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m417z / UWPSpy

An inspection tool for UWP and WinUI 3 applications. Seamlessly view and manipulate UI elements and their properties in real time.
https://ramensoftware.com/uwpspy
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[BUG] Explorer (file explorer) not spyable #6

Open m0lDaViA opened 3 weeks ago

m0lDaViA commented 3 weeks ago

I'm not even sure how i should describe this bug. You can see it in the video. The file explorer is not spyable like this. Only noticed on explorer.exe so far.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f54a0349-5e9b-4ff0-8ffe-6c8cae5921cd

Edit: Sorry for the music, i didn't noticed as i thought the snipping tool would record without audio ...

m417z commented 3 weeks ago

UWPSpy opens a window per thread in the target application. The UWPSpy window you're showing the the video is likely related to the window arrangement UI that shows up when a window is moved:

https://youtu.be/nxXsZnQEniA?feature=shared&t=24

You can just close this UWPSpy window and look for the window that's relevant to what you're trying to inspect, e.g. the taskbar.

m0lDaViA commented 2 weeks ago

If i'm not mistaken this should be the window for the file explorer itself. Or maybe i'm just dumb as i can't find the right one for the file explorer.

m417z commented 2 weeks ago

File explorer windows are using WinUI 3, not UWP. Select WinUI 3 when selecting a process.

m0lDaViA commented 1 week ago

File explorer windows are using WinUI 3, not UWP. Select WinUI 3 when selecting a process.

That's what i did, the app is just called uwpspy ...

m417z commented 1 week ago

Post a full video recording of what you're doing and what you're seeing, starting from launching UWPSpy.