microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
"Report Bug" not generating any files on desktop
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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?
System tray interaction
### Steps to reproduce
Pick the Report Bug command from the tray icon with right click or the small button on the Quick Access and it displays that a bug report has been generated at desktop but can't find it.
Could not attach that file to the issue #48900 because none was generated:
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
A bug report file to be attached to submitted issues
### ❌ Actual Behavior
No file was generated.
Irony, can't attach the bug report zip file to this issue!
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
_No response_
### Additional Information
Windows 11, dev machine with several .NET versions
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Report Bug command from the system tray icon and Quick Access on Windows 11, checking whether the expected desktop ZIP is created. Trace the bug-report generation path and verify that a report file is produced and can be attached to a submitted issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100