How to properly detect name of exe (running app) in Windows 10

[johnnydp 8]

Std func does not work in Windows 10 for certain apps like Calculator, when Window is focused it's detected as 'ApplicationFrameHost.exe'

[Der schöne Günther 13]

What exactly is your question? You have a window handle (HWND) and you want to get the full path to the executable behind it?

[David Heffernan 51]

3 hours ago, johnnydp said:

Std func

Well, nobody really knows what that is. 

 

But your question is how to find the name of a UWP app from a top level window handle. Which is a question asked here https://stackoverflow.com/q/32001621/505088

[KeithLatham 1]

How about

 

myappname := extractfilename(paramstr(0))

 

Delphi Basics: paramstr

[David Heffernan 51]

7 hours ago, KeithLatham said:

How about

 

myappname := extractfilename(paramstr(0))

 

Delphi Basics: paramstr

That's the name of the executing process. Asker wants to know about external processes. 

[KeithLatham 1]

1 hour ago, David Heffernan said:

That's the name of the executing process. Asker wants to know about external processes. 

Oh, yeah. My reading comprehension is a bit down today I guess.

[johnnydp 8]

Sorry I mean that code:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22002120/how-to-get-path-of-current-active-application-window

 

Thanks. Yes mentioned URLs to stackoverflow contain the same problem asking, but there are many answers and comments I don't know which one is realiable.

Has anyone had something similar in Delphi which works ?

[David Heffernan 51]

4 hours ago, johnnydp said:

Sorry I mean that code:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22002120/how-to-get-path-of-current-active-application-window

 

Thanks. Yes mentioned URLs to stackoverflow contain the same problem asking, but there are many answers and comments I don't know which one is realiable.

Has anyone had something similar in Delphi which works ?

That SO topic is the same issue as yours. You might have to do a bit of research starting there. 

 

What you need to do is find the child process that actually implements the app. Lots of code examples to do that. 

Edited Wednesday at 01:43 PM by David Heffernan