They're back! PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released to manufacturing. They add fun and functionality to the Windows experience.
Note We've taken great care to ensure that PowerToys operate as they should, but they are not part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys. PowerToys are for Windows XP only.
Important Notes
• If you installed PowerToys prior to April 23, 2002, you must uninstall your old PowerToys before installing the versions available here.
• PowerToys will only work with US-English regional settings. wtf?
Just look at your PowerToy choices:
ClearType Tuner (New)
This PowerToy lets you use ClearType technology to make it easier to read text on your screen, and installs in the Control Panel for easy access.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...5aad/setup.exe
HTML Slide Show Wizard (Updated)
This wizard helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital pictures, ready to place on your Web site.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...eShowSetup.exe
Open Command Window Here
This PowerToy adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
Alt-Tab Replacement
With this PowerToy, in addition to seeing the icon of the application window you are switching to, you will also see a preview of the page. This helps particularly when multiple sessions of an application are open.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
And for Itanium systems
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...Setup_ia64.exe
Power Calculator
With this PowerToy you can graph and evaluate functions as well as perform many different types of conversions.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
Image Resizer
This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
CD Slide Show Generator
With this PowerToy you can view images burned to a CD as a slide show. The Generator works downlevel on Windows 9x machines as well.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
Virtual Desktop Manager
Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
Taskbar Magnifier
Use this PowerToy to magnify part of the screen from the taskbar.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe
Webcam Timershot
This PowerToy lets you take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam connected to your computer and save them to a location that you designate.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe