fix: Identify the root (desktop) element by UIA class name, not runtime ID #1048
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On Windows 11 24H2, the runtime ID of the desktop element changed from
[2A,10010]to[2A,1000C], causing live inspect in Accessibility Insights for Windows to break. This PR switches to identifying the desktop element by its UIA class name, which has been stable across all supported Windows versions.Motivation
Addresses microsoft/accessibility-insights-windows#1837.
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