PowerToys v0.78.0 is out now; what's new?

The latest version of PowerToys, version 0.78, is now being rolled out to all users. This update supports four new languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Ukrainian. Additionally, this update has reworked update settings and some minor changes to existing utilities. 

Here is v0.77.

Here are the other updates:

AlwaysOnTop

• Fixed an invisible border issue when the border color was set to black color.
• Added the AlwayOnTop icon to the base application executable.

Command Not Found

• Signed the PowerShell scripts used by the Command Not Found installation process.

File Explorer add-ons

• Fixed an issue causing SVG Thumbnail generation to hang when trying to preview SVG files at the same time.

File Locksmith

• Improved the context menu entry caption.

Find My Mouse

• Added more settings to tune shake detection when activating through mouse shake.

Hosts File Editor

• Added a feature to duplicate an entry.

Installer

• The new language localization files were included in the installer.

Image Resizer

• Improved the context menu entry caption.

Peek

• Added a missing tooltip for the file size.

PowerRename

• Improved and added localization to the context menu entry caption.

PowerToys Run

• Removed references to unused settings from the code, which were causing crashes on some machines.
• Fixed an issue causing a scrollbar to be out of view.
• Added logic to try to detect running games to full-screen detection.
• Support was added for converting negative values in the Unit Converter plugin.
• Fixed stale results in the Visual Studio Code Workspaces plugin by checking if files still exist.
• Fixed an activation crash that occurred after 0.77 on some configurations.
• Fixed a startup crash when saving the new settings version after an upgrade.
• You can now calculate bigger hexadecimal numbers in the Calculator plugin.
• The “max results to show before scrolling” setting can also be applied to the initial plugin hint listing.

Quick Accent

• Added the ellipses character to all languages.
• Added an option to not activate when playing a game.
• Added the E with Breve and Pilcrow characters to all languages.

Settings

• I removed the Command Not Found listing from the Settings dashboard and flyout since it can’t really be enabled or disabled from there.
• Added settings and GPO rule to disable opening the What’s New OOBE page after an update.
• Added settings and GPO rule to disable toast notifications about new updates being available.
• Fixed an issue causing the Settings window to not be brought to the foreground after activating through the system tray icon.
• Standardized accent brush and corner radius on the dashboard page.
• Improved UI and messages for GPO-locked settings.
• Fixed an issue causing the OOBE window to maximize and hide the system taskbar.
• Reworked the update settings in the General page.
• Tweaked UI for the update settings in the General page.
• Updated the module images in the Settings and OOBE screens.
• Updated OOBE descriptions to take into account the changes in context menu captions.

That’s it for this time. Unfortunately, no new tools have been added to this release.

More here.