🐞 Bug Report | AltTabby won't recognize Edge-Browser Installed-PWAs as valid windows when ("Hide Pinned apps" is ON). Stays Invisible 👻 (v0.9) + "Pinned-Edge-PWAs-Indistinguishable-Launch-Slots"

✏️ Video showing what I mean inside...

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Windows Version Number: 25H2
App Version: 0.9

📺 Meta demonstration of how to reach that situation below — Assume "Hide Pinned apps" in ON — 👋 HEY VIDEO!

⭐UPDATE: @Neil Banfield found out and pointed, that this bug only happens when 'Advanced Option', 'Hide Pinned apps from open windows' is ON! — I checked it, and he is RIGHT

⭐UPDATE2: Another thing worth to consider!: Currently Edge PWAs and normal edge windows STACK — No distinction between them — This might not be optimal because the idea of PWAs are distinct APPS (When 'Hide Pinned' is OFF)  

‼️ Why this is critical: Because it means:

- That you cannot launch Distinct Edge PWAs as standalone 'Pinned-Launcher-Slots' — You cannot, for example, make your distinct AI-PWAs (Gemini, GPT, Claude) and launch them as standalone different distinguishable, differently rendering APP-SLOTS you launch one by one.

- It is also worth checking "Pinned-Chrome-PWAs-Indistinguishable-Launch-Slots" for CHROME PWAs, though Chrome's PWAs are less distinct and native by design, which mean higher chances to not work — highly valuable to get both working


Stardock Software AltTabby Type: Bug Report
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience. Thank you.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thats very odd as I followed those steps here with 0.9 and the PWA is correctly showing.

If you click the settings cog and find Manage exclusions and grouping, do you have anything listed?

Update : I think we have found the issue.  I imagine you have the advanced setting to hide pinned apps from the running window list and it is getting confused and thinks it is MS edge incorrectly. 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

@Neil Banfield — Yes, I do, Nice find! I checked it and you are correct about this, I'll edit this into the post 🔥 — Done.

UPDATE: Another thing worth to consider!: Currently Edge PWAs and normal edge windows STACK — No distinction between them — This might not be optimal because the idea of PWAs are distinct APPS (When 'Hide Pinned' is OFF)  

‼️ Why this is critical: Because it means:

- That you cannot launch Distinct Edge PWAs as standalone 'Pinned-Launcher-Slots' — You cannot, for example, make your distinct AI-PWAs (Gemini, GPT, Claude) and launch them as standalone different distinguishable, differently rendering APP-SLOTS you launch one by one.

- That also worth checking on CHROME PWAs, though Chrome's PWAs are less distinct and native by design, highly valuable to have both working

- This also means that launch slots should maybe have unique-identifying beyond — even for different shortcut/process attributes and path targets. because you want to launch uniques.