Extreme input lag caused by PowerToys running in the background

[ammartk]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.67

Installation method

GitHub

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

Step 1: Launch Power Toys. Step 2: Launch any Fullscreen game. Step 3: Input lag can be observed within a couple of minutes. This persists after closing the app/game e.g. Using a browser

When typing on the keyboards the characters appear with a 1-5 second delay depending on the keystrokes entered.

During the gameplay the character moves long after button is no longer pressed and there is an initial delay.

✔️ Expected Behavior

Instant response to the keypress

❌ Actual Behavior

Delayed initial response with recurring delay between each keystroke.

Other Software

Dota 2 current update Opera GX LVL4 (core: 95.0.4635.54) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Y7S4.2

[crutkas]

Do you have any keyboard manager overrides set?

/needinfo

[KilledDebtor]

Do you have any keyboard manager overrides set?

/needinfo

Have the same issue. Never used the keyboard manager and disabled it. Did not help.

Lags are related to CPU load, the higher the load, the stronger the lags.

[crutkas]

/reportbug for logs

[microsoft-github-policy-service[bot]]

Hi there!

We need a bit more information to really debug this issue. Can you add a "Report Bug" zip file here? You right click on our system tray icon and just go to report bug. Then drag the zipfile from your desktop onto the GitHub comment box in this issue. Thanks!

[KilledDebtor]

PowerToysReport_2023-03-02-06-13-07.zip

[ammartk]

Do you have any keyboard manager overrides set?

/needinfo

No, I do not have any keyboard manager overrides.

[ammartk]

PowerToysReport_2023-03-07-21-46-12.zip Here is the zip file.

[zzhzero]

I have a similar situation, it doesn't seem to be related to full screen

[zzhzero]

I launch background programs one by one until the lag disappears when I close them

[Mion354D]

I have a similar problem in dota2, but much more serious. The keyboard can fail completely for up to 1 minute, none of the keys work, including fn keys, caps lock and ctrl-alt-delete. Other peripherals such as the mouse respond normally. The input lag/fail will continue for 3~10 mins even I quitted dota. This happens in any situation, not only in full screen mode.

[salmanmkc]

Yes, have noticed the input latency, uninstalling fixes it

[mnorrsken]

Same for me.. I wondered why i had disabled powertoys then remembered it was because of the extreme input lag at startup. I also have disabled almost everything except fancyzones.