PowerToys 0.100 is here: new Shortcut Guide, Command Palette improvements and much more! - Windows Command Line

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Niels Laute

Senior Product Manager

We’re back with a fresh PowerToys release! This month introduces the brand-new Shortcut Guide , a major Command Palette update with the new Extension Gallery and multi-monitor Dock support , and a wave of improvements to Power Display. We’ve also upgraded PowerToys to .NET 10, improved auto-update reliability, reduced installer size , and continued modernizing the app experience across the suite. Grab the update by checking for updates in PowerToys or by heading to heading to the release page. Let’s dive in!

⌨️ Introducing the new Shortcut Guide

The new Shortcut Guide has been designed and built from the ground up. The new experience appears as a pane on the side of your screen and automatically detects the active application when invoked, showing the shortcuts that are relevant to what you’re currently doing . In addition to app-specific shortcuts, Shortcut Guide also includes a wide range of Windows shortcuts and shortcuts from enabled PowerToys utilities . Want to see if your favorite app is supported? Check out the documentation for the current list of supported applications. If you’d like to add support for another app, we’d love your help! Feel free to open a pull request, or create an issue with a link to the app’s shortcut documentation.

Big thanks to @noraa-junker all the great work on this new utility!

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⚡ Command Palette: new Extension Gallery, and multi-monitor Dock (and more!)

Command Palette was built with extensibility in mind. Developers can create their own extensions, distribute them through the Microsoft Store or WinGet, and build powerful experiences that help users get things done faster. One piece of feedback we’ve heard consistently is that discovering and installing extensions wasn’t always easy. That’s why we’re introducing the Extension Gallery . Available directly from Command Palette Settings, the Extension Gallery makes it easy to browse, discover, install, update, and remove extensions without leaving Command Palette . Whether you’re looking for new capabilities or managing existing extensions, everything is now just a few clicks away.

#46636 by @jiripolasek

The Dock has also received a major upgrade with multi-monitor support . Each monitor can now have its own independent Dock configuration , making it easy to tailor your setup for every display in your workspace. You can choose which monitors should display a Dock directly from Command Palette Settings, and the improved Pin to Dock experience now lets you choose exactly where a command should be pinned. Whether you want different tools on different screens or dedicated docks for specific workflows, configuring your setup is now more flexible than ever.

On top of that, the Performance Monitor extension has gained a new Battery widget , showing charge level, charging status, and estimated time remaining. We’ve also added support for pinning individual metrics such as CPU, Memory, GPU, Network, and Battery directly to the Dock.

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Beyond these features, we’ve shipped dozens of fixes and improvements across Command Palette , including better search experiences, reliability improvements, accessibility enhancements, performance optimizations, and extension platform updates.

A huge thanks to @jiripolasek for the sustained Command Palette work across this release!

🖥️ Power Display improvements

This release focuses heavily on reliability, compatibility, and monitor detection improvements . Startup is now significantly faster on many systems, monitor identification is more reliable across reboots, and monitor settings are preserved more consistently. We’ve also introduced a new Max Compatibility Mode for displays that don’t properly advertise DDC capabilities, helping Power Display work with a wider range of monitors. Several usability improvements have landed as well. The flyout can now be dismissed using Escape, sliders support mouse wheel adjustment, and displays are automatically rescanned when your PC wakes from sleep.

🎥 ZoomIt: webcam capture and recording improvements

This release adds support for a webcam overlay while recording , making it easier to create demos, presentations, and tutorials. We’ve also added support for appending multiple clips with transitions , allowing you to stitch recordings together without leaving ZoomIt.

🔄 Foundations and platform improvements

This release, we have also focused on making the PowerToys foundations better: we’ve upgraded the project to .NET 10 , helping us stay current with the latest platform improvements and tooling and making the overall experience faster! We’ve also reduced the installer footprint (by 15%), making downloads smaller and installations more efficient.

Big thanks to @snickler for driving the .NET 10...