Power Toys: v0.101.2373.0 Release

Release date:
August 25, 2026
Previous version:
v0.101.2362.0 (released August 25, 2026)
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7,072 Diff Delta
Contributors:
9 total committers
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Commits:

40 Commits in this Release

Ordered by the degree to which they evolved the repo in this version.

Authored August 14, 2026
Authored August 14, 2026
Authored August 14, 2026

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<!-- BEGIN POWERTOYS PREVIEW AGENT -->

Preview v0.101.2373.0

This preview resumes development from the main branch after the final PowerToys v0.101 stable release.

Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash | | --- | --- | --- | | Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2373.0-x64.exe | 44EC133557A421504BC3838C9491F5A84B23E462C71A189A82F1FC85F445DEA2 | | Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2373.0-arm64.exe | C8B80CAEFADDA6C7E5986F85E1152EECF3B79965C5B1B90A9BE7F87CD2B237EE | | Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.101.2373.0-x64.exe | E8F093789A1B8ED0058D19239BA36ED96D47DAA5366E71154E0AF159F8285F69 | | Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.101.2373.0-arm64.exe | E000B4E1064789AF27C1D7124D7121BE16C1AB9252BA3CAE3EE449ECFF11C6A3 |

Highlights

  • Command-line tools: Added PATH-visible commands for FancyZones, Image Resizer, File Locksmith, and PowerDisplay.
  • Installer: Improved upgrade reliability by closing independently running PowerToys utilities before replacing files.
  • Keyboard Manager: Improved mapping persistence and consistency across profiles, restarts, and modifier-key scenarios.
  • Command Palette: Fixed PowerToys fallback commands so each command can be enabled or disabled independently.
  • Shortcut Guide: Added a Claude Desktop manifest with general and in-chat keyboard shortcuts.
  • FancyZones: Fixed Shift-triggered zone highlighting during window dragging.

Command-line tools

  • Added PATH-visible command shims for FancyZones, Image Resizer, File Locksmith, and PowerDisplay command-line tools in #48631

Command Palette

  • Fixed PowerToys fallback commands so each command can be enabled or disabled independently in #50047 by @LE0-Lin
  • Added reusable extension settings controls for files, folders, string lists, and key-value lists in #49623 by @jiripolasek
  • Added Visual Studio component requirements to the extension template so contributors can install missing build prerequisites in #50095

FancyZones

  • Fixed drag-state handling so Shift-triggered zone highlighting remains correct, while expanding automated UI coverage in #49985

Keyboard Manager

  • Improved mapping persistence and consistency across profiles, restarts, validation, and modifier-key scenarios in #50059

PowerRename

  • Expanded automated coverage across rename options and Windows 10 and 11 context-menu workflows in #50096

Shortcut Guide

  • Added a Claude Desktop manifest with general and in-chat keyboard shortcuts in #49245 by @Bakorlam

General

  • Improved upgrade reliability by closing remaining independently running PowerToys utilities before installed files are replaced in #50106
  • Updated developer documentation links from docs.microsoft.com to learn.microsoft.com in #50102 by @loulanyue
  • Updated the README roadmap for the PowerToys 0.102 milestone in #50108 <!-- END POWERTOYS PREVIEW AGENT -->