Unable to hide Shell Windows

[jhbell]

CODE
dim $Title, $Text

;Open Display Window and hide it
$Title = "Display Properties"
$Text = ""
RUN ("C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL DESK.CPL","",@SW_HIDE) 
WinwAIT($Title,$Text)
local $A
$A = WinGetClassList("Display Properties")
MsgBox(0,"ClassList from Display Properties",$A)

Can anyone explain why the Display Properties Window is not Hidden?

[Andre]

Hi,

u can do it like :

dim $Title, $Text

;Open Display Window and hide it
$Title = "Display Properties"
$Text = ""
RUN ("C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL DESK.CPL","",@SW_HIDE)
WinwAIT($Title,$Text)

WinSetState("Display Properties","",@sw_hide)

local $A
$A = WinGetClassList("Display Properties")
MsgBox(0,"ClassList from Display Properties",$A)

Good Luck

[emmanuel]

CODE
dim $Title, $Text

;Open Display Window and hide it
$Title = "Display Properties"
$Text = ""
RUN ("C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL DESK.CPL","",@SW_HIDE) 
WinwAIT($Title,$Text)
local $A
$A = WinGetClassList("Display Properties")
MsgBox(0,"ClassList from Display Properties",$A)

Can anyone explain why the Display Properties Window is not Hidden?

my guess is that it's hiding run32dll which then launches the display panel as a seperate window...

[ezzetabi]

Yes Emmanuel. That is the problem. The rundll is a process that start an other one.

It is something like when we hide the @comspec & ' /c start commands. Only the Cmd window is hidden, the file you start it does not.

Edited July 29, 2004 by ezzetabi

[tuape]

Try adding

WinSetState ( $Title, $Text, @SW_HIDE )

right after

WinWait($Title,$Text)

This might do the trick.

[jhbell]

Thank you for these solutions, but this does not solve my problem...The display window flashes on the screen before the following Setstate Hide command hides the window... I am trying to run these window setup activities in the background..isn't their any way for autoit to stop this flash? Also the Windows spawned by Display Properties also flash before the SetState takes effect so I need a solution for the child windows too!

[CyberSlug]

I've wanted this, too!

An alternative would be to directly write/merge the registry keys that need changed. (But then you need to somehow tell Windows to apply the changes by restarting explorer.exe or by launching the Display Properties window and clicking the Apply button....)