Shift Key is blocked randomly

[savioxavier]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.85.1

Installation method

Scoop

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

For some reason, I can no longer use the Shift key normally when PowerToys is open. Please note that this does not happen right after PowerToys is up and running, but occurs after a while.

I cannot use any shortcuts that include the Shift key (like Ctrl + Shift + T), nor can I type uppercase letters via Shift + <Letter>. However, pressing the Shift key five times in a row, will open up the Sticky Keys dialog, which means that the key isn't fully unresponsive, but is being rendered with limited functionality.

I have no re-mappings in the PowerToys' Keyboard Manager that includes the Shift key.

This has not occurred to me before v0.85.1. It was working fine until I upgraded from v0.83.0 to 0.85.1 via Scoop.

I came to the conclusion that it was PowerToys that was causing this unusual behaviour, because when I manually quit PowerToys, everything went back to normal and the Shift key was working fine.

I have no clue why this would happen. Perhaps some element of PowerToys is interfering with a Windows keyboard setting?

✔️ Expected Behavior

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❌ Actual Behavior

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Other Software

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[similar-issues-ai]

We've found some similar issues:

• PowerToys causes shift key to randomly get stuck #27385 , similarity score: 82%
• shortcut key conflict #35117 , similarity score: 82%

If any of the above are duplicates, please consider closing this issue out and adding additional context in the original issue.

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[Atlas20204]

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