Issues with whkd not being found my komorebic | Komorebi Community Server | Page 1

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 9:13 AM

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So I have tried to ponder of this issue a while, as it seems whkd is running but not working.

when I run whkd --version
whkd 0.2.10
So clearly its installed and is running but when i try using the shortcuts it doesnt work at all

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I tried doing " Get-Process -Name whkd -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"

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nothing happend so I assume its not running

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:35 AM

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Is your config correct?

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:35 AM

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task manager shows nothing on results when U type whkd

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:35 AM

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brave agate Is your config correct?

I havent done anything to the config since install

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:36 AM

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And are you autostarting it with Komorebi? Try komorebic stop and then komorebic start --whkd

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:36 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:37 AM

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Does whkd work?

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:37 AM

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I believe not

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Not 100% how to test it

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:37 AM

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Can you change workspace or anything?

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Send your whkd config

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:38 AM

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I mean this is my current desktop I got the bsp and they work

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:39 AM

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Whkd is the hotkey daemon, it has nothing to do with the layout

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:39 AM

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my current config in

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:40 AM

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That is not your whkd config. It should be in user/.config/whkdrc

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:40 AM

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sry here

boreal wagonBOT Dec 15, 2025, 10:40 AM

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GG @rough cairn, you just advanced to level 1!

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:41 AM

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📎 message.txt

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:41 AM

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So if you press alt+2 for example, does it not change the workspace for you?

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:42 AM

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nope it just types abunch of 2s

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:45 AM

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Gonna have to take a look when back at my computer in a couple of minutes, but looks to be correct, strange...

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:46 AM

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well Im very thankful for your help olge

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:48 AM

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Ok, run komorebic stop --whkd again and then just komorebic start, this should just start komorebi, then run whkd to start whkd in that terminal

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:49 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:52 AM

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Ohh, I think it's something about the shell, can't quite remember. But in your whkdrc could you try to change .shell powershell to .shell pwsh

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If I remember correctly one is for the old shell and one is for the new one and you have to install the new one manually

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After changing the config and saving rerun whkd

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:54 AM

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still program not run after changing and restarting powershell

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:54 AM

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Or wait... Maybe pwsh is the new one :/

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:54 AM

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Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! https://aka.ms/PSWindows

Install PowerShell on Windows - PowerShell

How to install PowerShell on Windows

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maybe_

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:55 AM

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Yeah, you seem to be using the old shell, but that should work with .shell powershell

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But if you are ok with it, try and install the new shell and set that as the default in the terminal

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 10:56 AM

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sure

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how do I set it as default?

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 10:58 AM

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If you go to settings

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If you press the arrow next to the tabs, do you have 2 different powershell profiles there? Like that?

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:02 AM

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Im probaly got abit lost

boreal wagonBOT Dec 15, 2025, 11:02 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:02 AM

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Not windows settings, if you open Windows Terminal

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Press the arrow and you should have settings there

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:03 AM

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yeah got it

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:04 AM

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Scroll down, is there one named only Powershell there? Like the one at the top of my list?

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:04 AM

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ye

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:04 AM

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Noice noice

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Now, open a tab with that shell and try whkd again

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🤞

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:05 AM

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same

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:05 AM

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Damn...

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:06 AM

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wait

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got this result now

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:07 AM

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That's the old shell

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:07 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:07 AM

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Huh, well... Noice

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:07 AM

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i changed to this cause we got the new one now

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but yeah it still doenst work to move the windows and stuff

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:10 AM

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Did you close the terminal? As it is now it will only run while the terminal is open. You would have to do komorebi start --whkd to make it run in the background

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:11 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:11 AM

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Oops, my bad komorebic not komorebi

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:12 AM

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same thing

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:13 AM

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So wait... You are now trying to start it from the new shell and it doesn't work, when it worked previously you tried it from the old shell

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In the shell selector, open a new tab using the old shell and run komorebic start --whkd

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I am 100% confused as to why this is htough

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This was the old shell:

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:15 AM

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this works in the new aswell

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:17 AM

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Wait... It worked now?... I am confused haha

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:18 AM

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ye it works now 😄

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how do I make it auto start xd

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:18 AM

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https://lgug2z.github.io/komorebi/common-workflows/autostart.html?h=autos

Autostart - Komorebi

The Tiling Window Manager for Windows

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Add the --whkd flag to make sure it also starts

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:19 AM

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komorebic enable-autostart --whkd

boreal wagonBOT Dec 15, 2025, 11:19 AM

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rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:19 AM

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like this

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:19 AM

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Yeah

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You can just rerun that command later with more or less flags if you want to change something

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:20 AM

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xd

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:20 AM

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For example komorebic enable-autostart --whkd --bar if you want the bar also

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Do you know how to add environment variables? Yours might have been messed up at some point and powershell was removed from them

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You need to add C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ to your environment variables

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:22 AM

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into path?

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:23 AM

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Yeah

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:23 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:23 AM

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Yeah, exactly

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:23 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:23 AM

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Looks good

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Save and restart your terminal

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:23 AM

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same issue

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do i need to start komorebic before i apply this enable autostart?

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:24 AM

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Nope, that was a typo from you haha

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You have double -- in the command

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enable-autostart

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Hah! Nvm, it was a typo from ME! haha

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:25 AM

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I guess it worked

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:25 AM

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If your run explorer shell:startup you should see a komorebi shortcut there

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:26 AM

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:26 AM

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Looks good

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:27 AM

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so I restart pc now to try it I suppose

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:27 AM

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Yeah

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It should work™

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:27 AM

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brb

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its not looking bright

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:29 AM

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Oh?

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:29 AM

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nah komorebic is not started

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tried deletign the shortcut and gonna restart again

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see if it works

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and generated a new ofc

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:31 AM

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Hmm... Could you go back to your environment variables and make sure that the powershell path is in the system path as well as the user path?

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:32 AM

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added it there aswell

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doenst seem to start up

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but the second I start powershell the bar and everything pops up

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brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:37 AM

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Very strange... I can't give an explanation to that... If you are ok with giving it another try restart your computer and open the task manager and see if komorebi actually does get started

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:37 AM

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sure

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this is the one that shows up on task manager

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which is kinda weird

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status is enabled

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now it worked

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I guess its just very low on the priority list

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:41 AM

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The komorebic-no-console should be the one in the autostart, it's a workaround to make it so you can run it without a terminal window opening

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:41 AM

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sweet

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:42 AM

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Yeah, komorebi can take a while to start sometimes

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Especially with the funny business from windows to stagger the startup of programs

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:43 AM

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yeah 😄 well thank u very much olge

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:43 AM

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Yw

rough cairn Dec 15, 2025, 11:43 AM

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you have been a real help

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btw @brave agate where is the the komorebi.json to edit border ect

brave agate Dec 15, 2025, 11:56 AM

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In your user folder

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