Run: the latest PowerToys tool coming to Windows 10 can now be downloaded to optimize PC searches

At the end of April we saw how Microsoft's PowerToys were updated again. It was version 0.17 that provided a series of improvements that we have already reviewed and that has now become outdated, since you can now download and install version 0.18 of some PowerToys that release two more than interesting functions

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The PowerToys in us version 0.18 release improvements. On the one hand the function called Run, a tool that comes to improve everything good that PowerLauncher already offered in its day.It is a kind of search engine in the purest Spotlight style on macOS that allows you to search for files on your computer and launch applications. And next to it, Keyboard Manager, a utility to remap the keys of our equipment."

Improving searches

Before continuing, if you are interested in PowerToys you can download them from this link on GitHub. A quick installation after which completion you will see how the word Run appears on the screen and in the installation interface.

Run is a very ambitious function, as it comes with the aim of combining in a single tool what we can do right now if we use the Windows Start menu or the key combination Win + R But to these functions, Run adds the ability to perform custom web searches thanks to Bing (then open the Edge browser if we want to see the result) or locate processes running on the equipment.

To bring development to a successful conclusion, Microsoft has collaborated with those responsible for Wox, an application for Windows that offers quite similar features, or WindowsWalker. Run thus lands in a first version which, yes, is not as polished as it should be, something logical as it is a first test. In fact, a slight lag appears in the searches, but forgivable.

Another novelty in PowerToys in version 0.18 is the presence of Keyboard Manager, a tool that allows users to remap the keyboard and thus modify the functions of the keys of our equipment.

Remember that installing the PowerToys is very easy and you just have to follow the tutorial we did in the past and download them from Github.

Via | The Verge Download | PowerToys 0.18