Microsoft’s Command Palette is a powerful launcher for apps, search, and more

Microsoft has softly launched an updated Spotlight-like launcher app for Windows that provides speedy entree to commands, apps, and improvement tools. The bundle shaper primitively launched its PowerToys Run launcher for Windows 10 astir 5 years ago, and the updated mentation — Command Palette — present includes hunt for apps, folders, and files, calculations, strategy commands, and overmuch more.

Command Palette is disposable for immoderate Windows idiosyncratic from the PowerToys app, but it looks similar Microsoft is present targeting this peculiar inferior astatine powerfulness users and developers. You usage Command Palette to entree Windows commands oregon motorboat bid prompts and ammunition shortcuts. Command Palette besides has the quality to rapidly unfastened websites, web searches, and hunt done folders and files similar you’d expect from a Spotlight- oregon -Alfred-like interface.

Microsoft has besides moved its erstwhile Window Walker PowerToy into Command Palette truthful you tin easy power betwixt unfastened windows. The astir absorbing portion astir Command Palette is that Microsoft has made it afloat customizable acknowledgment to extensions enactment truthful you tin adhd further commands and features beyond what’s disposable by default.

The PowerToys Command Palette has been disposable since aboriginal April, and you tin activate it utilizing the Win+Alt+Space shortcut erstwhile it’s installed. Microsoft says “Command Palette is intended to beryllium the successor of PowerToys Run,” but some are inactive disposable for now. Microsoft made immoderate tweaks and changes to Command Palette this week up of its Build developer league connected May 19th.