Windows 11 hotkey conflicts are a pain — PowerToys just introduced a smarter way to manage them

Surface Laptop keyboard with highlighted keys.

PowerToys has a new tool to help you keep track of and manage your PC's keyboard shortcuts. The app now has a hotkey conflict detection system in its settings to help resolve conflicting shortcuts.

Since PowerToys has a growing collection of utilities, many of which have associated shortcuts, there's a good chance that you'll run into a conflict at some point. The new feature will highlight conflicts to help you assign different hotkeys.