Power Toys: v0.99.1 Release

Release date:
April 29, 2026
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v0.99.0 (released April 26, 2026)
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| Description | Filename | sha256 hash | |----------------|----------|----------| | Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.1-x64.exe | CAD34AA632251CFB9BDA1D6FE70E0BD5C150AC6FEC7AFB0BA179DF90413430CD | | Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.1-arm64.exe | 7BD4C3E66D64339C40DD42EC58DE8F25E2B81ECD90C45F0AD95247024F508705 | | Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.1-x64.exe | 29210F756B93DC1871694FC2A6BE89AB0BC76227F66FFBA0F5A80F408E576CDD | | Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.1-arm64.exe | 64B2B06FE83F2F287EAFED4DE445C88CFCA6C9CAE14C718FD31E4D57EAEFB3DF |

Highlights

This patch release fixes several important stability and behavior issues identified in v0.99.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the v0.99.0 notes for the full list of changes.

Command Palette

  • Fixed a crash on startup when loading settings caused by null DockSettings deserialized from settings.json in #47296
  • Fixed a bug where dock label settings were not persisted across sessions in #47317

Grab And Move

  • Fixed a bug where releasing the absorbed Alt key while pressing another key prevented it from propagating correctly to other apps in #47261
  • Fixed a bug where there Start menu and other OS surfaces would be draggable in #47302
  • Fixed a bug where the G key would be blocked, or Game Bar would be activated, when the modifier was set to Win key in #47326

Power Display

  • Added additional diagnostic logging to help investigate display detection and control issues in #47270
  • Defaulted the Input Source, Color Temperature, and Power State controls to off and added a confirmation dialog before applying these potentially disruptive changes in #47303
  • Used the localized "Built-in Display" name for the internal display instead of a hard-coded string in #47321