Download PowerToys 0.77.0

Microsoft has released version 0.77.0 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 and higher. The PowerToys consist of, among other things Awake, Color Picker, Fancy Zones, File Explorer Addons, Image Resizer, Keyboard Manager, PowerRename, Power Toys Run, Shortcut Guide and the Video Conference Mute. The changelog for this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Highlights

• New utility: Command Not Found PowerShell 7.4 module – adds the ability to detect failed commands in PowerShell 7.4 and suggest a package to install using winget.
• Keyboard manager does not register low level hook if there are no remappings anymore.
• Added support for QOI file type in Peek.
• Added support for loading 3rd-party plugins with additional dependencies in PowerToys Run.

Known issues

• There are some incompatibilities between Command Not Found and some PowerShell configurations. You can find about those in the #30818 issue.

General

• Bump WPF-UI package version to fix crashes related to theme changes. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed typo in version change notification.
• Code improvements and fixed silenced warnings introduced by upgrade to .NET 8.
• Update copyright year for 2024.
• Added setting to disable warning notifications about detecting an application running as Administrator.

AlwaysOnTop

• Show notification when elevated app is in the foreground but AlwaysOnTop is running non-elevated.

Command Not Found

• Added a new utility: A Command Not Found PowerShell 7.4 module. It adds the ability to detect failed commands in PowerShell 7.4 and suggest a package to install using winget.

Environment Variables

• Fixed issue causing Environment Variables window not to appear as a foreground window.

Fancy Zones

• Fixed snapping specific apps (eg Facebook messenger). (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed behavior of Move newly created windows to current active monitor setting to keep maximize state on moving.
• Fixed issue causing FancyZones Editor layout window to be zoned.

File Explorer add-ons

• Fixed WebView2 based previewers issue caused by the latest WebView update. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)

Hosts File Editor

• Fixed issue causing settings not to be preserved on update.

Image Resizer

• Fixed crash caused by WpfUI ThemeWatcher. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)

Keyboard Manager

• Do not register low level hook if there are no remappings.

Peek

• Improved icon and title showing for previewed files.
• Added QOI file type support.

Power Toys Run

• Fixed results list UI element height for different maximum number of results value. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed icon extraction for .lnk files. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed search box UI glitch when FlowDirection is RightToLeft. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed theme setting. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed error reporting window UI issue.
• UI improvements and ability to show/hide plugins overview panel.
• Allow interaction with plugin hints.
• Switch to WPF-UI theme manager.
• Fixed issue causing 3rd party plugin's dependencies dll not being loaded properly.
• Added configurable font sizes.
• Changed the text color of plugin hints to improve the contrast when light theme is used.
• Fix scientific notation errors in Calculator plugin.
• Add URI/URL features to Value generator plugin.

Quick Accent

• Moved Greek specific characters from All language set to Greek.
• Add more mathematical symbols.

Settings

• Fixed exception occurring on theme change.
• Fix “What's new” icon.
• Remove obsolete UI Font icon properties.
• OOBE UI improvements.
• XAML Binding improvements.
• Fixed crash caused by ThemeListener constructor exceptions.

Documentation

• Improved docs for adding new languages ​​to monaco.
• Update README.md to directly state x64 & ARM processor in requirements.
• Added Scoop plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs.

Development

• Adopted XamlStyler for PowerToys Run source code.
• Consolidate Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools across solution.
• Upgraded Boost's lib to v1.84.
• Upgraded HelixToolkit packages to the latest versions.
• Updated sdl baselines.