MicrosoftがWindows向けユーティリティ集「PowerToys」の最新版v0.96を公開しました(GitHub)。今回は新しいツールの追加はありませんが、既存モジュールに大幅な改善が加えられています。特にAdvanced Pasteとコマンドパレットの進化が注目されます。
まず、ペースト機能を強化する「Advanced Paste」は、複数のAIモデルプロバイダー(Azure OpenAI、OpenAI、Google Gemini、Mistral、Foundry Local、Ollama)に対応し、これまで1プロバイダーに限定されていた制約が解消されました。
ランチャーアプリ「コマンドパレット」では、ファイル検索フィルター(ファイルのみ/フォルダのみ)が追加され、クリップボード履歴に画像サイズ、テキストの文字数、リンクのタイトルなどメタデータ表示機能が追加されています。ウィンドウサイズや位置の記憶、エラー処理の改善、UIの統一感向上など細かな改良も行われ、拡張機能リストへの検索機能追加や、Microsoft Storeへのリンクの追加も行われています。
PowerRenameは、写真のEXIF/XMPメタデータが利用可能となり、%Cameraや%ExposureTime などのパターンでリネームが可能となりました。Light Switchや、Awake、ZoomIt、Peekなどの改良も行われています。
リリースノートは以下の通りです。
Advanced Paste
- Advanced Paste now lets you connect to multiple AI providers instead of being limited to a single OpenAI provider. See Advanced Paste documentation for usage.
Awake
- The Awake countdown timer now stays accurate over long periods. Thanks @daverayment!
- Fixed Awake context menu positioning. The fix removed the conversion of the mouse cursor from screen to client-window coordinates, instead using the raw screen coordinates returned by GetCursorPos; the context menu now appears at the correct screen position. Thanks @lzandman!
Command Palette
- The search field in context menus now matches the look of the Command Palette, with a smoke backdrop and improved padding.
- Fallback items such as math calculations or the Run command now appear in results more quickly. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Ensured the command bar updates correctly after navigating to another page and commands are displayed correctly. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- The Command Palette settings page has been reorganized. Activation-key options are grouped under an expander and extension settings are framed for improved readability.
- When you modify a command, its alias, hotkey, and tags now update in the top-level list, keeping the displayed information in sync. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Press
Ctrl + ,to open Command Palette settings from anywhere. Thanks @jiripolasek!- You can use
Page UpandPage Downto navigate the list while focus is in the search box. Thanks @samrueby!- Fixed an issue where the search box could disappear when navigating pages. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Ensured search text is selected when Go home when activated and Highlight search on activate are both enabled. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Fixed an issue where Command Palette window occasionally appeared on the taskbar under certain Windows settings. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Ensured that labels and icons of list items and menu items update when they change. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Fixed visibility of list filters when navigating to a content page. Thanks @DevLGuilherme!
- Added search to the extension list and a link to extensions on the Microsoft Store. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Added options to open the Command Palette window at its last position or re-center it.
- The Command Palette now remembers its window size after restarting.
- Added a global error handler that logs fatal errors and provides feedback when unexpected failures force Command Palette to close. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Fixed forms and extension settings not showing on some machines due to a missing VC++ runtime.
- Restored ranking of fallback commands for built-in extensions (Sleep, Shutdown, Windows settings, Web search, etc.). Thanks @jiripolasek.
- Improved and unified labels and texts across the application!
- Maintainance: Resolved numerous build warnings in Command Palette projects; no user-visible impact. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Maintainance: Fixed a logging issue so exception messages are properly recorded instead of placeholder text, improving troubleshooting. Thanks @jiripolasek!
Command Palette Extensions
- Bookmarks: Added hints about bookmark placeholders to the Add/Edit Bookmark form. — Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Bookmarks: Improved migration of bookmarks from older versions and fixed an issue where aliases or keyboard shortcuts could be lost after restart. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Clipboard history: Items shown in Command Palette’s clipboard history now include helpful metadata. For example, image items show dimensions, text files show names and sizes, web links include page titles, and text entries display word counts. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- File search: Added filter buttons to show all items, files only, or folders only. Selecting a filter adds
kind:foldersorkind:not foldersto narrow results.- System commands: Replaced the
:red_circle:placeholder with an actual red-circle emoji so the correct icon appears in the UI. Thanks @samrueby!- WinGet: Search performance feels more responsive because typed input is now processed via a task queue rather than complex cancellation tokens!
- Window Walker: UWP apps no longer show a "not responding" label when suspended. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Window Walker: Now displays the actual icon of each window rather than using the process icon, improving recognition of PWAs and Python GUIs. Thanks @Lee-WonJun!
- Windows Terminal profiles: Fixed a rare crash in the Windows Terminal extension when the
LOCALAPPDATAenvironment variable was missing. The path is now retrieved via a reliable API. Thanks @jiripolasek!Find My Mouse
- Activating Find My Mouse no longer makes the cursor change to the busy (hourglass) icon or steals focus from your active application.
Hosts File Editor
- Added customizable backup settings allowing users to configure backup frequency, location, and auto-deletion policies. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
Image Resizer
- Fixed settings consistency during batch resize operations by capturing settings once before processing. Thanks @daverayment!
Light Switch
- Introduced new UI to allow users to manually enter their latitude and longitude in Sunrise to Sunset mode.
- Refactored service with cleaner state management for stability.
- Removed logs from every tick, only logging key events to largely reduce log size.
Mouse Pointer Crosshairs
- Enabled switching between Mouse Pointer Crosshairs and Gliding Cursor modes. Thanks @mikehall-ms!
Mouse Without Borders
- Added horizontal scrolling support. Thanks @MasonBergstrom!
Peek
- Fixed media files remaining locked after preview window closes. Thanks @daverayment!
- Added a command-line interface for file previewing. See the Peek documentation for usage. Thanks @prochan2!
PowerRename
- PowerRename no longer crashes due to a missing resources file.
- Added photo metadata extraction support using EXIF and XMP for pattern-based renaming with camera info, GPS coordinates, and date taken. See PowerRename Documentation.
PowerToys Run
- Added retry logic with exponential backoff to handle DWM composition errors during theme changes. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Updated OneNote icons to reflect new Microsoft 365 design. Thanks @trevorNgo!
Quick Accent
- Added diameter symbol (⌀) for Shift+O in Special Characters mode, thanks to @anselumjuju!
Zoomit
- Smoothed out zoom-animation in ZoomIt by coalescing mouse-move and timer events, thanks to @foxmsft!
- Enabled GIF support for ZoomIt, thanks to @MarioHewardt!
- Fixed spelling mistakes, and refactored some literal strings to string constants, thanks to @lzandman!
- Fixed inaccurate "actual size" screenshots in ZoomIt and resolves a GDI handle leak, improving capture fidelity and long-session stability. thanks to @daverayment!
Settings
- Fixed title bar overlapping issue at smaller window sizes.
- Refined shortcut control visual design with improved consistency and spacing.
- Added dashboard utilities sorting by name or status.
- Made update notification InfoBar in flyout clickable for direct navigation to update page.
- Expanded installation instructions by default in README.
- Improved accessibility for shortcut conflict button with static resource-based automation properties.
- Added ScrollViewer to Command Palette page in PowerToys Settings. Thanks @jiripolasek!
- Fixed module list glitches and Sort Status checkmark issue. Thanks @daverayment!
PowerToys 0.96はMicrosoft StoreまたはGitHubからダウンロード可能です。既存ユーザーは本体組み込みの更新機能を使ってアップデートすることができます。
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タイトル | PowerToys |
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| 公式サイト | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys | |
| ソフトアンテナ | https://softantenna.com/softwares/7650-power-toys | |
| 説明 | Microsoftによるパワフルな生産性向上ユーティリティ集。 |
