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The newest release of Microsoft PowerToys also brings control to rounded corners in Windows 11 in the FancyZones PowerToy as well as a bunch of bug fixes for other toys and spelling corrections.
This patch release fixes a few major issues that cause a 100% CPU spike with the PowerToys Run toy, and also fixes some issues with the Always on Top losing its status, defeating its purpose, & more.
It has been almost a month since Microsoft released a major version of PowerToys, and this time around the release includes no new features, instead there are stability fixes and improvements.
Microsoft has released a patch for last weeks PowerToys 0.56.1 which fixes a FancyZones Template layout reset bug. A few other bugs relating to Find my mouse and Run were also fixed.
.NET Framework dependency has now been removed, paving the way for a fully ARM64 native experience. Also added to this release, Child and Popup window support for FancyZones, and more.
Just over a week ago, Microsoft released the 0.55.1 patch to fix issues that came up with 0.55.0, but now Microsoft has had to release 0.55.2 to address an installer bug with .NET 5 runtime installer.
PowerToys 0.55.0 was released just two days ago, however a few bugs were discovered, one of which made it not possible to run PowerToys as an Administrator, as well as Mouse crosshair bugs.
Three new PowerToys utilities have been introduced in today's release. Crosshair over pointer, Developer files for preview pane, and STL file format thumbnail and preview pane generation.
PowerToys 0.53.1 was released just under a week ago, however a few bugs were discovered, one of which caused the program to crash when running PowerToys Run, thanks to a duplicate naming.
In its first release of the year Microsoft has added tools and continued efforts to improve on the installer. This release includes over 100 fixes and there's a new Always on Top keyboard shortcut.
Two major bugs got fixed which saw FancyZones failing to start on both Windows 10 and 11, as well as a bug where older plugins failed to update properly and therefore wouldn't start.
Microsoft has released v0.51.0 that continues to improve existing PowerToys and add new ones, aside from the presentation mode helper, they have been working to improve Always on Top too.
Microsoft has released a new stable build of PowerToys that adds back the Video Conference Mute tool, and PowerRename's UI is getting an overhaul as well as other tweaks and fixes.
Two weeks after releasing 0.47 which re-introduced the highly requested 'Shortcut Guide' via holding the Win key, Microsoft has released a minor update for stability fixes based on user feedback.
Just over two weeks after releasing the experimental 0.46 version, Microsoft has now released 0.47 which re-introduces the highly requested 'Shortcut Guide' via holding the Win key.
A premature listing for PowerToys recently appeared in the Microsoft Store for Windows 11. However, it reportedly downloads an installer that is then responsible for installing the utility.
Alongside the stable releases of Microsoft PowerToys, there's also an Experimental release once in a while, this is mainly to test new utilities that are being added to the mix, like today.
PowerToys version 0.45.0 is out today and it packs a tons of bug fixes and stability updates. It is also headlined by a new settings menu which utilizes Fluent UX to bring it in line with Windows 11.
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Microsoft has updated PowerToys with a new feature that will prevent your PC from going to sleep. Apart from that, the new update also includes the usual bug fixes and general improvements.
Microsoft has released a minor PowerToys patch, bumping it up to version 0.37.2. The release brings bug fixes for Power Renamer and a fix for an event handle leak in the Keyboard manager tool.
Microsoft has released PowerToys version 0.33.1 that brings a bunch of new features such as a new first load walkthrough experience, improvements to most tools, and a bunch of bug fixes.
Microsoft has released two versions of PowerToys, with version 0.21.1 bringing a bunch of fixes and improvements to current tools, and version 0.22 adding a new video conference mute feature.
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.20 that brings a new Color Picker feature for picking HEX or RGB values of any color on the screen. The release also fixes many bugs and improves performance.
Microsoft has released a minor update to the PowerToys tool that brings a few fixes for FancyZones and PowerToys Run. The release also brings stability improvements and bumps up the version to 0.19.1.
At Build 2020, Microsoft announced new updates for PowerToys and pushed v0.18 update to the users. Today the tech giant has released another update for PowerToys that aims to address bugs in the app.
A week ago, Microsoft released its first update of PowerToys after three months. However, bugs slipped into that release and the hotfix that followed. Now we're up to version 0.15.2.
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