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Powertoys not properly starting on system start #9959

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ℹ Computer information

  • PowerToys version: v0.31.2
  • PowerToy Utility: Possibly all? Definitely Shortcut Guide, Keyboard Manager, Fancy Zones, Color Picker
  • Running PowerToys as Admin: Not usually, but doing so doesn't change anything
  • Windows build number: Version 20H2 Build 19042.804 Windows Pro

📝 Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)

  1. Configure PowerToys to automatically start with Windows
  2. Restart PC (sometimes a hibernation / sleep seems to cause the same)

✔️ Expected result

PowerToys runs as before.

❌ Actual result

PowerToys don't work until a) PowerToys is manually quit and restarted or b) the toys in question are manually disabled and restarted in the settings.

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I'm sorry if there is an issue to track this already, I have searched extensively but they all seemed to be either closed or showing different symptoms.

I can add that this behaviour occurs / occured on three different devices of mine with wildly different hardware.
Do you have any idea what could cause this, and, if it's not a known issue, what system configuration could potentially cause trouble to the startup mechanism across my different devices?

I'll be happy to supply more information as needed.

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