microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
PowerToys Run: Sometimes Window walker returns no results
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.2
### Installation method
Microsoft Store
### Area(s) with issue?
PowerToys Run
### Steps to reproduce
1. Open PowerToys Run
2. Open the Window Walker
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
Window walker returns the open windows all the time
### ❌ Actual Behavior
Window walker sometimes returns no results
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### Additional Information
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### Other Software
Any application?
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with PowerToys Run and its Window Walker using the listed steps, then trace the Window Walker entry point and window enumeration behavior. Done means Window Walker consistently returns the open windows instead of intermittently showing no results.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100