📢 Microsoft PowerToys v0.59.0 adds several new improvements

How to download Microsoft PowerToys v0.59.0

• PowerToysSetup-0.59.0-arm64.exe
  81.4 MB
  
• PowerToysSetup-0.59.0-x64.exe
  86 MB
  
• Symbols-arm64.zip
  136 MB
  
• Symbols-x64.zip
  142 MB
  
• Source code (zip)
  
  
• Source code (tar.gz)
  
  

What's new and improved in PowerToys 0.59.0

General

• Some typos were fixed.

ARM64

• ARM64 support now fully added!
• Fixed PowerRename to work on ARM64.
• Fixed File Explorer tools to work on ARM64.
• Made changes for the installer projects to build ARM64 installers.
• Configured the CI and Release pipelines to build for ARM64.
• Added ARM64 build status to the README.

Always on Top

• Fixed an issue where the borders where sticking around when a window was minimized with Win+D.

FancyZones

• Fixed a bug that was consuming CPU cycles when the default layout was set.
• Fixed a bug where apps were not opened in their last known zones due to Virtual Desktop ID changes.
• Fixed a bug that was snapping popup menus opened by applications.
• Fixed a bug causing windows not to be snapped under some configurations.

Image Resizer

• No longer tries to change metadata on files that were not actually resized. Thanks @adamchilders!

File explorer add-ons

• Fixed a bug where modules depending on WebView2 would be limited to opening files smaller than 2 MB. Now the resulting html is generated into a temporary file before presenting it.
• Add a viewBox attribute to svg files that don't have one so that the preview tries to show the whole image.
• Remove scrollbar that was showing when rendering svg thumbnails.

Keyboard Manager

• Now up to four modifier keys can be used in shortcuts. This will allow you to use the Office key (which sends Win+Ctrl+Shift+Alt), for example.
• Fixed a bug locking Keyboard Manager when two shortcut mapping were pressed at the same time.
• Removed event spam for certain telemetry events.

PowerRename

• Ported to use WinUI 3 instead of WinUI 2.

PowerToys Run

• The Services plugin is able to search for parts of the name, display name or the service type or state.
• The Services plugin now supports the startup type 'Automatic (Delayed Autostart)'.
• The Services plugin now has tooltips for large service names and other UI improvements.
• The TimeDate plugin gave results for queries containing just numbers on global queries. This has been fixed.
• We've introduced a throttle before a query is done to ensure typing is done to increase performance.
• Fixed a crash in WebSearch when there's an empty pattern setup for the system's default browser.
• Fixed a bug where VSCodeWorkspaces was not finding portable installations of VSCode.
• The Calculator plugin reacts better to invalid input and internal errors.
• The Calculator plugin can now be configured to use the US number format instead of the system one.
• The Folder plugin supports paths containing "/".

Settings

• Now the UI for adding excluded apps for FindMyMouse is disabled when the module is disabled.
• Text was improved in the Settings UI for File Explorer.
• Settings won't try to launch if everything runs elevated in the machine, and a warning message is shown instead.
• Some minor UI fixes.
• The Settings screen should now open correctly if the OOBE screen was opened first.
• The rounded corner settings for FancyZones now only show on Windows 11.
• Fixed a UI freeze when entering the Keyboard Manager page with clean settings.
• Fixed a UI glitch where a message was being shown that all PowerToys Run plugins were disabled when using the search function.
• Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.0, fixing an issue where Settings wouldn't start with UAC off and improving performance.

Runner

• Auto-update takes into account if it's running on x64 or arm64 to download the right installer.

Installer

• Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.5.
• The installer is now built using a beta version of Wix 3.14 for arm64 support.
• Added the VC++ Redistributable binary as a requirement.
• The Windows App SDK runtime binaries are being shipped with PowerToys instead of running its installer. This should fix most of the install issues with 0.58.

Development

• New action added to GitHub to publish the winget package to PowerToys.
• New action added to GitHub to publish for the Microsoft Store. Thanks azchohfi!
• Documentation for installing the Windows App SDK dependencies and building the installer was updated.
• FxCop removed from the PowerToys Run TimeZone plugin and was replaced with NetAnalyzers.