Windows Help & Advice - UK (2019-12)

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Discover Windows

10’s new PowerToys

“Ablastfromthepast– PowerToysareback!

Microsofthasrevivedthepopularutilitiesfor

Windows10,andwe’reexcitedtoseetheirreturn”

f youhavebeenusinga PC

sincethedaysofWindows

95,thereis a chanceyou

rememberPowerToys.Theywere

handylittleutilitiesproducedby

Microsoftwhichaddednewtoolsand

optionstoWindows,suchasquickly

changingscreenresolutionand

browsingfoldersthroughcontext

menus.WithWindowsXPcamea

secondbatch,includingthefamous

TweakUIforcustomisingWindows.

NowMicrosofthasbegunreleasing

PowerToysforWindows10.Thistime

around,PowerToysis opensource,so

otherdeveloperscanproduceutilities

oftheirown.

It is earlydays,buttherearetwo

youcantryoutnow:FancyZonesand

theWindowskeyshortcutguide.The

firsttakeswindowssnappingtothe

nextlevelwithcustomisablegridsto

definethelayoutofyouropen

windows,whilethesecondis a way

tolearnnewshortcuts.

1 DownloadingPowerToys

PowerToysisn’tyetontheMicrosoftStore.Fornow,it hasto

be downloadedfromGitHub,a siteownedbyMicrosoft.Paya

visit to github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releasesandclickthe

Assets linksatthebottomofthemostrecentlisting.Nowclickthe

PowerToysSetup.msilinktostartthedownloadbeforerunning

through theinstallation,restartingWindowsif promptedtodoso.

2 PowerToys settings

When you launch PowerToys, it puts an icon in the system

tray to access settings for individual utilities as well as the app as a

whole. Simple toggles are available that you can use to disable

any of the PowerToys you do not need (remember, more will be

added over time), and another lets you enable or disable

automatic startup (if you have not done so during installation).

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Step-by-step Introducing PowerToys for Windows 10

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

At a glance

Skill level...

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