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Microsoft PowerToys is set of utilities for increasing productivity in Windows.

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After installing Microsoft's PowerToys in Windows 11, at every boot, an error dialog box appears to warn me a class has not been registered. Uninstalling PowerToys and reinstalling it from its ...
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It was a really cool tool and suddenly got the need for it, but am unable to install or run. Update: was able to install it, by setting the compatibility of the installer to win xp sp3, and then ...
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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 ...
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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.
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I need to remove from a file name which looks like this: פניקס תלוש אוקטובר 2024 (2024_10_11 10_44_49 UTC) (the text is in Hebrew) the string to remove is "(2024_10_11 10_44_49 UTC)" I have ...
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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::...
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I recently purchased a 32" 4K monitor for my laptop, and I now have a lot of screen real estate. However, my desktop has become cluttered with many overlapping windows, like this: I am aware of ...
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I am using power toys in Windows 11. I would like to be able to assign the key f-0 (function key + 0) to open chrome. Is this possible and how could I do that if so with power toys?
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I would like to get Powertoys Run utility to display the Calendar Week and Day of the Year using cw or doy instead of using ) day of the year:
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I'm trying to replicate on Windows 11 the same function that Cmd+Backspace does on Mac, that is to delete everything on the left on the same line as the cursor, with just one key combination. Ctrl+...
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Assigning sleep shortcut in Powertoys doesn't work. I have set sleep button to hibernation in the settings. Since my keyboard doesn't have sleep button (which is a good thing) I have assigned ⊞ Win+...
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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\...
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I have a set of text as follows: New York - Chicago - Goodbye New York - Alaska - Hello New York - Montana - A new beginning How would I rename using power rename to remove all the text including the ...
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In PowerToys there is a tool called Peek which allows you to preview file contents in Windows Explorer by pressing Ctrl+Space. Contents are shown in separate minimalistic window. Is there a way to use ...
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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 ...
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