The latest Microsoft PowerToys update is exactly what your ultrawide monitor needs

PowerToys is a must-have app on Windows 11, and it just got even better.

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What you need to know

Microsoft released an update to PowerToys this week that improves the utility in a few key areas. Following the update, WinUI 3 utilities should be more stable. Text Extractor has also been updated to version 2.0. Perhaps most notably, FancyZones is now more stable and several bugs have been fixed.

FancyZones is a window management tool that allows you to use included or personalized presets to organize the layout of your applications. While FancyZones is useful on PCs with any size screen, the tool is likely most useful for those with ultrawide monitors. Our Rebecca Spear said that “It’s imperative to use window management tools if you’re going to have multiple windows open at once on an ultrawide monitor” in herDell UltraSharp 49 Curved Monitor review.

Thefull change log on the PowerToys GitHub pageis rather extensive. Here are the highlights and general changes:

Highlights

General

PowerToys |Free at GitHub

A collection of utilities aimed at power users on Windows, PowerToys continues to integrate new features that improve your experience with the OS.

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