Microsoft’s PowerToys feature creates app layouts to easily set up Windows 11 desktop | Laptop News

Microsoft is testing another nice feature for PowerToys called “Workspaces”, which is similar to Microsoft Edge’s Workspaces in many ways. As the name suggests, Workspaces allows you to set up a layout of apps that will automatically launch and spread across your desktop on Windows 11 (and 10) when you use the feature.

The Workspaces is an interesting idea coined by the devs at Microsoft Power Toys and the open-source community. Since PowerToys is an open-source app, anyone can contribute meaningful features, which might get approved by Microsoft and land in production for everyone to use.

As shown in the screenshot above, which Microsoft shared in a Windows Dev Community call on YouTube, Workspaces in PowerToys allow you to create a collection of app layouts related to a particular project or topic.

If you’re working on a web app, you might have opened Edge browser, Windows Terminal and Visual Studio at the same time in a layout (snap group) of your choice.

While you can already use Windows 11’s snap groups to configure app layouts, PowerToys’s new feature remembers your preferred apps layout and gives you greater control.

One example is if you’re doing creative work. You could group Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, File Explorer for managing your files, and Spotify for listening to music while you work.

PowerToys will remember how you’ve arranged these apps, so you can always double-click the shortcut pinned on your desktop…

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