PowerToys Command Palette Utility

by quyleanhon 4/2/2025, 1:15 PMwith 10 comments

by philonoiston 4/3/2025, 2:17 AM

A good alternative is Listary v4[0] and Fluent-search[1]

[0] https://bopsoft.com/ [1] https://www.fluentsearch.net/

Fun fact - Fluent search comes with vim-easymotion like navigation built in. Now beat that Microsoft!

by Henchman21on 4/2/2025, 3:16 PM

Is there a Power Toy to turn off telemetry and ads?

by vladdeon 4/2/2025, 2:09 PM

The only feature I want from PowerToys is an application switcher like Spotlight / Alfred on macOS (not an application launcher).

Bug report has been open for years: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/5962

by ChocolateGodon 4/2/2025, 2:13 PM

This could replace the start menu for me if it could bind to the Windows key. I can't undo decades of muscle memory.

by doleon 4/2/2025, 1:51 PM

Replacing PowerToys Run (Windows Finder) ... read hn's top articles from windows search. Salute to the pandering, I didn't use Run but looking forward to trying this out.

by rs186on 4/2/2025, 2:51 PM

I don't understand why PowerToys is not part of the Windows OS and gets updated regularly.