Download Microsoft PowerToys, a free toolset for window management, file searching, shortcut customization, batch renaming, and streamlining routine system tasks into a single program, with the flexibility to enable only the tools you need for your workflow.

About PowerToys

PowerToys is a suite of utility tools designed by Microsoft for power users who want capabilities beyond the basic defaults. It bundles various small tools into a single program, allowing you to enable, disable, and customize each one from a unified settings interface instead of installing multiple separate applications.

The most well-known tool is Fancyzones, which helps keep the windows organized. Users divide the screen into windows according to their own designs. and immediately drag the window and place it in that box Working with multiple programs at the same time is much more convenient. Because there is no need to drag and expand the windows one by one, the PowerToys Run is a search box and runs programs quickly. Just press the shortcut key and type the name of the program or desired file. The result is immediately available to choose without having to open the Start menu. For those who want to customize the Windows system deeper, there are Windows Manager that combines the system customization tools in one program as well

There are also many fussy tools, such as the Keyboard Manager that allows you to change the function of the keyboard keys or create your own shortcut keys. Suitable for people who want a button that is almost unused to become a useful button. Color Picker allows you to poke the color anywhere on the screen and copy the color value and continue to use it, while Image Resizer helps to shrink multiple files at the same time from the right-click menu. Help rename a large number of files at once with a search condition and replace text.

PowerToys also adds File Explorer to preview Markdown files and SVG files with PEEK that lets you press the shortcut key to preview the files without having to open the actual program, while Awake keeps the computer from temporarily resting the screen when you want it to run continuously and Find My Mouse. It makes it easy to find a mouse pointer when it disappears on a wide screen.

The highlight of PowerToys is that it is an open source program that Microsoft has opened up to a community of developers. Users can choose to use only the ones that are needed without having to install anything to make the machine cluttered. For those who use Windows regularly and feel that something should be done faster, PowerToys is like a toolbox that fills the missing parts of Windows without changing the familiar way of using it.

Main Features of PowerToys

Search and open jobs

Command Palette. Open the search box to execute, open the app, and retrieve add-on commands from one place. with a compact mode and a pinned command layer
PowerToys Run. Find and open the app immediately. with add-ons that expand search capabilities
Peek. View file content without opening the program. Just select a file and press the shortcut key.
Workspaces. Open a set of apps together in an organized location with just one click.

window and screen

FancyZones. Create your own window layout Then drag the window and place it in the specified zone.
Grab And Move. Move and resize windows from anywhere in the window. Just press and hold the tuning button and drag it.
Always on Top. Embroider the selected window at the top of another window with a shortcut key.
Window Hopper. Quickly switch windows within the same app. without having to circle through every open window
PowerDisplay. Adjust the brightness, contrast, volume and profile of the external monitor from the system tray.
Screen Ruler. Measure the pixels on the screen by referring to the edge of the image.
ZoomIt. Expand the screen, draw assembly and record screen for presentation or teaching.
Crop And Lock. Cut a part of the window to show it as a new window. or make a thumbnail of that window

files and folders

PowerRename. Rename many files at once. Find and replace it. Regular Expression supports and previews before actually using it.
File Explorer Add-ons. Preview and thumbnails of multiple file types in File Explorer
File Locksmith. Check which processes are using the selected file. and then unlock from the right-click menu.
Image Resizer. Resize multiple images at once from the right-click menu in File Explorer.
New+. Create files and folders from custom templates from File Explorer.

keyboard and text

Keyboard Manager. Remap the button and create its own shortcut key. Including pressing a single button to work differently than when pressing with other buttons.
Quick Accent. Easy to type letters marked with a vocal mark. Even if the keyboard doesn't have that key
Text Extractor. Copy text from anywhere on the screen with OCR
Advanced Paste. Paste the text from the clipboard in the desired format. Both normal and using AI that can be used by yourself.
Shortcut Guide. Shows the Windows keys shortcut that is available in the current desktop state.

mouse and multiple machines

Mouse Utilities. Includes tools to help with the mouse and cursor, including Find My Mouse, Mouse Highlighter, Mouse Jump, Mouse Pointer Crosshairs, Cursorwrap, Mouse Button Lock that locks the mouse button while dragging and CursorHide. Hide the cursor while typing or when the mouse is not moved.
Mouse Without Borders. Use a single set of keyboard and mouse to control multiple machines. Ready to share clipboards and files between machines.

system and face

PowerToys Awake. Let the machine not sleep during work that takes a long time. without having to modify the power settings
Color Picker. Sucking colors from every point on the screen and then copy the color value in the desired format. with the history of colors that have been selected
Environment Variables. Easy to manage environment variables and group them into profiles to switch to sets.
Hosts File Editor. Edit a hosts file that matches domain names to IP addresses directly from the edit screen.
Light Switch. Switch bright themes and automatic dark themes according to the time of day.
Registry Preview. View and edit the Registry file before applying it.
Command Not Found. When typing a command in PowerShell, it recommends a related WinGet package to install.
Command Line Tools. Trigger Advanced Paste, Light Switch, Settings, and Peek from the command line for automation tasks.

What's new

Version v0.102.3101.0

File Explorer. Improved thumbnail generation when the renderer hangs, separated concurrent SVG requests, and preserved supported SVG formatting for UTF-8 STL filenames.
General. Updated telemetry to version 2.0.5 and restored optional diagnostic event reporting from both native and managed components without altering diagnostic data settings.
Mouse Without Borders. Fixed a device matching failure issue that could display untrusted signature messages on signed builds.

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