microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Null error on startup due to Command Palette
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
v0.97.2
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Command Palette
### Steps to reproduce
Having command Palette on causes this error to show up. I never turned command palette on, it did that itself from an auto update. This took me many, many hours to figure out what was causing it.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
Not to have this error show up.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
error showed up.
### Additional Information
windows 11
Idk if this effects it but my downloads/documents/pictures/video folders are not on my c drive theyre on my A drive
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the startup error with Command Palette enabled on Windows 11, using the attached screenshot and the reported non-C drive folders as context. Trace the Command Palette startup path to identify the null value, then verify that startup completes without the error.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100