Microsoft PowerToys is set of utilities for increasing productivity in Windows.
Questions tagged [powertoys]
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Disable window always-on-top
Is there a handy powertoy-like program I can use to kill the always-on-top mode of the most bothersome windows?
Too bad that the programs I find useful and like to co-exist with other open programs (multitasking in common sense) set their window to…
Detrik Raviolo
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Why does hitting Alt-Space open up a search window with PowerToys?
When PowerToys is running Alt-Space is opening a search window.
I am afraid I activated this accidentally (not sure, perhaps it's normally with PowerToys).
How can I deactivate this? I'd like to have the default behavior again which is now only…
Eddie
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How to disable (or remap) the Office Hot-key
How can I deactivate (or remap) the "Office key"? See (2) in this image:
I have tried to use "Keyboard Mapper" from Power-Toys, but the problem is, that I don't know which key to select.
i.e. when I click on "Type" and then press the "Office key"…
TmTron
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How to add custom shortcuts to the PowerToys Run utility?
PowerToys Run utility makes a really great job enabling me to search and quickly open apps or folders.
However, is there a way to make my own custom shorcuts for apps/files/folders that I will use a lot, with shortened names/commands? I would like…
oScarDiAnno
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How to increase numbers in filenames by specified value with Windows 10 PowerToys's PowerRename?
I've got a bunch of files named as:
01. Filename.ext
02. Filename.ext
03. Filename.ext
etc.
I need to batch rename them with PowerToys PowerRename by increasing the number in the beginning of the file name by a specific value, say 15, so that their…
YKKY
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Is there a way to quickly view all active PowerToys hotkeys
I'm a user of Microsoft Powertoys, and using most of tools. But sometimes, I'll forgot some of hotkeys while need to use the tool. In such time, I'll open Powertoys, find the utility and see hotkey in settings. This is time-consuming.. Is there a…
JOrE
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Time-lapse software for Windows 7
Timershot was an excellent part of the PowerToys for Windows XP collection. But alas, it doesn't appear to work on Windows 7, even when run in XP SP3 compatibility mode.
Can anyone recommend a good replacement?
(...Preferably one that is…
Kevin L.
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How can I adjust the borders when using Powertoys fancy zones?
I am trying out the fancy zones in Powertoys, but there are borders to separate out each tab. How can I disable those borders so adjacent tabs stick to each other?
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Map Caps Lock to Control in Windows 11
See also Map capslock to control in Windows 10.
In Windows 7 and 10, I was able to remap the Caps Lock to act as a Control key by updating the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout\Scancode Map key in the registry. I've…
Keith Thompson
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Autohotkey V2 Script not working for WMP next/previous via PowerToys
I'm using the following script which does not produce errors, but also does not work I'm afraid:
if WinActive("ahk_exe wmplayer.exe") or WinActive("ahk_exe Spotify.exe")
{
Left::Send {RCtrl}{Left}
Right::Send {RCtrl}{Right}
}
The idea is, that…
Cyman
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How can I launch PowerToys Run with just the Windows key?
I've installed Microsoft PowerToys and I want to configure PowerToys Run so that it launches when I press the Windows key on the keyboard.
The settings allow me to change the keyboard shortcut to something like Windows-R, but changing it to just…
Flimm
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How can I configure Windows PowerToys to use double-tap of a key as keybinding?
Is it possible to set a double-tap keybinding on Windows PowerToys?
For example: I want to use double tap ctrl to open the PowerToys run feature, but it only accepts combined keybindings.
Coder12432f
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How to add languages for OCR recognition in Windows powertoys?
Hello I am trying to figure out the text extractor function in powertoys. From the internet tutorials, I have installed multiple languages for OCR from Windows powershell and restarted powertoys. However, it still cannot recognize the language…
234ff
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Greater than and less than characters on a TKL keyboard
I just bought a CEPTER COSMO TKL keyboard, and I cannot figure out how I can produce the greater than and less than characters. I am on Windows 10.
The characters are on the keyboard as you can se from the photo. Those two keys pressed produces .…
Lars Anundskås
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How can I launch an application with PowerToys Run after changing the application file path?
I have an application in a folder on my Desktop. After changing the name of the folder, PowerToys Run cannot find it at the old address and is unable to run it from the most relevant search result.
In this screenshot of the Run window, if I click on…
carbonguac
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