Windows PowerToys can automate some of your more tedious PC tasks

Microsoft's free utility pack arranges windows, renames files in bulk and can now be scripted from the terminal.

By Luke James Nov. 7, 2026 9:45 am EST Luke James for Engadget Add Engadget on Google: Google Discover

Many of us find our workdays starting the same way, with that repetition continuing throughout the day. You'll switch your PC on, open your browser, Slack, WhatsApp and Spotify, then spend the next couple minutes dragging each window to sit roughly where it was yesterday. Later, you'll rename a folder of screenshots one after the other. None of it takes terribly long, but it adds up, and Windows doesn't do much to help.