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

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After a hiatus of a little more than a month, Microsoft has released PowerToys version 0.27 with a bunch of new features and improvements to the suite of tools.

The firm says it skipped version 0.26 for “higher priority work”. For those that were waiting for the Video Conference Mute utility, the wait will be slightly longer, as the team notes that it will be present in the upcoming experimental release and will make it to the general versions later.

As for the additions and improvements made in this release, there are changes to many of the tools, including a new interface for the Color Picker and the Image Resizer, multi-monitor editor improvements in FancyZones that was teased recently, and more. The firm also notes that it fixed many accessibility issues and improved localization – for which the firm is still gathering feedback. The installer has also received some improvements.

Here is the complete changelog for version 0.27:
 

General

• Installer improvements including dark mode
  
• Large sums of accessibility issues fixed.
  
• Worked on localization effort. If you find issues, please [make us aware so we can correct them][loc-bug].
  

Color Picker

• Updated interface and new editor experience done by @martinchrzan and @niels9001
  

FancyZones

• Multi-monitor editor experience now drastically improved for discoverability.
  
• Zones being forgotten on restart
  
• Added in ability to have no layout
  

Image Resizer

• Updated interface
  

PowerToys Run

• Removed unused dependencies
  

PowerRename

• Added Lookbehind support via Boost library
  

Those interested to read through the entire list of commits and fixes can head to the Issues page on GitHub here. As usual, the update should automatically be downloaded or can be downloaded from the GitHub releases page here. The experimental version is expected to be released next with the Video Conference Mute utility along with the fixes included this week.

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Microsoft releases PowerToys version 0.27.1 with bug fixes:

Last week, Microsoft released PowerToys version 0.27 that brought with it a bunch of improvements to the suite of tools, including a new interface for Color Picker and Image Resizer, a host of fixes for general reliability, and more. Today, the firm is releasing a minor update to fix a few issues in the tools, bumping up the version to 0.27.1.

The company says that the patch aims to fix five issues that it “deemed important for stability”, especially for FancyZones and Color Picker, which received enhancements in the previous major release. These issues include crashes and other performance hiccups that make the tools difficult to use.

The firm adds that the next major version of the suite of tools, version 0.29, is expected to be released by the end of this month – presumably before the holidays – which should also contain the Video Conference Mute utility that the firm added to the experimental version.

As usual, this release can be downloaded from the GitHub page here, or directly through the tool. It must be noted, however, that users running the experimental version will not receive this update. The next release for those users will contain all the fixes made to the tools in version 0.27.1.
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Release v0.33.1

Our goals for v0.33 release cycle was to add in some critical new functionality into the new user experience as well as a plug-in manager for PowerToys Run.

Where is the Video Conference utility?

We'll be doing a 0.34 experimental release week of March 8th. We feel we are near ready to add in Video Conference mute into the stable release pending feedback from the pending 0.34 experimental release.

Installer hash 33D9A55E5D133EC521669FA05473A3B3F04F06B786016A36E92ADC83002502E1

Highlights from v0.33 Stable/0.34 ExperimentalGeneral

• Updated overview links to be language agnostic to the docs site.
  
• 'First time load' experience. The hope is a quick, light way to learn about basic functionality. We have some more work to do and want to also use the same framework for teaching about updates as well.
  
• Localization corrections
  

FancyZones

• Adjusted editor UX based on feedback. Thanks @niels9001!
  
• New options to change zone activation algorithm.
  

File Explorer

• Improved how SVG images are previewed in the preview pane, thanks@Drakula44!
  
• @Aaron-Junker has created a proof of concept for using Monaco editor for previewing dev files. This will enable over 125+ file types.
  

PowerToys Run

• Plugin Manager now is in settings. You can directly turn on / off, include items in general search, and change the action key! Thanks @htcfreek for the great feedback!
  
• Improved support for additional window managers by abstracting out shell process calls. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Fix for PT Run registering the hotkey on non-supported OS versions.
  

• ~

  will now act as the user home directory in Folder plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti
  
• Service plugin has adjusted status messages
  

Video Conference Mute (Experimental)

• Adjust video muting to leverage DirectShow.
  
• Goal is to have 0.34 experimental release week of March 8th.
  

Settings

• When restarting as admin, the settings now will reopen. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

ARM64 Progress

• Investigation on how we'll accomplish Settings with the XAML Island and WPF app.
  

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0.37 - April 2021 Update

Our goals for v0.37 release cycle Video Conference Mute work so we can bring it into the stable branch, general bug fixes, moving Keyboard manager out, and removing the legacy settings app.

Installer hash

262CD602206DF552323AF7FDCF1032FB0B0D0E8DAD82E1E3B11290CEFCF5757B

Change log

• PowerToys now requires Windows 10, version 1903 or higher
  
• FancyZones editor default launching key is Win+Shift+`
  • Windows Terminal's new Quake mode will use Win+`. We feel this is a far better use of the keystroke.
    
  • Current PowerToys users can update this in our settings in the FancyZone section.
    
• Removed our v1 HTML based settings system
  

New Spec - Feedback please!

• What is new in PowerToys (SCOOBE) - Pull Request
  

FancyZones

• Editor UX bug fixes. Thanks @niels9001
  
• Monitor resolution is added to the top to directly infer the boxes on top are your monitors
  
• Fix for editor crash when editing a custom layout
  

PowerRename

• Option added for capitalization.
  
• Improved loading responsiveness with large sums of files.
  

PowerToys Run

• Changed XAML to improve rendering. Thanks @niels9001
  
• Disabled plugins are no longer loaded
  
• VS Code plugin workspaces showing up now. Thanks @ricardosantos9521
  

Keyboard manager

• Now an independent exe. This now runs high priority in its own process. When your CPU is under load, this should allow the process to continue to be prioritized
  

Color Picker

• uses a centralized keyhook. This should improve activation
  
• Esc for closing will no longer bubble through. Thanks @DoctorNefario
  

Settings / Welcome to PowerToys

• Shortcuts will stand out more
  
• Few accessability bugs fixed. Thanks @niels9001
  

Shortcut Guide

• Excluded apps for Shortcut Guide. Thanks @davidegiacometti
  

Installer

• new arg for starting PT after silent install
  

Developer quality of life

• Ability to directly debug against Settings
  

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Microsoft PowerToys v0.41.3:

Change log

• Shortcut guide removed support for long

  Win

  press to activate. Now supports
  

  Win + ?

  by default
  
• Turned off FancyZones canvas editor magnetic snapping to allow keyboard support
  
• Updated Color Picker GIF for OOBE. Thanks @niels9001!
  
• Removed outdated MSIX code
  
• Upgraded all projects to Modern WPF 0.94
  
• Dropped support for the module interface API to save settings
  
• Removed Winstore dependency
  

General

• Improved auto-update experience in PowerToys Settings
  
• Updated general bug report information to be more robust
  
• Improved settings layout for radio button groups. Updated images and menu for OOBE. Thanks @niels9001!
  
• Localization updates
  

Awake

• New Awake utility added! Power-Users can now keep their computer awake on-demand without having to manage its power settings. Huge thank you to @dend
  

Color Picker

• Improvements to Color Picker’s zoom functionality. Thanks @DoctorNefario
  
• Prevent duplicate colors from appearing in selection history
  
• Improved UX to better support keyboard navigation. Thanks @niels9001!
  
• Fixed OOBE hotkey description. Thanks @coc0a
  

FancyZones

• Full keyboard support for canvas editor's main window and context. Thanks @niels9001
  
• New support for faster layout selection by double clicking a desired layout from the editor to automatically apply it and dismiss the editor.
  
• New zone activation behavior allows users to snap a window to the zone who's center is closest to the cursor. Thanks @ulazy1!
  
• Added process icon for FancyZones.
  
• Fixed issue with zoning minimized windows.
  
• Fixed a bunch of accessibility bugs
  
• Now an independent exe, detached from the runner process.
  

File Explorer Add-Ons

• Adjusted Markdown newline behavior to be less strict so the add-on behaves more like GitHub implementations
  Image Resizer
  
• Fixed bug with custom size option where leaving a height/width value blank caused the output to be a 1 x 1 square pixel. Now the blank value automatically adjusts to the height/width that was set.
  

Image Resizer

• Fixed bug where specifying a width but no height generated a 1x1 px image instead of auto-adjusting the height. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

PowerRename

• Fixed File Explorer crash when running PowerRename
  

PowerToys Run

• Multiple crashing bugs resolved.
  
• New Unit Converter plugin! Activate in the query prompt with the default activation phrase

  %%

  . Ex:
  

  %% 10 ft in m

  . Thanks @jsoref and @ThiefZero!
  
• New Windows Settings plugin! Search for specific Windows settings from PowerToys Run by utilizing the default activation phrase

  $

  followed by the desired setting. Ex:
  

  $ Add/Remove Programs

  or
  

  $ Device:

  . Thanks @TobiasSekan and @htcfreek.
  
• Updated the URL plugin to enable quickly launching the default browser with the action keyword, which defaults to

  //

  .
  
• Added remainder/modulo support for Calculator plugin via

  %

  operator.
  
• Faster launching from improved Win32 program indexing. Thanks @royvou!
  
• Search text results now highlight matched characters from input. Thanks @niels9001!
  

Settings / Welcome to PowerToys

• Fixed Color Picker’s key-binding information
  

Shortcut Guide

• Customize key-binding from settings menu
  
• Took Shortcut guide out of the runner process to remove unnecessary interdependencies
  

Installer

• Updated .NET Core dependency to 3.1.15
  
• Reduced the network traffic by making the updater not download files when they're already cached
  

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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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Microsoft PowerToys v0.58.0

Highlights

• Most of the work for running natively on ARM64 has been included in the repo. Thanks @snickler!
  
• Uses of the obsolete WebBrowser control were replaced with WebView 2.
  
• All uses of .NET Core 3.1 were removed. PowerToys now runs on .NET 6.
  
• Settings no longer runs on XAML Islands and is now running on WinUI 3, fixing many bugs related to XAML islands.
  

General

• Spell checking fixes in the code. Thanks @jsoref!
  
• Fix for a CI error related to spell checking due to a GitHub API change. Thanks @jsoref!
  
• Fixed the documentation references to GitHub. Thanks @Cyl18!
  

ARM64

• Prepare solution and property files for ARM64 port. Thanks @snickler!
  
• Port unhandled exception handler to ARM64. Thanks @snickler!
  
• Port of the Settings projects to ARM64. Thanks @snickler!
  
• Port of most of the PowerToys to ARM64. Thanks @snickler!
  
• Port of the debug utilities to ARM64.
  

Always on Top

• Fix for topmost state of the window resetting for some applications. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  

ColorPicker

• The CIEXYZ format is now properly show in upper case.
  

FancyZones

• Restore rounded corners on Windows 11 and add a setting to control this behavior. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Fixed an edge case where the Windows Terminal window wouldn't be snapped when opened. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Improved narrator support in the Grid Editor. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Fixed a bug when restoring rounded corners on Windows 11. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Fix for windows not being resized correctly on different dpi settings. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Removed resolution from the screen identifier so zones aren't reset when resolution changes.
  
• Scale the canvas layout when editing according to new scaling/resolution.
  
• Shipping a new tool to help debug windows interactions with FancyZones.
  

File explorer

• Fix for a crash in dev file preview if the settings file hadn't been created yet. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• New file types were added to dev file preview (".reg", ".xslt", ".xsd", ".wsdl", ".ino", ".pde", ".razor"). Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
  
• Fix an existing "file still in use" issue in dev file preview. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
  
• Dev file preview is now able to interpret file extensions in a case-insensitive way. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
  
• SVG and markdown viewers no longer use WebBrowser and use WebView2 instead.
  
• Markdown preview now respects the dark mode settings on Windows. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

Mouse utility

• Fix for the bug causing shortcuts set on icons to not activate when a mouse utility was active on specific monitor configurations.
  

PowerToys Run

• Fix for PowerToys Run using high CPU and memory when updating its settings. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Add the "Run as different user" feature to the Program, Shell, and Search plugins. Thanks @htcfreek! (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Fix for a WindowWalker crash when a Virtual Desktop registry key is not set. Thanks @htcfreek! (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Fix for VS Code Workspaces not using the user's path variable right after an install or update. Thanks @ricardosantos9521! (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Fix for the System plugin causing PowerToys Run to be slow when many network interfaces exist. Thanks @htcfreek! (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Fix for the Program plugin not showing special shortcuts with empty targets, like Control Panel. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Additional logging for the Terminal plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti! (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Web Search and URI plugins have better code for detecting the default browser now.
  
• Fix for the Services plugin not manipulating service names with spaces correctly. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Fix for the Terminal plugin not recognizing profiles correctly. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Fix for latest VSCode insiders build not showing up in the VSCode Workspaces plugin. Thanks @JacobDeuchert!
  
• Increased floating number precision in the Unit Converter plugin.
  
• VSCode Workspaces now finds portable installations of VS Code. Thanks @harvastum
  
• Fixed an issue starting PowerToys Run when the desktop is not initialized. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

Settings

• Settings now runs on WinUI3 instead of XAML islands.
  
• Settings no longer runs as an administrator when runner is started as an administrator.
  

Runner

• Use sensible default times for rechecking for an update, to avoid writing to the logs in a loop. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Runner cleans up the update directory if the installation is up to date. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

Installer

• Distribute a signed .msi inside the .exe installer bootstrapper. (This was a hotfix for 0.57)
  
• Removed the .NET core dependency from the installer.
  
• Partial support for an ARM64 installer.
  
• Updated the .NET to 6.0.4.
  
• Force update all files on reinstall/update, to try and fix installation issues.
  

Development

• PowerToys no longer takes a dependency on .NET core.
  
• WinUI3 is a new dependency. Settings now targets win10-x64 and win10-arm64 due to this.
  

Community contributions

We'd like to directly mention certain contributors (in alphabetical order) for their continued community support this month and helping directly make PowerToys a better piece of software.

@Aaron-Junker, @CleanCodeDeveloper, @davidegiacometti, @dend, @franky920920, @htcfreek, @jay-o-way, @jsoref, @niels9001, @snickler.

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Microsoft PowerToys v0.59.0:

Highlights

• The work for running natively on ARM64 has been wrapped up and a build is released. Thanks @snickler!
  
• Power Rename now is running on WinUI 3.
  
• Keyboard Manager now allows up to 4 modifier keys for shortcuts and has received some quality fixes.
  
• Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.0, fixing an issue where Settings wouldn't start with UAC off and improving performance.
  
• The Windows App SDK runtime binaries are being shipped with PowerToys which should resolve the installations issues reported with WinAppSDK.
  

Known issues

• There are reports of users who are unable to open the Settings window. This is being caused by incompatibilities with some applications (RTSS RivaTuner Statistics Server and MSI AfterBurner are known examples of this). If you're affected by this, please check the linked issue to verify if any of the presented solutions works for you.
  

General

• Some typos were fixed. Thanks @eltociear, @rcmaehl and @ShyPixie!
  

ARM64

• ARM64 support now fully added!
  
• Fixed PowerRename to work on ARM64.
  
• Fixed File Explorer tools to work on ARM64.
  
• Made changes for the installer projects to build ARM64 installers.
  
• Configured the CI and Release pipelines to build for ARM64.
  
• Added ARM64 build status to the README.
  

Always on Top

• Fixed an issue where the borders where sticking around when a window was minimized with Win+D.
  

FancyZones

• Fixed a bug that was consuming CPU cycles when the default layout was set.
  
• Fixed a bug where apps were not opened in their last known zones due to Virtual Desktop ID changes.
  
• Fixed a bug that was snapping popup menus opened by applications.
  
• Fixed a bug causing windows not to be snapped under some configurations.
  

Image Resizer

• No longer tries to change metadata on files that were not actually resized. Thanks @adamchilders!
  

File explorer add-ons

• Fixed a bug where modules depending on WebView2 would be limited to opening files smaller than 2 MB. Now the resulting html is generated into a temporary file before presenting it.
  
• Add a viewBox attribute to svg files that don't have one so that the preview tries to show the whole image.
  
• Remove scrollbar that was showing when rendering svg thumbnails.
  

Keyboard Manager

• Now up to four modifier keys can be used in shortcuts. This will allow you to use the Office key (which sends Win+Ctrl+Shift+Alt), for example.
  
• Fixed a bug locking Keyboard Manager when two shortcut mapping were pressed at the same time.
  
• Removed event spam for certain telemetry events.
  

PowerRename

• Ported to use WinUI 3 instead of WinUI 2.
  

PowerToys Run

• The Services plugin is able to search for parts of the name, display name or the service type or state. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• The Services plugin now supports the startup type 'Automatic (Delayed Autostart)'. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• The Services plugin now has tooltips for large service names and other UI improvements. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• The TimeDate plugin gave results for queries containing just numbers on global queries. This has been fixed. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• We've introduced a throttle before a query is done to ensure typing is done to increase performance. Thanks @shandsj!
  
• Fixed a crash in WebSearch when there's an empty pattern setup for the system's default browser.
  
• Fixed a bug where VSCodeWorkspaces was not finding portable installations of VSCode. Thanks @harvastum!
  
• The Calculator plugin reacts better to invalid input and internal errors. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• The Calculator plugin can now be configured to use the US number format instead of the system one. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• The Folder plugin supports paths containing "/". Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

Settings

• Now the UI for adding excluded apps for FindMyMouse is disabled when the module is disabled. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Text was improved in the Settings UI for File Explorer. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
  
• Settings won't try to launch if everything runs elevated in the machine, and a warning message is shown instead.
  
• Some minor UI fixes. Thanks @niels9001!
  
• The Settings screen should now open correctly if the OOBE screen was opened first.
  
• The rounded corner settings for FancyZones now only show on Windows 11. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Fixed a UI freeze when entering the Keyboard Manager page with clean settings.
  
• Fixed a UI glitch where a message was being shown that all PowerToys Run plugins were disabled when using the search function. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.0, fixing an issue where Settings wouldn't start with UAC off and improving performance.
  

Runner

• Auto-update takes into account if it's running on x64 or arm64 to download the right installer.
  

Installer

• Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.5.
  
• The installer is now built using a beta version of Wix 3.14 for arm64 support.
  
• Added the VC++ Redistributable binary as a requirement.
  
• The Windows App SDK runtime binaries are being shipped with PowerToys instead of running its installer. This should fix most of the install issues with 0.58.
  

Development

• New action added to GitHub to publish the winget package to PowerToys.
  
• New action added to GitHub to publish for the Microsoft Store. Thanks azchohfi!
  
• Documentation for installing the Windows App SDK dependencies and building the installer was updated.
  
• FxCop removed from the PowerToys Run TimeZone plugin and was replaced with NetAnalyzers. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

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Microsoft PowerToys v0.60.0:

Highlights

• PowerRename and Image Resizer now appear on the new Windows 11 context menu.
  
• There's a new PowerToys Run plugin for OneNote. Thanks @palenshus!
  
• FancyZones uses a new zone identification with monitor Id to increase stability and avoid zone resets.
  
• AlwaysOnTop now uses rounded corners for highlighting rounded windows on Windows 11.
  
• Added settings to PowerToys Run to better control the query results order. Thanks @jefflord!
  

Known issues

• After installing PowerToys, the Windows 11 new context menu entries for PowerRename and Image Resizer may not appear before a restart.
  • On some Windows 11 dev channel insider builds, the new context menu entries are not registering correctly and the classic context menu entries will be shown instead.
    
• There are reports of users who are unable to open the Settings window. This is being caused by incompatibilities with some applications (RTSS RivaTuner Statistics Server and MSI AfterBurner are known examples of this). If you're affected by this, please check the linked issue to verify if any of the presented solutions works for you.
  

General

• Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.1. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
  

Always on Top

• Added support for more diverse keyboard shortcuts with a fallback to low level keyboard hooks. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Added rounded corner highlights for rounded corner windows on Windows 11.
  

FancyZones

• Fixed a bug where windows shown on all desktops were not working with FancyZones. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
  
• When changing zone layouts, windows will match a new size/position if the option is on. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
  
• Minor UI fix in FancyZones Editor. Thanks @ZetaSp!
  
• Fixed proper canvas layout rendering in FancyZones Editor and the unscaled monitor resolution is now shown.
  
• Fixed an issue with transparency in certain windows causing the window to go blank.
  

Image Resizer

• The Image Resizer entry is now shown in the new Windows 11 context menu.
  

File explorer add-ons

• Add a viewBox attribute to svg file thumbnails so that it tries to show the whole image, similar to what was done in the preview handler.
  
• Removed access to a remote image in the tests for markdown preview.
  
• Fixed flakiness in the markdown preview test suite with proper component initialization timeouts.
  
• Fixed the leaking WebView2 resources caused by svg thumbnails.
  

Keyboard Manager

• The Editor title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks @WilliamABradley!
  

Mouse utility

• The Mouse Pointer Crosshairs default activation shortcut was changed to not collide with a special character combination on some internation keyboards.
  

PowerRename

• Fixed the file enumeration logic to only change enumerations at the end of the file name.
  
• Clicking on regex/date and time cheat sheet appends that item to the selected search or replace text field.
  
• The PowerRename entry is now shown in the new Windows 11 context menu.
  
• The title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks @WilliamABradley!
  

PowerToys Run

• A setting was added to disable and configure the input delay on searching queries. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
  
• Fixed and added logs for default Web Browser detection. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
  
• The Program plugin can now search .lnk shortcuts by their executable name. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• A new plugin for OneNote was added. Thanks @palenshus!
  
• Query caching and delayed execution was added to the OneNote plugin. Thanks @palenshus!
  
• Quality of life fixes for the TimeZone plugin, including fixes for empty subtitles, missing time zones and results not being found when expected. Thanks @TobiasSekan!
  
• Calls to the obsolete WebRequest API were removed. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Added common names for the share settings in the Settings plugins. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• The Calculator Mages engine was updated to 2.0.1, for higher precision. Thanks for the testing and for pushing for the changes @htcfreek!
  
• Translation fixes for the Calculator and TimeDate plugins. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• An entry for "Search Settings" was added to the Settings plugin. Thanks @jefflord!
  
• Removed uses of the deprecated BinaryFormatter, which contained vulnerabilities. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  
• Added settings to better control the query results order. Thanks @jefflord!
  
• The Terminal plugin now uses a better API to detect installed Terminal packages. Thanks @htcfreek!
  

Settings

• Fixed a bug that said an update had failed, even if PowerToys was fully updated. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
  
• OOBE window is resizable. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
  
• OOBE can now show release notes through authenticated proxies.
  
• OOBE now hides the x64 and ARM64 installer hashes on the What's New page.
  
• Minor UI fix in the Keyboard Manager page. Thanks @ZetaSp!
  
• Fix in internal data type of CheckBox controls. Thanks @ghost1372!
  
• The title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks @WilliamABradley!
  
• Fixed a crash accessing the loading the System.Management API on ARM64 versions of Windows.
  

Installer

• Fixed signing of the setup custom actions dll in the new pipeline.
  
• The Visual C++ redistributable was updated to 14.32.31332 and fixed an installer error when a newer version was installed. Thanks @snickler!
  
• Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.6.
  

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Microsoft PowerToys v0.62.0:

Highlights

• New utility: Screen Ruler is a quick and easy way to measure pixels on your screen.
  
• New utility: Quick Accent is an easy way to write letters with accents. Thanks @damienleroy!
  
• New utility: Text Extractor works like Snipping Tool, but copies the text out of the selected region using OCR and puts it on the clipboard. Thanks @TheJoeFin!
  
• PowerToy Run ships with a new Plugin letting you search in past query results. Thanks @jefflord!
  

Known issues

• The Text Extractor utility fails to recognize text in some cases on ARM64 devices running Windows 10.
  
• After installing PowerToys, the new Windows 11 context menu entries for PowerRename and Image Resizer might not appear before a system restart.
  
• There are reports of users who are unable to open the Settings window. This is being caused by incompatibilities with some applications (RTSS RivaTuner Statistics Server and MSI AfterBurner are known examples of this). If you're affected by this, please check the linked issue to verify if any of the presented solutions works for you.
  

General

• Added a new utility: Screen Ruler.
  
• Added a new utility: Quick Accent. Thanks @damienleroy!
  
• Added a new utility: Text Extractor. Thanks @TheJoeFin!
  
• Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.4.
  

Always on Top

• Fixed a bug causing the border to linger when closing an Outlook popup window.
  

Color Picker

• Fixed the HSB color format to correctly track HSV instead of HSL.
  
• Fixed an issue where the zoom factor wasn't reset when reopening the zoom window. Thanks @FWest98!
  

FancyZones

• Removed the button to open Settings from the FancyZones Editor, as it was opening behind the overlay.
  
• Changed the Highlight distance control to a slider in the FancyZones Editor, to address accessibility issues with screen readers.
  
• Fixed an issue where the FancyZones Editor would duplicate or edit the wrong layout.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused canvas layout width/height to be changed without even opening the layout in FancyZones Editor.
  

File explorer add-ons

• Quality of life improvements to Developer Files preview, including a progress bar while loading, performance improvements, an improved dark mode, and logs. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
  
• Fixed possible WebView related vulnerabilities in the SVG and Markdown handlers.
  
• Fixed some race conditions in Developer Files preview causing the loading bar to hang.
  
• Added localization support to the Developer Files preview messages.
  
• It's now possible to configure default color for Stl Thumbnails. Thanks @pedrolamas!
  
• Added an option to format JSON and XML files before rendering. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

PowerRename

• Fixed an issue that was generating a silent crash when the context menu was triggered when not selecting any file or folder. (This was a hotfix for 0.61)
  
• Improved performance when loading a big number of files.
  
• Fixed a specific case in which PowerRename tried to rename a file to an empty string.
  
• The UI now shows when a file can't be renamed due to its name being too long or containing invalid characters.
  

PowerToys Run

• Added a fix to the VSCodeWorkspaces plugin to better support portable installations. Thanks @bkmeneguello!
  
• The Folder plugin now expands
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  %HOMEPATH%
  correctly.
  
• Fixed a case where a previous result was being activated when searching for new results. Added a setting to better control input throttling. Thanks @jefflord!
  
• Added support for port numbers in the URI plugin. Thanks @KohGeek!
  
• Fixed query errors when the search delay option was turned off.
  
• New History plugin to search for old search results. Thanks @jefflord!
  
• Changed the default TimeDate activation keyword to
  Code:

  )
  , as queries starting by
   
  
  Code:

  (
  are expected as Calculator global queries, and added information in Settings so users know that some activation keywords may conflict with normal usage of some plugins when trying to do a global query. Thanks @htcfreek!
  
• The Unit Converter plugin updated its UnitsNet dependency and now supports plural units. Thanks @FWest98!
  
• Improved the validation logic in the Calculator plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
  

Runner

• Improved: Clean up old install folders and logs at startup. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
  

Settings

• Image and phrasing adjustments.
  
• Icon and image updates for the new utilities. Thanks @niels9001!
  

Shortcut Guide

• Fixed the Narrator shortcut to include the newly added Control key.
  

Installer

• Fixed a regression that was causing the PowerToys shortcut to be deleted on update. (This was a hotfix for 0.61)
  
• Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.8.
  

Documentation

• Fixed wrong links to installers in README. Thanks @unuing!
  

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