FancyZones shortcut not responsive on windows start

[Kulololi]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.45.0

Running as admin

• [X] Yes

Area(s) with issue?

FancyZones

Steps to reproduce

started computer, tried to open FancyZones layout editor using Win+` shortcut, no response, opened PowerToys from system tray, went to FZ section toggle On/Off, clicked top option to open FZ layout editor, crash report generated

Crash log below

Exception

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Invalid window handle.
   Source: WindowsBase
   TargetAssembly: WindowsBase, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
   TargetModule: WindowsBase.dll
   TargetSite: Void HookUpDefWindowProc(IntPtr)
   at MS.Win32.ManagedWndProcTracker.HookUpDefWindowProc(IntPtr hwnd)
   at MS.Win32.ManagedWndProcTracker.OnAppDomainProcessExit()
   at MS.Win32.ManagedWndProcTracker.ManagedWndProcTrackerShutDownListener.OnShutDown(Object target, Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at MS.Internal.ShutDownListener.HandleShutDown(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.AppContext.OnProcessExit()

Environment

• Command Line: "C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\FancyZonesEditor.dll" 1620/0/DELD0F4#5&2048a84&0&UID4358_25601440{5F422D4C-CD08-480B-B571-C693953D24E7}/3/DELD0F4#5&2048a84&0&UID4358_25601440{5F422D4C-CD08-480B-B571-C693953D24E7}/96/0/0/2560/1400/DELA198#5&2048a84&0&UID4356_21603840{5F422D4C-CD08-480B-B571-C693953D24E7}/96/2560/0/2160/3800/TCL0000#5&2048a84&0&UID4353_38402160{5F422D4C-CD08-480B-B571-C693953D24E7}/96/-3840/0/3840/2120/

• Timestamp: 09/08/2021 13:52:23

• OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0

• IntPtr Length: 8

• x64: True

• CLR Version: 3.1.15

  Assemblies - FancyZonesEditor

• System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Private.CoreLib.dll)

• FancyZonesEditor, Version=0.45.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\FancyZonesEditor.dll)

• PresentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\PresentationFramework.dll)

• WindowsBase, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\WindowsBase.dll)

• System.Runtime, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Runtime.dll)

• System.Xaml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\System.Xaml.dll)

• System.ObjectModel, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.ObjectModel.dll)

• System.Threading.Thread, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Threading.Thread.dll)

• System.IO.Packaging, Version=4.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\System.IO.Packaging.dll)

• netstandard, Version=2.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\netstandard.dll)

• System.Private.Uri, Version=4.0.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Private.Uri.dll)

• PresentationCore, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\PresentationCore.dll)

• mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\mscorlib.dll)

• DirectWriteForwarder, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\DirectWriteForwarder.dll)

• System.Runtime.Extensions, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Runtime.Extensions.dll)

• System.Runtime.InteropServices, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll)

• System.Runtime.CompilerServices.VisualC, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.VisualC.dll)

• System.Diagnostics.Debug, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll)

• System.Threading, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Threading.dll)

• System.Resources.ResourceManager, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll)

• Microsoft.Win32.Primitives, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll)

• System.Collections.NonGeneric, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll)

• System.Linq, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Linq.dll)

• System.Collections, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Collections.dll)

• Microsoft.Win32.Registry, Version=4.1.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\Microsoft.Win32.Registry.dll)

• System.Collections.Specialized, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Collections.Specialized.dll)

• System.ComponentModel.Primitives, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll)

• System.Diagnostics.Process, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Diagnostics.Process.dll)

• System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=4.0.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll)

• System.Xml.ReaderWriter, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll)

• System.Private.Xml, Version=4.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Private.Xml.dll)

• System.IO.FileSystem, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.IO.FileSystem.dll)

• System.Net.WebClient, Version=4.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Net.WebClient.dll)

• System.Memory, Version=4.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Memory.dll)

• System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms, Version=4.3.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll)

• System.Text.Encoding.Extensions, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll)

• System.Threading.Tasks, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Threading.Tasks.dll)

• System.IO.Abstractions, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=96bf224d23c43e59 (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\System.IO.Abstractions.dll)

• System.Text.Json, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\System.Text.Json.dll)

• System.Security.AccessControl, Version=4.1.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Security.AccessControl.dll)

• System.Collections.Concurrent, Version=4.0.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Collections.Concurrent.dll)

• PowerToysInterop, Version=0.45.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\PowerToysInterop.dll)

• System.Threading.ThreadPool, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Threading.ThreadPool.dll)

• System.Diagnostics.TraceSource, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll)

• System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll)

• System.Windows.Extensions, Version=4.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\System.Windows.Extensions.dll)

• System.ComponentModel, Version=4.0.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.ComponentModel.dll)

• ModernWpf, Version=0.9.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\ModernWpf.dll)

• Windows.UI, Version=255.255.255.255, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null, ContentType=WindowsRuntime (C:\Windows\system32\WinMetadata\Windows.UI.winmd)

• Windows.Foundation, Version=255.255.255.255, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null, ContentType=WindowsRuntime (C:\Windows\system32\WinMetadata\Windows.Foundation.winmd)

• System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime, Version=4.0.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.dll)

• System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime, Version=4.0.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll)

• Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents, Version=4.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.dll)

• System.Net.Requests, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Net.Requests.dll)

• System.Net.Primitives, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Net.Primitives.dll)

• System.Security.Principal, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Security.Principal.dll)

• System.Net.WebHeaderCollection, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Net.WebHeaderCollection.dll)

• PresentationFramework.Aero2, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\PresentationFramework.Aero2.dll)

• ManagedCommon, Version=0.45.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\ManagedCommon.dll)

• Microsoft.PowerToys.Common.UI, Version=0.45.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\Microsoft.PowerToys.Common.UI.dll)

• System.Diagnostics.StackTrace, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll)

• ManagedTelemetry, Version=0.45.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\ManagedTelemetry.dll)

• System.Diagnostics.Tracing, Version=4.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll)

• ControlzEx, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=69f1c32f803d307e (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\ControlzEx.dll)

• PresentationFramework-SystemXml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\PresentationFramework-SystemXml.dll)

• System.Drawing.Primitives, Version=4.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Drawing.Primitives.dll)

• System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll)

• System.Buffers, Version=4.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Buffers.dll)

• System.Text.Encodings.Web, Version=5.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll)

• System.Runtime.Intrinsics, Version=4.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Runtime.Intrinsics.dll)

• System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight, Version=4.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight.dll)

• System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration, Version=4.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration.dll)

• System.Reflection.Primitives, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Reflection.Primitives.dll)

• System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll)

• System.Numerics.Vectors, Version=4.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Numerics.Vectors.dll)

• UIAutomationTypes, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\UIAutomationTypes.dll)

• UIAutomationProvider, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\UIAutomationProvider.dll)

• ModernWpf.Controls, Version=0.9.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null (C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\FancyZones\ModernWpf.Controls.dll)

• System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.dll)

• WindowsFormsIntegration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\3.1.15\WindowsFormsIntegration.dll)

• System.Reflection.Metadata, Version=1.4.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Reflection.Metadata.dll)

• System.Collections.Immutable, Version=1.2.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a (C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\3.1.15\System.Collections.Immutable.dll)

✔️ Expected Behavior

for the FZ layout editor to open when pressing Win+` on windows start

❌ Actual Behavior

no response, when attempted to open through PowerToys directly, failed to open and crash log generated

Other Software

No response

[76351506]

yes， i have this problem to, who can give us solution to resolve this probleme

[jaimecbernardo]

Thank you for reporting it! Could you please send a bug report?

Right-click on the PowerToys icon in the tray menu and select Report Bug Drag and drop report into a GitHub comment.

[SeraphimaZykova]

Duplicate of https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/13105