microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Ubisoft Connect Internet shortcuts games are not showing in Command Palette.
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
v0.100.0
### Installation method
Microsoft Store
### Area(s) with issue?
Command Palette
### Steps to reproduce
Launch Command Palette, search for specifically any Ubisoft game **_Internet Shortcut_** type of file.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
It should show the shortcut of the game that I am looking for, like what standard Windows search does.
This is what it should find (Windows search box):
Example of searching for a standard Shortcut for an Ubisoft game from the same field:
Other Internet Shortcuts from different stores work:
EPIC GAMES:
STEAM:
### ❌ Actual Behavior
I did not find the game I was looking for.
Properties:
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-06-10-22-01-13.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28810125/PowerToysReport_2026-06-10-22-01-13.zip)
### Additional Information
Windows 11 Pro 25H2
.Net version 533509
English US
Running as admin
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in the Command Palette's shortcut discovery and search path, reproducing the issue with a Ubisoft Connect Internet Shortcut and comparing it with the working Epic Games and Steam shortcuts. Trace how these shortcut types are indexed and confirm that the Ubisoft game appears in Command Palette search without breaking the existing shortcut cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100