From a43cf3944148f5e83215367d46c8b06b24e488d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YellowNest <59575587+YellowNest@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 16:56:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Cancel pending hover timer before showing Win+X (#2554)

Cancel hover timer before showing Win+X
---
 Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.cpp b/Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.cpp
index 3a6b187..583c5b7 100644
--- a/Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.cpp
+++ b/Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.cpp
@@ -4229,6 +4229,17 @@ if (!g_bTrimHooks)
 				}
 				else if (bShowWinX)
 				{
+					// Win+X is shown asynchronously on Windows 11. Cancel any pending
+					// hover-open timer first, otherwise it can open the configured
+					// hover menu a moment later and dismiss Win+X again.
+					if (taskBar->bTimer)
+					{
+						taskBar->bTimer=false;
+						if (taskBar->startButton)
+							KillTimer(taskBar->startButton,'CLSM');
+						if (taskBar->oldButton && taskBar->oldButton!=taskBar->startButton)
+							KillTimer(taskBar->oldButton,'CLSM');
+					}
 					ShowWinX();
 				}
 				else if (bShowWin7)