The latest version of PowerToys 0.64.0 has been released, which includes a file locking tool, Hosts file editor and settings backup.

Microsoft has released a new feature update for PowerToys. Version 0.64.0 is now available for download and includes two brand new utilities, settings backup and an extensive list of fixes.

PowerToys 0.64.0 introduces a new File Locksmith utility (shown below). It allows you to see which process or processes use selected files or folders, thereby preventing them from being deleted or modified. The second new tool provides a simple and convenient UI for editing Hosts files—no more digging into your system drive and opening Hosts in Notepad.

Another noteworthy feature in version 0.64.0 is the ability to back up and restore settings. You can now store PowerToys settings, custom keybindings, and other parameters in files. This is a quick and easy way to transfer your preferences to another device or store them securely. Finally, PowerToys obtains Group Policy Object settings to enable or disable the utility on managed devices.

This is the full changelog for PowerToys 0.64.0:

Highlights:

• New Utility: File Locksmith Allowed View the processes currently using the selected file.
• New Utility: Hosts File Editor allows you to edit hosts files in the editor UI.
  

  

• #Settings has new functionality for backing up/restore settings from files.
  

  

• FancyZones allows you to set default values for horizontal/vertical screens to get better expected behavior in case of new screens and monitor ID resets.
• PowerToys comes with Group Policy Object settings for enforcing the disabling and enabling of the PowerToys utility in your organization. Check out the GPO documentation for more details.
• Added warning about future deprecation of muting video conferencing (v0.67), see #21473 for more information.

Known Issues:

• In some cases, the text extractor utility does not recognize the text on ARM64 devices running Windows 10 text.
• After installing PowerToys, the new Windows 11 context menu entries for PowerRename and Image Resizer may not appear until the system is restarted.
• There are reports of users being unable to open the Settings window. This is due to incompatibility with certain applications (RTSS RivaTuner Statistics Server is a known example). If you are affected by this, please check the linked issues to verify if any of the provided solutions work for you.

Always on top

• Detect if the window is no longer on top and bring it to the top again.

Color picker

• Added hexadecimal integer format.

Fancy Zone

• Added a way for users to configure default layouts for horizontal and vertical screens.
• Replaced the remaining number boxes in the FancyZones editor with sliders to improve accessibility for screen readers. Fixed an issue that broke window switching shortcuts.

File Locksmith

• A new utility has been added: File Locksmith.

Group Policy Object

• Group Policy Object settings used to force disabling and enabling of the PowerToys Utility.

Hosts File Editor

• A new utility has been added: Hosts File Editor.

Keyboard Manager

• Fixed delay not being canceled correctly. Thank you @AtariDreams!

Mouse Utilities

• Change the opacity setting to the 1-100 range.

Power Toys Run

• Changed image loading to release images in the main PowerToys Run executable. This is an attempt to fix the missing " app.dark.png " issue received after a PowerToys update.
• Fixed an issue where PowerToys Run was hidden after the default operation failed.
• Fixed PowerToys Run to allow context menu to be displayed after successful operation.

Quick Accent

• Corrected the word "Dutch" to "German".
• Added Portuguese accent.
• Fixed toolbar position on scaling desktop.

Screen Rulers

• Improved acrylic brushes used in menus. Thank you @niels9001!

set up

• Added the ability to backup/restore settings to a file.
• Fixed an issue that caused the shortcuts displayed in OOBE not to be updated with new values when the window was reopened.
• Fixed "Documents" folder usage in backup/restore functionality.

Text Extractor

• Added warning about how to install languages for OCR recognition.
• Fixed the issue of overlay not focusing after first activation.
• Added spaces between CJK and non-CKJ words.

Video Conferencing Mute

• Added setting to hide video conferencing mute overlay when muted.
• Added warning about future deprecation of muting video conferencing (v0.67), see #21473 for more information.

Installer

• Added some missing files that caused Settings and PowerRename to not function properly on certain configurations.
• Updated .NET dependencies to 6.0.10.

Development

• Merge nuget packages and remove some unused packages.
• Update Windows.CppRT to the latest version.
• Removed cxxopts dependency that is no longer used.
• Update cziplob dependency to 0.25.
• Updated System.IO.Abstractions dependency.
• Turn on C code analysis and fix warnings step by step.
• Added the installation method to the issue template on GitHub, as some issues seemed to be related to a specific installation method.
• Automatically create installer hashes in release CI.
• Simplified the use of .First() on ImageResizer.
• Improved and clarified question templates.
• Fixed PTRun unit tests to make them more compatible with .NET 6.

You can download PowerToys 0.64.0 from the Microsoft Store or GitHub.

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