PowerToys 0.87 makes the New+ menu compatible with Windows 10

Microsoft has released a new version of its PowerToys app suite. This time, besides the huge list of fixes and various improvements, it also brings the New+ menu utility to Windows 10. Starting with PowerToys 0.87, you can use this powerful and flexible replacement for the Right-click > New menu in Windows 10's File Explorer.

When right-clicking in Explorer and selecting New+, the user is presented with a number of options. For example, selecting Windows Batch Project will speed up the creation of a batch file that loops through the files in a folder.

The developers note the target audience of this module: experienced Windows users, developers and, eventually, regular users who often need to create files or folders with similar content, such as VS Code development projects, job applications and cover letters, scripts, etc.

Unlike the standard menu, which is not very convenient for beginners, the PowerToys option is more flexible and offers a number of settings. So now Windows 10 users can enjoy the most recent addition to PowerToys.

Changes in PowerToys 0.87

Hightlights

• Advanced Paste has a new feature called "Advanced AI" that uses the Semantic Kernel to customize the orchestration of successive clipboard transformations;
• Workspaces support Progressive Web Applications;
• Workspaces have a new feature to move existing windows instead of creating new ones;
• Mouse Jump has added new options for customizing pop-up screens;
• New+ now works in Windows 10;
• Quick Accent allows you to select sets of symbols that should be displayed in the user interface.

Details

Advanced Paste

Added a new additional feature that allows you to use AI to customize the orchestration of successive clipboard transformations.

Awake

Improvements to initialization, logging, and tray icon customization.

File Explorer Add-ons

Preview Pane extensions now use PerMonitorV2 DPI mode to correct errors at different scales.

Keyboard Manager

Added labels for IME On, IME Off keys.

Monaco Preview

Added support for displaying .ahk files as a text file in Peek and File Explorer add-ons, and syntax highlighting support for .srt files in Peek and File Explorer add-ons.

Mouse Jump

You can now customize the appearance of the Mouse Jump popup user interface.

New+

Added support for Windows 10 and fixed an issue where renaming new files would sometimes not work. Updated icons.

Peek

The feature now checks local capabilities to determine which image formats Image Previewer can support. Fixed an issue where Code Files Previewer would not load correctly under certain conditions. Reorganized, improved, and fixed the input when loading a custom settings file.

PowerToys Run

Added an evaluation function to properly order WindowWalker plugin results, UUIDv7 support in ValueGenerator plugin, Calculator plugin now accepts scientific notation numbers with lowercase "e", UI moved from WPF-UI to .NET 9 WPF to fix "Desktop composition is disabled" crashes.

Quick Accent

Added an option to select character sets to display.

Screen Ruler

Added an option to also display measurements in inches, centimeters, or millimeters.

Settings

Fixed an issue where all milestone links in the What's New section would point to the same milestone. Removed extra space from the Welcome page. Updated left navigation icons. Fixed accessibility issues on the Dashboard page.

Workspaces

Added support for Progressive Web Apps. Implemented the ability to move existing windows instead of creating new ones. Fixed a crash when opening the workspace editor caused by passing incorrect encoder parameters when saving Bitmap files. Fixed an issue where many instances of the same application were placed in the same position due to timer issues. Fixed detection of the exact version of the application when many versions are installed.

Download PowerToys 0.87

🔽 You can download PowerToys from the Microsoft Store or GitHub. It is available for both Windows 11 and 10. The winget -s msstore powertoys command will also install the app suite on your computer. Finally, existing users will receive the new version automatically via the integrated updater app.