
We also worked extensively with the community to build an updated settings menu UI. Our goals for the v0.45 release cycle primarily centered around stability updates and optimizations, installer updates, general bug fixes, and accessibility improvements. You can read full changelog provided by Microsoft for version 0.45 below. The PowerToys version 0.45 is available via the Microsoft store. Regardless of the installation method, do not forget to go through our guide on using PowerToys.You can install the PowerToys app from Microsoft store by clicking here. You can also download it from GitHub if that’s what you prefer. If you are using Windows 11, you can download PowerToys from Microsoft Store right now. Once we can remove UAC prompts and move more into PT itself from the installer, we can heavily simplify the install process”. We have a few work items to simplify this that will be done in the future for other work items (like monaco powered file previewer). When a user asked if updates via MS Store are possible, here’s what PowerToys Lead Clint Rutkas said: “PowerToys currently has too disruptive of an installer process to auto-update.


Instead, PowerToys will manage its own updates just like other unpackaged Win32 apps. Although you can download PowerToys from Microsoft Store, you won’t get updates for PowerToys from the Store.

PowerToys making its way to Microsoft Store should help improve the discoverability of the software. It offers a total of 10 utilities namely Awake, Color Picker, FancyZones, File Explorer Add-ons, Image Resizer, Keyboard Manager, PowerRename, PowerToys Run, Shortcut Guide, and Video Conference Mute. In case you are out of the loop, PowerToys offers additional features aimed at power users to improve the efficiency and usability of Windows.
