Windows keyboard manager doesn't start when I first boot up my computer.

[sdertli]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.85.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Keyboard Manager

Steps to reproduce

Windows keyboard manager doesn't start when I first boot up my computer.

✔️ Expected Behavior

Every time, I have to manually run PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe. This needs to be fixed.

❌ Actual Behavior

Windows keyboard manager doesn't start when I first boot up my computer.

Other Software

No response

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[bel57]

Same. I've set up some text macros the other day and I've been struggling for 1 hour wondering why the remapping would not work at all. Even after disabling and re-enabling Keyboard manager in PowerToys app. It just worked after manually launching the exe.

Here's more logs, hope some devs can fix it. In the meantime I've put a shortcut in the startup folder. Windows 10 22H2 (19045.5011) PowerToys v0.86.0

Description Nom de l’application défaillante : PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe, version : 0.86.0.0, horodatage : 0x67278f73 Nom du module défaillant : PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe, version : 0.86.0.0, horodatage : 0x67278f73 Code d’exception : 0xc0000409 Décalage du défaut : 0x0000000000086021 ID processus défaillant : 0x2814 Heure de démarrage de l’application défaillante : 0x01db3ea9a591ce83 Chemin de l’application défaillante : C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\PowerToys\KeyboardManagerEngine\PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe Chemin du module défaillant : C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\PowerToys\KeyboardManagerEngine\PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEngine.exe Code de rapport : 928394b5-d45a-4e05-845f-3c6a8948784d Nom complet de l’ensemble défaillant : ID de l’application relative à l’ensemble défaillant :

EDIT: oh no.. had to kill explorer.exe and the module immediately stopped. Relaunching the exe fixes it. There really is something up regarding compatibility/hook between Keyboard manager and Explorer behavior. Intrestingly, only happening on my workstation running W10 22H2. Couldn't replicate the issue on my PC- W11 24H2. EDIT2: it's crashing randomly for no reason.. MSFT please fix that ASAP!