Software Update: PowerToys 0.61.1

Microsoft has released version 0.61.1 of PowerToys. The PowerToys are a collection of small programs for power users. There were PowerToys for Windows 95 and Windows XP, and since mid-2019 Microsoft has also been developing a version for Windows 10 and higher. The PowerToys currently consist of awake, Color picker, Fancy Zones, File Explorer Addons, Image Resizer, KeyboardManager, PowerRename, Power Toys Run, Shortcut Guide and the Video Conference Mute. The following two issues have been fixed in this release:

Release v0.61.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.61.0 to fix two bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates.

• #19708 – Fixed an issue causing the PowerToys start menu shortcut to not be installed when updating PowerToys. This only happens on upgrade path.
• #19722 – Fixed an issue which created a crash report in the Event Viewer when trying to show PowerRename’s Windows 11 context menu entry.