Microsoft PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.

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## 🔨 Utilities PowerToys includes over 30 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Windows experience: | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | [ Advanced Paste icon

Advanced Paste](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_AdvancedPaste) | [ Always on Top icon

Always on Top](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_AoT) | [ Awake icon

Awake](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Awake) | | [ Color Picker icon

Color Picker](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ColorPicker) | [ Command Not Found icon

Command Not Found](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CmdNotFound) | [ Command Palette icon

Command Palette](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CmdPal) | | [ Crop and Lock icon

Crop And Lock](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_CropAndLock) | [ Environment Variables icon

Environment Variables](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_EnvironmentVariables) | [ FancyZones icon

FancyZones](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FancyZones) | | [ File Explorer Add-ons icon

File Explorer Add-ons](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FileExplorerAddOns) | [ File Locksmith icon

File Locksmith](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_FileLocksmith) | [ Grab And Move icon

Grab And Move](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_GrabAndMove) | | [ Hosts File Editor icon

Hosts File Editor](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_HostsFileEditor) | [ Image Resizer icon

Image Resizer](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ImageResizer) | [ Keyboard Manager icon

Keyboard Manager](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_KeyboardManager) | | [ Light Switch icon

Light Switch](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_LightSwitch) | [ Mouse Utilities icon

Mouse Utilities](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseUtilities) | [ Mouse Without Borders icon

Mouse Without Borders](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_MouseWithoutBorders) | | [ New+ icon

New+](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_NewPlus) | [ Peek icon

Peek](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Peek) | [ PowerDisplay icon

PowerDisplay](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerDisplay) | | [ PowerRename icon

PowerRename](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerRename) | [ PowerToys Run icon

PowerToys Run](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerToysRun) | [ Quick Accent icon

Quick Accent](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_QuickAccent) | | [ Registry Preview icon

Registry Preview](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_RegistryPreview) | [ Screen Ruler icon

Screen Ruler](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ScreenRuler) | [ Shortcut Guide icon

Shortcut Guide](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ShortcutGuide) | | [ Text Extractor icon

Text Extractor](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_TextExtractor) | [ Workspaces icon

Workspaces](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_Workspaces) | [ ZoomIt icon

ZoomIt](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_ZoomIt) | ## 📦 Installation For detailed installation instructions and system requirements, visit the [installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install). But to get started quickly, choose one of the installation methods below:

Download the .exe file from GitHub

Go to the [PowerToys GitHub releases](https://aka.ms/installPowerToys), scroll down and select **Assets** to reveal the installation files, and choose the one that matches your architecture and install scope. For most devices, that would be _x64 per-user_.

Microsoft Store

You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:

WinGet

Download PowerToys from [WinGet](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli#installing-the-client). Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell: - User scope installer (default) ```powershell winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget ``` - Machine-wide scope installer ```powershell winget install --scope machine Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget ```

Other methods

There are [community driven install methods](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/install#community-driven-install-tools) such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.

## ✨ What's new? [![What's new image](doc/images/readme/Release-Banner.png)](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases) To see what's new, check out the [release notes](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/). ## 🛣️ Roadmap We are planning some nice new features and improvements for the next releases – a brand-new Shortcut Guide experience, ensuring it's easier to find and install Command Palette extensions and so much more! Stay tuned for [v0.100][github-next-release-work]! ## ❤️ PowerToys Community The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the [support of an amazing active community][community-link]. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn't be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work. Your contributions and feedback improve PowerToys month after month! ## Contributing This project welcomes contributions of all types. Besides coding features / bug fixes, other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows. We ask that **before you start work on a feature that you would like to contribute**, please read our [Contributor's Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). We would be happy to work with you to figure out the best approach, provide guidance and mentorship throughout feature development, and help avoid any wasted or duplicate effort. Most contributions require you to agree to a [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)][oss-CLA] declaring that you grant us the rights to use your contribution and that you have permission to do so. For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](./doc/devdocs) for a detailed breakdown. This includes how to setup your computer to compile. ## Code of conduct This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][oss-conduct-code]. ## Privacy statement The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more privacy information and what we collect, see our [PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation](https://aka.ms/powertoys-data-and-privacy-documentation). [oss-CLA]: https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com [oss-conduct-code]: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md [community-link]: COMMUNITY.md [github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22PowerToys+0.100%22