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PowerToys: Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

story by thunderbong · 2022-11-03 · 0 comments

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story by Tomte · 2022-11-03 · 0 comments

…The Power Toys devs have an issue open regarding this feature, and we're figuring out next steps: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/279

comment by peddamat · 2022-06-13 · in Ultrawide monitors are overrated, here's why I use a 4K TV instead

…keyboard shortcuts). This issue has been open since 2020, I’m not sure what they are waiting for: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/6756 In the meantime I’ll stick with AutoHotkey.

comment by layer8 · 2022-05-08 · in PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

It's sort of filed already, you can see https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3170 and the linked issues

comment by jcrben · 2022-05-08 · in PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

…it would be most useful to me. It was suggested on their GitHub but didn't gain much traction: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/9357 https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/14454 9 times out of 10, I am getting color…

comment by Someone1234 · 2022-05-08 · in PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

For those on Windows I have to plug [PowerToys]( https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys ). In addition to the excellent "Video Conference Mute" it has the best key/shortcut remapper I've used on Windows. Fully open-source, but can be…

comment by pseudosavant · 2022-04-24 · in Tell HN: Have just discovered that I can use any key as Ctrl on my keyboard\

I use powertoys[0] to map printscreen to insert on my Keychron K2. [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/powertoys

comment by mimsee · 2022-04-24 · in SharpKeys – Keymapper for Windows

…Awake here. Would be happy to investigate. Feel free to open an issue in the GitHub repo ( https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues ) and I will look into it.

comment by dend · 2022-04-22 · in Show HN: Prevent your computer sleeping with just a webpage

PowerToys[0] has a utility for that. It stays in the corner of the taskbar. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by gsoto · 2022-04-22 · in Show HN: Prevent your computer sleeping with just a webpage

I really like Fancy Zones from PowerToys[1]. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by mt_ · 2022-04-15 · in Show HN: A tiling window manager like i3wm written entirely in C#

Powertoys is terrific, and open Source! https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/README.md For the fastest searching possible on Windows, I use the Journal-indexing "Everything" search. https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/

comment by manapause · 2022-01-21 · in The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward

You could try submitting this to the Microsoft PowerToys repo: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by Lorin · 2022-01-19 · in Show HN: DevToys.app – An offline Swiss Army knife for developers

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PowerToys: Utilities to tune and streamline Windows for greater productivity

story by jaboutboul · 2022-01-10 · 0 comments

…works well for me. I also like the fact that it's first-party, free and open-source: Project page: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys FancyZones docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/powertoys/fancyzone...

comment by jmiserez · 2021-12-22 · in LG’s new 16:18 monitor

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Microsoft PowerToys

story by rootlocus · 2021-11-01 · 0 comments

Check out the Windows 10 PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys With it you can hold Shift when moving a window, and the window will snap to a predefined grid. There are also other nice tools, like a Color picker when you press…

comment by captainmuon · 2021-09-03 · in Designing Aero Snap (2009)

You can get this functionality in Windows 10 using PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by clwg · 2021-08-31 · in Windows 11 available on October 5

…tools only work on the extra buttons and not on your existing buttons. So you need something like https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys As for the mouse the value of remapping buttons is more limited IMHO since the act of pressing a…

comment by PaulHoule · 2021-07-26 · in Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

…using React Native through their FluentUI[3]. Would be curious if anyone knows more info on it. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/fa92f2e581e8c74c... [2] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/fa92f2e581e8c74c... [3]…

comment by derimagia · 2021-06-25 · in MS Teams Switches from AngularJS to React, Ditches Electron.

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MS PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune their Windows 10

story by hexfran · 2021-05-28 · 1 comment

…option. There's also an open issue asking about adding the idea to the applicable Windows PowerToy: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/6976

comment by WorldMaker · 2021-05-19 · in Material You – The next stage for Material Design

…a direct counterpart to i3, I'd recommend taking a look at FancyZones in the Power Toys project: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by kumarharsh · 2021-04-22 · in Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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PowerToys

story by bearerofgarbage · 2021-02-21 · 0 comments

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys has reliable key remapping. Also has decent window tiling.

comment by waych · 2021-02-15 · in I Love Coding on Linux

…might be worth a look. [0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/powerrena... [1] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by Ennea · 2020-12-25 · in Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

…that is with Powertoys FancyZones. Its not exactly a tiling windows manager but its close enough. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/FancyZones-Overv...

comment by lhoff · 2020-12-16 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

…for their windows update, but sometimes they give us some really nice tools (see also the PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys )

comment by NKosmatos · 2020-12-04 · in Ethr Is a Comprehensive Network Measurement Tool for TCP, UDP and ICMP

…to move windows between these "fancy zones" instead. Maybe this is interesting for you? https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases

comment by _Microft · 2020-11-16 · in Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Microsoft PowerToys – Color Picker

story by Fabricio20 · 2020-10-29 · 0 comments

…as Alfred. For example, you can't even just get folders. There's an issue open here about this: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3347

comment by pier25 · 2020-10-23 · in How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around

See Power Toys Run https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by sbisson · 2020-10-23 · in How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around

On a side note, there is a related feature request for PowerToys, and my app is mentioned there: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/1684

comment by noseratio · 2020-10-18 · in Show HN: A simple app to make Ctrl+V paste unformatted text by default (Windows)

…FancyZones? I find it works well enough to be worth installing on all my windows computers. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/FancyZones-Overv...

comment by Raphmedia · 2020-09-18 · in On Browser Tabs

you can easily remap keys with PowerToys... https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by spixy · 2020-08-28 · in Scrollbar Blindness

You might like this thing - https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by nocubicles · 2020-08-26 · in Ask HN: Win10 Power User Resources?

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.20.1

comment by KaungMyat182804 · 2020-08-23 · in Microsoft PowerToys for Windows 10

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Microsoft PowerToys for Windows 10

story by tomrod · 2020-08-23 · 1 comment

Oh PowerToys, you’re back, I’ve missed you so much https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by mastazi · 2020-08-14 · in Microsoft Open Source

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Microsoft PowerToys

story by benibraz · 2020-08-02 · 0 comments

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PowerToys Keyboard Manager

story by pshirshov · 2020-06-24 · 0 comments

Microsoft is adding one to PowerToys: https://github.com/microsoft/powertoys

comment by jzelinskie · 2020-06-23 · in The End of OS X

…arbitrary set of maximizable zones. Highly recommend if the normal 4 corners isn't enough for you. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/master/src/modul...

comment by Godel_unicode · 2020-06-18 · in Time to Upgrade Your Monitor

The new PowerToys [1] are interesting too, though somewhat different in scope from the old ones. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by shadowfox · 2020-06-12 · in Windows Explorer Through the Years

…Ultrawide Dell for home work and it's a huge benefit. Coupled with FancyZones from PowerToys ( https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys ) it's even better. You might think, well if you're just using FancyZones to split the screen up again…

comment by nmstoker · 2020-06-10 · in Two Screens

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Windows PowerToys Run

story by drumttocs8 · 2020-05-30 · 0 comments

…Windows IMO. It has absolutely transformed how I work and noticeably increased my productivity. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by ObsoleteNerd · 2020-05-29 · in But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” any more

…everything will of course get a different alternate look. Some more discussion about it here: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/44 It looks like there isn't anyone at Microsoft who can take a look at the big picture and decide…

comment by 4cao · 2020-05-26 · in What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite

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PowerToys v0.18.0

story by notpiika · 2020-05-19 · 0 comments

…With FancyZones you can either use one of the presets or freely define your window snap zones: > https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by rostigerpudel · 2020-05-02 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it