

These predefined layouts make FancyZones useful straight out of the box, but it really comes into its own when you create your own layouts. With FancyZones active, dragging a window around the screen highlights zones in the background to demonstrate the space it will fill Simply run the command “choco install powertoys” to fetch the code – and as new builds are released, you can upgrade with “choco upgrade powertoys”. You can also install PowerToys from either the Command Prompt or PowerShell, using the Chocolatey package manager.

At the time of writing, the current version is called PowerToysSetup-0.16.1-圆4.msi, although the version number may have gone up by the time you download it. If you’re ready to install PowerToys, you can download the installer here: look in the uppermost Assets section for the latest installer file.

Note that you’ll need a 64-bit version of the OS, too: recent posts in the PowerToys support forums suggest that there are no plans for 32-bit support. At the moment, PowerToys only supports Intel processors, but a revision for versions of Windows running on ARM is in development. This was released back in early 2018, so as long as you’ve kept up to date with your patches, that shouldn’t be an issue. To run PowerToys, you’ll need to be using Windows 10 build 17134 or later.
