PowerToys: Periodic White Error Popups on Windows 10 Starting with v0.76.0
Microsoft PowerToys version
0.76.1
Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
Running as admin
None
Area(s) with issue?
General
Steps to reproduce
- Run Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 19044.3693.
- Update PowerToys to v0.76.0 or v0.76.1.
✔️ Expected Behavior
No error popups.
❌ Actual Behavior
I periodically (once an hour or so) receive between 3-4 popup windows in a row. The nature of the error appears to affect the rendering of the window. See:
The reported error contents (not visible in the screenshot) are:
Version: 0.76.1.0
OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19044.0
IntPtr Length: 8
х64: True
Date: 12/7/2023 1:34:35 PM
Exception:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002)
at Wpf.Ui.Interop.Dwmapi.DwmGetColorizationParameters(DWMCOLORIZATIONPARAMS& dwParameters)
at Wpf.Ui.Interop.UnsafeNativeMethods.GetDwmColor()
at Wpf.Ui.Appearance.ApplicationAccentColorManager.GetColorizationColor()
at Wpf.Ui.Appearance.ApplicationThemeManager.Apply(ApplicationTheme applicationTheme, WindowBackdropType backgroundEffect, Boolean updateAccent, Boolean forceBackground)
at Wpf.Ui.Appearance.ApplicationThemeManager.ApplySystemTheme(Boolean updateAccent)
at Wpf.Ui.Appearance.SystemThemeWatcher.UpdateObservedWindow(IntPtr hwnd)
at Wpf.Ui.Appearance.SystemThemeWatcher.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr waram, IntPtr 1Param, Boolean& handled)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.PublicHooksFilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr 1Param, Boolean& handled)
at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr waram, IntPtr 1Param, Boolean& handled)
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)
Other Software
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About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 7 months ago
- Comments: 15 (1 by maintainers)
Thanks again for the help 😃 The new official version contains the same fix you were testing
Ok, @stefansjfw I haven’t seen the popup since I installed the hotfix, I will download the new version, Thanks Again!
This was hotfixed with 0.76.2. Please update PowerToys.
@stefansjfw If I am not wrong the new WPF-UI release (preview 12) from yesterday contains the fix.