[Run] Need spec for UNC handling

[enricogior]

The work for https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/8931 raised the problem of which plugin should handle UNC paths. We need to spec out what we will support and which plugin will be responsible for UNC paths.

[davidegiacometti]

I am adding more info here. At the moment UNC paths are handled by URI and Folder plugin with duplicated results.

• URI is just converting the UNC into an URI with file:// protocol without checking if is valid
• Folder is able to list content even if the folder is a UNC path but is not able to enumerate shares for an host. More details here https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/8931#issuecomment-754848239

[davidegiacometti]

Not a priority at all but I have added to folder plugin the ability to enumerate network shares for an host using interops https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/commits/users/davidegiacometti/run-net-shares

[crutkas]

@enricogior is this spec work or docs work? sounds like spec

[enricogior]

@crutkas first spec work and then docs work.

[enricogior]

If we remove UNC handling from the URI Handler plugin, the UI needs to be updated, at that point we also need to decide if the URI Handler will ever handle anything beside URLs, in that case we also might have to change its name.

[enricogior]

At present \\unc-path may trigger results from the Windows Search plugin. We need to decide if that is something we want to keep or if we should always treat \\ as a special case.

[htcfreek]

Any updates on this.

[timf-gaylord]

Is the 'UNC network shares' portion of this plugin abandoned? If so, can the UI be updated to reflect that? This issue is more than three years old.