Microsoft Powertoys

[Sushubh]

GitHub - microsoft/PowerToys: Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks - microsoft/PowerToys

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microsoft/PowerToys

Windows system utilities to maximize productivity. Contribute to microsoft/PowerToys development by creating an account on GitHub.

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microsoft/PowerToys

Windows system utilities to maximize productivity. Contribute to microsoft/PowerToys development by creating an account on GitHub.

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PowerToys/src/modules/previewpane at main · microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks - microsoft/PowerToys

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PowerToys/src/modules/powerrename at main · microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks - microsoft/PowerToys

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PowerToys/src/modules/imageresizer at main · microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks - microsoft/PowerToys

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PowerToys/src/modules/fancyzones at main · microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks - microsoft/PowerToys

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has some useful features already.

 

[Nishant]

Microsoft PowerToys get Windows 11 UI updates, universal mic mute, and find my mouse feature

Find my mouse will dim your screen

www.theverge.com

 

[Sushubh]

Someone was surprised to get a new feature without opting it for it.

What is this? It triggers when i double press the Ctrl key

Posted in r/Windows10 by u/Longshoez • 446 points and 77 comments

old.reddit.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

But Windows already has a find my cursor feature?

 

[Sushubh]

this one has a moon! people with multi-4k-monitor setups are quite happy with this it seems.

 

[Nishant]

New Windows PowerToys OCR tool will let you copy text from images

Microsoft PowerToys is getting a new utility called PowerOCR that lets you select text in an image and copy it directly to the Windows clipboard.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

 

[Nishant]

Microsoft PowerToys gains screen ruler, text extractor, and quick accent tool in latest update

PowerToys just gained three new utilities in its latest update.

www.windowscentral.com

New utility: Screen Ruler is a quick and easy way to measure pixels on your screen.
New utility: Quick Accent is an easy way to write letters with accents. Thanks damienleroy!
New utility: Text Extractor works like Snipping Tool, but copies the text out of the selected region using OCR and puts it on the clipboard. Thanks TheJoeFin!
PowerToy Run ships with a new Plugin letting you search in past query results. Thanks jefflord!

 

[Sushubh]

Release Release v0.64.0 · microsoft/PowerToys

In the v0.64 release cycle, we focused on releasing new features and improvements. Installer Hashes x64 Installer Hash 5BAFC1EF4683F83C16D0FCE6BA11F97A9B6E9C12732B07FF8480F2D47F72C44E ARM64 Install...

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New utility: File Locksmith allows seeing which processes are currently using the selected files.
New utility: Hosts File Editor allows you to edit your hosts file in an Editor UI. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
Settings has a new feature for backing up / restoring the settings from a file. Thanks @jefflord!
FancyZones allows you to set defaults for horizontal/vertical screens to get better intended behavior for new screens and cases where a monitor ID resets.
PowerToys ships with Group Policy Objects settings for force disabling and enabling PowerToys utilities in organizations. Check the GPO docs for more details.
Added a warning about deprecating Video Conference Mute in the future (v0.67), please check #21473 for more information.

 

[Nishant]

Again two super useful features added