Unable to record game Apex (r5apex.exe) usage time

[suiahae]

• [x ] I am on the latest ActivityWatch version.

• [x ] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.

• OS name and version: Windows 11 23H2 22631.2861

• ActivityWatch version: v0.12.2 & v0.12.3b15

Describe the bug

Unable to record game Apex (r5apex.exe) usage time

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172470

To Reproduce

1. "ActivityWatch" is launching at startup
2. Run "Apex (r5apex.exe)"
3. Open Dashboard
4. Click "Activity" or "Timeline"
5. "Activity" > No record of r5apex.exe appears
6. "Timeline" > A blank segment appears

Expected behavior

"Activity" & "Timeline" > A record of r5apex.exe appears

Documentation

Additional context

[github-actions]

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[BelKed]

Possible duplicate of #873

[suiahae]

Possible duplicate of #873

Thanks for your tip, I tried the methods mentioned in #873, both of which can solve this problem:

• Run ActivityWatch (aw-qt.exe) with administrator privileges
• Roll back to v0.12.1

The only difference is that Apex (r5apex.exe ) is a Steam game and is same not running under administrator privileges.

[suiahae]

The latest fix (ActivityWatch/aw-watcher-window#96) works and can record Apex correctly!

I'm using this commit mentioned by @ErikBjare at #873 (comment) and the rest code is based on the latest master branch source code 41a72d7.

[ErikBjare]

Thanks for testing it @suiahae!

Might be bold and merge this without testing it myself. Goal is to get a new beta release out that fixes this ASAP (along with another window watcher fix for macOS).