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"Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - antireflective643239 - 07-23-2023
Is there a command I can put into a Windows XP .bat file to bring the command shell to the front?
RE: "Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - symploce914 - 07-23-2023
From a batch file, no. If you want to activate a window you have to use [SetActiveWindow()][1]. If you don't want to get dirty with windows programming but still want to activate windows and simple stuff like that, I highly recommend checking out [Autoit][2]. You could always call this program from your batchfile to have it do the task.
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RE: "Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - laminboard397873 - 07-23-2023
[CMDOW][1] is also useful for this and for other DOS programming tasks where a little added functionality is needed. Simple to use and well documented. Mind your anti-virus program, though - CMDOW has the ability to hide windows which your anti-virus program will pick up as a possible virus. Just add it to your exception list. CMDOW is completely portable, is definitely NOT a virus and if you have any concerns about it being used by a third party to hide something, simply tuck it away in some non obvious folder somewhere.
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RE: "Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - trennaictwjkoe - 07-23-2023
Another quick way to switch to a window by name is via Ctrl+Shift+Esc, which opens Task Manager. Then just type the first few letters of the windows title to select the process, then hit Enter.
RE: "Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - jeanoojqhuvdk - 07-23-2023
Another way to get the cmd prompt window to show in front is by ending file1.bat with a command to call a second file2.bat file, followed by an exit command.
EXAMPLE using
file1.bat
....
[your code here]
start C:\file2.bat
exit
This closes file1.bat and opens a second .bat file where you can continue with your code. This second .bat command prompt will open in front of other windows
RE: "Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - russellite633547 - 07-23-2023
I had a similar problem and I had to develop a simple C# console application that brings to front a Window. The windows is selected using the window title pass as argument.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
[DllImport("USER32.DLL", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(String lpClassName, String lpWindowName);
[DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
[DllImport("User32.dll")]
private static extern bool IsIconic(IntPtr handle);
[DllImport("User32.dll")]
private static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr handle, int nCmdShow);
const int SW_RESTORE = 9;
public static void bringToFront(string title)
{
// Get a handle to the Calculator application.
IntPtr handle = FindWindow(null, title);
// Verify that Calculator is a running process.
if (handle == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return;
}
if (IsIconic(handle))
{
ShowWindow(handle, SW_RESTORE);
}
Console.WriteLine("Founded ");
SetForegroundWindow(handle);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length > 0)
bringToFront(args[0]);
else
Console.WriteLine("specify program window title");
}
}
}
the code of my batch script is then something similar to
tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq program.exe" | find "program.exe"
if errorlevel 1 (program.exe) else (BringToFront.exe "Program Window Title")
RE: "Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - tanking721849 - 07-23-2023
Try with [focusOn.bat][1]
call focusOn.bat "My Title"
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RE: "Bring to front" for Windows XP command shell - overlow138495 - 07-23-2023
[nircmd](
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) will do this, though it involves a little scripting.nircmd win activate "titleofwindow"
You basically need to know the title of the cmd window you are executing (you can set this via the TITLE command in windows)
thus:
TITLE %SOME_UNIQUE_VALE%
nircmd win activate %SOME_UNIQUE_VALE%
should do the trick.
Note some malware tools make use of the NirCmd executable (it requires no deployment and is very powerful); this may cause you problems.