Executables are not picked up from custom program sources

[albertony]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.76.1

Installation method

GitHub

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

1. Assuming you have a directory C:\Tools with a suite of executables, e.g. download and extract SysInternals suite from https://download.sysinternals.com/files/SysinternalsSuite.zip.
2. Exit PowerToys if it is currently running.
3. Edit %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Settings\Plugins\Microsoft.Plugin.Program\ProgramPluginSettings.json
4. Change ProgramSources to

"ProgramSources": [
   {
     "Location": "C:\\Tools",
     "Enabled": true,
     "UniqueIdentifier": "d379c7a9-bcfc-4edf-86b8-a256222558c2"
   }
]

5. Start PowerToys.
6. Open Run dialog (Alt+Space).
7. Search for procexp.

✔️ Expected Behavior

C:\Tools\procexp.exe is found.

❌ Actual Behavior

C:\Tools\procexp.exe is not found. No exe, bat etc are found, only shortcuts, despite the fact that the default settings file contains:

  "ProgramSuffixes": [
    "bat",
    "appref-ms",
    "exe",
    "lnk",
    "url"
  ],

Other Software

No response

[albertony]

Suggested fix:

• [Run] Allow executables to be picked up from custom program sources #30328