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[Color Picker] Not working when run as administrator #5348

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PrzemyslawTusinski opened this issue Jul 31, 2020 · 16 comments
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[Color Picker] Not working when run as administrator #5348

PrzemyslawTusinski opened this issue Jul 31, 2020 · 16 comments
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Issue-Bug Something isn't working Product-Color Picker All things around the Color Picker utility Resolution-Already Fixed/Doesn't Apply A change in the product has made the issue obsolete.

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@PrzemyslawTusinski
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PrzemyslawTusinski commented Jul 31, 2020 •
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ℹ Computer information

  • PowerToys version: master and current stable (0.20.0)
  • PowerToy module: ColorPicker

📝 Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)

  • Run PowerToys as administrator
  • Use color picker hotkey

✔️ Expected result

Colorpicking starts

❌ Actual result

Nothing happens
@PrzemyslawTusinski PrzemyslawTusinski added Issue-Bug Something isn't working Product-Color Picker All things around the Color Picker utility labels Jul 31, 2020
@ghost ghost added the Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams label Jul 31, 2020
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I also have a problem - Color picker still works after being turned off in the settings.

@martinchrzan martinchrzan self-assigned this Jul 31, 2020
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@ivan100sic I see this as opposite issues? @PrzemyslawTusinski opened bug about color picker not starting, but you report that it still works - do you refer to running PT as admin as well?
Does it open for you - you just cannot close it?

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Sorry for the confusion, for me, that happens when running PT as non-admin.

@crutkas crutkas removed the Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams label Jul 31, 2020
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@niels9001 niels9001 changed the title [ColorPicker] Not working when run as administrator [Color Picker] Not working when run as administrator Aug 10, 2020
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Me too!

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Brayman30 commented Sep 3, 2020 •
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ℹ Computer information

  • PowerToys version: master and current stable (0.21.1)
  • PowerToy module: ColorPicker

📝 Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)

  • Run PowerToys as administrator
  • Use color picker hotkey

✔️ Expected result

Colorpicking starts

❌ Actual result

Nothing happens

@kunpeng9 kunpeng9 mentioned this issue Nov 11, 2020
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ghost commented Dec 6, 2020

Is this still a problem using the new Color Picker?

@enricogior enricogior added the Planning-Consideration Consideration for 2021 stability release label Dec 16, 2020
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crutkas commented Dec 30, 2020

I just tried this and it works. PT as admin, Color picker ran elevated

@crutkas crutkas added the Needs-Author-Feedback The original author of the issue/PR needs to come back and respond to something label Dec 30, 2020
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We can close it.

@enricogior enricogior added Resolution-Already Fixed/Doesn't Apply A change in the product has made the issue obsolete. and removed Needs-Author-Feedback The original author of the issue/PR needs to come back and respond to something labels Dec 30, 2020
@enricogior enricogior removed the Planning-Consideration Consideration for 2021 stability release label Jan 19, 2021
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stiltet commented Jan 28, 2021 •
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@ghost, @crutkas & @enricogior: I'm still experiencing this issue when the PowerToys application is started on Windows start-up and in elevated mode the color picker still doesn't work, but it works after I restart the PowerToys application. I'm using PowerToys v0.29.3 on Windows 10 Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042.

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@stiltet
after a restart, can you check in TaskManager -> Details tab is ColorPickerUI.exe is running?

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stiltet commented Feb 17, 2021

@enricogior: I've just checked and no, it's not running even though "PowerToys.exe" is running.

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@stiltet
I cannot reproduce it with 0.31.2. Please open a new issue.

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tomups commented Mar 10, 2021 •
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I have the same problem as @stiltet , with PowerToys v0.33.1 on Windows startup and running as admin, the color picker doesn't work. ColorPickerUI.exe is not in the task manager.

If I close and reopen PowerToys, then color picker works again.

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@tomtastico
we currently have #8831 open to track this problem, feel free to comment there.

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tomups commented Mar 10, 2021 •
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@enricogior I'm not sure it's exactly the same, as it does work when restarting PowerToys, even as admin. It's only when auto starting with Windows that it doesn't work. So I'm not sure it's related to the hotkey capturing, but rather the instantiation of ColorPickerUI.exe with Windows launch?

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@tomtastico
OK, do you mind opening a new issue for your scenario? Thanks.

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