Peek - can't view PDF/HTML soft links

YDX-2147483647 commented 1 year ago

Microsoft PowerToys version

At least 0.72.0 and 0.85.1.

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

Peek

Steps to reproduce

Creat a PDF. (For example, save this web page as PDF)

Create a soft link targeting it.

One way to do so is PowerShell:

New-Item -Type SymbolicLink -Target original.pdf -Path link.pdf

Open the Explorer, Peek at the link.

✔️ Expected Behavior

The PDF is shown.

❌ Actual Behavior

The peek window appears, but the file does not.

Unable to open the file

Something is wrong.

[Refresh the page]

Other Software

MS Edge 115.0.1901.203

Additional information

It's a PDF-only issue: texts (*.txt), images (*.jpg) and markdown (*.md) will work.
If you peek at *.html, an empty window will be shown, but there will be no error pop-up (as for *.pdf).
Hard links work.
Pasting file URIs into MS Edge behaves similarly. (Note: If you double click the soft link (open with MS Edge), the file URI would be the target.)

Relevant but not identical: #2527

Jay-o-Way commented 1 year ago

Must be the "browser" control (using WebView2, iinm)

YDX-2147483647 commented 1 year ago

Thanks, I didn't know it relates to WebView2 before. So I make a few more experiments (based on the source code): soft/hard links × pdf/md/html × peek / double click / paste file URI into MS Edge.

All hard links work.
Pasting file URIs into MS Edge behaves similarly.

(I've updated Additional information above)

cinnamon-msft commented 6 days ago

Are you still experiencing this issue? /needinfo

YDX-2147483647 commented 5 days ago

Are you still experiencing this issue? /needinfo

Yes, I have just confirmed in v0.85.1. (✅ = confirmed, ❓ = not tested)

✅ The main issue still occurs with exactly same behaviour.
✅ It's a PDF-only issue: texts (*.txt), images (*.jpg) and markdown (*.md) will work.
✅ If you peek at *.html, an empty window will be shown, but there will be no error pop-up (as for *.pdf).
✅ Hard links work.
❓ Pasting file URIs into MS Edge behaves similarly. (Note: If you double click the soft link (open with MS Edge), the file URI would be the target.)

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