There is no shortage of utilities for tweaking, customizing, and modifying Windows, but one of the best utilities is created by Microsoft itself. Electric toys is a free and powerful personalization tool for Windows 11and is worth installing if you want to see what's possible beyond the default settings and layouts of Microsoft's operating system.
From window management to image resizing, there's a lot to explore. Here I'll walk you through some of the best features that PowerToys brings, giving you enough of an introduction that you feel like you can play with it yourself. It has grown to include so many different tools that most people will find something useful in it.
Once you have downloaded and installed the utility, you will encounter a dashboard where you can browse the different modules available and customize them according to your needs.
Fantasy Zones
FancyZones can bring order to an unruly desk. It allows you to set specific on-screen layouts that your windows can fit into, and these layouts can also be saved for later use, so you can switch between different configurations as needed.
Choose Launch the layout editor from the FancyZones settings and you can choose between different layouts for the on-screen windows. For example, you can stack windows in columns, or arrange them in rows on top of each other, or keep them stacked in one corner of the screen. This is especially handy for widescreen monitors or when using multiple displays.
With FancyZones enabled and your preferred layout selected, simply hold Change while dragging a program window to drop it into an area, where it will snap into place. You can even change the colors of the boxes and the margins between boxes.
Keyboard Manager
If you feel a little limited by the keyboard customization options you have with Windows, try Keyboard Manager. This PowerToys mod allows you to remap keys and key combinations so that they do something different than the default.