Display Sleep = keyboard manager breaks

[Jmccusker1]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.81.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Keyboard Manager

Steps to reproduce

Whenever my display goes to sleep on my desktop PC and I wake it up the keyboard manager breaks and all the keys are randomly mapped to different commands, I have to end the task and reopen for it to work again. It's becoming very frustrating.

✔️ Expected Behavior

No response

❌ Actual Behavior

No response

Other Software

I'm currently using Windows 11 23H2

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[drawbyperpetual]

I've tried my best to repo this but have failed.

Steps taken (Windows 11, admin and non-admin):

• Set up a Keyboard shortcut (Alt F3 -> R) and a Keyboard key (T-> Y).
• Let display switch off; switch it back on.
• Test that the shortcut / key mappings work and also that they look correct on the UI.

To help us better understand the issue, could you:

• Provide us with as much detail as possible on the problem? For example, do you actually "see" these re-mappings on the Keyboard Manager UI? Or is it just that mappings have stopped working? How have they been re-mapped - have they been swapped with each other?
• Provide us with a bug report? (see below)

[drawbyperpetual]

/bugreport

[pheotry]

I've tried my best to repo this but have failed.

Steps taken (Windows 11, admin and non-admin):

• Set up a Keyboard shortcut (Alt F3 -> R) and a Keyboard key (T-> Y).
• Let display switch off; switch it back on.
• Test that the shortcut / key mappings work and also that they look correct on the UI.

To help us better understand the issue, could you:

• Provide us with as much detail as possible on the problem? For example, do you actually "see" these re-mappings on the Keyboard Manager UI? Or is it just that mappings have stopped working? How have they been re-mapped - have they been swapped with each other?
• Provide us with a bug report? (see below)

I have the same issue. It work normally after restart powertoys. And th mapping look correct on the UI. But it breaks after the pc sleep.

[crutkas]

/dup https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/17344

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