Download PowerToys 0.33.1

Microsoft has released a new version of PowerToys. The PowerToys are a collection of small programs for power users. There were PowerToys for Windows 95 and Windows XP and since mid-2019 Microsoft has also been developing a version for Windows 10. At the moment there are only a small number of programs left in the collection, including FancyZonesWindows key shortcut guide, PowerRename, PowerToys Run and Keyboard Manager. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

General

• 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.
• New options to change zone activation algorithm.

File Explorer

• Improved how SVG images are previewed in the preview pane,
• @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 in settings. You can directly turn on / off, include items in general search, and change the action key!
• Improved support for additional window managers by abstracting out shell process calls.
• Fix for PT Run registering the hotkey on non-supported OS versions.
• ~ will now act as the user home directory in Folder plugin.
• 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.

ARM64 Progress

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