Also worth taking into consideration is that the PowerToys version 0.41.2 includes some stability bug fixes, accessibility improvements, and more.
Microsoft presents the new Awake tool for PowerToys
To be more exact, the Awake tool will give you the ability to prevent your Windows 10 devices from entering sleep mode. It provides users with options to keep their PCs awake indefinitely, or a predefined amount of time, during which the OS will not be allowed to enter its low-power state. The Redmond-based tech company says that this feature is a more than convenient way for us to keep our screens awake on demand. And for those of you who are interested on browsing through the entire list of changes that version 0.41.2 of PowerToys brings to the table, we got you covered:
Shortcut guide removed support for long Win press to activate. Turned off FancyZones canvas editor magnetic snapping to allow keyboard support Updated Color Picker GIF for OOBE. Removed outdated MSIX code Upgraded all projects to Modern WPF 0.94 Dropped support for the module interface API to save settings Removed Winstore dependency
General
Improved auto-update experience in PowerToys Settings Updated general bug report information to be more robust Improved settings layout for radio button groups. Updated images and menu for OOBE. Localization updates
Awake
New Awake utility added! Power-Users can now keep their computer awake on-demand without having to manage its power settings.
Color Picker
Improvements to Color Picker’s zoom functionality. Prevent duplicate colors from appearing in selection history Improved UX to better support keyboard navigation. Fixed OOBE hotkey description.
FancyZones
Full keyboard support for canvas editor’s main window and context. New support for faster layout selection by double clicking a desired layout from the editor to automatically apply it and dismiss the editor. New zone activation behavior allows users to snap a window to the zone who’s center is closest to the cursor. Added process icon for FancyZones. Fixed issue with zoning minimized windows. Fixed a bunch of accessibility bugs Now an independent exe, detached from the runner process.
File Explorer Add-Ons
Adjusted Markdown newline behavior to be less strict so the add-on behaves more like GitHub implementationsImage Resizer Fixed bug with custom size option where leaving a height/width value blank caused the output to be a 1 x 1 square pixel. Now the blank value automatically adjusts to the height/width that was set.
Image Resizer
Fixed bug where specifying a width but no height generated a 1×1 px image instead of auto-adjusting the height.
PowerRename
Fixed File Explorer crash when running PowerRename
Settings / Welcome to PowerToys
Fixed Color Picker’s key-binding information
Shortcut Guide
Customize key-binding from settings menu Took Shortcut guide out of the runner process to remove unnecessary interdependencies
Installer
Updated .NET Core dependency to 3.1.15 Reduced the network traffic by making the updater not download files when they’re already cached
New maintenance update, a few hours after patch release
Interestingly enough, only a couple of hours after the release, the PowerToys team has offered users another maintenance update, which would address a serious problem. The issue was that PowerToys kept being incorrectly flagged as a malicious program by Bitdefender antivirus software. Thus, Microsoft advised users to install version 0.41.3 in order to resolve this problem. Have you also updated your PowerToys? Let us know if you encountered any issues, in the comments section below.
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