Microsoft PowerToys 0.53.1 brings file explorer improvement, web searching, and more

Another PowerToys release, another batch of goodies.

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What you need to know

There are two big-ticket items in this latest PowerToys release that loads of people are cooing about: The Always on Top feature as well as the new web search capabilities. With that said, PowerToys version 0.53.1 packs other content as well, including ColorPicker improvements and a bunch of PowerRename tweaks.

To explain the Always on Top feature, it’s simple: Press Win+Ctrl+T, and your chosen window will remain on top of others. Press it again and the pin is undone.

As for the web search plugin, again, it’s nothing too complex, but could be quite useful: “??” is the action phrase. Type that, your search query, and your primary search engine will get to work in your browser. Plus, if you want a different action key, you can manually set that.

But those two items are far from the only PowerToys updates. Take, for example, the ColorPicker patch notes:

Or FancyZones:

If you want the full laundry list of PowerToys perks packaged in version 0.53.1,head on over to GitHub. How far we’ve come sincePowerToys release 0.51. The sky’s the limit!

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