microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
black screen
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.80.1.0
### Installation method
Microsoft Store
### Area(s) with issue?
General
### Steps to reproduce
windowskey Shift S
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
screen capture
### ❌ Actual Behavior
black screen
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[2026-06-15.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28966487/2026-06-15.txt)
### Additional Information
_No response_
### Other Software
NVIDIA APP
11.0.7.247
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the reported Win+Shift+S screen-capture flow with PowerToys 0.80.1.0 installed from the Microsoft Store, then inspect the attached bug report file 2026-06-15.txt and the NVIDIA App environment. Done means identifying the affected capture path and confirming that screen capture no longer produces a black screen.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100