Bring Windows SysInternals to PowerToys

[jebeld17]

With PowerToys getting a major upgrade soon, thanks to this GitHub page and Microsoft, it would be great to bring the old Windows SysInternals site content and apps onboard this new project.

SysInternals are, though old, still very beneficial for power users and IT professionals alike.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/

[CaryRW]

+1

[crutkas]

The issue is Sysinternal calls undocumented APIs, getting it open sourced would be a very large undertaking.

[Martin5001]

While this would not be a full integration as requested, it might be helpful to have an option to quickly add Sysinternals as a network drive via a checkbox in Powertoys Settings. (For context if you don't know: there is an online server containing all the Sysinternals, which you can add as your network driver to have it available from there. I believe it's official by MS, I don't remember the adress though.)

[eteran]

I think it would be super useful if PowerToys could just be used to manage the Sysinternals tool. Like, if in the PowerToys UI we could select which ones we want, and PowerToys would download and install them as well as periodically checking to see if a new version of the tools are available and updating automatically.

It certainly isn't hard to download the SI suite manually, it's the checking over time and updating that could really benefit from some automation.

[tomgron]

Even the functionalities of ZoomIt would increase usability of PowerToys a lot

[DOliana]

I see it as @tomgron - This request is "the whole shebang", while adding for example draw on screen from zoomit as requested in #3096 or #14767 would (probably?) be a smaller task and real benefit. We don't have to do it all at once.

[fgeierst]

As all issues asking for a Zoom It implementation are closed and pointing to this ticket, I'm adding it here. In my mind, a good starting point for adding temporary screen annotations (freehand, arrows, lines) would be the libraries by Steve Ruiz, like https://github.com/steveruizok/perfect-arrows and https://github.com/steveruizok/perfect-freehand. There is even a similar Electron implementation https://github.com/steveruizok/telestrator (which is Mac only).