Include / exclude Specific Folders for program plugin

[tdalon]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I like the possibility to add explicitly folders to be scanned for files that shall then be displayed on the top of the results.
Currently all files are scanned and the scanned destinations can not be controlled.

Have a look at Executor.dk for example: xou can configure in settings which files shall be listed (locations and filter)

Scenario when this would be used?

I have a specific folder with Favorites shortcuts: these are the files I want to be returned on the top of the list.
I use a lot of Portable Applications that are not listed as programs but that I want to launch quickly.
For these I create shortcuts and put them under a Favorites/Apps folder.

Supporting information

No response

[crutkas]

For clarity, you are talking about the program plugin for PowerToys Run, correct? /needinfo

a workaround may be a symlink to that folder from the desktop

[tdalon]

For clarity, you are talking about the program plugin for PowerToys Run, correct? Yes

a workaround may be a symlink to that folder from the desktop
No. I want the possibility to configure in which folders the search results shall be scanned: several folders, different search depth and different file filters

Currently ALL the files are scanned which is a big mess in the search results.

[fede-marsiglia]

I'd like to work on this feature! Feel free to message me in order to discuss how to implement it. Thanks in advance :)

[m8urnett]

It seems there is an option in %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Settings\Plugins\Microsoft.Plugin.Program\ProgramPluginSettings.json to configure this and the setting is referenced here. The problem is that there's no UI to set it and when you set it manually, it gets cleared upon both launch and exit.

"ProgramSources": [],
 "DisabledProgramSources": [],
 "ProgramSuffixes": [
   "bat",
   "appref-ms",
   "exe",
   "lnk",
   "url"
 ],
 "RunCommandSuffixes": [
   "bat",
   "appref-ms",
   "exe",
   "lnk",
   "url",
   "cpl",
   "msc"
 ],