Microsoft's PowerToys gains fresh look inspired by Windows 11 for its settings page

Microsoft'southward PowerToys has a new update that brings the app to version 0.45.0. The update focuses largely on stability, bug fixes, installer updates, and accessibility improvements, according to its release folio. It as well includes an updated settings menu, which was teased by PowerToys correspondent Niels Laute terminal week.

Here's the changelog for PowerToys v0.45.0:

Removed ModuleImageLink. Thanks @niels9001!

Replaced theme radiobuttons settings with combobox. Thanks @niels9001!

Consolidated to one testing framework for C# components of the project. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

StyleCop and warnings gear up. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Removed unused namespace alias. Thank you @jakeoeding!

Standardized .Internet JSON on System.Text.Json. Thank you @royvou!

Fixed diverse .xaml broken links and icons. Thanks @Jay-o-Manner!

Updated proper noun property in "Edit layout" and "Create custom layout" controls to not include private Unicode characters. Thanks @niels9001!

Changed bitmask variable from size_t to uint64_t which volition enable PowerToys to back up more than 40 zones per layout.

Adjusted telemetry to meliorate disambiguate when PowerToys Run launches at startup.

Plugins "Direct activation phrase" setting renamed to "Direct activation string". Thanks @niels9001!

Updated environment variables when inverse. Thanks @dchristensen!

New PowerToys users can grab the latest version of the app from its release page on GitHub. The release page also includes a long list of problems fixes and general improvements that get in with the latest update. If you already have PowerToys on your PC, you lot tin check for updates within the General tab of the app.