# PowerToys v0.101.2293.0 — Preview v0.101.2293.0

- Product: PowerToys (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/powertoys)
- Vendor: Microsoft
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v0.101.2293.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.101.2293.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/powertoys/releases/v0.101.2293.0
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Command Palette system actions for Update and restart and Update and shut down when Windows Update is waiting for a reboot
- **changed** — Command Palette fallback ranking to show exact title matches above unrelated fuzzy results
- **fixed** — Color Picker cursor sampling responsiveness when a display reports its hardware-default refresh rate as 0 or 1
- **changed** — Image Resizer CLI validation and diagnostics for options, paths, dimensions, presets, wildcards, pipes, and duplicate inputs
- **fixed** — ZoomIt recording deadlock by safely completing or disposing in-progress audio initialization after failures

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#### PowerToys v0.101.2293.0 Preview

This preview release includes new Command Palette system actions, improved search ranking, and reliability fixes across Image Resizer, Color Picker, and ZoomIt.

##### Installer Hashes

| Description | Filename | sha256 hash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Per user - x64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2293.0-x64.exe][ptUserX64] | E2F1E02FC3440E0D77551E9C55AD139817158E4F54574248A731429D3ED048D4 |
| Per user - ARM64 | [PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2293.0-arm64.exe][ptUserArm64] | 6123DE876910EF02B3356387423811FC51DF0D7549603F52CFABF197C9A3C62B |
| Machine wide - x64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.101.2293.0-x64.exe][ptMachineX64] | 5575FA841DEC1AFCD06C8846C79D8DC749EC51C16384FA8035ABA1BEAFA71C4C |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | [PowerToysSetup-0.101.2293.0-arm64.exe][ptMachineArm64] | 478A1CB707F72C9D764F6FE61C00F4FD8F620CCCA21B8ABA1322821D399E6A13 |

[ptUserX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2293.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2293.0-x64.exe
[ptUserArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2293.0/PowerToysUserSetup-0.101.2293.0-arm64.exe
[ptMachineX64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2293.0/PowerToysSetup-0.101.2293.0-x64.exe
[ptMachineArm64]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0.101.2293.0/PowerToysSetup-0.101.2293.0-arm64.exe

##### Highlights

- **Command Palette**: Added Update and restart and Update and shut down actions when Windows Update is waiting for a reboot.
- **Command Palette**: Improved fallback ranking so exact title matches appear above unrelated fuzzy results.
- **Image Resizer**: Made CLI input handling stricter and more diagnosable while preventing invalid or duplicate work.
- **Color Picker**: Fixed incorrect sampling intervals when displays report a default refresh-rate sentinel.
- **ZoomIt**: Prevented recording from hanging when audio initialization fails or remains in progress.

##### Command Palette

- Added Update and restart and Update and shut down system commands that appear only when Windows Update is waiting for a reboot in [#49437](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49437) by [@Subhro-ai](https://github.com/Subhro-ai).
- Ranked global fallback actions by how well their titles match the query, allowing exact matches such as Reload to outrank unrelated fuzzy results in [#49983](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49983).

##### Color Picker

- Kept cursor sampling responsive when a display reports its hardware-default refresh rate as `0` or `1` in [#49973](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49973).

##### Image Resizer

- Improved CLI validation and diagnostics for options, paths, dimensions, presets, wildcards, pipes, and duplicate inputs while preserving GUI and context-menu compatibility in [#49854](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49854).

##### ZoomIt

- Prevented a recording deadlock by safely completing or disposing in-progress audio initialization after failures in [#49912](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49912) by [@foxmsft](https://github.com/foxmsft).

##### Development

- Added an autonomous, draft-only preview release workflow with exact build identity, semantic deltas, asset validation, and post-upload verification in [#49797](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49797) by [@LegendaryBlair](https://github.com/LegendaryBlair).
- Removed unused shared UI dependencies and unreachable managed settings aliases while retaining command-line compatibility routes in [#49895](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/49895).
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