microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
ZoomIt Live Zoom Duplicate Taskbar
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.1
### Installation method
Microsoft Store
### Area(s) with issue?
ZoomIt
### Steps to reproduce
1. Enable ZoomIt Live Zoom
2. Click or hover over any element in the taskbar that triggers a popup
3. Duplicate taskbar and popup appears (one zoomed, one regular size)
More reports of the same issue here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5793173/zoomit-v9-0-or-v10-0-livezoom-has-graphical-glitch
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
Only a single, zoomed popup should appear.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
A duplicate non-zoomed popup and taskbar appears, overlaying the zoomed versions, resulting in an unusable taskbar.
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-06-25-11-41-49.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29331645/PowerToysReport_2026-06-25-11-41-49.zip)
### Additional Information
Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.8655
Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.315.0
Microsoft.NETCore.App 10.0.8
English South Africa
Running as admin
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with ZoomIt Live Zoom enabled and a taskbar popup, using the reported Windows 11 environment as a reference. Trace the ZoomIt Live Zoom implementation responsible for displaying the taskbar and popup, then verify that each appears only once and that the single result remains zoomed.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100