GitHub Release: microsoft/PowerToys v0.101.2632.0 (21.09.2026)

This preview includes the latest features, fixes, and improvements since PowerToys Preview v0.101.2601.0.

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Highlights

• Command Palette: Added copyable command deep links with consent prompts and permission management.


• Command Palette: Improved Clipboard History image previews and text formatting.


• Environment Variables: Added a Remove duplicates action to the PATH editor.


• Peek: Restored scrolling and text interaction in previews and added Alt+Left/Right file navigation.


• PowerToys Run: Fixed uppercase temperature-unit conversions with Turkish regional settings.


• Settings: Stopped shortcut-editor flickering when keys are held down.


• Workspaces: Added one-time launch choices for EXEs configured to run as administrator when their signatures cannot be verified.


• General: Addressed WinUI startup crashes reported in CJK environments.

General

• Addressed WinUI startup crashes reported in CJK environments by initializing window titles before title-bar setup across several utilities in #50027 by @MuyuanMS

Command Palette

• Added copyable command deep links with user consent and permission management, and fixed clipped Pin to Dock dialogs in compact windows in #49793 by @jiripolasek


• Improved Clipboard History details with larger image previews and better text formatting, without stretching small images in #50098


• Renewed foreground permissions on every extension command invocation so commands can bring their windows forward after switching between apps in #50651 by @jiripolasek

Environment Variables

• Added a Remove duplicates action to the PATH editor that recognizes equivalent entries while preserving their first spelling and original order in #50585 by @joaogabriel15

File Explorer add-ons

• Consolidated native File Explorer preview handlers and thumbnail providers into one shared component, reducing duplicate code and output files in #50252 by @noraa-junker

Peek

• Prevented accidental title-bar actions on startup, restored scrolling and text interaction in previews, and added Alt+Left/Right for switching files in #50472 by @daverayment

PowerToys Run

• Fixed uppercase CELSIUS and FAHRENHEIT conversions when using Turkish regional settings in #50414 by @cuishuang

Settings

• Stopped the shortcut editor from flickering when a non-modifier key or the Windows key is held down in #49662 by @ShimizuTheLotus and @MuyuanMS

Workspaces

• Added a warning before launching EXE entries set to Run as administrator when their digital signatures cannot be verified, with Skip this app or one-time Run anyway choices in #50508 by @LegendaryBlair

Development

• Migrated Light Switch UI tests to the winappcli-based framework and improved ZoomIt recording, timer, dialog, and Notepad test reliability in #50654