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### Requirements ### Requirements
- Windows 11 or Windows 10 v2004 (19041) or newer. - Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 2004 (code name 20H1 / build number 19041) or newer.
- Our installer will install the following items: - Our installer will install the following items:
- [.NET 6.0.6 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0#runtime-desktop-6.0.6) or a newer 6.0.x runtime. - [.NET 6.0.7 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0#runtime-desktop-6.0.7) or a newer 6.0.x runtime.
- [Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703) bootstrapper. This will install the latest version. - [Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703) bootstrapper. This will install the latest version.
- [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable](https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022) installer. This will install one of the latest versions available. - [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable](https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022) installer. This will install one of the latest versions available.
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[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 the PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture. For most people, it is `x64`. [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 the PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture. For most people, it is `x64`.
- **For x64 processors (most common):** click on `PowerToysSetup-0.60.1-x64.exe` - **For x64 processors (most common):** click on [PowerToysSetup-0.61.0-x64.exe](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.61.0/PowerToysSetup-0.61.0-x64.exe)
- **For ARM64 processors:** `PowerToysSetup-0.60.1-arm64.exe` - **For ARM64 processors:** [PowerToysSetup-0.61.0-arm64.exe](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.61.0/PowerToysSetup-0.61.0-arm64.exe)
This is our preferred method. This is our preferred method.
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Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on. Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on.
### 0.60 - June 2022 Update ### 0.61 - July 2022 Update
In this release, we focused heavily on stability and improvements. Below are some of the highlights! This is a lighter release, with a shorter development cycle and focused on stability and improvements.
**Highlights** **Highlights**
- PowerRename and Image Resizer now appear on the new Windows 11 context menu. - Quality of life improvements for Always on Top, FancyZones and PowerToys Run.
- There's a new PowerToys Run plugin for OneNote. Thanks [@palenshus](https://github.com/palenshus)!
- FancyZones uses a new zone identification with monitor Id to increase stability and avoid zone resets.
- AlwaysOnTop now uses rounded corners for highlighting rounded windows on Windows 11.
- Added settings to PowerToys Run to better control the query results order. Thanks [@jefflord](https://github.com/jefflord)!
### Known issues ### Known issues
- After installing PowerToys, [the new Windows 11 context menu entries for PowerRename and Image Resizer might not appear before a system restart](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/19124). On some Windows 11 dev channel insider builds, the new context menu entries are not registering correctly and the classic context menu entries will be shown instead. - After installing PowerToys, [the new Windows 11 context menu entries for PowerRename and Image Resizer might not appear before a system restart](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/19124).
- There are reports of users who are [unable to open the Settings window](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/18015). This is being caused by incompatibilities with some applications (RTSS RivaTuner Statistics Server and MSI AfterBurner are known examples of this). If you're affected by this, please check the linked issue to verify if any of the presented solutions works for you. - There are reports of users who are [unable to open the Settings window](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/18015). This is being caused by incompatibilities with some applications (RTSS RivaTuner Statistics Server and MSI AfterBurner are known examples of this). If you're affected by this, please check the linked issue to verify if any of the presented solutions works for you.
### General ### General
- Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.1. (This was a hotfix for 0.59) - Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.2.
- The new Windows 11 context menu entries are now correctly added to Windows 11 dev channel insider builds. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- The old context menu entries are shown alongside the new Windows 11 context menu entries to be compatible with software that overrides the Windows 11 context menu behavior. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- Consolidated C# language version across the solution. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Removed deprecated Segoe icon glyph codes and replaced them with the correct ones. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001) and [@Jay-o-Way](https://github.com/Jay-o-Way)!
- Fixed an issue that caused a random accent key to be pressed on certain keyboard layouts when enabling some modules.
### Always on Top ### Always on Top
- Added support for more diverse keyboard shortcuts with a fallback to low level keyboard hooks. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - Fixed border flickering when activating. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added rounded corner highlights for rounded corner windows on Windows 11. - Fixed a bug causing Always on Top to activate and hang when exiting PowerToys. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Fixed black edges appearing on rounded corners.
- Fixed a bug that was causing 100% CPU consumption.
### FancyZones ### FancyZones
- Fixed a bug where windows shown on all desktops were not working with FancyZones. (This was a hotfix for 0.59) - Fixed a bug that caused layouts to not be applied correctly when many monitors reported having the same serial number. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- When changing zone layouts, windows will match a new size/position if the option is on. (This was a hotfix for 0.59) - Fixed a bug that caused layouts to not be applied correctly on some virtual monitor setups (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- Minor UI fix in FancyZones Editor. Thanks [@ZetaSp](https://github.com/ZetaSp)! - A "Rows" default layout is now applied to vertical monitors, instead of a "Columns" layout. Thanks [@augustkarlstedt](https://github.com/augustkarlstedt)!
- Fixed proper canvas layout rendering in FancyZones Editor and the unscaled monitor resolution is now shown.
- Fixed an issue with transparency in certain windows causing the window to go blank.
### Image Resizer ### Image Resizer
- The Image Resizer entry is now shown in the new Windows 11 context menu. - Screen reader now announces the size name instead of the class name.
### File explorer add-ons ### File explorer add-ons
- Add a viewBox attribute to svg file thumbnails so that it tries to show the whole image, similar to what was done in the preview handler. - Fixed an issue when creating thumbnails for SVG files created using Inkscape.
- Removed access to a remote image in the tests for markdown preview.
- Fixed flakiness in the markdown preview test suite with proper component initialization timeouts.
- Fixed the leaking WebView2 resources caused by svg thumbnails.
### Keyboard Manager ### Keyboard Manager
- The Editor title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks [@WilliamABradley](https://github.com/WilliamABradley)! - Adjusted wording on the editor when keys are orphaned.
### Mouse utility ### Mouse utility
- The Mouse Pointer Crosshairs default activation shortcut was changed to not collide with a special character combination on some internation keyboards. - Fixed a bug that caused the current Find My Mouse spotlight to hang when activated in the top left corner of the screen. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
### PowerRename ### PowerRename
- Fixed the file enumeration logic to only change enumerations at the end of the file name. - The PowerRename window reacts to current dpi when created.
- Clicking on regex/date and time cheat sheet appends that item to the selected search or replace text field.
- The PowerRename entry is now shown in the new Windows 11 context menu.
- The title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks [@WilliamABradley](https://github.com/WilliamABradley)!
### PowerToys Run ### PowerToys Run
- A setting was added to disable and configure the input delay on searching queries. (This was a hotfix for 0.59) - Fixed a typo in the WindowWalker plugin UI. Thanks [@rohanrdy](https://github.com/rohanrdy)!
- Fixed and added logs for default Web Browser detection. (This was a hotfix for 0.59) - Improved performance by saving the search history files only on exit. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- The Program plugin can now search .lnk shortcuts by their executable name. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - PowerToys Run no longer shows results for some plugins when querying for empty spaces in a global query. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- A new plugin for OneNote was added. Thanks [@palenshus](https://github.com/palenshus)! - Added support for showing localized names for some win32 programs in the programs plugin. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- Query caching and delayed execution was added to the OneNote plugin. Thanks [@palenshus](https://github.com/palenshus)! - The program plugin will now consider settings changed directly in ProgramPluginSettings.json. Thanks [@bezgumption](https://github.com/bezgumption)!
- Quality of life fixes for the TimeZone plugin, including fixes for empty subtitles, missing time zones and results not being found when expected. Thanks [@TobiasSekan](https://github.com/TobiasSekan)!
- Calls to the obsolete WebRequest API were removed. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added common names for the share settings in the Settings plugins. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- The Calculator Mages engine was updated to 2.0.1, for higher precision. Thanks for the testing and for pushing for the changes [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- Translation fixes for the Calculator and TimeDate plugins. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
- An entry for "Search Settings" was added to the Settings plugin. Thanks [@jefflord](https://github.com/jefflord)!
- Removed uses of the deprecated BinaryFormatter, which contained vulnerabilities. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Added settings to better control the query results order. Thanks [@jefflord](https://github.com/jefflord)!
- The Terminal plugin now uses a better API to detect installed Terminal packages. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
### Settings ### Settings
- Fixed a bug that said an update had failed, even if PowerToys was fully updated. (This was a hotfix for 0.59) - PowerToys Run settings page properly greys out the score adjustment setting when a plugin is not global. Thanks [@jefflord](https://github.com/jefflord)!
- OOBE window is resizable. (This was a hotfix for 0.59) - PowerToys Run plugins score adjustment field accepts only numeric characters. Thanks [@jefflord](https://github.com/jefflord)!
- OOBE can now show release notes through authenticated proxies. - Will not run if started directly from its executable, as it was before the WinUI 3 upgrade.
- OOBE now hides the x64 and ARM64 installer hashes on the What's New page. - Fixed a typo in a PowerToys Run settings page description. Thanks [@eltociear](https://github.com/eltociear)!
- Minor UI fix in the Keyboard Manager page. Thanks [@ZetaSp](https://github.com/ZetaSp)!
- Fix in internal data type of CheckBox controls. Thanks [@ghost1372](https://github.com/ghost1372)!
- The title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks [@WilliamABradley](https://github.com/WilliamABradley)!
- Fixed a crash accessing/loading the System.Management API on ARM64 versions of Windows.
### Installer ### Installer
- Fixed signing of the setup custom actions dll in the new pipeline. - Removed the dead code to make a msix installer.
- The Visual C++ redistributable was updated to 14.32.31332 and fixed an installer error when a newer version was installed. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler)! - Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.7.
- Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.6. - Won't create a new PowerToys shortcut on update if it's been removed manually by the user.
### Development ### Development
- Clean up of the CA1031 warning suppression. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)! - Updated the Windows Store Package submission script to show less UI while installing PowerToys. (This was a hotfix for 0.60)
- Support for ARM64 binaries was added to the Microsoft Store submission task. Thanks [@azchohfi](https://github.com/azchohfi)! - Added more functionality to the Monitor Report Tool.
- Added code for a tool to help identify monitor IDs. - The release CI now includes the version number in the symbols artifacts.
- Support for ARM64 binaries was added to the winget package creation task. - GitHub should now show .vsconfig as a JSON file. Thanks [@osfanbuff63](https://github.com/osfanbuff63)!
- Updated the Pull Request template to better reflect project changes. - Centralized the configurations for NetAnalyzers and StyleCop. Thanks [@davidegiacometti](https://github.com/davidegiacometti)!
- Component Governance checks were re-activated on the new main branch. - Check-spelling has been upgraded to version 0.0.20. Thanks [@jsoref](https://github.com/jsoref)!
- CI is failing to run tests calling the newer WebView 2 version, so these were disabled until a fix is found.
- Updated the tests SDK to 17.2.0.
- Nuget package versions used in the solution were consolidated.
- The CodeQL CI task was disabled in the repo, but was causing issues on forks, so it was removed.
- A specific Newtonsoft.Json version was specified in tests to avoid a vulnerability present in previous versions.
- FabricBot configurations were added to the repository.
- Added a dependabot configuration for updating GitHub actions dependencies. Thanks [@naveensrinivasan](https://github.com/naveensrinivasan)!
- Updated the check-spelling action and added quality of life fixes to the workflow. Thanks [@jsoref](https://github.com/jsoref)!
#### What is being planned for v0.61 #### What is being planned for v0.62
For [v0.61][github-next-release-work], we'll work on below: For [v0.62][github-next-release-work], we'll work on below:
- Environment Variables Editor PowerToy - Environment Variables Editor PowerToy
- Screen Measure PowerToy - Screen Measure PowerToy
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[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F34 [github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F35
[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F33 [github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F34