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Microsoft PowerToys Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

https://learn.microsoft.com/ru-ru/windows/powertoys/ Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Always on Top

Always on Topпоз­воляет закрепить окна над другими окнами с помощью быстрого сочетания клавиш (⊞ Win+CT­RL+T).
https:­//l­ear­n.m­icr­oso­ft.c­om­/en­-us­/wi­ndo­ws/­pow­ert­oys­/al­way­s-o­n-top

PowerToys Awake

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PowerToys Awake is designed to keep a computer awake without having to manage its power & sleep settings. This behavior can be helpful when running time-c­ons­uming tasks, ensuring that the computer does not go to sleep or turns off its displays.

File Locksmith

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File Locksmith is a Windows shell extension to check which files are in use and by which processes. Right-­click on one or more selected files in File Explorer, and then select What's using this file?.

Mouse Without Borders

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Mouse Without Borders enables you to interact with multiple computers from the same keyboard and mouse, sharing clipboard contents and files between the machines seamle­ssly.

Keyboard Manager

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Keyboard Manager allows you to customize the keyboard to be more productive by remapping keys and creating your own keyboard shortcuts.

Quick Accent

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Quick Accent is an altern­ative way to type accented charac­ters, useful for when a keyboard doesn't support that specific accent with a quick key combo.

PowerToys Run

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PowerToys Run can help you search and launch your app instantly. To open, use the shortcut Alt+Space and start typing. It is open source and modular for additional plugins.

Video Conference Mute

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Video Conference Mute is a quick way to globally "­mut­e" both your microphone and camera using ⊞ Win+Sh­ift+Q while on a conference call, regardless of the applic­ation that currently has focus.
 

Color Picker

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ColorP­icker is a system­-wide color picking utility activated with Win+Sh­ift+C. Pick colors from anywhere on the screen, the picker automa­tically copies the color into your clipboard in a set format. Color Picker contains an editor that shows a history of previously picked colors, allows you to fine-tune the selected color and to copy different string repres­ent­ations. This code is based on Martin Chrzan's Color Picker.

FancyZones

Hosts file editor

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Hosts file editor is a convenient way to edit the 'Hosts' file that contains domain names and matching IP addresses, acting as a map to identify and locate hosts on IP networks.

Mouse utilities

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Mouse utilities add functi­onality to enhance your mouse and cursor. With Find My Mouse, quickly locate your mouse's position with a spotlight that focuses on your cursor. This feature is based on source code developed by Raymond Chen. Mouse Highli­ghter displays visual indicators when the left or right mouse buttons are clicked. Mouse Jump allows a quick jump on large displays. Mouse Pointer Crosshairs draws crosshairs centered on the mouse pointer.

PowerR­ename

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PowerR­ename enables you to perform bulk renaming, searching and replacing file names. It includes advanced features, such as using regular expres­sions, targeting specific file types, previewing expected results, and the ability to undo changes. This code is based on Chris Davis's SmartR­ename.

Screen Ruler

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Screen Ruler allows you to quickly measure pixels on your screen based with image edge detection. To activate, use the shortcut ⊞ Win+Sh­ift+M. This was inspired by Pete Blois's Rooler.
 

FancyZones

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FancyZones is a window manager that makes it easy to create complex window layouts and quickly position windows into those layouts.

File Explorer add-ons

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File Explorer add-ons enable Preview pane and thumbnail rendering in File Explorer to display a variety of file types. To enable the Preview pane, select the "­Vie­w" tab in File Explorer, then select "­Preview Pane".

Image Resizer

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Image Resizer is a Windows Shell extension for quickly resizing images. With a simple right click from File Explorer, resize one or many images instantly. This code is based on Brice Lambson's Image Resizer.

Paste as Plain Text

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Paste as Plain Text allows you to paste text from your clipboard, excluding text-f­orm­atting, with a quick key shortcut (Ctrl+⊞ Win+V).

Peek

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Peek allows you to preview file content without the need to open multiple applic­ations or interrupt your workflow. Simply select the file and use the shortcut (Ctrl+­Space)

Registry Preview

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Registry Preview is a utility to visualize and edit Windows Registry files.

Shortcut Guide

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Windows key shortcut guide appears when you press ⊞ Win+Sh­ift+/ (or as we like to think, ⊞ Win+?) and shows the available shortcuts for the current state of the desktop. You can also change this setting and press and hold ⊞ Win.

Text Extractor

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Text Extractor is a convenient way to copy text from anywhere on your screen. To activate, use the shortcut ⊞ Win+Sh­ift+T. This code is based on Joe Finney's Text Grab.