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Opened applications
Hello,
Would it be possible to list all the opened applications/windows that a user sees in the taskbar? I know how to list the running processes, but two windows can have the same process. Thank you in advance for any suggestion. Regards |
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Patrick,
You can use "Tasks" if you open an instance of MS Word. The example below is a bare bones approach; you would probably want to check if Word is already open etc. but this will give you a start. The 'Name' property of a given task is the friendly name (title bar type name) rather than the process name (which is often different). '------------------------------------------ Sub ListVisibleWindows() Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") For Each myTask In objWord.Tasks If myTask.Visible Then MsgBox myTask.Name End If Next myTask objWord.Quit Set objWord = Nothing End Sub '------------------------------------------ Steve Yandl "Patrick" wrote in message ... Hello, Would it be possible to list all the opened applications/windows that a user sees in the taskbar? I know how to list the running processes, but two windows can have the same process. Thank you in advance for any suggestion. Regards |
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