diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/App.xaml.cs b/StandbyAndTimer/App.xaml.cs
index ff31432..8ad0493 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/App.xaml.cs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ private static void DisablePowerThrottling()
         // user toggled it manually.
         bool ok = NativeMethods.SetProcessInformation(
             Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle,
-            4,
+            NativeMethods.ProcessPowerThrottling,
             ref state,
             System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf<NativeMethods.PROCESS_POWER_THROTTLING_STATE>());
 
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/Services/Native/NativeMethods.cs b/StandbyAndTimer/Services/Native/NativeMethods.cs
index 5b5c543..c5fa87a 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/Services/Native/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/Services/Native/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ internal static extern int NtSetSystemInformation(
     internal static extern bool GlobalMemoryStatusEx(ref MEMORYSTATUSEX lpBuffer);
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// processInformationClass 34 = ProcessPowerThrottling.
-    /// Use PROCESS_POWER_THROTTLING_STATE (12 bytes) to disable EcoQoS / timer throttling.
+    /// Pass <see cref="ProcessPowerThrottling"/> (4) for processInformationClass with
+    /// PROCESS_POWER_THROTTLING_STATE (12 bytes) to disable EcoQoS / timer throttling.
     /// </summary>
     [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
     internal static extern bool SetProcessInformation(
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@ internal static extern bool SetProcessInformation(
     [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
     internal static extern uint SetThreadExecutionState(uint esFlags);
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Returns the system time updated **only** by the timer interrupt — its
-    /// delta between two distinct values equals the true active tick period.
-    /// Output is 100-ns FILETIME (8 bytes), so we marshal it as a long.
-    /// Do not confuse with <c>GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime</c>, which reads
-    /// QPC and would only give us call latency, not the timer rate.
-    /// </summary>
-    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
-    internal static extern void GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(out long lpSystemTimeAsFileTime);
-
     /// <summary>Closes a kernel object handle (process token, file, etc.).</summary>
     [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
     [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
@@ -82,15 +72,6 @@ internal static extern bool SetProcessInformation(
     // Crucially excludes the legacy "current working directory" lookup.
     internal const uint LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS = 0x00001000;
 
-    // ── winmm.dll ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-    /// <summary>Multimedia timer: requests minimum 1 ms system timer period as a backup.</summary>
-    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "timeBeginPeriod")]
-    internal static extern uint TimeBeginPeriod(uint uPeriod);
-
-    [DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "timeEndPeriod")]
-    internal static extern uint TimeEndPeriod(uint uPeriod);
-
     // ── avrt.dll ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     /// <summary>Registers this thread as a real-time multimedia task ("Pro Audio").</summary>
@@ -170,7 +151,7 @@ internal struct TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Passed to SetProcessInformation(processInformationClass=34). Version=1.
+    /// Passed to SetProcessInformation with processInformationClass = <see cref="ProcessPowerThrottling"/> (4). Version=1.
     /// ControlMask = OR of bits this process wants to override (EXECUTION_SPEED,
     /// IGNORE_TIMER_RESOLUTION). For each controlled bit, StateMask=0 disables
     /// that throttle, bit set enables it. Bits absent from ControlMask follow
@@ -190,6 +171,13 @@ internal struct PROCESS_POWER_THROTTLING_STATE
     internal const uint ES_CONTINUOUS           = 0x80000000;
     internal const uint ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED      = 0x00000001;
 
+    // PROCESS_INFORMATION_CLASS enum value for ProcessPowerThrottling (winnt.h).
+    // Used as the processInformationClass arg to SetProcessInformation. A prior
+    // typo used 34 here — that value matches no class, so SetProcessInformation
+    // silently returned ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER and the throttling state was
+    // never applied. Keep callers using this constant, never a literal.
+    internal const int  ProcessPowerThrottling = 4;
+
     // PROCESS_POWER_THROTTLING_STATE flags (winnt.h)
     internal const uint PROCESS_POWER_THROTTLING_EXECUTION_SPEED         = 0x1;
     // Win11+: when ControlMask has this bit AND StateMask=0, the OS honors
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/Services/ProcessOptimizationService.cs b/StandbyAndTimer/Services/ProcessOptimizationService.cs
index 3a59ab9..9906d4a 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/Services/ProcessOptimizationService.cs
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/Services/ProcessOptimizationService.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ private static void ApplyTimerResolutionOptOut(Process p)
         {
             NativeMethods.SetProcessInformation(
                 p.Handle,
-                34,  // ProcessPowerThrottling
+                NativeMethods.ProcessPowerThrottling,
                 ref state,
                 Marshal.SizeOf<NativeMethods.PROCESS_POWER_THROTTLING_STATE>());
         }
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/Services/TimerResolutionService.cs b/StandbyAndTimer/Services/TimerResolutionService.cs
index 38efb27..10f3f31 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/Services/TimerResolutionService.cs
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/Services/TimerResolutionService.cs
@@ -94,11 +94,7 @@ private uint ApplyTimerRequest()
         _ = NativeMethods.SetThreadExecutionState(
             NativeMethods.ES_CONTINUOUS | NativeMethods.ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED);
 
-        // 4. AVRT multimedia scheduling for this thread.
-        uint taskIndex = 0;
-        NativeMethods.AvSetMmThreadCharacteristics("Pro Audio", ref taskIndex);
-
-        // 5. Self-heal watchdog — dedicated Thread (NOT ThreadPool) that
+        // 4. Self-heal watchdog — dedicated Thread (NOT ThreadPool) that
         //    re-asserts the request every 50 ms. The dedicated thread is the
         //    key win over System.Threading.Timer: under heavy game load the
         //    ThreadPool can briefly starve, delaying the callback by tens of
@@ -121,42 +117,6 @@ private uint ApplyTimerRequest()
         return actualUnits;
     }
 
-    // Samples the system time and records the deltas between consecutive
-    // distinct values. Because GetSystemTimeAsFileTime is only updated on
-    // timer interrupt, the median delta is the true active timer period.
-    //
-    // Total wall time = samples * actualTick ≈ 60 * 0.5 ms = ~30 ms. Cheap.
-    private static double MeasureActualResolutionMs(int samples = 60)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            var deltas = new long[samples];
-            NativeMethods.GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(out long prev);
-
-            int collected = 0;
-            while (collected < samples)
-            {
-                long curr;
-                do { NativeMethods.GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(out curr); }
-                while (curr == prev);
-                deltas[collected++] = curr - prev;
-                prev = curr;
-            }
-
-            Array.Sort(deltas);
-            long medianUnits = deltas[samples / 2];   // 100-ns units
-            return medianUnits / 10_000.0;
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            // Fallback: report the requested resolution if sampling fails for
-            // any reason — better a slightly optimistic number than crashing
-            // the timer-activate path.
-            Logger.Warn($"MeasureActualResolutionMs failed: {ex.Message}");
-            return NativeMethods.TARGET_TIMER_RESOLUTION / 10_000.0;
-        }
-    }
-
     public void Deactivate()
     {
         if (!IsActive) return;
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/StandbyAndTimer.csproj b/StandbyAndTimer/StandbyAndTimer.csproj
index 09fc1ae..66973f7 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/StandbyAndTimer.csproj
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/StandbyAndTimer.csproj
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
          this default, dev builds defaulted to AssemblyVersion 1.0.0.0 and
          the in-app update checker reported a phantom "new version" against
          the current release. -->
-    <Version>2.0.4</Version>
+    <Version>2.0.5</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs b/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
index 83001e2..55170fa 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ public MainViewModel(
         _localization    = localization;
 
         Settings = settingsViewModel;
-        Settings.SettingsChanged += (_, _) => PersistSettings();
-        Settings.SnapshotProvider = BuildCurrentSettings;
+        Settings.SettingsChanged   += (_, _) => PersistSettings();
+        Settings.SettingsImported  += (_, imported) => ApplySettings(imported);
+        Settings.SnapshotProvider  = BuildCurrentSettings;
 
         _memoryService.SnapshotUpdated     += OnSnapshotUpdated;
         _purgeService.PurgeSucceeded       += OnPurgeSucceeded;
@@ -129,16 +130,26 @@ private void ApplySettings(AppSettings s)
         {
             _isInitializing = false;
         }
-        SyncMonitorSettings();
+        SyncMonitorThresholds();
+        SyncMonitorGames();
     }
 
-    private void SyncMonitorSettings()
+    // Pushes only the threshold / flag state to the monitor — does NOT rebuild
+    // the GamePaths list. Called on every TextBox keystroke, so the per-tick
+    // LINQ + List allocation that GamePaths rebuilding would cost is wasted.
+    private void SyncMonitorThresholds()
     {
         _memoryService.StandbyLimitMb   = StandbyLimitMb;
         _memoryService.FreeLimitMb      = FreeLimitMb;
         _memoryService.AutoPurgeEnabled = AutoPurgeEnabled;
         _memoryService.GameModeEnabled  = GameModeEnabled;
-        _memoryService.GamePaths        = Games.Select(g => g.ExecutablePath).ToList();
+    }
+
+    // Pushes the executable-path list to the monitor. Called only when the
+    // Games collection actually mutates (add / remove / settings load / import).
+    private void SyncMonitorGames()
+    {
+        _memoryService.GamePaths = Games.Select(g => g.ExecutablePath).ToList();
     }
 
     private void PersistSettings()
@@ -234,25 +245,25 @@ private void OnTimerResolutionMeasured(object? sender, double measuredMs) =>
 
     partial void OnStandbyLimitMbChanged(int value)
     {
-        SyncMonitorSettings();
+        SyncMonitorThresholds();
         SchedulePersist();  // debounced — TextBox emits a change per keystroke
     }
 
     partial void OnFreeLimitMbChanged(int value)
     {
-        SyncMonitorSettings();
+        SyncMonitorThresholds();
         SchedulePersist();  // debounced — TextBox emits a change per keystroke
     }
 
     partial void OnAutoPurgeEnabledChanged(bool value)
     {
-        SyncMonitorSettings();
+        SyncMonitorThresholds();
         PersistSettings();
     }
 
     partial void OnGameModeEnabledChanged(bool value)
     {
-        SyncMonitorSettings();
+        SyncMonitorThresholds();
         PersistSettings();
     }
 
@@ -322,7 +333,7 @@ public void AddGameFromPath(string path)
             DisplayName    = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path),
             ExecutablePath = path
         });
-        SyncMonitorSettings();
+        SyncMonitorGames();
         PersistSettings();
         StatusMessage = _localization.GetString("Str_Status_GameAdded");
         Logger.Info($"Game added: {path}");
@@ -334,7 +345,7 @@ private void RemoveGame()
         if (SelectedGame is null) return;
         Games.Remove(SelectedGame);
         SelectedGame  = null;
-        SyncMonitorSettings();
+        SyncMonitorGames();
         PersistSettings();
         StatusMessage = _localization.GetString("Str_Status_GameRemoved");
     }
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs b/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
index 1b967b4..a0fd3be 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ public sealed partial class SettingsViewModel : ObservableObject
 
     public event EventHandler? SettingsChanged;
 
+    // Raised after a successful ImportSettings — payload is the freshly loaded
+    // AppSettings. MainViewModel subscribes to re-apply values to the running
+    // session so the user doesn't have to restart for the import to take effect.
+    public event EventHandler<AppSettings>? SettingsImported;
+
     public Language[] LanguageOptions { get; } = [Language.English, Language.Turkish];
     public Theme[]    ThemeOptions    { get; } = [Theme.Dark, Theme.Light, Theme.System];
 
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ private void ImportSettings()
             if (imported is null) throw new InvalidDataException("Empty settings file");
 
             _settingsService.Save(imported);
+            SettingsImported?.Invoke(this, imported);
             UpdateStatus = _localization.GetString("Str_Settings_ImportOk");
             Logger.Info($"Settings imported from {dlg.FileName}");
         }
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.en-US.xaml b/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.en-US.xaml
index 6617cb5..79a5289 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.en-US.xaml
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.en-US.xaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_LaunchingInstaller">Launching installer…</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_DownloadFailed">Download failed</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ExportOk">Settings exported</sys:String>
-    <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ImportOk">Settings imported — restart to apply</sys:String>
+    <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ImportOk">Settings imported</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ImportFail">Import failed</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_BackupSection">Backup &amp; Maintenance</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_OpenLog">Open Log Folder</sys:String>
diff --git a/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.tr-TR.xaml b/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.tr-TR.xaml
index f55c6e8..1f6068d 100644
--- a/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.tr-TR.xaml
+++ b/StandbyAndTimer/Views/Strings/Strings.tr-TR.xaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_LaunchingInstaller">Yükleyici başlatılıyor…</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_DownloadFailed">İndirme başarısız</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ExportOk">Ayarlar dışa aktarıldı</sys:String>
-    <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ImportOk">Ayarlar yüklendi — uygulamayı yeniden başlatın</sys:String>
+    <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ImportOk">Ayarlar yüklendi</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_ImportFail">İçe aktarma başarısız</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_BackupSection">Yedekleme ve Bakım</sys:String>
     <sys:String x:Key="Str_Settings_OpenLog">Log Klasörünü Aç</sys:String>
diff --git a/build-installer.ps1 b/build-installer.ps1
index b2ffe7f..f789815 100644
--- a/build-installer.ps1
+++ b/build-installer.ps1
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param(
-    [string]$Version = "2.0.4"
+    [string]$Version = "2.0.5"
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
diff --git a/installer/Setup.iss b/installer/Setup.iss
index 6499fd6..d8a5543 100644
--- a/installer/Setup.iss
+++ b/installer/Setup.iss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #define AppName        "StandbyAndTimer"
 #ifndef AppVersion
-  #define AppVersion   "2.0.4"
+  #define AppVersion   "2.0.5"
 #endif
 #define AppPublisher   "LAYE77IE"
 #define AppExeName     "StandbyAndTimer.exe"