Add '/as' option to SignTool command

Test to keep using old certificate.

Replaced Wordpad.exe with notepad.exe as Windows App test target beca…

…use Windows 11 removed notepad. Please dont keep unsaved docs on notepad during test executions as they will be killed... Apologies...

Merge pull request #402 from awakecoding/askpass-named-pipe-fix

fix askpass named pipe name path prefix

Fixed release.yml upload step

Fix GitVersion issues

Fix release pipeline GitVersion

Merge tag 'v2.6.0-preview-1'

Fix release pipeline for actions/upload-artifact@v4

Modified PathPrecedence config to broadcast the WM_SETTINGCHANGE mess…

…age, ensuring that the system recognize the changes without requiring a restart.

UACWindowFocusHelper thread properly set as background thread.