diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Components/OpenWindows.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Components/OpenWindows.cs
index a85cfa0630..702d67a24a 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Components/OpenWindows.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Components/OpenWindows.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ internal sealed class OpenWindows
     /// <summary>
     /// List of all the open windows
     /// </summary>
-    private readonly List<Window> windows = new();
+    private readonly List<Window> windows = [];
 
     /// <summary>
     /// An instance of the class OpenWindows
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ internal sealed class OpenWindows
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the list of all open windows
     /// </summary>
-    internal List<Window> Windows => new(windows);
+    internal List<Window> Windows => [..windows];
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets an instance property of this class that makes sure that
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Helpers/VirtualDesktopHelper.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Helpers/VirtualDesktopHelper.cs
index 9b017f59b8..da340260a0 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Helpers/VirtualDesktopHelper.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Helpers/VirtualDesktopHelper.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class VirtualDesktopHelper
         using var virtualDesktopKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(registryExplorerVirtualDesktops, false);
         if (virtualDesktopKey is not null)
         {
-            var allDeskValue = (byte[]?)virtualDesktopKey.GetValue("VirtualDesktopIDs", null) ?? Array.Empty<byte>();
+            var allDeskValue = (byte[]?)virtualDesktopKey.GetValue("VirtualDesktopIDs", null) ?? [];
             if (allDeskValue is not null)
             {
                 // We clear only, if we can read from registry. Otherwise, we keep the existing values.