A collection of powerful tools for Windows which includes Power Renamer, Color Picker, File Explorer and tweaking of obscure Windows settings.
Microsoft has released an excellent little administrative utility for Windows 10 users with an improved PowerToys. The application is a toolkit which includes a number of powerful miscellaneous utilities for power users of Windows.
To start off, the main user interface of PowerToys is well designed and straightforward, with the different sections arranged in a vertical menu on the left-hand side.
Powerful set of utilities for Windows
The power toys currently consist of Color Picker, FancyZones, File Explorer, Image Resizer, Keyboard Manager, PowerRename, PowerToys Run and a Shortcut Guide.
Each of these tools are useful in their own different ways and it almost seems like there's no rhyme or reason for why they are included with the PowerToys package. Nevertheless, each tool has its own utility and times when they come in handy.
So in the end, while a lot of users haven't had much experience or even ever heard of PowerToys, Microsoft has released a very useful tool for completing a number of common tasks which were previously only available from third party developers releasing them as clunky shareware utilities.
Features of PowerToys
- Color Picker: Quickly identify and copy color values in various formats.
- FancyZones: Customizable window layouts and snapping.
- File Explorer add-ons: Access additional file operations and customization options.
- Image Resizer: Automatically resize multiple images at once.
- Keyboard Manager: Create custom key mappings and shortcuts.
- PowerRename: Rename multiple files at once.
- PowerToys Run: Quickly launch apps and search the web.
- PowerToys Settings: Easily manage all installed PowerToys.
- Shortcut Guide: Quickly access your most used shortcuts.
- Windows Key Shortcut Guide: View and customize Windows keyboard shortcuts.
Compatibility and License
PowerToys is released under the MIT License for the Windows operating system from Windows tweaking software. This means you can download, install, run and share the program freely without any restrictions. The source code is also open which means anybody can freely modify this software.
Is PowerToys for Windows 10?
Yes. It can run on a PC with Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It's only available as a 64-bit download.
Filed under:
- PowerToys Download
- Free Windows Tweaking Software
- Open source and GPL software
- Tweak Software
- Software for Windows 10
