f.lux excluded apps file detection should be stricter
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Hello,
I'm using Windows 10 and f.lux 4.134 and have encountered an issue that has also appeared in older versions.
I have some excluded apps under "disable when using...". For example, "eso" (which is eso.exe). Now, when I open a software called "Resource Hacker", f.lux is disabled whenever this software has focus. I realized it checks for the string "eso" within the word "Resource".
I was able to fix this by going into the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Michael Herf\flux\Preferences and editing the "disabled" string, simply changing "eso" to "eso.exe".
Therefore, I suggest that f.lux's file detection should be stricter. It should detect if a disabled window belongs to an executable and, if so, also include the .exe extension in its registry string to avoid partial matches.
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@spaceowl I think you are right here - the code used to look at window titles for this, but it doesn't do this anymore. The behavior you're seeing was for better matching of apps that put their name in the title (with the name of a document or something alongside), but it looks like we stopped doing this some time ago.
I will make a change in the next beta and we'll see if anything breaks. thanks!
