Microsoft PowerToys 0.99.1 lets you adjust monitors from the taskbar
No more fumbling for buttons: tweak brightness, contrast, and more from the system tray.
Microsoft's PowerToys utility collection reaches version 0.99.1 with two significant new tools designed to streamline everyday Windows interactions. The headline feature is Power Display, which detects all connected monitors and places an icon in the system tray. Clicking it reveals sliders for brightness, contrast, color temperature, rotation, and even volume – depending on your monitor's capabilities. For multi-monitor setups, each display gets its own set of controls. You can also save custom profiles and assign keyboard shortcuts to quickly toggle settings.
The second major addition is Grab and Move, a window management tool that removes the need to precisely grab a title bar or edge to move or resize windows. By default, holding the Alt key and left-clicking anywhere on a window lets you drag it; Alt + right-click resizes it in any direction. This is especially useful for off-screen windows or large monitors. Additionally, existing tools got upgrades: the Command Palette now allows pinning favorite commands, the Keyboard Manager Editor has a simplified key recording editor, and ZoomIt supports scrolling screenshots to capture long content without stitching.
- Power Display provides system tray sliders for brightness, contrast, color temperature, and volume per monitor
- Grab and Move lets you reposition windows by Alt+clicking anywhere on the window, and resize by Alt+right-click
- PowerToys 0.99.1 also enhances Keyboard Manager Editor, adds scrolling screenshots to ZoomIt, and allows pinning favorites in Command Palette
Why It Matters
These tweaks eliminate minor but persistent friction for Windows power users, saving clicks and button pushes daily.