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@LegendaryBlair LegendaryBlair released this 14 Aug 12:56

Preview v0.101.2262.0

This preview includes the latest features, fixes, and improvements for PowerToys v0.101.

Installer Hashes

Description Filename sha256 hash
Per user - x64 PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2262.0-x64.exe 6F728114D9CEA05C9F83976C09E0EF9C4AD657F5E20C345D03D16DB91B7E422A
Per user - ARM64 PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2262.0-arm64.exe 27B18C749D7006377F376349FEAEAAEB0F420A10E2124E353110E5BAB0C5C9F8
Machine wide - x64 PowerToysSetup-0.101.2262.0-x64.exe 10AF5CD4B435C0D6E85E5C1AD352B8717DDDDA0F33F1C21146245736FB6AF373
Machine wide - ARM64 PowerToysSetup-0.101.2262.0-arm64.exe 395B11D19FA6F8E8E57BC766A52C30A493B815B9017E26DA9EF1AECE3C9EBE27

Highlights

  • Shortcut Guide: Added page-local search and configurable Windows-key hold actions for taskbar indicators or the full guide.
  • File Explorer: Added opt-in local image rendering for Markdown previews, with Settings and Group Policy controls.
  • Command Palette: Reorganized settings into clearer sections and improved compact search box positioning controls.
  • Settings: Added consistent update-state badges and a compact update status surface across pages.
  • Advanced Paste: Improved OpenAI model compatibility by allowing providers to use their supported reasoning defaults.

General

  • Replaced retired issue-labeling and deduplication workflows with an agentic triage flow that safely analyzes bounded diagnostic evidence, recommends duplicate matches, and applies a seven-day author-feedback lifecycle in #49828
  • Updated Mouse Highlighter default click colors to green for left clicks and blue for right clicks while preserving existing saved preferences in #49833
  • Improved Advanced Paste compatibility with OpenAI models by allowing providers to use their supported service defaults in #49840
  • Pinned GitHub Actions to immutable commit SHAs and added a seven-day Dependabot cooldown for reproducible workflow dependencies in #49848 by @danfiedler-msft
  • Removed redundant Azure module installation from the release symbol-publishing job in #49861
  • Improved the Settings update experience with shared state badges and a compact status surface across pages in #49872

Command Palette

  • Simplified Command Palette settings with clearer General and Personalization sections, removed obsolete Store discovery UI, and clarified compact search box positioning in #49865

File Explorer and Settings

  • Added an opt-in Markdown preview setting for rendering validated local and network-share images from relative paths, with Settings and Group Policy controls in #47857 by @st-gr

Shortcut Guide

  • Added an accessible page-local search box that filters shortcuts by names, descriptions, modifiers, and displayed keys, with Ctrl+F, Escape, and no-results accessibility support in #49639
  • Added configurable Windows-key hold activation for taskbar indicators or the full guide, with adjustable hold duration and optional close-on-release behavior in #49661 by @noraa-junker