PowerToys no longer requires you to run it as an admin

PowerToys has a new update that adds almost 300 unit tests.

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What you need to know

A new update for PowerToys for Windows 10 isavaialble through GitHub. The update resolves almost 100 issues and also makes it so you don’t always have to run it as an admin. Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlancannounced the update on Twitter.

Here are a few highlights from the release notes ofPowerToys v0.15.0:

PowerToys is a resurrection of an old utility from the Windows 95 days. The Windows 10 version initially shipped with just two tools, but its usefulness has increased over time. Late last year, PowerToys gained a tool torename files in batches.

Since PowerToys is an open source project, you can read through extensive lists of changes and follow its development on itsGitHub page.

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