Help with WinClose/WinKill

[Burgaud]

I have this code:

if WinExists("[Title:notes.csv - Notepad]") then
        .
        .
        .
        sleep(1000)
        ;ProcessClose( "notepad.exe" )
        WinClose("[Title:notes.csv - Notepad]")
        WinKill("[Title:notes.csv - Notepad]")
    endif

Why WinClose, WinKill not reliable in closing the specified notepad?
Only ProcessClose was reliable in closing notepad all the time?

I dont want to use ProcessClose because, it will close "other" notepads. I only want to close the notepad that had the notes.csv file opened..

 

[TheXman]

What OS are you running this on?  If it is Win10, one possible reason that particular method of identifying the window might fail, is that the title in Notepad will include an asterisk (*) when the file is modified.  This doesn't happen on Win7.  One way to be able to have it work regardless of the OS, is to use RegExpTitle to look for a partial match or use "Opt('WinTitleMatchMode', -2)", which will look for a case-insensitive substring match.  Look at the help file to see how each is implemented.

If you opened notepad in your script, then the most reliable way of identifying the window is to use its handle.

Edited August 31, 2020 by TheXman

[Burgaud]

I added #RequireAdmin and everything worked...

Does it mean WinKill, WinClose requires Admin, but ProcessClose does not?
 

[Nine]

Is it really Notepad ?  Because, it shouldn't be necessary to use #RequireAdmin with it unless Notepad is launch with different credentials.