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Microsoft PowerToys detects it's own (SysInternals) ZoomIt module falsely as competitive entity
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
v0.98.0 (a moment later v0.99.0 was announced/offered)
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
ZoomIt
### Steps to reproduce
System start.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
No complaint.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
Complaint by PowerToys itself:
Task Manager > Processes:
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-05-05-11-26-49.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27393722/PowerToysReport_2026-05-05-11-26-49.zip)
### Additional Information
Windows Version: W11 Enterprise
Windows Release: 23H2
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the attached PowerToys report and reproduce the complaint during system start with ZoomIt installed on Windows 11. Trace the ZoomIt area’s competitive-entity detection and determine why the bundled or recognized SysInternals ZoomIt module is flagged. Done means PowerToys starts without reporting its own ZoomIt module as competitive.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100