Workspaces — couple of issues.

[andriegils]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.84.0

Installation method

Microsoft Store

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Workspaces

Steps to reproduce

I use lots of browser based software that doesn't have a desktop application, such as ChatGPT.

There is a feature in Microsoft Edge where you can add these pages as an 'app', meaning, they have their own icon on your desktop/taskbar and launch like a desktop application would.

Workspaces does not recognize them as normal desktop software. It just launches 3 new default Edge browser windows. It does not even place them in the correct location on the monitor.

Also; Workspaces did not seem to recognize Discord being open for me.

✔️ Expected Behavior

I was expecting them to be launched as their own app.

❌ Actual Behavior

Default edge browser window opens.

Other Software

No response

[similar-issues-ai]

We've found some similar issues:

• Workspaces Issue with some apps #34605 , similarity score: 85%
• PWA apps don't appear to work with Workspaces  #34598 , similarity score: 84%
• Workspaces can not open Edge Apps #34652 , similarity score: 83%
• Workspaces: Does Not Open PWA Windows Correctly #34572 , similarity score: 83%
• [Workspaces] Not detecting Discord (and others) #34558 , similarity score: 82%

If any of the above are duplicates, please consider closing this issue out and adding additional context in the original issue.

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[pseisam]

I think for a special case like that they added the feature to use CLI arguments.
Chrome has a similar feature to install apps of websites an they are started by chrome.exe with a custom CLI argument. I guess Edge works also like that (since its chromium based).

You can access the CLI configuration if you click on the down arrow right of the remove button of an app in the workspaces configuration window.

[donlaci]

@andriegils please retest with the new 0.87 PT version and if the issue persists send a /bugreport. Thanks!

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