I wish I had a screen cap of it, but if memory serves me right, the PowerToys.Run process used a little under 300MB of memory. Unfortunately, I don't have a screen shot of it. However, shortly after two distinct changes, memory usage skyrocketed.
The two changes are:
Upgrade to Windows 11 24H2
Installation of OpenAI ChatGPT client from the Microsoft Store
ChatGPT was my primary suspect because I noticed that it had a conflicting default keyboard shortcut (Alt +Space). Several cleanups, reinstallations and install methods later, changing the keyboard shortcut to anything else (Alt + Shift + Space) did the trick.
So, just like some screen capture apps that, on startup, inform you that another process hooked into the PrtScn key, it would be nice if PowerToys would be able to detect for that condition and display a courtesy warning to the user.
Scenario when this would be used?
This feature can be useful at startup, but also any time while it's running. Apps are constantly competing for keyboard shortcuts, but it's often unclear which one will take precedence.
Description of the new feature / enhancement
I wish I had a screen cap of it, but if memory serves me right, the PowerToys.Run process used a little under 300MB of memory. Unfortunately, I don't have a screen shot of it. However, shortly after two distinct changes, memory usage skyrocketed.
The two changes are:
ChatGPT was my primary suspect because I noticed that it had a conflicting default keyboard shortcut (Alt +Space). Several cleanups, reinstallations and install methods later, changing the keyboard shortcut to anything else (Alt + Shift + Space) did the trick.
So, just like some screen capture apps that, on startup, inform you that another process hooked into the PrtScn key, it would be nice if PowerToys would be able to detect for that condition and display a courtesy warning to the user.
Scenario when this would be used?
This feature can be useful at startup, but also any time while it's running. Apps are constantly competing for keyboard shortcuts, but it's often unclear which one will take precedence.
Supporting information
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