A patch release for PowerToys 0.70 is now available.
Release Release v0.70.1 · microsoft/PowerToys
This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.70.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.70.0 for full release notes.
Highlights
- #26142, #26439 and #26525 - UX improvements in the Peek and Mouse Without Borders settings pages.
- #26152 - The new PowerToys Run plugin for opening other PowerToys was missing some files in the installer and should work properly now.
- #26235 - Peek and Mouse Without Borders process crashes in event viewer should now be reported correctly on Bug Reports.
- #26150 - The Peek shortcut is now only captured if the active window is the Desktop, Explorer or Peek.
- #26192 - Users can now use the Settings to specify host name and IP correlation in Mouse Without Borders, to account for VPN scenarios.
- #24047 - Fixed a cause for possible leaks and/or infinite cycles in C# utilities that use events.
- #26137 - The Peek windows can be closed using the Escape key.
- #26181 - Created a setting for Peek to always run not elevated, so that it handles files in network shares correctly.
- #26318, #26373 and #26431 - Peek and dev file preview now support showing Visual Studio project common files and .ini compatible files.
- #26419 - Fixed a blinking issue when loading code files in Peek.
- #26160 - Fixed a playback notification that would stick when using Peek on video files.
- #26243 - Peek now tries to appear on the same monitor as the File Explorer window that triggers it.
- #26133 - Fixed small Peek UI on high DPIs.
- #26361, #26162 and #26478 - Reduced Peek memory usage and possible leaks.
- #26246 - Fixed Mouse Without Borders layout always resetting to one row after some time.
- #26366 - Added a setting to close the Peek window after it loses focus.
- #26338 - Fixed the mouse activating thumbnails on top of the screen when switching to another machine in Mouse Without Borders.
- #26470 - Fixed a silent Peek crash when trying to open it from File Explorer with no files selected.
- #26261 - Fixed an issue causing Mouse Without Borders to prevent other connected machines from going to sleep.
- #26454 - Disabled a deprecated shortcut in Mouse Without Borders that was interfering with other software.
- #26517 - Don't remove the Mouse Without Borders service on upgrade. This issue will still affect users upgrading from 0.70.0 to a newer version, but it's fixed going forward.
- #26521 - When Mouse Without Borders detects the service doesn't exist, it will still try to operate in the "no service" mode.
- #26524 - Fixed a bug causing Mouse Without Borders to click a window on the current machine when switching to another machine.
- #26259 - Added a winget-cli configuration file for PowerToys.
