The Microsoft PowerToys suite for Windows include the Command Palette, a tool that is often overlooked but actually offers a vast range of functions. For example, the program includes a search function that combines several…
It appears Microsoft has finally decided to give Windows 11 a true, full-fledged dark mode. That’s according to Windows Latest, which discovered this by taking a closer look at the new experimental builds of Windows…
Everyone’s familiar with the Alt+Tab shortcut within Windows, but there’s a problem: too many windows means too many hops. The productivity elves at Microsoft’s PowerToys have a new solution, dubbed Window Hopper. Window Hopper simply…
I’m trying to be better about counting my blessings, and Microsoft’s PowerToys must surely number among them. Maybe that seems strong, but I’ve been using the open source utility pack more recently as part of…
Marking the 20th anniversary of PowerToys, Microsoft just released version 0.100 of this extremely useful collection of Windows tools and features. If you aren’t familiar with PowerToys yet, check out our picks for the most…
Microsoft’s collection of free PowerToys apps shines when it identifies the things you hate about Windows computing, and solves them with a keystroke. April’s 0.99 update adds Power Display and Grab And Move, which do…
The March update for Windows PowerToys is now available. Microsoft has begun rolling out PowerToys 0.98, which includes improvements and new features for the Command Palette as well as a new look for the editing…
If you haven’t tried PowerToys—Microsoft’s official add-on pack that gives Windows dozens of extra features—you really should. I’m a huge fan of the FancyZones tool that lets you customize Windows’ snap functionality. But a big…
Hey, there! Have you ever just wanted to quickly preview images or other files in Windows File Explorer, but when you click on the file, Windows loads it up in a program instead? It happens…
Microsoft’s powerhouse collection of useful Windows utilities, PowerToys, is adding the ability to strip out an audio track from a video file, plus the more general ability to transcode video files as well. Microsoft isn’t…