adding logs

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/App.xaml.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Windows;
+using ManagedCommon;
 using ProjectsEditor.Common;
 using ProjectsEditor.Utils;
 using ProjectsEditor.ViewModels;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor
 
         private void OnStartup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
         {
+            Logger.InitializeLogger("\\Projects\\Logs");
+
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += OnUnhandledException;
 
             _themeManager = new ThemeManager(this);
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor
             string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
             if (args != null && args.Length > 1)
             {
+                Logger.LogInfo($"Strated with a parameter: {args[1]}. Trying to launch that project.");
                 _mainViewModel.LaunchProject(args[1]);
                 return;
             }

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Models/Application.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using ManagedCommon;
 
 namespace ProjectsEditor.Models
 {
@@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Models
                     {
                         _icon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(AppPath);
                     }
-                    catch (Exception)
+                    catch (Exception e)
                     {
+                        Logger.LogError($"Exception while extracting icon from app path: {AppPath}. Exception message: {e.Message}");
                         _icon = new Icon(@"images\DefaultIcon.ico");
                     }
                 }
@@ -122,9 +124,9 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Models
                             _iconBitmapImage = bitmapImage;
                         }
                     }
-                    catch (Exception)
+                    catch (Exception e)
                     {
-                        // todo
+                        Logger.LogError($"Exception while drawing icon for app with path: {AppPath}. Exception message: {e.Message}");
                     }
                 }
 

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Models/Project.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using ManagedCommon;
 using ProjectsEditor.Utils;
 
 namespace ProjectsEditor.Models
@@ -274,8 +275,9 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Models
                     {
                         graphics.DrawIcon(app.Icon, new Rectangle(32 * appIndex, 0, 24, 24));
                     }
-                    catch (Exception)
+                    catch (Exception e)
                     {
+                        Logger.LogError($"Exception while drawing the icon for app {Name}. Exception message: {e.Message}");
                     }
 
                     appIndex++;

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/ProjectsEditor.csproj

@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
     <PackageReference Include="ModernWpfUI" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="PowerToys.ManagedCommon">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\common\ManagedCommon\bin\x64\Debug\net8.0-windows\PowerToys.ManagedCommon.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Update="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Utils/ProjectsEditorIO.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Windows;
+using ManagedCommon;
 using ProjectsEditor.Data;
 using ProjectsEditor.Models;
 using ProjectsEditor.ViewModels;
@@ -25,12 +26,14 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Utils
                 ProjectsData parser = new ProjectsData();
                 if (!File.Exists(parser.File))
                 {
+                    Logger.LogWarning($"Projects storage file not found: {parser.File}");
                     return new ParsingResult(true);
                 }
 
                 ProjectsData.ProjectsListWrapper projects = parser.Read(parser.File);
                 if (!SetProjects(mainViewModel, projects))
                 {
+                    Logger.LogWarning($"Projects storage file content could not be set. Reason: {Properties.Resources.Error_Parsing_Message}");
                     return new ParsingResult(false, ProjectsEditor.Properties.Resources.Error_Parsing_Message);
                 }
 
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Utils
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
+                Logger.LogError($"Exception while parsing storage file: {e.Message}");
                 return new ParsingResult(false, e.Message);
             }
         }
@@ -50,12 +54,14 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Utils
                 ProjectsData parser = new ProjectsData();
                 if (!File.Exists(fileName))
                 {
+                    Logger.LogWarning($"ParseProject method. Projects storage file not found: {parser.File}");
                     return new ParsingResult(true);
                 }
 
                 ProjectsData.ProjectsListWrapper projects = parser.Read(fileName);
                 if (!ExtractProject(projects, out project))
                 {
+                    Logger.LogWarning($"ParseProject method. Projects storage file content could not be set. Reason: {Properties.Resources.Error_Parsing_Message}");
                     return new ParsingResult(false, ProjectsEditor.Properties.Resources.Error_Parsing_Message);
                 }
 
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Utils
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
+                Logger.LogError($"ParseProject method. Exception while parsing storage file: {e.Message}");
                 return new ParsingResult(false, e.Message);
             }
         }
@@ -207,9 +214,10 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Utils
                 IOUtils ioUtils = new IOUtils();
                 ioUtils.WriteFile(serializer.File, serializer.Serialize(projectsWrapper));
             }
-            catch (Exception)
+            catch (Exception e)
             {
                 // TODO: show error
+                Logger.LogError($"Exception while writing storage file: {e.Message}");
             }
         }
 

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Timers;
+using ManagedCommon;
 using ProjectsEditor.Models;
 using ProjectsEditor.Utils;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel.Core;
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
         {
             if (!Projects.Where(x => x.Id == projectId).Any())
             {
+                Logger.LogWarning($"Project to launch not find. Id: {projectId}");
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -242,12 +244,15 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
                 string launchParam = app.AppPath;
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(launchParam))
                 {
+                    Logger.LogWarning($"Project launch. App path is empty. App name: {app.AppName}");
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                // todo: app path might be different for packaged apps.
                 if (actualSetup.Applications.Exists(x => x.AppPath.Equals(app.AppPath, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
                 {
                     // just move the existing window to the desired position
+                    Logger.LogInfo($"Project launch. App exists. Moving the first app with same app path to the desired position. App name: {app.AppName}");
                     Application existingApp = actualSetup.Applications.Where(x => x.AppPath.Equals(app.AppPath, StringComparison.Ordinal)).First();
                     NativeMethods.ShowWindow(existingApp.Hwnd, app.Minimized ? NativeMethods.SW_MINIMIZE : NativeMethods.SW_NORMAL);
                     if (!app.Minimized)
@@ -267,9 +272,10 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
                         bool result = await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri($"ms-settings:{args}"));
                         newlyStartedApps.Add(app);
                     }
-                    catch (Exception)
+                    catch (Exception e)
                     {
                         // todo exception handling
+                        Logger.LogError($"Exception while launching the project {project.Id}. Tried to launch the settings app via LaunchUriAsync. Exception message: {e.Message}");
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -315,9 +321,10 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
                                 started = true;
                             }
                         }
-                        catch (Exception)
+                        catch (Exception e)
                         {
                             // todo exception handling
+                            Logger.LogError($"Exception while launching the project {project.Id}. Tried to launch a packaged app {app.AppName}. Exception message{e.Message}");
                             Thread.Sleep(100);
                         }
 
@@ -353,9 +360,10 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
                             });
                             newlyStartedApps.Add(app);
                         }
-                        catch (Exception)
+                        catch (Exception e)
                         {
                             // todo exception handling
+                            Logger.LogError($"Exception while launching the project {project.Id}. Tried to launch an exe via Process.Start: {app.AppName}. Exception message{e.Message}");
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -369,6 +377,7 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
 
                 if (pkg == null)
                 {
+                    Logger.LogWarning($"Could not load any app for {packageFamilyName}.");
                     return null;
                 }
 
@@ -437,6 +446,7 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
 
             if (exitAfterLaunch)
             {
+                Logger.LogInfo($"Launched the project {project.Name}. Exiting.");
                 Environment.Exit(0);
             }
         }