WinExists not working on Windows 8

[Daniel.Paquette@…]

The following code works fine on windows 7 (32 and 64 bit), but fails on Windows 8 64 bit.

;Test for seeing if we can see notepad
;NotepadTest.au3
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)

DIM $CompletionWindowStr = "Untitled - Notepad"

$WaitCompleteResult = WinExists($CompletionWindowStr)
If ($WaitCompleteResult = 1) Then
	MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad found", 30)
Else
	MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad NOT found", 30)
EndIf

Exit

Test setup is open notepad, then run the above compiled program.
Under windows 7 notepad is found.
Under windows 8.0 it is not.

[anonymous]

I found a workaround, here it is:
;Test for seeing if we can see notepad
;NotepadTest.au3
DIM $CompletionWindowStr = "Untitled - Notepad"
;$WaitCompleteResult = WinExists($CompletionWindowStr)
$WaitCompleteResult = WinExists("[CLASS:Notepad]")
If ($WaitCompleteResult = 1) Then

MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad found", 30)

Else

MsgBox(1,"Info", "Notepad NOT found", 30)

EndIf
Exit

[BrewManNH]

Does the Notepad window have the same title as it did in previous versions of windows?

[Jon]

Works fine here. Windows 8 x64.

[J-Paul Mesnage]

It is true that Win8 and 7 introduce a non-breaking blank in the title

"CLASS:Notepad" is better mainly when using non english windows