Microsoft releasedPowerToys 0.35.0 last night, focusing onnew functionality to support quick swapping layouts for FancyZones, bug fixes, and more. The company said that the Video Conference utility should make its way to users through the release of 0.36 that could happen next week.

Here is the complete changelog of PowerToys v0.35.0

General

PowerToys will start requiring Windows 10 v1903 or greater after 0.35.x release. The v1 settings, which supports older Windows versions, will be removed in 0.37.Note: We may be able to bring back support when we migrate to WinUI3 but as of now, we will be increasing the minimum version of Windows to 1903 or greater.Localization correctionsImproved GitHub report bug template.Increased .NET Core to 3.1.13Fixed installer 'run as user' regression

Color Picker

UX adjustments to editor.Esccan now be used to exit the editor.

FancyZones

Added hotkeys and quick swap functionality for custom layouts! Users can now assign a hotkey in the editor and use it to quickly set a desktop's zones withCtrl + Win + Alt + NUMBERkey binding, or by pressing the hotkey while dragging a window.UX updates.Fixed zone placement algorithm for when the Taskbar is verticalBug fixes

PowerToys Run

Users can specify where to show the launcher window.New plugin added to support opening previously used Visual Studio Code workspaces, remote machines (SSH or Codespaces), and containers! When enabled, use{to query for available workspaces. Please note, this plugin is off by default.Shell history now saves the raw command instead of the resolved command. A command like%appdata%would now save in the Shell history as is instead ofC:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming.Better logging to try to track down some bugsBug fixes

Video Conference Mute (Experimental)

Tracking work remaining at issue#7944Goal is to have 0.36 experimental release week of April 5th (Yes, we've stated this before, we know)

Contributor workflow

Main project now has a vsconfig which will prompt you to install needed items versus having to use a script. This will aid in keeping you up-to-date when something changes.Updated spell checker.

For more details, head over to GitHub.

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