mrozekma
commented
3 months ago I also see this behavior. I think it's caused by the key release order. In my case my keyboard supports binding hotkeys to a single key, but it seems to press them all at once and then release them in an arbitrary order, causing problems. For example, this press of Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+F13 worked fine and launched the app it was bound to:
VK SC Type Up/Dn Elapsed Key
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A2 01D d 4.23 LControl
A0 02A d 0.00 LShift
A4 038 d 0.00 LAlt
5B 15B d 0.00 LWin
7C 064 d 0.02 F13
7C 064 u 0.09 F13
A2 01D u 0.01 LControl
A0 02A u 0.02 LShift
A4 038 u 0.00 LAlt
5B 15B u 0.01 LWin The next one where F13 was released last also launched the app, but also randomly Microsoft 365 -- this appears to be what happens if you press/release Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Win for some reason:
VK SC Type Up/Dn Elapsed Key
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A2 01D d 4.00 LControl
A0 02A d 0.00 LShift
A4 038 d 0.00 LAlt
5B 15B d 0.00 LWin
7C 064 d 0.02 F13
A2 01D u 0.09 LControl
A0 02A u 0.01 LShift
A4 038 u 0.02 LAlt
5B 15B u 0.02 LWin
7C 064 u 0.00 F13In the case of the original bug report, you can reproduce it by binding Win+C to something, then press Win, press C, release Win, release C. You'll trigger the bound action when you press C, but also open the start menu when you release Win. If you do the more natural press Win, press C, release C, release Win, it works fine.
Microsoft PowerToys version
0.81.1
Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
Running as admin
No
Area(s) with issue?
Keyboard Manager
Steps to reproduce
When I used "Remap a shortcut" to map Win+C to the URI
https://copilot.microsoft.com/.✔️ Expected Behavior
When I use Win+C, open
https://copilot.microsoft.com/on my default browser (Chrome)❌ Actual Behavior
Expected happens, but also start menu opens.
Other Software
Google Chrome 125.0.6422.113 Windows 22H2 build 19045.4412