Code Quality: Additional logs to troubleshoot crashes

src/Files.App/App.xaml.cs

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ async Task ActivateAsync()
 		public async Task OnActivatedAsync(AppActivationArguments activatedEventArgs)
 		{
 			var activatedEventArgsData = activatedEventArgs.Data;
-			
+
 			// Logger may not be initialized yet due to race condition during startup
 			if (Logger is not null)
 				Logger.LogInformation($"The app is being activated. Activation type: {activatedEventArgsData.GetType().Name}");
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ await MainWindow.Instance.DispatcherQueue.EnqueueOrInvokeAsync(()
 		/// </summary>
 		private void Window_Activated(object sender, WindowActivatedEventArgs args)
 		{
+			Logger.LogInformation($"Window_Activated: State={args?.WindowActivationState.ToString()}");
+
 			AppModel.IsMainWindowClosed = false;
 
 			// TODO(s): Is this code still needed?

src/Files.App/Helpers/LogPathHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright (c) Files Community
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System.IO;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Files.App.Helpers
+{
+	public static class LogPathHelper
+	{
+		public static string GetPathIdentifier(string? path)
+		{
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+				return "[Empty]";
+
+			try
+			{
+				using var md5 = MD5.Create();
+				var hashBytes = md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(path));
+
+				//4 bytes, still low collision 
+				var shortHash = BitConverter.ToString(hashBytes, 0, 4).Replace("-", "").ToLowerInvariant();
+
+				var extension = Path.GetExtension(path);
+
+				if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(extension))
+					return $"[hash:{shortHash}{extension}]";
+				else
+					return $"[hash:{shortHash}]";
+			}
+			catch
+			{
+				return "[?]";
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

src/Files.App/ViewModels/ShellViewModel.cs

@@ -1694,6 +1694,8 @@ private async Task RapidAddItemsToCollectionAsync(string? path, LibraryItem? lib
 
 		public void CloseWatcher()
 		{
+			App.Logger.LogInformation($"CloseWatcher: aProcessQueueAction={aProcessQueueAction?.Status.ToString()}, gitProcessQueueAction={gitProcessQueueAction?.Status.ToString()}");
+
 			watcher?.Dispose();
 			watcher = null;
 
@@ -2771,6 +2773,8 @@ public void CancelSearch()
 
 		public void UpdateDateDisplay(bool isFormatChange)
 		{
+			App.Logger.LogDebug($"UpdateDateDisplay: isFormatChange={isFormatChange}, itemCount={filesAndFolders?.Count}");
+
 			filesAndFolders.ToList().AsParallel().ForAll(async item =>
 			{
 				// Reassign values to update date display
@@ -2792,6 +2796,8 @@ public void UpdateDateDisplay(bool isFormatChange)
 		public void Dispose()
 		{
 			CancelLoadAndClearFiles();
+			App.Logger.LogInformation($"ShellViewModel.Dispose: CurrentFolder={LogPathHelper.GetPathIdentifier(CurrentFolder?.ItemPath)}");
+
 			StorageTrashBinService.Watcher.ItemAdded -= RecycleBinItemCreatedAsync;
 			StorageTrashBinService.Watcher.ItemDeleted -= RecycleBinItemDeletedAsync;
 			StorageTrashBinService.Watcher.RefreshRequested -= RecycleBinRefreshRequestedAsync;

src/Files.App/ViewModels/UserControls/InfoPaneViewModel.cs

@@ -115,7 +115,13 @@ public bool ShowCloudItemButton
 		public UIElement PreviewPaneContent
 		{
 			get => previewPaneContent;
-			set => SetProperty(ref previewPaneContent, value);
+			set
+			{
+				var oldType = previewPaneContent?.GetType()?.Name;
+				var newType = value?.GetType()?.Name;
+				App.Logger.LogDebug($"PreviewPaneContent changing: {oldType} -> {newType}");
+				SetProperty(ref previewPaneContent, value);
+			}
 		}
 
 		public bool LoadTagsList

src/Files.App/ViewModels/UserControls/Previews/ShellPreviewViewModel.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) Files Community
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
+using Files.App.Helpers;
 using Files.App.ViewModels.Properties;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.UI.Content;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Hosting;
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ private unsafe LRESULT WndProc(HWND hwnd, uint msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
 
 		public unsafe void LoadPreview(UIElement presenter)
 		{
+			App.Logger.LogInformation($"ShellPreview.LoadPreview: Item={LogPathHelper.GetPathIdentifier(Item?.ItemPath)}");
+
 			var parent = MainWindow.Instance.WindowHandle;
 			var hInst = PInvoke.GetModuleHandle(default(PWSTR));
 			var szClassName = $"{nameof(ShellPreviewViewModel)}-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
@@ -251,7 +255,13 @@ private unsafe bool ChildWindowToXaml(nint parent, UIElement presenter)
 		public void UnloadPreview()
 		{
 			if (_hWnd != HWND.Null)
+			{
 				PInvoke.DestroyWindow(_hWnd);
+				App.Logger.LogInformation($"ShellPreview.UnloadPreview: HWND={((nint)_hWnd)}, Item={LogPathHelper.GetPathIdentifier(Item?.ItemPath)}");
+			}
+			else
+				App.Logger.LogInformation($"ShellPreview.UnloadPreview: HWND=, Item={LogPathHelper.GetPathIdentifier(Item?.ItemPath)}");
+
 
 			_contentExternalOutputLink?.Dispose();
 			_contentExternalOutputLink = null;

src/Files.App/Views/MainPage.xaml.cs

@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ private void UpdateDateDisplayTimer_Tick(object sender, object e)
 		{
 			if (!App.AppModel.IsMainWindowClosed)
 				InfoPane?.ViewModel.UpdateDateDisplay();
+			else
+				App.Logger.LogWarning("UpdateDateDisplayTimer_Tick: Timer firing after window closed!");
 		}
 
 		private void Page_SizeChanged(object sender, SizeChangedEventArgs e)

src/Files.App/Views/ShellPanesPage.xaml.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using Files.App.Controls;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.UI.Input;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
@@ -766,6 +767,8 @@ private void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
 
 		public void Dispose()
 		{
+			App.Logger.LogInformation($"ShellPanesPage.Dispose: PaneCount={GetPaneCount()}, ActivePane={LogPathHelper.GetPathIdentifier(ActivePane?.TabBarItemParameter?.NavigationParameter?.ToString())}");
+
 			MainWindow.Instance.SizeChanged -= MainWindow_SizeChanged;
 
 			// Dispose panes