Some of the tools work on later versions of Windows up to Windows XP, but others may interfere with newer built-in features on Windows 98, ME, and XP. PowerToys for Windows 95 were developed by the Windows Shell Development Team.

Xmouse 1.2 made the window focus follow the mouse without requiring to click the window to make it active.

TweakUI allowed the user to customize the more obscure settings of the operating system's UI.

Telephony Location Selector allowed mobile computer users to change their dialling location from the Taskbar.

Shortcut Target Menu allowed users to access the target file a shortcut is pointing to from the context menu or directly cut, copy, delete the target, create shortcut to the target or view its properties.

Send To X consisted of Shell extensions which added several commonly accessed locations such as clipboard, desktop, command-line or any folder to the Send To context menu in Explorer.

Round Clock added an analog round clock without a square window.

Quick Res allowed users to quickly change the screen resolution.

FlexiCD allowed users to play an audio CD from the Taskbar.

FindX added drag-and-drop capabilities to Find (later called Search) menu.

Explore From Here enabled users to open Windows Explorer view from any folder such so that the folder acts as the root level folder.

Desktop Menu allowed users to open items on the desktop from a menu on the Taskbar.Contents Menu allowed users to access folders and files from a context menu without having to open their folders.Command Prompt Here allowed the user to start a command prompt from any folder in Windows Explorer by right-clicking (native in Windows Vista onwards).CDAutoPlay made AutoPlay work on any non- audio CD.CabView opened cabinet files like ordinary folders.

The following PowerToys for Windows 95 were available: In most cases, TweakUI exposed settings that were otherwise only accessible by directly modifying Windows Registry. It included TweakUI, a system utility for tweaking the more obscure settings in Windows. PowerToys for Windows 95 was the first version of Microsoft PowerToys and included 15 tools for power users. 5 PowerToys for other Microsoft products.4 Compatibility with Windows Vista, 7, and 8.3 PowerToys for Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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