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[Michael2222]

This is hopefully a simple question, but I can't seem to get it.

 

I do a bunch of operations, and then an explorer window is still open for a simple folder. It's not a program window or anything else with a title in the window.

 

I just want to close it. "WinClose" does not seem to work, and there is the added problem that I want to make absolutely sure that I only close that window (I think it would be currently active after the other steps) and not another window that I happen to have open.

 

Thanks in advance for ideas - it sounds really simple, but I'm just not getting it.

[girlgamer]

While (WinExist("ahk_Class CabinetWClass"))
{  Winclose, ahk_class CabinetWClass
   Sleep 2000
}
msgbox,0x1000,,All explorer windows closed
exitapp

[Michael2222]

Thanks for the help - it does close the window that was open.

 

Unfortunately, it closes all explorer windows, which I definitely don't want to do. I wanted to be careful that ONLY the window open from the transfer operations is closed so that I don't lose data in other explorer windows that happen to be open.

 

Your version gets closer, though, and maybe I can tweak it to do what I want.

[bruno]

why selecting Sleep 2000 not 1000 or 3000?

[Jackie Sztuk _Blackholyman]

Did you Try Winclose, A as this will close the active window

[Michael2222]

Did you Try Winclose, A as this will close the active window

 

That did the trick, thanks.

[girlgamer]

I chose 2000 so I could actually see the individual windows close  instead of closing a whole bunch of them very

fast. As you may notice the script comes with the caveat that I was using the ahk_class. In testing I opened a number

explorer windows to make sure the method worked correctly before posting. He wanted a winclose but never said

specifically what window. so this did the job on all of them. The actual window title can be sussed from the folder

that is open. That wasn't specified either. For this test I opened 5 Explorer windows to different folders and had

the routine check the windows titles. 

WinGet, vwinID, List, ahk_class CabinetWClass
MsgBox,0x1000,,there are %vWinID% windows of CabinetWClass open.
Loop, %vWinID%
{ x := vWinID%A_Index%
  WinGetTitle, wt, ahk_id %x%
  msgBox,0x1000,, index=%a_Index% of %vWinID%`nwt=%wt%
}
ExitApp

Using this method you gain the ability to close any one of the windows using it's Instance ID (ahk_id)

or by using it's title regardless if it is the active or topmost window in the list. This does not close the

windows, it simply identifies them for future operations.