I Hope this is what you want
I think this is an adaptation of what you already have but this will eliminate the problem of get the wrong handle if you have more than one explorer open.
Call the function ExecCmd and pass it your explorer paramete for example:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
The function will load explorer using createprocess and wait for it to finish executing. When it has it then scan the active window until it find Microsoft Explorer in the caption of the main window. I hop this is OK please Let me KNOW.
Option Explicit
Public Type RECT
Left As Long
Top As Long
Right As Long
Bottom As Long
End Type
Public Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function MoveWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal bRepaint As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetWindowRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpRect As RECT) As Long
Private Type STARTUPINFO
cb As Long
lpReserved As String
lpDesktop As String
lpTitle As String
dwX As Long
dwY As Long
dwXSize As Long
dwYSize As Long
dwXCountChars As Long
dwYCountChars As Long
dwFillAttribute As Long
dwFlags As Long
wShowWindow As Integer
cbReserved2 As Integer
lpReserved2 As Long
hStdInput As Long
hStdOutput As Long
hStdError As Long
End Type
Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
hProcess As Long
hThread As Long
dwProcessID As Long
dwThreadID As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Declare Function CreateProcessA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
lpApplicationName As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, ByVal _
lpProcessAttributes As Long, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, _
lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInformation As _
PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20&
Private Const INFINITE = -1&
Function ExecCmd(CmdLine As String) As Long
Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
Dim start As STARTUPINFO
Dim Ret As Long
Dim WindowTitle As String * 256
' Initialize the STARTUPINFO structure:
start.cb = Len(start)
' Start the shelled application:
Ret = CreateProcessA(0&, CmdLine$, 0&, 0&, 1&, _
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, start, proc)
' Wait for the shelled application to finish:
Ret = WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, 0)
Do While 0 = 0
ExecCmd = GetForegroundWindow
Ret = GetWindowText(ExecCmd, WindowTitle, 256)
If Right$(Left(WindowTitle, Ret), 27) = "Microsoft Internet Explorer" Then Exit Do
Loop
Ret = CloseHandle(proc.hProcess)
End Function