Microsoft’s PowerToys gets its second update of the week

The latest update to PowerToys brings important stability improvements but doesn’t have any new features.

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What you need to know

Microsoft’s PowerToys has a new update available. The latest update brings the utility to version 0.55.1 and fixes stability issues that Microsoft deemed “important.” Anotherupdate rolled out for PowerToysearlier this week that contained several new features.

Microsoft outlinesthe fixes included in version 0.55.1 on GitHub:

Microsoft’s previous update for PowerToys is more notable when it comes to new features. Version 0.55.0 of PowerToys has a tool to help people with visual impairments and two new File Explorer add-ons.

Tools that make life just a bit easier

PowerToys is a collection of utilities aimed at power users on Windows. The app just received an update to improve its stability.

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