

The original PowerToys, developed for Windows 95, is a set of freeware system utilities designed with power users in mind, developed by Microsoft engineers – from the Microsoft’s Shell Development Team – in their spare time, and offered as a way to add or change features to maximize productivity or add more customization. It’s a start, though, and we may well see more tools added to the renewed PowerToys. In fact, the version everyone can download now, after being made available, earlier, for Windows Insiders, with the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19013, only offers two tools against the 15 tools that made it to the original Windows 95 version. If you’re old enough to have used Windows 95 and the first version of PowerToys, then this new version for Windows 10 feels less than impressive. The original Microsoft PowerToys appeared for Windows 95. PowerToys are a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.
