From ff21b77b7bdb12404b36412c225f0af355fb60c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Shawn Yuan (from Dev Box)" <shuaiyuan@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:39:40 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] bug fixing

Signed-off-by: Shawn Yuan (from Dev Box) <shuaiyuan@microsoft.com>
---
 .../Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/MainWindow.xaml.cs            | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index e318fd7ec5..40dac659b9 100644
--- a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using ManagedCommon;
 using Microsoft.PowerLauncher.Telemetry;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers;
@@ -93,11 +94,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI
                     // Save settings to file
                     new SettingsUtils().SaveSettings(generalSettingsConfig.ToJsonString());
 
-                    this.DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(Microsoft.UI.Dispatching.DispatcherQueuePriority.Normal, () =>
+                    // Send IPC message asynchronously to avoid blocking UI and potential recursive calls
+                    Task.Run(() =>
                     {
                         ShellPage.SendDefaultIPCMessage(outgoing.ToString());
-                        ShellPage.ShellHandler?.SignalGeneralDataUpdate();
                     });
+
+                    ShellPage.ShellHandler?.SignalGeneralDataUpdate();
                 }
 
                 return needToUpdate;