Flow-Launcher / Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher
BUG: Explorer plugin: Unexpected behavior of "Open with..."
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Description
### Checks
- [x] I have checked that this issue has not already been reported.
- [x] I am using the latest version of Flow Launcher.
- [ ] I am using the prerelease version of Flow Launcher.
**Flow Launcher Version**: 2.1.3
**Windows Build Number**: 10.0.22631.5039
### Problem Description
After calling up the `Open with...` system dialog from the plugin menu, the `Choose an app on your PC` command does not work in that dialog. However, if you open the same dialog from Windows File Explorer, the command works as expected. Please watch the video below.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Flow Launcher runs in Administrator mode (as described [here](https://github.com/Jack251970/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.UninstallerPlus/tree/master#-usage)).
### To Reproduce
1. Run FlowLauncher with admin rights, type the name of a text file (so that the Explorer plugin is activated).
2. Click →, select `Open with...` from the menu, and press Enter.
3. In the dialog that opens, click `Choose an app on your PC` .
4. **Expected**: An app selection window should open.
5. **Instead**: Nothing happens. You cannot select an app to open the selected file.
### Screenshots
Pls, see the video
### Suggestion
Perhaps, instead of the Windows app selection dialog, it would be better to create your own list of apps, with currently running apps appearing at the top (as Raycast does).
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Research direction
Start in the Explorer plugin's Open with... command and compare how it launches the Windows dialog when Flow Launcher runs as administrator versus File Explorer. Reproduce the issue using the listed steps; done means Choose an app on your PC opens an app-selection window and allows selecting an application.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100