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Summary
Wintoys 2.4.6.0 is 25H2-ready, keeping the tool compatible with the latest Windows milestone.
Storage Cleaner scans Beta/Dev/Canary browsers, shows C: free space, adds Windows logs, and enables faster deletion.
Benchmark UI clarified, GamingScore removed (score may drop); many UI tweaks, bug fixes, .NET 9 & Windows App SDK 1.7
If you want to take control over Windows’ features, you could do a lot worse than giving Wintoys a try. It’s a cool little third-party suite of stuff you can check out, and we recently named it something everyone should be using.
As time goes on, Wintoys continues to improve with each new update, and the latest one is no exception. Version 2.4.6.0 has just been released, and while it’s primarily to prepare the tool for Windows 11 25H2, it also includes some useful new features.
Wintoys v2.4.6.0 makes cleaning up your storage easier
Over on the Wintoys changelog, developer Bogdan Pătrăucean takes some time to lay out what we can expect from Wintoys v2.4.6.0. The headline feature makes Wintoys work properly with Windows 11’s 25H2 update, which is great news for people who wanted to keep using the free tool app after the milestone update.
If you’re not so interested in that, you may instead like the new changes to the Storage Cleaner tool. Now it’ll identify browsers on testing release channels, like Beta and Dev builds, and allow you to clean up after them. It also adds a label for the free space on C:, adds Windows logs, and makes the deletion process perform better, among other things.
There are also some changes coming to the performance benchmark tool. Apparently, the old one led people to believe it used a five-star system, when it didn’t. Hopefully, you’ll now have an easier time seeing how well your PC is doing. GamingScore is also getting removed, which may cause your performance score to drop, so don’t worry if your PC seemingly loses some points over nothing.
Here are the full patch notes:
bumped minimum supported application version from 19041.0 to 19044.1706 (this will make sure the OS contains the update that allows the application to run elevated, as 1706 servicing update is required and MSIX does not yet cover this scenario, (Windows 10 will still be supported despite the fact that official suport is ending this month)
improved welcome screen end presentation flow UX (the button will now be easier to spot)
Storage cleaner improvements:
added support for all browser release channels (Beta, Dev, Canary, Nightly, etc.)
added label with the free space available on disk C
added a lot of new paths to scan for temporary files in the already existing categories like LiveKernelReports folder
relocated the tooltip details to be always visible
renamed the junk cleaner to storage cleaner, as not everything is junk (icon updated as well)
items from the tree that don’t occupy space on the disk will no longer be displayed (except for the System category)
improved performance of the deletion process
added new items:
Logs (Windows logs)
Others (only apps or services that come packaged with Windows, like Remote Desktop, Widgets, or Nuget, for developers)
fixed a bug showing an incorrect number of files deleted in the toast notification
fixed a bug where the MEMORY.DMP file would not be deleted
fixed an issue where scanning would fail due to the root directory not existing
New advanced reset/troubleshoot network dialog that’s replacing the flushing DNS one, with multiple options:
DNS cache
Windows socket catalog
TCP/IP protocol:
HTTP proxy
Firewall rules
Network adapters
IP adress
Startup apps:
added startup items from the Startup folder execution delay option
relocated the list of applications, will be displayed in a content dialog for a better scrolling experience
added a default focus on the application name field when opening the dialog to add a new startup app
DMA improvements and fixes:
fixed a bug where DMA status would be incorrectly displayed in certain scenarios like choosing an EEA region during Windows installation setup and then changing it to one outside EEA
in EEA countries the DMA option will no longer be displayed since it’s on by default
added a tooltip detail regarding SFC reverting the effect of DMA
added a FAQ section for LTSC versions of Windows not supporting the uninstallation of Microsoft Edge
Performance benchmark:
updated the performance score icon to be less confusing (the star suggested a 5 star rating system)
removed GamingScore as it was hardcoded to 9.9 due to winsat no longer supporting it (the score might drop because of this)
added the maximum score legend when hovering over the score (maximum is 9.9, not 10)
added num lock on by default option under tweaks/system
added co-installers option under health page
added driver updates option under health page
the system model should now display a more reliable value on the home page
rewritten messages for File Explorer and Microsoft Store dialog options from the cleanup section
added the total used space of restore points and a backup warning to the system restore dialog from the cleanup section
when setting the Windows updating mode to manual, notifications will no longer annoy the user, being fully manual
added application window minimum height and width
default app size takes scaling into consideration
added a debounce to all input fields for better validation performance and a better user experience
Bug fixes
gracefully handled access denied error
fixed 1 is not a supported codepage error when trying to run DISM
fixed crashes when resizing on some scalings
fixed an issue where multiple ultimate performance power plan entries were created when turning the option on/off in some cases
fixed an issue where app updates option would no longer work, after a recent Microsoft Store update
fixed Snipping Key option not reflecting the OS state
fixed Windowed mode optimization option not reflecting the OS state on a clean system install
fixed an issue where some options would be displayed as disabled when loaded on the landing page
fixed some issues where certain apps were missing from the apps page like Remote Desktop Connection (uninstallable starting from Windows 11 version 23H2), Paint (uninstallable starting from Windows 10 22H2 19045.3758), Snipping Tool (uninstallable starting from Windows 10 22H2 19045.3758), NVIDIA HD Audio Driver, etc.
fixed an issue where apps with major version 0 were not having the version displayed (for example PowerToys with version 0.94.0.0)
fixed an issue where apps where displayed using the Store display name instead of the system name (for example Files App will now be displayed as Files, Windows Calculator as Calculator)
fixed an unhandled exception when the store context might not be available on the device
fixed an issue where a removed profile option will break the compatibility scanning
fixed showing empty space for the memory frequency on some virtual machines
potential fix for not terminating Dropbox promotion app
Technical
upgraded to .NET 9
upgraded to Windows App SDK 1.7
updated libraries
replaced custom titlebar theming with the new native API introduced in 1.7
replaced getting UBR (Windows revision version) from registry with native API
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