# PowerToys v0.101.2241.0 — Preview v0.101.2241.0

- Product: PowerToys (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/powertoys)
- Vendor: Microsoft
- Date: 2026-08-12
- Version: v0.101.2241.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.101.2241.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/powertoys/releases/v0.101.2241.0
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Restore localized File Locksmith commands in the Windows 11 context menu
- **changed** — Improve Mouse Highlighter reliability during rapid input by moving ripple rendering and animation work off the low-level mouse hook
- **fixed** — Fix Quick Accent so the last character keeps its selection highlight when long accent lists are scrolled to the end
- **changed** — Improve renamed templates and position newly created desktop items near the context-menu cursor with DPI-aware coordinates in New+

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#### Preview v0.101.2241.0

This preview includes the latest fixes and improvements for PowerToys v0.101.

##### Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Per user - x64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2241.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | E16F871F1D8481084999ECDDE5550DB777E577A372AA8798C3F5187020A97F53 |
| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2241.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | C538398B0088632846733C98CBFB47D7C74644F63D32F84E56F2E92552012322 |
| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.101.2241.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 13BB217AB1B2F5F764FB0A11420F76AE38A846FEE84427B5011D85E39727DF81 |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.101.2241.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 50FDF082C05EBE3B9BACA810EF439AA04D4A21239CA3337E105485A52BB02C05 |

[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2241.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2241.0-x64.exe
[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2241.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2241.0-arm64.exe
[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2241.0/PowerToysSetup-0.101.2241.0-x64.exe
[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2241.0/PowerToysSetup-0.101.2241.0-arm64.exe

##### Highlights

- **File Locksmith**: Restored localized commands in the Windows 11 context menu.
- **Mouse Highlighter**: Improved rapid-input reliability by moving ripple work out of the low-level mouse hook.
- **New+**: Improved renamed templates and positioned newly created desktop items near the context-menu cursor.
- **Quick Accent**: Restored the selection highlight for the last character in long accent lists.

##### General

- Restored localized File Locksmith commands in the Windows 11 context menu in [#49606](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49606) by [@Umoxfo](https://github.com/Umoxfo)
- Improved Mouse Highlighter reliability during rapid input by moving ripple rendering and animation work off the low-level mouse hook in [#49699](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49699)
- Fixed Quick Accent so the last character keeps its selection highlight when long accent lists are scrolled to the end in [#49820](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49820)

##### New+

- Improved renamed templates and positioned newly created desktop items near the context-menu cursor with DPI-aware coordinates in [#48083](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/48083) by [@cgaarden](https://github.com/cgaarden)

##### Development

- Pinned CI to .NET SDK 10.0.302 and centralized the matching runtime package version to prevent dependency-audit failures when the floating SDK channel advances in [#49835](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49835)
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