[PT Run > Program plugin] Duplicate entries for Word

[htcfreek]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.59.0

Running as admin

• Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

Search for Word application.

(Only seeing this with Office 2016 on my pc at work.)

✔️ Expected Behavior

Only one entry for MS Word. / Not seeing the entry from Windows Installer folder.

❌ Actual Behavior

Other Software

• Microsoft Office 2016 (MSI)
• Windows 10 21H2 (Patch level April 2022)

[jaimecbernardo]

@htcfreek , when you click to open the path, does it open the installer folder or the folder where there's a shortcut to that entry?

[htcfreek]

@htcfreek , when you click to open the path, does it open the installer folder or the folder where there's a shortcut to that entry?

• The one with correct exe path goes to desktop and is a normal shortcut.
• The one with installer folder goes to start menu and is an advertised msi shortcut.

[jaimecbernardo]

If you have an entry in Start Menu, it will show in Programs. I don't think we can make a rule here to choose what's a valid program or not in the user's behalf. Does this make sense? Perhaps deleting the shortcut from the start menu would be the way here in your local configuration.

[htcfreek]

If you have an entry in Start Menu, it will show in Programs. I don't think we can make a rule here to choose what's a valid program or not in the user's behalf. Does this make sense? Perhaps deleting the shortcut from the start menu would be the way here in your local configuration.

I see that we can't skip it. But doesn't it make sense to ...

• deduplicate it in the way that shortcuts with the same name and a traget under windows installer folder will be hidden?
• try to show the correct exe file path? (Or do we start the one under windows installer folder?)

[jaimecbernardo]

If it's in the user's start menu, I think we should treat it as a valid application, even if it's inside windows installer. That's some OEM application if I understood it correctly.
The idea of showing the executable path in the listing makes sense for win32 apps, though. That's a nice idea.

[htcfreek]

If it's in the user's start menu, I think we should treat it as a valid application, even if it's inside windows installer. That's some OEM application if I understood it correctly.

No it's no oem app. It's MS Office 2016.

The idea of showing the executable path in the listing makes sense for win32 apps, though. That's a nice idea.

This feature exists.

But it shows the path under windows installer because it's an advertised msi shortcut. These shortcuts normally don't show a path in their properties. They show the app name.

[jaimecbernardo]

This feature exists.

It's in the tooltip, right? I'm talking about adding the path to the listing in PowerToys Run results alongside "Anwendung"