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0.57 changelog (#17342)
* 0.57 changelog * fix spellchecker * fix spellchecker * fix new line * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Heiko <61519853+htcfreek@users.noreply.github.com> * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Heiko <61519853+htcfreek@users.noreply.github.com> * Address review comments * Add mention to docs update * Address PR comments * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Heiko <61519853+htcfreek@users.noreply.github.com> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Franky Chen <franky@frankychen.net> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Franky Chen <franky@frankychen.net> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Franky Chen <franky@frankychen.net> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com> * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com> * Address feedback. Co-authored-by: Heiko <61519853+htcfreek@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Franky Chen <franky@frankychen.net> Co-authored-by: Jay <65828559+Jay-o-Way@users.noreply.github.com>
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- Windows 11 or Windows 10 v1903 (18362) or newer.
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- Our installer will install the following items:
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- [.NET Core 3.1.22 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-3.1.22-windows-x64-installer) or a newer 3.1.x runtime. This is needed currently for the Settings application.
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- [.NET 6.02 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-6.0.2-windows-x64-installer) or a newer 6.0.x runtime.
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- [.NET 6.0.3 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-6.0.3-windows-x64-installer) or a newer 6.0.x runtime.
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- [Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703) bootstrapper. This will install the latest version.
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### Via GitHub with EXE [Recommended]
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[Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link], click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release and then click on `PowerToysSetup-0.56.2-x64.exe` to download the PowerToys installer.
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[Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page][github-release-link], click on `Assets` at the bottom to show the files available in the release and then click on `PowerToysSetup-0.57.0-x64.exe` to download the PowerToys installer.
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This is our preferred method.
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@@ -69,108 +69,116 @@ For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the [developer docs](/doc/
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Our [prioritized roadmap][roadmap] of features and utilities that the core team is focusing on.
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### 0.56 - February 2022 Update
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### 0.57 - March 2022 Update
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In this release, we focused heavily on stability and improvements. Below are some of the highlights!
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**Highlights**
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- Upgrade notes! A big feedback items for new versions was upgrade notes. We have the release notes on GitHub as well.
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- FancyZones zone limit has been increased to 128 zones. Before the limit was 40.
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- Timezone conversion plugin for PowerToys Run! Thanks [@TobiasSekan](https://github.com/TobiasSekan)
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- Child and Popup window support for FancyZones. To enable, go to Settings→FancyZones→Windows. These were bugs we fixed that without realizing it was a useful feature to most.
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- Find my mouse will now activate via shaking the mouse with a settings change!
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- PowerToys Run quality pass. Old standing issues were re-evaluated and fixed.
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- Additional features and improvements were added to existing PowerToys Run plugins.
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- New plugin for time and date values/information in PowerToys Run. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- The [PowerToys Run documentation](https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_PowerToysRun) is also receiving a required update. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- PowerToys will register SVGs as a picture kind when SVG Thumbnails are enabled so they appear when searching for pictures in File Explorer.
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- We've disabled PDF preview by default, given its incompatibilities with Outlook and that Edge is now being registered for previewing PDF files on Windows 10 too.
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- From a coding quality point of view, every project now has code analyzer active. Thanks [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper)!
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- A double click on the tray icon is needed instead of single click to open settings.
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### Always on Top
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- Fixed excess GPU / CPU usage when enabled
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- If border has focus, not closable via F4
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- Changing border sizes should resize correctly for existing windows
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- Border goes away with Outlook modal windows
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- New sound for Always on Top activation. Thanks [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920)!
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### Awake
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- Fixes for the system tray icon. Thanks [@dend](https://github.com/dend)!
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- Temporary duration presets are now configurable. Thanks [@dend](https://github.com/dend)!
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- Fix for an issue causing Awake to not be closed properly. Thanks [@dend](https://github.com/dend)!
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### ColorPicker
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- No longer crashes during theme change
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- It's now possible to delete multiple colors from the history, or to export a list of colors to a file. Thanks [@mshtang](https://github.com/mshtang)!
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- The CIEXYZ format has increased precision. Thanks [@m13253](https://github.com/m13253)!
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- Performance improved by reducing the use of low level keyboard hooks.
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### FancyZones
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- Increased zone limit from 40 to 128.
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- Child and Popup window support for FancyZones. To enable, go to Settings→FancyZones→Windows. These were bugs we fixed that without realizing it was a useful feature to most.
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- Fixed a bug where the same layout applied with different configurations to different screens would reset to a single configuration. (This was a hotfix for 0.56)
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- When snapping windows with rounded corners on Windows 11, set the correct corner preferences to avoid gaps between zones. Thanks [@hallatore](https://github.com/hallatore)!
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- Fix for canvas layout resetting due to resolution changes.
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### File explorer
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- Fixes for Dev file preview: (Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker))
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- Fix fix for object reference not set.
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- Fix for encoding UTF-8.
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- Fix for file is in use.
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- Fix for saying the file is too big.
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### Image Resizer
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- Fix for `invalid operation` error. [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper)!
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- Additional markdown file extensions added for Markdown Preview. Thanks [@skycommand](https://github.com/skycommand)!
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- SVG files are now registered as a picture kind on Windows.
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- Added a text wrapping setting and copy context menu to dev file preview. Thanks [@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker)!
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- PDF file preview and thumbnails are now disabled by default, due to incompatibility with Outlook and an appropriate warning is shown in Settings.
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### Mouse utility
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- Find my mouse will now activate via shaking the mouse with a settings change!
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- Find my mouse now can excludes apps.
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- Fix for crosshair thickness looking odd due to anti-aliasing
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- Fix for a hard crash on crosshair (This was a hotfix for 0.55)
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### PowerRename
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- Will not spells check file names anymore. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)
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- Autocomplete result box to not obscure apply button. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)
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- Regex fix
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- Find my mouse has a new setting to specify a minimum moving distance for activation. (This was a hotfix for 0.56)
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- Fix for the bug causing the task bar to be hidden behind other windows when a mouse utility was active.
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- Fix for the bug causing shortcuts set on icons to not activate when a mouse utility was active.
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- Fixed a slight offset in Mouse Pointer Crosshairs when it's configured with an odd thickness.
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### PowerToys Run
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- Timezone conversion plugin for PowerToys Run! Thanks [@TobiasSekan](https://github.com/TobiasSekan)
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- Hexadecimal and binary numbers now are supported in the calculator plugin. This was added a bit ago and we'd like to extend a belated thanks to [@gsuberland](https://github.com/gsuberland)
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- Terminal plugin performance boost. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- Terminal will now be found via the Program plugin again.
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- Shutdown command is now using hybrid fast argument for shutting down
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- Support for VSCodium with VS Code workplace plugin. Thanks [@makeProjectGreatAgain](https://github.com/makeProjectGreatAgain)
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- New plugin for time and date values/information. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- WindowWalker now has a tooltip, additional features like killing the process and closing the window, additional settings and improvements. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- Unit converter now accepts alternative syntax for feet and gallon. It interprets as either imperial or US gallons depending on current culture. Thanks [@yifan-k](https://github.com/yifan-k)!
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- Unit converter now accepts "metre" and "meter".
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- Localization for Web Search and Unit Converter (not including units) has been enabled.
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- Localization for Windows Terminal has been enabled. (This was a hotfix for 0.56)
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- Calculator now tries to always interpret the dot (.) symbol as a decimal separator, despite configured culture, to meet expectations.
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- Calculator now handles trailing zeroes on hexadecimal numbers correctly.
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- System commands plugin can now show the local ip and mac addresses. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- Folder plugin has improved results, with improved tooltips. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- Windows settings plugin has added entries for Screen Saver and Connect Wiring Display Panel. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- Plugins can now show descriptions for their configurations in settings. Thanks [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek)!
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- Fix for the focus issue when calling PowerToys Run for the first time after login and after returning from some windows.
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- Fix for a bug on Program when creating a shortcut.
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- Validated that upgrading to .NET framework 6 fixed the error appearing when shutting down the system with PowerToys Run running.
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### Video conference mute
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- nVidia Broadcast software won't crash anymore
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- Newly added microphones are now updated and tracked by VCM.
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### Settings
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- Upgrade notes in OOBE
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- Fix for settings being lost (This was a hotfix for 0.55)
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- UX improvements. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)
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- _What's new_ button in the bottom with a new look, with a few more UI tweaks. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
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- Fixed a bug causing Settings not to open when a racing condition caused Keyboard Manager settings to not be read correctly.
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- To open settings from the tray icon a double click is needed instead of a single click.
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- Fix for a bug which would cause checking for updates to run indefinitely.
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- When auto-updating, pass a flag to avoid rebooting the computer without being prompted.
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### Installer
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- Believe we have a fix for the long hated "app.dark.png is missing" error. Thanks to [@robmen](https://github.com/robmen) for having a great blog!
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- Installer will launch PowerToys under appropriate elevation versus Admin only due to UAC prompt for installation (This was a hotfix for 0.55)
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- PowerToys will now start if installed under different user
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- Dependencies installers are now executed with /norestart to avoid unprompted reboots. (This was a hotfix for 0.56). Thanks [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920)!
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- Upgraded .NET framework dependency to 6.0.3.
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- Installer logs are now saved where they can be collected and sent by the bug report tool.
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- Reverted changes to start with proper elevation and when installed under a different user since those changes ended up causing more issues where PowerToys would start running with the wrong user.
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### Development
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- ARM64 - We removed the last .NET Framework dependency. Thanks [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler) for helping get this across the finish line!
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- .NET 6 upgrade, now on the newest and hottest .NET runtime
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- Code analyzers have been upgraded! Thanks [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper)!
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- Symbols are back!
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- Code refactoring, thanks [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper) and [@cyberrex5](https://github.com/cyberrex5) for helping here!
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- We are now on VS 2022 with the .NET 6 upgrade.
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- OOBE code refactor to have all module information in XAML, like in Settings. Thanks [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001)!
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- Every project now has analyzers turned on and warnings fixed. Thanks [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper)!
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- New patterns added for code spell-checking and stale entries removed. Thanks [@jsoref](https://github.com/jsoref)
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- Additional logging has been added to Fancy Zones and PowerToys Run.
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- A new CI release build will not be triggered if all that was changed was just documentation.
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- Fixed a racing condition causing flaky build errors when building PowerRename.
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- Centralization of common csproj/vcxproj settings underway. Thanks [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper)!
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#### Community contributions
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We'd like to directly mention certain contributors (in alphabetical order) for their continued community support this month and helping directly make PowerToys a better piece of software.
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[@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker), [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper), [@cyberrex5](https://github.com/cyberrex5), [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920), [@gsuberland](https://github.com/gsuberland), [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek), [@jay-o-way](https://github.com/jay-o-way), [@makeProjectGreatAgain](https://github.com/makeProjectGreatAgain), [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001), [@robmen](https://github.com/robmen), [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler), and [@TobiasSekan ](https://github.com/TobiasSekan).
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We'd like to directly mention certain contributors (in alphabetical order) for their continued community support this month and helping directly make PowerToys a better piece of software.
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[@Aaron-Junker](https://github.com/Aaron-Junker), [@CleanCodeDeveloper](https://github.com/CleanCodeDeveloper), [@dend](https://github.com/dend), [@franky920920](https://github.com/franky920920), [@htcfreek](https://github.com/htcfreek), [@jay-o-way](https://github.com/jay-o-way), [@jsoref](https://github.com/jsoref), [@niels9001](https://github.com/niels9001), [@snickler](https://github.com/snickler).
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#### What is being planned for v0.57
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#### What is being planned for v0.58
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For [v0.57][github-next-release-work], we'll start work on below:
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For [v0.58][github-next-release-work], we'll start work on below:
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- Start work on two new PowerToys
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- Improvements to PowerToy Run plugins
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- Environment Variables Editor PowerToy
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- Continue work on another new PowerToy
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- Stability / bug fixes
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- Validation pass again using WinUI 3.1 for Settings
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- Adding new file types to dev file preview
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## PowerToys Community
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[usingPowerToys-docs-link]: https://aka.ms/powertoys-docs
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<!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->
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[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F30
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[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F29
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[github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F31
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[github-current-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+project%3Amicrosoft%2FPowerToys%2F30
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