Windows 10: Windows 11 Windows logo key + number keyboard shortcut issues, causes blank black/gray pop up

I am a developer and keep a list of common applications pinned to my taskbar so that I can use the WinKey+number keyboard shortcut to switch between apps quickly when working Win+1=Chrome, Win+3=Outlook, Win+4=SQL Server, Win+5=Visual Studio, etc.. I have been using these shortcuts for years, but since our company upgraded to Windows 11 these keyboard shortcuts often have issues. When an app has multiple windows open where if you press the Win+1 or other number keyboard shortcut quickly then it pops up a blank gray/black box instead of displaying the app windows and will not allow you to

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Windows 10 Shortcuts Not Working - Windows logo key + Ctrl + number

The following shortcut is not working:

Windows logo key + Ctrl + number - Open the desktop and switch to the last active window of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.

See "Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts": Keyboard shortcuts in Windows - Microsoft Support

Windows logo key + Ctrl + 5 should open the 5th application icon on the taskbar if no windows are open yet, or if there were multiple windows open it should cycle through them.

These Windows Logo Key shortcuts work: The rest of the windows logo key shortcuts work as far as I can tell.

The two-key shortcuts work:

Windows logo key + D

Windows logo key + L

Windows logo key + R

and so on

Multi-key Windows Logo Key + number combinations work: Other three-key and four-key combinations work, especially the number ones (but not the one mentioned at the beginning!):

Windows logo key + number - I can properly cycle through the windows with this

Windows logo key + Shift + number - I can open a new instance of an application

Windows logo key + Alt + number - I can open the jump list / the menu pops up

Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + number - I can open a new instance of the app as an admin

The Windows logo key + Ctrl + number shortcut is not working on at least two Windows machines for me. One is a desktop, and the other is a laptop. The laptop has a docking station and neither the USB keyboard or integral laptop keyboard work with this shortcut. The shortcut used to work on my desktop, but it stopped working at some point in the last year or two.

And fun fact: this shortcut was working for me on a different work laptop in the last two months.

The Ctrl, Windows Logo, and number keys all work individually on the laptop and desktop machines where the shortcut doesn't work. I can't find an answer for this after searching as thoroughly as I can for this sort of question. Shortcut questions are hard to search for.

 

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can anny one tell me how i can make windows key shortcuts work?
when i press the windows logo buton nothing hapens