System crash, told Something went wrong and to file a bug report

[grayfieldoptical-arch]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.86.0.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

Not sure, i had a lot of processes running including Adobe Premiere Pro and Media Encoder. Got error message that memory could not be written to, ynd the the log appeared with message to report it.

✔️ Expected Behavior

Windows to be stable

❌ Actual Behavior

System flipped our. All four screens went dark for a while, but eventually recovered after several minutes. Memory error appeared that memory at 0000000 coulf not be written to.

Additional Information

Wimdows 11 Build 26200.7019 25H2

Other Software

No response

[grayfieldoptical-arch]

Version: 0.86.0.0
OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0
IntPtr Length: 8
x64: True
Date: 19.11.2025 06:17:57
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)

[github-actions]

The following issues might be duplicates:

• All connected monitors went dark with PowerToys crash report windows - no screen visible at all until reboot #43516

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[grayfieldoptical-arch]

2025-11-19.txt

[daverayment]

/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!