BUG: Search window won't show if hotkey pressed during startup

[1208nn]

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Problem Description

UI not show and won't show if flow is being started and not finished started and at this process i pressed alt+space.

in task manager, you can see flow's search window is active but you can't see the window.

this happens when i was using wox, too.

this specially happens on slow devices.

To Reproduce

just start flow and immediately press your flow hotkey

Screenshots

No response

Flow Launcher Version

all (at now)

Windows Build Number

at least from 10.1803 to 10.23H2

Error Log

no related

[deefrawley]

Hi. What are the specs of your device? Can you please post the logs so we can see how long sartup is taking?

[1208nn]

Some of my out-dated devices always happens.

• Lenovo Thinkpad X200 (2009)

• Huawei Matepad W09 (2016)

My other devices seldom or never happen.

Logs

08:33:02.4182+08:00 - INFO  - App.OnStartup - Begin Flow Launcher startup ----------------------------------------------------
08:33:02.4273+08:00 - INFO  - App.OnStartup - Runtime info:
Flow Launcher version: 1.18.0
OS Version: 19045.4713
IntPtr Length: 8
x64: True
08:33:04.6441+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Plugin Indicator> is <38ms>
08:33:04.6926+08:00 - INFO  - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://fastly.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@plugin_api_v2/plugins.json
08:33:04.7468+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Calculator> is <134ms>
08:33:04.7468+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Process Killer> is <12ms>
08:33:04.8467+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Explorer> is <288ms>
08:33:04.8555+08:00 - INFO  - Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.Main - Preload programs cost <38ms>
08:33:04.8555+08:00 - INFO  - Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.Main - Number of preload win32 programs <213>
08:33:04.8555+08:00 - INFO  - Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.Main - Number of preload uwps <29>
08:33:04.8555+08:00 - INFO  - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://gcore.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@plugin_api_v2/plugins.json
08:33:04.8555+08:00 - INFO  - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@plugin_api_v2/plugins.json
08:33:04.8555+08:00 - INFO  - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest/plugin_api_v2/plugins.json
08:33:04.8848+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Shell> is <57ms>
08:33:04.8848+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <System Commands> is <13ms>
08:33:04.8848+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <URL> is <90ms>
08:33:04.9689+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Program> is <258ms>
08:33:04.9886+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Clipboard History> is <31ms>
08:33:04.9978+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Web Searches> is <113ms>
08:33:05.0168+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Colors> is <29ms>
08:33:05.0514+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Windows Settings> is <120ms>
08:33:05.0514+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Google Search Plus> is <13ms>
08:33:05.0514+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <IP Address> is <12ms>
08:33:05.0752+08:00 - INFO  - ClipboardR.Init - Settings(
	CacheImages: False
	KeepText: False
	KeepTextHours: 0
	KeepImage: False
	KeepImageHours: 0
	KeepFile: False
	KeepFileHours: 0
	MaxDataCount: 10000
	DbPath: ClipboardR.db
	OrderBy: 0
	ClearKeyword: clear
	ImageFormat: yyyy-MM-dd-hhmmss-{app}
	IconColor: #3b82f6
)
08:33:05.2682+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Browser Bookmarks> is <648ms>
08:33:05.2682+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Plugin Runner> is <13ms>
08:33:05.2946+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Notion> is <267ms>
08:33:05.4176+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Shortcuts> is <170ms>
08:33:05.5191+08:00 - WARN  - ClipboardR.RestoreRecordsFromDb - Restore records successfully
08:33:05.5191+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <ClipboardR> is <690ms>
08:33:05.6472+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <WebApp launcher> is <254ms>
08:33:05.6965+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Window Walker> is <193ms>
08:33:05.7816+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <VS Code Workspaces> is <470ms>
08:33:05.7816+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <DeepFlow> is <34ms>
08:33:05.7901+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <DevToys Launcher> is <21ms>
08:33:05.7901+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <ElementFlow> is <5ms>
08:33:05.8927+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Browser History> is <212ms>
08:33:05.8927+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <FlowRaindrop> is <99ms>
08:33:05.8927+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <ChatGPT> is <196ms>
08:33:05.9005+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Windows Dark Mode Toggle> is <8ms>
08:33:05.9005+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Windows Terminal profiles> is <15ms>
08:33:05.9005+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Notion Search> is <17ms>
08:33:07.2931+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Plugins Manager> is <2661ms>
08:33:08.4056+08:00 - INFO  - PluginManager.InitializePlugins - Total init cost for <Dictionary> is <3401ms>
08:33:10.1191+08:00 - INFO  - App.OnStartup - Dependencies Info:
Python Path: D:\Profile\Programs\Python\Python312\pythonw.exe
Node Path: D:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe

[VictoriousRaptor]

I've noticed it on my old laptop too, which always take about 2 minutes for all auto startup programs. I guess maybe it's because we register the hotkey before the app is fully ready?

[deefrawley]

Is this a bug or should we change it to a performance 'enhancement'?

[jjw24]

Bug for now I suppose.

@1208nn does it make a difference if you just start flow with only the default plugins and none of the plugins from the store?

[1208nn]

Tried. It's only quicker to load.

[VictoriousRaptor]

Is this a bug or should we change it to a performance 'enhancement'?

BUG inherited from Wox I suppose. If you press alt+space during startup it will never show again.

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[jjw24]

Potentially addressed by https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher/pull/3218

[Susexe]

I’m experiencing a similar problem. Startup has improved significantly with the logon task — the process appears in Task Manager within seconds of logging in. However, FL only responds to key presses after roughly 2 minutes. All key presses made before that are ignored, and the search bar does not appear during this time.