Adjust windows sensors initialization #21374
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<file name="src/collectors/windows.plugin/GetSensors.c">
<violation number="1" location="src/collectors/windows.plugin/GetSensors.c:635">
P2: `CoUninitialize()` is invoked even when this thread never successfully called `CoInitializeEx()` (e.g., when it returned `RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE`), which can unbalance COM initialization and break subsequent COM calls on the sensor thread.</violation>
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After last commits, all 11 sensors on my laptop are having charts. LGTM!
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* Chaneg sensor initialization to handle COM setup in the sensor thread * Fix COM initialization handling in sensor thread (cherry picked from commit a87d38e)
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* Chaneg sensor initialization to handle COM setup in the sensor thread * Fix COM initialization handling in sensor thread (cherry picked from commit a87d38e)
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Moved COM and Sensor API initialization to the sensors thread to respect COM’s per-thread model and prevent initialization errors. This stabilizes Windows sensors collection and ensures proper cleanup.
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