Freezing when opening Pipe and Connect to check if it is running

Describe the bug
When I try to check if QuickLook is running I freeze it

To Reproduce
I am checking if program is running at all (Don't want to show anything yet). If it is running, this method first returns true, and second time false, because it is then frozen completely, even for Explorer

public static async Task<bool> IsQuickLookRunning()
        {
            string PipeName = "QuickLook.App.Pipe." + WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().User?.Value;
            try
            {
                using (var client = new NamedPipeClientStream(".", PipeName, PipeDirection.Out))
                {
                    await client.ConnectAsync(500);
                }
                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {

            }
            return false;
        }

Is there a proper way to check it?

Expected behavior
Not freeze

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS Version: Windows 10 1909
• QuickLook Version: 3.6.10 MSI

Start by tracing the QuickLook.App.Pipe named-pipe handling in the QuickLook desktop application and compare it with the NamedPipeClientStream check shown in the report. Reproduce the freeze on Windows using repeated running-state checks; done means checking whether QuickLook is running no longer freezes QuickLook or Explorer and returns a reliable result.