Windows 11 not allowing workrave popups

[c0lebert]

I recently upgraded to a laptop with Windows 11 pro. Workrave worked fine on my old Windows 10 laptop.

My new laptop has the mini box always counting down, but I never get the break or mini-break pop-ups anymore. I've done a ton of googling to see if there's anything within Windows 11 that block pop-ups from installed programs but I cannot find anything.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled workrave 2 or 3 times now.

[rcaelers]

Is the operation mode set to quiet or suspended? See https://workrave.org/docs/menus/operation-mode/.

[c0lebert]

It is not.

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[rcaelers]

Not sure what is happening.
You could try to open regedit.exe and remove all settings below HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Workrave.

[c0lebert]

When you say to remove them do you mean to delete all these folders? or the items inside them?

[rcaelers]

The easiest way is renaming folder 'Workrave' to something like 'WorkraveOld' and check if that fixes the issue.

[c0lebert]

Hmmm... interestingly that fixes it, but if I modify it at all it breaks again.

[nkomarov]

I have Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2428], Workrave 10.50.0.

The operation mode is "Normal".

I have custom times for the breaks.




On the last screen the block mode is "No blocking" (first option in the menu).

I also have the state windows enabled:

As for me, the break window is almost always being shown correctly (on the top of all other windows).

But sometimes it's not shown. How I understand it is I see that suddenly my keyboard input is being ignored by the active window I'm in (because the focus is captured by WorkRave).

The only thing that helps is pressing Win + L to block the session and re-login again. Then the WorkRave window is seen on the very top and active.

I also tried re-installing, it didn't help either. Please fix.

[nkomarov]

The problem persists on Workrave 1.10.52.