Is it possible to get the window handle id from directory path ?

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I need to somehow find the folder's window handle (e.g.

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hwnd=0x002C0F1A 64bit class="DirectUIHWND" style=0x56000000 ex=0x0

) inside any folder e.g. DOWNLOADS folder,
Please help me as i am stuck

What I have tried:

Cannot find the same using uiautomationclient dll.

Posted 14-Nov-19 1:15am

isaketranjan

Updated 14-Nov-19 1:57am

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Richard MacCutchan 14-Nov-19 7:37am

Windows handles are not stored anywhere in files, they are dynamically created for running applications.

isaketranjan 14-Nov-19 8:45am

Yes, That' what i am trying to find on run time, tried to find the same using uiautomationclient dll (by Microsoft), But that also failed, somehow i found all items inside the directory, and trying to find the handle of them using name or full directory path (if possible)

Richard MacCutchan 14-Nov-19 8:51am

Please read my comment again.

isaketranjan 14-Nov-19 8:58am

May be i could not make my question clear, Just like we find any window's controls using uiautomationclient dll e.g
AutomationElement.RootElement.FindFirst(TreeScope.Children, new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.NameProperty, "This PC"));

, the same way i want to find the files/folder as well, that may be present anywhere

Richard MacCutchan 14-Nov-19 10:47am

What do you mean by "find the files/folder as well"?

Your original question is asking to find a Windows handle which does not exist. Now you are asking about finding files or folders. Please edit your question and explain exactly what information you are trying to find.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2019-11-14T01:58:00

No.
Windows handles are a limited resource, and are allocated dynamically on demand when a window is created at run time, and recycled when the window is closed. In addition, an application does not have "one windows handle", it will commonly have many - at least one for each form, and for each control.

Think about it: if it was stored in a file, it would be the same handle for all instances of the same application - and most applications do not limit you to a single running instance.