Finder double standard

Question

Have not been able to figure this one out, and it seems pretty bizarre.
I begin with NO windows open on the desktop. My script begins with:
tell application "Finder"
open folder (path to applications folder as Unicode text)
set WinID_ to item 1 of every window
--(and so on, including end tell)
The Applications folder opens BUT WinID_ is for the first item in the Applications folder, +even though there's no window open which is associated with that item.+
What I want, of course, is the window id for the Applications window. I appreciate that focus has changed to the Applications window, and that it's a Finder window -- but I can't fathom that its
first item (without a window open) is being treated as a window.
Thoughts?

Answer 1

Actually, neither response exactly answered the question. I guess I answered it myself after mulling over the responses.
Essentially, I think AS found my code ambiguous, uncertain whether I meant first item of every window or first item of (every window).
One solution is to use the more conventional code (item 1 of windows of application "Finder")
Just to demonstrate the nature of the confusion, try this:
tell app "Finder"
open folder (path to applications folder as Unicode text)
set Wins_ to (every window)
end tell
-- which returns item 1 with Name = "Applications"
as opposed to
tell app "Finder"
open folder (path to applications folder as Unicode text)
set Wins_ to item 1 of (every window)
-- or set Wins_ to (item 1 of every window)
end tell
-- which returns information about item 1 in the applications folder
OR try
tell application "Finder"
open folder (path to applications folder as Unicode text)
set Wins_ to every window
set WinID_ to item 1 of every window -- or (every window)
vs.
tell application "Finder"
open folder (path to applications folder as Unicode text)
set Wins_ to every window -- or (every window)
set WinID_ to item 1 of Wins_