Cool Free Windows Utilities to Use EVERYDAY | PowerToys

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Dive into the world of Microsoft PowerToys, a set of professional tools designed to boost your productivity in Windows. This video is a comprehensive guide to PowerToys, showcasing its various free utilities and how they can enhance your Windows experience.
✨ Key Highlights:
▪️ Always on Top: Learn how to pin any window to stay always on top.
▪️ Awake: Keep your computer from sleeping during important tasks.
▪️ Text Extractor: Copy text from anywhere on your screen easily.
▪️ Mouse Utilities: Discover useful features like 'Find My Mouse' and 'Mouse Highlighter'.
▪️ Run/App Launcher: Quickly launch apps with a simple shortcut.
▪️ Screen Ruler: Measure pixels on your screen for precise image work.
▪️ Global Color Picker: Pick and use colors from anywhere on your screen.
▪️ Image Resizer: Resize multiple images at once with ease.
▪️ Fancy Zones: Customize your screen layout for multitasking.
▪️ More PowerToys: Explore additional tools like Keyboard Manager, PowerRename, Quick Accent, and Shortcut Guide.
With PowerToys you get a set of free AND super useful tools and utilities for customizing Windows. These free apps work with both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
They are designed to improve your Windows experience and give you additional functionality that Windows currently lacks.
PowerToys is free to download and use on Windows 10 and 11 PCs.
00:00 Microsoft PowerToys
00:59 How to Download and Install PowerToys
01:50 Always on Top
02:33 Awake
03:37 Text Extractor
04:22 Mouse Utilities
05:25 Run | App Launcher
05:38 Screen Ruler - Measure Pixels
06:14 Global Color Picker
07:20 Image Resizer
08:40 FancyZones - Custom Screen Regions
11:05 More PowerToys
11:31 Shortcut Guide
12:03 Wrap Up
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[@LeilaGharani]

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[@uds.4679]

Hi, Hope you are feeling better now..

[@sammourad4757]

Great tools. Thank you and take care of yourself.

[@goppykrishna2613]

Thanks a lot and Hope you're fine

[@GunSpeed_BulletProof]

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[@LearningandTechnology]

Hope you are feeling better - everything sounded fine!

[@cwcole]

This is one of the most comprehensive PowerToys overviews I have seen. Thank you! I remember using it on Windows 95 and 98. It certainly has come a long way since then.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you Craig.

[@SanDiegan100]

This was an amazing presentation of something that has been hidden in plain sight!!

[@polycrystallinecandy]

They actually abandoned it and only brought it back a couple years ago. It's on github now.

[@jaypaans3471]

And it's still under construction

[@benbel3140]

Great video. But they have some bugs in a few features. I hope they will fix them soon.

[@dominiqueleroy3826]

This should be by default on Windows !

[@Na-uy4ot]

But it's not...I bought a new laptop with windows 11 and still needed to download it.

[@The_Penguin_City]

You have this in KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon since ages.

[@casey18982]

It will be...in a couple of years

[@jonasfermefors]

Great video - I use quite a few of these. Two other tips: 1) File Locksmith - checks which files are in use.. useful especially to see what is blocking a disk from being ejected or what files a process is locking. 2) Powertoys Run - has many uses. I use it to quickly launch apps and files, as a quick calculator, starting/stopping services, finding registry keys and more The power renamer is also good but takes a bit of work to get into.

[@IsaSoandso]

This is excellent to see. I had totally forgotten about PowerToys and used to have it as part of my standard toolkit back in the day. Thank you for such a great presentation on it overall, as well as going in depth on some of the most commonly used tools.

[@WebbChannel1]

Another excellent video - thank you!

[@faradraissa7805]

Thank you, Leila, for this in-depth tutorial. I've been using power toys for a while and am attempting to demonstrate them to coworkers. As I need to do a lot of online training, I use the Focus on the mouse the most. The list of shortcuts is one I was unaware of. I'm familiar with some of them, but this is such a creative way to present them. Thank you very much...

[@wrockage]

oh leila thank you so much. i read an article about this but suffice it to say this makes things much clearer! i have been scouring the internet for something like fancy zones and can't wait to try it. thanks for sharing!

[@Fahad-AlGhamdi]

Thank you for this simple explanation

[@Shri_V]

Awesome! I used to use Deskpins to keep a window on top but will switch to this now.

[@terryherrin3388]

Thank you so much!! Never knew and now I do!!! :)

[@PaulNemchik]

Thanks for this video , A lot of useful short cut keys were presented here

[@vijayarjunwadkar]

Never knew these PowerToys! Thank you Leila for this quick tutorial to get started! 🙂I will use them now on.

[@GratefulThird]

I, too, had played with these years ago and dismissed them. This video has me excited. Thank you!

[@LeilaGharani]

I'm curious what will be your favorite.

[@bcwest619]

I am a data analyst and work on a 50 inch 4k TV as my monitor. It would be a huge pain if I didn't have Fancy Zones. It's so incredible! I have a bunch of different layouts that I can activate with hotkeys depending on what I'm working on.

[@thomaspc0]

I love utilities like this. I look forward to learning more about what it does.

[@triplex86]

Wow! That was like being shown Aladdin's cave, full of treasures. I've already downloaded it and now tweaking it for what I need. Thank you so much for this - very useful indeed.

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you like it!

[@Haulin81]

I wish she would have told us about the margin toggle switch with fancy zones. It took a while to turn them off. Thank you Leila! I appreciate all you do! I bought 3 of your MS Power courses!

[@supinderbabra7068]

Only yesterday I was wishing for more windows snap areas and then this video came out. Thank you Leila. This is God sent

[@silverlicious2086]

Those are interesting utilities. Thanks for posting. Feel better soon and Happy Holidays.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you! Same to you!

[@PatrickKalinowski]

I have known about Powertoys for years. But I do not use them often. You explain their usefulness in a crystal clear way, calm and to the point. Thank you!

[@uuoocl]

My favorite power toy is using the Keyboard Manager to remap the F1-F12 keys to shortcuts. You can find the customized keys file in the folder %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys\Keyboard Manager The keyboard settings can be shared as a json file. You could save a settings file for each application, for example.

[@The_Penguin_City]

You can do this easily in Gnu Linux. In settings you can designate shortcuts for every need you have.

[@iqbaliba]

WOW, that is amazing. I’m in need of few already. Thank you so much.

[@rvk8294]

OMG. I have been using 3rd party apps for all these features. You gave me a single solution for all these. Really helpful. Thanks

[@LeilaGharani]

Most welcome 😊

[@rlischer3]

Thank you for this!

[@Alyssa_aria]

Thanks for this!

[@thebrutaltooth1506]

Useful, facy zones, ocr and mouse tools ftw!

[@Tavo-Tron]

Great video, thanks !

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you liked it!

[@PaulSmith-pl7fo]

Hi Leila. They are so much clearer when properly explained - thank you.

[@itsattaullah]

That's amazing I should try this 👍

[@suzannejohns4332]

First Leila I want to say thank you. Not only are you knowledgable but you have a beautiful demeanor & calming presence about you. I love your tutorials. You are my first "Go To" person whenever I have a problem that I need help with. Today, I have a simple request. Where do you get your sticky notes? The colored ones are not me. Actually, anyone can answer if you know the answer. Thanks to All

[@vinaynagaonkar8592]

Thank you Madam, its always enriching to watch your videos, I am learning a lot about MS OFFICE

[@dylan4331]

Thanks 🧡 a great sharing :)

[@ITGyaan]

Great Tool, Thanks for sharing I think Always on top and Bulk image resize will help me.

[@Watever44]

I had no idea. This will change the way I work. ! Thank you

[@MrsJaydot]

I never knew... Thank you! Started using some of the tools practically before they finished installing :).

[@LeilaGharani]

Perfect!

[@alex626ification]

The always on top is a real game changer! Especially if you are using a touch screen applications.

[@furrukh66]

You are genius Leila Gharani. I appreciated your tips for windows and other application programs.

[@Saurabh.P]

Window Walker is quite useful. Helps me find out opened application. It's much quicker than win+tab or alt+tab when you have too many apps open.

[@SteveSwanson999]

Thanks! Can't wait to try

[@OntarioAndrews415]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@brucebarrera2730]

Thank you Leila.

[@dennismenace1243]

I recently already watched a video from you and I thought ur so cute and professional. And now you do this video about towertoys. I love this collection, just like SysInternals, but this collection of tools is really good for everyday job life. I'm an architect and just changed to one of the biggest offices in germany and told the IT, include it into every station! Already I told my office before...this is so useful! The colorpicker for creatives..the renamer, new now i've read is an option to figure out processes that prevent a file from being accessed cause if "in use". Up to today i used process explorer from the sysinternals suite for this special problem of windows that occours from time to time, and with powertoys it's possible now too they say. i have to find out, good i remind me for that :DD Oh..and the coolest, but also easiest and fastest way to install powertoys is thru winget per shell :)

[@dhammaplayer]

Win+Shift+T, didn't know. Thank you very much & Happy Christmas

[@denouch358]

I love your channel. You always have very useful information.

[@manwinkler]

Brilliant & Thank You

[@Baileys032]

That's an amazing video. Thank you for your effort.

[@rohit_in]

Thank you for making this video. All these tools are very useful.

[@wijdanh326]

You're amazing🤩✨✨!!! Thank you for making great videos💗💗💗!!

[@emtyas]

Fancy zones and always on top are my favorites since they make multitasking easier...

[@LeilaGharani]

👍

[@karennguyen7083]

Amazing video again, Leila. Thank you so much ❤

[@antoniogarrido3058]

Excelent set of tools, thanks for sharing!👍

[@SevenExousia]

Oh wow. Thanks for the informative video. I've been wishing for some of those features for years.

[@sserubiricedrick9874]

Thank you so much for the good work, we really appreciate it. Kindly create for us Introduction to python"lessons as well.

[@jankrzykwa5522]

I've been using Fancy Zones for 6 months or so and LOVE it!!

[@LeilaGharani]

It's awesome!

[@stappys]

I have always loved power toys and they change how I use windows. Truthful I thought it had been discontinued. Thanks for showing the updated toys! I used to use always on top exactly like you to keep my stickies where I can see them.

[@grsthapit]

Thank you for your videos about tools.

[@keion7938]

Really helpful!

[@MrPicky]

Brilliant video - thanks 👍👍👍👍😃😃

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@doc_huebi]

One of my favorite tools is the samradapps excel date picker, which let's you pick up dates in an excel sheet. MS haven't added something like this for decades which I don't understand.

[@biohazard737]

Wow so many useful features! Thanks as always!!

[@kostaskolotouros4345]

Your videos are so professional! Well done!

[@kewltracks3454]

I am glad that the PowerToys are back, at least I think they were taken away some years ago. I am definitely going to add them to my toolbox! Thanks Leila. Happy holidays!

[@ericjohnson1470]

these are some great tools, thanks for sharing :)

[@siyabulelatshali1012]

More than useful.

[@512Squared]

Loved this video - so many goodies with PowerToys

[@darkguardian1314]

It should be noted that if you install Power Toys, it will significantly increase your boot time at start-up. For me, it added 24 seconds from power on to Windows Desktop screen. I don't really use that much but will keep the software for future use. Thanks

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Well don’t have it run on startup then.

[@darkguardian1314]

@@oo0Spyder0oo Nope, not now. It's set up to do that by default.

[@gilboston20033]

I used to use always on top not from power toys, somehow was hard to find it again, I researched and I found another app, its name is deskPins. Once installed stay on task bar, open the application that you want to stay on top of, go to the taskbar click on the icon and click on top of the app. Another one I use without installing anything is to find my mouse, In Mouse Properties, on the Pointer Options tab, at the bottom, select Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key and then select OK.

[@charlesbonfante9188]

Just wanted to say Thank you. I've been meaning to get into power toys for some time and I love how succinct and relevant you made it. Great job!

[@LeilaGharani]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@yousefhassan7365]

My life is getting easier with every video you upload thanks ❤

[@Lil-San]

One of the best tutorial on KZbin, thank you

[@LeilaGharani]

Wow, thanks!

[@neosinan1]

I was using fancy zones for awhile but boy did I miss a lot of useful stuff for many years. Thanks

[@rizwansarfraz9936]

exactly what I needed, thanks ❤

[@nbaua3454]

I guess I will vouch for the text extraction tool.. that's a next level ocr app

[@garyfrechette8689]

Great video content. The only downside is that 'you' can't cash in on all the time we'll now be saving during our workday.

[@theodorelapointe3624]

You made my life so easier, always on top was something i needed for a long time. Thank you very much

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad I could help!

[@VulpineKING]

extremely grateful for this ! Obviously always on top is really helpful, but extracting text from photos excites me. People screenshot me daily and this will reduce my time significantly! Thank you for all you do!

[@yadavvml]

Thanks for the informative video Ms. Leila.. 🙂

[@Jerome54DXB]

I personally use the mouse finder during PowerPoint presentations for a better looking way to show things (IMO it looks much better than the default red dot pointer).

[@LeilaGharani]

👍

[@ePCAYT]

GREAT summary. All appear incredibly useful. THANK YOU!

[@LeilaGharani]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@FE59FE59]

It would be nice if the app: "Paste as File" could get integrated in this application.

[@roeko10]

Amazing! thank you

[@w6263]

Fabulous! Didn't even know these existed. Love it when find new features. Already loving the 'Always on top'. Much appreciated for the video. Thank you.

[@thierryhoornaert9950]

I already used the Find my mouse in combination with the CTRL-radar, the Windows+V (multi-clipboard, the Paste as Text. I will probably use the Pick color and the Keep in front a lot! Thanks for the great presentation!

[@OhSoCheesy]

Wow it's really grown up since the old days. Thanks for reminding me of this!

[@LeilaGharani]

👍

[@JOSHY78]

Cool,loved it

[@winters4960]

I used to download separate software to pin any window on top of another. After knowing powertoys some moons ago, it really have awesome features. My top feature is Always ontop and mouse utilities.

[@LeilaGharani]

👍

[@MendelsonFam]

Thank you for another well made instructional video. You make it very easy to follow and your accent is great as well.

[@LeilaGharani]

Thank you very much!

[@AjayKumar-fd9mv]

Great video,thanks

[@hfftu]

Fantastic tools Thanks Leila 😊

[@kd5byb]

Awesome!!! Thanks!

[@kevinme]

this is definitely going to be one of those apps to always have installed on my computer!

[@metallmad77]

I personally loved the Color Picker, it helps a lot in my job as a developer

[@jaypaans3471]

Just curious - do you have some software that kalibrated or changes the color/hue of the screen? 'cus I know that Color Picker is (usually) nor able to poke throught the altered colors...

[@arvindr2101]

Super for giving this utility. I have started using it right now.

[@LeilaGharani]

Excellent!

[@rectify2003]

Some very useful ones Leila Merci

[@NamNguyen-gb5eg]

Think you so much for this useful information

[@LeilaGharani]

It's my pleasure

[@SyedMuzammilMahasanShahi]

Thanks for the share.

[@anandspatel6185]

Really amazing video...its made my work easy...thanks...keep posting 👌👌💐💐🙏🙏

[@karinamdominguez]

I have been using image resize for years as a stand alone plugging, but I didn't knew the other tools, thanks a lot!

[@LeilaGharani]

My pleasure, Karina.

[@h.f.4095]

excellent video!!. I'm sold.

[@GaryJohnWalker1]

Terrific. I admit I've looked at powertoys every few years then forgot about them. But the current crop look really handy and I'm back on board with them. Thanks