Powertoys: alt + space not working in PowerToys run

[SidWorks]

ℹ Computer information

• PowerToys version: 0.25.0
• PowerToy Utility:
• Running PowerToys as Admin: yes
• Windows build number: windows version 2004 19041.572

📝 Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)

1. I open the powertoys screen
   

2. go to powertoy run
   

3.When i press alt + space , it doesn't work at all

✔️ Expected result

if one press alt + space one should see

❌ Actual result

nothing , it just does nothing but if you turn off the powertoys run and then press alt + space

you see something like this
but once enabled it just doesn't resopont to alt + space

📷 Screenshots

_Are there any useful screenshots? WinKey+Shift+S and then just paste them directly into the form_

[SidWorks]

I have tried restarting the PC , running Power Toys as admin , manual open the power toys from the directory but it doesn't help at all

[ghost]

Did you try changing the keyboard shortcut to open PowerToys Run?

[ghost]

could be a dup of #3650

[arhamaneeq]

That's cause alt + space is the hotkey to a certain menu in many apps. It takes precedence over PowerToys. It's not really a bug as much as a bad decision. A really simple solution would be to change the shortcut (Win + space works well for me) in settings.

[runxel]

I have a similar (but maybe totally different problem?) where the keyboard shortcut works a couple of times and then suddenly doesn't and I have to restart PowerToys.

[crutkas]

@SidWorks would love to work with you to see if we can't investigate why this is happening. One question is on your desktop, do you have any shortcuts to a network drive? We did just find a bug there.

• Can you zip up %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys\ and share that to this issue so we can quickly look at logs too

@arhamaneeq we haven't seen an app that works over the hook we do. If you have, please file a new issue. You can 100% change the shortcut key as well via settings

[shrx]

I have a similar experience as @runxel, the alt+space shortcut works for about a day and then suddenly stops until I restart PowerToys. Edit: I am running PowerToys in user mode, not in admin mode.

[SidWorks]

That's cause alt + space is the hotkey to a certain menu in many apps. It takes precedence over PowerToys. It's not really a bug as much as a bad decision. A really simple solution would be to change the shortcut (Win + space works well for me) in settings.

That also doesn't work at all!

[ghost]

@SidWorks Can you share %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys\ as a zip file?

[SidWorks]

@SidWorks would love to work with you to see if we can't investigate why this is happening. One question is on your desktop, do you have any shortcuts to a network drive? We did just find a bug there.

• Can you zip up %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys\ and share that to this issue so we can quickly look at logs too

Here you GO!

PowerToys.zip

regarding the shortcut to network drive, no I don't have one!

[ghost]

/cc @crutkas

[catmade]

I have the same problem with the same PowerToys version.

[SidWorks]

@crutkas any update on this issue?

[all-of-rohan]

hey, I am facing the same issue, I even tried win+space, it doesn't work.

[all-of-rohan]

I changed the shortcut to ctrl+space and then reverted back to alt+space, it's suddenly working again.👍

[SidWorks]

@all-of-rohan it does not work in my case!
Hope they fix it soon.