Highlights$$$#40314 - File Explorer add-ons: Fixed bug where Preview didnt work with per-user installation$$$#40392 - Command Palette: Fixed regression where the apps extension was missing all Win32 applications$$$#40401 - Command Palette: Fixed regression where we reset the app state every time it was loaded

Highlights$$$PowerToys settings now has a toggle for the system tray icon; giving users control over its visibility based on personal preference. Thanks @BLM16!$$$Command Palette now has Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compatibility for all first-party extensions; improved extensibility; and core UX fixes; resulting in better performance and stability across commands.$$$Color Picker now has customizable mouse button actions; enabling more personalized workflows by assigning functions to left; right; and middle clicks. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Bug Report Tool now has a faster and clearer reporting process; with progress indicators; improved compression; auto-cleanup of old trace logs; and inclusion of MSIX installer logs for more efficient diagnostics.$$$File Explorer add-ons now have improved rendering stability; resolving issues with PDF previews; blank thumbnails; and text file crashes during file browsing.$$$Color Picker$$$Added mouse button actions so you can choose what left; right; or middle click does. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Crop & Lock$$$Aligned window styling with current Windows theme for a cleaner look. Thanks @sadirano!$$$Command Palette$$$Enhanced performance by resolving a regression in page loading.$$$Applied consistent hotkey handling across all Command Palette commands for a smoother user experience.$$$Improved graceful closing of Command Palette. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Fixed consistency issue for extensions alias with Direct setting and enabled localization for Direct and Indirect for better user understanding. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Improved visual clarity by styling critical context items correctly.$$$Automatically focused the field when only one is present on the content page.$$$Improved stability and efficiency when loading file icons in SDK ThumbnailHelper.cs by removing unnecessary operations. Thanks @OldUser101!$$$Enhanced details view with commands implementation. (See Extension sample)$$$Command Palette extensions$$$Added Copy Path command to App search results for convenience. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Improved Calculator input experience by ignoring leading equal signs. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Corrected input handling in the Calculator extension to avoid showing errors for input with only leading whitespace.$$$Improved New Extension wizard by validating names to prevent namespace errors.$$$Ensured consistent context items display for the Run extension between fallback and top-level results.$$$Fixed missing Time & Date commands in fallback results. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed outdated results in the Time & Date extension. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed an issue where Web Search always opened Microsoft Edge instead of the users default browser on Windows 11 24H2 and later. Thanks @RuggMatt!$$$Improved ordering of Windows Settings extension search results from alphabetical to relevance-based for quicker access.$$$Added Restart Windows Explorer command to the Windows System Commands provider for gracefully terminate and relaunch explorer. Thanks @jiripolasek!$$$Command Palette Ahead-of-Time (AOT) readiness$$$We’ve made foundational changes to prepare the Command Palette for future Ahead-of-Time (AOT) publishing. This includes replacing the calculator library with ExprTk; improving COM object handling; refining Win32 interop; and correcting trimming behavior—all to ensure compatibility; performance; and reliability under AOT constraints. All first-party extensions are now AOT-compatible. These improvements lay the groundwork for publishing Command Palette as an AOT application in the next release.$$$Special thanks to @Sergio0694 for guidance on making COM APIs AOT-compatible; @jtschuster for fixing COM object handling; @ArashPartow from ExprTk for integration suggestions; and @tian-lt from the Windows Calculator team for valuable suggestion throughout the migration journey and review.$$$As part of the upcoming release; we’re also enabling AOT compatibility for key dependencies; including markdown rendering; Adaptive Cards; internal log

Highlights$$$PowerToys settings now has a toggle for the system tray icon; giving users control over its visibility based on personal preference. Thanks @BLM16!$$$Command Palette now has Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compatibility for all first-party extensions; improved extensibility; and core UX fixes; resulting in better performance and stability across commands.$$$Color Picker now has customizable mouse button actions; enabling more personalized workflows by assigning functions to left; right; and middle clicks. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Bug Report Tool now has a faster and clearer reporting process; with progress indicators; improved compression; auto-cleanup of old trace logs; and inclusion of MSIX installer logs for more efficient diagnostics.$$$File Explorer add-ons now have improved rendering stability; resolving issues with PDF previews; blank thumbnails; and text file crashes during file browsing.$$$Color Picker$$$Added mouse button actions so you can choose what left; right; or middle click does. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Crop & Lock$$$Aligned window styling with current Windows theme for a cleaner look. Thanks @sadirano!$$$Command Palette$$$Enhanced performance by resolving a regression in page loading.$$$Applied consistent hotkey handling across all Command Palette commands for a smoother user experience.$$$Improved graceful closing of Command Palette. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Fixed consistency issue for extensions alias with Direct setting and enabled localization for Direct and Indirect for better user understanding. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Improved visual clarity by styling critical context items correctly.$$$Automatically focused the field when only one is present on the content page.$$$Improved stability and efficiency when loading file icons in SDK ThumbnailHelper.cs by removing unnecessary operations. Thanks @OldUser101!$$$Enhanced details view with commands implementation. (See Extension sample)$$$Command Palette extensions$$$Added Copy Path command to App search results for convenience. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Improved Calculator input experience by ignoring leading equal signs. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Corrected input handling in the Calculator extension to avoid showing errors for input with only leading whitespace.$$$Improved New Extension wizard by validating names to prevent namespace errors.$$$Ensured consistent context items display for the Run extension between fallback and top-level results.$$$Fixed missing Time & Date commands in fallback results. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed outdated results in the Time & Date extension. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed an issue where Web Search always opened Microsoft Edge instead of the users default browser on Windows 11 24H2 and later. Thanks @RuggMatt!$$$Improved ordering of Windows Settings extension search results from alphabetical to relevance-based for quicker access.$$$Added Restart Windows Explorer command to the Windows System Commands provider for gracefully terminate and relaunch explorer. Thanks @jiripolasek!$$$Command Palette Ahead-of-Time (AOT) readiness$$$We’ve made foundational changes to prepare the Command Palette for future Ahead-of-Time (AOT) publishing. This includes replacing the calculator library with ExprTk; improving COM object handling; refining Win32 interop; and correcting trimming behavior—all to ensure compatibility; performance; and reliability under AOT constraints. All first-party extensions are now AOT-compatible. These improvements lay the groundwork for publishing Command Palette as an AOT application in the next release.$$$Special thanks to @Sergio0694 for guidance on making COM APIs AOT-compatible; @jtschuster for fixing COM object handling; @ArashPartow from ExprTk for integration suggestions; and @tian-lt from the Windows Calculator team for valuable suggestion throughout the migration journey and review.$$$As part of the upcoming release; we’re also enabling AOT compatibility for key dependencies; including markdown rendering; Adaptive Cards; internal log

Highlights$$$#Command Palette: Fixed regression where it ran as admin instead of the current user when PowerToys was elevated; also resolved extension launch failures occurring only in admin mode.$$$#Workspaces: Fixed regression where command-line options support was expected but missing when launching classic Win32 apps (e.g. Edge; Chrome).$$$#Quick Accent: Fixed regression requiring activation key to be held simultaneously with the key during the Input delays period for accent selection; instead; only the key needs to be held after activation.

Highlights$$$#Command Palette: Fixed regression where it ran as admin instead of the current user when PowerToys was elevated; also resolved extension launch failures occurring only in admin mode.$$$#Workspaces: Fixed regression where command-line options support was expected but missing when launching classic Win32 apps (e.g. Edge; Chrome).$$$#Quick Accent: Fixed regression requiring activation key to be held simultaneously with the key during the Input delays period for accent selection; instead; only the key needs to be held after activation.

Highlights$$$We focused on greatly improving Command Palettes performance and fixing a large amount of bugs. Some new features weve added are:$$$Added the ability for Command Palette to search any file using a fallback command.$$$Added the ability to make the Command Palette global hotkey a low-level keyboard hook.$$$Added open URL fallback command for the WebSearch extension; enabling users to directly open URLs in the browser from Command Palette.$$$You can now define custom formats in the Date and Time plugins of PT Run and Command Palette. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Advanced Paste$$$Fixed an issue where Advanced Paste failed to create the OCR engine for certain English language tags (e.g.; en-CA) by initializing the OCR engine with the user profile language. Thanks @cryolithic!$$$Color Picker$$$Fixed an issue where a resource leak caused hangs or crashes by properly disposing of the Graphics object. Thanks @dcog989!$$$Fixed an issue where Color Picker exited on Backspace keypress by ensuring it only closes when focused and aligning Escape/Backspace behavior. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Added support for Oklab and Oklch color formats in Color Picker. Thanks @lemonyte!$$$Command Not Found$$$Updated the WinGet Command Not Found script to only enable the experimental features if they actually exist.

Highlights$$$#38422 - Fixed an issue where v0.90 couldnt be installed from WinGet.$$$#38440 - Fixed an issue where Command Palette wouldnt launch when WinGet wasnt present.$$$#38460 - Fixed a crash when launching Command Palette as administrator.$$$#38531 - Fixed an issue where Command Palette was attempting to install dependencies that already existed.$$$#38676 - Updated .NET package to 9.0.4;

Highlights$$$New module: Command Palette (CmdPal) - Created as the evolution of PowerToys Run with extensibility at the forefront; Command Palette is a quick launcher with a richer display and additional capabilities without sacrificing performance; allowing you to start anything with the shortcut Win+Alt+Space! Thanks @zadjii-msft; @niels9001; @joadoumie; @plante-msft; @ethanfangg and @krschau!$$$Enhanced the Color Picker by switching from WPF UI to .NET WPF; resulting in improved themes and visual consistency across different modes. Thanks @mantaionut! Thanks @Jay-o-Way and @niels9001 for helping with the review!$$$Added the ability to delete files directly from Peek; enhancing file management efficiency. Thanks @daverayment and thanks @htcfreek for the review!$$$Added support for variables in template filenames; enabling dynamic elements like date components and environment variables for enhanced customization in New+. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Color Picker$$$Replaced WPF UI with .NET WPF for the Color Picker; enhancing compatibility and improving theme support. Thanks @mantaionut! Thanks @Jay-o-Way and @niels9001 for helping with the review!$$$Command Palette$$$Introduced the Windows Command Palette (CmdPal); the next iteration of PowerToys Run; designed with extensibility at its core. CmdPal includes features such as searching for installed apps; shell commands; files and WinGet package installation. This module aims to provide a more powerful and flexible launcher experience. Thanks @zadjii-msft; @niels9001; @joadoumie; @plante-msft; and the whole team!$$$FancyZones$$$Fixed a bug where deleting a layout resulted in incorrect data being written to the JSON file.$$$Fixed a bug where layout hotkeys were displayed incorrectly; ensuring the hotkey list does not include invalid entries.$$$Fixed an issue where the None option was missing in the editor layout.$$$Image Resizer$$$Fixed warnings in ImageResizer regarding the use of variables shellItem and itemName without being initialized.$$$Mouse Without Borders$$$Enhanced the logger to properly track the file path for easier debugging.$$$Refactored the Common class into distinct individual classes to enhance maintainability; and updated all references and unit tests to reflect these changes. Thanks @mikeclayton for this!$$$New+$$$Added support for variables in template filenames; including date/time components; parent folder name; and environment variables. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Peek$$$Added the ability to delete the file currently being previewed in Peek; including navigation updates and handling for deleted items. Thanks @daverayment and thanks @htcfreek for your help reviewing this!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Fixed an issue where duplicated applications were shown by ensuring the shell link helper opens .ink files non-exclusively and correctly retrieves the FullPath. Thanks @htcfreek and @davidegiacometti for review!$$$Fixed an issue where applying round corners on Windows 11 build 22000 caused crashes.$$$Async the OnRename method to unblock the thread. Thanks @davidegiacometti for review!$$$Added support for using sq instead of ^2 in the Unit Converter. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Settings$$$Disabled the spell check feature in the text boxes of plugin settings for PowerToys Run. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed an issue where InfoBars for release notes errors were not displayed properly; and added a retry button. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Workspaces$$$Fixed an issue where some minimized packaged apps (e.g.; Microsoft ToDo; Settings) were not snapshotted.$$$Documentation$$$Added the FirefoxBookmark plugin to the list of Third-Party plugins for PowerToys Run. Thanks @8LWXpg!$$$Added the SVGL third-party plugin to PowerToys Run; enabling users to search; browse; and copy SVG logos. Thanks @SameerJS6!$$$Added Monaco usage for the Registry Preview.$$$Development$$$Updated WinGet configuration file location and extension. Thanks @mdanish-kh!$$$Removed the Markdown file bypass to ensure CI runs for commits that only upd

Highlights$$$Enhanced Advanced Paste by adding media transcoding support to convert different video and audio file formats! Thanks @snickler for your help!$$$Fixed crashes when loading thumbnails after the .NET 9 update and resolved PowerLauncher blocking other MSI installers from creating shortcuts!$$$Fixed accessibility issues across FancyZones; Image Resizer; and Settings to improve screen reader support and clarity!$$$Enhanced UI automation framework across modules and added new tests to cover manual checks; with more improvements coming!$$$General$$$Fixed an issue where updating PowerToys on Windows 11 did not properly update context menu entries; impacting New+; PowerRename; Image Resizer; and File Locksmith.$$$Updated .NET Packages from 9.0.1 to 9.0.2. Thanks @snickler for this.$$$Enabled compatibility with VS17.3 and later; for C++23. Thanks @LNKLEO for this.

In the v0.88 release cycle; we focused on new features; stability; and improvements.$$$Highlights$$$New utility: ZoomIt - a screen zoom; annotation; and recording tool for technical presentations and demos. This utility from Sysinternals has had its source code released and included in PowerToys. ZoomIt will still continue to be updated and shipped by Sysinternals for users who prefer to have it as a standalone utility outside of PowerToys. Thanks @markrussinovich; @foxmsft and @johnstep for contributing the original code and reviewing the PowerToys integration!$$$Video Conference Mute has been deprecated and was removed from PowerToys.$$$.Net 9.0.1 fixed many issue in WPF; improving stability for PowerToys Run.$$$General$$$Applied a workaround for the Windows App SDK applications title bar override that was causing accent color to not be shown on the top bar of applications on Windows 10. Thanks @pingzing!$$$Improved the admin application running notification checking logic to be less demanding on resources. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Fixed an issue causing many utilities to crash when the GPO to disable data diagnostics was applied.$$$Advanced Paste$$$Fixed a crash when the application was exiting. (This was a hotfix for 0.87)$$$Added a Json format validation step to verify if a conversion to Json should be applied.$$$Fixed accessibility issues when using a screen reader.$$$Added support for all BitmapDecoder supported image file types to the Image to Text functionality. Thanks @daverayment!$$$Fixed an issue causing Advanced Paste initialization errors to hang the PowerToys main process.$$$FancyZones$$$Removed Workspaces Editor from the exclusions list so it can be snapped by FancyZones.$$$Keyboard Manager$$$Added an option to make a shortcut remapping only trigger with exact modifiers.$$$Monaco Preview$$$Added support for .resx and .resw files in Peek and File Explorer add-ons. Thanks @asif4318!$$$Added a setting to make the code minimap toggle-able in Peek and File Explorer add-ons. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Fixed an issue causing Json format preview setting to not be applied correctly.$$$Fixed an issue causing the wrong Monaco assets to be used at runtime.$$$Mouse Without Borders$$$Fixed an issue causing clipboard to stop working after going through a UAC screen when using the Service mode. Thanks @YDKK!$$$New+$$$Fixed an issue causing New+ to override the New file or folder creation from the File Explorer Ribbon buttons or keyboard shortcuts on Windows 10.$$$When creating file or folders through a template; they should now have the current time as the last modified date. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Peek$$$Fixed an issue causing Peek to not appear if it was previously minimized. Thanks @asif4318!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Fixed a transparent border issue on Windows 10. (This was a hotfix for 0.87)$$$Fixed a crash in the OneNote plugin after the .Net 9 update. (This was a hotfix for 0.87)$$$Fixed an issue causing the Calculator plugin to return division by zero errors when dividing by hexadecimal numbers. Thanks @plante-msft!$$$Updated the Calculator plugin Mages library to 3.0.0 and added support for the random integer function. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Improved handling of non-base 10 numbers to add support for binary and octal numbers in the Calculator plugin. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Added a setting to enable selection of which units to use for trigonometric functions. Thanks @OldUser101!$$$Fixed a .NET 9 regression causing the PowerToys Run dialog to not be draggable. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Added context menu buttons for the VS Code Workspaces plugin; for copying the path; opening in File Explorer or in Console. Thanks @programming-with-ia!$$$Added some telemetry to gather data on which hotkey is used to trigger PowerToys Run.$$$Removed the workarounds that were in place to fix some WPF issues that were fixed in .NET 9.0.1.$$$Fixed a typo in the Value Generator plugin messages. Thanks @OldUser101!$$$Quick Accent$$$Added the c character to the Slovenian character set. Thanks @dsokli

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.87.0 we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.87.0 for full release notes.$$$Highlights$$$#36391 - Fixed an issue causing PowerToys Run to not have borders on Windows 10.$$$#36417 - Fixed a crash when using the PowerToys Run OneNote plugin caused by the .NET 9 upgrade.$$$#36428 - Fixed a crash when cleaning out Advanced Paste resources on exit.

Highlights$$$Advanced Paste has a new feature called Advanced AI that uses Semantic Kernel to allow setting up the orchestration of sequential clipboard transformations.$$$Workspaces supports Progressive Web Applications.$$$Workspaces has a new feature to move existing windows instead of creating new ones.$$$Mouse Jump added new settings to allow customization of screens pop-up. Thanks @mikeclayton!$$$New+ now works on Windows 10. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Quick Accent allows selecting the character sets that should appear on the UI. Thanks @Sirozha1337!$$$Advanced Paste$$$Added a new optional feature allowing using AI to set up the orchestration of sequential clipboard transformations.$$$Awake$$$Initialization; logging and tray icon setup improvements. Thanks @dend!$$$File Explorer add-ons$$$Preview Pane extensions now use the PerMonitorV2 DPI mode to fix errors on different scales. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Keyboard Manager.$$$Added labels to the IME On; IME Off keys. Thanks @kit494way!$$$Fixed an issue that caused the Shift key to remain stuck if a numpad key was mapped to the Shift key.$$$Monaco Preview$$$Added support for .ahk files to be shown as a plaintext file in Peek and File Explorer add-ons. Thanks @daverayment!$$$Added support for .ion files to be shown as a plaintext file in Peek and File Explorer add-ons. Thanks @octastylos-pseudodipteros!$$$Added support for syntax highlighting for .srt files in Peek and File Explorer add-ons. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Mouse Jump$$$Allow customizing the appearance of the UI of the Mouse Jump pop-up. Thanks @mikeclayton!$$$New+$$$Added support for Windows 10. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Fixed an issue causing the renaming of new files to not trigger some times. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Updated the New+ icons. Thanks @niels9001!$$$Peek$$$Peek now checks local capabilities to decide what image formats Image Previewer is able to support. Thanks @daverayment!$$$Fixed an issue causing the Code Files Previewer to not load correctly under certain conditions. Thanks @daverayment!$$$Refactored; improved and fixed logging when loading the user settings file. Thanks @daverayment!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Added a scoring function for proper ordering of the WindowWalker plugin results. Thanks @andbartol!$$$Added UUIDv7 support to the ValueGenerator plugin. Thanks @frederik-hoeft!$$$The calculator plugin now allows scientific notation numbers with a lowercase e. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Ported the UI from WPF-UI to .NET 9 WPF; to fix Desktop composition is disabled crashes.$$$Quick Accent$$$Added a setting to allow selecting which character sets to show. Thanks @Sirozha1337!$$$Screen Ruler$$$Added a Setting to also allow showing measurements in inches; centimeters or millimeters. Thanks @Sophanatprime!$$$Settings$$$Fixed an issue causing all the links to milestones in the Whats new? OOBE page to point to the same milestone.$$$Removed extra space from the Welcome page. Thanks @agarwalishita!$$$Updated left navigation bar icons. Thanks @niels9001!$$$Fixed accessibility issues in the dashboard page. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Workspaces$$$Added support for Progressive Web Applications to Workspaces.$$$Implemented a feature to move existing windows instead of creating new ones.$$$Fixed a crash when opening the workspaces editor that was caused by passing incorrect encoder parameters when saving Bitmap files.$$$Workspaces editor position is now saved so that we can start it at the same position when we open it again.$$$Fixed an issue causing many instances of the same application to be put in the same position instead of the intended position due to timer issues.$$$Fixed detection of exact application version when many versions of the same application are installed.$$$Documentation$$$Improved language in CONTRIBUTE.md. Thanks @sanskaarz!$$$Added Bilibili plugin mention to thirdPartyRunPlugins.md. Thanks @Whuihuan!$$$Added CanIUse and TailwindCSS plugins mention to thirdPartyRunPlugins.md. Thanks @skttl!$$$Added HttpStatusCodes plugin mention to thirdPartyRunPlugins.md.

Highlights$$$Advanced Paste has new abilities: Image to text; and paste to file (text / png / html).$$$In settings; weve adjusted the left navigation to group the utilities. As the number of utilities shipped with PowerToys keeps growing; we felt this was a needed adjustment. Thanks everyone for your feedback!$$$Workspaces received many bug fixes; including the proper launching of many instances of the same application in the same workspace. Note; we are still actively looking at how to properly handle PWA detection.$$$Weve added a telemetry opt-in option in the Settings General tab. As it is off-by-default; we encourage users to turn it on as that helps direct our development efforts and their journeys. More information about the data we collect can be found in the PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation and what each event does.$$$General$$$Added a setting for telemetry opt-in (off by default; however; see above for why we encourage you to opt-in!) and user controls to view data.$$$Improved exception logging by adding the type of Exception and InnerException. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Advanced Paste$$$Added new built-in actions: Image to text; and paste txt; png or html as a file.$$$Mouse Jump$$$Refactored the common classes into a separate project. Thanks @mikeclayton!$$$Brought back the telemetry events that were deleted across previous refactoring efforts.$$$Mouse Without Borders$$$Refactored the Logger common classes. Thanks @mikeclayton!$$$New+$$$Fixed the telemetry event for when the modules is enabled or disabled. (This was a hotfix for 0.85)$$$Fixed bug when creating folders or files that contain Unicode characters. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Fixed bug when the name of a new folder collided with an already existing folder. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Updated the New+ icons to the fluent style.$$$Peek$$$Folder preview enumeration of size and number of files is now more responsive and faster. Thanks @daverayment!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Handled a culture not found error when checking for right-to-left languages.$$$Fixed the WebSearch plugin results title being trimmed in the UI. Thanks @octastylos-pseudodipteros!$$$The Unit Converter plugin will now show more significant digits. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Improved error handling when copying to the clipboard results in an error. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Quick Accent$$$Added support for the Serbian Cyrillic character set. Thanks @Sirozha1337!$$$Registry Preview$$$Adopted the Monaco Editor as the UI text editor. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Settings$$$Fixed a crash when trying to access a non-existing templates folder from the New+ page. (This was a hotfix for 0.85)$$$Added a navigation tree to group utilities in the left navigation menu.$$$Sorted the list of languages in the language selection combo box in the General tab. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Fixed the state of the info bar about templates not being backed up to not close and react to the modules enabled state in the New+ page. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed a crash caused by a dangling thread.$$$Clicking a notification about there being an update available should now correctly open the Settings application in the General tab.$$$Fixed a UI freeze when trying to access the Diagnostic Data Viewer files. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Workspaces$$$Fixed launching the incorrect workspace when launching many workspaces quickly through shortcuts. (This was a hotfix for 0.85)$$$Fixed launching many instances of the same application in a workspace.$$$Fixed a crash when a previously captured monitor ID no longer existed.$$$Fixed an issue causing the wrong coordinates to be saved for minimized applications.$$$Fixed an issue causing a crash when stress testing workspace launching.$$$Fixed application launching when UAC is off and every application always runs elevated.$$$Documentation$$$Added HackMD plugin mention to thirdPartyRunPlugins.md. Thanks @8LWXpg!$$$Added SSH plugin mention to thirdPartyRunPlugins.md. Thanks @8LWXpg!$$$Added the Data and Privacy documentation to the repo.$$$Development$$$Fixed the

Release v0.85.1 Latest$$$Highlights$$$#35188 - Fixed an issue causing Workspaces to launch the wrong project through a shortcut.$$$#35228 - Fixed a crash when opening the New+ templates folder through the Settings application.

Release v0.85.0 Latest$$$Highlights$$$New utility: New+ - allows setting a personalized set of templates to quickly create files and folders from a File Explorer context menu. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Language selection - its now possible to select which UI language should be used by PowerToys utilities.$$$Lots of quality fixes for Workspaces; improving the number of supported applications.$$$Reduced Peek memory usage by fixing image leaks. Thanks @daverayment!$$$General$$$Added a general setting to select which UI language should be used in PowerToys utilities.$$$Fixed internal code of some policies for Group Policy Objects; that were reading registry entries using the wrong internal functions; and structured code better to avoid future mistakes of the same kind. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Advanced Paste$$$Fixed some telemetry calls to signal Advanced Paste activation on the cases where a direct shortcut is being used without showing the UI.$$$User-defined custom actions can only be used with AI turned on; so custom actions were disabled on Settings when AI is disabled and were hidden from the Advanced Paste UI.$$$Awake$$$Fixed tray icon behaviors; not appearing and showing incorrect time. Thanks @dend!$$$Environment Variables Editor$$$Added the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH; _NT_ALT_SYMBOL_PATH and _NT_SYMCACHE_PATH as variables that are shown as lists. Thanks @chwarr!$$$FancyZones$$$Allow snapping applications that were launched by Workspaces.$$$File Locksmith$$$Fixed an issue causing File Locksmith to be triggered by unrelated verbs in the context menu.$$$Mouse Pointer Crosshairs$$$Allow crosshairs radius to be 0 pixels. Thanks @octastylos-pseudodipteros!$$$New+$$$New utility - Allows setting a personalized set of templates to quickly create files and folders from a File Explorer context menu. Thanks @cgaarden!$$$Added missing entry for New+ policy state reporting in the Bug Report tool. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Added a policy for enabling/disabling whether filename extensions should be shown. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Peek$$$Properly show files modified date instead of creation date in the file previewer. Thanks @daverayment!$$$Fixed memory leak caused by unmanaged bitmap images not being freed. Thanks @daverayment!$$$Fixed an issue causing Peek to not be displayed the first time when using a preview handler to display files. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Prevent tooltip in file previewer from overlapping with title bar controls. Thanks @daverayment!$$$Fixed memory leaks in thumbnails and refactored image previewer. Thanks @daverayment!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Improved the message boxes to be more specific when PowerToys Run failed to initialize itself or any plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Use capital letters when showing degree results in the Unit Converter plugin. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Quick Accent$$$Add the Middle Eastern Romanization character set. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Add the degree sign; integral and vertical ellipsis when All Languages is selected. Thanks @rddunphy!$$$Settings$$$Fixed the link to the Workspaces documentation. (This was a hotfix for 0.84)$$$Fixed flyout issues after the Windows App SDK upgrade. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Fixed initialization for the New+ settings page. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed enabled state of a control on the New+ settings page if the module is enabled by policy. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed a crash when cancelling the template folder selection in the New+ settings page.$$$Workspaces$$$Fixed detecting and snapping applications like Discord. (This was a hotfix for 0.84)$$$Fixed detecting and snapping applications like Steam. (This was a hotfix for 0.84)$$$Fixed button visibility in the UI. (This was a hotfix for 0.84)$$$Fixed an issue launching the wrong project when the editor was closed without saving or cancelling a new project.$$$Properly handle repositioning windows running as administrator.$$$Properly handle cases where the monitor where a workspace was saved is no longer present.$$$Fixed the workspace launcher restarting itself in a loop without success.$$$Proper

Release v0.84.1 Latest$$$@ethanfangg ethanfangg released this 14 hours ago$$$ v0.84.1 $$$ 9591d75 $$$This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.84.0 we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.84.0 for full release notes.$$$$$$Highlights$$$#34558 - Fixed an issue causing Workspaces not correctly detecting popular applications like Discord or Steam.$$$#34556 - Improved UI to more clearly show button outlines in the Workspaces Editor.$$$#34588 - Fixed a broken link in Workspaces OOBE page.$$$$$$

Highlights$$$New utility: PowerToys Workspaces - this utility can launch a set of applications to a custom layout and configuration on the desktop. App arrangements can be saved as a workspace and then relaunched with one click from the Workspaces Editor or from a desktop shortcut. In the editor; app configuration can be customized using CLI arguments and launch as admin modifiers; and app window sizes and positions can be updated as desired. This is our first public version of Workspaces and we are excited for you to try it out for yourself! Make sure to file issues you encounter on our GitHub so the team can continue to improve the utility.$$$Known issues - the team is actively working on fixing these:$$$Apps that launch as admin are unable to be repositioned to the desired layout.$$$Border of Remove / Add Back app button in editor is not clearly visible on light themes.$$$Added Awake --use-parent-pid CLI argument to attach to parent process. Thanks @dend!$$$Added custom actions - user-specified pre-defined prompts for the AI model. Additionally; actions (both standard and custom) are now searchable from prompt box and Ctrl + number in-app shortcuts are now applicable for first 9 search results.$$$Ported all C++/CX code to C++/WinRT as part of a refactor and upgrade series aimed at enabling AOT (Ahead of Time) compilation for enhanced performance and reduced disk footprint.$$$General$$$Added DSC support for ImageResizer resize sizes property.$$$Advanced Paste$$$Added custom actions - user-specified pre-defined prompts for the AI model. Additionally; actions (both standard and custom) are now searchable from prompt box and Ctrl + number in-app shortcuts are now applicable for first 9 search results.$$$Awake$$$Added --use-parent-pid CLI argument to attach to parent process and fixed issue causing tray icon to disappear. Thanks @dend!$$$Hosts File Editor$$$Fixed save failure when the hosts file is hidden. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$File Explorer add-ons$$$Fixed multiple preview form positioning issues causing floating; detached windows; CoreWebView2 related exception and process leak. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Keyboard Manager$$$Convert RemapBufferRow to a struct with descriptive field names. Thanks @masaru-iritani!$$$Fixed issue causing stuck Ctrl key when shortcuts contain AltGr key.$$$Peek$$$Added long paths support. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Quick Accent$$$Moved number superscripts and subscripts from Portuguese to all languages definition. Thanks @octastylos-pseudodipteros!$$$PowerRename$$$Updated the tooltip text of the replace box info button. Thanks @Agnibaan!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Fixed window positioning on start-up introduced in 0.83.$$$Improved default web browser detection. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Fixed volume ounces conversion to support both imperial and metric. Thanks @GhostVaibhav!$$$Fixed thread-safety issue causing results not to be shown on first launch.$$$Screen Ruler$$$Added multiple measurements support for all measuring tools.$$$Settings$$$Improved disabled animations InfoBar in Find My Mouse page. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Workspaces$$$New utility: PowerToys Workspaces - this utility can launch a set of applications to a custom layout and configuration on the desktop. App arrangements can be saved as a workspace and then relaunched with one click from the Workspaces Editor or from a desktop shortcut. In the editor; app configuration can be customized using CLI arguments and launch as admin modifiers; and app window sizes and positions can be updated as desired. This is our first public version of Workspaces and we are excited for you to try it out for yourself! Make sure to file issues you encounter on our GitHub so the team can continue to improve the utility.$$$Documentation$$$Added ChatGPTPowerToys plugin mention to thirdPartyRunPlugins.md. Thanks @ferraridavide!$$$Development$$$Ported all C++/CX code to C++/WinRT.$$$Moved Version.props import to Directory.Build.props.$$$Extracted self-containment related .csproj prope

Release v0.82.0 Latest$$$@ethanfangg ethanfangg released this last week$$$ v0.82.0$$$ 3b7adbe $$$In the v0.82 release cycle; we focused on stability and improvements.$$$$$$Installer Hashes$$$DescriptiontFilenametsha256 hash$$$Per user - x64tPowerToysUserSetup-0.82.0-x64t295E2A4622C7E347D3E1BAEA6B36BECC328B566496678F1F87DE3F8A12A7F89A$$$Per user - ARM64tPowerToysUserSetup-0.82.0-arm64t55D25D068C6148F0A15C7806B9F813224ABA9C461943F42BB2A8B0E22D28240C$$$Machine wide - x64tPowerToysSetup-0.82.0-x64t01B59C00BB43C25BEFEF274755875717AB4DEAB57C0354AB96CF5B1DA4837C9A$$$Machine wide - ARM64tPowerToysSetup-0.82.0-arm64t1F642B50962516127793C4D3556BF4FC24B9738BAC2F362CAA3BFF8B0C3AF97F$$$Highlights$$$New feature added to PowerRename to allow using sequences of random characters and UUIDs when renaming files. Thanks @jhirvioja!$$$Improvements in the Paste As JSON feature to better handle other CSV delimiters and converting from ini files. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed UI issues that were reported after upgrading to WPF UI on Color Picker and PowerToys Run.$$$Bug fixes and stability.$$$Advanced Paste$$$Fixed an issue causing external applications triggering Advanced Paste. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)$$$Added a GPO rule to disallow using online models in Advanced Paste. (This was a hotfix for 0.81)$$$Improved CSV delimiter handling and plain text parsing for the Paste as JSON feature. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Added support to convert from ini in the Paste as JSON feature. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Fixed a memory leak caused by images not being properly cleaned out from clipboard history.$$$Added an option to hide the UI when it loses focus. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Improved telemetry to get better data about token usage and if clipboard history is a popular feature. Thanks @craigloewen-msft!$$$Color Picker$$$Fixed the opaque background corners in the picker that were introduced after the upgrade to WPFUI.$$$Developer Files Preview (Monaco)$$$Improved the syntax highlight for .gitignore files. Thanks @PesBandi!$$$Checking for the sticky scroll option in code behind was being done twice. Removed one of the checks. Thanks @downarowiczd!$$$Environment Variables Editor$$$Added clarity to the UI section tooltips. Thanks @anson-poon!$$$File Explorer add-ons$$$Fixed a crash when the preview handlers received a 64-bit handle from the OS. Thanks @z4pf1sh!$$$Fixed a crash when trying to update window bounds and File Explorer already disposed the preview.$$$Find My Mouse$$$Added the option to have to use the Windows + Control keys to activate. Thanks @Gentoli!$$$Hosts File Editor$$$Improved spacing definitions in the UI so that hosts name are not hidden when resizing and icons are well aligned. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Changed the additional lines dialog to show the horizontal scrollbar instead of wrapping contents. Thanks @htcfreek!$$$Improved the duplication checks logic to improve performance and take into account features that were introduced after it. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Installer$$$Fixed the remaining install failures when the folders the DSC module is to be installed in isnt accessible by the WiX installer for user scope installations.$$$Fixed an issue causing ARM 64 uninstall process to not correctly finding powershell 7 to run uninstall scripts.$$$Peek$$$Prevent activating Peek when the user is renaming a file. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Added support to preview special folders like Recycle Bin and My PC instead of throwing an error.$$$Fixed a crash caused by double releasing a COM object from the module interface.$$$Power Rename$$$Improved apostrophe character handling for the Capitalize and Titlecase renaming flags. Thanks @anthonymonforte!$$$Added a feature to allow using sequences of random characters or UUIDs when renaming files. Thanks @jhirvioja!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Improved the plugin descriptions for consistency in the UI. Thanks @HydroH!$$$Fixed UI scaling for different dpi scenarios.$$$Fixed crash on a racing condition when updating UWP icon paths in the Program plugin.

Release v0.81.1 Latest$$$@crutkas crutkas released this 2 days ago$$$ v0.81.1$$$ d0d2f3c $$$This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.81.0 we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.81.0 for full release notes.$$$$$$Highlights$$$#32971 - Fixed Advanced Paste was being triggered by some external software when some of the hotkeys were not set. Slacks tray icon was the most common example in the issues that were opened.$$$#32947 - Added a GPO rule for Advanced Paste to disable AI online models usage and prevent users from entering the API key.$$$#33006 - Improved descriptions on Advanced Paste Settings and OOBE pages to clarify that usage of AI is opt-in and that it can be used without AI.$$$#32945 - Fixed the Advanced Paste settings page UX showing that it could enable/disable clipboard history when that feature is not allowed by GPO.$$$#30206 - Fixed PowerToys Run showing the accent color on the title bar when that option is turned on in Windows Settings.

Release v0.81.0 Latest$$$@ethanfangg ethanfangg released this 19 hours ago$$$ v0.81.0$$$ 483f7aa$$$In the v0.81 release cycle; we focused on stability; improvements and new features.$$$$$$Installer Hashes$$$DescriptiontFilenametsha256 hash$$$Per user - x64tPowerToysUserSetup-0.81.0-x64tE62B1EE81954A75355C04E7567B1C9AAD6034AA0C61AD22587F8746D0DC488C8$$$Per user - ARM64tPowerToysUserSetup-0.81.0-arm64t75330A2DB4F9EF9B548B3B58F8BF3262C8C67E680042639BBBBC87EA244F24E2$$$Machine wide - x64tPowerToysSetup-0.81.0-x64t29F151B01FE3C94D4FD75F2D6E8F09A6C0F0962385B83A5A733F6717312F639D$$$Machine wide - ARM64tPowerToysSetup-0.81.0-arm64tFCE636220E1FB854771258D9558E07B7532728AD4C722A7920338DEE60DEECF7$$$Highlights$$$New utility: Advanced Paste; an AI powered tool to convert your clipboard content into another format. Thanks @craigloewen-msft for the core functionality and @niels9001 for the UI/UX design!$$$Command Not Found now uses the PowerShell Gallery release and now supports ARM64. Thanks @carlos-zamora!$$$Fixed most accessibility issues opened after the latest accessibility review.$$$Refactored; packaged and released the main Environment Variables Editor; Hosts File Editor and Registry Preview utilities functionality as controls to be integrated into DevHome. Thanks @dabhattimsft for validating and integrating into DevHome!$$$General$$$Fixed crashes on older CPUS by updating .NET to 8.0.4. (This was a hotfix for 0.80)$$$Advanced Paste$$$New utility: Advanced Paste; an AI powered tool to convert your clipboard content into another format. Thanks @craigloewen-msft for the core functionality and @niels9001 for the UI/UX design!$$$AlwaysOnTop$$$Enable border anti-aliasing. Thanks @ewancg!$$$Color Picker$$$Improved accessibility by making the Settings and Copy to clipboard buttons focusable.$$$Improved accessibility by supporting picking a color using the keyboard.

Release v0.80.1 Latest$$$This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.80.0 we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.80.0 (https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.80.0) for full release notes.$$$$$$Highlights$$$#32315 - Updated .NET to 8.0.4 to fix crashes on the startup of many utilities when running on older CPUs.$$$#32341 - Fixed install failures that occurred when the folders we want to install the DSC module in arent accessible by the WiX installer.$$$#31708 - Fixed Keyboard Manager Editor crashes on startup when Visual C++ Redistributable was not installed.$$$#32352 - Fixed Text Extractor settings page not opening when pressing the button directly in the utilitys overlay.

Highlights$$$New feature: Keyboard Manager allows mapping shortcuts to start applications or opening URIs. Thanks @jefflord!$$$New feature: Keyboard Manager allows shortcuts with chords. Thanks @jefflord!$$$Modernized Color Picker with Fluent UX. Thanks @niels9001!$$$Peek now is able to preview drives. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$File Locksmith has now an entry in the Windows 11 tier 1 context menu.$$$General$$$Refactored code so that English is used as a fallback language when a localized resource cannot be found.$$$Awake$$$The setting now reverts to Keep using the current power plan after Awake deactivates itself after any of the timed modes has expired.$$$Color Picker$$$Now uses WPFUI and the UI was updated to follow Fluent UX principles. Thanks @niels9001!$$$Added enable and disable telemetry to align it with the other utilities.$$$Command Not Found$$$Added telemetry for when a module instance is created in PowerShell.$$$FancyZones$$$Fixed a memory leak occurring on work area changes.$$$File Explorer add-ons$$$Added support to the .ksh; .zsh; .bsh and .env file types to Monaco previewer. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!$$$Re-enabled the RendererAppContainer feature in WebView2; since the associated crash has been fixed in the latest WebView2 releases.$$$File Locksmith$$$Added as an entry in the Windows 11 tier 1 context menu.$$$Hosts File Editor$$$Tweaked filter button style to indicate if filters are applied.$$$Added an error indicator to each input field to indicate why a new entry cant be created.$$$Added an in-line delete button for each entry.$$$Image Resizer$$$Units and resize modes are now localized.$$$Tweaked and improved UI. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!$$$Keyboard Manager$$$Added a feature that allows remapping a shortcut to starting an application. Thanks @jefflord!$$$Added a feature that allows remapping a shortcut to open a URI. Thanks @jefflord!$$$Added chords to shortcuts. Thanks @jefflord!$$$Send telemetry about the key/shortcut to key/shortcut remappings that are set. This doesnt include remap to text; application or URI since those might contain personal information.$$$Added telemetry to send a daily event that at least a key/shortcut to key/shortcut remapping was used.$$$Tweaked and fixed the chords code to better follow conventions when trying to call the same chord multiple times.$$$Mouse Without Borders$$$Fixed an issue causing the target path string to be corrupted when registering as a service.$$$Paste as Plain Text$$$Prevent the start menu from activating when the Windows key is part of the activation shortcut and is released sooner.$$$Peek$$$Fixed a title bar issue after maximizing Peeks window. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Fixed a crash when trying to use Peek in File Explorer alternatives.$$$Added a previewer for drives. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$The folder previewer will now asynchronously calculate size; similar to the Properties screen in File Explorer. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Added support to the .ksh; .zsh; .bsh and .env file types to Monaco previewer. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!$$$PowerRename$$$PowerRename context menu accelerator key readded.$$$Tweaked PowerRename apply button style. Thanks @niels9001!$$$PowerToys Run$$$Fixed an issue causing win32 application icons to not appear correctly in the Programs plugin.$$$Unified phrasing in the plugin descriptions.$$$Fixed an issue causing the PowerToys Run plugin settings to be cleared with each upgrade.$$$Fixed an issue causing VSCodeWorkspaces plugin to not find WSL workspaces.$$$Fixed results tooltip closing fast. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Improved the Registry plugin tooltip spacing. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Allow pressing = to replace the query with the current result when using the calculator plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!$$$Optimized the code that gathers results from the plugin to reduce CPU consumption.$$$Optimized memory usage in the Window Walker plugin.$$$Fixed crashes and improved error handling when saving json configuration files.$$$The Program plugin will now correctly get the icon for a new

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$$$Removed the Command Not Found listing from the Settings dashboard and flyout; since it cant really be enabled or disabled from there.$$$Added a settings and GPO rule to disable opening the Whats 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

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!$$$Fixed issue causing 3rd party plugins dependencies dll not being loaded properly. Thanks @coreyH!$$$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.$$$Fix Whats new icon. Thanks @niels9001!$$$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

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.76.1 we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.76.0 and v0.76.1 for full release notes.$$$$$$Highlights$$$#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.

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.75.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.75.0 for full release notes.$$$$$$2023/11/02 update: The GroupPolicyObjectsFiles-0.75.1.zip file was updated to be based on the d105d67b34fa5958b1a23fdfd1c0ffd209db15af commit; including the policy definitions for controlling the Environment Variables Editor enabled state.

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.