microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Dock: Killing extension process breaks dock UI interactions
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.98
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Command Palette
### Steps to reproduce
1. Add Media controls to the dock
2. Play your favorite song
3. Kill the Media controls process
4. Right-click on empty space on the Dock
- Observe that Edit Dock does nothing
- Observe that Settings does nothing
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
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### ❌ Actual Behavior
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### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
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### Additional Information
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### Other Software
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Dock issue with Media controls added, then terminate the Media controls process and test the Dock context menu. Trace the Dock handling for the process-termination case and verify that Edit Dock and Settings still respond after the extension exits.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100