Question

How can I bring a console application window to front in C# (especially when running the Visual Studio debugger)?

Answer 1

It’s hacky, it’s horrible, but it works for me (thanks, pinvoke.net!):

using System; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Threading;  public class Test  {      [DllImport('user32.dll')]     [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]     static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);      [DllImport('user32.dll', EntryPoint='FindWindow', SetLastError = true)]     static extern IntPtr FindWindowByCaption(IntPtr zeroOnly, string lpWindowName);      public static void Main()     {         string originalTitle = Console.Title;         string uniqueTitle = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();         Console.Title = uniqueTitle;         Thread.Sleep(50);         IntPtr handle = FindWindowByCaption(IntPtr.Zero, uniqueTitle);          if (handle == IntPtr.Zero)         {             Console.WriteLine('Oops, cant find main window.');             return;         }         Console.Title = originalTitle;          while (true)         {             Thread.Sleep(3000);             Console.WriteLine(SetForegroundWindow(handle));         }     } }