PowerToys 0.84.1 has got you covered with fixes for workspaces detecting popular apps, a spiffy UI upgrade for button outlines, and all those broken links in the workspaces OOBE page have been taken care of.
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.84.0 with a new utility called PowerToys Workspaces. Now you can launch applications with a custom desktop layout and configuration. Save the utility as a workspace and easily relaunch it with just one click from the Workspaces editor or a desktop shortcut. Customize your app configuration with CLI arguments and "launch as admin" modifiers.
Windows Package Manager version 1.9.2411-preview is now available for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Changes include dividing testing into distinct pipeline tasks, updating the notice, eliminating the CodeCoverage and WinGetUtil NuGet pipelines, adding missing solution dependencies, fixing build issues, sending unit telemetry, utilising the most recent SFS client, and producing test certificates in the pipeline.
Windows Terminal Preview v1.22.2362.0 has been released. The update improves throughput, reliability, correctness, and allows applications to send unmodified VT directly to the terminal. Terminals supporting DEC rectangular operations should see higher fidelity app-based scrolling. Unicode now supports a wider range of characters, including Emoji with ZWJ and Grapheme Clusters.
Windows Terminal v1.21.2361.0 is a stable release with numerous improvements, including screen memory restoration, multiple active fonts, pixel-perfect box and line drawing glyphs, improved IME integration for input in various languages, scrollbar marks, simultaneous search results, and removal of the old text rendering engine.
Microsoft has released the August 2024 edition of the Azure SDK.
Microsoft has announced the release candidate for TypeScript 5.6.
The seventh preview release of .NET 9 is now available for testing.
Microsoft has released Windows Package Manager 1.9.2151 preview.
PowerToys v0.83.0 is a stable and improved version of the software, focusing on stability and improvements. The release cycle includes several updates, including changes to the Awake Quality of Life, General GPO policies, Advanced Paste, Awake, Color Picker, File Explorer add-ons, File Locksmith, Installer, Mouse Without Borders, and Peek.
Highlights include changes to the tray icon, the removal of dependency on Windows Forms, fixed issues with the UI becoming non-responsive after selecting no time for the timed mode, and refactoring code for easier maintenance. The tray icon tooltip now shows how much time is left on the timer, and DPI awareness is added to the tray icon context menu.
Highlights include changes to the tray icon, the removal of dependency on Windows Forms, fixed issues with the UI becoming non-responsive after selecting no time for the timed mode, and refactoring code for easier maintenance. The tray icon tooltip now shows how much time is left on the timer, and DPI awareness is added to the tray icon context menu.
Microsoft has announced the release of TypeScript 5.6 Beta.
Microsoft has released Windows Package Manager 1.9.1981 preview, the fourth development build for Windows 10 and 11, enabling experimental features. This update comes with minor updates to AppInstaller.
PowerToys 0.82.1 has been released. The update addresses issues with PowerToys Run on Windows 11 SV1, Windows 10, and user-scoped installations, including a crash, brightness issue, and incorrect installation location of DSC files.
Microsoft has announced the release of the sixth preview release of .NET 9.
Microsoft released PowerToys v0.82.0, which includes various changes, including as new PowerRename functionality, enhanced CSV delimiter handling, and improved telemetry. The update also resolved UI issues that were noticed after upgrading to WPF UI in Color Picker and PowerToys Run.
Advanced Paste was corrected to prevent external programs from triggering it, and a GPO rule was introduced to prohibit the use of online models in Advanced Paste. CSV delimiter handling and plain text parsing were enhanced, and the user interface was modified to convert from ini files. Memory leaks were repaired, and a feature to conceal the UI when it loses focus was introduced.
Advanced Paste was corrected to prevent external programs from triggering it, and a GPO rule was introduced to prohibit the use of online models in Advanced Paste. CSV delimiter handling and plain text parsing were enhanced, and the user interface was modified to convert from ini files. Memory leaks were repaired, and a feature to conceal the UI when it loses focus was introduced.
A new development release of Windows Package Manager 1.9 is now available for Windows 10 and Windows 11. This release includes experimental features, which can be enabled by adding the following settings to the wings (winget settings) file. Changes include updating the localization pipeline to a new authentication type, fixing the loc pipeline service connection, enabling Microsoft Entra Id auth for displaycatalog, adding tests for configure mixed elevation, enabling v2 index EF by default, trimming versions when parsing, and improving support for versions with preambles.
Windows Package Manager 1.8.1791 marks the first stable 1.8 version for Windows 10 and Windows 11. This release disables experimental functionality, and WinGet v1.8 will be the only stable version that does so. If Group Policy Objects (GPO) do not prevent it, stable releases will offer the option to enable experimental functionality starting with WinGet v1.9. The new capabilities include HTTP Proxy support, WinGet Configuration Mixed Elevation Mode support via COM, WinGet Package Icon support via COM, PowerShell Modules for ARM64, and control characters that are not permitted in user-generated content.
Windows Terminal Preview 1.21.1772.0 is a channel servicing update that corrects many bugs, including a hyperlink bug. The version offers enhancements to the built-in box-drawing glyphs capability, bug fixes, and increased stability. It also addresses crashes when dismissing panes, notifies users about MacType versions that have been known to crash Terminal and other Windows software, removes a debug assert during search navigation, and fixes Korean, Italian, and Spanish language difficulties.
Windows Terminal 1.20.11781.0, published 40 days after its last servicing release, addresses various outstanding bugs. The update includes bug fixes, increased stability, warnings for MacType versions that crash Terminal and other Windows software, the removal of a debug assert during search navigation, and solutions for localization issues in Korean, Italian, and Spanish.
Updates to the localization pipeline, a fix for the loc pipeline service connection, and the ability to enable Microsoft Entra Id authentication for displaycatalog are all part of the second development build for Windows Package Manager 1.9.
Other changes include updating pipeline component versions, adding tests for configuring mixed elevation, enabling v2 index EF by default, trimming versions while parsing, removing installer type mapping for MSI/WIX and MSIX NonStore, stabilizing SxS, using digest verification APIs for MSIX, improving version support with preambles, launching COM server for elevated use via packaged path, fixing export manifest with multiple locales, updating expired certificates, and updating winget serve.
Other changes include updating pipeline component versions, adding tests for configuring mixed elevation, enabling v2 index EF by default, trimming versions while parsing, removing installer type mapping for MSI/WIX and MSIX NonStore, stabilizing SxS, using digest verification APIs for MSIX, improving version support with preambles, launching COM server for elevated use via packaged path, fixing export manifest with multiple locales, updating expired certificates, and updating winget serve.
