microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Fancy Zones and Chrome Browser do not work
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.98.1
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
FancyZones
### Steps to reproduce
Chrome browser unless launched using Admin mode does not interact with Fancy Zones
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
To be able to snap-click the browser to a designated zone
### ❌ Actual Behavior
Nothing happens at all
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### Additional Information
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### Other Software
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with Chrome launched normally and as administrator, using PowerToys 0.98.1 and FancyZones. Compare whether snap-clicking Chrome to a designated zone works in each case; the issue is done when normal Chrome launches interact with FancyZones as expected.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100