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Pin to Dock Pins to a Hidden Dock
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.2
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Command Palette
### Steps to reproduce
Enable dock on a multi-monitor system, hide it on the primary monitor.
Pin an item to the dock from the command pallet.
It is not added to the dock.
Even if you show the dock on the primary monitor the item is not there but the system thinks it has added it.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
It should pin the item to a dock which is visible.
If dock is visible on more than one monitor then the pin item dialog should ask you which of the visible dock instances you with to pin the item to.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
Pinned item is not added to a visible instance of the dock
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
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### Additional Information
Windows 11 25H2 26200.8737
### Other Software
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in the Command Palette dock-pinning flow and reproduce the issue with a hidden dock on the primary monitor and multiple monitors. Trace how the target dock instance is selected, then verify that pinning reaches a visible dock, including the case where multiple dock instances are visible.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100