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Not able to see Window contents in Inspect UI elements, working window UI elements stopped working

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While making new browser automations, sometimes in between, the desktop flows that uses window content UI elements stops working. When I try to inspect UI elements, It doesn't show anything other than 1 Microsoft edge browser, as seen in screenshot. I have multiple windows opened such as telegram, multiple instances of edge browser. It doesn't show any applications other than just this one.
When it was working fine
, I could see multiple window sections in inspect UI elements.
  1. I tried refreshing or doing right click and selected inspect UI element on that specific window's UI element, it doesn't open up that window or show anything in inspect UI element window of power automate.
  2. When I try to add directly by ctrl + left click. It is added but it doesn't work.
  3. When I try to run the previous working automation which uses window content UI element, it doesn't work. it stops at that specific line in flow.
  4. when I try to test the selector, it shows failed to test. but before, all of these things were working properly.
I tried restarting or shutting down my laptop. it didn't help. When I tried running the same automations the next morning. They were working fine, and I could see multiple window sections in inspect UI element too. But after 3-4 hours, while working on automations. It happened today again.
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    trice602 Profile Picture
    16,675 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at
    Hi,
     
    I've had this happen to me before and what worked for me was updating my browser extensions and the PAD version.
     
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