Is there any method of retrieving only windows on the taskbar?
I want to make a custom “taskbar” that will group APPs in any order (not just in common order like default windows task grouping).
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Is there any method of retrieving only windows on the taskbar?
I want to make a custom “taskbar” that will group APPs in any order (not just in common order like default windows task grouping).
You’ll have to use P/Invoke. Unfortunately, there is no standard way to determine whether a window would appear in the taskbar (or in alt+tab): you can only guess.
Here’s a pretty old example in VB: http://www.thescarms.com/VBasic/alttab.aspx
And in OnTopReplica, I implemented it in a similar manner. You can take a look at the source code (check out
OnTopReplica/WindowSeekers/TaskWindowSeeker.cs).