diff --git a/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml b/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml
index 73fb39bcc5..9ab956a269 100644
--- a/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         xmlns:Controls="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Toolkit.Wpf.UI.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Toolkit.Wpf.UI.Controls"
         xmlns:xaml="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Toolkit.Wpf.UI.XamlHost;assembly=Microsoft.Toolkit.Wpf.UI.XamlHost"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
-        Title="PowerToys Settings" Height="800" Width="1000">
+        Title="PowerToys Settings" Height="800" Width="1000" Closing="MainWindow_Closing">
     <Grid>
         <xaml:WindowsXamlHost InitialTypeName="Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Views.ShellPage" ChildChanged="WindowsXamlHost_ChildChanged" />
     </Grid>
diff --git a/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 48f455c228..ab6628d978 100644
--- a/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner
     // Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml.
     public partial class MainWindow : Window
     {
+        private bool isOpen = true;
+
         public MainWindow()
         {
             var bootTime = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
@@ -52,6 +54,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Runner
                 shellPage.SetIsUserAnAdmin(Program.IsUserAnAdmin);
                 shellPage.Refresh();
             }
-        }
+
+            // If the window is open, explicity force it to be shown to solve the blank dialog issue https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3384
+            if (isOpen)
+            {
+                Show();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void MainWindow_Closing(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
+        {
+            isOpen = false;
+        }
     }
 }