What is active window

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If your original hardware manufacturer (OEM) changed the motherboard for you, your PC should reactivate automatically. You cannot set the ACTIVE-WINDOW handle, but you can read and write values for the. When you buy a refurbished device running Windows 11, youll need to activate Windows using the product key on the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) thats attached to your device. I hope this helps with explaining my problem. A handle to the last ABL application window to receive an ENTRY event. Some days it works when selecting Program Manager, other days it works with ApplicationFrameWindow, and it’s unpredictable when it decides to work this way. In other words, I end up doing something like this:

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My specific problem is that I need keystrokes to be associated with the correct active window (whatever window is named for the Desktop) before I can do anything such as launch the Run window. Instead, it can be found under this active window: So far, the process can find this element under the following active window:īut as of late, this window no longer contains such a class list item.

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However, this mouse click action (just like keystroke actions), requires an active window. Using a window control, I can pick up the following selector: I do in fact use “Run” to get the correct window active, but before I can even launch the window I need, an existing active window must be present to be able to launch the Run window.įor a better example, let’s say I need to select Google Chrome: I’m using RPA Express 2.2.1 on a Windows 10 based remote desktop.