tool for minimising windows, etc., sought

[Ninho]

Hi, guys and gals !

I'm looking for a light command line program for use in batches, that will hide or close or minimise, etc, individual windows selected by (part of) their titles (or window class, etc.). On NT derivatives, I use "cmdow.exe" ; can you advise one for use on Windows 95/98/ME ?

Should be a freeware/postcardware.

Cheers

[Drugwash]

In a few minutes you can build yourself such an application in AutoHotkey. Example of an AHK script that will automatically close the windows whose titles and (partial) text are enumerated:

#Persistent
SetTimer, CloseWin, 250
return

CloseWin:
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Shortcut, The new shortcut will be placed on the desktop.
ControlSend, , {Tab}, Hard Disk is Full, You have run out of disk space
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Hard Disk is Full, You have run out of disk space
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Damage Cleanup Engine (DCE), No Virus Found
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Security Alert, You are about to be redirected to a connection that is not secure.
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Are you sure you want to log out?
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Are you sure you want to empty this folder?
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Are you sure you want to permanently delete the selected message(s)?
ControlSend, , {Enter}, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Are you sure you want to permanently delete the content of the Spam folder?
return

[Ninho]

In a few minutes you can build yourself such an application in AutoHotkey.

Hmm, thank you. I have an old Norton Desktop for Windows (16 bits!) somewhere, could do similar stuff I bet.

I'm rather after a specialised executable program (not a general macro interpreter) that will enumerate windows on the user desktop, apply required actions, and bail out. Like cmdow does in NT.

Any such beast ?

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Ninho

Edited November 21, 2008 by Ninho

[jaclaz]

See if nircmd works for you:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.html

jaclaz