Microsoft PowerToys is a Windows system utility for advanced users to tweak and simplify their Windows experience to maximize productivity.
Focused on stability and improvements, the v0.60.0 release brings a number of changes:
Highlights
- PowerRename and Image Resizer appear in the new Windows 11 context menu.
- OneNote has a new PowerToys Run plugin.
- FancyZones uses new zone IDs with monitor IDs to improve stability and avoid zone resets.
- AlwaysOnTop now highlights windows with rounded corners on Windows 11 with rounded corners.
- Added settings for PowerToys Run to better control the order of query results.
Other content
- Upgrade the Windows App SDK runtime to 1.1.1.
- Added support for diverse keyboard shortcuts and fallback to low-level keyboard hooks.
- Added rounded highlights for rounded windows on Windows 11.
- Fixed a bug where windows displayed on the desktop would not work with FancyZones.
- When changing the area layout, if this option is on, the window will match the new size/position.
- Minor UI fixes in FancyZones editor.
- Fixed correct canvas layout rendering in FancyZones Editor, now showing unscaled monitor resolutions.
- Fixed an issue where transparency in some windows caused the window to go blank.
file browser plugin
- Add a viewBox attribute to the svg file thumbnail so that the entire image is displayed.
- Removed access to remote images in Markdown preview tests.
- Fixed a vulnerability in Markdown preview test suite with proper component initialization timeout.
- Fixed WebView2 resource leak caused by svg thumbnails.
Additional content can be viewed in the update announcement: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.60.0