Powertoys Run Not Responding

[bedesv]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.85.1

Installation method

GitHub

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

I believe this issue first occurred yesterday (17 Oct 2024 New Zealand Time). I haven't noticed any pattern to this issue. I thought it might happen when my last prompt was opening a file on a network drive, but it has also happened when the last prompt was opening remote desktop.

I can't replicate this issue every time. I think it might occur when it's been a while since I last opened PowerToys Run. Maybe this means Windows is stopping some background services or something?

I see there are other recent reports of PowerToys Run crashing. I haven't had that specific issue where it opens an error log occur.

It seems to be similar to PowerToys Run freezes for a few seconds when opened sometimes but not quite the same. In my case the window shows as you would expect, not blurred.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Press Alt + Space to open PowerToys Run

PowerToysReport_2024-10-18-14-02-03.zip

✔️ Expected Behavior

PowerToys Run opens immediately and I can type a command or search query

❌ Actual Behavior

• Sometimes the expected behaviour
• Sometimes PowerToys Run will open and display my previous query but it is frozen and won't respond to any input for 5-10 seconds. After this time, whatever I typed while it was frozen appears.

Other Software

No response

[similar-issues-ai]

We've found some similar issues:

• PowerToys Run Not Responding #18108 , similarity score: 83%
• Powertoys Run stops starting or response time slows down. #31360 , similarity score: 83%
• PowerToys Run freezes for a few seconds when opened sometimes #32806 , similarity score: 82%
• PowerToys Run Crashes and Hangs #24730 , similarity score: 81%
• PowerToys Run Bug #33737 , similarity score: 81%
• Power Toys Run not working properly! #17044 , similarity score: 81%

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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[bedesv]

This is still occurring on the latest PowerToys 0.86 release.

[TheJoeFin]

Is this issue still relevant in v0.87? /needinfo

[bedesv]

@TheJoeFin yes, still occurring in v0.87

[TheJoeFin]

That does show up in the bugreport you shared.

PluginManager.QueryForPlugin Windows Indexer. Query cost - 29993 milliseconds

[2024-10-17 09:48:45.8624] [ERROR] [D:\a\_work\1\s\src\modules\launcher\Plugins\Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer\Main.cs::182]
-------------------------- Begin exception --------------------------
Message: Something failed

Exception full name  : System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException
Exception message    : Unspecified error: -2147215865(0x80041607)
Exception stack trace:
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.GetRowHandles()
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader.Read()
   at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReaderInternal(CommandBehavior behavior, String method)
   at Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer.SearchHelper.OleDBSearch.Query(String connectionString, String sqlQuery)
   at Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer.SearchHelper.WindowsSearchAPI.ExecuteQuery(ISearchQueryHelper queryHelper, String keyword)
   at Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer.Main.Query(Query query, Boolean isFullQuery)
Exception source     : System.Data.OleDb
Exception target site: Void GetRowHandles()
Exception HResult    : -2147215865
-------------------------- End exception --------------------------

Not sure exactly what could be causing this.

[bedesv]

0x80041607

This looks to be a query execution timeout (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/indexsrv/query-execution-values)

This exception was also mentioned in #23612 but it looks like there was something else going on there that also caused it to crash completely.