The release of PowerToys v0.92 emphasizes new features, enhanced stability, optimization improvements, and automation capabilities. The release features enhancements in installer hashes, command palette, color picker, bug report tool, file explorer add-ons, and additional improvements.

Key features include a toggle for the system tray icon, enhanced extensibility, and essential UX improvements. The Color Picker now features customizable mouse button actions, allowing for enhanced personalization in workflows. The Bug Report Tool has been improved to make reporting easier and clearer, with features like progress indicators, better file compression, automatic removal of old trace logs, and new MSIX installer logs to help with troubleshooting.

The enhancements to File Explorer add-ons have led to improved rendering stability, effectively addressing issues related to PDF previews, blank thumbnails, and text file crashes encountered during file browsing. The Command Palette has been enhanced for future Ahead-of-Time (AOT) publishing through the integration of ExprTk in place of the calculator library, improvements in COM object handling, refinements in Win32 interop, and corrections to trimming behavior.

FancyZones has resolved DPI-scaling issues to guarantee that the FancyZones Editor presents clearly on high-resolution monitors. File Explorer add-ons have addressed potential issues in the PDF previewer and thumbnail generation, enhancing reliability during PDF file browsing. The Hoss File Editor has incorporated an in-app “Learn more” link within warning dialogs to provide users with prompt guidance.

Mouse Without Borders has established firewall rules, allowing MWB to accept connections from IPs beyond your local subnet. Optimize legacy logs to minimize disk usage and eliminate unnecessary clutter. Peek has enhanced the QOI reader by incorporating codec detection, accompanied by a clear notification when a video is unable to be previewed. PowerRename now includes support for $YY-$MM-$DD in ModificationTime and AccessTime, allowing for versatile date-based renaming options.

PowerToys Run has minimized the error UI for recognized WPF-related crashes to alleviate user confusion while maintaining diagnostic logs for further analysis. Registry Preview has introduced "Extended data preview" through the magnifier icon and context menu, facilitating the inspection of complex registry types.

Here is the release announcement:

PowerToys Release v0.92

In the  v0.92 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability, optimization improvements, and automation.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.92.0-x64.exe	E2126F7C3BAEBEF8367D4702489654B13E211B5CCFA1E3AC437CAFC772B1A219
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.92.0-arm64.exe	5DC32A790F2B6D9C06CA3397E9ADCD382472BB2C9B45BC288D75DCB951A20FAF
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.92.0-x64.exe	3419E846FB242D2B7DA8A4259E06DB8867770806159C665FA966E85669D258CA
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.92.0-arm64.exe	367DECED2EB112B0A2F4F4828D198EAFFB1E6CEA8F7716BF533145D572ABFD13

Highlights

• PowerToys settings now has a toggle for the system tray icon, giving users control over its visibility based on personal preference. Thanks  @BLM16!
• Command Palette now has Ahead-of-Time ( AOT) compatibility for all first-party extensions, improved extensibility, and core UX fixes, resulting in better performance and stability across commands.
• Color Picker now has customizable mouse button actions, enabling more personalized workflows by assigning functions to left, right, and middle clicks. Thanks  @PesBandi!
• Bug Report Tool now has a faster and clearer reporting process, with progress indicators, improved compression, auto-cleanup of old trace logs, and inclusion of MSIX installer logs for more efficient diagnostics.
• File Explorer add-ons now have improved rendering stability, resolving issues with PDF previews, blank thumbnails, and text file crashes during file browsing.

Color Picker

• Added mouse button actions so you can choose what left, right, or middle click does. Thanks  @PesBandi!

Crop & Lock

• Aligned window styling with current Windows theme for a cleaner look. Thanks  @sadirano!

Command Palette

• Enhanced performance by resolving a regression in page loading.
• Applied consistent hotkey handling across all Command Palette commands for a smoother user experience.
• Improved graceful closing of Command Palette. Thanks  @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed consistency issue for extensions' alias with "Direct" setting and enabled localization for "Direct" and "Indirect" for better user understanding. Thanks  @davidegiacometti!
• Improved visual clarity by styling critical context items correctly.
• Automatically focused the field when only one is present on the content page.
• Improved stability and efficiency when loading file icons in SDK ThumbnailHelper.cs by removing unnecessary operations. Thanks  @OldUser101!
• Enhanced details view with commands implementation. (See  Extension sample)

Command Palette extensions

• Added "Copy Path" command to App search results for convenience. Thanks  @PesBandi!
• Improved Calculator input experience by ignoring leading equal signs. Thanks  @PesBandi!
• Corrected input handling in the Calculator extension to avoid showing errors for input with only leading whitespace.
• Improved New Extension wizard by validating names to prevent namespace errors.
• Ensured consistent context items display for the Run extension between fallback and top-level results.
• Fixed missing Time & Date commands in fallback results. Thanks  @htcfreek!
• Fixed outdated results in the Time & Date extension. Thanks  @htcfreek!
• Fixed an issue where Web Search always opened Microsoft Edge instead of the user's default browser on Windows 11 24H2 and later. Thanks  @RuggMatt!
• Improved ordering of Windows Settings extension search results from alphabetical to relevance-based for quicker access.
• Added "Restart Windows Explorer" command to the Windows System Commands provider for gracefully terminate and relaunch explorer.exe. Thanks  @jiripolasek!

Command Palette Ahead-of-Time (AOT) readiness

• We’ve made foundational changes to prepare the Command Palette for future Ahead-of-Time (AOT) publishing. This includes replacing the calculator library with ExprTk, improving COM object handling, refining Win32 interop, and correcting trimming behavior—all to ensure compatibility, performance, and reliability under AOT constraints. All first-party extensions are now AOT-compatible. These improvements lay the groundwork for publishing Command Palette as an AOT application in the next release.
• Special thanks to  @Sergio0694 for guidance on making COM APIs AOT-compatible,  @jtschuster for fixing COM object handling,  @ArashPartow from ExprTk for integration suggestions, and  @tian-lt from the Windows Calculator team for valuable suggestion throughout the migration journey and review.
• As part of the upcoming release, we’re also enabling AOT compatibility for key dependencies, including markdown rendering, Adaptive Cards, internal logging and telemetry library, and the core Command Palette UX.

FancyZones

• Fixed DPI-scaling issues to ensure FancyZones Editor displays crisply on high-resolution monitors. Thanks  @HO-COOH! This inspired us a broader review across other PowerToys modules, leading to DPI display optimizations in Awake, Color Picker, PowerAccent, and more.

File Explorer add-ons

• Fixed potential failures in PDF previewer and thumbnail generation, improving reliability when browsing PDF files. Thanks  @mohiuddin-khan-shiam!
• Prevented Monaco Preview Handler crash when opening UTF-8-BOM text files.

Hosts File Editor

• Added an in-app “Learn more” link to warning dialogs for quick guidance. Thanks  @PesBandi!

Mouse Without Borders

• Fixed firewall rule so MWB now accepts connections from IPs outside your local subnet.
• Cleaned legacy logs to reduce disk usage and noise.

Peek

• Updated QOI reader so 3-channel QOI images preview correctly in Peek and File Explorer. Thanks  @mbartlett21!
• Added codec detection with a clear warning when a video can’t be previewed, along with a link to the Microsoft Store to download the required codec.

PowerRename

• Added support for $YY-$MM-$DD in ModificationTime and AccessTime to enable flexible date-based renaming.

PowerToys Run

• Suppressed error UI for known WPF-related crashes to reduce user confusion, while retaining diagnostic logging for analysis. This targets COMException 0xD0000701 and 0x80263001 caused by temporary DWM unavailability.

Registry Preview

• Added "Extended data preview" via magnifier icon and context menu in the Data Grid, enabled easier inspection of complex registry types like REG_BINARY, REG_EXPAND_SZ, and REG_MULTI_SZ, etc. Thanks  @htcfreek!
• Improved file-saving experience in Registry Preview by aligning with Notepad-like behavior, enhancing user prompts, error handling, and preventing crashes during unsaved or interrupted actions. Thanks  @htcfreek!

Settings

• Added an option to hide or show the PowerToys system tray icon. Thanks  @BLM16!
• Improved settings to show progress while a bug report package is being generated.

Workspaces

• Stored Workspaces icons in user AppData to ensure profile portability and prevent loss during temporary folder cleanup.
• Enabled capture and launch of PWAs on non-default Edge or Chrome profiles, ensuring consistent behavior during creation and execution.

Documentation

• Added SpeedTest and Dictionary Definition to the third-party plugins documentation for PowerToys Run. Thanks  @ruslanlap!
• Corrected sample links and typo in Command Palette documentation. Thanks  @daverayment and  @roycewilliams!

Development

• Updated .NET libraries to 9.0.6 for performance and security. Thanks  @snickler!
• Updated WinAppSDK to 1.7.2 for better stability and Windows support.
• Introduced a one-step local build script that generates a signed installer, enhancing developer productivity.
• Generated portable PDBs so cross-platform debuggers can read symbol files, improving debugging experience in VSCode and other tools.
• Simplified WinGet configuration files by using the  Microsoft.Windows.Settings module to enable Developer Mode. Thanks  @mdanish-kh!
• Adjusted build scripts for the latest Az.Accounts module to keep CI green.
• Streamlined release pipeline by removing hard-coded telemetry version numbers, and unified Command Palette versioning with Windows Terminal's versioning method for consistent updates.
• Enhanced the build validation step to show detailed differences between NOTICE.md and actual package dependencies and versions.
• Improved spell-checking accuracy across the repo. Thanks  @rovercoder!
• Upgraded CI to TouchdownBuild v5 for faster pipelines.
• Added context comments to Resources.resw to help translators.
• Expanded fuzz testing coverage to include FancyZones.
• Integrated all unit tests into the CI pipeline, increasing from ~3,000 to ~5,000 tests.
• Enabled daily UI test automation on the main branch, now covering over 370 UI tests for end-to-end validation.
• Newly added unit tests for WorkspacesLib to improve reliability and maintainability.

General

• Updated bug report compression library (cziplib 0.3.3) for faster and more reliable package creation. Thanks  @Chubercik!
• Included App Installer (“AppX Deployment Server”) event logs in bug reports for more thorough diagnostics.

Release Release v0.92 · microsoft/PowerToys