diff --git a/SnapActions/Config/AppSettings.cs b/SnapActions/Config/AppSettings.cs
index 6a5d753..66d546f 100644
--- a/SnapActions/Config/AppSettings.cs
+++ b/SnapActions/Config/AppSettings.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ public class AppSettings
         "KeePass", "KeePassXC", "1Password", "Bitwarden", "Dashlane", "Enpass", "LastPass",
         "RoboForm", "NordPass", "ProtonPass", "KeeperPasswordManager"
     ];
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tracks which "default ExcludedApps additions" generation this settings file has
+    /// already absorbed. SettingsManager.MigrateExcludedAppsDefaults merges new entries
+    /// forward on Load — users upgrading from an earlier version pick up newly-added
+    /// exclusions automatically without overwriting their own customizations. Removing
+    /// an entry sticks because we only ever *add*, and we only add once per generation.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int ExcludedAppsDefaultsVersion { get; set; } = 0;
+
     public bool ReplaceSelectionOnTransform { get; set; } = true;
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/SnapActions/Config/SettingsManager.cs b/SnapActions/Config/SettingsManager.cs
index 991fc30..dd8a301 100644
--- a/SnapActions/Config/SettingsManager.cs
+++ b/SnapActions/Config/SettingsManager.cs
@@ -43,10 +43,42 @@ public static void Load()
         // Migrate: update built-in search engines to latest defaults
         MigrateSearchEngines();
         MigrateActionIds();
+        MigrateExcludedAppsDefaults();
         PruneStaleActionIds();
         PruneStaleBackups();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Newly-added default ExcludedApps entries, grouped by the version that introduced them.
+    /// Each existing settings.json moves forward through this list once — users keep their
+    /// own additions, and any entry they explicitly remove stays removed because we record
+    /// the highest applied version in ExcludedAppsDefaultsVersion. New entries should
+    /// always be appended with the next sequential version.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly (int Version, string[] Apps)[] ExcludedAppsDefaultsHistory =
+    {
+        // v1.6.15: PotPlayer reacts to a synthetic Ctrl+Insert (the capture-cascade's last
+        // resort) as a non-copy shortcut, and its custom-chrome title bar reports as client
+        // area to NCHITTEST so a drag-as-title-bar isn't suppressed earlier. Excluding it
+        // entirely is the surgical fix for the user-reported interference; users who do want
+        // capture in PotPlayer can remove these from Settings → Excluded apps.
+        (Version: 1, Apps: new[] { "PotPlayerMini64", "PotPlayerMini" }),
+    };
+
+    private static void MigrateExcludedAppsDefaults()
+    {
+        foreach (var (version, apps) in ExcludedAppsDefaultsHistory)
+        {
+            if (Current.ExcludedAppsDefaultsVersion >= version) continue;
+            foreach (var app in apps)
+            {
+                if (!Current.ExcludedApps.Any(e => e.Equals(app, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+                    Current.ExcludedApps.Add(app);
+            }
+            Current.ExcludedAppsDefaultsVersion = version;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Keep only the 5 most recent settings.json.broken-* backups. Without this, repeated load
     /// failures (dying disk, AV scanner racing) accumulate junk in %AppData%\SnapActions forever.
diff --git a/SnapActions/SnapActions.csproj b/SnapActions/SnapActions.csproj
index 4b8bd9e..38ab19a 100644
--- a/SnapActions/SnapActions.csproj
+++ b/SnapActions/SnapActions.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
     <AssemblyName>SnapActions</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>SnapActions</RootNamespace>
-    <Version>1.6.14</Version>
+    <Version>1.6.15</Version>
     <!-- We're WPF-primary (WinForms is only NotifyIcon). The manifest's PerMonitorV2 declaration
          is what the OS reads at process startup. WinForms' WFO0003 wants its own DPI hook. -->
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);WFO0003</NoWarn>