Multiple virtual desktops & FancyZones automatic placement

[Abrikot]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.68.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

FancyZones

Steps to reproduce

Setup:

• 2 virtual desktops with different FancyZones configurations
• Enable "Move newly created windows to their last known zone" (not sure about the exact Englisj label, can't figure out how to have FancyZones in English without tweaking Windows default language)
• Having an app that launches another app - e.g., I play at Dofus which has a launcher, running new window for each client instance. It doesn't seem to happen when running apps like Firefox.

Examples of zones:

First virtual desktop:

Second virtual desktop:

Steps:

1. On your second virtual desktop, open a client instance through the launcher.
2. Place it in any zone.
3. Close the client.
4. Open a new client through the launcher.
5. Move to your first virtual desktop (Ctrl + Windows + left arrow).
6. Move back to your second virtual desktop (Ctrl + Windows + right arrow).

The client instance window should now be placed in the corresponding first virtual desktop zone although it is on the second virtual desktop zone.

✔️ Expected Behavior

The client instance windows should stay in the second virtual desktop defined zone.

❌ Actual Behavior

The client instance windows is automatically placed in the first virtual desktop defined zone. Its placement is defined by the index of its defined zone. E.g. if it has been placed in the second zone on the second virtual desktop, then its final placement will be located at the second zone of the first virtual desktop.

Other Software

Ankama Launcher 3.9.3 Dofus 2.66.11

[stefansjfw]

Could you also attach /bugreport?

@SeraphimaZykova FYI

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[Abrikot]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply! Here is the bug report. PowerToysReport_2023-03-08-14-05-51.zip

[SeraphimaZykova]

/dup https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/21982

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Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!