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The newest versions in the catalog, with release notes from each developer.
The newest versions in the catalog, with release notes from each developer.
Version 0.100.2
Utilities for Windows power users: window layouts, bulk rename, colour picker and more.
| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
|---|---|---|
| Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.100.2-x64.exe | 945FDF327E4D38E4CED61B0727B7AB8A1222958782982052989DDF7CB7096F62 |
| Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.100.2-arm64.exe | 5554984D72C30D5FD26355569D1CA8D63B74F0062EE4E59E0186E28216C837AE |
| Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.100.2-x64.exe | 73C04AAC8052420111FE5CDC0098EC8415D87CBDBD42DE253E9AF959781CBF9E |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.100.2-arm64.exe | E78BBE00472612FA5BF91D8B253425F674DDD21A32C96B8A120681726CFF40F0 |
This patch release fixes a Command Palette memory leak identified in v0.100.1. Check out the v0.100.1 notes for the full list of changes.
Version 0.100.1
Utilities for Windows power users: window layouts, bulk rename, colour picker and more.
| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
|---|---|---|
| Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.100.1-x64.exe | AA6D47950061A856F2A6C5FB12B331658FED930A05A739DDB4FEB95BFAC06187 |
| Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.100.1-arm64.exe | 0BE062A7B74F18B54C34F78F0DA4FD5BAEBAE896A484A1B0DD41D882848967CD |
| Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.100.1-x64.exe | 4ADEC909794AE1489CA5D48BC318E9BE6DA6F9817195AE1B8ADBB52B99C4D179 |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.100.1-arm64.exe | 4E537C7C7FA31DE6D5FA4DA6DC7479CF33E52EC28F0E2C574032BAE987A4F49B |
This patch release fixes several important stability and behavior issues identified in v0.100.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the v0.100.0 notes for the full list of changes.
??? after restart in #48682 by @giruuuujHOT FIX
Combined modulesOn Hold in the battery status in the Battery popupscan that allows to find all untranslated/unused translationsVersion 0.100.0
Utilities for Windows power users: window layouts, bulk rename, colour picker and more.
| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
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| Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.100.0-x64.exe | A5EB64B8CEEF096AAFBFC18E73312B45E9D48FC60FB16676429688468C9A08D6 |
| Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.100.0-arm64.exe | A4D7EB580A7EF36E7C98CCC84E9EBB552C9D7071DCA35B6EB395F938D03FADCF |
| Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.100.0-x64.exe | 740C01945528E453C02490921CA2BD0E399021A80CF90DCF01DB53158377D0E8 |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.100.0-arm64.exe | 19C8BD93B9A42B7FC2FF0E6F2091590F8D89B98ADEA20CC73D9023E464707B12 |
PowerToys 0.100 introduces the brand-new Shortcut Guide, a major Command Palette update with the new Extension Gallery and multi-monitor Dock support, and a wave of improvements to Power Display. We've also upgraded PowerToys to .NET 10, improved auto-update reliability, reduced installer size, and continued modernizing the app experience across the suite.
The new Shortcut Guide has been designed and built from the ground up. The new experience appears as a pane on the side of your screen and automatically detects the active application when invoked, showing the shortcuts that are relevant to what you're currently doing. In addition to app-specific shortcuts, Shortcut Guide also includes a wide range of Windows shortcuts and shortcuts from enabled PowerToys utilities. Want to see if your favorite app is supported? Check out the documentation for the current list of supported applications. If you'd like to add support for another app, we'd love your help! Feel free to open a pull request, or create an issue with a link to the app's shortcut documentation.
Big thanks to @noraa-junker all the great work on this new utility!
#40834 by @noraa-junker, #40834 by @noraa-junker
Command Palette was built with extensibility in mind. Developers can create their own extensions, distribute them through the Microsoft Store or WinGet, and build powerful experiences that help users get things done faster. One piece of feedback we've heard consistently is that discovering and installing extensions wasn't always easy. That's why we're introducing the Extension Gallery. Available directly from Command Palette Settings, the Extension Gallery makes it easy to browse, discover, install, update, and remove extensions without leaving Command Palette. Whether you're looking for new capabilities or managing existing extensions, everything is now just a few clicks away.
#46636 by @jiripolasek
The Dock has also received a major upgrade with multi-monitor support. Each monitor can now have its own independent Dock configuration, making it easy to tailor your setup for every display in your workspace. You can choose which monitors should display a Dock directly from Command Palette Settings, and the improved Pin to Dock experience now lets you choose exactly where a command should be pinned. Whether you want different tools on different screens or dedicated docks for specific workflows, configuring your setup is now more flexible than ever.
On top of that, the Performance Monitor extension has gained a new Battery widget, showing charge level, charging status, and estimated time remaining. We've also added support for pinning individual metrics such as CPU, Memory, GPU, Network, and Battery directly to the Dock.
#47870 by @Knyrps
Beyond these features, we've shipped dozens of fixes and improvements across Command Palette, including better search experiences, reliability improvements, accessibility enhancements, performance optimizations, and extension platform updates.
A huge thanks to @jiripolasek for the sustained Command Palette work across this release!
This release focuses heavily on reliability, compatibility, and monitor detection improvements. Startup is now significantly faster on many systems, monitor identification is more reliable across reboots, and monitor settings are preserved more consistently. We've also introduced a new Max Compatibility Mode for displays that don't properly advertise DDC capabilities, helping Power Display work with a wider range of monitors. Several usability improvements have landed as well. The flyout can now be dismissed using Escape, sliders support mouse wheel adjustment, and displays are automatically rescanned when your PC wakes from sleep.
This release adds support for a webcam overlay while recording, making it easier to create demos, presentations, and tutorials. We've also added support for appending multiple clips with transitions, allowing you to stitch recordings together without leaving ZoomIt.
This release, we have also focused on making the PowerToys foundations better: we've upgraded the project to .NET 10, helping us stay current with the latest platform improvements and tooling and making the overall experience faster! We've also reduced the installer footprint (by 15%), making downloads smaller and installations more efficient.
Big thanks to @snickler for driving the .NET 10 upgrade!
Auto-update has also become more reliable. PowerToys now properly relaunches after updating, provides clearer success notifications, and automatically backs up configuration files before updates so settings can be restored if corruption is detected.
As part of our ongoing modernization efforts, both Quick Accent and Workspaces have moved away from custom WPF theming libraries and now use native Fluent-inspired WPF styling. This helps them better align with the overall PowerToys experience and modern Windows design language. Workspaces in particular received a significant UX refresh, with updated typography, spacing, layout improvements, and a cleaner overall experience.
Added the Command Palette Extension Gallery so users can discover, browse, install, update, and uninstall community extensions from within Command Palette, with cached gallery data, extension details/screenshots, and WinGet status/progress integration in #46636 by @jiripolasek
Added Command Palette parameter pages so extensions can prompt for lightweight command inputs directly in the search experience, including sample pages and SDK support for parameter runs in #47826
Updated Command Palette bookmarks to collect placeholder values as inline parameters, so bookmarked commands can be filled in directly instead of opening a separate placeholders page in #47886
Improved Command Palette Extension Gallery link handling so only HTTP/HTTPS homepage, author, install, and metadata links are shown or opened from the gallery UI in #47898 by @jiripolasek
Fixed Command Palette Extension Gallery UI bindings so WinGet operation indicators continue to update correctly without build warnings in #47899 by @jiripolasek
Fixed an AOT-only Command Palette Extension Gallery crash when opening an extension page with screenshots in #48065
Updated the Command Palette extension template to use the 0.11 SDK package in #48066
Improved Command Palette accessibility so Narrator announces checkbox labels on the Installed Apps page in Extensions settings in #48135 by @chatasweetie
Added Command Palette Dock support for customizing dock bands separately per monitor, allowing multi-monitor setups to keep independent dock layouts in #46915
Added Command Palette Dock edit mode support for dragging dock bands between monitors, so pinned commands can move across per-monitor dock layouts in #47921
Added Command Palette Dock drag-and-drop bookmarking for files and URLs, immediately creating and pinning bookmarks, improving pinned folder bookmarks so they open the Command Palette browse experience in #47989
Fixed Command Palette dock context menu commands so Page commands and confirmation dialogs open the palette at the dock item when invoked from a dock item menu in #47991
Fixed Command Palette Dock band tooltips so they refresh when the item title or subtitle changes in #47557
Fixed Command Palette dock startup animations so items pinned to the End section animate consistently with Start and Center items in #48099
Fixed Command Palette dock subtitle visibility in compact mode so subtitles refresh correctly after async updates in #48088 by @michaeljolley
Fixed Command Palette hotkey navigation when the palette is showing a transient dock page in #48089 by @michaeljolley
Fixed a Command Palette dock window border that occasionally remained visible after disconnect/reconnect, by ensuring the owner HWND is set before frame removal in #48180
Improved the Command Palette Pin to Dock dialog by reordering controls so they appear above the preview, making the dialog easier to scan in #48250
Added a Battery widget to Command Palette Performance Monitor that shows live charge percentage, charging/AC status, and estimated time remaining, updating the dock-band battery icon to reflect current charge level and charging state in #47870 by @Knyrps
Added Command Palette Performance Monitor dock bands for individual metrics like CPU, memory, network, GPU, and battery when available in #47967
Fixed Command Palette Performance Monitor's CPU dock reading to use a 0–100% system CPU counter, preventing boosted CPUs from showing values above 100% in #47864 by @Knyrps
Improved Command Palette Performance Monitor network widgets by giving Send and Receive distinct up/down arrow icons and simplifying their labels in #48118
Reordered Command Palette Performance Monitor network dock bands to match Task Manager's send/receive order in #48098 by @michaeljolley
Fixed a Command Palette Performance Monitor crash when a GPU index falls outside the available range in #48103 by @michaeljolley
Fixed a Command Palette Performance Monitor settings file path collision that could cause widget settings to overwrite one another in #48251 by @namdpran8
rand() and randi() to the Command Palette Calculator and improved error messages by distinguishing invalid expressions, NaN, and out-of-range results in #47725 by @daveraymentmax(1,2) and grouped numbers are handled correctly in #47731 by @daveraymentAdded a pinned commands section to the Command Palette Home page with context-menu actions for reordering pinned commands in #45869 by @jiripolasek
Updated Command Palette Shell provider to behave more like Windows Run, improving command execution and suggestions for network paths, NTFS paths, and other edge-case paths in #47642
Improved Command Palette Window Walker by showing a loading state while open windows are queried during search in #47919
Improved Command Palette list items by limiting visible tag pills to three and showing a +N overflow badge, preventing tags from crowding out titles in #47140
Added a Command Palette All Apps setting to hide app description subtitles in search results for a cleaner list view in #47128
Fixed Command Palette back navigation so the bottom command bar refreshes immediately when returning with Esc or Backspace in #47126
Fixed Command Palette Extensions settings text so single command and fallback command counts use singular wording in #47125
Improved Command Palette extension logging by routing extension messages to info, warning, or error logs according to their reported severity in #47896
Updated Command Palette versioning to 0.11 in #47841
Added stable Command Palette automation IDs so UI testing tools can reliably target controls and generated list items across sessions in #48033
Fixed Command Palette Dock positioning when opening palette items from secondary displays, so the palette appears on the correct monitor in #48061
Updated developer documentation with steps for debugging Command Palette directly through its Visual Studio solution filter in #48108 by @Morma016
Added Command Palette Remote Desktop support for connecting to arbitrary hostnames typed into the list page, in addition to discovered connections in #48069 by @michaeljolley
Improved Command Palette result scoring by synchronising fallback title and subtitle formatting so similar items rank consistently in #48085 by @michaeljolley
Added a Command Palette "Show details" / "Hide details" toggle (with an icon) to the context menu, replacing the previous separate entries in #48140 by @chatasweetie
Fixed the LNK2038 C++/WinRT version mismatch breaking GrabAndMove on CI by adding the Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT NuGet to GrabAndMove.vcxproj so it uses the repo-pinned CppWinRT instead of whatever the Windows SDK ships in #47910
Removed the "NEW" tag from the Grab And Move entry in Settings now that the module has shipped through a full release in #48174 by @moooyo
Improved Power Display by automatically disabling the feature after a detected DDC/CI capability crash and showing a Settings warning before users re-enable it in #47734
Fixed Power Display flyout keyboard handling so pressing Escape closes the window in #48026
Improved Power Display monitor detection by rescanning displays when the screen wakes and temporarily locking controls until the refresh completes in #47876
Updated PowerToys documentation to include telemetry events for Grab And Move and Power Display in #47228
Updated Power Display localization comments so the product name remains untranslated in UI strings, including the system tray tooltip in #47351
Improved Power Display monitor discovery by distinguishing internal panels from external monitors before applying brightness controls, reducing unnecessary DDC/CI probing on built-in displays in #47740
Fixed Power Display upgrades so existing per-monitor preferences are carried forward from older monitor IDs to the current stable IDs in #47977
Added a Power Display Max compatibility mode setting that can find monitors skipped by standard DDC discovery, with an immediate rescan and warning in Settings when enabled in #47875
Improved Power Display brightness, contrast, and volume sliders by committing changes after a short debounce and allowing mouse-wheel adjustments in #47756
Fixed Power Display brightness, contrast, and volume controls on monitors whose native DDC/CI ranges are not 0-100 by scaling slider percentages correctly in #47679
Added a Power Display Settings confirmation prompt before enabling the module and improved monitor diagnostics for troubleshooting in #48111
Fixed Power Display per-monitor settings so toggles persist across restarts, monitor reordering, and transient discovery failures in #47712
Added a built-in Power Display monitor blacklist so known problematic displays are skipped during DDC/CI discovery and reported in logs instead of being probed in #48051
Fixed a Power Display false-positive crash detection when the host process exits cooperatively, so the safety lockout no longer triggers on clean shutdowns in #48173 by @moooyo
Removed the "NEW" tag from the Power Display entry in Settings now that the module has shipped through a full release in #48174 by @moooyo
Reworked the Power Display warning dialog with clearer messaging, distinct warning kinds, and a dedicated dialog view-model so users get more actionable guidance after a DDC/CI issue in #48249
sqrt(-1)) instead of throwing during decimal conversion in #47506 by @MardSilvaAdded Image Resizer size preset validation so empty or whitespace names are ignored, keeping presets named and easier to understand in #45425
Fixed the Settings UI resource list by removing a duplicate Quick Accent Greek Polytonic language entry, allowing Settings builds to complete cleanly in #48054
Improved Settings UI with refreshed PowerToys imagery, constrained OOBE/SCOOBE layouts, and cleaner General settings controls and icons in #48024
Fixed the Settings “No shortcuts to show” empty-state message so it displays with a single period in #47287 by @daverayment
Updated Grab And Move settings localization guidance so the Korean translation for “Activation modifier key” uses the feature activation meaning instead of product activation wording in #47352
Fixed the Quick Access flyout shortcut editor so clicking Reset no longer crashes PowerToys Settings and leaves the shortcut empty cleanly in #47407
Fixed PowerToys auto-update so it now actually relaunches after install with a 'successfully updated' toast, backs up all JSON configs before updating with restore on detected corruption, and defaults AutoDownloadUpdates to true for fresh installs in #46889
Renamed the OOBE overview "Learn" link label to "Documentation" so the call-to-action is clearer to first-time users in #48155
Fixed Shortcut Guide key visuals to show readable key names instead of raw numeric key codes, while preserving arrow key glyph behavior in #48037 by @noraa-junker
Improved Shortcut Guide V2 reliability and accuracy by showing the configured shortcut, including additional PowerToys module shortcuts, matching app manifests correctly, and exiting cleanly from Esc or the close button in #48043 by @noraa-junker
Added Shortcut Guide V2, a redesigned shortcut reference with built-in manifests for Windows, PowerToys, and common apps, plus taskbar/context-aware navigation and updated Settings, OOBE, docs, and installer support in #40834 by @noraa-junker
Renamed the Settings UI module label from "Shortcut Guide V2" to "Shortcut Guide" now that V2 is the only shipping version in #48151
Fixed a Shortcut Guide V2 crash that occurred when the per-app Manifests directory was missing or unreadable, by treating the directory as empty in that case in #48171 by @MuyuanMS
Reworded the Shortcut Guide module and OOBE descriptions so they better explain what V2 does and how to invoke it in #48248
gabime/spdlog@616866fc), replacing the polyfill shim and removing the in-tree src/logging/ wrapper in #48039deps/expected-lite) since the code path that used it had already been switched to std::expected, leaving PowerToys fully submodule-free in #48159 by @DHowettsrc/modules/cmdpal/doc/ so the spec lives alongside the generated API code that consumes it in #48160volumeAvailableCapacityForImportantUsageKey. (#3249)Desktop widgets not showing the data to the FAQ section in the README.mdHOT FIX
Full Changelog: v0.95...v0.96
Version 0.99.1
Utilities for Windows power users: window layouts, bulk rename, colour picker and more.
| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
|---|---|---|
| Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.1-x64.exe | CAD34AA632251CFB9BDA1D6FE70E0BD5C150AC6FEC7AFB0BA179DF90413430CD |
| Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.1-arm64.exe | 7BD4C3E66D64339C40DD42EC58DE8F25E2B81ECD90C45F0AD95247024F508705 |
| Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.1-x64.exe | 29210F756B93DC1871694FC2A6BE89AB0BC76227F66FFBA0F5A80F408E576CDD |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.1-arm64.exe | 64B2B06FE83F2F287EAFED4DE445C88CFCA6C9CAE14C718FD31E4D57EAEFB3DF |
This patch release fixes several important stability and behavior issues identified in v0.99.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the v0.99.0 notes for the full list of changes.
DockSettings deserialized from settings.json in #47296G key would be blocked, or Game Bar would be activated, when the modifier was set to Win key in #47326Version 0.99.0
Utilities for Windows power users: window layouts, bulk rename, colour picker and more.
| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
|---|---|---|
| Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.0-x64.exe | 1E3586A2ECD454B86FE61C44B003E0027FCC24DCB5135958B73D04A58285618C |
| Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.0-arm64.exe | 2BCA2A1EDB0077FAF752DDE95C8D02A0A7A70F8E5128F43EA58432BBBE4E3C62 |
| Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.0-x64.exe | 47D193F77A99FFB606A5E7132B0736BB0FB86BED6F30D68C4269DBDD6928C0AF |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.0-arm64.exe | B9E9CDDBFE17F785A1A05420636AD716A323FC26B8D55D3B554879BB1F0BF2E8 |
PowerToys 0.99 introduces Power Display for controlling your monitors from the system tray, Grab And Move for quickly moving and resizing windows, and a wave of improvements to Command Palette and the Dock, along with updates across the utility suite.
This release introduces Grab And Move, a new utility that lets you drag and resize windows without having to target the title bar or window edges. Hold Alt + Left Click anywhere on a window to drag it, or Alt + Right Click to resize it from wherever your cursor is. For users who already use Alt as a system modifier, you can now choose to use the Win key instead.
Grab And Move is ideal for large monitors or windows that have moved off-screen, and it integrates with the existing Settings experience including GPO policy support, an OOBE page, and a modifier-agnostic configuration UI.
#47024 by @foxmsft
Meet Power Display, a new utility that lets you control your hardware monitors right from the system tray. Once enabled, you can open the flyout from the tray icon or a configurable shortcut to quickly access your connected monitors. Power Display automatically detects your displays and, if supported, lets you adjust settings like volume, brightness, contrast, and color profile. No more reaching for those hard to find buttons on the back of your screen!
You can also create profiles to quickly switch between different setups with a single click. Profiles can be configured in Settings and will appear directly in the flyout for easy access.
Lastly, Power Display profiles can now be automatically switched with Light Switch. In the Light Switch settings, you can select a profile as an action, making it easy to adjust your monitor settings based on the current light or dark theme.
This release brings a large set of fixes and improvements to Command Palette and the Dock. Alongside a wide range of performance and stability improvements, this release also introduces new capabilities, including support for plain text and image viewer content types for extensions, making it possible to display raw text and zoomable images directly in the content pane, as well as a persistent calculator history with options to save, reuse, delete, and clear entries, plus a configurable primary action and the ability to replace the query on enter.
We've also made several improvements to the Dock experience. You can now choose to keep the Dock always on top of other windows. When the Dock is positioned at the top or bottom of the screen, a new Compact mode is available, offering a more condensed layout that hides the subtitle!
Pinning has also been improved. When you pin a command from Command Palette, a new dialog lets you choose where it appears in the Dock and whether to show or hide the title and subtitle.
This release also fixes two separate typing-crash scenarios, hardens extension loading so one faulty extension no longer takes down the whole list, improves indexer search with filename broadening and Windows Search availability indicators, and adds Windows Terminal profile pinning with per-profile icons.
Massive thanks to @jiripolasek for the sustained Command Palette work across this release!
In the last release, we introduced a new Keyboard Manager Editor that makes it easier to create and manage remappings. In this release, we are refining that experience further. You can now manually tweak recorded keys. After recording a remapping, each key becomes a dropdown, allowing you to adjust it or select keys that may not exist on your physical keyboard.
We also added a new action called Disabled, which lets you quickly disable specific keys or shortcuts.
We also fixed an important issue with multi line text replacement, significantly improving reliability in chat apps and plain text editors.
ZoomIt also brings several enhancements to productivity and capture workflows. You can now take scrolling screenshots, making it easier to capture long pages or content that extends beyond the visible screen. We've also added text extraction directly when snipping, so you can quickly grab and reuse text without extra steps. In addition, the break timer has been improved with a new screen saver mode, helping you step away and take breaks more effectively.
Version 0.18.1
Sketch hand-drawn style diagrams in the browser and draw together in real time.
Security patch release for @excalidraw/excalidraw@0.18.x, addressing upstream Mermaid XSS vulnerability CVE-2025-54881 / GHSA-7rqq-prvp-x9jh.
@excalidraw/mermaid-to-excalidraw to 2.2.2@types/d3-dispatch for compatibility with the 0.18.x TypeScript version