microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Setting and quick access bug
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.2
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Settings
### Steps to reproduce
Double‑clicking the tray icon doesn’t open the settings, and with a single click the quick access throws an error.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
A single click should open Quick Access, and a double click should open the PowerToys settings.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
_No response_
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-06-27-11-47-51.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29406502/PowerToysReport_2026-06-27-11-47-51.zip)
### Additional Information
Windows 11 25H2 build 26200.8737
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the attached PowerToysReport ZIP and reproducing the behavior from the Settings area: double-click the tray icon, then single-click it to open Quick Access. Trace the tray, Settings, and Quick Access entry points; done means a single click opens Quick Access without an error and a double click opens PowerToys settings.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100