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[DakotaStateNerd]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.88.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

I had a MalwareBytes scan running and had enabled the 2-week trail after updating MalwareBytes the day before. I see that PowerToys 0.89.0 is ready to update. My laptop had also gone to sleep even though I have Awake running to keep my laptop up and running. It was on full power and plugged in. I don't know if it would be reproducible. It looks like PowerToys was getting ready to install the update over night?

✔️ Expected Behavior

Surprised by error message. I have not seen problems with PowerToys installing updates. Generally work pretty well. I do participate in the Windows Insiders Program - Canary Channel.

❌ Actual Behavior

Error message was found when waking laptop up from sleep. I was able to manually launch the update from PowerToys and installation went through just fine.

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2025-03-30.txt

[crutkas]

/dup #31226

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!