Lack of parity between Start and Command Palette

[Normanator]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.93.0

Installation method

Microsoft Store

Area(s) with issue?

Command Palette

Steps to reproduce

I have a Dygma keyboard with a key mapping/macro app called Bazecor installed via their website. Launching Cmd Palette, searching for the "Baze", all I find is their setup app. The Windows Start menu finds it just fine.

I don't know if Cmd Pal just missed a cue to refresh its sources (if so, feature-request to explicitly rescan/reindex) or if the program installed in some way invisible to Cmd Pal. (alt feature req.: If I give the full-path to the app, e.g. C:\Users\normb\AppData\Local\bazecor\Bazecor.exe, and launch it successfully, Cmd Pal should learn of its existence and index that explicit path.)

✔️ Expected Behavior

Parity (or superset in Cmd Pal's favor) between the native and Power Toys launcher 'find' behavior.

❌ Actual Behavior

Command Palette only surfaced the setup app, not the installed app, even after I told it where to find it via the search bar.

Additional Information

OS: 10.0.26200.7171 x64 LUA: No.

Other Software

No response

[jiripolasek]

Installed from Bazecor-1.7.0-Setup.exe. Setup created shortcuts in standard locations:

• C:\Users%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Dygma Lab S.L
• C:\Users%username%\Desktop

CmdPal first picked up the one on the desktop, but is able to pick both of them:

[jiripolasek]

/bugreport

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[BouwenMA]

I've found that I have to restart Command Palette to see recent additions to the Start Menu, even though the actual Start Menu search sees them (showing that the Windows index is up to date).

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