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PowerToys is Microsoft's open-source utility set for Windows power users, offering tools like Keyboard Manager, Command Palette, Shortcut Guide, Power Display, and ZoomIt. Recent updates include version 0.100.0 with a Command Palette Extension Gallery, redesigned Shortcut Guide, multi-monitor Dock support, and a smaller installer after moving to .NET 10. Version 0.100.1 fixed regressions in Keyboard Manager, Power Display, and other modules, including a bug where remapping Alt to Backspace deleted entire words. A new Alt Window Cycle utility is in development for switching between same-app windows. PowerToys continues to bridge the gap between Windows built-in features and enthusiast needs, enabling workflows like macOS-style desktop enhancements.
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    PowerToys Alt Window Cycle: Switch Between Same-App Windows with Alt + `

    Microsoft is preparing a new PowerToys utility called Alt Window Cycle for Windows 10 and Windows 11 that uses Alt + ` to switch between windows belonging to the current app, according to a GitHub pull request proposed by PowerToys lead Clint Rutkas. That sounds small because it is small, at...
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    PowerToys Alt Window Cycle: Switch Between Same-App Windows with Alt + `

    Microsoft is preparing a new PowerToys utility called Alt Window Cycle that will let Windows 10 and Windows 11 users switch between open windows belonging to the same app with Alt + `, according to a recent PowerToys GitHub pull request. The feature is small, almost suspiciously so, but that is...
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    PowerToys v0.100.1 Fixes Keyboard Manager Remap Bug (Alt to Backspace)

    Microsoft released PowerToys v0.100.1 on June 24, 2026, as a patch for v0.100.0, fixing a Keyboard Manager bug that caused some remapped modifier keys to behave like system-key events and trigger unexpected actions in Windows apps. The headline example is wonderfully mundane and maddening...
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    PowerToys 0.100.1 Fixes Keyboard Manager and Power Display Regressions

    Microsoft has shipped PowerToys 0.100.1 for Windows, a patch release following version 0.100.0 that fixes broken behavior in Keyboard Manager, Power Display, Command Palette, PowerToys Run, Shortcut Guide, Quick Access, Color Picker, and ZoomIt. The update is small on paper and large in...
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    PowerToys 0.100.0 Update: Shortcut Guide, Command Palette, .NET 10 & More

    Microsoft released PowerToys 0.100.0 on June 9, 2026, for Windows users, adding a rebuilt Shortcut Guide, a Command Palette extension gallery, multi-monitor Dock support, Power Display fixes, ZoomIt recording improvements, and a platform move to .NET 10. The update is less a single headline...
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    PowerToys v0.100.0 Adds Command Palette Extension Gallery and Shortcut Guide Updates

    Microsoft released PowerToys v0.100.0 on June 9, 2026, bringing a built-in Command Palette Extension Gallery, a redesigned Shortcut Guide, multi-monitor Dock support, faster Power Display behavior, ZoomIt webcam overlays, and a smaller installer after the project’s move to .NET 10. The headline...
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    PowerToys 0.100.0: Smaller Installer and Command Palette Becomes Core

    Microsoft released PowerToys 0.100.0 on June 10, 2026, for Windows 10 and Windows 11, cutting the x64 installer from roughly 376MB in version 0.99.1 to about 272MB while adding major Command Palette, Shortcut Guide, Dock, Power Display, and reliability improvements. The headline is not that...
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    Build a macOS-like workflow on Windows 11 with PowerToys and LocalSend

    Windows 11 users can add several macOS-style workflow features in June 2026 by combining Microsoft PowerToys with third-party utilities such as LocalSend, QuickLook, and WinXCorners, effectively filling gaps around local file sharing, launcher search, file previews, screen-corner actions, and...
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    Windows 11 vs macOS: Add AirDrop, Spotlight, Quick Look with PowerToys

    Windows 11 users can add several macOS-style workflow features today by combining Microsoft PowerToys with built-in tools like Nearby Sharing and selective third-party utilities for file transfer, hot corners, previewing, search, and bulk renaming. The more interesting story is not that Windows...
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    Windows 11 PowerToys Audit: Enable Only the Tools You Need

    PowerToys, Microsoft’s free Windows utility suite for power users, now includes roughly thirty tools, and a new TweakTown audit argues that Windows 11 users should enable only the modules that solve daily problems instead of treating the whole package as a default install. That is the right...
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    PowerToys Animated Desktop Footer: Microsoft’s “Quiet Windows” Grass Concept

    Microsoft is exploring an animated desktop footer for PowerToys, shown by PowerToys lead Clint Rutkas at a Windows Insiders meetup ahead of Build 2026, that could place pixel-art grass, bunnies, or other ambient scenes along the bottom of a Windows desktop. The feature is still a concept, not a...
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    Windows 11 Copilot: How to Unpin, Uninstall, Remap & Control It with Policy

    WTOP’s Data Doctors column on June 1, 2026, tells Windows 11 users in the United States that Copilot can be unpinned, uninstalled, remapped on newer keyboards, and more aggressively controlled by business administrators through policy, even if Microsoft keeps rebuilding AI into the desktop. The...
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    5 Low-Friction Windows 10/11 Automations to Cut Daily Productivity Friction

    MakeUseOf’s latest Windows productivity guide argues that five low-friction automations—Storage Sense cleanup, PowerToys text shortcuts, batch-file app launching, scheduled Night light, and lock-triggered clipboard clearing—can run quietly on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs after a few minutes of...
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    Windows 11 Hidden Features: 32 Tools to Boost Productivity, Security, and Ease

    Windows 11 contains dozens of underused tools for customization, multitasking, security, backup, accessibility, gaming, phone integration, file management, and AI-assisted work, and a recent PCMag Australia roundup highlights 32 features that many everyday users and IT pros still overlook. The...
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    20+ Hidden Windows 11 Features That Make It Faster, Safer, and Easier

    Windows 11 includes dozens of underused features, from Snap Layouts and virtual desktops to passkeys, PowerToys, Phone Link, File Explorer tabs, Windows Backup, Copilot, and Copilot+ PC tools, that can make Microsoft’s current desktop operating system faster, safer, and less irritating to use...
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    32 Hidden Windows 11 Features: PowerToys, AI, Passkeys, and Better File Control

    PCMag’s “32 Hidden Windows 11 Features” guide, updated around Windows 11’s 24H2-era feature set, argues that Microsoft’s desktop OS now hides many of its most useful productivity, security, AI, and customization tools in Settings menus, optional apps, and quietly evolving inbox utilities. The...
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    Hidden Windows 11 Features: Tune Start, Taskbar, Snap & Security

    Windows 11 includes dozens of easy-to-miss features for changing the Start menu, managing windows, tightening sign-in security, connecting phones, using AI tools, compressing archives, restoring PCs, and improving accessibility, many of them already built into Settings, File Explorer, or...
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    PowerToys, Windhawk, Rainmeter: The 2026 Customization Stack for Windows 11

    Windows 11 users frustrated by Microsoft’s limited customization options are increasingly turning to PowerToys, Windhawk, Rainmeter, Winhance, and similar utilities to restore missing workflow controls, reshape the Start menu and taskbar, and make the operating system feel less rigid in 2026...
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    PowerToys Low Memory Mode Proposal for Windows 11 Utilities

    Microsoft PowerToys may soon add an optional low memory mode for Windows 11 utilities, based on a new GitHub pull request that lets supported modules shut down idle background processes and relaunch only when users invoke their shortcuts or interfaces. The proposal is not a magic “make Windows...
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    PowerToys Show Desktop Brings Click-Wallpaper Window Minimizing to Windows

    Microsoft is preparing a new PowerToys utility called Show Desktop for Windows 10 and Windows 11 that will let users minimize or restore open windows by clicking empty desktop or taskbar space, borrowing a workflow Apple added to macOS Sonoma. The feature is small enough to sound trivial and...
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