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@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline
Go to [Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link], click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release. Please use the appropriate PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture. For most, it is `x64`.
- **For x64 processors (most common):** [PowerToysSetup-0.66.0-x64.exe](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.66.0/PowerToysSetup-0.66.0-x64.exe)
- **For ARM64 processors:** [PowerToysSetup-0.66.0-arm64.exe](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.66.0/PowerToysSetup-0.66.0-arm64.exe)
- **For x64 processors (most common):** [PowerToysSetup-0.67.0-x64.exe](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.67.0/PowerToysSetup-0.67.0-x64.exe)
- **For ARM64 processors:** [PowerToysSetup-0.67.0-arm64.exe](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.67.0/PowerToysSetup-0.67.0-arm64.exe)
This is our preferred method.
### Via Microsoft Store
Install from the [Microsoft Store's PowerToys page][microsoft-store-link]. You must be using the [new Microsoft Store](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsExperience/2021/06/24/building-a-new-open-microsoft-store-on-windows-11/) which will be available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Install from the [Microsoft Store's PowerToys page][microsoft-store-link]. You must be using the [new Microsoft Store](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsExperience/2021/06/24/building-a-new-open-microsoft-store-on-windows-11/) which is available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
### Via WinGet (Preview)
### Via WinGet
Download PowerToys from [WinGet][winget-link]. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
```powershell
@ -72,102 +72,75 @@ For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](/doc/
Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on.
### 0.66 - December 2022 Update
### 0.67 - January 2023 Update
In this release, we focused on stability and improvements.
In this release, we focused on releasing new features and improvements.
**Highlights**
- PowerToy utilities now ship with self-contained .NET 7, meaning it's not necessary to install .NET as part of the installer and it's easier to keep up to date.
- It's possible to pick which of the installed OCR languages is used by Text Extractor by selecting it in the right-click context menu.
- Added a setting to sort the order of the accented characters by usage frequency in Quick Accent.
- Added an option for PowerToys Run to tab through results instead of context buttons. Thanks [@maws6502](https://github.com/maws6502)!
- All PowerToys registry entries are moved from machine scope (HKLM) to user scope (HKCU).
- Quick access system tray launcher. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
### General
### Awake
- Reduced resource consumption caused by logging. A thread for each logger was being created even for disabled utilities.
- The .NET 7 dependency is now shipped self-contained within the utilities, using deep links to reduce storage space usage.
### Color Picker
- Fixed an issue where the custom color formats were not working when picking colors without using the editor.
- Fixed a crash when using duplicated names for color formats.
- Added two decimal formats, to distinguish between RGB and BGR.
- Fixed color name localization, which was not working correctly on 0.65.
- Disable instead of hiding "Keep screen on" option.
### FancyZones
- Fixed an editor crash caused by deleting a zone while trying to move it.
- Reduce the time it takes the tooltip for layout shortcut setting to appear in the editor.
- Refactored and improved code quality.
### File Locksmith
### File explorer add-ons
- Fixed an issue causing File Locksmith to hang when looking for open handles in some machines.
- Fixed escaping HTML-sensitive characters when previewing developer files. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
### Hosts File Editor
### Image Resizer
- Added a warning when duplicated entries are detected. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Improved code quality around a silent crash that was being reported to Microsoft servers.
### PowerToys Run
- Support drag and dropping for file results. Thanks [@daniel-richter](https://github.com/daniel-richter)!
- Add option to tab through results only. Thanks [@maws6502](https://github.com/maws6502)!
- System plugin - Updated Recycle Bin command to allow opening the Recycle Bin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- System plugin - Improved Recycle Bin command to not block PT Run while the deletion is running. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- System plugin - Small other changes to improve the usability of the Recycle Bin command. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- WindowWalker plugin - Show all open windows with action keyword. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
### Quick Accent
- Added support for dark theme. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Increased default input delay to improve out of the box experience.
- Fixed a bug causing the first character to not be selected when opening the overlay. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed the positioning of the overlay when showing near the horizontal edges of the screen.
- Added additional Pinyin characters. Thanks [@char-46](https://github.com/char-46)!
- Added Macedonian characters. Thanks [@ad-mca-mk](https://github.com/ad-mca-mk)!
- Added a setting to sort characters by usage frequency.
- Added a setting to always start selection in the first character, even when using the arrow keys as the activation method.
- Added dashes characters. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)!
- Added Estonian characters. Thanks [@jovark](https://github.com/jovark)!
- Added Hebrew characters. Thanks [@Evyatar-E](https://github.com/Evyatar-E)!
- Added diacritical marks. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)!
- Added Norwegian characters. Thanks [@norwayman22](https://github.com/norwayman22)!
### Settings
- Fixed an error that hid the option to keep the display on when using the "Indefinitely Awake" mode.
- Fixed an accessibility issue causing the navigation bar to not work with narrator in scan mode.
- Fixed an accessibility issue where the name for the shortcut control was not being read correctly.
- Tweaked the Color Picker custom color format UI. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Improved the shortcut control visibility and accessibility. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
- Fixed an issue causing the Settings to not be saved correctly on scenarios where the admin user would be different then the user running PowerToys.
- Added a setting to pick which language should be used by default when using Text Extractor.
### Text Extractor
- Improve behavior for CJK languages by not adding spaces for some characters that don't need them. Thanks [@AO2233](https://github.com/AO2233)!
- OCR language can now be picked in the right-click context menu.
### Video Conference Mute
- Reduced resource consumption by not starting the File Watchers when the utility is disabled.
- Fixed URL click crash on the "What's New" screen.
- Added quick access system tray launcher. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
### Documentation
- Updated the development setup documentation.
- Improved the Markdown documentation lists numbering in many docs. Thanks [@sanidhyas3s](https://github.com/sanidhyas3s)!
- Added PowerToys [disk usage footprint document](doc\devdocs\disk-usage-footprint.md).
- Fixed some grammar issues on main readme / Wiki. Thanks [@CanePlayz](https://github.com/CanePlayz)!
### Development
- Verify notice.md file and used NuGet packages are synced.
- Turned on C++ code analysis and incrementally fixing warnings.
- C++ code analysis no longer runs on release CI to speed up building release candidates. It still runs on GitHub CI and when building locally to maintain code quality.
- Cleaned up "to-do" comments referring to disposing memory on C#. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added a fabric bot rule for localization issues.
- Fixed a CI build error after a .NET tools update.
- Update the Windows App SDK dependency version to 1.2.
- When building for arm64, the arm64 build tools are now preferred when building on an arm64 device. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Updated the C# test framework and removed unused Newtonsoft.Json package references.
- Updated StyleCop and fixed/enabled more warnings. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed a language typo in the code. Thanks [@eltociear](https://github.com/eltociear)!
- Improved code quality around some silent crashes that were being reported to Microsoft servers.
- Moved the GPO asset files to source instead of docs in the repo.
- Upgraded the unit test NuGet packages.
- Automatically add list of .NET Runtime deps to Installer during build. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Move all installer registry entries to HKCU.
- Refactor installer - extract module related stuff from Product.wxs to per-module .wxs file.
- Enhance ARM64 build configuration verification. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)!
- Helped identify a WebView2 issue affecting PowerToys File explorer add-ons, which has been fixed upstream and released as an update through the usual Windows Update channels.
#### What is being planned for version 0.67
#### What is being planned for version 0.68
For [v0.67][github-next-release-work], we'll work on below:
For [v0.68][github-next-release-work], we'll work on below:
- Allow installing without UAC.
- Add a flyout menu to the system tray icon for quick access.
- New utility: [PowerToys Peek](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/80)
- New utility: [Paste as plain text](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/1684)
- Stability / bug fixes
## PowerToys Community
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[usingPowerToys-docs-link]: https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs
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