microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

App update fails and error message disappears instantly

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Description

### Microsoft PowerToys version

0.95.0

### Installation method

GitHub

### Area(s) with issue?

General

### Steps to reproduce

press update
wait
fails
try launching as admin
press update
fails

### ✔️ Expected Behavior

press update
update happens

### ❌ Actual Behavior

press update
update crashes

### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file

_No response_

### Additional Information

win11 pro 25h2

### Other Software

windhawk

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the update flow on Windows 11 from the PowerToys update control, both normally and as administrator. Capture the Bug Report ZIP-file and observe when the error message disappears; done means the update failure is diagnosable and the error remains available to the user.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github
Domain
desktop, operating-systems, release
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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