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Microsoft PowerToys 0.56.1 update available

The new version offers more stability and improvements to existing functions.

The PowerToys are Microsoft's all-purpose tool for all sorts of application scenarios under Windows.

If you have not taken a look at the tools yet, then you should definitely try. All sorts of things can be done with the PowerToys and it can increase productivity considerably for example with window management or image scaling.

The development team has now released version 0.56.1, focusing primarily on stability and improvements to existing functions. The maximum limit for FancyZones has been increased from 40 to a maximum of 128.

It can be specified in the settings that the Find my mouse functionality is also triggered when you shake the mouse pointer. Previously, you still had to double-click the left CTRL key.

You can download PowerToys here for free. If you have already installed an older version of PowerToys, you can use the update functionality to update to the new version.

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