microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

Power Display - No monitors detected

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Issue-Bug Needs-Triage Product-PowerDisplay
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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.

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### 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

Open the contributing 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

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