PowerToys v0.23.0 is out with a host of improvements including accessibility fixes, Video Conference utility coming next week

Microsoft has released PowerToys version 0.23.0 for Windows.

This release focusses on stability, localization and quality of life improvements for both the development team and the end users.

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We released 0.23.0 for #PowerToys. This includes a host of improvements including accessibility fixes. Video conference global mute will be out in about a week in the 0.24 experimental release.https://t.co/Seny8v20SY

— Clint Rutkas (@ClintRutkas) September 30, 2020

Where is the Video Conference utility?

This will be coming in about a week’s time. We need additional work done here to ship this out. It will be 0.24 Experimental and will be 0.23 + The video conference utility

Release Notes

General

• Localization pipeline is flowing from our Github to the loc system and back. 0.25 should be localized now.
• The EXE installer should be at parity now with the MSI. Please go to the wiki for (installer args)[https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/Installer-arguments-for-exe]

FancyZones

• Fixed bug on not seeing a newly attached screen
• Fixed spanning across monitors bug
• Added in default layout for new users, a Priority Grid
• Added keyboard support to grow / shrink to multiple zones
• General bug fixes

PT Run

• Multiple crash bugs fixed. Prioritized any users reported along with top hits from Watson reporting
• Stopped PT Run from interfering with an install
• Fixed folder bug if it had a # in it (Thanks @jjw24 for the PR!)
• Fixed a screen flicker for
• General bug fixes

Keyboard manager

• Multiple crash bugs fixed. Prioritized any users reported along with top hits from Watson reporting
• Fixed multiple accessibility issues.
• General bug fixes

Preview Pane

• Added in Frontmatter and better (but still basic) latex support.

Settings

• Fixed scaling issue for responsive design on Image Resizer
• Fixed crash on empty color value.
• Fixed crash for toggling FancyZones on/off
• Fixed 0x00 NFTS crash for settings
• Fixed multiple accessibility issues.
• Layout adjustments (Thanks @niels9001)
• General bug fixes

Dev related

• FxCop is being rolled out across all PowerToys. This should catch a lot of possible leaks.
• Unified PT Run’s log system
• PT Run’s calc plugin now has unit tests (Thanks @P-Storm)
• Dev setup install script now supports VS preview (Thanks @TobiasSekan)
• @CaelestisZ, @kameshkotwani, @adriancampos, @RahulDas782 for doc tweaks
• Thanks @Aaron-Junker, @Jay-o-Way and @htcfreek for helping triage!
• Thanks for everyone that filled an issue. It really does help us prioritize

Downloads

PowerToysSetup-0.23.0-x64.exe