PowerToys version 0.27 out with a bunch of improvements and bug fixes

[harlan4096]

Release v0.56.1

Highlights

• Upgrade notes! A big feedback items for new versions was upgrade notes. We have the release notes on GitHub as well.
  
• FancyZones zone limit has been increased to 128 zones. Before the limit was 40.
  
• Timezone conversion plugin for PowerToys Run! Thanks @TobiasSekan
  
• Child and Popup window support for FancyZones. To enable, go to Settings→FancyZones→Windows. These were bugs we fixed that without realizing it was a useful feature to most.
  
• Find my mouse will now activate via shaking the mouse with a settings change!
  
  

Always on Top

• Fixed excess GPU / CPU usage when enabled
  
• If border has focus, not closable via F4
  
• Changing border sizes should resize correctly for existing windows
  
• Border goes away with Outlook modal windows
  

ColorPicker

• No longer crashes during theme change
  

FancyZones

• Increased zone limit from 40 to 128.
  
• Child and Popup window support for FancyZones. To enable, go to Settings→FancyZones→Windows. These were bugs we fixed that without realizing it was a useful feature to most.
  

File explorer

• Fixes for Dev file preview: (Thanks @Aaron-Junker)
  • Fix fix for object reference not set.
    
  • Fix for encoding UTF-8.
    
  • Fix for file is in use.
    
  • Fix for saying the file is too big.
    

Image Resizer

• Fix for
  Code:

  invalid operation
  error. @CleanCodeDeveloper!
  

Mouse utility

• Find my mouse will now activate via shaking the mouse with a settings change!
  
• Find my mouse now can excludes apps.
  
• Fix for crosshair thickness looking odd due to anti-aliasing
  
• Fix for a hard crash on crosshair (This was a hotfix for 0.55)
  

PowerRename

• Will not spells check file names anymore. Thanks @niels9001
  
• Autocomplete result box to not obscure apply button. Thanks @niels9001
  
• Regex fix
  

PowerToys Run

• Timezone conversion plugin for PowerToys Run! Thanks @TobiasSekan
  
• Hexadecimal and binary numbers now are supported in the calculator plugin. This was added a bit ago and we'd like to extend a belated thanks to @gsuberland
  
• Terminal plugin performance boost. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• Terminal will now be found via the Program plugin again.
  
• Shutdown command is now using hybrid fast argument for shutting down
  
• Support for VSCodium with VS Code workplace plugin. Thanks @makeProjectGreatAgain
  

Video conference mute

• nVidia Broadcast software won't crash anymore
  

Settings

• Upgrade notes in OOBE
  
• Fix for settings being lost (This was a hotfix for 0.55)
  
• UX improvements. Thanks @niels9001
  

Installer

• Believe we have a fix for the long hated "app.dark.png is missing" error. Thanks to @robmen for having a great blog!
  
• Installer will launch PowerToys under appropriate elevation versus Admin only due to UAC prompt for installation (This was a hotfix for 0.55)
  
• PowerToys will now start if installed under different user
  

Development

• ARM64 - We removed the last .NET Framework dependency. Thanks @snickler for helping get this across the finish line!
  
• .NET 6 upgrade, now on the newest and hottest .NET runtime
  
• Code analyzers have been upgraded! Thanks @CleanCodeDeveloper!
  
• Symbols are back!
  
• Code refactoring, thanks @CleanCodeDeveloper and @cyberrex5 for helping here!
  
• We are now on VS 2022 with the .NET 6 upgrade.
  

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