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There are community driven install methods such as Chocolatey and Scoop. Winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget Other install methods To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell: Via WinGet (Preview)ĭownload PowerToys from WinGet. You must be using the new Microsoft Store which will be available for both Windows 11 and Windows 10. Install from the Microsoft Store's PowerToys page. For ARM64 processors: PowerToysSetup-0.63.0-arm64.exe.For 圆4 processors (most common): PowerToysSetup-0.63.0-圆4.exe.Please use the appropriate the PowerToys installer that matches your machine's architecture. Microsoft PowerToys GitHub releases page, click on Assets at the bottom to show the files available in the release. Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime bootstrapper.NET 6.0.9 Desktop Runtime or a newer 6.0.x runtime. Our installer will install the following items:.
For more info on PowerToys overviews and how to use the utilities, or any other tools and resources for Windows development environments, head over to ! Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. The special Group Policy can be found in Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - KB5016691 220722_051525 Known Issue Rollback - Windows 11 (original release).How to use PowerToys | Downloads & Release notes | Contributing to PowerToys | What's Happening | Roadmap Build status Architecture
For enterprise-managed devices that have installed an affected update and encountered this issue can resolve it by installing and configuring a special Group Policy. Restarting your Windows device might help the resolution apply to your device faster. Please note that it might take up to 24 hours for the resolution to propagate automatically to consumer devices and non-managed business devices. This issue is resolved using Known Issue Rollback (KIR). The company goes on to share details of how the problem is being resolved: It does not affect Active Directory domain users accounts or Azure Active Directory accounts. This issue only affects devices after adding a Microsoft account. The issue only affects the newly added Microsoft account user and only for the first sign in. In a note added to the Known issues and notification section of the Windows release health website, Microsoft writes:Īfter installing KB5016691 and adding a new Microsoft account user in Windows, you might be unable to sign in for a brief time after the first restart or sign out. The Known Issue Rollback (KIR) has become a staple tool in the company's arsenal as it continues to fight back against problems introduced by its own updates. Microsoft's solution is to simply rollback the problematic update rather than addressing the issue head-on. Microsoft releases KB5016691 update for Windows 11, fixing printing and Bluetooth problems, and adding admin options.Microsoft is planning to release 'Moment' updates to add new features to Windows 11 after 22H2.Microsoft releases PowerToys v0.62.0 with THREE amazing new utilities to play with.
But just as problematic Windows updates have become increasingly common for Windows 11, so the approach taken to fix the issue is one that Microsoft is using more and more often - and it is one that is seen by some as a proper substitute for a proper fix. The problem affects Windows 11 version 21H2, and it is serious enough to force Microsoft's hand into releasing an emergency fix. The optional update preview introduced new admin features as well as fixing printing and Bluetooth problems, but it also prevented some users from being able to log into Windows 11. Microsoft has acknowledged that the recently released KB5016691 update for Windows 11 led to serious issues for some users.