Powertoys: [Run] Can't Map CTRL+WIN to PowerToys Run

[japzone1]

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18362.720
PowerToys version: 0.18
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable): Run

Steps to reproduce

Try to map CTRL+WIN in PowertToys Run settings

Expected behavior

Successfully Map CTRL+WIN

I really liked this Combo for Window Walker. ALT+SPACE I prefer to use for other things, and other possible combos on my keyboard are already being used for other things as well.

Actual behavior

Doesn't detect CTRL+WIN as a valid input. Seems to not detect WIN as an input option at all.

[nkhalili]

Same here. I want to map Win+Space but it doesn't detect it.

[htcfreek]

You only can map something like Ctrl+Win+A because Ctrl+Win seems to be not accepted as complete hotkey.

[htcfreek]

Thi is maybe related to #3154 .

[mattmunich]

Same here. I want to map Win+Space but it doesn't detect it.

+1. I use ctrl-space to open a bash shell in Visual Studio. Win+Space would be perfect for this tool.

[jstaro]

Yeah, Win+Ctrl was the killer feature of this app. No other hotkey will do for me, I'm afraid. Is there a way to at least restore the old hotkey by tweaking settings.json?

BTW, Win+Space is a reserved hotkey for quick-switching between keyboard languages, so it's quite problematic.

[jstaro]

Workaround for now: probably not recommended by the developers, but you can restore the old hotkey by manually editing %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\settings.json to:

// ...
"open_powerlauncher":{"win":true,"ctrl":true,"alt":false,"shift":false,"key":"","code":0},
// ...

[crutkas]

This is being tracked by #2325 which is the larger work item.