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Asked: 2026-05-10T17:29:28+00:00

I’ve got a code that lists the running application on a win32 box, and

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I’ve got a code that lists the running application on a win32 box, and then displays theirs icons.

So far so good, I get the hwnd of the app, then call for GetClassLong(hwnd,GCL_HICONSM), and everything’s fine.

But the case of a java apps is a pain to deal with, as the process answering to my calls is javaw.exe, and not the shiny-pimpy java application, who’s got a so beautiful icon…

I gave a shot at GetWindowThreadProcessId also, but alas, it’s the PID of javaw that’s returned…

There’s a way to do this though, as the task manager (alt+tab) displays the good icon.

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  1. Mmm, it can be done, because Process Viewer has a Show Applications button which does that (even if the main view shows the Java’s icon). Alas this freeware isn’t open source, so it won’t tell its secret… 🙁

    Sysinternals’ ProcMon doesn’t do that, alas.

    I will dig a bit more… 🙂

    [EDIT] Both a MS KB article and a Code Project article recommend using WM_QUERYDRAGICON if GCL_HICON fails…

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