microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Power Display - No monitors detected
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- C
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.1
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Power Display
### Steps to reproduce
Simply open Power Display on my system. Doesn't work at all
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
Expected Power display to detect two monitors.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
Power display says "no monitors detected, Ensure your external monitors are connected and powered on". Doesn't even seem to detect primary monitor. Using "Maximum compatibility mode" makes no difference.
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-06-26-09-47-29.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29374536/PowerToysReport_2026-06-26-09-47-29.zip)
### Additional Information
Windows 11 Pro 25H2
English/GA language (Ireland)
Not running as admin
BaseBoard Product ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor, 3701 Mhz, 12 Core(s), 24 Logical Processor(s)
NVidia RTX 4090 GPU
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
### Other Software
I'm running a possible conflicting app called DisplayFusion? Disabling this seemed to make no difference however.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by examining the uploaded PowerToysReport ZIP and the Power Display utility, reproducing the failure on Windows 11 with the reported hardware and with Maximum compatibility mode. Check whether the primary and external monitors are detected, including with DisplayFusion disabled. Done means Power Display detects the connected monitors or the specific incompatibility is identified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100