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## Build status
| Architecture | Main | Stable | Installer |
| Architecture | Main | Installer (Stable) | Installer (Main) |
|--------------|------|--------|-----------|
| x64 | [![Build Status for Main](https://dev.azure.com/ms/PowerToys/_apis/build/status/microsoft.PowerToys?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ms/PowerToys/_build/latest?definitionId=219&branchName=main) | [![Build Status for Stable](https://dev.azure.com/ms/PowerToys/_apis/build/status/microsoft.PowerToys?branchName=stable)](https://dev.azure.com/ms/PowerToys/_build/latest?definitionId=219&branchName=stable) | [![Build Status for Installer](https://github-private.visualstudio.com/microsoft/_apis/build/status/CDPX/powertoys/powertoys-Windows-Official-master-Test?branchName=main)](https://github-private.visualstudio.com/microsoft/_build/latest?definitionId=61&branchName=main) |
| ARM64 | Currently investigating | [Issue #490](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/490) | |
## About
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### Via GitHub with EXE [Recommended]
#### Stable version
[Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link], click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release and then click on `PowerToysSetup-0.49.0-x64.exe` to download the PowerToys installer.
[Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link], click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release and then click on `PowerToysSetup-0.51.0-x64.exe` to download the PowerToys installer.
This is our preferred method.
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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 will be available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
### Via WinGet (Preview)
Download PowerToys from [WinGet](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli#installing-the-client). To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
```powershell
winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
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There are [community driven install methods](./doc/unofficialInstallMethods.md) such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, this will have the install instructions.
### Processor support
We currently support the matrix below.
| x64 | x86 | ARM64 |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| [Supported][github-release-link] | [Issue #602](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/602) | [Issue #490](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/490) |
## Contributing
This project welcomes contributions of all types. Help spec'ing, design, documentation, finding bugs are ways everyone can help on top of coding features / bug fixes. 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.
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Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on.
### 0.49 - October 2021 Update
### 0.51 - November 2021 Update
The [v0.49 release cycle](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F25) introduces exciting new updates primarily centered around modernizing PowerRename's UI, adding a brand new mouse utility, and merging Video Conference Mute into the stable releases!
The [v0.51 release cycle][github-current-release-work] introduces some new things regarding our mouse utilities. First is we've added in a presentation mode helper to highlight your mouse when you click. We've also added additional settings toward Find my mouse to enable more customization.
PowerRename's new UI brings a refreshed experience that reflects the modern UI theming of Windows 11, along with helpful regular expression guidance and file formatting tips.
Next we've been focusing work on "Always on Top" system to help make any window you want to be the top most. A lot of thought is currently going into interaction models to make sure it 'feels' right for toggling as well as visualizing.
With the new mouse utility, PowerToys introduces functionality to quickly find your mouse position by double pressing the left <kbd>ctrl</kbd> key. This is ideal for large, high-resolution displays and low-vision users, with additional features and enhancements planned for future releases. Special thanks to [Raymond Chen](https://github.com/oldnewthing) for providing the base code PowerToys used to develop this feature. To learn more, check out our [Mouse Utilities documentation](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseUtilities) on Microsoft Docs!
Last, we've been working on our engineering systems this month and into next. This work will improve our localization integration and our 'build farm' match our CI system far more. Behind the scene work but very important work for working faster.
As Video Conference Mute becomes available in the stable releases, there are still known quirks that we are actively working to address. These bugs are [tracked on our GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Product-Video+Conference+Mute%22), and we welcome any and all feedback as we work to isolate and resolve the cause.
#### Highlights from v0.51
Color Picker's HEX format will no longer have the `#` character. This addresses issues with various color inputs that only accept six characters cutting off the last value. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes as we understand it impacts users who may prefer having `#` included. However, we believe this is the best solution while the custom string functionality ([#8305](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/8305)) is in development.
Additional work in this release include stability updates and optimizations, installer updates, general bug fixes, and accessibility improvements.
#### Highlights from v0.49
**General**
- **Change of Behavior:** Color Picker's HEX format will no longer have the `#` character. Custom string functionality for color picker ([#8305](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/8305)) is in development and will allow someone to use this again.
- Find My Mouse utility added! Utilize the functionality to quickly locate the cursor on your displays! Learn more on our [Mouse Utility docs](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseUtilities).
- Accessibility and minor UI improvements to the settings page. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Added deep links to the Settings menus for various utilities within their respective editors. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Settings improvements to improve clarity for various options. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Improved settings window to adjust size and position as needed when multi-monitor conditions change. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
**Things to note**
- We shifted our localization internal service and are working on adding automated integrations back in.
**PowerToys Awake**
- Screen reader improvements for accessibility.
- System tray and settings use same language for turning things on.
**Color Picker**
- Color Picker's HEX format was changed to remove the `#` character. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Accessibility improvements for screen reader and UI to distinguish colors from the border when matching. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- New formats added to copy colors as a float or decimal value.
- Adjust color window now accepts lower-case HEX codes.
**FancyZones**
- Fixed Color Picker and OOBE windows from being snapped by FancyZones. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed regression with layouts not being changed via shortcuts.
- Fixed crashing issue with FancyZones editor.
- Fixed zone layouts resetting after screen locking.
- Accessibility improvements for screen reader in editor.
- New window switching functionality! Now users can assign multiple windows to a zone and cycle between them using the <kbd>Win</kbd> + <kbd>PgDn/PgUp</kbd> commands by default. Thanks [@FLOAT4](https://github.com/FLOAT4)!
- Added functionality for zones to adopt system accent color and theme. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added visual preview of zone appearance in settings menu. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Fixed bug where FancyZones crashes on launch.
**Keyboard Manager**
- Fixed crashing issue when the editor is opened at high zoom on 4k monitors.
**Image Resizer**
- Fixed bug where resizing images creates empty folders.
- Added option to remove non-essential metadata. Helps significantly reduce the size of files. Thanks [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper)!
- Fixed bug caused by Image Resizer receiving an unexpected property type or value. Thanks [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper)!
**Mouse utilities**
- Find My Mouse: Improved functionality to activate when user double click time configuration is set above 100ms.
- Find My Mouse: Fixed display on all virtual desktops as opposed to only the virtual desktop where it was created.
- Find My Mouse: New settings to enable a lot more customization based on your feedback.
- Minor UI tweaks for fluent icons, appearance, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> usage, and utility descriptions. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- New Mouse Highlighter PowerToy! When enabled, activate mouse highlighting with <kbd>Win</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>H</kbd> by default to begin displaying visual cues on your display when either the left or right mouse buttons are clicked. There is a much more powerful tool called [SysInternal ZoomIt](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit) that is very helpful as well.
![highlighter turned on while dragging mouse](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9866362/142475413-77b00bae-bd28-42ae-a6c8-0dc4356e8525.gif)
**PowerRename**
- New UI update! We hope you enjoy the modern experience and take advantage of new tool-tips to describe common regular expressions and text/file formatting. Thanks to [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) for all the support on this redesign!
- Improved rename performance! This is now at parity (or better) with the prior version based on multiple tests.
- Added keyboard accelerators with <kbd>Enter</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Enter</kbd> to execute rename. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- UI tweaks to now add number of items selected, grid-lines for improved readability, reduced font sizes & margins, and improved window resizing.
- Fixed UI focus issues. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Added default window width and height. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Added PowerRename event logging for BugReportTool
**PowerToys Run**
- Windows Terminal Plugin added. Open shells through Windows Terminal via `_` activation command by default. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added environment variables to Folder plugin search. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed certain schemas that were overwritten with HTTPS. Thanks [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920)!
- Fixed issue with program plugin getting caught in infinite loops as certain file paths are recursively searched.
- New entries added for settings plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- Added support for application URI handling like `mailto:` and `ms-settings:`. Thanks [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920)!
- Added DevContainer workspaces to search results of the VSCode Workspaces Plugin. Thanks [@JacobDeuchert](https://github.com/JacobDeuchert)!
- Fixes for crashing issues.
**Shortcut Guide**
- Added rounded corners to keys and tooltips, and system accent colors for desktop backdrop. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
**Settings**
- Fixed default settings window size to prevent it from opening offscreen. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
**Video Conference Mute**
- VCM added to stable releases of PowerToys!
- Minor UI tweaks for icon, clear button, and overlay image selection [#14248](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/14248). Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
## Community contributions
**Prototype work**
- Always on top prototype of being actively worked on. Right now you hit a key-combo and it enables it. We are investigating ways to highlight the window in some form as well.
We'd like to directly mention certain contributors (in alphabetical order) for their continued community support this month and helping directly make PowerToys a better piece of software.
**Installer**
- Investigated how to fully shift to WIX bootstrapper and remove custom boot strapper
- Investigated how to fully shift to HKCU vs HKLM.
[@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker), [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti), [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920), [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek), [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way), [@martinchrzan](https://github.com/martinchrzan), [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001), [@pritudev](https://github.com/pritudev), and [@TobiasSekan](https://github.com/TobiasSekan)
**Random helping out**
- Spell check fix - Thanks [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920)!
- Fix a URL - Thanks [@JeffersonQin](https://github.com/JeffersonQin)!
#### What is being planned for v0.51
**Development relevant**
- Focusing on cleaning up backlog of issues and developing a method to aid in prioritizing. [@Dend](https://github.com/dend) and [@crutkas](https://github.com/crutkas) are partnering to see if we can develop one signal to see what we are calling ['centers of gravity'](https://gravity-issues.netlify.app/).
- Our primary dev branch is now named `Main`.
- Adjusting plugin folder structure for PT Run [#10796](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/10796)
- Working on shifting our release pipeline onto same system that Windows Terminal uses.
- Improvements to environment variable usage/update process in PT Run. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- Update .NET to 3.1.20.
- Centralized process list in the BugReportTool.
- Registry handling improvement for MSI and File Explorer add-ons.
For [v0.51][github-next-release-work], we are planning to work on:
**Community contributions**
- Initial development of Always on Top utility to allow users to persist desired windows in the foreground of their displays
We'd like to directly mention certain contributors (in alphabetical order) for their continued community support this month and helping directly make PowerToys a better piece of software.
[@AnonymousWP](https://github.com/AnonymousWP), [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker), [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper), [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti), [@FLOAT4](https://github.com/FLOAT4), [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920), [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek), [@JacobDeuchert](https://github.com/JacobDeuchert), [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/jay-o-way) [@JeffersonQin](https://github.com/JeffersonQin), [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001), and [@rdeveen](https://github.com/rdeveen).
#### What is being planned for v0.53
For [v0.53][github-next-release-work], due to holidays, we'll be in a maintenance sprint but here are some of the larger items:
- Hope to add Always on Top into PowerToys. We currently have a proof of concept ready.
- We are working to heavily reduce / remove the UAC prompt over the next few releases on install. This is a big shift so it is spanning multiple releases so we can isolate issues if they do occur. Work is tracked in [#10126](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/10126)
- UI/UX investigations to adopt WinUI and improve accessibility
- Stability and bug fixes
- Update the PowerToys Build Pipeline to allow .NET 5 integration
- Update the PowerToys Build Pipeline to allow .NET 6 integration
- Engineering Systems/Stability/Bug fixes
## PowerToys Community
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[community-link]: COMMUNITY.md
[github-release-link]: https://aka.ms/installPowerToys
[microsoft-store-link]: https://aka.ms/getPowertoys
[winget-link]: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli#installing-the-client
[roadmap]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/Roadmap
[privacy-link]: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839
[vidConfOverview]: https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_VideoConference
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[usingPowerToys-docs-link]: https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs
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[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F26
[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F27
[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F26