Other System Tray Icons

[jpalmer42]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.87.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

System tray interaction

Steps to reproduce

When looking at the "Other System Tray Icons" in the Settings, many entries labelled "PowerToys.Runner" show.

✔️ Expected Behavior

Only one Entry, or at least more detail as to what each "Runner" is.

❌ Actual Behavior

No response

Other Software

No response

[similar-issues-ai]

We've found some similar issues:

• Multiple Entries in Settings/Personalisation/Taskbar/Other System tray icons #26395 , similarity score: 87%
• Multiple PowerToys.Runner Entries in Windows 11 Settings > Personalization > Taskbar "Other system tray icons" #24502 , similarity score: 85%
• The list of Other system tray icons in Taskbar Settings is filled with PowerToys.Runner. #33003 , similarity score: 83%
• PowerToys.Runner appears in Settings->Personalization->Taskbar multiple times #22784 , 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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[jaimecbernardo]

/dup #33003

[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!