PowerToys v0.78.0

Highlights​

• New languages added: Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Hebrew, Persian and Ukrainian. We are going to assume we have some bugs. We want to identify & fix them and are open for community help.
• Many dependencies updated, aiming for security and stability.
• Fixed commonly reported PowerToys Run startup crashes after an upgrade.
• New settings and GPO policies to help control behavior after an upgrade. Thanks @htcfreek!

General​

• Added Arabic (Saudi Arabia) translation.
• Added Hebrew translation.
• Added Persian translation.
• Added Ukrainian translation.
• Improved the file watcher used across many utilities to consume less resources. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

AlwaysOnTop​

• Fixed an invisible border issue when the border color was set to the black color.
• Added the AlwayOnTop icon to the base application executable. Thanks @ckirby19!

Command Not Found​

• Signed the PowerShell scripts used by the Command Not Found installation process.

File Explorer add-ons​

• Fixed an issue causing SVG Thumbnail generation to hang when trying to preview SVG files at the same time.

File Locksmith​

• Improved the context menu entry caption. Thanks @niels9001!

Find My Mouse​

• Added more settings to tune shake detection when activating through mouse shake.

Hosts File Editor​

• Added a feature to duplicate an entry. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Installer​

• Included the new languages localization files in the installer.

Image Resizer​

• Improved the context menu entry caption. Thanks @niels9001!

Peek​

• Added a missing tooltip for the file size. Thanks @HydroH!

PowerRename​

• Improved and added localization to the context menu entry caption. Thanks @niels9001!

PowerToys Run​

• Removed references to unused settings from the code, which were causing crashes on some machines. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed an issue causing a scrollbar to be out of view. Thanks @niels9001!
• Added logic to try and detect running games to full screen detection. Thanks @anaisbetts!
• Added support for converting negative values in the Unit Converter plugin. Thanks @Dub1shu!
• Fixed stale results in the Visual Studio Code Workspaces plugin by checking if files still exist. Thanks @anderspk!
• Fixed an activation crash that occurred after 0.77 on some configurations.
• Fixed a startup crash that occurred when saving the new version of settings after an upgrade.
• You can now calculate bigger hexadecimal numbers in the Calculator plugin.
• The "max results to show before scrolling" setting can now also be applied to the initial plugin hint listing.

Quick Accent​

• Added the ellipses character to all languages. Thanks @HydroH!
• Added an option to not activate when playing a game. Thanks @HydroH!
• Added the E with breve and pilcrow characters to all languages. Thanks @PesBandi!

Settings​

• Removed the Command Not Found listing from the Settings dashboard and flyout, since it can't really be enabled or disabled from there.
• Added a settings and GPO rule to disable opening the What's New OOBE page after an update. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Added a settings and GPO rule to disable toast notifications about new updates being available. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed an issue causing the Settings window to not be brought to the foreground after activating through the system tray icon.
• Standardized accent brush and corner radius on the dashboard page.
• Improved UI and messages for GPO locked settings. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed an issue causing the OOBE window to maximize and hide the system taskbar.
• Reworked the update settings in the General page. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Tweaked UI for the update settings in the General page. Thanks @niels9001!
• Updated the modules images in the Settings and OOBE screens. Thanks @niels9001!
• Updated OOBE descriptions to take into account the changes in context menu captions. Thanks @niels9001!

Documentation​

• Added Spotify plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks @waaverecords!
• Added InputTyper and ClipboardManager plugins to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks @CoreyHayward!
• Added CurrencyConverter plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks @Advaith3600!
• Updated and cleaned up the new PowerToys plugin checklist documentation. Thanks @Parvezkhan0 and @hlaueriksson!
• Added a documentation page to describe status code colors for Mouse Without Borders. Thanks @ckirby19!

Development​

• Fixed dependency issues on upgrading .NET from 8.0.0 to 8.0.1.
• Upgraded Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool from .NET 5 to .NET 8.
• Upgraded the Windows SDK Build Tools to 10.0.22621.2428.
• Upgraded the Windows Implementation Library to 1.0.231216.1.
• Upgraded NLog.Schema to 5.2.8 and NLog.Extensions.Logging to 5.3.8.
• Upgraded Markdig.Signed to 0.34.0.
• Upgraded Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk to 17.8.
• Upgraded CommunityToolkit.WinUI dependencies to 8.0.240109.
• Upgraded CommunityToolkit.Mvvm to 8.2.2. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Upgraded Windows App SDK to 1.4.4. Thanks @snickler!
• Upgraded WPFUI version to 3.0.0-preview.13. Thanks @niels9001!
• Upgraded StyleCop.Analyzers to 1.2.0-beta.556. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Upgraded Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility to 8.0.1.
• Upgraded System.Data.SqlClient to 4.8.6.
• Consolidate XAML Namespaces across the solutions. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Removed the toolkit labs package source reference, since the controls we were using made it to the generally available community toolkit.
• Added Microsoft.MSBuildCache to experiment with build caching to reduce pipeline runs duration. Thanks @dfederm!
• Configured the release CI to follow the latest 1ES pipeline release version again.
• Removed the copyright year from assembly information. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Added the Command Not Found entry to the GitHub templates.
• Removed unused code for a GPO policy to control auto updating of PowerToys. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Improved code behind for getting the localization of context menu entries.
• Locked some terms in resource files to avoid localization.

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. Thanks @carlos-zamora!
• Keyboard manager does not register low level hook if there are no remappings anymore.
• Added support for QOI file type in Peek. Thanks @pedrolamas!
• Added support for loading 3rd-party plugins with additional dependencies in PowerToys Run. Thanks @coreyH!

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. Thanks @PesBandi!
• 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. Thanks @carlos-zamora!

Environment Variables​

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

FancyZones​

• Fixed snapping specific apps (e.g. 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. Thanks @quyenvsp!
• 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. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added QOI file type support. Thanks @pedrolamas!

PowerToys 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. Thanks @niels9001!
• UI improvements and ability to show/hide plugins overview panel. Thanks @niels9001!
• Allow interaction with plugin hints. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Switch to WPF-UI theme manager. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing 3rd party plugin's dependencies dll not being loaded properly. Thanks @coreyH!
• Added configurable font sizes. Thanks @niels9001!
• Changed the text color of plugin hints to improve the contrast when light theme is used. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fix scientific notation errors in Calculator plugin. Thanks @viggyd!
• Add URI/URL features to Value generator plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!

Quick Accent​

• Moved Greek specific characters from All language set to Greek. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Add more mathematical symbols. Thanks @kevinfu2!

Settings​

• Fixed exception occurring on theme change.
• Fix "What's new" icon. Thanks @niels9001!
• Remove obsolete UI Font icon properties. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• OOBE UI improvements. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• XAML Binding improvements. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Fixed crash caused by ThemeListener constructor exceptions.

Documentation​

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

Development​

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

Highlights​

• #30357 - Fixed issue causing Wpf apps to crash or report error dialogs by using latest WPF-UI package version.
• #30370 - Workaround for WebView2 based preview and thumbnail handlers issue caused by WebView2 runtime latest update.

Highlights​

• #30148 - Fixed issue causing FancyZones not to be able to zone specific apps (e.g. Facebook messenger).
• #30224 - Fixed results list height when changing maximum number of results to be shown setting for PowerToys Run.
• #30225 - Fixed WPF apps crash caused by SystemThemeWatcher.
• #30228 - Fixed loading .lnk files icons in PowerToys Run.
• #30237 - Fixed PowerToys Run theme setting.
• #30251 - Fixed suggestion text margin when text direction is right to left in PowerToys Run.

Highlights​

• Upgrade to .NET 8. Thanks @snickler!
• Keyboard Manager can now remap keys and shortcuts to send sequences of unicode text.
• Modernized the Keyboard Manager Editor UI. Thanks @dillydylann!
• Modernized the PowerToys Run, Quick Accent and Text Extractor UIs. Thanks @niels9001!
• New File Explorer Add-ons: QOI image Preview Handler and Thumbnail Provider. Thanks @pedrolamas!

General​

• Updated the WebView 2 dependency to 1.0.2088.41. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed unreadable color brushes used across WinUI3 applications for improved accessibility. Thanks @niels9001!
• Flyouts used across WinUI3 applications are no longer constrained to the application's bounds. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Upgraded the WPF-UI dependency to preview.9 and then preview.11. Thanks @niels9001 and @pomianowski!
• Upgraded to .NET 8. Thanks @snickler!
• Updated the WinAppSDK dependency to 1.4.3.

Awake​

• Added localization to the tray icon context menu.

Crop And Lock​

• Fixed restoring windows that were reparented while maximized.

Environment Variables​

• Fixed crash caused by WinAppSDK version bump by replacing ListView elements with ItemsControl.

FancyZones​

• Reverted a change that caused some applications, like the Windows Calculator, to not snap correctly. (This was a hotfix for 0.75)
• FancyZones Editor will no longer apply a layout to the current monitor after editing it.
• Fixed and refactored the code that detected if a window can be snapped. Added tests to it with known application window styles to avoid regressions in the future.

File Explorer add-ons​

• Solved an issue incorrectly detecting encoding when previewing code files preview.
• Fixed the background color for Gcode preview handler on dark theme. Thanks @pedrolamas!
• New utilities: Preview Handler and Thumbnail Provider for QOI image files. Thanks @pedrolamas!
• GCode Thumbnails are now in the 32 bit ARGB format. Thanks @pedrolamas!
• Added the perceived type to SVG and QOI file thumbnails. Thanks @pedrolamas!

GPO​

• Added the missing Environment Variables utility policy to the .admx and .adml files. (This was a hotfix for 0.75)
• Fixed some typos and text improvements in the .adml file. Thanks @htcfreek!

Hosts File Editor​

• Added a proper warning when the hosts file is read-only and a button to make it writable. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Image Resizer​

• Fixed a WPF-UI issue regarding the application's background brushes. Thanks @niels9001!

Installer​

• Included the Text Extractor and Awake localization files in the install process.

Keyboard Manager​

• Modernized the UI with the Fluent design. Thanks @dillydylann!
• Added the feature to remap keys and shortcuts to arbitrary unicode text sequences.

Mouse Without Borders​

• Removed Thread.Suspend calls when exiting the utility. That call is deprecated, unneeded and was causing a silent crash.

Peek​

• Added the possibility to pause/resume videos with the space bar. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed high CPU usage when idle before initializing the main window. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Implemented Ctrl+W as a shortcut to close Peek. Thanks @Physalis2!
• Solved an issue incorrectly detecting encoding when previewing code files.
• Fixed background issues when peeking into HTML files after the WebView 2 upgrade.

PowerToys Run​

• Moved to WPF-UI and redesigned according to Fluent UX principles. Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed an issue causing 3rd party plugins to not have their custom settings correctly initialized with default values. (This was a hotfix for 0.75) Thanks @waaverecords!
• Fixed a crash in the VSCode plugin when the VSCode path had trailing backspaces. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed a crash when trying to load invalid image icons.
• Fixed a crash in the Programs plugin when getting images for some .lnk files.
• Fixed a rare startup initialization error and removed cold start operations that were no longer needed. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Improved calculations for Windows File Time and Unix Epoch Time in the DateTime plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed a crash when trying to get the icon for a link that pointed to no file.
• Cleaned up code in the WindowWalker plugin improving the logic. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Quick Accent​

• Moved from ModernWPF to WPF-UI. Thanks @niels9001!
• Added support to the Finnish language character set. Thanks @davidtlascelles!
• Added currency symbols for Croatian, Gaeilge, Gàidhlig and Welsh. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Added a missing Latin letter ꝡ. Thanks @cubedhuang!
• Added fraction characters. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Added support to the Danish language character set. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Added the Kazakhstani Tenge character to the Currencies characters set. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Renamed Slovakian to Slovak, which is the correct term. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Added the Greek language character set. Thanks @mcbabo!

Settings​

• When clicking a module's name on the Dashboard, it will navigate to that module's page.
• Fixed the clipping of information in the Backup and Restore section of the General Settings page. Thanks @niels9001!
• Updated the File Explorer Add-ons fluent icon. Thanks @niels9001!
• Added a warning when trying to set a shortcut that might conflict with "Alt Gr" key combinations.
• Added a direct link to the OOBE's "What's New page" from the main Settings window. Thanks @iakrayna!
• Changed mentions from Microsoft Docs to Microsoft Learn.
• Fixed the slow reaction to system theme changes.

Text Extractor​

• Move to WPF-UI, localization and light theme support. Thanks @niels9001!
• Disabled by default on Windows 11, with a information box on Settings to prefer using the Windows Snipping Tool, which now supports OCR.

Documentation​

• Fixed some typos in the README. Thanks @Asymtode712!
• Reworked the gpo docs on learn.microsoft.com, adding .admx, registry and Intune information. Thanks @htcfreek!

Development​

• Updated the check-spelling ci action to 0.22. Thanks @jsoref!
• Refactored the modules data model used between the Settings Dashboard and Flyout.
• Fixed a flaky interop test that was causing automated CI to hang occasionally.
• Increased the WebView 2 loading timeout to reduce flakiness in those tests. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added support for building with the Dev Drive CopyOnWrite feature, increasing build speed. Thanks @pedrolamas!
• Addressed the C# static analyzers suggestions. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Addressed the C++ static analyzers suggestions.
• PRs that only contain Markdown or text files changes no longer trigger the full CI. Thanks @snickler!
• Updated the Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT to 2.0.4 to fix building with the official Visual Studio 17.8 release.
• Fixed new code quality issues caught by the official Visual Studio 17.8 release.
• Added a bot trigger to point contributors to the main new contribution issue on GitHub. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Removed unneeded entries from expect.txt.
• Turned off a new feature from Visual Studio that was adding the commit hash to the binary files Product Version.
• Refactored and reviewed the spellcheck entries into different files. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Added Spectre mitigation and SHA256 hash creation for some DLLs.
• Reverted the release pipeline template to a previous release that's stable for shipping PowerToys.

Highlights​

• #29491 - The generalization of a fix for snapping popup windows was causing many applications to not be snappable by FancyZones. We're reverted that change for this patch and we'll investigate a better fix for a future release.
• #29465 - We've recently included more ways for PowerToys Run plugin developers to include different data types as additional options for their plugins, but these were not being initialized correctly. Now they should be working. Thanks @waaverecords!

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 to allow building in Visual Studio 17.8 Preview 4.

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.

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!

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!