# PowerToys v0.101.2262.0 — Preview v0.101.2262.0

- Product: PowerToys (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/powertoys)
- Vendor: Microsoft
- Date: 2026-08-14
- Version: v0.101.2262.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.101.2262.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/powertoys/releases/v0.101.2262.0
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Shortcut Guide: page-local search box that filters shortcuts by names, descriptions, modifiers, and displayed keys with Ctrl+F and Escape support
- **added** — Shortcut Guide: configurable Windows-key hold activation for taskbar indicators or the full guide with adjustable hold duration and optional close-on-release behavior
- **added** — File Explorer: opt-in Markdown preview setting for rendering validated local and network-share images from relative paths with Settings and Group Policy controls
- **added** — Command Palette: clearer General and Personalization sections in settings with improved compact search box positioning controls
- **added** — Settings: consistent update-state badges and compact update status surface across pages
- **changed** — Advanced Paste: improved OpenAI model compatibility by allowing providers to use their supported service defaults
- **changed** — Mouse Highlighter: updated default click colors to green for left clicks and blue for right clicks while preserving existing saved preferences
- **removed** — Command Palette: removed obsolete Store discovery UI from settings

<!-- BEGIN POWERTOYS PREVIEW AGENT -->
#### Preview v0.101.2262.0

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

##### Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Per user - x64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2262.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | 6F728114D9CEA05C9F83976C09E0EF9C4AD657F5E20C345D03D16DB91B7E422A |
| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2262.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | 27B18C749D7006377F376349FEAEAAEB0F420A10E2124E353110E5BAB0C5C9F8 |
| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.101.2262.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 10AF5CD4B435C0D6E85E5C1AD352B8717DDDDA0F33F1C21146245736FB6AF373 |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.101.2262.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 395B11D19FA6F8E8E57BC766A52C30A493B815B9017E26DA9EF1AECE3C9EBE27 |

[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2262.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2262.0-x64.exe
[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2262.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2262.0-arm64.exe
[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2262.0/PowerToysSetup-0.101.2262.0-x64.exe
[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2262.0/PowerToysSetup-0.101.2262.0-arm64.exe

##### Highlights

- **Shortcut Guide**: Added page-local search and configurable Windows-key hold actions for taskbar indicators or the full guide.
- **File Explorer**: Added opt-in local image rendering for Markdown previews, with Settings and Group Policy controls.
- **Command Palette**: Reorganized settings into clearer sections and improved compact search box positioning controls.
- **Settings**: Added consistent update-state badges and a compact update status surface across pages.
- **Advanced Paste**: Improved OpenAI model compatibility by allowing providers to use their supported reasoning defaults.

##### General

- Replaced retired issue-labeling and deduplication workflows with an agentic triage flow that safely analyzes bounded diagnostic evidence, recommends duplicate matches, and applies a seven-day author-feedback lifecycle in [#49828](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49828)
- Updated Mouse Highlighter default click colors to green for left clicks and blue for right clicks while preserving existing saved preferences in [#49833](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49833)
- Improved Advanced Paste compatibility with OpenAI models by allowing providers to use their supported service defaults in [#49840](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49840)
- Pinned GitHub Actions to immutable commit SHAs and added a seven-day Dependabot cooldown for reproducible workflow dependencies in [#49848](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49848) by [@danfiedler-msft](https://github.com/danfiedler-msft)
- Removed redundant Azure module installation from the release symbol-publishing job in [#49861](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49861)
- Improved the Settings update experience with shared state badges and a compact status surface across pages in [#49872](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49872)

##### Command Palette

- Simplified Command Palette settings with clearer General and Personalization sections, removed obsolete Store discovery UI, and clarified compact search box positioning in [#49865](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49865)

##### File Explorer and Settings

- Added an opt-in Markdown preview setting for rendering validated local and network-share images from relative paths, with Settings and Group Policy controls in [#47857](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/47857) by [@st-gr](https://github.com/st-gr)

##### Shortcut Guide

- Added an accessible page-local search box that filters shortcuts by names, descriptions, modifiers, and displayed keys, with Ctrl+F, Escape, and no-results accessibility sup

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