Software update: PowerToys 0.24.0

Microsoft has released a new version of PowerToys, an experimental version this time containing a new video conferencing utility contains. The PowerToys are a collection of small programs for power users. There were PowerToys for Windows 95 and Windows XP and not too long ago Microsoft also started developing a version for Windows 10. At the moment there are only a limited number of programs in the collection, including FancyZones, Windows key shortcut guide, PowerRename, PowerToys Run and Keyboard Manager. The release notes for this release can be found below.

Experimental v0.24.0

This experimental release contains our Video conference mute feature plus everything in our v0.23.2 release. We know we have some issues and we have a master tracking issue – #6246. To find out more about the Video conference mute utility, head over to head to our Video Conference Mute overview.

Things to note

• This release will not be on WinGet due to the driver still prompting for permission during install time.
• This release is on the “Experimental” train, so only prerelease versions will be prompted for updates. If you are running 0.23.x, the next major update for you will be 0.25.

Fixed in 0.24

Software/Hardware Compatibility:

• DroidCam – #6246 (comment)

Camera overlay image:

• image dialog doesn’t work when running settings as admin

Toolbar status:

• it always shows, even when the option to hide it is on
• it always use the light theme
• always open on startup even when disabled #6396

Microphone:

• not all microphones are muted
• offer option to select which microphone to mute

Settings UI:

• settings info for hotkeys valid modifiers – #6246 (comment)
• Fixed possible crash in PowerToys when the module is turned off

Code cleanup:

• move VideoConferenceViewModel.cs from Settings.UI to Settings.UI.Lib
• move toolbar out of the VideoConferenceSettings

telemetry:

• add telemetry for settings