With the latest release, Microsoft has made PowerToys open-source, opening the door for developers to collaborate and build better and more functional utilities for the platform.Ĭurrently, PowerToys offers a bunch of different utilities to help you with various operations on your computer. Later, after a lull for a few years, the company eventually released another update to PowerToys in 2019. A few years later, it released its second iteration with Windows XP, as a separate download.
Microsoft debuted the first version of PowerToys with Windows 95. More information is available over on GitHub.Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities for Windows operating systems to help you perform operations more efficiently and streamline your workflow.
There are also plans to create a context menu entry which will provide easy access to Registry Preview and its various tools. In addition to this, Registry Preview will also include its own integrated registry editing tool as an alternative to making changes to. It also gives you a live preview, if you make changes to values in the display text file. REG file in a graphically based preview of what it would look like when imported into the Registry. This is the initial drop of source for a new applet/utility that allows a user to open a. The description for the module is as follows: At the moment it is not clear how far along development is, and just when the utility is released is dependent on a number of factors, including nailing down a final set of features and options. Microsoft releases emergency updates to address cropped screengrab privacy flawsĭetails of Registry Preview have been revealed in a pull request in the PowerToys GitHub repository.Microsoft releases KB5023778 update for Windows 11 bringing fixes, taskbar improvements and Start menu notifications.