The new PowerToys v0.41.2 for Windows 10 released with tool to keep your PC Awake

justin26

3 years ago

Microsoft has released version v0.41.2 of their PowerToys utility. Powertoys include a tool to rename files, a keyboard manager and application launcher, image resizer, colour picker, microphone muter, and more.

The update focuses mainly on stability and optimization but also brings a brand-new tool – Awake, which allows Power-Users to now keep their computer awake on demand.

Changelog:

Shortcut guide removed support for long Win press to activate. Now supports Win + ? by default
Turned off FancyZones canvas editor magnetic snapping to allow keyboard support
Updated Color Picker GIF for OOBE.
Removed outdated MSIX code
Upgraded all projects to Modern WPF 0.94
Dropped support for the module interface API to save settings
Removed Winstore dependency

General

Improved auto-update experience in PowerToys Settings
Updated general bug report information to be more robust
Improved settings layout for radio button groups. Updated images and menu for OOBE.
Localization updates

Awake

New Awake utility added! Power-Users can now keep their computer awake on-demand without having to manage its power settings.

Color Picker

Improvements to Color Picker’s zoom functionality.
Prevent duplicate colors from appearing in selection history
Improved UX to better support keyboard navigation.
Fixed OOBE hotkey description.

FancyZones

Full keyboard support for canvas editor’s main window and context.
New support for faster layout selection by double clicking a desired layout from the editor to automatically apply it and dismiss the editor.
New zone activation behaviour allows users to snap a window to the zone who’s center is closest to the cursor.
Added process icon for FancyZones.
Fixed issue with zoning minimized windows.
Fixed a bunch of accessibility bugs
Now an independent exe, detached from the runner process.

File Explorer Add-Ons

Adjusted Markdown newline behaviour to be less strict so the add-on behaves more like GitHub implementations
Image Resizer
Fixed bug with custom size option where leaving a height/width value blank caused the output to be a 1 x 1 square pixel. Now the blank value automatically adjusts to the height/width that was set.

Image Resizer

Fixed bug where specifying a width but no height generated a 1×1 px image instead of auto-adjusting the height.

PowerRename

Fixed File Explorer crash when running PowerRename

PowerToys Run

Multiple crashing bugs resolved.
New Unit Converter plugin! Activate in the query prompt with the default activation phrase %%. Ex: %% 10 ft in m.
New Windows Settings plugin! Search for specific Windows settings from PowerToys Run by utilizing the default activation phrase $ followed by the desired setting. Ex: $ Add/Remove Programs or $ Device:.
Updated the URL plugin to enable quickly launching the default browser with the action keyword, which defaults to //.
Added remainder/modulo support for Calculator plugin via % operator.
Faster launching from improved Win32 program indexing.
Search text results now highlight matched characters from input.