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Maximize productivity while using Windows 10 and customize its shell according to your needs with the help of nifty little system tweaker developed by Microsoft.

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Changelog

General

    Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.1. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)

Always on Top

    Added support for more diverse keyboard shortcuts with a fallback to low level keyboard hooks. Thanks @davidegiacometti !
    Added rounded corner highlights for rounded corner windows on Windows 11.

FancyZones

    Fixed a bug where windows shown on all desktops were not working with FancyZones. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
    When changing zone layouts, windows will match a new size/position if the option is on. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
    Minor UI fix in FancyZones Editor. Thanks @ZetaSp !
    Fixed proper canvas layout rendering in FancyZones Editor and the unscaled monitor resolution is now shown.
    Fixed an issue with transparency in certain windows causing the window to go blank.

Image Resizer

    The Image Resizer entry is now shown in the new Windows 11 context menu.

File explorer add-ons

    Add a viewBox attribute to svg file thumbnails so that it tries to show the whole image, similar to what was done in the preview handler.
    Removed access to a remote image in the tests for markdown preview.
    Fixed flakiness in the markdown preview test suite with proper component initialization timeouts.
    Fixed the leaking WebView2 resources caused by svg thumbnails.

Keyboard Manager

    The Editor title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks @WilliamABradley !

Mouse utility

    The Mouse Pointer Crosshairs default activation shortcut was changed to not collide with a special character combination on some internation keyboards.

PowerRename

    Fixed the file enumeration logic to only change enumerations at the end of the file name.
    Clicking on regex/date and time cheat sheet appends that item to the selected search or replace text field.
    The PowerRename entry is now shown in the new Windows 11 context menu.
    The title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks @WilliamABradley !

PowerToys Run

    A setting was added to disable and configure the input delay on searching queries. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
    Fixed and added logs for default Web Browser detection. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
    The Program plugin can now search .lnk shortcuts by their executable name. Thanks @davidegiacometti !
    A new plugin for OneNote was added. Thanks @palenshus !
    Query caching and delayed execution was added to the OneNote plugin. Thanks @palenshus !
    Quality of life fixes for the TimeZone plugin, including fixes for empty subtitles, missing time zones and results not being found when expected. Thanks @TobiasSekan !
    Calls to the obsolete WebRequest API were removed. Thanks @davidegiacometti !
    Added common names for the share settings in the Settings plugins. Thanks @htcfreek !
    The Calculator Mages engine was updated to 2.0.1, for higher precision. Thanks for the testing and for pushing for the changes @htcfreek !
    Translation fixes for the Calculator and TimeDate plugins. Thanks @htcfreek !
    An entry for "Search Settings" was added to the Settings plugin. Thanks @jefflord !
    Removed uses of the deprecated BinaryFormatter, which contained vulnerabilities. Thanks @davidegiacometti !
    Added settings to better control the query results order. Thanks @jefflord !
    The Terminal plugin now uses a better API to detect installed Terminal packages. Thanks @htcfreek !

Settings

    Fixed a bug that said an update had failed, even if PowerToys was fully updated. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
    OOBE window is resizable. (This was a hotfix for 0.59)
    OOBE can now show release notes through authenticated proxies.
    OOBE now hides the x64 and ARM64 installer hashes on the What's New page.
    Minor UI fix in the Keyboard Manager page. Thanks @ZetaSp !
    Fix in internal data type of CheckBox controls. Thanks @ghost1372 !
    The title bar is now shown in the immersive dark mode theme. Thanks @WilliamABradley !
    Fixed a crash accessing the loading the System.Management API on ARM64 versions of Windows.

Installer

    Fixed signing of the setup custom actions dll in the new pipeline.
    The Visual C++ redistributable was updated to 14.32.31332 and fixed an installer error when a newer version was installed. Thanks @snickler !
    Updated the .NET dependency to 6.0.6.

Development

    Clean up of the CA1031 warning suppression. Thanks @davidegiacometti !
    Support for ARM64 binaries was added to the Microsoft Store submission task. Thanks @azchohfi !
    Added code for a tool to help identify monitor IDs.
    Support for ARM64 binaries was added to the winget package creation task.
    Updated the Pull Request template to better reflect project changes.
    Component Governance checks were re-activated on the new main branch.
    CI is failing to run tests calling the newer WebView 2 version, so these were disabled until a fix is found.
    Updated the tests SDK to 17.2.0.
    Nuget package versions used in the solution were consolidated.
    The CodeQL CI task was disabled in the repo, but was causing issues on forks, so it was removed.
    A specific Newtonsoft.Json version was specified in tests to avoid a vulnerability present in previous versions.
    FabricBot configurations were added to the repository.
    Added a dependabot configuration for updating GitHub actions dependencies. Thanks @naveensrinivasan !
    Updated the check-spelling action and added quality of life fixes to the workflow. Thanks @jsoref !

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https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

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As a long time Windows user you might have heard about registry. The registry is a special file in your hard disk that hold most of Windows settings data.

Wish to Windows taskbar to the top or change the taskbar size? No problem, those tasks can easily be done by simply editing the registry value. Unfortunately registry is not a friendly place for most people.

Changing a wrong value in the registry may cause an unpredictable problem to your Windows. This is why novice users should not edit registry value directly using a registry editor by them self.

In TweakNow WinSecret, we have gathered the most popular Windows 10 registry settings and provide them for you in an easy and safe user interface.

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Key features

    Move taskbar to the Left, top, or Right
    Change app switch behaviour
    Make taksbar transparent
    Enable or disable personalised ads using advertising ID
    Show accent color on title bars and windows borders
    Change menu show delay value
    And much more ......

https://www.tweaknow.com/WindowsSecret.php

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Monitor file changes on your system, such as create, read, write, overwrite, rename or delete by relying on this lightweight application.

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http://filterdriver.com/Forums_Files/FileMonitor.htm

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Intel Processor Identification Utility was developed to identify the processor inside a system, assuring the processor contains intended technologies and is operating at the tested and rated frequency intended by Intel Corporation.

Freeware

http://www.intel.com/support/processors/tools/piu

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EFI Boot Editor is a portable GUI that allows you to modify the boot manager.

This app can be used by any user who wants to change the boot manager, so it is designed to be user-friendly but is geared toward more advanced users. That said, it is essential that you create a restore point so if there is an issue, you can revert to the pre-modified state.

License: Open Source

Changelog

BUGFIX: ensure use of uppercase hexadecimal letters in indexes of boot entries in the EFI variable names (like Boot000A, Boot000B) and unify converting numbers to hexadecimal format to prevent inconsistencies in the future @Neverous( #31 )
BUGFIX: fix JSON export of Unknown device path nodes @Neverous( #32 )
Add USB, MEDIAVendor, BIOSBootSpecification device path nodes support @Neverous( #33 )
Bump codacy/codacy-analysis-cli-action from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 @dependabot( #29 )
Bump DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action from 0.13 to 0.14 @dependabot( #28

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https://github.com/Neverous/efibooteditor

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SoftPerfect RAM Disk is a high-performance RAM disk application that lets you have a disk on your computer entirely stored in its memory. As the memory is much faster than physical hard disks, it makes sense to store temporary data on a fast in-memory disk to achieve a higher performance. Whatever your job is, read on to find out what a RAM disk can offer you.

Whats new:>>

    Added: ARM64 platform support on Windows 11.
    Improved: read/write performance for small files.

http://www.softperfect.com/products/ramdisk/

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Display Driver Uninstaller is a graphics driver removal tool that helps remove all remnants of AMD, NVIDIA and Intel graphics card drivers including old registry keys, files, folders and driver stores.

Intel, AMD and Nivdia drivers can normally be uninstalled with the Windows Uninstall Programs window. However, often the standard uninstall fails or does not completely delete the old video card drivers. This can cause issues installing new / updated drivers.

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Changelog

    All: First time launch message can now be translated.
    All: CLSID registry section fix/enhancement.
    All: Cleanup of the VFW capture Class Manager in the registry.
    Intel: Additional registry and folder cleanup.
    Intel: Removal of the Intel Arc Control right click context menu.
    Intel: additional Intel Ark Control removal.
    Intel: additional removal.
    AMD: Removal of AdvancedMicroDevicesInc-RSXCM (possibly fix a boot pop-up message)
    AMD: Additional folders removals (DX cache related).
    Nvidia: Folders and registry additional removal. (Nvidia RTX voice)
    Translation : Swedish.xml

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http://www.wagnardmobile.com/

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USB Device Tree Viewer is a small application designed to display detailed information on the USB device tree.

USB Device Tree Viewer or UsbTreeView for short is based upon the Microsoft "USBView" sample application found in the Windows Driver Development Kits.

This utility quickly displays information for all the USB hubs and ports, beginning with connections status, device information, and all relative connection information. It also displays pertinent information about the computer being used as well which operating system.

Freeware

Whats new:>>

    New:

    Context menu item "Regedit..." to open certain device specific registry keys in the Windows Registry Editor

    Rewind:

    A bcdUSB value if 0x200 is no more blamed as "wrong" for low and full speed devices because an additional spec doc says that it's ok in contrast to the main spec

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html

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NirLauncher is a package of more than 200 portable freeware utilities for Windows, all of them developed for NirSoft Web site during the last few years. 

NirLauncher Features

    NirLauncher can be used from USB flash drive without need of any installation.
    NirLauncher and all the utilities in the package are completely freeware, without any Spyware/Adware/Malware. This package doesn't contain any 3-party software, toolbars, Web browser plugins, or other unwanted surprises. It will not install any software on your system and it will not change your Web browser homepage or other settings on your system.
    NirLauncher package includes variety of tools that you may need for your daily computer use, including utilities to recover lost passwords, to monitor your network, to view and extract cookies, cache, and other information stored by your Web browser, to search files in your system, and more...
    For every utility in the package, you can easily run it, view the help file, or jump to the Web page of the utility.
    When using it from USB flash drive, the configuration of every utility is saved into .cfg file on the flash drive.
    On x64 systems, NirLauncher automatically run the x64 version of the utility, when there is a separated x64 version.
    NirLauncher also allows to add more software packages in additional to the main NirSoft package.
    NirLauncher allows you generate plugin files for BartPE (Launcher -> Generate BartPE Plugin Files), so you can easily use the utilities of NirSoft from a bootable live windows CD.

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http://launcher.nirsoft.net/

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Manage the Software Restriction Policies more efficiently and make sure that the system is protected against all sorts of threats via this tool.

Freeware

Changelog

    Djusted the default extensions in <Designated File Types> to those used in Simple Windows Hardening. So, some popular Excel extenions are not blocked in default setup: XLS, XLSX, XLSB, XLSM, XLT, XLTM, XSL.
    Updated the manual and some help files.
    Added new option in DocumentsAntiExploit tool to make the configuration of Adobe Acrobat more granular.
    Added the button <MORE ...><Remove Obsolete Restrictions>.
    Added a new digital certificate.

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https://github.com/AndyFul/Hard_Configurator

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Whats new:>>

Bugfix: Starting Regedit did not work mostly

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html

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EventLogChannelsView shows the list of all event log channels on your system, including the channel name, event log filename, enabled/disabled status, current number of events in the channel, and more. It allows you to make some actions on multiple channels at once: enable/disable channels, set their maximum file size, and clear all events stored in the channels.

Freeware

Whats new:>>

    Fixed the default columns size in high DPI mode.
    Fixed a crash problem occurred on some systems.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/event_log_channels_view.html

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Wise Memory Optimizer helps you free up and tune up the physical memory taken up by some useless applications to enhance PC performance. Wise Memory Optimizer, as automatic and intelligent as other products from WiseCleaner.com, can execute its tasks in accordance with your settings and the physical truth of your computer. It is really easy to use for both novices and experts alike.

Features:

Wise Memory Optimizer is 100% Freeware
Able to optimize memory automatically in the background
Able to free as much memory as possible according to your settings
Inserted a real-time dynamic chart to show your memory status
Support of Win 8
Support of multiple languages
Provided online help documents

Freeware

Whats new:>>

    1. Newly added Timing Optimize in Auto Optimize.
    2. Fixed minor bugs in the previous version.
    3. Updated language files.

http://www.wisecleaner.com/wisememoryoptimizerfree.html

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Seamlessly perform a full-system diagnosis of your computer and detect unwanted items that may make your system vulnerable to malware with this tool.

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https://www.nicolascoolman.com/download/zhpdiag/

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SysGauge is a free system and performance monitoring utility allowing one to monitor the CPU usage, memory usage, network transfer rate, operating system performance, the status and resource usage of running processes, file system performance, USB performance, disk read activity, disk write activity, disk read transfer rate, disk write transfer rate, disk read IOPS and disk write IOPS for individual logical disks or all physical disks installed in the computer.

Freemium

Changelog

SysGauge v8.6 adds the ability to display the CPU usage per process, the memory usage per process, the data I/O rate per process, the number of threads per process and the number of threads per process. In addition, the new product version adds an extended process information dialog, improves the main SysGauge GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

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https://www.sysgauge.com/