PowerToys just received a small but important update that brings the app to version 0.100.1. The update focuses on fixes to version 0.100.0 of the app, which included a bunch of new features.
Normally I wouldn't cover a small update to an app, but in this case the bugs prevented core features of PowerToys from working. Luckily, the bugs have been squashed.
One issue caused keys that had been remapped to non-modifier keys to be delivered as system-key events. An example of that is mapping Alt to Backspace could result in deleting whole words instead of individual characters.
Another bug prevented monitors from waking from standby after selecting On through Power Display.
The developers of PowerToys log all the changes to the app on GitHub.
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PowerToys v0.100.1
Highlights
- This patch release fixes several important stability and behavior issues identified in v0.100.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the v0.100.0 notes for the full list of changes.
Color Picker
- Fixed a bug where the main Color Picker window could appear inside the zoomed-in picker view in #48762 by @daverayment
Command Palette
- Fixed Run history initialization in AOT builds in #48463
- Fixed a bug where the Performance Monitor dock item could show ??? after restart in #48682 by @giruuuuj
- Fixed the Hibernate command using the Sleep icon in #48689 by @MrBisquit
- Limited the "pin to dock" dialog to displays where the dock is enabled in #48723
Keyboard Manager
- Fixed modifier keys remapped to non-modifier keys being delivered as system-key events, which caused unexpected behavior in apps such as Alt-to-Backspace deleting whole words in #47192 by @oMatheusmol
Power Display
- Fixed a bug where selecting On in the monitor power-state control did not wake a monitor from standby in #48628
- Fixed built-in display detection and brightness control on dual-GPU laptops where the internal panel is driven by the discrete GPU in #48637
PowerToys Run
- Fixed VS Code Workspaces discovery after VS Code moved recently opened workspace data to shared storage in #47505
Quick Access
- Fixed Quick Access flyout crashes caused by unhandled XAML exceptions during launch or page navigation in #48457
Shortcut Guide
- Fixed a crash when navigating between Shortcut Guide sidebar sections in #48481
- Fixed number-key rendering in shortcut manifests and added a Postman shortcut manifest in #48461 by @brycewc
- Updated bundled shortcut manifests to use the literal number-key token so number keys render correctly across apps in #48757 by @brycewc
ZoomIt
- Fixed a race condition in audio initialization for ZoomIt video recording in #48685 by @MarioHewardt
Power Display is one of my favorite utilities in PowerToys. It allows you to manage the brightness and other settings of your external monitor through a series of flyouts. It saves me the hassle of reaching around the bottom or back of my display to adjust settings with awkward buttons.
The recently fixed bug took away core functionality of Power Display, so I'm happy to see it addressed.
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