What api call should I use.

Morning,

What api calls should I use for this problem.
When users runs my *.exe I would like to see if the windows exployer is open. If windows exployer is open I would then like to exit it, and or minimize it.

Thanks.

By 'Explorer' do you mean any folder that's open? If that's the case, then simply do a global hWnd search for any window of the CabinetWClass; if any is found than exit.

Code:

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Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
    If FindWindowEx(0, 0, "CabinetWClass", vbNullString) <> 0 Then Unload Me
End Sub

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Megatron,
For somereason it is not closing windows explorer. I am on a win 95 machine right now. Does this have anything to do w. it?

THe program does not error either. Just sits there :(



[Edited by help on 01-05-2001 at 11:39 AM]

I still cant get the above api call to work.
However I can use this one as well.
Only down fall is that I have the know the
exact path.

After I find the window How can I close it.

My code so far

Code:

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Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32.dll" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, _
    ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long

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Code:

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Private Sub cmdFind_Click()
    Dim hWnd As Long   
    Dim retval As Long     
    hWnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, "exploring -  (C:)")
    If hWnd <> 0 Then MsgBox "Found"
end sub

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Now instead of messanging me that its found how do i close it :)
THanks

Never mind I found out how to do it.

Code:

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Dim hwnd As Long
    hwnd = FindWindowEx(0, 0, "exploreWClass", vbNullString)
    If hwnd <> 0 Then SendMessage hwnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0

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