Cool Free Windows Utilities to Use EVERYDAY

Today we're bringing out the Swiss army knife for Windows: Microsoft PowerToys

I'll show you step by step how you can download and install Microsoft PowerToys. 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. For example, you get a free app that helps you to permanently pin a window on top of others. You can use the free Text extractor app to extract text from picture and videos. You get free utilities to enhance your mouse and cursor. A global color picker to get the HEX/RGB value for any color on your screen. #

You can bulk image resize. You get a free app to pin multiple windows in different places on your screen - you can custom design how to pin your windows. There are some newer PowerToys added as well. Check it out and see which free Windows app is your favorite.

PowerToys is free to download and use on Windows 10 and 11 PCs.

In this Video

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

DOWNLOAD PowerToys on GitHub:

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys