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QuickLook stop the"Advaced Optimus" when it trys to switch the Graphic Card

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Description

I'm From China so it may very unfluent to understand my words, I'll try my best by the way. lol
Describe the bug
Alienware M15 R7,win11(22000.593),3060 Graphic Card.
When choose the "Automatic Select" mode from 'Display Mode' under 'Manage Power and Display mode' page in NVIDIA Control panel. When it trys to switch the card that direct drives the minitor.the Nvidia control panal prompt says"can't switch card"(the notification was in chinese,it may spell different,but means the same), I click it ,the NVIDIA Control panel says QuickLook prevent it from switch . o my god(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

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  • OS Version: [e.g. Windows 10 1803]
  • QuickLook Version: [e.g. 0.3.3 from Windows Store]

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue on the listed Alienware M15 R7 with Windows 11 and an NVIDIA 3060, using NVIDIA Control Panel's Automatic Select mode. Check the exception log in the user-data locations linked in the issue; done means QuickLook no longer prevents the graphics card from switching.

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Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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Newbie friendliness
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