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title: PowerToys for Windows 10
date: 2020-08-17T18:41:00+01:00
author: John Henry Donovan
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17th August, 2020

# PowerToys for Windows 10

Inspired by the [Windows 95 era PowerToys project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerToys), this reboot has some nice features for your workflow. Download the preview [here](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys). I’m loving [FancyZones](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys#fancyzones) already.

![A user interface screen displaying the Microsoft PowerToys logo in the center, surrounded by screenshots of various tools and features offered by PowerToys. Widgets and windows, including a color picker, file explorer, and keyboard manager, are visible in the background.](data:image/png;base64,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)

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