How to bring CMD.EXE window to top? (I would prefer a command or script without a need to compile anything).
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A:
Not sure there is any 'out of the box' functionality that will do that, but there are a few products: Console Windows Tweaks
SomeMiscGuy
2009-04-24 15:40:18
Thanks for the link.
Shoban
2009-04-24 15:51:03
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A:
Your question is extremely vague.
It sounds like you're asking for "alt+tab".
dss539
2009-04-24 15:46:56
Well thanks, but I seriously didn't understand what you were asking. Now I understand that you wanted a way to "set window focus using a script". You might want to change your question tags to "scripting windows". Your question isn't really specific to the command shell. I'm glad that someone was able to give you a useful answer, though. :)
dss539
2009-04-24 16:09:42
A:
With compiling:
Easy, just use Win32 API to FindWindow according to its title or class and then send it a message or bring it to the front.
Without compiling:
I'd suggest you'd find a command line utility that can do the equivalent of FindWindow and SetForgroundWindow, so you could call it from a batch file or any other script.
Assaf Lavie
2009-04-24 15:48:35
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A:
The Wscript.Shell object accessible from Windows Script Host (either VBS or JS) has a method called "AppActivate" which, when passed a window title, will attempt to "activate" (which may bring it to the foreground if it's not minimised).
The following code snippet in VBScript worked on my machine:
Set WShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WShell.AppActivate "Command Prompt"
(Edited: Initially I hadn't tried it. Then I did)
Jason Musgrove
2009-04-24 15:52:34