

FancyZones also allows users to set up transparent sections on the screen to plot windows in a user-defined formation. This comes handy on wide-screen displays or extended displays for the users to multitask simultaneously. It can also enable users to create customizable zones for drag and dropping the windows as per a user’s choice. For instance, FancyZones can let users arrange three windows side-by-side on the screen. It also allows users to choose various windows to fill in the layouts created. FancyZones: Beyond the standard Windows SnapįancyZones allows users to effectively manage or even create a custom windows layout. Here are the two utilities launched in PowerToys for Windows 10. In the current version, there are two utilities added in the PowerToys with various other features planned for future updates. Now, the first PowerToys tools, versioned 0.11.0, are available for download on GitHub.

Microsoft announced that it is going to revive the PowerToys in Windows 10 earlier this year. Now, after about 25 years, Microsoft has resurrected PowerToys for Windows 10. PowerToys provided various options to customize the software, tweak the deeper level of system settings, and more. Microsoft PowerToys was a collection of freeware system utility tools designed for power users to maximize productivity. And in an attempt to make Windows operating systems more user-friendly, Microsoft launched PowerToys for Windows 95 nearly 25 years ago.

Only power users were using their Windows PCs to their potential. Unlike today’s powerful yet very easy-to-use operating systems, operating systems in the past needed a high-level of expertise to get the most out of them. When Windows-powered PCs were initially rolled out, it was not everyone’s cup of tea to master them.
