Power Toys: v0.77.0 Release

In the v0.77 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash | |----------------|----------|-------------| | Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.77.0-x64.exe | 3485D3F45A3DE6ED7FA151A4CE9D6F941491C30E83AB51FD59B4ADCD20611F1A | | Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.77.0-arm64.exe | 762DF383A01006A20C0BAB2D321667E855236EBA7108CDD475E4E2A8AB752E0E | | Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.77.0-x64.exe | 1B6D4247313C289B07A3BF3531E215B3F9BEDBE9254919637F2AC502B4773C31 | | Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.77.0-arm64.exe | CF740B3AC0EB5C23E18B07ACC2D0C6EC5F4CE4B3A2EDC67C2C9FDF6EF78F0352 |

Highlights

• New utility: Command Not Found PowerShell 7.4 module - adds the ability to detect failed commands in PowerShell 7.4 and suggest a package to install using winget. Thanks @carlos-zamora!
• Keyboard manager does not register low level hook if there are no remappings anymore.
• Added support for QOI file type in Peek. Thanks @pedrolamas!
• Added support for loading 3rd-party plugins with additional dependencies in PowerToys Run. Thanks @coreyH!

Known issues

• There are some incompatibilities between Command Not Found and some PowerShell configurations. You can find about those in the #30818 issue.

General

• Bump WPF-UI package version to fix crashes related to theme changes. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed typo in version change notification. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Code improvements and fixed silenced warnings introduced by upgrade to .NET 8.
• Update copyright year for 2024.
• Added setting to disable warning notifications about detecting an application running as Administrator.

AlwaysOnTop

• Show notification when elevated app is in the foreground but AlwaysOnTop is running non-elevated.

Command Not Found

• Added a new utility: A Command Not Found PowerShell 7.4 module. It adds the ability to detect failed commands in PowerShell 7.4 and suggest a package to install using winget. Thanks @carlos-zamora!

Environment Variables

• Fixed issue causing Environment Variables window not to appear as a foreground window.

FancyZones

• Fixed snapping specific apps (e.g. Facebook messenger). (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed behavior of Move newly created windows to current active monitor setting to keep maximize state on moving. Thanks @quyenvsp!
• Fixed issue causing FancyZones Editor layout window to be zoned.

File Explorer add-ons

• Fixed WebView2 based previewers issue caused by the latest WebView update. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)

Hosts File Editor

• Fixed issue causing settings not to be preserved on update.

Image Resizer

• Fixed crash caused by WpfUI ThemeWatcher. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)

Keyboard Manager

• Do not register low level hook if there are no remappings.

Peek

• Improved icon and title showing for previewed files. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added QOI file type support. Thanks @pedrolamas!

PowerToys Run

• Fixed results list UI element height for different maximum number of results value. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed icon extraction for .lnk files. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed search box UI glitch when FlowDirection is RightToLeft. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed theme setting. (This was a hotfix for 0.76)
• Fixed error reporting window UI issue. Thanks @niels9001!
• UI improvements and ability to show/hide plugins overview panel. Thanks @niels9001!
• Allow interaction with plugin hints. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Switch to WPF-UI theme manager. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing 3rd party plugin's dependencies dll not being loaded properly. Thanks @coreyH!
• Added configurable font sizes. Thanks @niels9001!
• Changed the text color of plugin hints to improve the contrast when light theme is used. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fix scientific notation errors in Calculator plugin. Thanks @viggyd!
• Add URI/URL features to Value generator plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!

Quick Accent

• Moved Greek specific characters from All language set to Greek. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Add more mathematical symbols. Thanks @kevinfu2!

Settings

• Fixed exception occurring on theme change.
• Fix "What's new" icon. Thanks @niels9001!
• Remove obsolete UI Font icon properties. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• OOBE UI improvements. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• XAML Binding improvements. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Fixed crash caused by ThemeListener constructor exceptions.

Documentation

• Improved docs for adding new languages to monaco. Thanks @PesBandi!
• Update README.md to directly state x64 & ARM processor in requirements.
• Added Scoop plugin to PowerToys Run thirdPartyRunPlugins.md docs. Thanks @Quriz!

Development

• Adopted XamlStyler for PowerToys Run source code. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Consolidate Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools across solution.
• Upgraded Boost's lib to v1.84.
• Upgraded HelixToolkit packages to the latest versions.
• Updated sdl baselines.