Microsoft PowerToys v0.65.0 – What’s new and improved?

What’s new and improved in Microsoft PowerToys v0.65.0?

General

• Downgraded the ModernWPF dependency to 0.9.4 to avoid issues with certain virtualization technologies. (This was a hotfix for 0.64)
• Upgraded and fixed the code to work with .NET 7.

Always on Top

• Added telemetry for the pinning/unpinning events.

Awake

• Added telemetry.
• Removed existing Awake from the tray icon when starting from the runner. Utilities started from the runner should be disabled in Settings to avoid discrepancies.

Color Picker

• Fixed an infinite loop due to a looping UI refresh. (This was a hotfix for 0.64)
• Added a feature to allow users to create their own color formats.

FancyZones

• Fixed an issue that caused turning off spaces between zones to not apply correctly. (This was a hotfix for 0.64)
• Prevent the shift key press from trickling down to the focused window.
• Fixed a bug causing FancyZones to try resizing hidden windows.
• Fixed the focus layout preview being empty on the first run in the editor.
• Fixed UI margin in the “Create new layout” dialog.
• Fixed window positioning issues when switching between virtual desktops.
• Fixed snapping by hotkey in single zone layouts.

File explorer add-ons

• Added .log file support to the Monaco preview handler.

File Locksmith

• Query system and other user processes when elevated. (This was a hotfix for 0.64)
• Icon and UI fixes.

Group Policy Objects

• Removed an obsolete dependency from the admx file to fix importing on Intune.

Hosts File Editor

• Added a scrollbar to the additional lines dialog.
• Updated the plus icon.
• Prevent the new entry content dialog from overlapping the title bar.
• Updated the name for the additional lines feature.
• Added a workaround for an issue causing the context menu not opening on right-click.

Image Resizer

• Fixed a silent crash when trying to show the tier 1 context menu on Windows 11.

PowerToys Run

• Added pinyin support to the search.
• Fixed an error in the TimeZone plugin preventing searching for standard time zones.
• Added the English abbreviations as fallbacks in the UnitConverter plugin.

Quick Accent

• Added mappings for the mu, omicron, upsilon, and thorn characters.
• Added a setting to exclude apps from activating Quick Accent.
• Fixed an issue causing the selector to trigger when leaving the lock screen.
• Added the Croatian, Netherlands, Swedish, and Welsh character sets.
• Added support for more Unicode characters.
• Shift-space can now navigate backward in the selector.
• Added the Catalan accented characters.
• Added the Kurdish accented characters.
• Added the Serbian accented characters.
• Added the Irish and Scottish accented characters.
• Added the description for the currently selected character in the selector.
• Fixed a bug causing the selector window to appear blank.

Runner

• Fixed a crash on a racing condition accessing the IPC communication with Settings.

Settings

• Fixed settings name on the QuickAccent page.
• Added a message indicating there’s no network available when looking for updates.
• Fixed an error causing the backup/restore feature to not find the backup file.
• Fixed localization for the “All apps” expression on the keyboard manager page.
• UI refactoring, clean-up, and bringing in modern controls.
• Improved settings/OOBE screens text.
• The backup/restore feature also backs up FancyZones layouts.

Shortcut Guide

• Added a setting to make the shortcuts and taskbar icons have different configurable response times.

Video Conference Mute

• Changed the warning about deprecating Video Conference Mute to saying it’s going to go into legacy mode, thanks to community feedback. (This was a hotfix for 0.64)

Documentation

• Added the core team to COMMUNITY.md

Development

• Fixed some errors in the GitHub issue templates.
• Updated the Windows implementation library.
• Added Hosts File Editor to the issue templates.
• Turned on C++ code analysis and incrementally fixed warnings.
• Cleaned up unused dependencies.
• Fixed building on the latest MSVC.
• Fixed multi-processor build on the latest MSBuild.
• Added a message to suggest the feedback hub to the fabric bot triggers.
• Optimized every png file with the zopfli algorithm.
• Updated the .vsconfig file for a quicker development setup.
• Fixed a language typo in the code.
• Fixed the wrong x86 target in the solution file.
• Added a script to fail to build when the NuGet packages aren’t consolidated.
• Upgraded the Vanara.Invoke dependencies.
• Upgraded and brought back the spell-checker.
• Added a new dependencies feed and fixed release CI.