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Title: PowerToys v0.41.4 Is Out with Some Fixes – Third Release This Week
Post by: javajolt on July 02, 2021, 03:13:17 PM
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Microsoft released PowerToys v0.41.2 and 0.41.3 earlier this week. Today, another version is dropping fixing further bugs. Version 0.41.4 is a patch release fixing an issue in 0.41.3 that the team said it "deemed important for stability based on user feedback."

Fixes include:

   ■ PowerToys Run crashing when selecting search results

   ■ Awake has high CPU usage

   ■ PowerToys Run error on Windows Startup

   ■ Add "PowerToys" to Awake in systray

   ■ FancyZones unable to start correctly
      mage resizes to 1x1

Release notes for PowerToys 0.41.2

Change log

   ■ Shortcut guide removed support for long Win press to activate. Now supports Win + ?
      by default

   ■ Turned off FancyZones canvas editor magnetic snapping to allow keyboard support

   ■ Updated Color Picker GIF for OOBE.

   ■ Removed outdated MSIX code

   ■ Upgraded all projects to Modern WPF 0.94

   ■ Dropped support for the module interface API to save settings

   ■ Removed Winstore dependency

General

   ■ Improved auto-update experience in PowerToys Settings

   ■ Updated general bug report information to be more robust

   ■ Improved settings layout for radio button groups. Updated images and menu for OOBE.

   ■ Localization updates

Awake

   ■ New Awake utility added! Power-Users can now keep their computer awake on-demand
      without having to manage its power settings.

Color Picker

   ■ Improvements to Color Picker’s zoom functionality.

   ■ Prevent duplicate colors from appearing in selection history

   ■ Improved UX to better support keyboard navigation.

   ■ Fixed OOBE hotkey description.

FancyZones

   ■ Full keyboard support for canvas editor's main window and context.

   ■ New support for faster layout selection by double clicking a desired layout from the
      editor to automatically apply it and dismiss the editor.

   ■ New zone activation behavior allows users to snap a window to the zone who's center is
      closest to the cursor.

   ■ Added process icon for FancyZones.

   ■ Fixed issue with zoning minimized windows.

   ■ Fixed a bunch of accessibility bugs

   ■ Now an independent exe, detached from the runner process.

File Explorer Add-Ons

   ■ Adjusted Markdown newline behavior to be less strict so the add-on behaves more like
      GitHub implementations, Image Resizer.

   ■ Fixed bug with custom size option where leaving a height/width value blank caused the output to be a 1 x 1 square pixel. Now the blank value automatically adjusts to the height/width that was set.

Image Resizer

   ■ Fixed bug where specifying a width but no height generated a 1x1 px image instead of
      auto-adjusting the height.

PowerRename

   ■ Fixed File Explorer crash when running PowerRename

PowerToys Run

   ■ Multiple crashing bugs resolved.

   ■ New Unit Converter plugin! Activate in the query prompt with the default activation
      phrase %%. Ex: %% 10 ft in m.

   ■ New Windows Settings plugin! Search for specific Windows settings from PowerToys Run
      by utilizing the default activation phrase $ followed by the desired setting. Ex: $
      Add/Remove Programs or $ Device:.

   ■ Updated the URL plugin to enable quickly launching the default browser with the action
      keyword, which defaults to //.

   ■ Added remainder/modulo support for Calculator plugin via % operator.

   ■ Faster launching from improved Win32 program indexing.

   ■ Search text results now highlight matched characters from input.

Settings / Welcome to PowerToys

   ■ Fixed Color Picker’s key-binding information

Shortcut Guide

   ■ Customize key-binding from settings menu

   ■ Took Shortcut guide out of the runner process to remove unnecessary
      interdependencies

Installer

   ■ Updated .NET Core dependency to 3.1.15

   ■ Reduced the network traffic by making the updater not download files when they're
      already cached

For more details on PowerToys v0.41.2, check out this link (http://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.41.2). Or, head over to this link (http://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.41.3) for v0.41.3 release notes.

source (http://wccftech.com/powertoys-v0-41-4-is-out-with-some-fixes/)