core.o build/platform.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/configuration.o build/config_main.o build/ui-config.o build/app-res.o @libs -o $configPath
    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Configurator link failed' }
    Copy-Item -LiteralPath $configPath -Destination build/release/KSwitcher.Config.exe -Force
+    $screenshotPath = Join-Path (Split-Path $executablePath) 'KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe'
+    & $compiler -mwindows -municode -static -s '-Wl,--gc-sections' build/core.o build/platform.o build/ocr.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_notifications.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/screenshot_main.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -o $screenshotPath
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Screenshot link failed' }
+    Copy-Item -LiteralPath $screenshotPath -Destination build/release/KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe -Force
    if ($Test) {
        & $compiler @common tests/tests.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherTests.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Test build failed' }
        & .\build\KSwitcherTests.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Tests failed' }
-        & $compiler @common tests/input.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/app-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherInputTests.exe
+        & $compiler @common tests/input.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_launcher.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherInputTests.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Input test build failed' }
        & .\build\KSwitcherInputTests.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Input tests failed' }
-        & $compiler @common tests/screenshot_ui.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/app-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherScreenshotUITests.exe
+        & $compiler @common tests/screenshot_ui.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/ocr.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherScreenshotUITests.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Screenshot UI test build failed' }
        & .\build\KSwitcherScreenshotUITests.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Screenshot UI tests failed' }
+        $registrationTest = Join-Path (Split-Path $executablePath) 'KSwitcherRegistrationTests.exe'
+        try {
+            & $compiler @common tests/screenshot_registration.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o @libs -static '-Wl,--gc-sections' -s -o $registrationTest
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Screenshot registration test build failed' }
+            & $registrationTest
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Screenshot registration tests failed' }
+        } finally { Remove-Item -LiteralPath $registrationTest -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
+
        & "$env:SystemRoot\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File tests/update.ps1 -Executable $executablePath
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Updater tests failed' }
    }
    if ($Integration) {
-        & $compiler @common tests/integration.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/app-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherIntegration.exe
+        & $compiler @common tests/integration.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_launcher.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherIntegration.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Integration test build failed' }
        & .\build\KSwitcherIntegration.exe
        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Integration tests failed' }
@@ -5,12 +5,22 @@ $destination = Join-Path $root 'dist\KSwitcher'
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force $destination | Out-Null
 Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'build\release\KSwitcher.exe') -Destination $destination
 Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'build\release\KSwitcher.Config.exe') -Destination $destination
+Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'build\release\KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe') -Destination $destination
 Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'LICENSE') -Destination $destination
 Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'vendor\json-LICENSE.txt') -Destination $destination
 Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'README.md') -Destination $destination
 Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'dictionaries') -Destination $destination -Recurse -Force
 # Enumerate the distributable files explicitly; do not include a user's data directory.
-$files = @('KSwitcher.exe','KSwitcher.Config.exe','LICENSE','json-LICENSE.txt','README.md','dictionaries') | ForEach-Object { Join-Path $destination $_ }
+$files = @('KSwitcher.exe','KSwitcher.Config.exe','KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe','LICENSE','json-LICENSE.txt','README.md','dictionaries') | ForEach-Object { Join-Path $destination $_ }
+$entries = foreach ($path in $files) {
+    foreach ($file in @(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $path -File -Recurse)) {
+        @{path=$file.FullName.Substring($destination.Length+1).Replace('\','/'); size=$file.Length; sha256=(Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $file.FullName -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLowerInvariant()}
+    }
+}
+$version=[Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo((Join-Path $destination 'KSwitcher.exe')).FileVersion
+$manifest=Join-Path $destination 'release-files.json'
+@{schema=1; version=$version; files=@($entries)} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 4 | Set-Content -LiteralPath $manifest -Encoding utf8
+$files += $manifest
 $archive = Join-Path $root 'dist\KSwitcher-win-x64.zip'
 Compress-Archive -LiteralPath $files -DestinationPath $archive -Force
 Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $archive -Algorithm SHA256
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "resource.h"
 IDI_KSWITCHER ICON "kswitcher.ico"
+#ifdef KS_SCREENSHOT_RESOURCES
+IDI_SCREENSHOT_QUESTION ICON "icons/question.ico"
 IDC_SCREENSHOT_PENCIL CURSOR "icons/lucide/pencil.cur"
+#endif
 1 RT_MANIFEST "app.manifest"
 201 RCDATA "update.ps1"
 1 VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 0,4,1,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 0,4,1,0
+ FILEVERSION 0,6,3,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 0,6,3,0
 FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
 FILETYPE VFT_APP
 BEGIN
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ BEGIN
  BEGIN
   VALUE "FileDescription", "KSwitcher — native keyboard and clipboard utility"
   VALUE "ProductName", "KSwitcher"
-   VALUE "FileVersion", "0.4.1"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", "0.6.3"
  END
 END
 BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ BEGIN
  VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
 END
 END
+#ifdef KS_SCREENSHOT_RESOURCES
 300 ICON "icons/lucide/circle-dot-normal.ico"
 310 ICON "icons/lucide/circle-dot-active.ico"
 320 ICON "icons/lucide/circle-dot-disabled.ico"
@@ -73,3 +77,5 @@ END
 405 ICON "icons/lucide/a-large-small-normal.ico"
 415 ICON "icons/lucide/a-large-small-active.ico"
 425 ICON "icons/lucide/a-large-small-disabled.ico"
+
+#endif
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 48 48">
+  <defs>
+    <linearGradient id="blue" x1="8" y1="4" x2="36" y2="44" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+      <stop stop-color="#38bdf8"/>
+      <stop offset=".55" stop-color="#1687e8"/>
+      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#2563eb"/>
+    </linearGradient>
+  </defs>
+  <circle cx="24" cy="25" r="21" fill="#1e40af" opacity=".12"/>
+  <circle cx="24" cy="23" r="21" fill="url(#blue)"/>
+  <circle cx="24" cy="23" r="20.5" fill="none" stroke="white" stroke-opacity=".25"/>
+  <path d="M18 17.5c0-3.1 2.5-5 6-5s6 2 6 5c0 4.8-6 4.8-6 9" fill="none" stroke="white" stroke-width="3.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
+  <circle cx="24" cy="33" r="2" fill="white"/>
+</svg>
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
 #define IDI_KSWITCHER 101
+#define IDI_SCREENSHOT_QUESTION 102
 #define IDC_SCREENSHOT_PENCIL 500
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="960" height="330" viewBox="0 0 960 330">
+ <rect x="1" y="1" width="958" height="328" rx="24" fill="#F5F3FF" stroke="#DDD6FE" stroke-width="2"/>
+ <g font-family="Segoe UI" fill="#241B46">
+ <text x="40" y="58" font-size="20" font-weight="600" fill="#4F46E5">KSwitcher / Support development</text>
+ <text x="40" y="115" font-size="35" font-weight="700">KSwitcher part of your day?</text>
+ <text x="40" y="159" font-size="35" font-weight="700">Buy the developer a coffee.</text>
+ <text x="40" y="202" font-size="20" fill="#655B7C">Your donation helps the tool keep growing.</text>
+ <rect x="40" y="238" width="350" height="54" rx="12" fill="#4F46E5"/>
+ <text x="215" y="272" text-anchor="middle" font-size="20" font-weight="600" fill="white">Support via monobank</text>
+ </g>
+ <g transform="translate(759 48) rotate(10 66 66)">
+ <rect y="8" width="132" height="132" rx="26" fill="#C4B5FD"/>
+ <rect width="132" height="132" rx="26" fill="#4F46E5"/>
+ <g transform="translate(14 14) scale(3.25)"><path d="M8 7H12V25H8ZM11 15L22 6L25 9L14 18Z" fill="white"/><path d="M11 14L25 24L22 27L10 18Z" fill="#5EEAD4"/></g>
+ </g>
+ <g transform="translate(699 172) rotate(-8 67 60)">
+ <rect y="7" width="142" height="115" rx="22" fill="#C4B5FD"/>
+ <rect width="142" height="115" rx="22" fill="white" stroke="#DDD6FE" stroke-width="2"/>
+ <g stroke="#4F46E5" stroke-width="5" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
+ <path d="M43 41H92V66Q92 83 75 83H60Q43 83 43 66Z"/>
+ <path d="M92 46H99Q115 46 111 58Q108 67 92 66M37 92H100M56 28V18M69 28V18M82 28V18"/>
+ </g></g></svg>
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="960" height="330" viewBox="0 0 960 330">
+ <rect x="1" y="1" width="958" height="328" rx="24" fill="#F5F3FF" stroke="#DDD6FE" stroke-width="2"/>
+ <g font-family="Segoe UI" fill="#241B46">
+ <text x="40" y="58" font-size="20" font-weight="600" fill="#4F46E5">KSwitcher / Підтримати розробку</text>
+ <text x="40" y="115" font-size="35" font-weight="700">KSwitcher щодня під рукою?</text>
+ <text x="40" y="159" font-size="35" font-weight="700">Пригостіть розробника кавою.</text>
+ <text x="40" y="202" font-size="20" fill="#655B7C">Ваш донат допомагає розвивати інструмент.</text>
+ <rect x="40" y="238" width="350" height="54" rx="12" fill="#4F46E5"/>
+ <text x="215" y="272" text-anchor="middle" font-size="20" font-weight="600" fill="white">Підтримати через monobank</text>
+ </g>
+ <g transform="translate(759 48) rotate(10 66 66)">
+ <rect y="8" width="132" height="132" rx="26" fill="#C4B5FD"/>
+ <rect width="132" height="132" rx="26" fill="#4F46E5"/>
+ <g transform="translate(14 14) scale(3.25)"><path d="M8 7H12V25H8ZM11 15L22 6L25 9L14 18Z" fill="white"/><path d="M11 14L25 24L22 27L10 18Z" fill="#5EEAD4"/></g>
+ </g>
+ <g transform="translate(699 172) rotate(-8 67 60)">
+ <rect y="7" width="142" height="115" rx="22" fill="#C4B5FD"/>
+ <rect width="142" height="115" rx="22" fill="white" stroke="#DDD6FE" stroke-width="2"/>
+ <g stroke="#4F46E5" stroke-width="5" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
+ <path d="M43 41H92V66Q92 83 75 83H60Q43 83 43 66Z"/>
+ <path d="M92 46H99Q115 46 111 58Q108 67 92 66M37 92H100M56 28V18M69 28V18M82 28V18"/>
+ </g></g></svg>
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 Set-StrictMode -Version Latest

 function Get-StableVersion([string]$Tag) {
-    if ($Tag -notmatch '^v?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$') { return $null }
-    try { return [version]($Tag -replace '^v','') } catch { return $null }
+    if ($Tag -notmatch '^(?:v|release-v)?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$') { return $null }
+    try { return [version]($Tag -replace '^(?:release-)?v','') } catch { return $null }
 }
 function Assert-ReleaseUrl([string]$Url) {
    $uri = [uri]$Url
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function Assert-Checksum([string]$Archive,[string]$Checksum) {
    finally { $sha.Dispose(); $stream.Dispose() }
    if ($actual -ne $expected) { throw 'Release checksum verification failed.' }
 }
-function Expand-Release([string]$Archive,[string]$Destination,[version]$Expected) {
+function Expand-LegacyRelease([string]$Archive,[string]$Destination,[version]$Expected) {
    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
    $zip = [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead($Archive)
    try {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function Expand-Release([string]$Archive,[string]$Destination,[version]$Expected
        foreach ($entry in $zip.Entries) {
            $name = $entry.FullName.Replace('\','/')
            if ($name.EndsWith('/') -and $name -eq 'dictionaries/') { continue }
-            if ($name -cnotmatch '^(KSwitcher(?:\.Config)?\.exe|LICENSE|json-LICENSE\.txt|README\.md|dictionaries/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)$' -or
+            if ($name -cnotmatch '^(KSwitcher(?:\.(?:Config|Screenshot))?\.exe|LICENSE|json-LICENSE\.txt|README\.md|dictionaries/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)$' -or
                $name.EndsWith('/.') -or $name.EndsWith('/..') -or $name.EndsWith('.') -or
                (($entry.ExternalAttributes -shr 16) -band 0xF000) -eq 0xA000 -or !$seen.Add($name)) {
                throw "Unexpected or unsafe archive entry: $name"
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function Expand-Release([string]$Archive,[string]$Destination,[version]$Expected
            throw 'Incomplete release: KSwitcher.Config.exe'
        }
    } finally { $zip.Dispose() }
-    foreach ($binary in @('KSwitcher.exe','KSwitcher.Config.exe')) {
+    foreach ($binary in @('KSwitcher.exe','KSwitcher.Config.exe','KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe')) {
    $exe = Join-Path $Destination $binary
    if (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath $exe)) { continue }
    $version = [Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($exe)
@@ -112,6 +112,75 @@ function Expand-Release([string]$Archive,[string]$Destination,[version]$Expected
        [BitConverter]::ToUInt16($bytes,$pe+4) -ne 0x8664) { throw 'Release is not a Windows x64 executable.' }
    }
 }
+function Get-Sha256([IO.Stream]$Stream) {
+    $sha=[Security.Cryptography.SHA256]::Create()
+    try { return [BitConverter]::ToString($sha.ComputeHash($Stream)).Replace('-','').ToLowerInvariant() }
+    finally { $sha.Dispose() }
+}
+function Assert-PackagePath([string]$Name) {
+    if (!$Name -or $Name.Length -gt 220 -or $Name -match '[\\:<>"|?*]' -or $Name.StartsWith('/')) { throw "Unsafe package path: $Name" }
+    $parts=$Name.Split('/')
+    foreach ($part in $parts) {
+        if (!$part -or $part -in @('.','..') -or $part -match '[. ]$|[\x00-\x1f]' -or
+            $part -match '^(?i:CON|PRN|AUX|NUL|COM[0-9]|LPT[0-9])(?:\.|$)') { throw "Unsafe package path: $Name" }
+    }
+    if ($parts[0] -ieq 'data' -or $parts[0] -like '.kswitcher-*') { throw "Protected user path: $Name" }
+}
+function Expand-Release([string]$Archive,[string]$Destination,[version]$Expected) {
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
+    $zip=[IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead($Archive)
+    try {
+        $manifests=@($zip.Entries | Where-Object FullName -CEQ 'release-files.json')
+        if (!$manifests.Count) {
+            if ($Expected -gt [version]'0.4.2') { throw 'Release manifest is missing.' }
+            $zip.Dispose(); $zip=$null
+            Expand-LegacyRelease $Archive $Destination $Expected
+            return
+        }
+        if ($manifests.Count -ne 1 -or $manifests[0].Length -gt 256KB) { throw 'Invalid release manifest.' }
+        $reader=[IO.StreamReader]::new($manifests[0].Open())
+        try { $manifest=$reader.ReadToEnd() | ConvertFrom-Json } finally { $reader.Dispose() }
+        if ($manifest.schema -ne 1 -or (Get-StableVersion $manifest.version) -ne $Expected -or
+            @($manifest.files).Count -lt 1 -or @($manifest.files).Count -gt 1000) { throw 'Unsupported or mismatched release manifest.' }
+        $declared=[Collections.Generic.Dictionary[string,object]]::new([StringComparer]::OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        foreach ($file in $manifest.files) {
+            Assert-PackagePath $file.path
+            if ($file.path -ieq 'release-files.json' -or $declared.ContainsKey($file.path) -or
+                $file.sha256 -notmatch '^[a-fA-F0-9]{64}$' -or $file.size -lt 0 -or $file.size -gt 100MB) { throw 'Invalid manifest file entry.' }
+            $declared.Add($file.path,$file)
+        }
+        if (!$declared.ContainsKey('KSwitcher.exe')) { throw 'Main executable is missing from the manifest.' }
+        $seen=[Collections.Generic.HashSet[string]]::new([StringComparer]::OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        $total=0L
+        foreach ($entry in $zip.Entries) {
+            $name=$entry.FullName.Replace('\','/')
+            if ($name.EndsWith('/')) { Assert-PackagePath $name.TrimEnd('/'); continue }
+            Assert-PackagePath $name
+            if (!$seen.Add($name) -or (($entry.ExternalAttributes -shr 16) -band 0xF000) -eq 0xA000) { throw 'Duplicate or linked archive entry.' }
+            if ($name -ceq 'release-files.json') { continue }
+            if (!$declared.ContainsKey($name)) { throw "Undeclared package file: $name" }
+            $file=$declared[$name]
+            if ($entry.Length -ne $file.size) { throw "Package file size mismatch: $name" }
+            $total+=$entry.Length
+            if ($total -gt 100MB -or $zip.Entries.Count -gt 1100) { throw 'Release expands beyond allowed limits.' }
+            $stream=$entry.Open()
+            try { $hash=Get-Sha256 $stream } finally { $stream.Dispose() }
+            if ($hash -ne $file.sha256) { throw "Package file checksum mismatch: $name" }
+        }
+        if ($seen.Count -ne $declared.Count+1) { throw 'Archive does not contain every manifest file.' }
+        [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($Destination) | Out-Null
+        Assert-PlainDirectory $Destination
+        foreach ($entry in $zip.Entries) {
+            if ($entry.FullName.EndsWith('/')) { continue }
+            $target=Join-Path $Destination $entry.FullName
+            [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory([IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($target)) | Out-Null
+            Assert-PlainDirectory ([IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($target))
+            [IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::ExtractToFile($entry,$target,$false)
+        }
+        $info=[Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo((Join-Path $Destination 'KSwitcher.exe'))
+        if ($info.ProductName -ne 'KSwitcher' -or (Get-StableVersion $info.FileVersion) -ne $Expected) { throw 'Main executable identity/version mismatch.' }
+    } finally { if ($zip) { $zip.Dispose() } }
+}
 function Assert-PlainDirectory([string]$Directory) {
    $item = Get-Item -LiteralPath $Directory -Force
    while ($item) {
@@ -124,7 +193,7 @@ function Install-Files([string]$Stage,[string]$Target,[string]$Backup,[Collectio
    foreach ($file in @(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $Stage -File -Recurse)) {
        $relative = $file.FullName.Substring($Stage.Length+1)
        $destination = Join-Path $Target $relative
-        if ($relative.StartsWith('dictionaries\') -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $destination)) { continue }
+        if ($relative.StartsWith('dictionaries\',[StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $destination)) { continue }
        [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory([IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($destination)) | Out-Null
        Assert-PlainDirectory ([IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($destination))
        if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $destination) {
@@ -177,6 +246,8 @@ try {
    Receive-File $release.checksum $checksum 64KB
    Assert-Checksum $archive $checksum
    Expand-Release $archive $stage (Get-StableVersion $release.version)
+    $screenshotPath = [IO.Path]::GetFullPath((Join-Path $InstallDirectory 'KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe'))
+    if (Get-Process 'KSwitcher.Screenshot' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.Path -eq $screenshotPath }) { throw 'Close screenshot editors before installing an update.' }
    Write-Result @{state='prepared';version=$release.version}
    $ready.Set() | Out-Null
    if (!$parentProcess.WaitForExit(120000)) { throw 'KSwitcher did not exit; the installed files were not changed.' }
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "../resources/resource.h"
 #include "ocr.h"
 #include "configuration.h"
+#include "screenshot_notifications.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <commctrl.h>
 #include <set>
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ void App::dispatch(int command)
    {
        if (command == Screenshot)
        {
-            if (!busy) showScreenshot(*this);
+            if (!busy) { resetInput(); launchScreenshot(*this); }
            return;
        }
        if (command == ShowHistory)
@@ -1253,8 +1254,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK App::windowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
                if (MessageBoxW(hwnd, prompt.c_str(), L"KSwitcher Update", MB_YESNO | MB_ICONQUESTION) == IDYES)
                    app->checkUpdate(true, true, result->version);
            }
-            else
+            else if (app->notifiedUpdate != result->version)
            {
+                app->notifiedUpdate = result->version;
                NOTIFYICONDATAW icon{sizeof(icon)};
                icon.hWnd = hwnd; icon.uID = 1; icon.uFlags = NIF_INFO; icon.dwInfoFlags = NIIF_INFO;
                wcscpy_s(icon.szInfoTitle, L"KSwitcher update available");
@@ -1273,7 +1275,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK App::windowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
        else if (result->interactive)
            MessageBoxW(hwnd, (L"Update failed.\n\n" + result->error).c_str(), L"KSwitcher Update", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
        else
-            diagnosticEvent(L"Startup update check failed: " + result->error);
+            diagnosticEvent(L"Background update check failed: " + result->error);
        return 0;
    }
    case WM_HOTKEY:
@@ -1337,7 +1339,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK App::windowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
    case WM_TIMER:
        if (wp == 5)
        {
-            KillTimer(hwnd, 5);
+            // After the initial 5-second check, repeat while the resident stays open.
+            // Rearm even when a check is already running or the previous one failed.
+            SetTimer(hwnd, 5, UpdateCheckIntervalMs, nullptr);
            app->checkUpdate(false);
            return 0;
        }
@@ -1452,6 +1456,9 @@ int App::execute()
        confirmUpdatedStartup(updateStartupEvent);
    if (startCommand)
        PostMessageW(window, WM_HOTKEY, startCommand, 0);
+    try { registerScreenshotNotifications(); }
+    catch(const std::exception &e) { log(L"Screenshot notification registration: "+wide(e.what())); }
+    auto screenshotActivation=startScreenshotActivationListener();
    MSG msg;
    while (GetMessageW(&msg, nullptr, 0, 0) > 0)
    {
@@ -1470,6 +1477,7 @@ int App::execute()
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessageW(&msg);
    }
+    if(screenshotActivation) CoRevokeClassObject(screenshotActivation);
    return (int)msg.wParam;
 }
 } // namespace ks
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class App
    std::thread worker;
    std::thread updateWorker;
    bool updateRunning{}, installingUpdate{};
-    std::wstring availableUpdate;
+    std::wstring availableUpdate, notifiedUpdate;
    bool stop{};
    UINT taskbarCreated{};
    uint64_t pendingAutoVersion{};
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ class App
    static LRESULT CALLBACK keyProc(int, WPARAM, LPARAM);
    static LRESULT CALLBACK mouseProc(int, WPARAM, LPARAM);
 };
-void showHistory(App &);
-void showScreenshot(App &);
+void showHistory(App &, bool visible = true);
+void launchScreenshot(App &);
 void refreshHistory(App &);
 void showSettings(App &, bool visible = true);
 void showLogs(App &);
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct Settings
    bool elevatedAutostart = false;
    bool autoCorrect = false;
    bool writeLog = true;
+    bool screenshotAutoOpenEditor = false;
    int autoMaxRank = 0;
    int autoMinLength = 3;
    std::wstring autoPrefixChars = L"([{«“‘\"";
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ struct Settings
        L"Far",  L"ConEmu64", L"putty",  L"KeePass",         L"KeePassXC", L"1Password",  L"Bitwarden"};
    int maxItems = 500, maxMiB = 200, maxImageMiB = 20;
    std::wstring toggle = L"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Space", casing = L"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C",
-                 translit = L"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T", undo = L"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z", clipboard = L"Ctrl+Shift+V",
+                 translit = L"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T", undo = L"Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z", clipboard = L"Win+V",
                 screenshot = L"Win+Shift+S";
    std::vector<std::wstring> cycle, direct, directIds;
    std::vector<std::wstring> excluded{L"KeePass", L"KeePassXC", L"1Password", L"Bitwarden"};
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#include "app.h"
 #include "screenshot.h"
+#include "ocr.h"
 #include "../resources/resource.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
@@ -13,14 +13,21 @@ namespace
 {
 // Only selection is exclusive; each completed capture owns an independent editor.
 HWND activeCapture{};
+// Keep titles stable and distinct for every editor opened during this session.
+unsigned long long nextEditorIndex=1;
 bool confirmScreenshotClose(HWND owner)
 {
    TASKDIALOGCONFIG dialog{sizeof(dialog)};
    dialog.hwndParent=owner;
-    dialog.dwFlags=TDF_POSITION_RELATIVE_TO_WINDOW|TDF_ALLOW_DIALOG_CANCELLATION;
+    dialog.dwFlags=TDF_POSITION_RELATIVE_TO_WINDOW|TDF_ALLOW_DIALOG_CANCELLATION|TDF_USE_HICON_MAIN;
+    const int iconSize=MulDiv(32,GetDpiForWindow(owner),96);
+    auto icon=(HICON)LoadImageW(GetModuleHandleW(nullptr),MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDI_SCREENSHOT_QUESTION),
+        IMAGE_ICON,iconSize,iconSize,0);
+    dialog.hMainIcon=icon;
    dialog.dwCommonButtons=TDCBF_YES_BUTTON|TDCBF_NO_BUTTON;
    dialog.pszWindowTitle=L"KSwitcher";
-    dialog.pszContent=L"Close without copying this screenshot to the clipboard?";
+    dialog.pszMainInstruction=L"Close without copying?";
+    dialog.pszContent=L"Your latest screenshot changes have not been copied to the clipboard.";
    dialog.nDefaultButton=IDNO;
    dialog.lpCallbackData=(LONG_PTR)owner;
    dialog.pfCallback=[](HWND window,UINT notification,WPARAM,LPARAM,LONG_PTR data)->HRESULT {
@@ -40,6 +47,7 @@ bool confirmScreenshotClose(HWND owner)
    };
    int button=IDNO;
    auto result=TaskDialogIndirect(&dialog,&button,nullptr,nullptr);
+    if(icon) DestroyIcon(icon);
    // If Windows cannot display the confirmation, keep the screenshot open.
    return SUCCEEDED(result) && button==IDYES;
 }
@@ -115,10 +123,11 @@ bool chooseTextFont(HWND owner,Mark &m)
 }
 struct Capture
 {
-    App &app;
+    ScreenshotHost &app;
    std::unique_ptr<Surface> image;
    std::unique_ptr<Surface> dimmed, frame;
    bool editing{}, dragging{}, arrow{}, owned{}, copied{};
+    bool autoOpenEditor;
    bool highlight{};
    bool freehand=true;
    bool straight{}, textTool{};
@@ -153,7 +162,7 @@ struct Capture
    int hoveredTool=0;
    MarkPart hoveredPart=MarkPart::None;
    std::wstring statusText;
-    explicit Capture(App &a) : app(a) {}
+    explicit Capture(ScreenshotHost &a) : app(a), autoOpenEditor(a.autoOpenEditor) {}
    ~Capture() {
        if(pencilCursor) DestroyCursor(pencilCursor);
        if (font) DeleteObject(font);
@@ -162,6 +171,7 @@ struct Capture
    }
    void remember(const std::vector<Mark> &previous)
    {
+        copied=false;
        history.remember(previous);
        syncHistory();
    }
@@ -720,14 +730,13 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK toolHover(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp, UINT_PTR, DWO
    if(msg==WM_MOUSELEAVE) InvalidateRect(w,nullptr,FALSE);
    return DefSubclassProc(w,msg,wp,lp);
 }
-void copy(HWND w, Capture &c)
+void copy(HWND w, Capture &c, DWORD (*publish)(HWND,const Clip &)=writeClipboard)
 {
    finishInlineText(w,c,true);
-    // The resident message window owns the clipboard after this editor closes.
+    // The resident message window keeps ownership if the editor is closed later.
    auto clip=screenshotClip(c.image->dc,c.image->width,c.image->height,c.marks);
-    writeClipboard(c.app.window, clip);
+    publish(c.app.window, clip);
    c.copied=true;
-    DestroyWindow(w);
 }
 void edit(HWND w, Capture &c)
 {
@@ -745,8 +754,11 @@ void edit(HWND w, Capture &c)
    POINT cursor; GetCursorPos(&cursor);
    GetMonitorInfoW(MonitorFromPoint(cursor,MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY), &monitor);
    ShowWindow(w,SW_HIDE);
+    SetWindowLongPtrW(w,GWLP_HWNDPARENT,0);
+    SetWindowLongPtrW(w,GWL_EXSTYLE,(GetWindowLongPtrW(w,GWL_EXSTYLE)|WS_EX_APPWINDOW)&~WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW);
    SetWindowLongPtrW(w,GWL_STYLE,WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_CLIPCHILDREN);
-    SetWindowTextW(w,L"KSwitcher — Screenshot");
+    auto title=L"KSwitcher — Screenshot #"+std::to_wstring(nextEditorIndex++);
+    SetWindowTextW(w,title.c_str());
    INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX statusControls{sizeof(statusControls),ICC_BAR_CLASSES};
    InitCommonControlsEx(&statusControls);
    CreateWindowExW(0,STATUSCLASSNAMEW,L"",WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|SBARS_TOOLTIPS,
@@ -791,6 +803,27 @@ void edit(HWND w, Capture &c)
                 std::min(LONG(MulDiv(700,GetDpiForWindow(w),96)),work.bottom-work.top-40),SWP_FRAMECHANGED|SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
    layout(w,c); SetForegroundWindow(w); SetFocus(w);
 }
+void finishSelection(HWND w,Capture &c,DWORD (*publish)(HWND,const Clip &)=writeClipboard)
+{
+    if(!c.app.notify) { edit(w,c); return; }
+    auto r=region(c.start,c.end);
+    if(r.right-r.left<2 || r.bottom-r.top<2) return;
+    Surface cropped(r.right-r.left,r.bottom-r.top);
+    BitBlt(cropped.dc,0,0,cropped.width,cropped.height,c.image->dc,r.left,r.top,SRCCOPY);
+    auto clip=screenshotClip(cropped.dc,cropped.width,cropped.height,{});
+    publish(c.app.window,clip);
+    c.copied=true;
+    // A successful toast submission does not guarantee that Windows shows a banner.
+    if(c.autoOpenEditor) edit(w,c);
+    // Leave fullscreen capture before submitting the toast: Windows may suppress
+    // banners while a fullscreen application is visible.
+    else ShowWindow(w,SW_HIDE);
+    bool notified=c.app.notify(clip);
+    if(!c.autoOpenEditor) {
+        if(notified) DestroyWindow(w);
+        else edit(w,c);
+    }
+}
 LRESULT CALLBACK captureProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
 {
    auto c = reinterpret_cast<Capture *>(GetWindowLongPtrW(w,GWLP_USERDATA));
@@ -806,7 +839,8 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK captureProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
        switch (msg)
        {
        case WM_CLOSE:
-            if(c->editing && !c->copied && !confirmScreenshotClose(w)) return 0;
+            finishInlineText(w,*c,true);
+            if(c->editing && (!c->copied || c->dragging) && !confirmScreenshotClose(w)) return 0;
            DestroyWindow(w); return 0;
        case FinishTextMessage:
            if(c->inlineText && (HWND)lp==c->inlineText && (wp!=0 || GetFocus()!=c->inlineText)) {
@@ -908,7 +942,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK captureProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
            if (LOWORD(wp)==12 || LOWORD(wp)==18)
            {
                bool changed=LOWORD(wp)==12?c->history.undo(c->marks):c->history.redo(c->marks);
-                if(changed) { c->selected=-1; c->selectedLabel=false; c->wheelDelta=0; c->wheelTarget=-1; }
+                if(changed) { c->copied=false; c->selected=-1; c->selectedLabel=false; c->wheelDelta=0; c->wheelTarget=-1; }
                c->syncHistory();
            }
            if (LOWORD(wp)==10 || LOWORD(wp)==11 || LOWORD(wp)==19 || (LOWORD(wp)>=21 && LOWORD(wp)<=26))
@@ -1089,7 +1123,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK captureProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
                if (msg==WM_LBUTTONUP)
                {
                    c->dragging=false; ReleaseCapture();
-                    if (!c->editing) edit(w,*c);
+                    if (!c->editing) { finishSelection(w,*c); return 0; }
                    else if(c->part!=MarkPart::None)
                    {
                        if(c->part==MarkPart::Start || c->part==MarkPart::End)
@@ -1226,7 +1260,11 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK captureProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
        case WM_NCDESTROY:
            if (activeCapture == w) activeCapture=nullptr;
            SetWindowLongPtrW(w,GWLP_USERDATA,0);
-            if (c->owned) delete c;
+            if (c->owned) {
+                auto &host=c->app;
+                if (--host.windows==0) PostMessageW(host.window,ScreenshotIdle,0,0);
+                delete c;
+            }
            return DefWindowProcW(w,msg,wp,lp);
        }
    }
@@ -1498,10 +1536,25 @@ Clip screenshotClip(HDC source, int width, int height, const std::vector<Screens
    memcpy(bytes.data()+sizeof(header),output.pixels,bytes.size()-sizeof(header));
    return Clip{{{CF_DIB,L"",std::move(bytes)}}};
 }
-void showScreenshot(App &app)
+void showScreenshotEditor(ScreenshotHost &app,const Clip &clip)
+{
+    auto pixels=decodeImage(clip);
+    auto c=std::make_unique<Capture>(app);
+    c->image=std::make_unique<Surface>(pixels.width,pixels.height);
+    memcpy(c->image->pixels,pixels.bgra.data(),pixels.bgra.size());
+    c->start={0,0}; c->end={(LONG)pixels.width,(LONG)pixels.height}; c->copied=true;
+    WNDCLASSW cls{}; cls.hInstance=app.instance; cls.lpfnWndProc=captureProc; cls.lpszClassName=L"KSwitcher.Capture";
+    cls.style=CS_DBLCLKS; cls.hCursor=LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_CROSS);
+    cls.hIcon=LoadIconW(app.instance,MAKEINTRESOURCEW(IDI_KSWITCHER)); RegisterClassW(&cls);
+    auto window=CreateWindowExW(0,cls.lpszClassName,L"KSwitcher Screenshot",WS_POPUP,0,0,1,1,
+        app.window,nullptr,app.instance,c.get());
+    if(!window) throw std::runtime_error("Cannot open screenshot editor");
+    c->owned=true; ++app.windows;
+    auto state=c.release(); edit(window,*state);
+}
+void showScreenshot(ScreenshotHost &app)
 {
    if (activeCapture) { showRequestedWindow(activeCapture); SetForegroundWindow(activeCapture); return; }
-    app.resetInput();
    auto c=std::make_unique<Capture>(app);
    int x=GetSystemMetrics(SM_XVIRTUALSCREEN),y=GetSystemMetrics(SM_YVIRTUALSCREEN);
    int width=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXVIRTUALSCREEN),height=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYVIRTUALSCREEN);
@@ -1528,6 +1581,7 @@ void showScreenshot(App &app)
                                  WS_POPUP,x,y,width,height,app.window,nullptr,app.instance,c.get());
    if (!activeCapture) throw std::runtime_error("Cannot open screen capture");
    c->owned=true;
+    ++app.windows;
    c.release();
    showRequestedWindow(activeCapture); SetForegroundWindow(activeCapture); SetFocus(activeCapture);
 }
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 #include "platform.h"
 namespace ks
 {
+// Only the on-demand screenshot process owns this state; no resident App dependency.
+struct ScreenshotHost {
+    HINSTANCE instance{};
+    HWND window{};
+    unsigned windows{};
+    bool (*notify)(const Clip &){};
+    bool autoOpenEditor = false;
+};
+inline constexpr UINT ScreenshotRequest=WM_APP+71, ScreenshotIdle=WM_APP+72;
+void showScreenshot(ScreenshotHost &);
+void showScreenshotEditor(ScreenshotHost &,const Clip &);
 enum class LineStyle { Solid, Dotted, Dashed, DashDot };
 enum class LineEnds { End, Start, Both, None };
 enum class ScreenshotShape { None, Rectangle, Circle, Ellipse };
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#include "screenshot_notifications.h"
+#include <atomic>
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#include <propkey.h>
+#include <propvarutil.h>
+#include <wrl/client.h>
+namespace ks {
+namespace {
+constexpr wchar_t AppId[]=L"HrynCo.KSwitcher.Screenshot";
+constexpr GUID ActivatorId{0xe3f78047,0xf0ad,0x49b6,{0x90,0x74,0x41,0x19,0x31,0x70,0x61,0x67}};
+}
+namespace {
+using Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr;
+void check(HRESULT result) {
+    if(FAILED(result)) throw std::runtime_error("Screenshot registration failed: " + std::to_string((unsigned long)result));
+}
+void registryString(const std::wstring &path,const wchar_t *name,const std::wstring &value)
+{
+    HKEY key{};
+    if(RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,path.c_str(),0,nullptr,0,KEY_SET_VALUE,nullptr,&key,nullptr)!=ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cannot register screenshot notifications");
+    auto result=RegSetValueExW(key,name,0,REG_SZ,(const BYTE *)value.c_str(),DWORD((value.size()+1)*sizeof(wchar_t)));
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    if(result!=ERROR_SUCCESS) throw std::runtime_error("Cannot register screenshot notification activation");
+}
+}
+void registerScreenshotNotifications()
+{
+    auto exe=(std::filesystem::path(executable()).parent_path()/L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe").wstring();
+    if(!std::filesystem::exists(exe)) throw std::runtime_error("Screenshot helper is missing");
+    registryString(L"Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{e3f78047-f0ad-49b6-9074-411931706167}\\LocalServer32",nullptr,L"\""+exe+L"\" --toast-activated");
+    registryString(L"Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{e3f78047-f0ad-49b6-9074-411931706167}\\LocalServer32",L"ServerExecutable",exe);
+    auto identity=std::wstring(L"Software\\Classes\\AppUserModelId\\")+AppId;
+    registryString(identity,L"DisplayName",L"KSwitcher Screenshot");
+    registryString(identity,L"IconUri",exe);
+    registryString(identity,L"CustomActivator",L"{e3f78047-f0ad-49b6-9074-411931706167}");
+    // A shortcut supplies desktop notification identity and its COM activation callback.
+    ComPtr<IShellLinkW> link; check(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink,nullptr,CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_PPV_ARGS(&link)));
+    check(link->SetPath(exe.c_str())); check(link->SetIconLocation(exe.c_str(),0));
+    ComPtr<IPropertyStore> properties; check(link.As(&properties));
+    PROPVARIANT id{}; check(InitPropVariantFromString(AppId,&id));
+    auto result=properties->SetValue(PKEY_AppUserModel_ID,id); PropVariantClear(&id); check(result);
+    GUID activator=ActivatorId;
+    PROPVARIANT clsid{}; clsid.vt=VT_CLSID; clsid.puuid=&activator;
+    check(properties->SetValue(PKEY_AppUserModel_ToastActivatorCLSID,clsid));
+    check(properties->Commit());
+    PWSTR programs{}; check(SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_Programs,0,nullptr,&programs));
+    auto shortcut=std::filesystem::path(programs)/L"KSwitcher Screenshot.lnk"; CoTaskMemFree(programs);
+    ComPtr<IPersistFile> file; check(link.As(&file)); check(file->Save(shortcut.c_str(),TRUE));
+    // Notify the shell that notification identity/activation registration changed.
+    SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED,SHCNF_IDLIST,nullptr,nullptr);
+}
+bool validScreenshotToken(const std::wstring &id)
+{
+    if(id.size()!=36) return false;
+    for(size_t i=0;i<id.size();++i) {
+        if(i==8 || i==13 || i==18 || i==23) { if(id[i]!=L'-') return false; }
+        else if(!((id[i]>=L'0' && id[i]<=L'9') || (id[i]>=L'a' && id[i]<=L'f') || (id[i]>=L'A' && id[i]<=L'F'))) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+namespace {
+// Windows SDK INotificationActivationCallback ABI (notificationactivationcallback.h).
+constexpr GUID CallbackId{0x53e31837,0x6600,0x4a81,{0x93,0x95,0x75,0xcf,0xfe,0x74,0x6f,0x94}};
+struct NotificationInput { LPCWSTR key,value; };
+struct NotificationCallback : IUnknown {
+    virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE Activate(LPCWSTR,LPCWSTR,const NotificationInput *,ULONG)=0;
+};
+class Activator final : public NotificationCallback {
+    std::atomic<ULONG> references{1};
+    DWORD thread=GetCurrentThreadId();
+    std::wstring target;
+    bool quit;
+public:
+    Activator(std::wstring path,bool shouldQuit):target(std::move(path)),quit(shouldQuit) {}
+    HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE QueryInterface(REFIID id,void **out) override {
+        if(!out) return E_POINTER;
+        *out=nullptr;
+        if(id!=IID_IUnknown && id!=CallbackId) return E_NOINTERFACE;
+        *out=static_cast<NotificationCallback *>(this); AddRef(); return S_OK;
+    }
+    ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE AddRef() override { return ++references; }
+    ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE Release() override { auto count=--references; if(!count) delete this; return count; }
+    HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE Activate(LPCWSTR app,LPCWSTR args,const NotificationInput *,ULONG) override {
+        if(!app || std::wstring(app)!=AppId || !args || !validScreenshotToken(args)) return E_INVALIDARG;
+        auto path=target; auto command=L"\""+path+L"\" --open \"kswitcher-screenshot:"+args+L"\"";
+        STARTUPINFOW startup{sizeof(startup)}; PROCESS_INFORMATION process{};
+        auto ok=CreateProcessW(path.c_str(),command.data(),nullptr,nullptr,FALSE,CREATE_SUSPENDED,nullptr,nullptr,&startup,&process);
+        auto result=ok?S_OK:HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError());
+        if(ok) {
+            AllowSetForegroundWindow(process.dwProcessId); ResumeThread(process.hThread);
+            CloseHandle(process.hThread); CloseHandle(process.hProcess);
+        }
+        if(quit) PostThreadMessageW(thread,WM_QUIT,0,0);
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+class ActivatorFactory final : public IClassFactory {
+    std::atomic<ULONG> references{1};
+    std::wstring target;
+    bool quit;
+public:
+    ActivatorFactory(std::wstring path,bool shouldQuit):target(std::move(path)),quit(shouldQuit) {}
+    HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE QueryInterface(REFIID id,void **out) override {
+        if(!out) return E_POINTER;
+        *out=nullptr;
+        if(id!=IID_IUnknown && id!=IID_IClassFactory) return E_NOINTERFACE;
+        *out=static_cast<IClassFactory *>(this); AddRef(); return S_OK;
+    }
+    ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE AddRef() override { return ++references; }
+    ULONG STDMETHODCALLTYPE Release() override { auto count=--references; if(!count) delete this; return count; }
+    HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE CreateInstance(IUnknown *outer,REFIID id,void **out) override {
+        if(outer) return CLASS_E_NOAGGREGATION;
+        auto object=new Activator(target,quit); auto result=object->QueryInterface(id,out); object->Release(); return result;
+    }
+    HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE LockServer(BOOL) override { return S_OK; }
+};
+}
+int runScreenshotToastActivator()
+{
+    if(FAILED(CoInitializeEx(nullptr,COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED))) return 1;
+    MSG message{}; PeekMessageW(&message,nullptr,0,0,PM_NOREMOVE);
+    auto factory=new ActivatorFactory(executable(),true); DWORD registration{};
+    auto result=CoRegisterClassObject(ActivatorId,factory,CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER,REGCLS_MULTIPLEUSE,&registration);
+    factory->Release();
+    if(SUCCEEDED(result)) {
+        auto timer=SetTimer(nullptr,0,60000,[](HWND,UINT,UINT_PTR,DWORD){PostQuitMessage(0);});
+        while(GetMessageW(&message,nullptr,0,0)>0) { TranslateMessage(&message); DispatchMessageW(&message); }
+        if(timer) KillTimer(nullptr,timer);
+        CoRevokeClassObject(registration);
+    }
+    CoUninitialize(); return FAILED(result)?1:0;
+}
+DWORD startScreenshotActivationListener()
+{
+    auto target=std::filesystem::path(executable()).parent_path()/L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe";
+    auto factory=new ActivatorFactory(target.wstring(),false);
+    DWORD registration{};
+    auto result=CoRegisterClassObject(ActivatorId,factory,CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER,REGCLS_MULTIPLEUSE,&registration);
+    factory->Release();
+    return SUCCEEDED(result)?registration:0;
+}
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "app.h"
+
+namespace ks {
+void launchScreenshot(App &app)
+{
+    auto path=std::filesystem::path(executable()).parent_path()/L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe";
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(path))
+        throw std::runtime_error("KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe is missing. Extract the complete application package.");
+    auto command=L"\""+path.wstring()+L"\" --auto-open-editor="+
+        (app.settings.screenshotAutoOpenEditor?L"1":L"0");
+    if(app.settings.writeLog) command+=L" --write-log";
+    STARTUPINFOW startup{sizeof(startup)};
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION process{};
+    // Grant foreground rights before the child's first selection window opens.
+    if (!CreateProcessW(path.c_str(),command.data(),nullptr,nullptr,FALSE,CREATE_SUSPENDED,
+                        nullptr,path.parent_path().c_str(),&startup,&process))
+        throw std::runtime_error(utf8(lastError(L"Cannot start screenshot editor")));
+    AllowSetForegroundWindow(process.dwProcessId);
+    ResumeThread(process.hThread);
+    CloseHandle(process.hThread);
+    CloseHandle(process.hProcess);
+}
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#include "screenshot.h"
+#include "screenshot_notifications.h"
+#include <commctrl.h>
+#include <shellapi.h>
+#include <roapi.h>
+
+namespace {
+constexpr wchar_t ControllerClass[]=L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.Controller";
+LRESULT CALLBACK controller(HWND window,UINT message,WPARAM wp,LPARAM lp)
+{
+    auto host=(ks::ScreenshotHost *)GetWindowLongPtrW(window,GWLP_USERDATA);
+    if(message==WM_NCCREATE) {
+        host=(ks::ScreenshotHost *)((CREATESTRUCTW *)lp)->lpCreateParams;
+        SetWindowLongPtrW(window,GWLP_USERDATA,(LONG_PTR)host);
+    }
+    if(host && message==ks::ScreenshotRequest) {
+        host->autoOpenEditor=(wp&1)!=0;
+        ks::setLoggingEnabled((wp&2)!=0);
+        try { ks::showScreenshot(*host); }
+        catch(const std::exception &e) {
+            MessageBoxW(window,ks::wide(e.what()).c_str(),L"Screen capture",MB_OK|MB_ICONERROR);
+            PostMessageW(window,ks::ScreenshotIdle,0,0);
+        }
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+    if(host && message==WM_COPYDATA) {
+        auto data=(COPYDATASTRUCT *)lp;
+        if(!data || data->dwData!=73 || data->cbData!=37*sizeof(wchar_t) || !data->lpData) return FALSE;
+        std::wstring token((const wchar_t *)data->lpData,36);
+        if(!ks::validScreenshotToken(token)) return FALSE;
+        try { ks::showScreenshotEditor(*host,ks::loadNotifiedScreenshot(token)); }
+        catch(const std::exception &e) {
+            MessageBoxW(window,ks::wide(e.what()).c_str(),L"Screenshot",MB_OK|MB_ICONINFORMATION);
+            PostMessageW(window,ks::ScreenshotIdle,0,0);
+        }
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+    if(host && message==ks::ScreenshotIdle && !host->windows) {
+        DestroyWindow(window);
+        PostQuitMessage(0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return DefWindowProcW(window,message,wp,lp);
+}
+}
+
+int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance,HINSTANCE,PWSTR,int)
+{
+    std::wstring token;
+    bool autoOpenEditor=false, writeLog=false;
+    int argc{}; auto argv=CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLineW(),&argc);
+    if(argc>1 && std::wstring(argv[argc-1])==L"--write-log") {
+        writeLog=true; --argc;
+        ks::setLoggingEnabled(true);
+    }
+    if(argc>=2 && std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--toast-activated") {
+        LocalFree(argv); return ks::runScreenshotToastActivator();
+    }
+    if(argc==2 && std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--register-notifications") {
+        LocalFree(argv); CoInitializeEx(nullptr,COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
+        int result=0; try { ks::registerScreenshotNotifications(); } catch(...) { result=1; }
+        CoUninitialize(); return result;
+    }
+    if(argc==2 && (std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--auto-open-editor=0" ||
+                   std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--auto-open-editor=1")) {
+        autoOpenEditor=std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--auto-open-editor=1";
+    } else if(argc>1) {
+        if(argc==3 && std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--open") {
+            std::wstring uri=argv[2]; const std::wstring prefix=L"kswitcher-screenshot:";
+            if(uri.starts_with(prefix)) token=uri.substr(prefix.size());
+        }
+        if(!ks::validScreenshotToken(token)) { LocalFree(argv); return 1; }
+    }
+    LocalFree(argv);
+    COPYDATASTRUCT open{73,DWORD((token.size()+1)*sizeof(wchar_t)),token.data()};
+    HANDLE mutex=CreateMutexW(nullptr,FALSE,L"Local\\KSwitcher.Screenshot.Singleton");
+    if(!mutex) return 1;
+    // Wait through startup/shutdown races; the controller accepts requests only while alive.
+    bool acquired=false;
+    for(int attempt=0;attempt<100;++attempt) {
+        auto wait=WaitForSingleObject(mutex,0);
+        if(wait==WAIT_OBJECT_0 || wait==WAIT_ABANDONED) { acquired=true; break; }
+        if(auto existing=FindWindowW(ControllerClass,nullptr)) {
+            DWORD pid{}; GetWindowThreadProcessId(existing,&pid);
+            AllowSetForegroundWindow(pid);
+            DWORD_PTR accepted{};
+            if(SendMessageTimeoutW(existing,token.empty()?ks::ScreenshotRequest:WM_COPYDATA,token.empty()?(autoOpenEditor?1:0)|(writeLog?2:0):0,
+                token.empty()?0:(LPARAM)&open,SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG,2000,&accepted) && accepted) {
+                CloseHandle(mutex); return 0;
+            }
+        }
+        Sleep(50);
+    }
+    if(!acquired) { CloseHandle(mutex); return 1; }
+    RoInitialize(RO_INIT_SINGLETHREADED);
+    INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX controls{sizeof(controls),ICC_STANDARD_CLASSES|ICC_BAR_CLASSES};
+    InitCommonControlsEx(&controls);
+    ks::ScreenshotHost host{instance};
+    host.notify=ks::notifyScreenshot;
+    WNDCLASSW cls{}; cls.hInstance=instance; cls.lpfnWndProc=controller; cls.lpszClassName=ControllerClass;
+    RegisterClassW(&cls);
+    host.window=CreateWindowW(ControllerClass,L"KSwitcher Screenshot",0,0,0,0,0,nullptr,nullptr,instance,&host);
+    int result=1;
+    if(host.window) {
+        // Toast protocol activation may run unelevated while the editor was launched by an elevated resident.
+        // WM_COPYDATA accepts only a validated cache GUID, never a path or executable command.
+        ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx(host.window,WM_COPYDATA,MSGFLT_ALLOW,nullptr);
+        if(token.empty()) PostMessageW(host.window,ks::ScreenshotRequest,(autoOpenEditor?1:0)|(writeLog?2:0),0);
+        else SendMessageW(host.window,WM_COPYDATA,0,(LPARAM)&open);
+        MSG message{};
+        while((result=GetMessageW(&message,nullptr,0,0))>0) {
+            TranslateMessage(&message); DispatchMessageW(&message);
+        }
+        result=result<0?1:0;
+    }
+    RoUninitialize();
+    ReleaseMutex(mutex); CloseHandle(mutex);
+    return result;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+#include "screenshot_notifications.h"
+#include "ocr.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <aclapi.h>
+#include <sddl.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#include <propkey.h>
+#include <propvarutil.h>
+#include <roapi.h>
+#include <winstring.h>
+#include <wincodec.h>
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+// This SDK aliases BYTE and boolean, producing duplicate template specializations.
+// Notifications use the boolean specialization; IReference<BYTE> is unused here.
+#define ____FIReference_1_BYTE_INTERFACE_DEFINED__
+#endif
+#include <windows.ui.notifications.h>
+#include <windows.data.xml.dom.h>
+#include <wrl/client.h>
+
+namespace ks {
+namespace {
+using Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr;
+namespace Notifications=ABI::Windows::UI::Notifications;
+namespace Xml=ABI::Windows::Data::Xml::Dom;
+constexpr wchar_t AppId[]=L"HrynCo.KSwitcher.Screenshot";
+std::string notificationError;
+void check(HRESULT result) { if(FAILED(result)) { char message[100]; snprintf(message,sizeof(message),"Windows screenshot notification failed (0x%08lx)",(unsigned long)result); throw std::runtime_error(message); } }
+struct String {
+    HSTRING value{};
+    explicit String(const std::wstring &s) { check(WindowsCreateString(s.c_str(),(UINT32)s.size(),&value)); }
+    ~String() { WindowsDeleteString(value); }
+};
+std::filesystem::path cacheDirectory()
+{
+    PWSTR folder{}; check(SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_LocalAppData,0,nullptr,&folder));
+    auto path=std::filesystem::path(folder)/L"KSwitcher"/L"ScreenshotNotifications";
+    CoTaskMemFree(folder); std::filesystem::create_directories(path); return path;
+}
+std::filesystem::path previewDirectory()
+{
+    HANDLE token{};
+    if(!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(),TOKEN_QUERY,&token)) check(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError()));
+    DWORD size{}; GetTokenInformation(token,TokenUser,nullptr,0,&size);
+    std::vector<BYTE> data(size);
+    BOOL read=GetTokenInformation(token,TokenUser,data.data(),size,&size);
+    DWORD error=read?ERROR_SUCCESS:GetLastError(); CloseHandle(token); check(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(error));
+    auto user=reinterpret_cast<TOKEN_USER *>(data.data())->User.Sid;
+    LPWSTR sidText{}; if(!ConvertSidToStringSidW(user,&sidText)) check(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError()));
+    std::wstring sid(sidText); LocalFree(sidText);
+    PWSTR folder{}; check(SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_ProgramData,0,nullptr,&folder));
+    auto path=std::filesystem::path(folder)/(L"KSwitcher.ScreenshotPreviews-"+sid); CoTaskMemFree(folder);
+    // The notification broker cannot load previews from some profile directories.
+    // Keep this cache outside the profile, private to the current user and SYSTEM.
+    auto sddl=L"O:"+sid+L"D:P(A;OICI;FA;;;SY)(A;OICI;FA;;;"+sid+L")";
+    PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR security{};
+    if(!ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW(sddl.c_str(),SDDL_REVISION_1,&security,nullptr))
+        check(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError()));
+    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES attributes{sizeof(attributes),security,FALSE};
+    BOOL created=CreateDirectoryW(path.c_str(),&attributes);
+    error=created?ERROR_SUCCESS:GetLastError();
+    LocalFree(security);
+    if(error!=ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) check(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(error));
+    // Do not use a pre-created directory or junction controlled by another user.
+    DWORD flags=GetFileAttributesW(path.c_str());
+    if(flags==INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES || !(flags&FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) || (flags&FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT))
+        throw std::runtime_error("Invalid screenshot preview directory");
+    PSID owner{}; PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR existing{};
+    error=GetNamedSecurityInfoW(const_cast<wchar_t *>(path.c_str()),SE_FILE_OBJECT,OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+        &owner,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,&existing);
+    check(HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(error));
+    bool owned=EqualSid(owner,user); LocalFree(existing);
+    if(!owned) throw std::runtime_error("Screenshot preview directory belongs to another user");
+    return path;
+}
+void cleanCache(const std::filesystem::path &path)
+{
+    std::vector<std::filesystem::directory_entry> files;
+    for(const auto &file:std::filesystem::directory_iterator(path))
+        if(file.is_regular_file() && validScreenshotToken(file.path().stem().wstring()) &&
+           (file.path().extension()==L".capture" || file.path().extension()==L".png")) files.push_back(file);
+    std::sort(files.begin(),files.end(),[](const auto &a,const auto &b){return a.last_write_time()>b.last_write_time();});
+    uintmax_t size=0;
+    for(size_t i=0;i<files.size();++i) {
+        size+=files[i].file_size();
+        if(i>=40 || size>256*1024*1024 || std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock::now()-files[i].last_write_time()>std::chrono::hours(24)) {
+            std::error_code ignored; std::filesystem::remove(files[i].path(),ignored);
+        }
+    }
+}
+void savePreview(const Clip &clip,const std::filesystem::path &path)
+{
+    auto pixels=decodeImage(clip,360,220);
+    for(size_t i=3;i<pixels.bgra.size();i+=4) pixels.bgra[i]=255;
+    ComPtr<IWICImagingFactory> factory; check(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WICImagingFactory,nullptr,CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_PPV_ARGS(&factory)));
+    ComPtr<IWICStream> stream; check(factory->CreateStream(&stream)); check(stream->InitializeFromFilename(path.c_str(),GENERIC_WRITE));
+    ComPtr<IWICBitmapEncoder> encoder; check(factory->CreateEncoder(GUID_ContainerFormatPng,nullptr,&encoder));
+    check(encoder->Initialize(stream.Get(),WICBitmapEncoderNoCache));
+    ComPtr<IWICBitmapFrameEncode> frame; check(encoder->CreateNewFrame(&frame,nullptr)); check(frame->Initialize(nullptr));
+    check(frame->SetSize(pixels.width,pixels.height));
+    auto format=GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGRA; check(frame->SetPixelFormat(&format));
+    if(format!=GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppBGRA) throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported preview pixel format");
+    check(frame->WritePixels(pixels.height,pixels.width*4,(UINT)pixels.bgra.size(),pixels.bgra.data()));
+    check(frame->Commit()); check(encoder->Commit());
+}
+std::wstring escapeXml(const std::wstring &s)
+{
+    std::wstring result;
+    for(auto ch:s) { if(ch==L'&') result+=L"&amp;"; else if(ch==L'\"') result+=L"&quot;"; else if(ch==L'<') result+=L"&lt;"; else result+=ch; }
+    return result;
+}
+}
+Clip loadNotifiedScreenshot(const std::wstring &id)
+{
+    if(!validScreenshotToken(id)) throw std::runtime_error("Invalid screenshot notification");
+    auto directory=cacheDirectory(); cleanCache(directory);
+    auto path=directory/(id+L".capture");
+    if(!std::filesystem::exists(path)) throw std::runtime_error("This screenshot notification has expired. Take a new screenshot.");
+    return Clip{{{CF_DIB,L"",unprotect(readFile(path,160*1024*1024))}}};
+}
+bool notifyScreenshot(const Clip &clip)
+{
+    notificationError.clear();
+    const char *stage="registration";
+    try {
+        registerScreenshotNotifications();
+        check(SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(AppId));
+        stage="notification manager";
+        ComPtr<Notifications::IToastNotificationManagerStatics> manager;
+        String managerClass(L"Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager");
+        check(RoGetActivationFactory(managerClass.value,IID_PPV_ARGS(&manager)));
+        ComPtr<Notifications::IToastNotifier> notifier; String appId(AppId);
+        stage="notifier";
+        check(manager->CreateToastNotifierWithId(appId.value,&notifier));
+        stage="settings";
+        Notifications::NotificationSetting setting{};
+        auto settingResult=notifier->get_Setting(&setting);
+        // A first-time sender has no settings record until its first notification.
+        if(settingResult!=HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_NOT_FOUND)) check(settingResult);
+        if(setting!=Notifications::NotificationSetting_Enabled) throw std::runtime_error("Screenshot notifications are disabled in Windows settings");
+        stage="cache";
+        auto directory=cacheDirectory(); cleanCache(directory);
+        GUID guid{}; check(CoCreateGuid(&guid)); wchar_t value[40]{}; StringFromGUID2(guid,value,40);
+        std::wstring id(value+1,36);
+        auto dib=std::find_if(clip.formats.begin(),clip.formats.end(),[](const auto &format){return format.id==CF_DIB;});
+        if(dib==clip.formats.end() || dib->data.size()>128*1024*1024) return false;
+        atomicWrite(directory/(id+L".capture"),protect(dib->data));
+        stage="preview";
+        auto previews=previewDirectory(); cleanCache(previews);
+        auto preview=previews/(id+L".png"); savePreview(clip,preview);
+        cleanCache(previews);
+        cleanCache(directory);
+        stage="XML";
+        String documentClass(L"Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument"); ComPtr<IInspectable> documentInstance;
+        check(RoActivateInstance(documentClass.value,&documentInstance));
+        ComPtr<Xml::IXmlDocument> document; check(documentInstance.As(&document));
+        ComPtr<Xml::IXmlDocumentIO> documentIO; check(document.As(&documentIO));
+        auto uri=L"file:///"+preview.generic_wstring();
+        String content(L"<toast launch=\""+id+L"\"><visual><binding template=\"ToastGeneric\">"
+            L"<text>Screenshot copied</text><text>Click to edit and annotate</text><image id=\"1\" placement=\"appLogoOverride\" alt=\"Screenshot preview\" src=\""+escapeXml(uri)+L"\"/></binding></visual><audio silent=\"true\"/></toast>");
+        check(documentIO->LoadXml(content.value));
+        stage="toast factory";
+        ComPtr<Notifications::IToastNotificationFactory> toastFactory; String toastClass(L"Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification");
+        check(RoGetActivationFactory(toastClass.value,IID_PPV_ARGS(&toastFactory)));
+        ComPtr<Notifications::IToastNotification> toast; check(toastFactory->CreateToastNotification(document.Get(),&toast));
+        ComPtr<ABI::Windows::Foundation::IPropertyValueStatics> values;
+        String propertyClass(L"Windows.Foundation.PropertyValue");
+        check(RoGetActivationFactory(propertyClass.value,IID_PPV_ARGS(&values)));
+        FILETIME now{}; GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&now);
+        ULARGE_INTEGER timestamp{}; timestamp.LowPart=now.dwLowDateTime; timestamp.HighPart=now.dwHighDateTime;
+        ABI::Windows::Foundation::DateTime expires{(INT64)(timestamp.QuadPart+24ull*60*60*10000000)};
+        ComPtr<IInspectable> boxed; check(values->CreateDateTime(expires,&boxed));
+        ComPtr<ABI::Windows::Foundation::IReference<ABI::Windows::Foundation::DateTime>> expiration;
+        check(boxed.As(&expiration)); check(toast->put_ExpirationTime(expiration.Get()));
+        stage="show";
+        check(notifier->Show(toast.Get()));
+        return true;
+    } catch(const std::exception &e) { notificationError=std::string(stage)+": "+e.what(); log(wide(notificationError)); return false; } // Clipboard is already populated; fall back to the editor.
+}
+std::string screenshotNotificationError() { return notificationError; }
+
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "platform.h"
+namespace ks {
+bool notifyScreenshot(const Clip &);
+std::string screenshotNotificationError();
+void registerScreenshotNotifications();
+int runScreenshotToastActivator();
+DWORD startScreenshotActivationListener();
+bool validScreenshotToken(const std::wstring &);
+Clip loadNotifiedScreenshot(const std::wstring &);
+}
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ Settings decodeSettings(const Bytes &bytes, const std::vector<Layout> &layouts)
    s.undo = str(j, "undoHotkey", s.undo);
    s.clipboard = str(j, "clipboardHotkey", s.clipboard);
    s.screenshot = str(j, "screenshotHotkey", s.screenshot);
+    s.screenshotAutoOpenEditor = j.value("screenshotAutoOpenEditor", false);
    if (j.contains("layouts"))
    {
        s.cycle.clear();
@@ -205,7 +206,8 @@ Bytes encodeSettings(const Settings &s)
              {"translitHotkey", utf8(s.translit)},
              {"undoHotkey", utf8(s.undo)},
              {"clipboardHotkey", utf8(s.clipboard)},
-              {"screenshotHotkey", utf8(s.screenshot)}};
+              {"screenshotHotkey", utf8(s.screenshot)},
+              {"screenshotAutoOpenEditor", s.screenshotAutoOpenEditor}};
    j["layouts"] = Json::array();
    for (auto &id : s.cycle)
        j["layouts"].push_back(utf8(id));
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ HFONT font(HWND w)
 struct WindowLayout
 {
    int width{}, height{}, x{}, y{};
-    bool scrolling{}, arranging{};
+    bool scrolling{}, arranging{}, history{};
    int wheelRemainder{}, horizontalWheelRemainder{};
    std::vector<std::pair<HWND, RECT>> controls; // Original 96-DPI geometry; never rescale rounded pixels.
 };
@@ -68,9 +68,18 @@ void arrangeWindow(HWND w)
        layout->x = SetScrollInfo(w, SB_HORZ, &horizontal, TRUE);
        layout->y = SetScrollInfo(w, SB_VERT, &vertical, TRUE);
    }
+    RECT client{}; GetClientRect(w, &client);
+    int extraWidth = layout->history ? std::max(0, int(client.right) - scale(w, layout->width)) : 0;
+    int extraHeight = layout->history ? std::max(0, int(client.bottom) - scale(w, layout->height)) : 0;
    for (const auto &[child, r] : layout->controls)
-        SetWindowPos(child, nullptr, scale(w, r.left) - layout->x, scale(w, r.top) - layout->y,
-                     scale(w, r.right - r.left), scale(w, r.bottom - r.top), SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER);
+    {
+        int id = GetDlgCtrlID(child);
+        SetWindowPos(child, nullptr, scale(w, r.left) - layout->x,
+                         scale(w, r.top) - layout->y + (id >= 110 && id <= 114 ? extraHeight : 0),
+                         scale(w, r.right - r.left) + (id == 101 || id == 102 ? extraWidth : 0),
+                         scale(w, r.bottom - r.top) + (id == 102 ? extraHeight : 0),
+                         SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER);
+    }
    layout->arranging = false;
    InvalidateRect(w, nullptr, TRUE);
 }
@@ -351,6 +360,9 @@ void resizeForDpi(HWND w, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
    SetPropW(w, L"Dpi", (HANDLE)(UINT_PTR)next);
    if (old)
        DeleteObject(old);
+    // layoutProc consumes WM_DPICHANGED, so owner-drawn rows must be resized here.
+    if (layout && layout->history)
+        SendDlgItemMessageW(w, 102, LB_SETITEMHEIGHT, 0, scale(w, 88));
    fitToMonitor(w, *(RECT *)lp);
    arrangeWindow(w);
 }
@@ -738,12 +750,6 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK historyProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
            v->pending.clear();
            ++v->generation;
            return 0;
-        case WM_DPICHANGED:
-        {
-            resizeForDpi(w, wp, lp);
-            SendDlgItemMessageW(w, 102, LB_SETITEMHEIGHT, 0, scale(w, 88));
-            return 0;
-        }
        case WM_NCDESTROY:
            disposeFont(w);
            v->app->historyWindow = nullptr;
@@ -813,6 +819,7 @@ void fillSettings(HWND w, SettingsView *v)
    check(w, 201, s.recent);
    check(w, 202, s.switchLayout);
    check(w, 208, s.writeLog);
+    check(w, 209, s.screenshotAutoOpenEditor);
    check(w, 203, s.history);
    check(w, 204, s.autostart);
    check(w, 206, s.elevatedAutostart);
@@ -863,6 +870,7 @@ Settings collectSettings(HWND w, SettingsView *v)
    s.recent = checked(w, 201);
    s.switchLayout = checked(w, 202);
    s.writeLog = checked(w, 208);
+    s.screenshotAutoOpenEditor = checked(w, 209);
    s.history = checked(w, 203);
    s.autostart = checked(w, 204);
    s.elevatedAutostart = checked(w, 206);
@@ -1325,7 +1333,7 @@ void refreshHistory(App &app)
        search(app.historyWindow, v);
    }
 }
-void showHistory(App &app)
+void showHistory(App &app, bool visible)
 {
    if (!app.history)
    {
@@ -1333,7 +1341,7 @@ void showHistory(App &app)
        return;
    }
    HWND foreground = GetForegroundWindow();
-    if (app.historyWindow && IsWindowVisible(app.historyWindow) && foreground == app.historyWindow)
+    if (visible && app.historyWindow && IsWindowVisible(app.historyWindow) && foreground == app.historyWindow)
    {
        auto *v = (HistoryView *)GetWindowLongPtrW(app.historyWindow, GWLP_USERDATA);
        if (v->items.size() > 1)
@@ -1346,6 +1354,7 @@ void showHistory(App &app)
    {
        HWND w = makeWindow(app, L"KSwitcher.History", L"Clipboard history", historyProc, 760, 500);
        app.historyWindow = w;
+        windowLayoutState(w)->history = true;
        ((HistoryView *)GetWindowLongPtrW(w, GWLP_USERDATA))->rich = createRichText(w, 105, false);
        label(w, L"Search clipboard history", 16, 12, 500);
        edit(w, 101, 16, 38, 728);
@@ -1362,6 +1371,7 @@ void showHistory(App &app)
        SetWindowSubclass(list, historyKey, 1, (DWORD_PTR)w);
        SetWindowSubclass(GetDlgItem(w, 101), historyKey, 1, (DWORD_PTR)w);
    }
+    if (!visible) return;
    POINT cursor;
    GetCursorPos(&cursor);
    MONITORINFO monitor{sizeof(monitor)};
@@ -1651,6 +1661,7 @@ void showSettings(App &app, bool visible)
        label(w, names[i], 420, 48 + i * 30, 115);
        hotkeyEdit(app, w, 210 + i, 540, 44 + i * 30, 220);
    }
+    checkbox(w, L"Open editor after screen capture", 209, 420, 224, 340);
    checkbox(w, L"Automatically correct layout (experimental)", 207, 18, 210, 395);
    label(w, L"Layout cycle — top to bottom", 18, 240, 400);
    control(w, L"LISTBOX", L"", WS_TABSTOP | WS_VSCROLL | LBS_NOTIFY | LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | WS_BORDER, 220,
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 #include "platform.h"
 namespace ks
 {
-inline constexpr wchar_t AppVersion[] = L"0.4.1";
+inline constexpr wchar_t AppVersion[] = L"0.6.3";
 inline constexpr UINT UpdateMessage = WM_APP + 7;
+inline constexpr UINT UpdateCheckIntervalMs = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 struct UpdateResult
 {
    std::wstring state, version, error;
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
 namespace ks {
 struct InputRegressionAccess {
    static void setup(App &a) { a.hookBindings = {{Toggle,{MOD_CONTROL,VK_F12}}, {Case,{MOD_CONTROL|MOD_SHIFT,'U'}}}; }
+    static bool updateTimer(App &a) {
+        a.updateRunning=true; // Exercise timer scheduling without launching a network request.
+        App::windowProc(a.window,WM_TIMER,5,0);
+        bool first=KillTimer(a.window,5)!=FALSE;
+        App::windowProc(a.window,WM_TIMER,5,0);
+        bool repeated=KillTimer(a.window,5)!=FALSE;
+        a.updateRunning=false;
+        return first && repeated && !a.updateWorker.joinable();
+    }
+    static std::wstring updateResult(App &a,const wchar_t *state,const wchar_t *version) {
+        auto result=new UpdateResult; result->state=state; result->version=version;
+        App::windowProc(a.window,UpdateMessage,0,(LPARAM)result);
+        return a.notifiedUpdate;
+    }
    static void click() { MSLLHOOKSTRUCT m{}; m.flags=LLMHF_INJECTED; App::mouseProc(HC_ACTION,WM_LBUTTONDOWN,(LPARAM)&m); }
 };
 }
@@ -31,6 +45,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
            // Message-only window: no hooks, synthetic input, clipboard changes or visible editor.
            app.window=CreateWindowExW(0,L"STATIC",L"Input tests",0,0,0,0,0,HWND_MESSAGE,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr);
            require(app.window!=nullptr,"message-only test window");
+            require(ks::UpdateCheckIntervalMs==21600000,"automatic update interval is six hours");
+            require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::updateTimer(app),"update timer rearms and avoids overlapping checks");
+            require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::updateResult(app,L"available",L"99.0.0")==L"99.0.0","background update records announced version");
+            require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::updateResult(app,L"available",L"99.0.0")==L"99.0.0","same available version remains deduplicated");
+            require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::updateResult(app,L"error",L"")==L"99.0.0","network error preserves announced version");
+            require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::updateResult(app,L"available",L"99.0.1")==L"99.0.1","new version can be announced after an error");
            for(int variant=0;variant<3;++variant) for(int icon=0;icon<15;++icon)
                for(int size:{22,44,55}) {
                    auto handle=(HICON)LoadImageW(app.instance,MAKEINTRESOURCEW(icon<9?300+variant*10+icon:400+variant*10+icon-9),IMAGE_ICON,size,size,0);
@@ -485,9 +505,33 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
            fitted=ks::fitWindowRect({2000,2000,2600,2400},{-1920,0,0,1080});
            require(fitted.left==-600&&fitted.top==680&&fitted.right==0,"negative-coordinate monitor supported");
            ks::showSettings(app,false);
+            if (!app.history) app.history=std::make_unique<ks::History>(temp/L"history-layout");
+            ks::showHistory(app,false);
+            auto history=app.historyWindow;
+            require(history&&!IsWindowVisible(history),"history layout tested without changing focus");
+            auto childRect=[&](int id) { RECT r{}; GetWindowRect(GetDlgItem(history,id),&r); MapWindowPoints(nullptr,history,(POINT*)&r,2); return r; };
+            RECT historyFrame{}; GetWindowRect(history,&historyFrame);
+            auto listBefore=childRect(102),searchBefore=childRect(101),buttonBefore=childRect(110);
+            SetWindowPos(history,nullptr,0,0,historyFrame.right-historyFrame.left+120,historyFrame.bottom-historyFrame.top+180,SWP_NOMOVE|SWP_NOZORDER|SWP_NOACTIVATE);
+            auto listAfter=childRect(102),searchAfter=childRect(101),buttonAfter=childRect(110);
+            require(listAfter.right-listBefore.right==120 && listAfter.bottom-listBefore.bottom==180,"history list fills added width and height");
+            require(searchAfter.right-searchBefore.right==120 && searchAfter.top==searchBefore.top,"history search grows horizontally only");
+            require(buttonAfter.top-buttonBefore.top==180 && buttonAfter.bottom-listAfter.bottom==buttonBefore.bottom-listBefore.bottom,"history actions stay below list after resize");
+            SetWindowPos(history,nullptr,0,0,historyFrame.right-historyFrame.left,historyFrame.bottom-historyFrame.top,SWP_NOMOVE|SWP_NOZORDER|SWP_NOACTIVATE);
+            require(EqualRect(&listBefore,&(listAfter=childRect(102))),"history resize roundtrip restores geometry");
+            // Reproduce a row height left over from another DPI without changing desktop settings.
+            UINT historyDpi=GetDpiForWindow(history);
+            for (int staleDpi : {96, 144, 192, 240}) {
+                SendDlgItemMessageW(history,102,LB_SETITEMHEIGHT,0,MulDiv(88,staleDpi,96));
+                SendMessageW(history,WM_DPICHANGED,MAKELONG(historyDpi,historyDpi),(LPARAM)&historyFrame);
+                require(SendDlgItemMessageW(history,102,LB_GETITEMHEIGHT,0,0)==MulDiv(88,historyDpi,96),
+                        "DPI change updates owner-drawn history row height through layout subclass");
+                require(EqualRect(&listBefore,&(listAfter=childRect(102))),"DPI refresh preserves history list geometry");
+            }
            auto settings=app.settingsWindow;
+            require(SendDlgItemMessageW(settings,209,BM_GETCHECK,0,0)==BST_UNCHECKED,"automatic screenshot editor checkbox defaults off");
            require(settings&&!IsWindowVisible(settings),"settings layout tested without changing user focus");
-            for(auto pair:{std::pair{207,215},std::pair{207,232},std::pair{207,220},std::pair{232,230},std::pair{230,231},std::pair{231,253}}) {
+            for(auto pair:{std::pair{209,215},std::pair{209,207},std::pair{209,220},std::pair{209,232},std::pair{207,215},std::pair{207,232},std::pair{207,220},std::pair{232,230},std::pair{230,231},std::pair{231,253}}) {
                RECT first{},second{},overlap{};
                GetWindowRect(GetDlgItem(settings,pair.first),&first); GetWindowRect(GetDlgItem(settings,pair.second),&second);
                require(!IntersectRect(&overlap,&first,&second),"capture hotkey and layout controls do not overlap");
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+param([string]$Executable = "$PSScriptRoot\..\build\staged\KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe")
+$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'
+if (Get-Process KSwitcher.Screenshot -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { throw 'Close existing screenshot editors before this test.' }
+Add-Type @'
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+public static class ScreenshotProcessTest {
+    public delegate bool EnumProc(IntPtr w, IntPtr p);
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern bool EnumWindows(EnumProc callback, IntPtr param);
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr w, out uint pid);
+    [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)] static extern int GetClassName(IntPtr w, StringBuilder name, int count);
+    [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)] static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr w, StringBuilder name, int count);
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr w, uint msg, IntPtr wp, IntPtr lp);
+    public static IntPtr[] Windows(int process, string cls) {
+        var windows=new List<IntPtr>();
+        EnumWindows((w,p)=>{ uint pid; GetWindowThreadProcessId(w,out pid);
+            var name=new StringBuilder(256); GetClassName(w,name,256);
+            if(pid==process && name.ToString()==cls) windows.Add(w); return true;
+        },IntPtr.Zero); return windows.ToArray();
+    }
+    public static string Title(IntPtr w) { var s=new StringBuilder(256); GetWindowText(w,s,256); return s.ToString(); }
+}
+'@
+function Wait-For([scriptblock]$Check,[string]$Message) {
+    for($attempt=0;$attempt -lt 100;$attempt++) { if (& $Check) { return }; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 50 }
+    throw $Message
+}
+function Send($Window,$Message,$Wparam=0,$Lparam=0) {
+    [ScreenshotProcessTest]::PostMessage($Window,$Message,[IntPtr]$Wparam,[IntPtr]$Lparam) | Out-Null
+}
+function Capture-Windows { @([ScreenshotProcessTest]::Windows($script:process.Id,'KSwitcher.Capture')) }
+function Select-Region($Window) {
+    Send $Window 0x201 1 ((40 -shl 16) -bor 40)
+    Send $Window 0x200 1 ((240 -shl 16) -bor 360)
+    Send $Window 0x202 0 ((240 -shl 16) -bor 360)
+    Wait-For { (Capture-Windows) -notcontains $Window } 'Selection did not close after copying (notifications may be disabled).'
+}
+function Close-Editor($Window) {
+    Send $Window 0x10
+    Wait-For { (Capture-Windows) -notcontains $Window } 'Unedited copied screenshot did not close.'
+}
+function Latest-Token {
+    (Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath (Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'KSwitcher/ScreenshotNotifications') -Filter '*.capture' | Sort-Object LastWriteTimeUtc -Descending | Select-Object -First 1).BaseName
+}
+$process=$null
+try {
+    $process=Start-Process -FilePath $Executable -ArgumentList @("--auto-open-editor=0") -WindowStyle Hidden -PassThru
+    Wait-For { (Capture-Windows).Count -eq 1 } 'First selection did not open.'
+    Select-Region (Capture-Windows)[0]
+    if (!$process.WaitForExit(5000)) { throw 'Process remained alive after notification.' }
+    $token=Latest-Token
+    $process=Start-Process -FilePath $Executable -ArgumentList @('--open',"kswitcher-screenshot:$token") -WindowStyle Hidden -PassThru
+    Wait-For { (Capture-Windows).Count -eq 1 } 'Notification activation did not open an editor.'
+    $first=(Capture-Windows)[0]
+    $secondLaunch=Start-Process -FilePath $Executable -ArgumentList @('--open',"kswitcher-screenshot:$token") -WindowStyle Hidden -PassThru
+    if (!$secondLaunch.WaitForExit(10000) -or $secondLaunch.ExitCode -ne 0) { throw 'Second activation did not hand off.' }
+    Wait-For { (Capture-Windows).Count -eq 2 } 'Second editor did not open in same process.'
+    $second=(Capture-Windows | Where-Object { $_ -ne $first })[0]
+    if ([ScreenshotProcessTest]::Title($first) -eq [ScreenshotProcessTest]::Title($second)) { throw 'Editor indices collide.' }
+    Close-Editor $first
+    if ($process.HasExited) { throw 'Process exited with an editor open.' }
+    Close-Editor $second
+    if (!$process.WaitForExit(5000) -or $process.ExitCode -ne 0) { throw 'Last editor did not exit process.' }
+    $process=Start-Process -FilePath $Executable -ArgumentList @("--auto-open-editor=0") -WindowStyle Hidden -PassThru
+    Wait-For { (Capture-Windows).Count -eq 1 } 'New process did not open selection.'
+    Send (Capture-Windows)[0] 0x100 27 # Esc cancels a selection only.
+    if (!$process.WaitForExit(5000) -or $process.ExitCode -ne 0) { throw 'Cancelling selection did not exit process.' }
+    'Passed screenshot process lifecycle checks'
+} finally {
+    if ($process -and !$process.HasExited) { Stop-Process -Id $process.Id }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Redirect HKCU and the shortcut destination; never replace the user's registration.
+#include "../src/screenshot_notifications.h"
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#include <iostream>
+static std::wstring programs;
+static HRESULT testKnownFolder(REFKNOWNFOLDERID, DWORD, HANDLE, PWSTR *out)
+{
+    *out=(PWSTR)CoTaskMemAlloc((programs.size()+1)*sizeof(wchar_t));
+    if(!*out) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+    wcscpy(*out,programs.c_str()); return S_OK;
+}
+#define SHGetKnownFolderPath testKnownFolder
+#include "../src/screenshot_activation.cpp"
+#undef SHGetKnownFolderPath
+int main()
+{
+    CoInitializeEx(nullptr,COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
+    auto suffix=std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId());
+    auto keyPath=L"Software\\KSwitcherRegistrationTest-"+suffix;
+    auto directory=std::filesystem::temp_directory_path()/(L"KSwitcherRegistrationTest-"+suffix);
+    std::filesystem::create_directories(directory); programs=directory.wstring();
+    HKEY isolated{}; int result=0;
+    try {
+        if(RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,keyPath.c_str(),0,nullptr,0,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,nullptr,&isolated,nullptr)!=ERROR_SUCCESS ||
+           RegOverridePredefKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,isolated)!=ERROR_SUCCESS) throw std::runtime_error("registry isolation failed");
+        ks::registerScreenshotNotifications();
+        wchar_t command[32768]{}; DWORD size=sizeof(command);
+        auto path=L"Software\\Classes\\CLSID\\{e3f78047-f0ad-49b6-9074-411931706167}\\LocalServer32";
+        if(RegGetValueW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,path,nullptr,RRF_RT_REG_SZ,nullptr,command,&size)!=ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            throw std::runtime_error("COM server was not registered");
+        auto helper=std::filesystem::path(ks::executable()).parent_path()/L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe";
+        if(command!=L"\""+helper.wstring()+L"\" --toast-activated") throw std::runtime_error("COM server targets wrong executable");
+        Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IShellLinkW> link;
+        if(FAILED(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink,nullptr,CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_PPV_ARGS(&link)))) throw std::runtime_error("read shortcut");
+        Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IPersistFile> file; link.As(&file);
+        if(FAILED(file->Load((directory/L"KSwitcher Screenshot.lnk").c_str(),STGM_READ))) throw std::runtime_error("shortcut missing");
+        wchar_t target[32768]{}; link->GetPath(target,32768,nullptr,SLGP_RAWPATH);
+        if(target!=helper.wstring()) throw std::runtime_error("shortcut targets wrong executable");
+        Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IPropertyStore> properties; link.As(&properties);
+        PROPVARIANT id{}; properties->GetValue(PKEY_AppUserModel_ID,&id);
+        bool valid=id.vt==VT_LPWSTR && std::wstring(id.pwszVal)==L"HrynCo.KSwitcher.Screenshot";
+        PropVariantClear(&id);
+        if(!valid) throw std::runtime_error("shortcut identity missing");
+        properties->GetValue(PKEY_AppUserModel_ToastActivatorCLSID,&id);
+        valid=id.vt==VT_CLSID && *id.puuid==ks::ActivatorId; PropVariantClear(&id);
+        if(!valid) throw std::runtime_error("shortcut activator missing");
+        ks::registerScreenshotNotifications(); // Registration is safe to repeat.
+        std::cout<<"Passed isolated screenshot registration checks\n";
+    } catch(const std::exception &e) { std::cerr<<e.what()<<'\n'; result=1; }
+    RegOverridePredefKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,nullptr);
+    if(isolated) RegCloseKey(isolated);
+    RegDeleteTreeW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,keyPath.c_str());
+    std::filesystem::remove_all(directory);
+    CoUninitialize(); return result;
+}
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #include <iostream>
 int main()
 {
-    auto temp=std::filesystem::temp_directory_path()/(L"KSwitcher-editor-test-"+std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()));
+    CoInitializeEx(nullptr,COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
    try {
        INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX controls{sizeof(controls),ICC_STANDARD_CLASSES}; InitCommonControlsEx(&controls);
-        ks::App app(GetModuleHandleW(nullptr),true,temp);
+        ks::ScreenshotHost app{GetModuleHandleW(nullptr)};
        app.window=CreateWindowW(L"STATIC",L"",0,0,0,0,0,HWND_MESSAGE,nullptr,app.instance,nullptr);
        ks::Capture c(app);
        c.image=std::make_unique<ks::Surface>(320,240);
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ int main()
        auto require=[](bool ok,const char *message){ if(!ok) throw std::runtime_error(message); };
        require(window!=nullptr,"editor creation");
        ks::edit(window,c); ShowWindow(window,SW_HIDE);
+        require(GetWindow(window,GW_OWNER)==nullptr && (GetWindowLongPtrW(window,GWL_EXSTYLE)&WS_EX_APPWINDOW),
+                "editor is an independent Alt+Tab application window");
        require(GetDlgItem(window,50)!=nullptr && c.statusHeight>0,"status bar is created");
        require(c.pencilCursor!=nullptr,"pencil drawing cursor loads");
        for(int size:{32,48,64,96}) {
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ int main()
            DestroyCursor(cursor);
        }
        wchar_t windowTitle[128]{}; GetWindowTextW(window,windowTitle,128);
-        require(std::wstring(windowTitle)==L"KSwitcher — Screenshot","title has no usage hints");
+        require(std::wstring(windowTitle)==L"KSwitcher — Screenshot #1","title includes editor index without usage hints");
        RECT client{}; GetClientRect(window,&client);
        require(c.view.bottom<=client.bottom-c.statusHeight,"image does not overlap status bar");
        ks::updateStatus(c);
@@ -124,6 +126,18 @@ int main()
        SendMessageW(window,WM_COMMAND,18,0);
        require(ks::screenshotTextBounds(ks::screenshotArrowLabel(c.marks[0])).left==beforeNudge.left+5,"redo restores one nudge");
        SetWindowPos(window,nullptr,80,60,720,500,SWP_NOZORDER|SWP_SHOWWINDOW);
+        ks::copy(window,c,[](HWND,const ks::Clip &clip)->DWORD {
+            if(clip.formats.empty()) throw std::runtime_error("copy produced no image");
+            return 0;
+        });
+        require(IsWindow(window) && c.copied,"copy publishes screenshot and keeps editor open");
+        c.selected=0; c.selectedLabel=false;
+        SendMessageW(window,WM_KEYDOWN,VK_RIGHT,0);
+        require(!c.copied,"editing after copy requires confirmation again");
+        c.copied=true; SendMessageW(window,WM_COMMAND,12,0);
+        require(!c.copied,"undo after copy requires confirmation again");
+        c.copied=true; SendMessageW(window,WM_COMMAND,18,0);
+        require(!c.copied,"redo after copy requires confirmation again");
        SetPropW(window,L"ConfirmationCentered",nullptr);
        SetTimer(window,987,10,[](HWND owner,UINT,UINT_PTR id,DWORD) {
            EnumThreadWindows(GetCurrentThreadId(),[](HWND popup,LPARAM parent)->BOOL {
@@ -149,8 +163,45 @@ int main()
        require(IsWindow(window),"Escape does not close the screenshot editor");
        SendMessageW(window,WM_CLOSE,0,0);
        require(!IsWindow(window),"copied screenshot closes without confirmation");
+        static bool published=false;
+        static bool notificationAccepted=false;
+        static HWND notificationWindow{};
+        static bool expectHidden=false;
+        app.notify=[](const ks::Clip &) {
+            if(!published) throw std::runtime_error("notification preceded clipboard publication");
+            if(expectHidden && IsWindowVisible(notificationWindow))
+                throw std::runtime_error("selection overlay is still visible when notification is sent");
+            return notificationAccepted;
+        };
+        for(bool autoOpen : {true,false}) for (bool accepted : {true, false}) {
+            app.autoOpenEditor=autoOpen;
+            published=false;
+            notificationAccepted=accepted;
+            ks::Capture selection(app);
+            selection.image=std::make_unique<ks::Surface>(100,100);
+            PatBlt(selection.image->dc,0,0,100,100,WHITENESS);
+            selection.start={10,20}; selection.end={70,60};
+            auto overlay=CreateWindowW(cls.lpszClassName,L"Selection test",WS_POPUP,0,0,100,100,app.window,nullptr,app.instance,&selection);
+            notificationWindow=overlay; expectHidden=!autoOpen;
+            ShowWindow(overlay,SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE);
+            ks::finishSelection(overlay,selection,[](HWND,const ks::Clip &clip)->DWORD {
+                auto pixels=ks::decodeImage(clip);
+                if(pixels.width!=60 || pixels.height!=40) throw std::runtime_error("automatic copy did not crop selection");
+                published=true; return 0;
+            });
+            if(!autoOpen && accepted) {
+                require(published && !IsWindow(overlay),"notification-first closes selection after successful submission");
+                continue;
+            }
+            require(published && selection.copied && IsWindowVisible(overlay) && selection.editing,
+                    "selection opens editor whether notification is accepted or rejected");
+            require(selection.image->width==60 && selection.image->height==40,
+                    "automatically opened editor contains the selected region");
+            SendMessageW(overlay,WM_CLOSE,0,0);
+            require(!IsWindow(overlay),"automatically copied screenshot closes without confirmation");
+        }
        DestroyWindow(app.window); app.window=nullptr;
-        std::filesystem::remove_all(temp);
+        CoUninitialize();
        std::cout<<"Passed screenshot editor UI integration checks\n";
    } catch(const std::exception &e) { std::cerr<<e.what()<<'\n'; return 1; }
 }
@@ -430,6 +430,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        auto invalid = settings;
        auto captureSettings = settings;
        captureSettings.screenshot = L"Ctrl+Shift+F9";
+        require(!captureSettings.screenshotAutoOpenEditor,"notification-first capture is the default");
+        captureSettings.screenshotAutoOpenEditor=true;
+        require(ks::decodeSettings(ks::encodeSettings(captureSettings), {}).screenshotAutoOpenEditor,
+                "explicit automatic editor preference survives settings roundtrip");
+        captureSettings.screenshotAutoOpenEditor=false;
+        require(!ks::decodeSettings(ks::encodeSettings(captureSettings), {}).screenshotAutoOpenEditor,
+                "notification-first preference survives settings roundtrip");
        require(ks::decodeSettings(ks::encodeSettings(captureSettings), {}).screenshot == captureSettings.screenshot,
                "screen capture shortcut roundtrip");
        captureSettings.screenshot = captureSettings.clipboard;
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ try {
    Assert ((Select-Release @($release) ([version]'0.2.0')).version -eq 'v0.2.1') 'newer release'
    Assert ($null -eq (Select-Release @($release) ([version]'0.2.1'))) 'same version'
    Assert ($null -eq (Select-Release @($release) ([version]'0.3.0'))) 'no downgrade'
+    Assert ((Get-StableVersion 'release-v0.5.0') -eq [version]'0.5.0') 'modern stable release tag'
+    $modern=@{draft=$false;prerelease=$false;tag_name='release-v0.5.0';assets=$assets}
+    Assert ((Select-Release @($release,$modern) ([version]'0.4.2')).version -eq 'release-v0.5.0') 'bridge discovers modern channel'
    $draft=@{draft=$true;prerelease=$false;tag_name='v9.0.0';assets=$assets}
    Assert ((Select-Release @($draft,$release) ([version]'0.2.0')).version -eq 'v0.2.1') 'draft ignored'
    Reject { Select-Release @(@{draft=$false;prerelease=$false;tag_name='v2.0.0';assets=@()}) ([version]'0.2.0') } 'incomplete release rejected'
@@ -34,9 +37,19 @@ try {
    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $configurator) {
        Copy-Item -LiteralPath $configurator -Destination (Join-Path $source 'KSwitcher.Config.exe')
    }
+    $screenshot = Join-Path (Split-Path $Executable) 'KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe'
+    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $screenshot) { Copy-Item -LiteralPath $screenshot -Destination (Join-Path $source 'KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe') }
    foreach ($name in @('LICENSE','json-LICENSE.txt','README.md')) { [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $source $name),'fixture') }
    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory((Join-Path $source 'dictionaries')) | Out-Null
    [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $source 'dictionaries/en.txt'),'new dictionary')
+    function Write-TestManifest($Folder) {
+        $entries=@(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $Folder -File -Recurse | Where-Object Name -ne 'release-files.json' | ForEach-Object {
+            @{path=$_.FullName.Substring($Folder.Length+1).Replace('\','/');size=$_.Length;sha256=(Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $_.FullName).Hash}
+        })
+        @{schema=1;version=$binaryVersion.ToString();files=$entries} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 4 | Set-Content -LiteralPath (Join-Path $Folder 'release-files.json') -Encoding utf8
+    }
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $source 'future-tool.exe'),'future companion fixture')
+    Write-TestManifest $source
    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
    $archive=Join-Path $root 'release.zip'
    [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($source,$archive)
@@ -57,6 +70,19 @@ try {
    $z=[IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open($bad,[IO.Compression.ZipArchiveMode]::Create)
    $null=$z.CreateEntry('../escape.exe'); $z.Dispose()
    Reject { Expand-Release $bad (Join-Path $root 'badstage') ([version]'0.2.1') } 'zip traversal rejected'
+    foreach ($unsafe in @('../escape','C:/escape','data/settings.json','DATA/history.bin','folder/../escape','folder/file:stream','CON.txt','folder/file.','/absolute','folder\file')) {
+        Reject { Assert-PackagePath $unsafe } 'unsafe or protected manifest path rejected'
+    }
+    $corrupt=Join-Path $root 'corrupt.zip'
+    Copy-Item -LiteralPath $archive -Destination $corrupt
+    $z=[IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open($corrupt,[IO.Compression.ZipArchiveMode]::Update)
+    $z.GetEntry('future-tool.exe').Delete()
+    $writer=[IO.StreamWriter]::new($z.CreateEntry('future-tool.exe').Open()); $writer.Write('tampered'); $writer.Dispose(); $z.Dispose()
+    Reject { Expand-Release $corrupt (Join-Path $root 'corruptstage') $binaryVersion } 'manifest detects tampered companion'
+    $extra=Join-Path $root 'extra.zip'; Copy-Item -LiteralPath $archive -Destination $extra
+    $z=[IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open($extra,[IO.Compression.ZipArchiveMode]::Update)
+    $null=$z.CreateEntry('undeclared.dll'); $z.Dispose()
+    Reject { Expand-Release $extra (Join-Path $root 'extrastage') $binaryVersion } 'undeclared file rejected'
    $target=Join-Path $root 'install'; $backup=Join-Path $root 'backup'
    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory((Join-Path $target 'data')) | Out-Null
    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory((Join-Path $target 'dictionaries')) | Out-Null
@@ -69,12 +95,14 @@ try {
    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $configurator) {
        Assert ((Get-FileHash -LiteralPath (Join-Path $target 'KSwitcher.Config.exe')).Hash -eq (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $configurator).Hash) 'configurator installed'
    }
+    Assert ([IO.File]::ReadAllText((Join-Path $target 'future-tool.exe')) -eq 'future companion fixture') 'new companion name installs without changing updater'
    Assert ([IO.File]::ReadAllText((Join-Path $target 'data/settings.json')) -eq 'personal settings') 'settings preserved'
    Assert ([IO.File]::ReadAllText((Join-Path $target 'dictionaries/en.txt')) -eq 'personal dictionary') 'dictionary preserved'
    Undo-Files $target $backup $changed
    Assert ([IO.File]::ReadAllText((Join-Path $target 'KSwitcher.exe')) -eq 'old binary fixture') 'rollback restores original'
    Assert (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath (Join-Path $target 'README.md'))) 'rollback removes newly introduced files'
    Assert (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath (Join-Path $target 'KSwitcher.Config.exe'))) 'rollback removes newly introduced configurator'
+    Assert (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath (Join-Path $target 'KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe'))) 'rollback removes newly introduced screenshot editor'
    # Fail after the original exe has moved to backup, as if the staged file vanished.
    $stage2=Join-Path $root 'stage2'; [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($stage2) | Out-Null
    [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $stage2 'KSwitcher.exe'),'new binary fixture')
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+param([Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$BridgeArchive,[Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$FullArchive)
+$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'
+Add-Type @'
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+public static class UpdateResource {
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)] static extern IntPtr LoadLibraryEx(string path, IntPtr file, uint flags);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] static extern IntPtr FindResource(IntPtr module, IntPtr name, IntPtr type);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] static extern IntPtr LoadResource(IntPtr module, IntPtr resource);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] static extern IntPtr LockResource(IntPtr resource);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] static extern uint SizeofResource(IntPtr module, IntPtr resource);
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] static extern bool FreeLibrary(IntPtr module);
+    public static byte[] Read(string path) {
+        var module=LoadLibraryEx(path,IntPtr.Zero,2|32);
+        if(module==IntPtr.Zero) throw new Exception("Cannot load bridge resources");
+        try {
+            var resource=FindResource(module,(IntPtr)201,(IntPtr)10);
+            var size=SizeofResource(module,resource);
+            if(size==0 || size>1024*1024) throw new Exception("Invalid bridge updater resource");
+            var bytes=new byte[size];
+            Marshal.Copy(LockResource(LoadResource(module,resource)),bytes,0,(int)size);
+            return bytes;
+        } finally { FreeLibrary(module); }
+    }
+}
+'@
+$root=Join-Path ([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ('KSwitcher-transition-'+[guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))
+[IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($root) | Out-Null
+try {
+    $legacy=Join-Path $root 'legacy.ps1'
+    $oldSource=git -C (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot '..') show v0.4.1:resources/update.ps1
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Cannot read the released v0.4.1 updater.' }
+    $oldSource | Set-Content -LiteralPath $legacy -Encoding utf8
+    $releases=@('v0.4.2','release-v0.5.0') | ForEach-Object {
+        @{tag_name=$_;draft=$false;prerelease=$false;assets=@(
+            @{name='KSwitcher-win-x64.zip';browser_download_url="https://gitea.hrynco.com/hrynco/hrynco-kswitcher/releases/download/$_/KSwitcher-win-x64.zip"},
+            @{name='SHA256SUMS.txt';browser_download_url="https://gitea.hrynco.com/hrynco/hrynco-kswitcher/releases/download/$_/SHA256SUMS.txt"})}
+    }
+    $install=Join-Path $root 'install'
+    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory((Join-Path $install 'data')) | Out-Null
+    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory((Join-Path $install 'dictionaries')) | Out-Null
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $install 'data/settings.json'),'personal settings')
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $install 'dictionaries/en.txt'),'personal dictionary')
+    & {
+        . $legacy -Library
+        $selected=Select-Release $releases ([version]'0.4.1')
+        if ($selected.version -ne 'v0.4.2') { throw 'Legacy client skipped the bridge.' }
+        $stage=Join-Path $root 'bridge-stage'
+        Expand-Release $BridgeArchive $stage ([version]'0.4.2')
+        $changed=[Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()
+        Install-Files $stage $install (Join-Path $root 'bridge-backup') $changed
+    }
+    $bridgeHelper=Join-Path $root 'bridge-helper.ps1'
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($bridgeHelper,[UpdateResource]::Read((Join-Path $install 'KSwitcher.exe')))
+    . $bridgeHelper -Library
+    $selected=Select-Release $releases ([version]'0.4.2')
+    if ($selected.version -ne 'release-v0.5.0') { throw 'Bridge did not find the full release.' }
+    $stage=Join-Path $root 'full-stage'
+    Expand-Release $FullArchive $stage ([version]'0.5.0')
+    $changed=[Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()
+    Install-Files $stage $install (Join-Path $root 'full-backup') $changed
+    foreach ($name in @('KSwitcher.exe','KSwitcher.Config.exe','KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe')) {
+        $version=[Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo((Join-Path $install $name)).FileVersion
+        if ((Get-StableVersion $version) -ne [version]'0.5.0') { throw "Incorrect installed version: $name" }
+    }
+    if ([IO.File]::ReadAllText((Join-Path $install 'data/settings.json')) -ne 'personal settings' -or
+        [IO.File]::ReadAllText((Join-Path $install 'dictionaries/en.txt')) -ne 'personal dictionary') { throw 'User data changed during transition.' }
+    if (Select-Release $releases ([version]'0.5.0')) { throw 'Current version offers another update.' }
+    Undo-Files $install (Join-Path $root 'full-backup') $changed
+    if ((Get-StableVersion ([Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo((Join-Path $install 'KSwitcher.exe')).FileVersion)) -ne [version]'0.4.2' -or
+        (Test-Path -LiteralPath (Join-Path $install 'KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe'))) { throw 'Full release rollback did not restore the bridge.' }
+    'Passed real-package transition: v0.4.1 updater -> v0.4.2 bridge -> release-v0.5.0; user data preserved; rollback verified.'
+} finally {
+    if ([IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($root) -eq [IO.Path]::GetTempPath().TrimEnd('\') -and (Split-Path -Leaf $root) -like 'KSwitcher-transition-*') {
+        Remove-Item -LiteralPath $root -Recurse -Force
+    }
+}
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ for index in range(struct.unpack_from('<H', cursor, 4)[0]):
    # Drawing point is the tip of the pencil, not the center of its image.
    struct.pack_into('<HH', cursor, entry+4, round(size*4/28), round(size*24/28))
 (root / 'pencil.cur').write_bytes(cursor)
+
+# Original confirmation artwork, with native-resolution variants for display scaling.
+question = root.parent / 'question.svg'
+question_png = resvg_py.svg_to_bytes(svg_string=question.read_text(encoding='utf-8'), width=256, height=256)
+Image.open(BytesIO(question_png)).convert('RGBA').save(
+    question.with_suffix('.ico'), sizes=[(s,s) for s in (16,20,24,32,40,48,64,96,128,256)])
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 $root = Split-Path $PSScriptRoot
 try {
+    if (Get-Process 'KSwitcher.Screenshot' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.Path -eq (Join-Path $root 'build\KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe') }) { throw 'Close screenshot editors before updating the development build.' }
    $exe = Join-Path $root 'build\KSwitcher.exe'
    $running = @(Get-Process KSwitcher -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.Path -eq $exe })
    $stop = Start-Process -FilePath $exe -ArgumentList '--exit' -WindowStyle Hidden -PassThru
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ try {
    foreach ($process in $config) { if (-not $process.WaitForExit(10000)) { throw 'Close the configurator before updating.' } }
    Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'build\staged\KSwitcher.Config.exe') -Destination (Join-Path $root 'build\KSwitcher.Config.exe') -Force
    Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'build\staged\KSwitcher.exe') -Destination $exe -Force
+    Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $root 'build\staged\KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe') -Destination (Join-Path $root 'build\KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe') -Force
    $eventName = 'Local\KSwitcher.Update.Started.' + [guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N')
    $started = [System.Threading.EventWaitHandle]::new($false, [System.Threading.EventResetMode]::ManualReset, $eventName)
    try {
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
agrynco	d28e28c03c	Release v0.6.3: fix capture banner ordering and check updates periodically	2026-10-29 13:06:58 +02:00
agrynco	6b180798f5	Release v0.6.2: configurable screenshot editor and DPI fixes	2026-10-29 12:41:48 +02:00
agrynco	21a09e33be	Release v0.6.1 with Win+V default and bilingual wiki links	2026-10-29 00:34:27 +02:00
agrynco	3dbd7317f1	Style development support with branded donation cards	2026-10-29 00:19:34 +02:00
agrynco	510d0ed211	Add Monobank support link to README	2026-10-29 00:16:36 +02:00
agrynco	dd9629f8fd	Release v0.6.0: screenshot notifications with previews and responsive clipboard history	2026-10-29 00:01:04 +02:00
agrynco	ccaa8dad3f	Release v0.5.0: isolate screenshot editor and support manifest-based updates	2026-10-28 22:52:52 +02:00