As someone who works as open source contributor for PowerToys I want to thank you for this awesome video and showing your community the awesome new features we incorperated into PowerToys. ❤️
I was hoping that powertoys would also include a tool for detecting which process is preventing an external hard disk from being ejected. Is there one?
@@aaronjunker you know EXACTLY what I mean. I'm assuming they out something in it to spy on people. MS is famous for spying on people. For one, the government demands it in one way or another. Some people have tried to make super secure email programs and the US government always gets involved to water ot down.
I am baffled they didn't include it in windows 11, I thought they were beta testing it as an open source app or something that already feels so native.
@@arghya_333 some of the features of powertoys actually got integrated in to windows 11. Like the window positioning thing that appears when you hover your mouse over maximize/minimize window button on the top left of windows.
I agree, got it about a month ago for the first time and has up my productivity level onto another level. Where I can grab a text and paste on word is so powerful.
For the Text Extractor one note I want to mention is that if you are using multiple languages in your system like me (Arabic, English) you have to change the keyboard language first to English to extract English text and change it to Arabic if I want to extract an Arabic text. I Hope this is useful ✋❣
5:34 Geometric Code and Stereolitography are files used in 3D Printing. Geometric code (.gcode) is the file ready to print with all settings and Stereolitoghapy (.stl) is the 3D model itself. Slicing software like Unimaker Cura reads stl files and ajust them and save as gcode, to use on 3D Printers
I've been using PowerToys since release (mostly for FancyZones). Thanks for showing off the new features that I don't really look into. Accents will be the most useful I think. Also PowerToys has come a long way since launch. The apps are much more stable than they used to be.
@@TriforceofShadows since win11, what are the best advantages of FancyZones? I am a user of PowerToys for quite a while, but I have never really used FancyZones.
@@Ramon314 you can make custom window layouts to snap your windows on your screen. It's like the built-in Windows snap system. But you can customise this to your own liking.
@@Ramon314 I use a large format display. 4k 49 inch display. Regular snapping is not enough for how I want things placed. In general, if you want any different type of snapping, you can do it with FancyZones
Great video. I love powertoys. I am so confused about why they aren't already in windows automatically. This makes it so much less common and less popular. Also I love Thio Joe.
PowerToys Awake is great on laptops when downloading large files. Setting the computer to remain awake for an hour while keeping the screen off is an easy way to save battery during large downloads without having to go into Windows settings.
I originally downloaded it just for the color picker, because I use it often when I need to design something, but I started using more of the features. It turns out that some of them can be sometimes really useful, most of the features here should be included in Windows
3:49 And if you really want to (was useful to me in a project) you can disable or change the color of the outline I you want the always on top app to look as any other app or simply have the outline in another color you prefer
I have been using PowerToys for a while now and the Run and Always On Top are soooo goood! and the Color Picker comes in clutch as I am a digital artist and developer.
woooooooooooooooooow.... sir these tools are mind blowing. i had such a hard time getting the pixels correct from web pages n the color codes. Also the other utility application, this video just made my day.... thank you sir....
If you have PowerToys installed, go to settings and click install update. It is a good idea to keep it updated. On my PC it will notify a new version is available and ask to install the update
When downloading the app from the Microsoft Store it does install the latest version of the app, the store app version details section might not be up to date but the app itself seems to be updated accordingly based on the latest release. I installed it today after watching this video and the version instaled was Release v0.64.1 👌🤘
I use FancyZones all day every day at work. I have one of my monitors as a dashboard of sorts. I have Outlook, Teams, our phone panel, status board, and lobby camera all on the screen at the same time. They all go exactly where I want them overlapping perfectly.
If you go into the regular advanced mouse settings in Windows, there is a simple version of the find my mouse. I think hitting the ctrl key is the only option and it makes a little circle appear around your pointer(even if the pointer is not visible on screen for whatever reason)
I never knew that these existed until now, and I actually find them quite useful. My favorite tools are Always on Top and Text Extractor. In fact, if you have PowerToys installed, you can even use the Text Extractor tool to copy the text from my comment! (don't be afraid to...)
Text Extractor is good when you want to copy bunch of text from a PDF file, cause for some reason sometimes you can't copy text normally from a PDF file
.gcode is used for 3d printing & .stl is a 3d model format which also is commonly used in 3d printing. Needless to say I love that it offers previews of those files.
I am looking forwards to using the Color Picker -- no more screenshotting images with interesting hues and having to open up my paint software, just to get the color. I can see myself using the Text tool a bunch, as well as the accent thinger.
I ran into power toy only a few months ago, I needed this like for more than 10 years and I am surprised nobody told me about it before, it's just so useful
That File Locksmith tool may prove useful. I'll have to try that soon. But, I was hoping to see a review of the Fancy Zones tool. Is that on a previous video?
My wife, who is fluent in Spanish, is constantly frustrated at not having accents easily available. I had a great tool in Windows XP and Windows 7, but it was no longer supported in Win Vista+. Quick Accent will be very nice for her.
She can also install a Spanish keyboard or alternatively an American/Spanish keyboard. I installed an American/Portuguese keyboard and switch between it and the regular American English keyboard hitting the Windows Key/Spacebar combination. Very easy.
FancyZones is also really good, customizable window layouts are really good for multiple monitors or an ultrawide monitor! Definitely worth getting to mess around with.
10:18 The reason we put it into maintenance mode is that these features will come in some way to Windows 11 or are already there (like the mute button in the taskbar)
I've been using PowerToys since that old video you made. It's been extremely useful for niche situations, since you wouldn't really be using it every day, but since it is quite small, you would be glad you had it when you need it.
For those of us who are geriatrics who enjoy your channel please consider including the name of the item you are discussing as text on the screen (say top left) during the relevant discussion, or else repeating the name at the end of that clip. By the time I decide that sounds interesting I've forgotten what it is called and have to relisten to get the name! Thank you.
I have used color picker to sanity check my eyes (and even my phone cam) before. had the green light on a traffic light look freaking BLUE. turns out it was, in fact, slightly blue. Apparently they can do that when they light bulb starts to go out.
personally what I use in power toys the most is always on top, awake (it lets my laptop stay on but with the screen fully off until an interaction) and the keyboard manager what I use the keyboard manager for is to let me change the cap lock key into a mute key also made it so ctrl+s acts like ctrl+w on my main browser the always on top tool is probably the most used one (or the keyboard manager thinking about it) as it lets me just do a hotkey and it will just stay on the screen very good tools which helps out in the small things(though now I have adapted to changing the volume with a four finger swipe up and down)
Mousefinder is the most useful tool. To find the mouse on (in my case) 4 screens, without this tool, extremely difficult if you were not at the PC and forgot on which screen you last worked.
I absolutely adore PowerTools, especially PowerToolsRun, being able to look anything up, go to any website, or do any basic math whatsoever with just a hotkey is amazing. Too bad I'm on Linux.
The Windows Store version does actually install and update to the latest version, it's just the changelog on the store that doesn't get actively updated.
Informative video, I have now loaded Power toys, I wish they would add the ability to colour folders in file explorer to aid with the classification of folders & types of folders; I can see where to request or suggest this
How is File Locksmith not something that is included in Windows by default? Is so incredibly frustrating having to find what obscure process out of the hundreds running on my PC is preventing me from deleting a folder because Windows wants to be vague.
I havent seen one of your videos in a lonnnnnnng time. Funny to see you serious as opposed to trolling with a straight face (loved that btw gagged a lot of my friends back in the day). Cool man, well just popping by, guess I will now need to start paying attention to your videos so I did miss stuff :p
I had forgotten all about PowerToys since using it in XP. Shame on me. Thank you for reminding me of this. Several of them are extremely useful for everyday use. Especially the color picker!
Great to see “Power Toys” is still being developed for Windows. I only ever use a couple features in the past, but it’s still a great option to add to your windows install 🥰👍
Some of these Powertoys can be useful in certain use cases. Just know installing these is likely going to increase the overall processes running in the background so be mindful if you really need these and if your pc runs happily with them going on
it's interesting to see recently added features are real competition to MacOS, like Alt+Spacebar instead of CMD+Spacebar for quick search, or Ctrl+Spacebar instead of Spacebar for file preview :)
Great video, I have been using PowerToys on and off but now it seems really useful. Also Geometric code or gcode, is for use with 3d printers or CNC, think of it like a list of coordinates. Also for Video Conference Mute it looks like they are adding or have added a similar functionality right into Windows 11 thus why I would assume its being marked as legacy
As someone who works as open source contributor for PowerToys I want to thank you for this awesome video and showing your community the awesome new features we incorperated into PowerToys. ❤️
Do you also work on the Spyware built into the power toys
I was hoping that powertoys would also include a tool for detecting which process is preventing an external hard disk from being ejected. Is there one?
@@nosuchthing8 PowerToys is an official Microsoft product. What exactly do you mean by spyware.
@@dawnrazor currently there's none, but we have an open feature request in our repository.
@@aaronjunker you know EXACTLY what I mean. I'm assuming they out something in it to spy on people.
MS is famous for spying on people. For one, the government demands it in one way or another. Some people have tried to make super secure email programs and the US government always gets involved to water ot down.
I love that PowerToys are still a thing, I had always thought they should be a part of Windows itself, since Win 95.
I am baffled they didn't include it in windows 11, I thought they were beta testing it as an open source app or something that already feels so native.
@@arghya_333 some of the features of powertoys actually got integrated in to windows 11. Like the window positioning thing that appears when you hover your mouse over maximize/minimize window button on the top left of windows.
I assume they have Spyware embedded in them. And want to control the numbers of people using it.
I agree, got it about a month ago for the first time and has up my productivity level onto another level. Where I can grab a text and paste on word is so powerful.
Yeah! - But these tools here are not actual powertoys, nothing more than simple utilities.
For the Text Extractor one note I want to mention is that if you are using multiple languages in your system like me (Arabic, English) you have to change the keyboard language first to English to extract English text and change it to Arabic if I want to extract an Arabic text. I Hope this is useful ✋❣
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5:24 .gcode and .stl are files often used in 3d printing and other computer aided manufacturing processes
That was i going to say
5:34 Geometric Code and Stereolitography are files used in 3D Printing. Geometric code (.gcode) is the file ready to print with all settings and Stereolitoghapy (.stl) is the 3D model itself. Slicing software like Unimaker Cura reads stl files and ajust them and save as gcode, to use on 3D Printers
In the Color Picker when you mouse scroll you can zoom in, so you can pick the color more precise👍
I've been using PowerToys since release (mostly for FancyZones). Thanks for showing off the new features that I don't really look into. Accents will be the most useful I think. Also PowerToys has come a long way since launch. The apps are much more stable than they used to be.
Same here, FancyZones is a must.
@@TriforceofShadows since win11, what are the best advantages of FancyZones? I am a user of PowerToys for quite a while, but I have never really used FancyZones.
@@Ramon314 you can make custom window layouts to snap your windows on your screen. It's like the built-in Windows snap system. But you can customise this to your own liking.
@@Ramon314 I'm still rocking Windows 10. 😅
@@Ramon314 I use a large format display. 4k 49 inch display. Regular snapping is not enough for how I want things placed. In general, if you want any different type of snapping, you can do it with FancyZones
Text extractor is amazing. Dunno what Ill use it for, but I love it.
Great video. I love powertoys. I am so confused about why they aren't already in windows automatically. This makes it so much less common and less popular. Also I love Thio Joe.
PowerToys Awake is great on laptops when downloading large files. Setting the computer to remain awake for an hour while keeping the screen off is an easy way to save battery during large downloads without having to go into Windows settings.
I've been using PowerRename for several years now. One of my favourite features. Has saved me so much time.
I have been using LockHunter to find what's using one file, glad to see PowerToys finally included the same kind of tool
I originally downloaded it just for the color picker, because I use it often when I need to design something, but I started using more of the features. It turns out that some of them can be sometimes really useful, most of the features here should be included in Windows
I haven't thought about PowerToys for years. I need to start using it again.
Holy, I recently switched from an ISO to an ANSI keyboard and I'm strugglingwith accented vocals, this is gold.
Thanks!
3:49 And if you really want to (was useful to me in a project) you can disable or change the color of the outline I you want the always on top app to look as any other app or simply have the outline in another color you prefer
I have been using PowerToys for a while now and the Run and Always On Top are soooo goood! and the Color Picker comes in clutch as I am a digital artist and developer.
woooooooooooooooooow.... sir these tools are mind blowing. i had such a hard time getting the pixels correct from web pages n the color codes. Also the other utility application, this video just made my day.... thank you sir....
If you have PowerToys installed, go to settings and click install update. It is a good idea to keep it updated. On my PC it will notify a new version is available and ask to install the update
When downloading the app from the Microsoft Store it does install the latest version of the app, the store app version details section might not be up to date but the app itself seems to be updated accordingly based on the latest release.
I installed it today after watching this video and the version instaled was Release v0.64.1 👌🤘
I used to have Power Toys on my computer years ago, but forgot about them, thanks for the reminder.
I use FancyZones all day every day at work. I have one of my monitors as a dashboard of sorts. I have Outlook, Teams, our phone panel, status board, and lobby camera all on the screen at the same time. They all go exactly where I want them overlapping perfectly.
If you go into the regular advanced mouse settings in Windows, there is a simple version of the find my mouse. I think hitting the ctrl key is the only option and it makes a little circle appear around your pointer(even if the pointer is not visible on screen for whatever reason)
I have had powertoys installed for ages and I had no idea they added so much new stuff recently, some of this will be really useful
I never knew that these existed until now, and I actually find them quite useful. My favorite tools are Always on Top and Text Extractor. In fact, if you have PowerToys installed, you can even use the Text Extractor tool to copy the text from my comment! (don't be afraid to...)
File locksmith might be my new favourite power toys feature. I hate how I need to reboot my PC just to delete some random file.
Text Extractor is good when you want to copy bunch of text from a PDF file, cause for some reason sometimes you can't copy text normally from a PDF file
.gcode is used for 3d printing & .stl is a 3d model format which also is commonly used in 3d printing. Needless to say I love that it offers previews of those files.
I've been playing with power toys since windows the windows 95 Plus Pack.
TweakUI was always my favourite.
I love PowerToys
So do I.
I am looking forwards to using the Color Picker -- no more screenshotting images with interesting hues and having to open up my paint software, just to get the color. I can see myself using the Text tool a bunch, as well as the accent thinger.
I ran into power toy only a few months ago, I needed this like for more than 10 years and I am surprised nobody told me about it before, it's just so useful
PowerToys' color picker is a lifesaver. Da true GOAT
That File Locksmith tool may prove useful. I'll have to try that soon. But, I was hoping to see a review of the Fancy Zones tool. Is that on a previous video?
My wife, who is fluent in Spanish, is constantly frustrated at not having accents easily available. I had a great tool in Windows XP and Windows 7, but it was no longer supported in Win Vista+. Quick Accent will be very nice for her.
She can also install a Spanish keyboard or alternatively an American/Spanish keyboard. I installed an American/Portuguese keyboard and switch between it and the regular American English keyboard hitting the Windows Key/Spacebar combination. Very easy.
the crosshair thing is SUPER useful for presenting or showing stuff in excel as it essentially gives leader lines to the rows and columns
FancyZones is also really good, customizable window layouts are really good for multiple monitors or an ultrawide monitor! Definitely worth getting to mess around with.
10:18 The reason we put it into maintenance mode is that these features will come in some way to Windows 11 or are already there (like the mute button in the taskbar)
I've been using PowerToys since that old video you made. It's been extremely useful for niche situations, since you wouldn't really be using it every day, but since it is quite small, you would be glad you had it when you need it.
I have been using PowerToys for quite some time now and I can't go without anymore.
I use almost all of the features of PowerToys in Windows 11.
Did you know that PowerToys was first introduced in Windows 95?
That was the good stuff back then. The new one is pretty lame by comparison.
@@dungeondark I guess I kind of agree with you, especially with TweakUI. However, the new features are pretty good and helpful.
Useful information! I was tired of looking up and pasting special symbols when learning a new language. But now is becomes easier
Yeah I remember power toys from back in the day. Totally forgot about that. I'm glad to see it still being utilized and improved. Yay!
For those of us who are geriatrics who enjoy your channel please consider including the name of the item you are discussing as text on the screen (say top left) during the relevant discussion, or else repeating the name at the end of that clip. By the time I decide that sounds interesting I've forgotten what it is called and have to relisten to get the name! Thank you.
There are Chapter Names as alternative right
Ouch, not a geriatric but I can feel that. Ahaha.
I have used color picker to sanity check my eyes (and even my phone cam) before. had the green light on a traffic light look freaking BLUE. turns out it was, in fact, slightly blue. Apparently they can do that when they light bulb starts to go out.
As. Someone who can have problems with loosing the mouse the mouse utilities seems the most useful
personally what I use in power toys the most is always on top, awake (it lets my laptop stay on but with the screen fully off until an interaction) and the keyboard manager
what I use the keyboard manager for is to let me change the cap lock key into a mute key also made it so ctrl+s acts like ctrl+w on my main browser
the always on top tool is probably the most used one (or the keyboard manager thinking about it) as it lets me just do a hotkey and it will just stay on the screen
very good tools which helps out in the small things(though now I have adapted to changing the volume with a four finger swipe up and down)
I don't think I've ever seen a program review video and immediately went "I HAVE to get this!". This is so cool, thanks for showing this off Joe!
Mousefinder is the most useful tool. To find the mouse on (in my case) 4 screens, without this tool, extremely difficult if you were not at the PC and forgot on which screen you last worked.
These tools are amazing! Most of them are extremelly useful ... Great video 👏
File Locksmith is the one thing I've wanted in Windows for ages. At least there's a somewhat official thing now. :D
That color picker is pretty neat! Saves a lot of time not having to dig into css files all the time. Thanks for sharing👍
I have to say Thio, you haven't aged a bit since you started making your videos!
I absolutely adore PowerTools, especially PowerToolsRun, being able to look anything up, go to any website, or do any basic math whatsoever with just a hotkey is amazing.
Too bad I'm on Linux.
Great video, I've heard about PowerToys from time to time, but after this overview I've finally installed it. Thanks!
Geometric code looks to be a type of file used by 3d printers, it being what tells them what exactly to do, with the tempurature, density, ect.
The Windows Store version does actually install and update to the latest version, it's just the changelog on the store that doesn't get actively updated.
Thanks for this great PowerToys overview, ThioJoe! Keep up the great content! 👍
I've been using PowerToys ever since your first video on it 2 years ago. Seriously useful tools in here.
My favorite tool in PowerToys has got to be PowerRename, it's just so useful.
Informative video, I have now loaded Power toys, I wish they would add the ability to colour folders in file explorer to aid with the classification of folders & types of folders; I can see where to request or suggest this
geometric code is gcode, thats how CNC machines work and 3d printers and stuff. Tells it how to move, what to turn on or off, where is axis is etc.
Power toys is such a useful tool. Love this addition to win 11
thanks! going to install that now! , 5:24 .gcode files are what most 3d printers use to know how and where to move the print head
The text selector feature is something we had in the old Amiga days using desktop hacks.
Speaking of Amiga, I still use Directly Opus on PC as an explorer replacement.
How is File Locksmith not something that is included in Windows by default? Is so incredibly frustrating having to find what obscure process out of the hundreds running on my PC is preventing me from deleting a folder because Windows wants to be vague.
3:07 Finally get to see OCR in the Wild!
Hosts file editor! Finally! 😊
I believe that installing from the winget source is akin to snagging via GIT directly. Just check the package source and us the ID provided for it.
I havent seen one of your videos in a lonnnnnnng time. Funny to see you serious as opposed to trolling with a straight face (loved that btw gagged a lot of my friends back in the day). Cool man, well just popping by, guess I will now need to start paying attention to your videos so I did miss stuff :p
I had forgotten all about PowerToys since using it in XP. Shame on me. Thank you for reminding me of this. Several of them are extremely useful for everyday use. Especially the color picker!
And it's even open source. LOVE IT!!!
installed it right now.
Gcode is for 3d printers. It's one of the main file extensions used in 3d printers and other CNCs.
Great to see “Power Toys” is still being developed for Windows. I only ever use a couple features in the past, but it’s still a great option to add to your windows install 🥰👍
What part have you worked on recently?
Some of these Powertoys can be useful in certain use cases. Just know installing these is likely going to increase the overall processes running in the background so be mindful if you really need these and if your pc runs happily with them going on
Geometric code extension is for CNC machine machining program files.
Wow some of these tools sound super useful even if I don’t see myself using them day by day
Powertoys was created by Micro$oft back in the days of Windoze 95. But this is the first I have heard of them updating it for the latest versions.
Image Resizer is AMAZING!
I use PowerToys and I love it.
This is the same as GoodLock but for Windows! Will definitely use the Lock smith one, very handy indeed :)
it's interesting to see recently added features are real competition to MacOS, like Alt+Spacebar instead of CMD+Spacebar for quick search, or Ctrl+Spacebar instead of Spacebar for file preview :)
Great video, I have been using PowerToys on and off but now it seems really useful. Also Geometric code or gcode, is for use with 3d printers or CNC, think of it like a list of coordinates. Also for Video Conference Mute it looks like they are adding or have added a similar functionality right into Windows 11 thus why I would assume its being marked as legacy
text extractor will come in real handy
I haven't used power toys since XP. Didn't even know they were still around. I loved the powertoys suite though!
I still know you as a troll but you really are one of the best channels for tech these days
Care to share some background on this troll observation?
@@RDJim He used to make troll videos on tech.
Text extractor and always on top are my favorites.
Stereolithography means 3D modelling. I think I prefer the forst one😂😂. It sounds cool!
G code is a type of file usually used for instructions in desktop CNCs or laser cutters
In the color picker if you scroll you get a small screen for selecting color more accurately.
That's an amazing addition, found out about it recently.
Thank you, surprisingly i'd never heard of these
I learned sysinternals from you...this is awesome
i have my own always on top, and add transparency, maximize and remove title bar, and i use autohotkey for them
and i have RBtray so i can bring anything to system tray
Wow, this is awesome; I might actually be able to use Windows to do the things that have been built into Mac OS for a long time that I often miss.
My favorites:
1. Find my mouse
2. Run
3. File locksmith (what's using my file?)
4. Always on top
I'm loving PowerToys so far. V0.64 alone replaces 3 of my programs. I wonder what's next.
Wow, this was handy! Thanks!
The one on the Microsoft store is the same version as github they just don't update the 'what's new in this version'
The first one is very useful for those who use vscode and store files on a removable media.
Instead of file locksmith I have been using sysinternals' process explorer handle menu. But file locksmith is quick to reach 👍🏽