Slow searching in powertoys run

[ahmedusmanshahid]

Microsoft PowerToys version

v0.85.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bae6c180-0530-4a84-9810-fbbca6b7bb1c

✔️ Expected Behavior

Faster searching

❌ Actual Behavior

the searching of powertoys run is significantly slower. used to be much much faster but it has been like this for the previous three versions tried updating, downloading from github page, reinstalling, running as admin. even tried some of the powertoys run settings but none could fix this issue. i have another device with the same issue of powertoys run. but it resolved with the latest update

Other Software

No response

### Tasks

[jaimecbernardo]

/bugreport , might give us an idea what plugin might be taken longer. Also, can you please try to turn off the plugins one by one? Might help in debugging which plugin might be causing this behavior for you.

[ahmedusmanshahid]

PowerToysReport_2024-10-02-19-29-02.zip

[ahmedusmanshahid]

idk which plugin is causing this issue. as far as i remember I didnt change any plugin the time I started experiencing this issue. also the issue on my other device resolved immediately after an update without changing any settings. I tried running powertoys as an administrator but it didnt change anything

[gokcekantarci]

Hi @ahmedusmanshahid,

Can you check these settings in PTRun settings?

If the settings are not the same as in the screenshot, can you change them and try again? If you see same issue again can you try again by increasing these values? For example, you can set "Background execution plugins" to 500.

[ahmedusmanshahid]

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83c69487-aef2-4b00-a9a3-9dfd7950aa86

yup same settings. nvm i found the issue. It was a bug in the program plugin.

[gokcekantarci]

Hi @ahmedusmanshahid,

When I examine the logs, the problem appears to be in the program plugin.

When I tried to reproduce the issue, I could not reproduce it. Can you share your PC specs with me?

While trying again, can you open Task Manager and check if there is an application slowing down your CPU and memory? I think a program is affecting PTRun. If we can find it, I can install and test the same app and find out what's causing the problem.

[ahmedusmanshahid]

Laptop: Dell latitude 5320 with touch support Windows Specification: (copied from about section in settings>system) Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 23H2 Installed on ‎03/‎08/‎2024 OS build 22631.4169 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1034.0

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e96b4cc5-a898-4e2f-ae64-b02a065801f1

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aed5316b-2746-4ead-a9ad-055275122e0e