Automatically Detect WinTitle ?

[Class1]

I'm trying make the script automatically detects the Window Title when a certain Process is running
Lets take Google Chrome for the sake of simplicity (correct me if I'm wrong)

Based on my understanding:
Process is the .exe application "chrome.exe"
Window Title is the title of the palette under task bar *lets say if I just opened up the chrome the Window Title is gonna be: "New Tab - Google Chrome" as shown below




My code:

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Process, Exist, chrome.exe ; checks if Program.exe is running
WinGetTitle, DetectedWindowName, ahk_exe ; detects the windows title of the Program.exe (e.g. "New Tab - Google Chrome")
IfWinActive, %DetectedWindowName% ; if the window is active
	MsgBox, The active window is "%DetectedWindowName%"

Any help is appreciated,
Class1

[wolf_II]

For sake of simplicity, I'm not going to install software to check your code. I read it and comment.

First line: AHK checks to see if chrome.exe is running and sets the Errorlevel accordingly. The code you posted ignores the result completely.
Second Line: wrong use of ahk_exe. AHK expects to see the WinTitle as parameter. Unlikely to have a window titled "ahk_exe", but when you do have that -> it works.

[wolf_II]

Try this:

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F12:: ; hotkey
Process, Exist, notepad.exe
If ErrorLevel {
    WinGetTitle, DetectedWindowName, ahk_pid %ErrorLevel%
	MsgBox, The detected window is "%DetectedWindowName%"
}
Return

I hope that helps.