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PowerToys, Windhawk, Rainmeter stack restores missing Windows 11 taskbar labels and widgets in 2026
Windows 11 three years in still feels rigid for power users. Taskbar labels remain hidden, the right-click menu buries options, and the Start menu resists the folder pinning people miss from Windows...
PowerToys Low Memory Mode Proposal Could Slash RAM Usage on Windows 11
Microsoft’s PowerToys team is evaluating a new memory-saving feature that could make the utility suite significantly lighter on system resources. A pull request submitted to the official GitHub...
PowerToys Show Desktop Adds One-Click Window Minimizing via Empty Desktop or Taskbar
Microsoft is actively developing a new PowerToys utility called Show Desktop, expanding the toolkit's window management capabilities on Windows 10 and Windows 11. The feature introduces a simple yet...
Drag Windows Without the Title Bar: PowerToys 0.99 Lands With Game-Changing Ergonomics
Microsoft shipped back-to-back PowerToys releases on April 28 and 29, 2026, and one feature in version 0.99 will immediately change how you interact with every window on your desktop. Grab And Move...
Microsoft's Rapid-Fire Fix for PowerToys 0.99 Shows New Tools Are Sharp Around the Edges
Microsoft released PowerToys 0.99.1 on April 29, 2026, just days after version 0.99 introduced two headline utilities—Grab and Move and Power Display—alongside the Command Palette dock. The patch...
PowerToys 0.99.0 Makes Window Dragging Effortless and Puts Monitor Controls in Your System Tray
Microsoft shipped PowerToys version 0.99.0 this week, and the update’s marquee addition is a tool that lets you reposition and resize any window by holding the Alt key and clicking anywhere inside...
PowerToys 0.99 Lets You Drag Windows Without Title Bars and Fixes Multi-Monitor Controls
PowerToys v0.99.0 arrives with a pair of utilities that solve everyday Windows annoyances: moving and resizing windows without grabbing title bars, and adjusting external monitor settings from a...
Windows Gets Alt-Drag Window Moving and Monitor Brightness Overhaul via PowerToys 0.99.0
Microsoft has shipped one of the most consequential PowerToys releases in recent memory, version 0.99.0, delivering a pair of features long requested by power users: the ability to move and resize...
Microsoft's Continuity Push: How Windows 11 Borrows macOS Features to Create Seamless Cross-Device Experiences
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 updates reveal a deliberate strategy of adopting macOS-inspired features to create more seamless cross-device experiences. The company has been steadily implementing...
Windows 11 Context Menu Manager: Microsoft's PowerToys Tool Solves Right-Click Clutter Without Registry Hacks
Microsoft has officially released a Context Menu Manager within its PowerToys suite, providing Windows 11 users with a native solution to customize their right-click menus without resorting to risky...
PowerToys WinPos Module: Alt+Click Window Management Coming to Windows 10 and 11
Microsoft's PowerToys team is developing a new WinPos module that would allow users to move and resize windows anywhere on screen using just the Alt key and mouse clicks. This proposed addition to...
PowerToys, Flow Launcher, and GlazeWM: Three Free Apps That Transform Windows Productivity
Microsoft's PowerToys, Flow Launcher, and GlazeWM represent a new generation of Windows productivity tools that fundamentally change how users interact with their operating system. These three free...