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What is Microsoft's mysterious new AI feature for PowerToys?
By Sean Endicott published
🤔🤔🤔 Advanced Paste with Local AI is on the way to PowerToys, though we don't know what it is yet.

Windows 11's best free utility app just got a MASSIVE update
By Sean Endicott published
So powerful PowerToys can now map shortcuts to start an application through Keyboard Manager.

One of my favorite PowerToys utilities is getting native support on Windows 11
By Kevin Okemwa published
POWER UP Microsoft recently shipped PowerToys Mouse Pointer Crosshairs utility, a native feature on Windows 11 that lets users turn the mouse cursor into a big and colorful crosshair.

Microsoft PowerToys updated with support for more languages, reworked update settings, and fixes
By Kevin Okemwa published
UPDATE TIME Microsoft has released a new update for PowerToys, bumping it to version 0.78.0. It supports new languages, including Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Hebrew, Persian, and Ukrainian.

Updated PowerToys now detects failed PowerShell commands and recommends alternative packages with winget
By Kevin Okemwa published
POWER UP Microsoft PowerToys just shipped to version 0.77 with a new module dubbed 'Command Not Found' to detect failed commands in PowerShell 7.4.

Microsoft PowerToys updates with new add-ons for Windows 11 File Explorer and modernized UIs for more utilities
By Kevin Okemwa published
NEW ADD-ONS The update ships with many new features, including modernized PowerToys Run, Quick Accent, and Text Extractor UIs.

How to use PowerToys to manage environment variables on Windows 11
By Mauro Huculak published
Variables On Windows 11, you can use PowerToys to view, add, edit, and delete environment variables, and in this guide, I'll show you how.

PowerToys gets even more powerful and gains a new Dashboard home page in latest update
By Sean Endicott published
Such powerful toys PowerToys received an update to version 0.75 recently. The update adds a new utility for configuring profiles and includes a long list of other changes.

Windows 11 Copilot and PowerToys FancyZones don't play nicely together
By Richard Devine published
Oh man If you want to use Windows 11 Copilot, but you also enjoy using PowerToys FancyZones then you're going to have a frustrating time.

The latest Microsoft PowerToys update is exactly what your ultrawide monitor needs
By Sean Endicott published
So much power Microsoft just shipped an update to PowerToys that improves stability across the app. Most notably, the window management tool FancyZones should now work more reliably.
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