Microsoft Powertoys 0.71.0 improve preview

2023-07-07 09:06:00

In the version 0.71.0 of Microsoft Powertoys that has now been released, the developers have improved the preview functions, among other things. They have also updated several parts of the toolbox.

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The preview from Microsoft’s Powertoys now also supports archives.

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For the new version, the programmers have focused in particular on stability and improvements, they say. The preview function now also works with archives. A crash of the Powertoys Run function due to a missing App.Dark.png file no longer occurs. The registry preview can now be set as the default program for opening .reg files. The title bar of the Powertoys settings now also obeys the Windows 11 guidelines regarding appearance.

The Powertoys developers also list that they encountered an infinite loop, delays such as when checking for updates, a settings crash when opening a second Powertoys process, network errors when checking for updates within virtual machines, and a problem with the Powertoys started with a lower than normal priority. The packages for some software components are in newer versions.

The provide further details Version information from the Powertoys developers. Updating to the new status can be done from within the program by clicking on the button for searching for updates. As always, the updated installation packages are also available for download:

Powertoys 0.71.0 for x86 processors, user installation
Powertoys 0.71.0 for ARM64 processors, user installation
Powertoys 0.71.0 for x86 processors, machine-wide installation
Powertoys 0.71.0 for ARM64 processors, machine-wide installation

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About a month ago Microsoft published the hotfix release 0.70.1 of the Powertoys. In it, the programmers temporarily corrected some of the most annoying bugs, which has now been officially incorporated into the new version.

(dmk)

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