Found out about it a week ago when I needed some widths of something on screen. It has a lot of features, and not having to resolve to 3rd party programs for a colour picker, etc. is so nice
@AshLordCurry
11 ай бұрын
A lot of the utilites in powertoys are/were actually from third party, they're credited on the software, it's so cool
@redbeard_raccoon
11 ай бұрын
Crop and Lock is particularly handy for applications that don't take advantage of Dark Theme, so you can have content from an application without being blinded. For instance, I use it for my secondary monitor which has an ONVIF camera, but the application I'm using for my camera ONLY has white background.
@Soguwe
Жыл бұрын
With crop and lock, you can just crop the media controls of your preferred music streaming app and always have them on top of the display Very useful
@Blox117
Жыл бұрын
the whole thing is useless. they dont let you use a single key to do stuff. cant be bothered to press a bunch of keys ill never remember
@Soguwe
Жыл бұрын
@@Blox117 there's a very limited amount of keys on the keyboard and most of them have something that's supposed to happen when you press them Having one-key shortcuts won't work Git gud
@Blox117
Жыл бұрын
@@Soguwe sorry that youre poor and cant afford more keys. hope it gets better bud
@Soguwe
Жыл бұрын
@@Blox117 how's the weather under your bridge?
@Lusc1nt
Жыл бұрын
@@Blox117memory issue and skill issue 😂
@triki-beats
11 ай бұрын
bro !!! Im litterally going to cry :( You just ended the pain that I used to live for my 1 year of work: - crop a window - always on top - modify a portion of the name of multiple files. - paste without formatting - text extracting from images I deal with a massive number of log files including .dlt, .log, .dat, .pcap and i need to organize them with a specific naming pattern. I run testcases using automation server, so i need to monitor a small portion of a window and make it always on top. I use calculator in programmer mode and it dosent support always on top. Sometimes, a team mate sends me a screen shot with a long log line, so i need to write it all :( I follow this channel since 4 years, and i always learn from it, THANK YOU :)
@txic.4818
11 ай бұрын
another prod in cyber👍
@ryanasazaki1291
Жыл бұрын
The Quick Accent is such a handy feature for writers like me who dealt with a lot of transliterations of languages that needed those accented glyphs while still in the English keyboard, such as pinyin or romaji for Mandarin and Japanese respectively. More OS needed that! In older operating systems, I'll either have to copy the accented glyphs one-by-one off from a unicode website, or I'll have to use weird shortcut key combination to get those if it's even supported.
@JV-pu8kx
Жыл бұрын
Character Map, on Windows. Keycaps on Mac.
@ryanasazaki1291
11 ай бұрын
@@JV-pu8kx Still not as fast as the new feature, you'll have to search for it if you can't remember the placement. I use Adobe Illustrator regularly and it has the Glyphs map feature too, and it is way worse with actual CJK typefaces where there's thousands of Kanji characters.
@PressRecord777
11 ай бұрын
You know what would really make Windows *So* Much Better? Being able to have two directories open side-by-side in a File Explorer window... like we could with XTree in *DOS* 30+ years ago.
@FlamespeedyAMV
11 ай бұрын
Microsoft sucks too much nowadays to even remember about that
@RealTimeFilms
9 ай бұрын
What about dragging an explorer window to the left side and then doing the same thing and dragging the second window to the right side ? Both windows will snap to their places.
@wit_ef8853
10 ай бұрын
The “What’s using this app?” is a miracle sent from god
@gigachad6844
11 ай бұрын
The only problem with Power Toys is that it feels sluggy, slow and takes a lot of RAM
@Anonymous-sh2qu
10 ай бұрын
For real or else i would have been using it all day, other than that its actually great.
@high-captain-BaLrog
10 ай бұрын
faster first word latency Ram modules and higher capacity in dual channels and gen 5 nvme
@ultrat00n
7 ай бұрын
@@high-captain-BaLrogwhat?
@Pepsolenel
6 ай бұрын
The accent one should have been available for decades! I hope they make it native to windows when it comes out of beta!
@AhmedDawoud
Жыл бұрын
The power rename is way more useful than what you showed, you can go more in-depth with the regex and choose only numbers to be changed or certain characters or a set of ones
@yt-sh
11 ай бұрын
regex is cool, thanks for the tip
@n4_ku
10 ай бұрын
Still limited. I use Advanced Remaner and it lets you write your own script for more complex file re-naming.
@servus6267
Жыл бұрын
For me the advanced Windowssizer is a gamechanger, espacialy when you use a 21:9 screen vertical like me.
@Dataanti
11 ай бұрын
kind of suprised the find my mouse thing even exists in power tools. ive known about this setting since windows XP, its usually just in the pointer options, same place where you can set windows to leave a mouse trail
@internetexplorer7880
11 ай бұрын
As a developer, the SVG preview tool is also a good tool
@ThePowerRanger
Жыл бұрын
Been using them for a long time, don't want use Windows without them.
@kuromiLayfe
Жыл бұрын
reason some or most of the powertoys features are not natively in windows is mostly because they are build for windows developers and can conflict with native assemblies (as these conflicts get resolved over time they will end up in the windows itself.)
@samxyh95
Жыл бұрын
Finally I get a reason why I can update to Windows 11 with this these kind of smart tools.. Cheers my friend. Stay Strong 😊
@chmtech
Жыл бұрын
You can use PowerToys on Win 10 as well. Cheers
@NaddlyC
11 ай бұрын
@@user-ip3zi5mb6lyou know it's not as simple as that for most users lol
@d_sellers1
11 ай бұрын
PowerToys was originally for Windows 95...
@kipters
11 ай бұрын
The reason they aren't bundled in windows is that in that case powertoys update would be tied to windows updates, making it a separate app makes it way simpler to support multiple OS versions and update them independently from the OS
@alamjim6117
Жыл бұрын
MS is slowly integrating these features in Windows. Like that text extractor feature is included in the newest Windows build.
@LeonAlkoholik67
Жыл бұрын
OCR (the technology for extracting text) technically has been around in Windows for many years at this point. It always has been accessible for developers to use from the WinAPI, but it's just one of many functionality that does exist in the OS but not officially used in any program by Microsoft themselves...
11 ай бұрын
ctrl shift v is the shortcut for EVERY APP. since it's a system shortcut, not an app one
@maverickbonato8164
11 ай бұрын
The file locksmith bro... I had so many times things I had absolutely no idea where they were open and that didn't let me do anything with them, made me go crazy and just unplug my pc one time, wish I knew this sooner xD
@YuJay
11 ай бұрын
I like the Crop and Lock, Extract Text, Paste as Plain text and File Lock smith. Crop and Lock will be very hand for Streaming when you want to crop a specific part of a program to place on OBS.
@dacueba-games
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Some of these are very useful.
@banml5919
9 ай бұрын
quick accent and always on top display are the best things i have found yet man
@IamPoojan
11 ай бұрын
2:36 These sounds are from Windows Vista/7, Nostalgic
@imaginative-monkey
11 ай бұрын
My favorites: Run, Power Rename, Paste as plain text, Mouse utilities (find my mouse) and File locksmith
@alexzendermarunsai
11 ай бұрын
Crop and lock can be useful if you want to overlay specific part of your apps/screen in OBS.
@SquirtleBaiano
11 ай бұрын
yeah, its quicker and easier to set up than to crop it manually on OBS
@Straypuft
11 ай бұрын
"Why the folks at Redmond refused to make them natively" These are the same guys who took away our taskbar customization that we have to use an app called Explorerpatcher and most Windows updates tend to kill that apps full functionality or mess something up every time an update is pushed out. Its like they dont like us customizing our taskbar... I require quick launch and ungrouped taskbar items(no official reason, just personal preference.)
@AmadeusMoon
10 ай бұрын
1:26 The crop and lock i actually find really useful when I am reading documentation I do not need to see the ads and comments and what not and have a huge window when I am only reading 1/3 of its size.
@parasvaid5898
11 ай бұрын
what was that instant search feature in the start of your video..is that some application or some integrated feature ?
@umuturkell
10 ай бұрын
text extractor is awesome. I wish I knew before. It is similar to Google Lens but more practical.
@sppindrgold1981
3 ай бұрын
Great breakdown video.👍👍
@Khanh1200
11 ай бұрын
Wow, in the File Explorer, you had all my beloved music.
@isvaraov
10 ай бұрын
I always remember when early Windows 10 had an option to hide the names of the files in any folder within the right click options menu then they removed it.
@bionborys1648
11 ай бұрын
What about resource consumption when using these apps/utilities? Are they memory-hogs? How many of these apps you can you use simultaneously before Windows freezes? Anyway, just a few questions.
@RtqoopbFl9WpIP9fULuihzt6Sk4t9u
11 ай бұрын
I've been using PowerToys for a couple of years on an old dual core 2 thread PC from 2013 and I gotta say it doesn't take a lot of resources. Sure there are some minor hiccups when you use a lot of apps or play games with it but it's not noticeable if you're using a PC with like 4 CPU threads. For my old PC it maybe around 1% CPU usage but for PCs with better CPUs the usage is lower than 1% (task manager will just show 0%). As for RAM, I rarely see it go above 200MB to 400MB. Pretty sure many people have good enough PCs nowadays so the performance impact is just negligible or nothing. Oh extra note: the CPU usage is when it's doing nothing in the background, just waiting for user interaction. When you use its features, the CPU usage is quite reasonable. Uses as much CPU as Windows main UI when you do something like open the start menu or action centre.
@bionborys1648
11 ай бұрын
@@RtqoopbFl9WpIP9fULuihzt6Sk4t9u Great info, thx. Will try it out.
@phil_aesthetics
11 ай бұрын
ok that's all cool and all but how do you get that search bar in the middle of the screen?
@nx_studio
11 ай бұрын
Quick accent would be SO useful on laptops and keyboards without a number pad... impressive that this is not a native feature as it is on Mac
@meyers0781
10 ай бұрын
This make it doesn't look like Windows 11 anymore but more like a Windows inspired OS tailored to users.
@popeye69420
11 ай бұрын
the find the cursor one is already in the vanilla windows
@RAZR_Channel
Жыл бұрын
It's been about 30 years of windows and windows 3.11 was more reliable than any windows version today
@Likemea
Жыл бұрын
please elaborate , i am curious
@ww1flyingace263
11 ай бұрын
You're out of your mind
@RAZR_Channel
11 ай бұрын
@@ww1flyingace263 No I'm not... the reason is.. it was a radically different time. Things were mire simple. But most of all MS had to be a product people liked or they could choose apple. After achieving basically market domanice people are dependent on it (incuding me for many years). I waited on windows 7 for at least 5 years before W10 was finally usable (after years of shadow building through windows updates). That's why win10 sucked for about 70% of it's lifetime... it was never actually built like Win 7 was. Microsoft was and basically still is in a position to do whatever they want. But in the last 18 months they are losing market share by the second. And I don't think they care because they are persuing other things..
@cadelepski5161
11 ай бұрын
Utter nonsense.😂
@RAZR_Channel
11 ай бұрын
@@cadelepski5161 Of you're going to get all Heated up about it... it's time for you to get a sanity check. It's just an OS discussion... hardly something to get worked up about...
@Cyrisus
10 ай бұрын
PowerRenames true power reveals itself when you delve into regular expressions. It can be a REAL lifesaver then.
@microsoftsarker
11 ай бұрын
very informative video Bro. Many many Thanks
@KillaCyst
11 ай бұрын
mouse without borders is amazing
@Jean-bs5ip
11 ай бұрын
We still a very good app to edit the actual Context Menu, everybody just shows how to get the old one. I like the new one better but I wanna add my entries. If you have winrar installed you know what I mean, I wanna be able to have Send to without having to go back to the old context menu
@samjiman
Жыл бұрын
My favorite PowerToy is PowerToy's Run.
@Raekh_
10 ай бұрын
4:02 your mouse pointer is a bit above the exclamation mark (6 mouses to the top, 6 mouses to the right)
@popeye69420
11 ай бұрын
6:31 ctrl+shift+v works everywhere
@Ярослав-х2ф8д
11 ай бұрын
Good information. Thank you
@aibel99
10 ай бұрын
I found about 2 of these partially useful but thanks for sharing
@billyguthrie3176
7 ай бұрын
why didn't they include something like the option to change font size and make them bold.
@JohnVanderbeck
11 ай бұрын
To be fair MS HAS kind of made some of them part of windows. In Win 11 the Zones kind of made its way into the mainline OS. Not exactly, but mostly.
@dylan.t180
Жыл бұрын
Very helpful
@K.Parth_Singh
11 ай бұрын
Day 21 of asking to make a video on how turing machine works.
@samarthkapuria
10 ай бұрын
I actually found the pointer location in a second! The size was smaller and it just immediately caught my eye looking distinct. I'm happy
@doniherald7745
11 ай бұрын
This is looks awesome!
@zeonos
11 ай бұрын
The mouse cursor Windows 10/11 is so small, i changed to Popy cursor and then have it set to size two, that makes it much easier to find.
@SuperSolshy
11 ай бұрын
Mouse Without Borders is the MVP for me, I use a laptop, desktop, and tablet for different tasks as the CEO of my company. This allows me to seamless move my mouse and work across all three devices, huge gamechanger for me.
@pistolao_vr
11 ай бұрын
You got me at the "File Locksmith". I get fucking PISSED when i'm trying to delete files and it won't let me!
@mng7872
Жыл бұрын
I thought the pointer was hidden at the bottom edge of the taskbar but turns out it was some dust on my monitor lmao
@LeiffNathanAMendoza
9 ай бұрын
TRULY AWESOME
@Rz_B
11 ай бұрын
exceptionally Usefull 🙌
@udp1073
8 ай бұрын
Powertoys? That was a name of a boxed software (it was on three 3,5 floppy iirc) that MS relesed a couple of months after releasing win95… wow… yeah.. i am that old… lol… nice memories though
@VaibhavShewale
11 ай бұрын
been using this for years
@phoqueme
10 ай бұрын
wow wtf... i wish i knew about this app back when i was in college 2 years ago lol would've been a huge help
@yuriianno7146
11 ай бұрын
You made my life easier. Thank you!
@yuriianno7146
11 ай бұрын
although cropped window doesnt refresh the image of META TRADER, sadly =(
@ccost
11 ай бұрын
2:23 what is that sound effect
@nathanacreman632
10 ай бұрын
I've yet to find a single app where plain text paste wasn't already control+shift+v. What apps are you using where this isn't the case?
@hiftu
11 ай бұрын
I think I can mention a better app for Window to make it even better. It comes with the system, so you don't have to install anything. Format. You can change the content of Windows to a better version with the following parameters: format c:
@triparadox.c
11 ай бұрын
Would be funny if it had read "Don't be evil" as "Do be evil"
@clickbaitpolice9792
10 ай бұрын
are you using some kind of theme? How does your desktop look like that? And how are you searching for files like that?
@chmtech
10 ай бұрын
I’m not running any custom theme. It’s just a dark wallpaper, and all the UI elements are set to have a dark tone themselves. Regarding the searching, assuming you’re referring to the first scene in the video, it is a search launcher that comes with PowerToys.
@EvilMmM
11 ай бұрын
now this is a good video!
@blinkforever_and_ever
10 ай бұрын
How to get that search widget on the desktop??
@medicalstuff8417
Ай бұрын
At 5:34 u mentioned android has ability to extract text from images. Is it using 3rd party app or inbuilt android features. Pretty sure my device doesn't have that so what's the best Android app for text extraction or if its inbuilt in android how do i enable it.
@robertg7249
11 ай бұрын
0:55 streaming?
@ADITYA3GAME
11 ай бұрын
What is the shortcut to the search bar that you start typing on?
@None17555
11 ай бұрын
So many messaging apps have all this extra crap I'm never going to use. Crop and Lock to just have an old school IM window with one person... or at least cut off the extra social media stuff I'm not going to use.
@StNashable
10 ай бұрын
3min in I'm sold
@univera1111
Жыл бұрын
I knew window was gonna grow belistics on Linux.
@probablynotmyname8521
11 ай бұрын
Is focus follows mouse back?
@iansarmiento23
Жыл бұрын
Found it when I tried to keep a window always on screen
@qwerty_qwerty
Жыл бұрын
2:20 the button that already does that: (on the calculator)
@Saiyaman93
11 ай бұрын
6:13 I use ctrl+shift+v a lot and I never seen an app which does not respect that shortcut. Does anyone know what app might beniefit from PowerToys shortcut?
@glt918
11 ай бұрын
I just want to know what them is this and where can i find it or something similar to it
@hoshikuzuvenus
11 ай бұрын
file locksmith is a freakin game changer
@nildesperandum2034
11 ай бұрын
THX
@nickcharles1284
11 ай бұрын
Is the app called "GNU/Linux"?
@yogindras4402
11 ай бұрын
Will this app be utilising cpu or ram all the time?
@ManomiiFox
11 ай бұрын
paste as plain text can be done with CTRL+SHIFT V rather than just CTRL V
@univera1111
Жыл бұрын
Pls do a video on free alternative of PrimoCache or primocache similar in power toy.
@jr01theweeb
Жыл бұрын
Ok, now I want to upgrade to windows 11.
@chmtech
Жыл бұрын
You don’t have to, it’s availabe for 10
@iamSephirothGaming
10 ай бұрын
This work on Windows 10?
@AdemKernel
Жыл бұрын
More Linux Stuff please
@priyatomar1840
Жыл бұрын
True
@darnice1125
11 ай бұрын
Please stop the clicking noise in the background. Makes the video unwatchable once you realize it's there.
@TazzSmk
11 ай бұрын
it breaks functionality of keyboard controls in most games !!
@se7vennld
11 ай бұрын
App ?
@fuminocchi4533
10 ай бұрын
I don't find it enticing enough for me to use it
@andrejjakaric751
11 ай бұрын
Takes a lot of RAM, not recommended
@djp1234
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. Mac OS does a lot of these things by default.
@hua..
11 ай бұрын
and also comes with its own fair share of dumb design choices as a tradeoff too
@djp1234
11 ай бұрын
@@hua.. I have both Mac and PC. I use PC only for gaming. I hate windows. I have wasted way too many hours of my life fixing annoying windows problems.
@oh-noe
11 ай бұрын
they do. But windows still has its merits. I own Mac as a laptop and my desktop is window and I have to say I do prefer using my Mac, even though windows is more flexible. One thing that is really annoying with Mac though is moving files from tablet or phone to the pc. On windows it’s easy as long as it’s android. Plug it in and use it like an external hard drive. macOS doesn’t let you do that with neither iOS nor android. For android you gotta download separate software to extract data, and moving data from an iOS device is just a mess.
@djp1234
11 ай бұрын
@@oh-noe yeah Apple devices are horrible for moving files. They completely killed the mp3 player functionality on the iPhone and Apple Watch. iTunes is complete garbage. I had to get a dedicated mp3 player for running because of that.
@runninginthe90s75
11 ай бұрын
@@djp1234 You hate windows but using it for pc gaming? Wow what an hypocrite you are. Also mac os is total joke for everything, mac shortcut is just shit, there are so many inconsistent in shortcut compared to Windows. Also mac os limitations itself is a joke too, everything on mac can be done on Windows easily but not otherwise. I don’t get why people still use ancient and heavily restricted cash grab os made by apple while Windows exists and Windows is just works.
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