Microsoft PowerToys update lets you preview more images in File Explorer

PowerToys got a few new features and a long list of fixes in its latest update.

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What you need to know

Microsoft just released an update to PowerToys that brings the app to version 0.57. It’s a relatively minor update in terms of new features, but it does include a long list of fixes. While a minor change, the app can now preview SVG images as thumbnails when searching through File Explorer.

Here are the highlights for the update:

The complete changelog for PowerToys 0.57 is quite extensive and can be found on theGitHub page for the app. Most of the changes that aren’t mentioned in the highlights above are relatively small or are just bug fixes.

PowerToys

PowerToys is a collection of utilities aimed at power users on Windows. The latest update to the app adds the ability to preview SVG images when searching File Explorer.

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