A set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience

Microsoft PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys 0.61.0

  -  87.6 MB  -  Freeware

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Microsoft PowerToys 0.61.0.


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What's new in this version:

General:
- Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.2
- The new Windows 11 context menu entries are now correctly added to Windows 11 dev channel insider builds. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- The old context menu entries are shown alongside the new Windows 11 context menu entries to be compatible with software that overrides the Windows 11 context menu behavior. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- Consolidated C# language version across the solution
- Removed deprecated Segoe icon glyph codes and replaced them with the correct ones
- Fixed an issue that caused a random accent key to be pressed on certain keyboard layouts when enabling some modules

Always on Top:
- Fixed border flickering when activating
- Fixed a bug causing Always on Top to activate and hang when exiting PowerToys
- Fixed black edges appearing on rounded corners
- Fixed a bug that was causing 100% CPU consumption

FancyZones:
- Fixed a bug that caused layouts to not be applied correctly when many monitors reported having the same serial number. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- Fixed a bug that caused layouts to not be applied correctly on some virtual monitor setups (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- A "Rows" default layout is now applied to vertical monitors, instead of a "Columns" layout

Image Resizer:
- Screen reader now announces the size name instead of the class name

File explorer add-ons:
- Fixed an issue when creating thumbnails for SVG files created using Inkscape

Keyboard Manager:
- Adjusted wording on the editor when keys are orphaned

Mouse utility:
- Fixed a bug that caused the current Find My Mouse spotlight to hang when activated in the top left corner of the screen. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)

PowerRename:
- The PowerRename window reacts to current dpi when created

PowerToys Run:
- Fixed a typo in the WindowWalker plugin UI
- Improved performance by saving the search history files only on exit
- PowerToys Run no longer shows results for some plugins when querying for empty spaces in a global query
- Added support for showing localized names for some win32 programs in the programs plugin
- The program plugin will now consider settings changed directly in ProgramPluginSettings.json

Settings:
- PowerToys Run settings page properly greys out the score adjustment setting when a plugin is not global
- PowerToys Run plugins score adjustment field accepts only numeric characters
- Will not run if started directly from its executable, as it was before the WinUI 3 upgrade
- Fixed a typo in a PowerToys Run settings page description

Installer:
- Removed the dead code to make a msix installer
- Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.7
- Won't create a new PowerToys shortcut on update if it's been removed manually by the user