PC World - USA (2020-04)

APRIL 2020 PCWorld 23

Windows 10’s first PowerToys

app allows custom Snap resizing

and looks amazing

Download the installer to get started with the revamped PowerTools for Windows 10.

BY MARK HACHMAN

I

f you’re a fan of Windows 10’s Snap

feature, you’ve been waiting and hoping

for Windows to allow you to design your

own custom Snap layouts. Now you can!

One of the first Windows 10 PowerToys apps,

FancyZones, does just that—and it looks

incredible.

If you don’t know what Snap does, head

to a PC and open any window there—this

story will do. Then press the Windows key

and one of the directional arrows. If you hit

Windows + the left arrow, for example, Snap

snaps a window as a column attached to the

left side of the screen. If you drag it toward

any corner, the window will snap to that

corner, allowing you to create a 4-window

tiled effect.

But if those windows are a little smaller

than what you want? Or if instead of two

columned windows, you want three? Until

now, you’d have had to create your own,

dragging and resizing windows manually.

IMAGE: MICROSOFT