Create root automation nodes like others.

src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Automation/AutomationNode.cs

@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32.Automation
                 return null;
             }
 
-            if (Peer.GetType().Name == "PopupAutomationPeer")
-            {
-                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Popup automation node navigate " + direction);
-            }
-
             return InvokeSync(() =>
             {
                 return direction switch
@@ -183,11 +178,11 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32.Automation
 
         public static AutomationNode? GetOrCreate(AutomationPeer? peer)
         {
-            if (peer is null)
-                return null;
-            return s_nodes.GetValue(peer, x => new AutomationNode(x));
+            return peer is null ? null : s_nodes.GetValue(peer, Create);
         }
 
+        public static void Release(AutomationPeer peer) => s_nodes.Remove(peer);
+
         IRawElementProviderSimple[]? IRawElementProviderFragment.GetEmbeddedFragmentRoots() => null;
         void IRawElementProviderSimple2.ShowContextMenu() => InvokeSync(() => Peer.ShowContextMenu());
         void IInvokeProvider.Invoke() => InvokeSync((AAP.IInvokeProvider x) => x.Invoke());
@@ -294,6 +289,11 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32.Automation
             return peer is object ? GetOrCreate(peer) : null;
         }
 
+        private static AutomationNode Create(AutomationPeer peer)
+        {
+            return peer is AAP.IRootProvider ? new RootAutomationNode(peer) : new AutomationNode(peer);
+        }
+
         private static UiaControlTypeId ToUiaControlType(AutomationControlType role)
         {
             return role switch

src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/WindowImpl.AppWndProc.cs

@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32
 
                 case WindowsMessage.WM_DESTROY:
                     {
-                        if (_automationNode is object)
-                            UiaCoreProviderApi.UiaReturnRawElementProvider(_hwnd, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, null);
+                        UiaCoreProviderApi.UiaReturnRawElementProvider(_hwnd, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, null);
 
                         //Window doesn't exist anymore
                         _hwnd = IntPtr.Zero;
@@ -484,14 +483,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32
                 case WindowsMessage.WM_GETOBJECT:
                     if ((long)lParam == UiaRootObjectId)
                     {
-                        if (_automationNode is null)
-                        {
-                            var peer = ControlAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement((Control)_owner);
-                            _automationNode = new RootAutomationNode(peer);
-                        }
-
-                        var r = UiaCoreProviderApi.UiaReturnRawElementProvider(_hwnd, wParam, lParam, _automationNode);
-                        return r;
+                        var peer = ControlAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement((Control)_owner);
+                        var node = AutomationNode.GetOrCreate(peer);
+                        return UiaCoreProviderApi.UiaReturnRawElementProvider(_hwnd, wParam, lParam, node);
                     }
                     break;
             }

src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/WindowImpl.cs

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32
         private POINT _maxTrackSize;
         private WindowImpl _parent;        
         private ExtendClientAreaChromeHints _extendChromeHints = ExtendClientAreaChromeHints.Default;
-        private AutomationNode _automationNode;
         private bool _isCloseRequested;
         private bool _shown;
         private bool _hiddenWindowIsParent;