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### Microsoft PowerToys version

0.98.0.0

### Installation method

GitHub

### Area(s) with issue?

Always on Top

### Steps to reproduce

Version: 0.98.0.0
OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0
IntPtr Length: 8
x64: True
Date: 20-07-2026 11:24:40 AM
Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Calculator.Main' threw an exception.
---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Mages.Core, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Mages.Core, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
at Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Calculator.CalculateEngine..ctor()
at Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Calculator.Main..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Calculator.Main.get_AdditionalOptions()
at PowerLauncher.SettingsReader.<>c.b__14_0(PluginPair x)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.ListSelectIterator`2.MoveNext()
at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToDictionary[TSource,TKey](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 keySelector, IEqualityComparer`1 comparer)
at PowerLauncher.SettingsReader.UpdateSettings(PowerLauncherSettings settings)
at PowerLauncher.SettingsReader..ctor(PowerToysRunSettings settings, ThemeManager themeManager)
at PowerLauncher.App.<>c__DisplayClass20_0.b__0()
at Wox.Infrastructure.Stopwatch.Normal(String message, Action action)
at PowerLauncher.App.OnStartup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

### ✔️ Expected Behavior

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### ❌ Actual Behavior

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Start with the Calculator plugin entry points named in the trace: Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Calculator.Main and CalculateEngine, then follow the startup path through PowerLauncher.SettingsReader. Reproduce the restart failure on PowerToys 0.98.0.0 and inspect whether the Mages.Core dependency is present and loaded. Done means PowerToys Run starts without the TypeInitializationException.

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