Release v0.75.0

In the v0.75 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.75.0-x64.exe	26C746D5690472082460FED3866627B80A2B50961D77DF683C5E271054C9C97B
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.75.0-arm64.exe	8919FF49F3F0C4716D6F58871C9AABEB321292FDAFFB4DCCC9A8FA326D3646D2
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.75.0-x64.exe	C9C7DAB9E002CE7920107132BC98A1A89BFBA8898FC35186A6559587A8ED3C38
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.75.0-arm64.exe	28D9D9E9B69821155F870AF895DEE22866060C1CED08E2117CCBD1853C051698

Highlights

• New utility: An environment variables editor with the functionality to configure profiles that can be enabled/disabled. Thanks @niels9001 for the design and UI work that made this possible!
• Settings has a new Dashboard home page, with quick access for enabling modules, short descriptions and activation methods. Thanks @niels9001 for the design and UI work that made this possible!
• Added a previewer to Peek that hosts File Explorer previewers to support every file type that a machine is currently able to preview. For example, this means that if Microsoft Office handlers are installed, Peek can preview Office files. Thanks @dillydylann!

General

• Many typo fixes through the projects and documentation. Thanks @brianteeman!
• Refactored and improved the logic across utilities for bringing a window to the foreground after activation.

Color Picker

• After activating Color Picker, it's now possible to cancel the session by clicking the right mouse button. Thanks @fredso90!

Environment Variables

• Added a new utility: An environment variables editor that has the functionality to configure profiles that can be enabled/disabled. Thanks @niels9001 for the design and UI work that made this possible!
• Shows in the title bar if it's running as an administrator. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

FancyZones

• Fixed an issue causing context menu pop-ups from some apps to automatically snap to a zone. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
• Applied the fix for the context menu pop-ups to the logic that decides which windows can be snapped.
• Reworked the "Keep windows in their zones" option to include the work area and turn it on by default, fixing an incompatibility with the Copilot flyout.
• Fixed an issue causing windows to be snapped while moving to a different virtual desktop.

File Explorer add-ons

• Fixed an issue blocking some SVG files from being previewed correctly. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
• Fixed crashes on invalid files in the STL Thumbnail generator.

GPO

• Added a global GPO rule that applies for all utilities unless it's overridden. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Added GPO rules to control which PowerToys Run plugins should be enabled/disabled by policy. Thanks @htcfreek!
  • All plugins have to provide its plugin ID as static property in its Main method.

Image Resizer

• Fixed wrong .bmp file association in the registry. Thanks @meitinger!

Keyboard Manager

• Visually distinguish between the Numpad and regular period characters in the UI.
• This utility is now disabled by default on new installations, since it requires user configuration to affect keyboard behavior.
• Fixed a typo in the Numpad Subtract key in the editor.

Mouse Highlighter

• Removed the lower limit of fade delay and duration, to allow better signaling of doing a double click. Thanks @fredso90!

Mouse Jump

• The process now runs in the background, for a faster activation time. Thanks @mikeclayton!

Peek

• Reported file sizes will now more closely match what's reported by File Explorer. Thanks @Deepak-Sangle!
• Added a previewer that hosts File Explorer previewers to support every file type that a machine is currently able to preview. Thanks @dillydylann!
• Fixed an issue causing the preview of the first file to be stuck loading. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed showing the previously previewed video file when invoking Peek with a new file. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added the wrap and file formatting options to the Monaco previewer. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

PowerRename

• Save data from the last run in a different file to avoid conflicting with changing settings in the Settings application.

PowerToys Run

• Fixed a case where the query wasn't being cleared after invoking a result action through the keyboard. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Improved the shell selection option for Windows Terminal in the Shell plugin and improved the backend code for adding combo box options to plugins. Thanks @htcfreek!
  • The implementation of the combo box items has changed amd isn't backward compatible. (Old plugins won't crash, but the combo box setting isn't shown in settings ui anymore.)
• Added Unix time in milliseconds, fixed negative unix time input and improved error messages in the TimeDate plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• The PowerToys plugin allows calling the new Environment Variables utility. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Refactored and added support to VSCodium Stable, VSCodium Insider and Remote Tunnels workspaces. Thanks @eternalphane!

Quick Accent

• Fixed characters that were removed from "All languages" because they were not in any single language. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
• Added Asturian characters to the Spanish character set. Thanks @blakestack!
• Added Greek characters with tonos. Thanks @PesBandi!

Registry Preview

• Fixed a parsing error that crashed the Application. (This was a hotfix for 0.74)
• Fixed opening file names with non-ASCII characters. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixed wrong parsing when the file contained an assignment with spaces around the equals sign. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixed key transversal issues when a key was a substring of a parent key. Thanks @randyrants!

Runner

• Fixed the update notification toast to show an Unicode arrow. Thanks @TheJoeFin!

Settings

• Added a new Dashboard home page, with quick access for enabling modules, short descriptions and activation methods. Thanks @niels9001 for the design and UI work that made this possible!
• Fixed a typo in the Hosts File Editor page. Thanks @Deepak-Sangle!
• Added a lock icon to the flyout listing of all modules when its enabled state is controlled by policy.
• The "All apps" list in the flyout will now list all apps even if their enabled state is controlled by policy.

Video Conference Mute

• Added an option to allow for the toolbar to hide after some time passed. Thanks @quyenvsp!
• Added an option to select to mute or unmute at startup. Thanks @quyenvsp!
• Fixed an issue causing a cascade of mute/unmute triggers.

Documentation

• Updated the Group Policy documentation on learn.microsoft.com, removed the Group Policy documentation from the repository and linked to the published documentation on learn.microsoft.com instead.

Development

• Added project dependencies to the version project and headers to avoid building errors. Thanks @johnterickson!
• Enabled Control Flow Guard in the C++ projects. Thanks @DHowett!
• Switched the release pipeline to the 1ES governed template. Thanks @DHowett!
• Styled XAML files and added a XAML Style checker to the solution, with a CI action to check if code being contributed is compliant. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Suppressed redundant midl file warnings in PowerRename.
• Add unit tests to FancyZones Editor. Thanks @garv5014, @andrewbengordon and @Cwighty!
• Improved the Default Layouts internal structure in FancyZones Editor. Thanks @garv5014!
• Fixed code issues t...

Release v0.74.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.74.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.74.0 for full release notes.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.74.1-x64.exe	748BF7BA33913237D36D6F48E3839D0C8035967305137A17DEFF39D775735C81
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.74.1-arm64.exe	F5DAA89A9CF3A2805E121085AFD056A890F241A170FAB5007AA58E2755C88C54
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.74.1-x64.exe	298C6F4E4391BDC06E128BED86A303C3300A68EAF754B4630AF7542C78C0944A
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.74.1-arm64.exe	A65F3C300A48F9F81312B7FC7B306382CB87F591612D0CEC7E5C0E47E868904B

Highlights

• #28785 - After trying to calculate the All Languages charset in Quick Accent by joining the charsets of all languages, we missed that some characters were not in any of the languages. This adds those characters to All Languages again.
• #28798 - Fixes a parsing issues when converting binary data from the registry files in Registry Preview.
• #28914 - Fixes FancyZones automatically snapping context menus on some applications.
• #28819 - Fixes SVG Preview ignoring some files with comments after we optimized the file parsing code.

Release v0.74.0

In the v0.74 release cycle, we focused on stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.74.0-x64.exe	1C4ECE9F11488BAFFAE6B76D2B0504FA18BFFEA11EBC38BCC87F5D86AEA87C7C
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.74.0-arm64.exe	4F3842FAB0839A361A15A06B7720BA8A0FE7F9AF98EA94245C08DEF37678CA4A
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.74.0-x64.exe	648992E8CEA08F3C63C7CCBD554ADDF500ECBC4560187310BC12E6CB9C2F38E3
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.74.0-arm64.exe	2B6D92F1A0EA688C7EE882050AC9B030C8B3A18765163FB6D67E5E694A4D4FE3

Highlights

• Upgraded to Windows App SDK 1.4.1, increasing stability of WinUI3 utilities. Thanks @dongle-the-gadget for starting the upgrade!
• Text Extractor was upgraded to its version 2.0, with a new overlay, table mode and more Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @TheJoeFin!
• Improved FancyZones stability, fixing some layout resets and improving handling of newly created windows on Windows 11.
• Fixed many silent crashes that were reported to Watson and the user's event viewer.

General

• Turning animations off in Windows Settings will now also turn them off in PowerToys.
• Upgraded the Windows App SDK dependency to 1.4.1. Thanks @dongle-the-gadget for the original 1.4.0 upgrade!
• Show in the thumbnail label and application titles when running as administrator. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Upgraded the Win UI Community Toolkit dependency to 8.0. Thanks @niels9001!

Awake

• Added down-sampled variants to the application's icon. Thanks @morriscurtis!

Color Picker

• After adding a new color in the editor, the history will scroll the new color into view. Thanks @peerpalo!

Crop and Lock

• Fixed a Crop and Lock crash that would occur when trying to reparent a window crashes the target application. An error message is shown instead.

FancyZones

• Set the process and main thread priority to normal.
• Fixed handling newly created windows on Windows 11.
• Fixed scenarios where opening the FancyZones Editor would reset the layouts.

File Explorer add-ons

• Optimized CPU usage for generating SVG thumbnails.
• Improved handling of Gcode Thumbnails, including JPG and QOI formats. Thanks @pedrolamas!
• Better handled errors when sending telemetry, which were causing reported crashes.
• Fixed some thumbnails not being shown centered like before the optimization.

File Locksmith

• Shows files opened by processes with PID greater than 65535. Thanks @poke30744!
• Fixed a GDI object leak in the context menu which would crash Explorer.

Find My Mouse

• Added new activation methods, including by hotkey. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Hosts File Editor

• Ignore the default ACME sample entries in the hosts file. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Improved save error handling and added better error messages. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Corrected a check for an error when signaling the application to start as administrator.
• Refactored the context menu. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed dialogs overlapping the title bar after the upgrade to Windows App SDK 1.4. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Keyboard Manager

• Distinguish between the regular minus key and the numpad minus key.

Mouse Without Borders

• Fixed a crash when trying to restart the application.

Peek

• Using Peek on HTML files will show a white background by default, similar to a browser's default behavior.
• Fix a white flash on Dark theme when switching file and improved the development file preview detection and adjustments.

PowerRename

• Fixed a crash caused by big counter values on the new enumeration method.

PowerToys Run

• It's now possible to select which shell is used by the Shell plugin.
• A combobox option type was added to the plugin options.
• Fixed a bug in the Calculator plugin that was causing decimal numbers to be misinterpreted on locales where the dot (.) character isn't used as a decimal or digit separator.
• Improved the Program plugin stability when it fails to load a program's thumbnail at startup.
• The use of Pinyin for querying some plugins can now be turned on in Settings. Thanks @ChaseKnowlden!
• Refactored option types for plugin and added number, string and composite types to be used in the future. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed the entry for searching for Windows updates in the Settings plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!

Quick Accent

• The "All languages" character set is now calculated by programmatically querying the characters for every available language. Thanks @dannysummerlin!
• Added é to the Norwegian and Swedish languages. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Added a runtime cache to the "All languages" character set, to only calculate accents once per key.

Registry Preview

• Fixed focusing issues at startup.
• Improved the data visualization to show data in a similar way to the Windows Registry Editor. Thanks @dillydylann!

Runner

• Fixed hanging when a bug report was generated from the flyout. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Settings

• Improved the way the OOBE window reacts to Windows theme change.
• Fixed an issue that made it impossible to change the "Switch between windows in the current zone" "Next window" shortcut for FancyZones.
• Fixed a crash when entering a duplicate name for a color in the Color Picker page and improved clean up when cancelling a color edit. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Text Extractor

• Text Extractor 2.0, with a new overlay, table mode and more Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @TheJoeFin!

Documentation

• SECURITY.md was updated from 0.0.2 to 0.0.9. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Improved the README and main development document for clarity and completeness. Thanks @codeofdusk and @aprilbbrockhoeft!

Development

• Fixed PowerToys Run DateTime plugin tests that were failing depending on locale, so that they can be run correctly on all dev machines.
• Fixed PowerToys Run System plugin tests that were failing for certain network interfaces, so that they can be run correctly on all dev machines. Thanks @snickler!
• Fixed a markdown bug on the GitHub /helped command.
• Switched build pipelines to a new agent pool. Thanks @DHowett!
• New .cs files created in Visual Studio get the header added automatically. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Release v0.73.0

In the v0.73 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.73.0-x64.exe	BA55D245BDD734FD6F19803DD706A3AB8E0ABC491591195534997CF2122D3B7E
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.73.0-arm64.exe	FBFA40EA5FFA05236A7CCDD05E5142EE0C93D7485B965784196ED9B086BFEBF4
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.73.0-x64.exe	7FDA06292C7C2E6DA5AEF88D8E9D3DE89D331E9E356A232289F9B37CE4503894
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.73.0-arm64.exe	4260AA30A1F52F194EE07E9E7ECD9E9F4CF35289267F213BC933F7A5191AC17C

Highlights

• Keyboard manager now supports Numpad. Note, with previously bound hotkeys stored in settings.json would only react to non-Numpad keys now. If a user wishes to restore the previous behavior, it could be done by manually adding another binding for the Numpad variant.
• New utility: Crop And Lock allows you to crop a current application into a smaller window or just create a thumbnail. Focus the target window and press the shortcut to start cropping.
• FancyZones code improvements and refactor.
• Modernized ImageResizer UX.
• PowerRename advanced counter functionality.

General

• Added missing CoUninitialize call in elevation logic. Thanks @sredna!
• New utility: Crop And Lock. Thanks @robmikh! and @kevinguo305!
• Added new /helped fabric bot command to GitHub repo. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed crashes caused by invalid settings. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Always On Top

• Added border transparency.

FancyZones

• Fixed issue causing canvas zones being drawn only when dragging in zone area.
• Fixed user-defined default layout highlighting issue.
• Refactored and improved code quality.
• Fixed issue causing wrong layout to be applied when duplicating non-selected layout.

File Locksmith

• Icon update. Thanks @jmaraujouy!

File Explorer add-ons

• Fixed issue causing thumbnail previewers to lock files.
• Open URIs from developer files in default browser. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Installer

• Fixed PowerToys autorun after installing as SYSTEM user.
• Removed CreateScheduledTask custom action to handle task creation only from runner code.

Image Resizer

• Moved from ModernWPF to WpfUI to refresh and modernize UI/UX. Thanks @niels9001!

Keyboard Manager

• Rephrased labels to enhance clarity. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Keyboard manager now supports Numpad. Note, with previously bound hotkeys stored in settings.json would only react to non-Numpad keys now. If a user wishes to restore the previous behavior, it could be done by manually adding another binding for the Numpad variant.

Mouse Highlighter

• Fixed highlighter being invisible issue for Always on Top windows.
• Added settings for automatic activation on startup. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Mouse Pointer Crosshairs

• Added settings for automatic activation on startup. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Peek

• Show correct file type for shortcuts. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing wrong file size to be displayed. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Show 1 byte instead of 1 bytes file size. Thanks @Deepak-Sangle!
• Open URIs from developer files in default browser. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Show thumbnail and fallback to icon for unsupported files. Thanks @pedrolamas!

PowerRename

• Updated OOBE gif. Thanks @ChaseKnowlden!
• Localized renamed parts combo box.
• Introduced advanced counter functionality.
• Added remember last window size logic and optimized items sorting.
• Enable "Enumerate items" option by default.

PowerToys Run

• Fixed issue causing original search to be abandoned when cycling through results.
• Updated device and bluetooth results for Settings plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed InvalidOperationException exception thrown. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Add Base64 Decoding function to the Value Generator plugin. Thanks @LeagueOfPoro!
• Added Keep shell open option for Shell plugin.
• Added Crop And Lock to PowerToys plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Registry Preview

• Updated AppBarButtons to use an explicit AppBarButton.Icon. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixed crash on clicking Save As button.

Runner

• Removed unneeded RegisterWindowMessage from tray icon logic. Thanks @sredna!
• Fixed startup looping issue.
• Improved old logs and installers cleanup logic. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Screen Ruler

• Use proper resources file.

Settings

• Fixed issue causing problems with modifier keys and ShortcutControl. Thanks @sh0ckj0ckey!
• Fixed crash when clicking "Windows color settings" link.
• Added support for launching Settings app directly.
• Fixed issue causing DisplayDescription not showing for PowerToys Run PluginAdditionalOption.
• Fixed issue causing FileLocksmith 'Show File Locksmith in' setting not showing correct value.
• Fixed issue causing Awake on/off toggle in Settings flyout not to work when Settings Awake page is opened.

Documentation

• Added documentation for PowerToys Run third-party plugins. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed broken links in keyboardmanagerui.md. Thanks @shubhsardana29!
• Updated core team in COMMUNITY.md.
• Fixed broken links in ui-architecture.md. Thanks @SamB!
• Updated community.valuegenerator.md with Base64DecodeRequest description.

Development

• Updated test packages and StyleCop. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Condense NuGet Restore into MSBuild Tasks. Thanks @snickler!

Release v0.72.0

In the v0.72 release cycle, we focused on stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.72.0-x64.exe	9925894D797458C78A8C3DF6FE4BD748580638B01BB43680477763662915109A
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.72.0-arm64.exe	2E68139C22C56648E64514E4E8E0A0D12882F6CF30B48EB20ECC66B4CCDD5909
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.72.0-x64.exe	788EE4D828169F092737A739030B218CEFEC79583E42858BB8F9F036B701BE6F
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.72.0-arm64.exe	39C1D430A538B0F3D7869D39DF7F636A64AAFAD8DFB3C82059A97F4EBD3369C4

Highlights

• Greatly reduced the PowerToys installed space by having utilities share the same installed path. When compared to 0.71, the 0.72 x64 machine installed version of PowerToys reduces the size reported in the Installed Apps screen from 1.15GB to 785 MB and the size in File Explorer properties for the installation folder from 3.10GB to 554 MB.
• Value Generator - A new PowerToys Run plugin that generates hashes and GUID values. Thanks @IHorvalds!
• Mouse Highlighter has a new feature to have a highlight always follow the mouse pointer. Thanks @hayatogh!
• PowerRename was reworked to support a bigger number of files without crashing.

Known issues

• Due to changing paths in the installation folder, the Mouse Without Borders service might be pointing to the wrong place. Users not running as admin will have to enable service mode again after install. A toast notification will appear if Mouse Without Borders is unable to start the service correctly.
• File Explorer extensions changed paths might not be loaded correctly until File Explorer and Preview Host processes are restarted, so we advise restarting the computer when possible after updating PowerToys.

General

• Shared dependencies between applications in order to greatly reduce the installed size.
• Added missing icons and icon sizes. Thanks @niels9001!

FancyZones

• Fixed an issue where FancyZones wouldn't register a change to the "Switch between windows in the current zone" setting.
• Added a Setting to enable the behavior of clicking the middle mouse button to toggle multiple zone spanning.

File Locksmith

• Fixed a File Explorer crash when deleting a file, updating PowerToys and then trying to right-click the background of a folder in File Explorer.
• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

File Explorer add-ons

• Updated the Monaco dependency for Developer Files Preview, supporting new file extensions and fixing issues. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!

Hosts File Editor

• Consolidated the way the Hosts application is launched. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Installer

• Refactored the Monaco dependency inclusion. What to install is now being generated automatically.
• Removed hardlinks and simplified the installer files, now that many utilities use the same paths.

Mouse Highlighter

• Added a feature so that a highlight follows the mouse even if no mouse button is being pressed. Thanks @hayatogh!

Mouse Pointer Crosshairs

• Added a setting to hide the crosshairs when the mouse pointer is also hidden. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added a setting to select a fixed length for the crosshairs, which also spans across screens. Thanks @Epp-code!

Mouse Without Borders

• Switched to a UWP mouse input API to fix mouse pointer lag issues that were reported.
• A toast notification will appear when the service can't be started and Mouse Without Borders will try to start in non-service mode instead.
• Fixed a bug where the service path wouldn't update to the new binary path when trying to re-enable service mode.
• Fixed some grammar errors in the Mouse Without Borders user facing strings. Thanks @KhurramJalil!
• Allow changing the shortcuts in the same way as other utilities and changed them to better defaults to avoid conflicting with Alt Gr+letter combos on international layouts.

Peek

• Also benefits from the Monaco dependency update when peeking into files supported by the Developer Files Preview. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed a flash on PowerToys starting due to the Peek window activating and hiding right away. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Updated icon design. Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed flipped content issues on systems with RTL languages.

PowerRename

• Reworked the UI and resource consumption to fix crashes and hangs when trying to rename a huge number of files.
• Added the Mica background material and some UI tweaks. Thanks @niels9001!

PowerToys Run

• New plugin: Value Generator - generates values like hashes and GUIDs. Thanks @IHorvalds!
• The default input smoothing values were changed to the recommended values. Thanks @SamMercer172!
• Fixed tab navigation issues when using Shift+Tab to go backwards. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed a crash caused by images not being found in the image cache due to racing conditions.
• Fixed synchronization issues in the WindowWalker plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed a synchronization crash when getting localized system paths.
• The PowerToys plugin is now activated by default. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Quick Accent

• Added the ("ḍ", U+1E0D) unicode character. Thanks @SamMercer172!
• Fixed an issue causing the left and right keys being discarded even when Quick Accent didn't activate.

Registry Preview

• Fixed a bug causing DWORD values to not be shown correctly. Thanks @randyrants!
• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Runner

• Show a warning asking the user to restart the computer after updating the PowerToys version.

Screen Ruler

• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Settings

• Fix an unused Expander in the File Locksmith settings page.
• Added an info box to better explain what the extended context menu is.

Development

• Projects were restructured to allow sharing the same folder and dependencies and to avoid resource name conflicts.
• Added scripts to CI to guard against applications having conflicting resources.
• Added scripts to CI to guard against depending on different versions of the same dependency.
• Test projects now build to a separate path.
• Dependencies updated across the solution to ensure every project is using the same dependencies.

Release v0.71.0

In the v0.71 release cycle, we focused on stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.71.0-x64.exe	4C6CCB3055E3838DA50FF529A670BAAD129570F4BFABF497B5D92259D3052794
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.71.0-arm64.exe	48633758DFBB99DE34BA2D3E3F294A60EF7E01015296D29A884251068B6FE3F6
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.71.0-x64.exe	44F092DFAC002536A27ABC701750D8C78FF30F8879768990BC4A0AFD0D5119F1
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.71.0-arm64.exe	283A67539EDA5D3AD88735C7B0150852ECB57D569BAC80396F942C60D6ACB33F

Highlights

• Support previewing archive files with Peek. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed PT Run crash caused by missing App.Dark.png file.
• Added setting to set Registry Preview as default app for opening .reg files. Thanks @randyrants!
• Modernized Settings app title bar and styling (Mica background material) to be inline with Windows 11 guidelines. Thanks @niels9001!

General

• Fixed infinite loop issue caused by global event not being reset. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Bump CommunityToolkit.Mvvm package version to 8.2.0. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing runner lag by moving check for updates and running bug report logic to the background thread.
• Bump WinUIEx package version to 2.2. Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed issue causing Settings app crash when launching a second app process. Thanks @BLM16!
• Fixed network errors when checking for updates on virtual machines.
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers package version to 7.0.3. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility package version to 7.0.3.
• Bump System.Management package version to 7.0.2.
• Fixed issue causing PowerToys to start with Below Normal priority on startup.

ColorPicker

• Store color history in a separated file.

FancyZones

• Added feature to use middle click to toggle multiple zones spanning. Thanks @BasitAli!
• Fixed issue causing zoning not to happen until the cursor is moved.
• Improved monitor identification logic to mitigate issues causing layout reset.
• Fixed issue where default layout was applied instead of blank layout.

File Locksmith

• Added setting to show only in extended context menu.

File Explorer add-ons

• Developer files preview support for .vsconfig, .sln, .vcproj, .vbproj, .fsproj and .vcxproj files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Developer files preview support .vbs, .inf, .gitconfig, .gitattributes and .editorconfig files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Changed order of developer files preview` context menu items. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Developer files preview support for .gitignore files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed issue causing preview pane flickering on file selection and resizing. Thanks @tanchekwei!

Hosts

• Improved UX by adding keyboard shortcuts. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added setting to select the file encoding. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed parsing of commented lines with an address and host in the middle of the comment. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue on adding first entry and improve empty hosts list UI. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added logic to handle more than 9 hosts per entry (Windows limitation) by splitting them into separate entries. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

ImageResizer

• Added Enter key event handler when setting width/height of the new custom size.

Installer

• Fixed PowerToys Plugin installation. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing missing Mouse Without Borders service after upgrade. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Removed unneeded PT Run registry entries.

Mouse Without Borders

• Added Name2IP setting. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed device layout issues. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed hiding cursor at the top of the screen when "Hide mouse at the screen edge" is enabled. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed issue that was preventing OS going to sleep mode. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Remove shortcut for deprecated VKMap functionality. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @dtaylor84!
• Make MWB work without service if service doesn't start properly. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed focus issue causing "Hide mouse at the screen edge" not to work properly. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed issue causing app to hijack shortcut keys if they are only partially matched.

Peek

• Consume Ctrl+Space shortcut only if Desktop or Shell are in the foreground. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Added feature to hide window with Esc key. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added a setting to always run not-elevated (enabled by default). (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Support .vsconfig, .sln, .vcproj, .vbproj, .fsproj and .vcxproj files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed blinking issue while loading developer files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Reset preview Source on Peek window close. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Center Peek window on File Explorer activated monitor. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @SamChaps!
• Fix previewing unsupported file types by using effective pixels. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @SamChaps!
• Support .vbs, .inf, .gitconfig, .gitattributes and .editorconfig files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed memory leak by clearing generated thumbnails. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Added setting to close on focus lost. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed crash when triggering Peek with no files being selected. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed setting Peek window as a foreground window. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed race condition causing low quality preview to be displayed even if high quality preview is present. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Added support for .htm files.
• Fixed issue where title bar button colors were not update on Windows theme change.
• Added up/down arrow key item navigation. Thanks @DanWiseProgramming!
• Improved UX by defining minimum window size and adding tooltips for shown text. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed crash on previewing internet shortcuts files.
• Support previewing archive files. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

PowerToys Run

• Fixed crash caused by non thread-safe Results update.
• Fixed crash caused by missing App.Dark.png
• Code cleanup and fixed possible crash caused by missing VS Code instance in VS Code plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fix environment helper for nested environment variables. Thanks @htcfreek!

Quick Accent

• Added multiplication and division signs. Thanks @ailintom!
• Added opening exclamation mark to Catalan and Spanish language. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Added the section sign ("§", U+00A7). Thanks @EikeJoo!
• Added accent units and more additional signs. Thanks @WilkoLu!

Registry Preview

• Added setting to set the app as default app for opening .reg files. Thanks @randyrants!
• Merge settings to single folder.
• Fixed issue of saving files without truncation. Thanks @qwerty472123!

Text Extractor

• Various improvements and fixes. Thanks @TheJoeFin!

Settings

• Styling fixes for Peek and Mouse Without Borders pages. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed Mouse Without Borders machine connection status styling. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Improved Mouse Without Border page Uninstall service UX when it is inaccessible. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Updated File Explorer module screenshots and instructions to reflect the Windows 11 File Explorer. Thanks @infinitepower18!
• Modernized the app title bar and styling (Mica background material) to be inline with Windows11 guidelines....

Release v0.70.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.70.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.70.0 for full release notes.

Warning: Service mode in Mouse Without Borders might be disabled after upgrading and will need to be activated again.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.1-x64.exe	B8FD209310B9847DA3AC35C2C5A89F99CE5EA91F456D9D3595DD2840D62A1AC1
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.1-arm64.exe	9F267B7AD91E5FAE86ED5050A08A24756CE3EA9875FFCFDE195F1F4F299F0933
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.1-x64.exe	1BE4760558765EF363E12126282F1E3340A8ADFF657C5C51714F7E096F86EE50
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.1-arm64.exe	5155EA186230876EF1DA6F49DC33E40D552B2BFFA0E03F66FBA71FBEB8713594

Highlights

• #26142, #26439 and #26525 - UX improvements in the Peek and Mouse Without Borders settings pages.
• #26152 - The new PowerToys Run plugin for opening other PowerToys was missing some files in the installer and should work properly now.
• #26235 - Peek and Mouse Without Borders process crashes in event viewer should now be reported correctly on Bug Reports.
• #26150 - The Peek shortcut is now only captured if the active window is the Desktop, Explorer or Peek.
• #26192 - Users can now use the Settings to specify host name and IP correlation in Mouse Without Borders, to account for VPN scenarios.
• #24047 - Fixed a cause for possible leaks and/or infinite cycles in C# utilities that use events.
• #26137 - The Peek windows can be closed using the Escape key.
• #26181 - Created a setting for Peek to always run not elevated, so that it handles files in network shares correctly.
• #26318, #26373 and #26431 - Peek and dev file preview now support showing Visual Studio project common files and .ini compatible files.
• #26419 - Fixed a blinking issue when loading code files in Peek.
• #26160 - Fixed a playback notification that would stick when using Peek on video files.
• #26243 - Peek now tries to appear on the same monitor as the File Explorer window that triggers it.
• #26133 - Fixed small Peek UI on high DPIs.
• #26361, #26162 and #26478 - Reduced Peek memory usage and possible leaks.
• #26246 - Fixed Mouse Without Borders layout always resetting to one row after some time.
• #26366 - Added a setting to close the Peek window after it loses focus.
• #26338 - Fixed the mouse activating thumbnails on top of the screen when switching to another machine in Mouse Without Borders.
• #26470 - Fixed a silent Peek crash when trying to open it from File Explorer with no files selected.
• #26261 - Fixed an issue causing Mouse Without Borders to prevent other connected machines from going to sleep.
• #26454 - Disabled a deprecated shortcut in Mouse Without Borders that was interfering with other software.
• #26517 - Don't remove the Mouse Without Borders service on upgrade. This issue will still affect users upgrading from 0.70.0 to a newer version, but it's fixed going forward.
• #26521 - When Mouse Without Borders detects the service doesn't exist, it will still try to operate in the "no service" mode.
• #26524 - Fixed a bug causing Mouse Without Borders to click a window on the current machine when switching to another machine.
• #26259 - Added a winget-cli configuration file for PowerToys.

Release v0.70.0

In the v0.70 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.0-x64.exe	A2C45CC2EA953FF07246C85C7E106A403EAA5ED51E7C777452238EE280C9F6EA
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.0-arm64.exe	2D9591A4752EFA7603C56EBDDC9CB4F70C5E938A4EF66ADC46B72FC60779E82C
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.0-x64.exe	2DBE97E599AA4ED5363F2A15D581113BBF13035FE503D9E9ED71650B1CEE7771
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.0-arm64.exe	B0FA955D34C84F3FBF39335887F3BEB417A2094F7A06B9EEEB92B9A1000B258E

Highlights

• New utility: Mouse Without Borders enables you to interact with other computers from the same keyboard and mouse and share clipboard and files between the machines. We’ve upgraded it to .NET 7 and made a few small adjustments to fit inside the PowerToys model. Thanks @truong2d and the rest of the contributors from the Microsoft Garage!
• New utility: Peek is a utility that shows a quick preview of files selected in File Explorer when you press a shortcut (Ctrl+Space by default). Thanks @SamChaps!
• Registry preview Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @randyrants!
• Awake Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @dend!
• Mouse Jump Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @mikeclayton!

General

• New utility: Mouse Without Borders. Thanks @truong2d and other original contributors!
• New utility: Peek. Thanks @SamChaps!
• Fixed a bug causing saved settings to clear sometimes when upgrading PowerToys.
• Font, icon and corner radius adjustments in the UI across utilities. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Awake

• Update to command line output to match the arguments. Thanks @rpr69 for creating a PR to help fix this.
• Fix crash happening when setting an expiration date on time zones with a negative offset relative to UTC (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Fix missing logging file when installing (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Upgraded Awake to a new version, with Quality of Life improvements and fixing many issues regarding Awake not resetting or not keeping the computer awake when expected. Thanks @dend!

FancyZones

• Fixed accessibility issues on the Editor.

File Locksmith

• Fixed tooltips having a transparent background (This was a hotfix for 0.69).

File Explorer add-ons

• Add a Setting to select a background for the SVG Preview. Thanks @zanseb!

Installer

• Added more utilities to terminate when installing to help prevent files that sometimes are leftover from uninstall.

Keyboard Manager

• Fixed an issue causing mapping to media keys to type additional characters.

Measure Tool

• Created a setting to specify the default measure tool. Thanks @zanseb!

Mouse Jump

• Reduced dependency on WinForms utility classes. Thanks @mikeclayton!
• Improved popup responsiveness. Thanks @mikeclayton!
• Added a setting to set a custom sized window. Thanks @mikeclayton!
• Added some shortcuts for screen navigation. Thanks @mikeclayton!

Peek

• New utility: Peek. Thanks @SamChaps, who drove the effort! Many thanks for all the contributors who made it possible: @danielchau, @estebanm123, @Joanna-Zhou, @jth-ms, @miksalmon, @niels9001, @RobsonPontin, @sujessie, and @Sytta!

PowerToys Run

• Add a plugin to start other PowerToys. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added code to the Shell plugin to use Windows Terminal. Currently accessible only through manipulating the settings file directly. Thanks @phoenix172!

Quick Accent

• Added a missing character to the Welsh language.

Registry Preview

• Specify minimum size / position values for the UI (This was a hotfix for 0.69). Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixes in the UI command bar (This was a hotfix for 0.69). Thanks @randyrants!
• Fix crash on opening a file picker when running elevated (This was a hotfix for 0.69). Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixed tooltips having a transparent background (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Fixed a file size limit typo. Thanks @idma88!
• Improve hexadecimal value parsing. Thanks @randyrants!
• Added a button to open the Registry Editor at a selected key. Thanks @randyrants!
• Improve key and value parsing. Thanks @randyrants!
• Better theme support for caption bar. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fix an issue handling empty DWORD and QWORD values. Thanks @randyrants!

Settings

• Update the What's New screen to hide the installer hashes in the new format (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Fix crashes happening when using the Shortcut Control (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• The Settings window now has a minimum width. Thanks @niels9001!
• Prevent a second Settings instance from being opened on upgrade.
• Fix accessibility issues on many pages. Thanks @niels9001!

Documentation

• Fix a dead link in documentation that was pointing to the wrong settings specification. Thanks @zanseb!
• Added some missing contributors to COMMUNITY.md

Development

• Fixed the CI release pipelines hash generation (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Added per-user installers to the winget package submission script.
• Upgraded the Community Toolkit Labs dependency. Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed building with Visual Studio 17.6. Thanks @snickler!
• Upgraded the WebView 2 dependency.
• Upgraded the WinAppSDK dependency to 1.3.1.
• Fixed a typo preventing the clean up script to run. Thanks @Sajad-Lx!
• Fixed encoding on a test file to fix running tests in some configurations. Thanks @VisualBasist!
• Made the GPO release assets come named with a version in the build CI output.

Release v0.69.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.69.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.69.0 for full release notes.

Installer Hashes

Per user - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.1-x64.exe

662E4082A788DF808BFB34C8D922C8B15835632808CE8C93DB7E13D9F2B984BA

Per user - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.1-arm64.exe

CBD35E2F0DCEF16E902C6F5110224618E0E272B8AFDBA3468F7AD32978603A51

Machine wide - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.1-x64.exe

058A382779270FEFD262A55B573E0D6A8501771C7DC52F41993FC440B5DDE5FF

Machine wide - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.1-arm64.exe

02A3AFA2BB90D46BDFF93E0A6E855751455BB831A31A93A6B05DB8F0B6893E57

Highlights

• #25254 - Fixed an issue causing the Registry Preview window to adopt a size too big for the screen after opening a big file.
• #25334 - Fixed a crash on the Settings application after selecting the new "Keep awake until experiation" option of Awake on timezones with a negative offset relative to UTC.
• #25253 - Fix wrong menu and tooltip transparent background in Registry Preview.
• #25273 - Add Ctrl+S and Shift+Ctrl+S as shortcuts for saving in Registry Preview.
• #25284 - Fix Registry Preview icons on some systems.
• #25252 - Hide the installer hashes of release notes in the What's New page.
• #25398 - Add code to avoid crashes due to the recent Shortcut Control changes.
• #25250 - Fix a crash when trying to open or save a file when Registry Preview is running with administrative privileges.
• #25395 - Fix command line functionality for Awake.

Release v0.69.0

In the v0.69 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements. Early notice for v0.70, we will be releasing it later in May 2023.

Installer Hashes

Per user - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.0-x64.exe

D05FC31F137718516C1D792765AAFEC51551FC172064BC3EE170911E455053AC

Per user - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.0-arm64.exe

0B113EAF17EEEA86299DEF7F73E7AF15A9CBFB8033C7F9218E33BDA276F37727

Machine wide - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.0-x64.exe

ADE1E56DF8CC52839FBD9DB6A0BCF34E38B88AAA52544EEAD3C1BB023FDAF29A

Machine wide - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.0-arm64.exe

CF13F75F93462BE68CA3E4C90B23F3828BBCAA44E7AA987503E73652DCB9FDF8

Highlights

• New utility: Registry Preview is a utility to visualize and edit Windows Registry files. Thanks @randyrants!
• Support per-user scope installation.
• Awake: Quality-of-life improvements and introduced keeping system awake until expiration time and date. Thanks @dend!
• PowerToys Run: Fix crashing issue caused by thumbnail image loading.

General

• New utility: Registry Preview. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fix issue causing folders to not be removed on uninstall.
• Support per-user scope installation.
  • Companies can control this using the new GPO.

Awake

• Quality-of-life improvements and introduced keeping system awake until expiration time and date. Thanks @dend!

Color Picker

• Fix issue sampling timing and grid issue causing Color Picker to sample the color of its own grid. Thanks @IHorvalds!

FancyZones

• Fix window cycling on multiple monitors issue.

File Locksmith

• Add context menu icon. Thanks @htcfreek!

Mouse Utils

• Mouse Jump - Simulate mouse input event on mouse jump in addition to cursor move.
• Mouse Jump - Improve performance of screenshot generation. Thanks @mikeclayton!

Paste as Plain Text

• Support Ctrl+V as activation shortcut. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Repress modifier keys after plain paste. (This was a hotfix for 0.67) Thanks @UnderKoen!
• Set default shortcut to Ctrl+Win+Alt+V. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Update icons. Thanks @niels9001!

PowerRename

• Show PowerRename in directory background context menu.
• Fix the crash on clicking Select/UnselectAll checkbox while showing only files to be renamed.
• Improve performance on populating Renamed items when many items are being renamed.

PowerToys Run

• Add setting to disable thumbnails generation for files. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Calculator plugin - handle implied multiplication expressions. Thanks @jjavierdguezas!
• Fix Calculator plugin unit tests to respect decimal separator locale. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fix crashing caused by thumbnail image loading.
• Date & Time plugin - Add filename-compatible date & time format. Thanks @Picazsoo!
• Improved the error message shown on plugin loading error. Thanks @htcfreek!

Quick Accent

• Fix existing and add missing Hebrew and Pinyin characters. Thanks @stevenlele!

Registry Preview

• Added a new utility: Registry Preview.
• Thanks @htcfreek! for the help shipping this utility!
• Thanks @niels9001 for the help on the UI!

Video Conference Mute

• Add toolbar DPI scaling support.
• Fix selecting overlay image when Settings app is running elevated.
• Add push-to-talk (and push-to-reverse) feature. Thanks @pajawojciech!

Settings

• Fix Experiment bitmap icon rendering on theme change and bump CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.SettingsControls package version. Thanks @niels9001!
• Video Conference Mute page improvements. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Add warning that PowerToys Run might get no focus if "Use centralized keyboard hook" settings is enabled. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fix ShortcutControl issues related to keyboard input focus, theme change and missing error badge when invalid key is pressed. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Add warning when Ctrl+V and Ctrl+Shift+V is used as an activation shortcut for Paste as Plain Text. Thanks @htcfreek!

Documentation

• Update CONTRIBUTING.md with information about localization issues. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Remove localization from URLs. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Add dev docs for tools. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!

Development

• Ignore spellcheck for MouseJumpUI/MainForm.resx file. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Optimize versionAndSignCheck.ps1 script. Thanks @snickler!
• Upgraded NetAnalyzers to 7.0.1. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Move all DLL imports in Settings project to NativeMethods.cs file.
• Fix FancyZones tools build issues. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Centralize Logger used in C# projects. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Add missing project references. Thanks @ACGNnsj!