Switched to a UWP mouse input API to fix mouse pointer lag issues that were reported.

Added a setting to select a fixed length for the crosshairs, which also spans across screens.

Added a setting to hide the crosshairs when the mouse pointer is also hidden.

Added a feature so that a highlight follows the mouse even if no mouse button is being pressed.

Removed hardlinks and simplified the installer files, now that many utilities use the same paths.

What to install is now being generated automatically. Refactored the Monaco dependency inclusion.

Consolidated the way the Hosts application is launched.

Updated the Monaco dependency for Developer Files Preview, supporting new file extensions and fixing issues.

Fixed a File Explorer crash when deleting a file, updating PowerToys and then trying to right-click the background of a folder in File Explorer.

Added a Setting to enable the behavior of clicking the middle mouse button to toggle multiple zone spanning.

Fixed an issue where FancyZones wouldn't register a change to the 'Switch between windows in the current zone' setting.

Shared dependencies between applications in order to greatly reduce the installed size.

Here's the full changelog for PowerToys v0.72.0:

When compared to 0.71, the 0.72 圆4 machine installed version of PowerToys reduces the size reported in the Installed Apps screen from 1.15GB to 785 MB and the size in File Explorer properties for the installation folder from 3.10GB to 554 MB. Greatly reduced the PowerToys installed space by having utilities share the same installed path. PowerToys Run gains a new plugin in the form of Value Generator which can be used to generate hashes and GUID values.īut while these additions are what will delight most users, Microsoft is rather more hyped up about the reduced footprint for the app. Microsoft shares the fact that Mouse Highlighter has a new feature to have a highlight always follow the mouse pointer, and says that PowerRename has been reworked to support a bigger number of files without crashing. It is the new components that will be of greatest interest to most people, and PowerToys v0.72.0 does not disappoint. Microsoft could cause a ding-dong with the latest notification changes in Windows 11.A recent Windows 11 update is breaking the Start menu - but Microsoft is shifting the blame.

Microsoft has some important changes for Windows 11 users with multiple monitors.

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