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What are you looking for? Preferences Community Newsletters Log Out. Ed Bott Senior Contributing Editor Ed Bott is an award-winning technology writer with more than two decades' experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications. Full Bio. My Profile Log Out. Now, the traditional PowerToys from the 90s are pretty much all baked into Windows or easily added through different apps. Yet, Microsoft has resurrected PowerToys for Windows Being open-source, you can add your own functionality to PowerToys.

More likely, there will be developers who add new features that Microsoft might never have thought to make. Head over to this link. There will be a few releases listed, the top one is the most recent one. Look for PowerToysSetup. Once PowerToysSetup. There are options about where to install it, create a desktop shortcut, and run when Windows starts.

The default options should be good for most people. When installed and running, PowerToys will run in the system tray by the clock. Click on the icon to open the PowerToys General Settings. Our Telemetry Data page Coming Soon has the trends from the telemetry. Please read the Microsoft privacy statement for more information.

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Latest commit. Git stats 5, commits. Failed to load latest commit information. Jan 12, Dec 18, Jan 5, Aug 14, Show progress dialog during startup Apr 2, Bug report tool If enabled, a toast notification will appear when an update is available. Updates can also be checked for manually from the PowerToys Settings, under the General page. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode.