robocorp · mikahanninen · Aug 23, 2026 · Jul 18, 2026 · Jul 18, 2026 · Jul 30, 2026
diff --git a/docs/source/libraries/desktop_windows/index.rst b/docs/source/libraries/desktop_windows/index.rst
diff --git a/docs/source/libraries/desktop_windows/python.rst b/docs/source/libraries/desktop_windows/python.rst
diff --git a/docs/source/releasenotes.rst b/docs/source/releasenotes.rst
@@ -12,17 +12,32 @@ Latest versions
 `Upcoming release <https://github.com/robocorp/rpaframework/projects/3#column-16713994>`_
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
+- **Breaking:** Remove the long-deprecated ``RPA.Desktop.Windows`` library (pywinauto-based).
+  It has emitted a deprecation warning pointing to ``RPA.Windows`` since being deprecated in
+  favor of it, and is no longer maintained. Use ``RPA.Windows`` for all Windows UI automation
+  going forward (fixes :issue:`1322`).
 - **Security:** ``RPA.Archive``: Fix a Zip Slip path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in
   ``Extract Archive`` — archive members with path traversal sequences (e.g.
   ``../../evil.py``) could previously be extracted outside the requested destination
   directory. Extraction now validates that every member resolves within the destination
   before extracting, raising ``ValueError`` otherwise (fixes :issue:`1339`, :issue:`1340`).
-
+- ``rpaframework-core``: Fix the Windows locator parser silently mis-tokenizing a strategy
+  when the locator value contained a stray ``locator=`` prefix or an unmatched quote
+  character (e.g. produced a bogus ``locator='executable`` strategy instead of recognizing
+  ``executable:``), with a clearer warning surfaced when this happens (fixes :issue:`1323`).
+- ``RPA.Desktop``: ``Highlight Elements`` now returns the list of matched element regions
+  instead of ``None``, exposing coordinates that were already being computed internally
+  (fixes :issue:`1324`).
+- ``rpaframework-core``: Match ``executable:`` locators case-insensitively. Windows file
+  names are case-insensitive, but the comparison was not, so ``executable:notepad.exe``
+  could not find a process that Windows lists as ``Notepad.exe`` — as it does on Windows 11.
+  ``handle:`` matching is numeric and is unchanged.
 - **Security:** Bump ``soupsieve`` ≥2.8.4 (HIGH — memory exhaustion via large
   comma-separated selector lists, CVE-2026-49476) in the root and ``rpaframework``
   lock files.
 
-- ``rpaframework`` **32.0.2**
+- ``rpaframework-core`` **13.0.2**
+- ``rpaframework`` **33.0.0**
 
 `Released <https://pypi.org/project/rpaframework/#history>`_
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
@@ -3,13 +3,3 @@
 ## manipulating-pdf
 
 Python syntax example of working with PDFs.
-
-## windows-basics
-
-Python and RFW syntax example of Windows basic operations with Calculator and Notepad.
-
-## windows-uidemo-application
-
-Python syntax example of UIPath's UIDemo.exe
-
-The environment variable `UIDEMO_EXE` needs to be set to the absolute path of the file.
diff --git a/examples/windows-basics/mytextfile.txt b/examples/windows-basics/mytextfile.txt
diff --git a/examples/windows-basics/task.py b/examples/windows-basics/task.py
diff --git a/examples/windows-basics/task.robot b/examples/windows-basics/task.robot
diff --git a/examples/windows-uidemo-application/task.py b/examples/windows-uidemo-application/task.py
diff --git a/examples/windows-uidemo-application/variables.py b/examples/windows-uidemo-application/variables.py
diff --git a/invocations/config.py b/invocations/config.py
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ def install_local(ctx, package, extra=None, all_extras=False):
     """
     backup_dependency_files(ctx)
     valid_packages = get_package_paths()
+    pkg_root = get_current_package_root(ctx)
     if not package:
         package = valid_packages.keys()
     opt_dependencies = []
@@ -417,11 +418,15 @@ def install_local(ctx, package, extra=None, all_extras=False):
             pkg_name = "main"
         else:
             pkg_name = pkg
-        pkg_root = get_current_package_root(ctx)
         dependency_path = PACKAGES_ROOT / pkg_name
+        if dependency_path.resolve() == pkg_root.resolve():
+            continue
         opt_dependencies.append(str(relative_path(pkg_root, dependency_path)))
-        add_arg = " ".join(opt_dependencies)
-    shell.uv(ctx, f"add --editable {add_arg}")
+    if not opt_dependencies:
+        print("No external local packages to install.")
+        return
+    add_arg = " ".join(opt_dependencies)
+    shell.uv(ctx, f"add --editable {add_arg}", in_stream=False)
 
 
 def relative_path(first_path: Path, second_path: Path) -> Path:

diff --git a/invocations/util.py b/invocations/util.py
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ def get_package_paths():
     for project_toml in project_tomls:
         toml_path = Path(project_toml)
         project_config = toml.load(toml_path)
+        if "tool" in project_config and "poetry" in project_config.get("tool", {}):
+            name = str(project_config["tool"]["poetry"]["name"])
+        else:
+            name = str(project_config["project"]["name"])
         package_paths[toml_path.parent.name] = {
-            "name": str(project_config["tool"]["poetry"]["name"]),
+            "name": name,
             "path": toml_path.parent.resolve(),
         }
     return package_paths

diff --git a/packages/core/pyproject.toml b/packages/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "rpaframework-core"
-version = "13.0.1"
+version = "13.0.2"
 description = "Core utilities used by RPA Framework"
 authors = [{name = "RPA Framework", email = "rpafw@robocorp.com"}]
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}