{"id":11040,"date":"2019-09-05T23:24:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=11040"},"modified":"2024-10-05T18:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:51:40","slug":"windows-10-erste-open-source-powertoys-freigegeben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2019\/09\/05\/windows-10-erste-open-source-powertoys-freigegeben\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10: First Open Source PowerToys released"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Microsoft has released the first preview of PowerToys for Windows 10 users. The PowerToys known from Windows 9x are Open Source and available free of charge. <\/p>\n

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History of PowerToys<\/h2>\n

\"\"The PowerToys were free programs under Windows 95\/98, with which certain Windows functions could be optimized or adapted. So there was the CabView function with which you could view and unpack the contents of CAB archives (today the Explorer can do this). With CDAutoPlay you could start CDs automatically (Windows can also do that in the meantime). The context menu extension Open Command Prompt here also found its way into the later Windows version (you have to press the Shift key to get the context menu command). The Send To function is also included in the context menu of all Windows versions by default. So the PowerToys became redundant in later Windows versions. An overview of the functions of that time can be found on this website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Restarting the project<\/h2>\n

Inspired by the PowerToys project under Windows 95, some developers have dared a restart. This reboot is intended to give power users the ability to get more efficiency out of the Windows 10 shell and customize it for individual workflows. The announcement will take place at the beginning of May 2019, I had reported about it in the blog post Windows 10: PowerToys will come as Open Source<\/a>. <\/p>\n

First tools released<\/h2>\n

Now the Microsoft developers have released previews of the first two tools for Windows 10. I just came across the announcement on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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The first preview and code release of PowerToys is now live!!!! https:\/\/t.co\/OIHbeZlWrD<\/a>#WindowsInsiders<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/n4IphmSCUR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jen Gentleman (@JenMsft) September 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n