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Preview v0.101.2572.0

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Preview v0.101.2572.0

This preview includes the latest features, fixes, and improvements since PowerToys Preview v0.101.2522.0.

Installer Hashes

Description Filename sha256 hash
Per user - x64 PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2572.0-x64.exe E676FD83463135B8DBFD0933864C10F1A51578EFF7147227BD2EF2C6D26F709B
Per user - ARM64 PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2572.0-arm64.exe DCA5163AD879CC7EF2F2D48CF9407908433D8AF0DDDFD636A991DA5ED9058888
Machine wide - x64 PowerToysSetup-0.101.2572.0-x64.exe C1C5E85891D090774FE60A6685A8A047A192B2DDC5F7A171B70926D01B71A697
Machine wide - ARM64 PowerToysSetup-0.101.2572.0-arm64.exe B9278F9982DDACD6D2DE0BED730B7F6EA9E9FEF8F04BEB5B7524243DB45486B7

Highlights

  • Mouse Utilities: Added Auto Hide Cursor, with independent keyboard-input and pointer-inactivity triggers.
  • Keyboard Manager: Added DSC v3 profile deployment for key and shortcut remappings.
  • Power Display: Added drag-and-drop and menu controls for reordering saved profiles.
  • Quick Accent: Fixed the toolbar remaining stuck after focus leaves the active window.
  • Advanced Paste: Fixed crashes with HTML-only clipboard content.
  • Settings: Added smooth animations to the update activity banner.

Advanced Paste

  • Fixed crashes with HTML-only clipboard content while expanding deterministic offline UI coverage in #50504

Command Palette

  • Improved stability by consistently dispatching MainWindow UI messages and session updates on the UI thread in #50392 by @jiripolasek

Keyboard Manager

  • Added a DSC v3 resource for deploying key and shortcut remapping profiles through dsc.exe and WinGet Configuration in #49427 by @Gijsreyn

Mouse Utilities

  • Added an optional Auto Hide Cursor utility that hides the pointer after keyboard input or inactivity and restores it on genuine mouse input in #50271 by @DamianEdwards

Mouse Without Borders

  • Improved Settings reconnection handling by validating each local caller while preserving normal Settings and pairing behavior in #50480

Power Display

  • Added drag-and-drop and menu controls for reordering saved profiles while preserving stable profile identities in #50453
  • Reduced settings writes and module notifications by persisting only monitor preferences edited in Settings in #50510

Quick Accent

  • Fixed the toolbar so it hides when focus leaves the active window, preventing it from remaining stuck on screen in #50212 by @amail80

Settings

  • Added smooth show and dismiss animations to the update activity banner in #50375

Development

  • Expanded Keyboard Manager UI coverage for remapping search, modifier and application filters, no-results recovery, and bulk deletion in #50352 by @MasaYan24
  • Expanded New+ end-to-end UI coverage across Settings and Windows 10 and 11 File Explorer context-menu workflows in #50534

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