

Check out our coverage of all things Windows here: Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 11 How To Windows 10 How To Windows Microsoft first released Windows in 1985 with Windows 1.0, but it wasn’t until Windows 3.1 in 1992 that the graphics based operating system began to really take hold, and then really came into its own with the release of Windows 95 in August of 1995.Regardless of the installation method, do not forget to go through our guide on using PowerToys. You can also download it from GitHub if that’s what you prefer.

If you are using Windows 11, you can download PowerToys from Microsoft Store right now.

Once we can remove UAC prompts and move more into PT itself from the installer, we can heavily simplify the install process”. We have a few work items to simplify this that will be done in the future for other work items (like monaco powered file previewer). When a user asked if updates via MS Store are possible, here’s what PowerToys Lead Clint Rutkas said: “PowerToys currently has too disruptive of an installer process to auto-update. Instead, PowerToys will manage its own updates just like other unpackaged Win32 apps. Although you can download PowerToys from Microsoft Store, you won’t get updates for PowerToys from the Store. PowerToys making its way to Microsoft Store should help improve the discoverability of the software. It offers a total of 10 utilities namely Awake, Color Picker, FancyZones, File Explorer Add-ons, Image Resizer, Keyboard Manager, PowerRename, PowerToys Run, Shortcut Guide, and Video Conference Mute. In case you are out of the loop, PowerToys offers additional features aimed at power users to improve the efficiency and usability of Windows.
