microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
[FancyZones] Unable to open some app, if it was started with system start and placed in specific zone
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.98.1
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
FancyZones
### Steps to reproduce
1. Step 1 - setup
1. Install app https://desktop.telegram.org/
2. Setup custom zone
3. Place app int this zone
2. Step 2 - configuration
1. Go to "Settings"
2. "Advanced settings"
3. check the box "Launch Telegram at system startup"
4. check the box "Run minimized"
5. Close window, to make it to hide in tray
3. Step 3
1. Reboot PC
2. When all launched, app should be minimized
3. Double click on tray icon
4. No window
If I remove app from zone, all works fine,
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/383446653-4e645d16-5240-4cc4-ab74-5cf22e77cbfc
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
App window should appearing
### ❌ Actual Behavior
App window not appearing
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-04-04-01-00-36.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/26472507/PowerToysReport_2026-04-04-01-00-36.zip)
### Additional Information
Windows 11
### Other Software
[Telegram Desktop](https://desktop.telegram.org/)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in FancyZones using Telegram Desktop on Windows 11: place the app in a custom zone, enable startup and minimized launch, reboot, and open it from the tray. Use the attached PowerToys report ZIP while tracing why the zoned window does not appear; done means Telegram opens normally from the tray while remaining in the zone.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100