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Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. For more info on [PowerToys overviews and how to use the utilities][usingPowerToys-docs-link], or any other tools and resources for [Windows development environments](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/dev-environment/overview), head over to [learn.microsoft.com][usingPowerToys-docs-link]!
Go to the [Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link] and click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release. Please use the appropriate PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture and install scope. For most, it is `x64` and per-user.
Install from the [Microsoft Store's PowerToys page][microsoft-store-link]. You must be using the [new Microsoft Store](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsExperience/2021/06/24/building-a-new-open-microsoft-store-on-windows-11/) which is available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
There are [community driven install methods](./doc/unofficialInstallMethods.md) such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.
This project welcomes contributions of all types. Besides coding features / bug fixes, other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows.
We ask that **before you start work on a feature that you would like to contribute**, please read our [Contributor's Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). We would be happy to work with you to figure out the best approach, provide guidance and mentorship throughout feature development, and help avoid any wasted or duplicate effort.
Most contributions require you to agree to a [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)][oss-CLA] declaring that you grant us the rights to use your contribution and that you have permission to do so.
For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](/doc/devdocs) for a detailed breakdown. This includes how to setup your computer to compile.
- Upgraded to Windows App SDK 1.4.1, increasing stability of WinUI3 utilities. Thanks [@dongle-the-gadget](https://github.com/dongle-the-gadget) for starting the upgrade!
- Text Extractor was upgraded to its version 2.0, with a new overlay, table mode and more Quality of Life improvements. Thanks [@TheJoeFin](https://github.com/TheJoeFin)!
- Improved FancyZones stability, fixing some layout resets and improving handling of newly created windows on Windows 11.
- Fixed many silent crashes that were reported to Watson and the user's event viewer.
- It's now possible to select which shell is used by the Shell plugin.
- A combobox option type was added to the plugin options.
- Fixed a bug in the Calculator plugin that was causing decimal numbers to be misinterpreted on locales where the dot (`.`) character isn't used as a decimal or digit separator.
- Improved the Program plugin stability when it fails to load a program's thumbnail at startup.
- The use of Pinyin for querying some plugins can now be turned on in Settings. Thanks [@ChaseKnowlden](https://github.com/ChaseKnowlden)!
- Refactored option types for plugin and added number, string and composite types to be used in the future. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- Fixed the entry for searching for Windows updates in the Settings plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
### Quick Accent
- The "All languages" character set is now calculated by programmatically querying the characters for every available language. Thanks [@dannysummerlin](https://github.com/dannysummerlin)!
- Added é to the Norwegian and Swedish languages. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)!
- Added a runtime cache to the "All languages" character set, to only calculate accents once per key.
- Improved the way the OOBE window reacts to Windows theme change.
- Fixed an issue that made it impossible to change the "Switch between windows in the current zone" "Next window" shortcut for FancyZones.
- Fixed a crash when entering a duplicate name for a color in the Color Picker page and improved clean up when cancelling a color edit. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- SECURITY.md was updated from 0.0.2 to 0.0.9. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)!
- Improved the README and main development document for clarity and completeness. Thanks [@codeofdusk](https://github.com/codeofdusk) and [@aprilbbrockhoeft](https://github.com/aprilbbrockhoeft)!
- Fixed PowerToys Run DateTime plugin tests that were failing depending on locale, so that they can be run correctly on all dev machines.
- Fixed PowerToys Run System plugin tests that were failing for certain network interfaces, so that they can be run correctly on all dev machines. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Fixed a markdown bug on the GitHub /helped command.
- Switched build pipelines to a new agent pool. Thanks [@DHowett](https://github.com/DHowett)!
- New .cs files created in Visual Studio get the header added automatically. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Policy support for managing PowerToys Run plugins.
*Attention*: A breaking change is planned (for 0.75), in which each plugin has to declare its identifier programmatically so that it can be controlled through GPO. For third-party plugin developers, please check https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/27468 for more details.
- New utility: Environment Variables Editor. Here's a Work in Progress preview:
The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the [support of an amazing active community][community-link]. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn’t be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work. Month by month, you directly help make PowerToys a better piece of software.
The application logs basic telemetry. Our Telemetry Data page (Coming Soon) has the trends from the telemetry. Please read the [Microsoft privacy statement][privacy-link] for more information.
