XDA's Hamlin Rozario originally installed Microsoft PowerToys to try Command Palette as a replacement for Windows Search and the Start menu. He has since switched launchers to Raycast, but three other PowerToys utilities have made the broader toolkit worth keeping on his PC.
The examples all address window management rather than adding another standalone app. They are also personal use cases, not a benchmark or a claim that every Windows setup needs the same tools.
A shortcut for keeping one window visible
Always On Top pins the selected window above everything else with Win + Ctrl + T. PowerToys marks the pinned window and plays a confirmation sound; the same shortcut removes the pin. Rozario also enabled a title-bar menu option for mouse access.
His examples are practical: keeping a TradingView chart visible while browsing and holding specifications on screen while writing. The utility turns a task that would otherwise require rearranging windows into a toggle.
Custom layouts for an ultrawide display
Windows 11's Snap Layouts handled two or three windows for Rozario, but its presets did not offer the four-column arrangement he wanted on an ultrawide monitor. FancyZones let him define that layout instead of manually resizing the same set of windows each time.
That distinction is the utility's appeal. Snap Layouts supplies Microsoft's presets, while FancyZones is useful when a display or workflow needs a layout those presets do not cover.
Moving windows without hunting for the title bar
Grab And Move lets Rozario drag and resize windows without precisely targeting their title bars. He describes that as a small but meaningful improvement across a setup with two 4K displays and a 1440p ultrawide, where the pointer may have more distance to travel.
PowerToys remains a free, open-source collection for Windows 10 and 11. Rozario's experience does not establish that these three utilities are the bundle's best tools for everyone, but it does show why the package can outlast the feature that first brought someone to it.
