Crashed Chrome browser and displays.

[jgrow13]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.77.0.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

I don't know the steps. I was away from the computer and came back to black screens and a 'Something went wrong' message.

✔️ Expected Behavior

No response

❌ Actual Behavior

Crashed the Chrome browser windows and 2 of my 3 monitors.

Version: 0.77.0.0 OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 IntPtr Length: 8 x64: True Date: 2/7/2024 1:46:50 PM Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80263001): {Desktop composition is disabled} The operation could not be completed because desktop composition is disabled. (0x80263001) at Standard.NativeMethods.DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea(IntPtr hwnd, MARGINS& pMarInset) at System.Windows.Shell.WindowChromeWorker._ExtendGlassFrame() at System.Windows.Shell.WindowChromeWorker._UpdateFrameState(Boolean force) at System.Windows.Shell.WindowChromeWorker._HandleDwmCompositionChanged(WM uMsg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled) at System.Windows.Shell.WindowChromeWorker._WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled) at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.PublicHooksFilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, 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

No response

[TheJoeFin]

/bugreport

[jgrow13]

Hi, Here is the zip file.

Jason Grow Interform Web Team 22 South 1400 West Centerville, UT 84014 Office 801.292.7971 x374 interform.net

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[TheJoeFin]

@jgrow13 you have to upload the .zip from GitHub.com, attachments do not transfer via email

[jgrow13]

PowerToysReport_2024-02-12-17-42-45.zip

[jgrow13]

Sorry...I knew that but forgot when I finally got around to doing it. Should be there now.

Jason Grow Interform Web Team 22 South 1400 West Centerville, UT 84014 Office 801.292.7971 x374 interform.net

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[TheJoeFin]

Strange that it just failed when you were away from your PC. One thing I noticed in the logs is that there was a Fatal Exception under PT Run containing this line:

{Desktop composition is disabled}

Not sure if there was a driver update installing which disabled composition while installing and crashed PowerToys.

@jaimecbernardo this issue of Desktop Composition being disabled crashing PowerToys has been documented a few times. Any idea what could be causing it?

[AtlantisFury]

2024-02-14.txt

I an having the same problem. I did not have the GUI running for the app, but while running in the background it caused multiple crashes of both MS Edge and Chrome, then it caused my screen to glitch a few times, going black and recovering over and over until finally it completely failed and I was left with a black screen and a coloured square in the center of my screen that sometimes changed colours. I also got the "{Desktop composition is disabled}" error.

[davidegiacometti]

/dup https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/31226

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