Peek utility does not run

### Microsoft PowerToys version

from version 0.97.2 to the current version

### Installation method

Microsoft Store

### Area(s) with issue?

Peek

### Steps to reproduce

The Peek utility is configured to run when I press the spacebar, but it doesn't. For it to work, I first have to click the PowerToys icon in the Windows system tray, and only when I display the menu from that icon do the PowerToys utilities launch. It also frequently happens that the PowerToys application doesn't run at system startup, even though it's configured to launch automatically. Finally, sometimes when I press the spacebar in File Explorer, for example, while renaming a file, the Peek utility runs unexpectedly.

### ✔️ Expected Behavior

What should happen is that the Peek utility shows me a preview of a PDF file or an image.

### ❌ Actual Behavior

The Peek utility is configured to run when I press the spacebar, but it doesn't. For it to work, I first have to click the PowerToys icon in the Windows system tray, and only when I display the menu from that icon do the PowerToys utilities launch. It also frequently happens that the PowerToys application doesn't run at system startup, even though it's configured to launch automatically. Finally, sometimes when I press the spacebar in File Explorer, for example, while renaming a file, the Peek utility runs unexpectedly.

### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file

[PowerToysReport_2026-06-11-09-07-52.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28842270/PowerToysReport_2026-06-11-09-07-52.zip)

### Additional Information

Windows 11 Pro - 25H2 - 26200.8655
Versión de .NET Framework 4.8.1
Español - España
Instalación del sistema
Si se ejecuta como admin

### Other Software

_No response_

Start by reviewing the attached PowerToysReport_2026-06-11-09-07-52.zip and reproducing the Peek behavior from the issue. Check the interaction between Peek, PowerToys startup and system-tray activation, including the File Explorer rename scenario. Done means Peek starts reliably, previews PDFs and images with the spacebar, and does not trigger unexpectedly while typing.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.