Power Toys: v0.98.1 Release

Release date:
March 26, 2026
Previous version:
v0.98.0 (released March 17, 2026)
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13,545 Diff Delta
Contributors:
9 total committers
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29 Commits in this Release

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Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash | |----------------|----------|----------| | Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.98.1-x64.exe | fc417bf42d6497a87682286fb541d4fa789ef0e4a812571bc0c2e4d591e63caa| | Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.98.1-arm64.exe | dd9f1e0243a16adaa831f8e1119ae7394cb031b5b12401a0a243880f8f099545| | Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.98.1-x64.exe | 43b25c7927d43b9b8ae0b4b7116a7a4ffca66fae031bcf4b30fe38ac382c6f35| | Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.98.1-arm64.exe | e52788f0b199433a56b0cea5dda3611da2f9d0af123e2e90f9a908d8164aad20|

Highlights

This patch release fixes several important stability issues identified in v0.98.0 based on incoming reports. Check out the v0.98.0 notes for the full list of changes.

Always On Top

  • Added support for configuring the increase/decrease opacity hotkeys independently from the main pin hotkey in #46410

Command Palette

  • Fixed context menu actions not appearing for app search results on the main page in #46293 by @jiripolasek

  • Fixed missing primary context command for items where the extension provides the command after initial load in #46131 by @jiripolasek

  • Fixed a crash caused by a negative array size when calculating callback counts with disabled providers in #46215 by @jiripolasek

  • Restored scrolling in the scroll container and updated the scroll-down button to use the correct caret glyph in #46447 by @jiripolasek

  • Fixed DockWindow resource cleanup to properly dispose its ViewModel and unregister from the messenger when destroyed in #46303 by @jiripolasek

  • Fixed dock popup crashes caused by accessing unparented popups before XamlRoot is set in #46305 by @jiripolasek

  • Reduced visual "blinking" artifacts in the dock when Command Palette settings change by avoiding unnecessary backdrop recreation in #46309 by @jiripolasek

Keyboard Shortcut Manager

  • Temporarily removed the ability to toggle the Keyboard Manager Service separate from the module for stability improvements in #46530

  • Added support for whitespace-only shortcuts in new editor in #46510

Settings

  • Fixed a PowerToys Run crash caused by a missing PowerDisplay.Lib.dll dependency by decoupling Settings.UI.Library from PowerDisplay.Lib in #46325

  • Fixed the Settings button on the What's New page opening a blank page instead of the Home page in #46203 by @daverayment