Microsoft PowerToys for Windows Release Notes

What's new Microsoft PowerToys for Windows 0.62.0:

General

• Added a new utility: Screen Ruler.
• Added a new utility: Quick Accent.
• Added a new utility: Text Extractor.
• Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.4.

Always on Top

• Fixed a bug causing the border to linger when closing an Outlook popup window.

Color Picker

• Fixed the HSB color format to correctly track HSV instead of HSL.
• Fixed an issue where the zoom factor wasn't reset when reopening the zoom window.

FancyZones

• Removed the button to open Settings from the FancyZones Editor, as it was opening behind the overlay.
• Changed the Highlight distance control to a slider in the FancyZones Editor, to address accessibility issues with screen readers.
• Fixed an issue where the FancyZones Editor would duplicate or edit the wrong layout.
• Fixed an issue that caused canvas layout width/height to be changed without even opening the layout in FancyZones Editor.

File explorer add-ons

• Quality of life improvements to Developer Files preview, including a progress bar while loading, performance improvements, an improved dark mode, and logs.
• Fixed possible WebView related vulnerabilities in the SVG and Markdown handlers.
• Fixed some race conditions in Developer Files preview causing the loading bar to hang.
• Added localization support to the Developer Files preview messages.
• It's now possible to configure default color for Stl Thumbnails.
• Added an option to format JSON and XML files before rendering.

PowerRename

• Fixed an issue that was generating a silent crash when the context menu was triggered when not selecting any file or folder. (This was a hotfix for 0.61)
• Improved performance when loading a big number of files.
• Fixed a specific case in which PowerRename tried to rename a file to an empty string.
• The UI now shows when a file can't be renamed due to its name being too long or containing invalid characters.

PowerToys Run

• Added a fix to the VSCodeWorkspaces plugin to better support portable installations.
• The Folder plugin now expands %HOMEPATH% correctly.
• Fixed a case where a previous result was being activated when searching for new results. Added a setting to better control input throttling.
• Added support for port numbers in the URI plugin.
• Fixed query errors when the search delay option was turned off.
• New History plugin to search for old search results.
• Changed the default TimeDate activation keyword to ), as queries starting by ( are expected as Calculator global queries, and added information in Settings so users know that some activation keywords may conflict with normal usage of some plugins when trying to do a global query.
• The Unit Converter plugin updated its UnitsNet dependency and now supports plural units.
• Improved the validation logic in the Calculator plugin.

Runner

• Improved: Clean up old install folders and logs at startup.

Settings

• Image and phrasing adjustments.
• Icon and image updates for the new utilities.

Shortcut Guide

• Fixed the Narrator shortcut to include the newly added Control key.

Installer

• Fixed a regression that was causing the PowerToys shortcut to be deleted on update. (This was a hotfix for 0.61)
• Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.8.

Documentation

• Fixed wrong links to installers in README.

Development

• Removed FXCop leftovers.
• Added version number to missing binaries and added a CI script to verify that all binaries have their version numbers set correctly.
• Updated a dependency to fix building on Visual Studio 17.3 C++ tools.
• Fixed and reactivated the CI unit tests for FancyZones.
• Cleaned up and removed dead code from PowerRename code base.
• Added a script for verifying the solution targets match the expected CPU architectures.
• Obsolete package Castle.Core was removed.
• Language typos were corrected across the PowerToys assets.