Содержание
- General
- AlwaysOnTop
- FancyZones
- Applications that cannot be zoned exactly
- Applications that cannot be zoned
- Applications that cause FancyZones Editor to fail to open:
- Applications that cause FancyZones snapping to crash apps:
- Applications that need FancyZones to run elevated:
- Screen capture software:
- Keyboard manager
Some applications may cause issues and sadly, at times, we can't work around it.
General
Applications that impact PowerToys on System Startup/Restart
- TaskbarX, #9959: Causes PowerToys not to work until manually closed and restarted. Also causes sys-tray icon to not appear.
AlwaysOnTop
Applications compatibility
The topmost window should be placed above all non-topmost windows and should stay above them, even when the window is deactivated. However AlwaysOnTop can't guarantee that the window will be above other topmost windows.
| Application | Issue # | Why / Possible Workaround |
|---|---|---|
| Citrix | #15680 | Topmost |
| RDP | #16631 | Topmost |
| VMWare | #18834 | Topmost |
FancyZones
Applications that cannot be zoned exactly
In multi-monitor configuration, when the monitors have different DPI scaling factors, and a zone touches a screen edge, the snapped window may be resized so that its border is a few pixels away from the edge of the screen. That happens when the snapped application is not DPI aware.
Applications that cannot be zoned
| Application | Issue # | Why / Possible Workaround |
|---|---|---|
| Application Guard | #616 | None (EVENT_SYSTEM_MOVESIZESTART is not raised) |
| Citrix | #690 | None |
| Citrix Workspace | #7135 | A comment in the issue has possible workaround |
| Civilization 4 | #1004 | None |
| GoToWebinar | #3734 | None |
| Hyper-V Connection | #4336 | None |
| iLO Remote Console | #8067 | A comment in the issue has possible workaround |
| LDPlayer | #8082 | Use secondary mouse button to activate zones instead of Shift |
| Parsec | #9138 | None |
| Mir4 App | #16864 | None |
| Origin game launcher | #1466 | None |
| RemoteApp | #441 | None, the app steals all the keyboard/mouse events |
| Runelite | commnet in #1466 | Partial workaround: Disable its 'custom chrome window' in the runelite settings |
| TeamViewer | #6945 | TeamViewer may install display drivers that prevent FZ to be able to set the layout on each monitor independently |
| TWS InteractiveBrokers | #6771 | None |
| UPlay game launcher | #1466 | None |
| Windows Virtual Desktop | #10018 | None |
| VMware Workstation Player | #666 | None (EVENT_SYSTEM_MOVESIZESTART is not raised) |
| WindowsFX | #8321 | Detailed explanation |
Applications that cause FancyZones Editor to fail to open:
- RivaTunerStatisticsServer (MSI Afterburner). #707
Applications that cause FancyZones snapping to crash apps:
Applications that need FancyZones to run elevated:
Since at present FancyZones runs in the same process of PowerToys, these applications require PowerToys to run as administrator in order to be zonable:
- HWiNFO64
- TeamSpeak 3
Screen capture software:
Workaround is to add the incompatible application to the FancyZones excluded apps list:
| Application | Issue # | Why / Possible Workaround |
|---|---|---|
| ShareX | #7291 | Add ShareX to the FancyZones excluded apps |
| Screenpresso | #4478 | None |
| Greenshot | #4373 | Recent version seems to not have the compatibility issue |
Keyboard manager
| Application | Issue # | Why / Possible Workaround |
|---|---|---|
| Avid Pro Tools (2020) | #7396 | They use a lower level hook, possibly driver based |
| Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center | #7328 | See comment |
Shipped utilities
- Awake
- Color Picker
- FancyZones
- File Explorer Add-ons
- Image Resizer
- Keyboard Manager
- PowerRename
- PowerToys Run
- Shortcut Guide
- Video Conference Mute