[Advanced Paste] Use background thread for interactions between runner and Advanced Paste #36858
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Summary of the Pull Request
Before this change, the runner blocks on the Advanced Paste process connecting to the named pipe that it creates for communication. This slows down the PowerToys start-up routine and can hang PowerToys when the Advanced Paste process hangs or crashes.
This change fixes this issue by using a dedicated background thread (with a task queue) for all interactions between the runner and Advanced Paste.
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Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
src\common\utils\OnThreadExecutor.h
Validation Steps Performed
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