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window walker: Not existing windows listed

See original GitHub issue

Environment

Windows build number: 18363.720
PowerToys version: 0.16.0
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable): window walker

Steps to reproduce

Search in window walker for “input”.

Expected behavior

The list shows nothing if there is no window existing who matches the search string.

Actual behavior

The list shows an entry for InputApp.exe. But there is no window existing.

Screenshots

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:15 (10 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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vhanlacommented, Apr 6, 2020

@CComparon it was explained by an article at devblogs.microsoft.com How can I detect that my window has been suppressed from the screen by the shell? Raymond Chen

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betsegawcommented, Apr 3, 2020

Awesome! @vhanla looks like you went ahead and did the right thing! However, considering that it adds a few more interop calls, not sure if we can justify it as a hotfix. I do think though we want this change for the launch of Launcher when we migrate Window Walker into it. Unless anyone else disagrees, let’s hold on to this change (I also have another change that is also going to wait for the launcher port)