I am a man who dresses as a woman...

[V(ery) Basic]

...just joking.

Is there a way to get all the files in the task bar and their hWnds? Or their names so I can use FindWindow.

Any help would be useful.

Thanks,

Me

[Stevie-O]

To enumerate all the top-level windows in the system, you need to call EnumWindows, and filter out the various properties to get the ones that are just in the taskbar.

It just so happens I have such a function for a similar purpose.

' Stick this in a module.

Private EnumWindowsArray() As Long, wsMask As Long, wsStyles As Long, ewaCount As Long

Public Enum WindowStyleConstants
  WS_OVERLAPPED = &H0
  WS_POPUP = &H80000000
  WS_CHILD = &H40000000
  WS_MINIMIZE = &H20000000
  WS_VISIBLE = &H10000000
  WS_DISABLED = &H8000000
  WS_CLIPSIBLINGS = &H4000000
  WS_CLIPCHILDREN = &H2000000
  WS_MAXIMIZE = &H1000000
  WS_CAPTION = &HC00000                '/* WS_BORDER | WS_DLGFRAME  */
  WS_BORDER = &H800000
  WS_DLGFRAME = &H400000
  WS_VSCROLL = &H200000
  WS_HSCROLL = &H100000
  WS_SYSMENU = &H80000
  WS_THICKFRAME = &H40000
  WS_GROUP = &H20000
  WS_TABSTOP = &H10000

  WS_MINIMIZEBOX = &H20000
  WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = &H10000

  WS_TILED = WS_OVERLAPPED
  WS_ICONIC = WS_MINIMIZE
  WS_SIZEBOX = WS_THICKFRAME

'/*
' * Common Window Styles
' */
  WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW = WS_OVERLAPPED Or WS_CAPTION Or WS_SYSMENU Or WS_THICKFRAME Or WS_MINIMIZEBOX Or WS_MAXIMIZEBOX
  WS_TILEDWINDOW = WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW
  WS_POPUPWINDOW = WS_POPUP Or WS_BORDER Or WS_SYSMENU
  WS_CHILDWINDOW = WS_CHILD
End Enum


' *************************************
' *         CALLBACK FUNCTION         *
' *************************************

Private Function EnumWindowsProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
'  Debug.Print "(" & GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_STYLE) & " & " & wsMask & ") = " & (GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_STYLE) And WS_VISIBLE) & " vs " & wsStyles
  If (GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_STYLE) And wsMask) = wsStyles Then
    ReDim Preserve EnumWindowsArray(0 To ewaCount)
    EnumWindowsArray(ewaCount) = hWnd
    ewaCount = ewaCount + 1
  End If
  EnumWindowsProc = 1 ' to cont. enumeration
End Function

Public Function EnumerateWindows(ByRef hWndArray() As Long, Optional ByVal WinStyleMask As WindowStyleConstants = 0, Optional ByVal WinStyleVal As WindowStyleConstants = 0) As Long
  ReDim EnumWindowsArray(0)
  ewaCount = 0
  wsMask = WinStyleMask
  wsStyles = WinStyleVal
  EnumWindows AddressOf EnumWindowsProc, 0
  hWndArray = EnumWindowsArray
  EnumerateWindows = ewaCount
End Function

' ************

' Then call it like this:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
  Dim hWnds() As Long, wndCount As Long
  wndCount = EnumerateWindows(hWnds, WS_CAPTION Or WS_VISIBLE, WS_CAPTION Or WS_VISIBLE)
End Sub

' The WS_CAPTION or WS_VISIBLE usually nails it on the styles.

[Razzle]

To enumerate all running processes:

    ReDim RProcesses(0)
    hSnapShot = CreateToolhelpSnapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0&)
   
    If hSnapShot = 0 Then Exit Sub

    uProcess.dwSize = Len(uProcess)
    r = ProcessFirst(hSnapShot, uProcess)
    i = 1
    Do While r
        ReDim Preserve RProcesses(UBound(RProcesses) + 1)
        RProcesses(i) = uProcess
        Form1.List1.AddItem uProcess.szExeFile
        i = i + 1
        r = ProcessNext(hSnapShot, uProcess)

    Loop

    Call CloseHandle(hSnapShot)

End Sub