Power Toys: v0.97.2 Release

Release date:
February 6, 2026
Previous version:
v0.97.1 (released January 27, 2026)
Magnitude:
224 Diff Delta
Contributors:
3 total committers
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Top Contributors in v0.97.2

vanzue
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Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash | |----------------|----------|----------| | Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.97.2-x64.exe | 54A39F62334F7481C1BDDE8ABF4928F2E74F100A049F50C7339DABFD34134C98| | Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.97.2-arm64.exe | BB24AEE4B0B8EBDC007D04A84843D44008AB585192CF145816F4C07C99251BE0| | Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.97.2-x64.exe | D0316CCE8A586CE060390830FD0E3ECC298498159EEAFF2472A1BF3D2616A5E4| | Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.97.2-arm64.exe | 0CC6651BF7A3CA7CF63BAC0886FD7B314A5C4648D8C7212F22B4D5729CBD54D9|

Highlights

This patch release fixes several important stability issues identified in v0.97.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the v0.97.0 notes for the full list of changes.

Advanced Paste

  • #45207 Fixed a crash in the Advanced Paste settings page caused by null values during JSON deserialization.

Color Picker

  • #45367 Fixed contrast issue in Color picker UI.

Command Palette

  • #45194 Fixed an issue where some Command Palette PowerToys Extension strings were not localised.

Cursor Wrap

  • #45210 Fixed "Automatically activate on utility startup" setting not persisting when disabled. Thanks @ThanhNguyxn!
  • #45303 Added option to disable Cursor Wrapping when only a single monitor is connected. Thanks @mikehall-ms!

Image Resizer

  • #45184 Fixed Image Resizer not working after upgrading PowerToys on Windows 10 by properly cleaning up legacy sparse app packages.

LightSwitch

  • #45304 Fixed Light Switch startup logic to correctly apply the appropriate theme on launch.

Quick Access and Screen Ruler

  • #45443 Fixed crash related to IsShownInSwitchers property when Explorer is not running.

Workspaces

  • #45183 Fixed overlay positioning issue in workspace snapshot draw caused by DPI-aware coordinate mismatch.