Power Toys: v0.73.0 Release

In the v0.73 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash | |----------------|----------|-------------| | Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.73.0-x64.exe | BA55D245BDD734FD6F19803DD706A3AB8E0ABC491591195534997CF2122D3B7E | | Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.73.0-arm64.exe | FBFA40EA5FFA05236A7CCDD05E5142EE0C93D7485B965784196ED9B086BFEBF4 | | Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.73.0-x64.exe | 7FDA06292C7C2E6DA5AEF88D8E9D3DE89D331E9E356A232289F9B37CE4503894 | | Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.73.0-arm64.exe | 4260AA30A1F52F194EE07E9E7ECD9E9F4CF35289267F213BC933F7A5191AC17C |

Highlights

• Keyboard manager now supports Numpad. Note, with previously bound hotkeys stored in settings.json would only react to non-Numpad keys now. If a user wishes to restore the previous behavior, it could be done by manually adding another binding for the Numpad variant.
• New utility: Crop And Lock allows you to crop a current application into a smaller window or just create a thumbnail. Focus the target window and press the shortcut to start cropping.
• FancyZones code improvements and refactor.
• Modernized ImageResizer UX.
• PowerRename advanced counter functionality.

### General

• Added missing CoUninitialize call in elevation logic. Thanks @sredna!
• New utility: Crop And Lock. Thanks @robmikh! and @kevinguo305!
• Added new /helped fabric bot command to GitHub repo. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed crashes caused by invalid settings. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Always On Top

• Added border transparency.

FancyZones

• Fixed issue causing canvas zones being drawn only when dragging in zone area.
• Fixed user-defined default layout highlighting issue.
• Refactored and improved code quality.
• Fixed issue causing wrong layout to be applied when duplicating non-selected layout.

File Locksmith

• Icon update. Thanks @jmaraujouy!

File Explorer add-ons

• Fixed issue causing thumbnail previewers to lock files.
• Open URIs from developer files in default browser. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Installer

• Fixed PowerToys autorun after installing as SYSTEM user.
• Removed CreateScheduledTask custom action to handle task creation only from runner code.

Image Resizer

• Moved from ModernWPF to WpfUI to refresh and modernize UI/UX. Thanks @niels9001!

Keyboard Manager

• Rephrased labels to enhance clarity. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Keyboard manager now supports Numpad. Note, with previously bound hotkeys stored in settings.json would only react to non-Numpad keys now. If a user wishes to restore the previous behavior, it could be done by manually adding another binding for the Numpad variant.

Mouse Highlighter

• Fixed highlighter being invisible issue for Always on Top windows.
• Added settings for automatic activation on startup. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Mouse Pointer Crosshairs

• Added settings for automatic activation on startup. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Peek

• Show correct file type for shortcuts. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing wrong file size to be displayed. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Show 1 byte instead of 1 bytes file size. Thanks @Deepak-Sangle!
• Open URIs from developer files in default browser. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Show thumbnail and fallback to icon for unsupported files. Thanks @pedrolamas!

PowerRename

• Updated OOBE gif. Thanks @ChaseKnowlden!
• Localized renamed parts combo box.
• Introduced advanced counter functionality.
• Added remember last window size logic and optimized items sorting.
• Enable "Enumerate items" option by default.

PowerToys Run

• Fixed issue causing original search to be abandoned when cycling through results.
• Updated device and bluetooth results for Settings plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed InvalidOperationException exception thrown. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Add Base64 Decoding function to the Value Generator plugin. Thanks @LeagueOfPoro!
• Added Keep shell open option for Shell plugin.
• Added Crop And Lock to PowerToys plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Registry Preview

• Updated AppBarButtons to use an explicit AppBarButton.Icon. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixed crash on clicking Save As button.

Runner

• Removed unneeded RegisterWindowMessage from tray icon logic. Thanks @sredna!
• Fixed startup looping issue.
• Improved old logs and installers cleanup logic. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Screen Ruler

• Use proper resources file.

Settings

• Fixed issue causing problems with modifier keys and ShortcutControl. Thanks @sh0ckj0ckey!
• Fixed crash when clicking "Windows color settings" link.
• Added support for launching Settings app directly.
• Fixed issue causing DisplayDescription not showing for PowerToys Run PluginAdditionalOption.
• Fixed issue causing FileLocksmith 'Show File Locksmith in' setting not showing correct value.
• Fixed issue causing Awake on/off toggle in Settings flyout not to work when Settings Awake page is opened.

Documentation

• Added documentation for PowerToys Run third-party plugins. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed broken links in keyboardmanagerui.md. Thanks @shubhsardana29!
• Updated core team in COMMUNITY.md.
• Fixed broken links in ui-architecture.md. Thanks @SamB!
• Updated community.valuegenerator.md with Base64DecodeRequest description.

Development

• Updated test packages and StyleCop. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Condense NuGet Restore into MSBuild Tasks. Thanks @snickler!