I have this working code (below) that gets a list of all opened windows.
However, it doesn't show 2 Windows Explorer windows I have open on the desktop.
What do I use to make those to show up in the list??
Thanks in advance. I would really appreciate your input.
However, it doesn't show 2 Windows Explorer windows I have open on the desktop.
What do I use to make those to show up in the list??
Thanks in advance. I would really appreciate your input.
Code:
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)>
Private Shared Function IsWindowVisible(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr) As Boolean
End Function
<DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError:=True)>
Private Shared Function GetWindowText(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal lpString As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal nMaxCount As Integer) As Integer
End Function
<DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError:=True)>
Private Shared Function GetWindowTextLength(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr) As Integer
End Function
<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)>
Private Shared Function GetWindowPlacement(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByRef lpwndpl As WINDOWPLACEMENT) As Boolean
End Function
<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)>
Private Shared Function GetWindowThreadProcessId(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByRef lpdwProcessId As Integer) As Integer
End Function
Public Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED As Integer = 2
Public Const SW_HIDE As Integer = 0
Private Sub frmScriptEditor_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
'API
lstActiveWindows.Items.Clear()
' Get the current process ID
Dim currentProcessId As Integer = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id
' Get all running processes
Dim processes As Process() = Process.GetProcesses()
' Iterate through each process
For Each process As Process In processes
If process.Id = currentProcessId Then Continue For
' Check if the process has a main window handle
If process.MainWindowHandle <> IntPtr.Zero Then
' Check if the main window is visible, not minimized, and not an ApplicationFrameHost process
' Get the title of the main window
Dim titleLength As Integer = GetWindowTextLength(process.MainWindowHandle)
Dim titleBuilder As New System.Text.StringBuilder(titleLength + 1)
GetWindowText(process.MainWindowHandle, titleBuilder, titleBuilder.Capacity)
Dim title As String = titleBuilder.ToString()
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(title) Then Continue For
' Print the title to the console or display it in a ListBox or any other control
If title = "NVIDIA GeForce Overlay" Or title = "Microsoft Text Input Application" Or title = "Program Manager" Then
'skip
Else
lstActiveWindows.Items.Add(title)
End If
End If
Next
End Sub
Private Structure WINDOWPLACEMENT
Public Length As Integer
Public Flags As Integer
Public ShowCmd As Integer
Public MinPosition As System.Drawing.Point
Public MaxPosition As System.Drawing.Point
Public NormalPosition As System.Drawing.Rectangle
End Structure
Private Function IsMinimized(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr) As Boolean
Dim wp As New WINDOWPLACEMENT()
wp.Length = Marshal.SizeOf(wp)
If GetWindowPlacement(hWnd, wp) Then
Return wp.ShowCmd = SW_SHOWMINIMIZED OrElse wp.ShowCmd = SW_HIDE
End If
Return False
End Function
Private Function IsSpecialProcess(ByVal process As Process) As Boolean
Dim processName As String = process.ProcessName.ToLowerInvariant()
Return processName = "applicationframehost" OrElse processName = "textinputhost" OrElse processName = "systemsettings"
End Function