About this tag
The advanced paste tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Advanced Paste feature in Microsoft PowerToys, a utility that enhances clipboard functionality with AI-powered pasting options. Recent threads highlight updates in PowerToys versions 0.95.1 and 0.96.1, which include stability patches and improvements to Advanced Paste alongside other tools like Light Switch and Command Palette. Users share troubleshooting tips, feature requests, and experiences with the AI integration in Advanced Paste, which allows for smart text transformation and formatting. The tag is relevant for Windows users interested in clipboard enhancements, productivity tools, and the latest PowerToys releases.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    PowerToys v0.101 Adds Phi Silica Local AI to Advanced Paste

    PowerToys Preview v0.101.2211.0 adds Microsoft’s Phi Silica as an on-device AI provider for Advanced Paste, giving supported Windows 11 PCs a way to run clipboard transformations without an OpenAI-style API key, an Ollama setup, or a cloud endpoint. The preview also fixes shutdown hangs...
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    PowerToys 0.95.1 and 0.96.1 Stability Patches: Light Switch Fix and AI Tools Updates

    Microsoft's PowerToys team has quietly moved from damage control to damage limitation: after a widely noticed rollout introduced disruptive behavior in several utilities, the project has issued follow-up patches that restore predictable behavior for end users and harden a few of the suite's more...