Note: Starting with version 0.37, PowerToys for Windows 10 / Windows 11 will require Windows 10 version 1903 or greater.Īnd since the Windows 10 / Windows 11 PowerToys are all inside one program, updates and new features will be easy to install. As more features are added, I will update this article. The latest version, PowerToys for Windows 10 / Windows 11, currently has twelve ( 12) utilities ( as of 1/6/22) included, and there are plans to add even more. In fact, some of the functionality of the PowerToys do get built into later releases of Windows. PowerToys have always been a cool collection of handy utilities that you wonder why they were not part of Windows to begin with.

TweakUI ( Windows 95 / Windows XP) and Command Prompt Here ( Windows 95) / Open Command Windows Here ( Windows XP) were two (2) of my favorites. The second version was PowerToys for Windows XP. The first version was PowerToys for Windows 95. I hate to admit it, and I'm going to show my age here, but I have used the two ( 2) previous versions of PowerToys. It is kind of like Déjà vu for me with the PowerToys for Windows 10 / Windows 11. And as always, these programs are entirely free. They call them PowerToys and are released as a stand-alone program with File Explorer add-ons. Microsoft developers have always liked to create handy system utilities that add more functionally to the Windows operating system.

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