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I need to retrieve the title from the active window that has focus. This is not necessarily the top-most window (because I have some things that are always on top). This is the code from my latest attempt, where I realized that there can be many active windows (near 100 in my case) but only one of them will have focus.

I am making a personal utility that needs to modify the window that has focus when I press a hotkey. I am designing it to work with any window. Therefore, I have no title, partial title, or text to search with.

I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance

$winList = WinList()

$found = 0

For $i = 1 to $winList[0][0]

If WinActive($winList[$i][0]) Then

$activeT =$winList[$i][0]

$activeH =$winList[$i][1]

$found=$i

EndIf

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WinGetTitle("") returns the active window's title. WinGetTitle works on both minimized and hidden windows. If multiple windows match the criteria, the most recently active window is used.

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Thanks, I know i read about that function in the help file I just didn't read the remark. I remember thinking, "why would I need to wingettitle if I already had the title as a parameter". I guess i figured that the default string would return everything like winlist. You both have my thanks.

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