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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■ Removed outdated MSIX code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/)