PowerToys: Version 0.15 installer crashes explorer.exe upgrading from 0.14.1
Environment
Windows build number: 10.0.19577.1000
PowerToys version: 0.15.0
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable): Setup (MSI x64)
Steps to reproduce
- Start with PowerToys 0.14.1 installed.
- Launch x64 MSI installer for version 0.15.
- Toward end of installation, installer attempts to restart explorer.exe.
Expected behavior
- Installation should close explorer.exe and restart it again. (Taskbar will briefly disappear then reappear.)
Actual behavior
- Explorer stopped (taskbar disappeared) but never restarted. I had to open Task Manager and manually start explorer by using File > Run New Task > explorer
Screenshots
Unfortunately, no screenshots or log files are available.
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 4 years ago
- Comments: 15 (6 by maintainers)
@yuyoyuppe The registry value is set to 1 on my PC. Also wanted to mention that the upgrade from 0.15 to 0.15.1 on my PC worked as expected. Explorer did close during the setup, but it restarted on its own as expected. The problem during the 0.14.1 to 0.15.0 upgrade may have been an isolated incident in my case.
Please let me know if there’s any other testing or checks you’d like me to do.
That’s set to 1 on my PC.
OK, thank you.