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Updated App not opening with Workspaces as intended
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
v0.100.2
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Workspaces
### Steps to reproduce
Hi,
I use your workspaces application quite frequently, but have stumbled over a frequent error in combination with the Discord app.
Discord has a habbit of updating often. Whenever it finds an update however, my workspace launcher skipps the app entirely, not finding it anymore.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
Workspaces finds Discord even after it updating.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
It doesn't. Instead, I'm left with an unlaunchable app in the workspaces, for which I have to reedit the the workspace anew. In those cases the discord icon is replaced by a little blue PC icon in the launching pop up and the process marks the launching process with a red X. This is the case until I edit my workspace manually, taking out the old shortcut and replacing it with a new one.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Workspaces launch failure with Discord after Discord updates, using PowerToys v0.100.2 installed through auto-update. Compare the workspace entry before and after the update and inspect the launch result. Done means Workspaces still finds and launches Discord without requiring the workspace to be edited.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100