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Get a active window title and its executable path
# pywin32 must be installed
# pip install wmi
import win32gui
import win32process
import win32pdhutil
import wmi
procs = wmi.WMI().Win32_Process()
pycwnd = win32gui.GetForegroundWindow()
tid, pid = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(pycwnd)
for proc in procs:
if proc.ProcessId == pid:
print 'pid', pid
print 'exec', proc.ExecutablePath
print 'title', win32gui.GetWindowText(pycwnd)
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import re
def get_active_window_title():
root_check = ''
root = Popen(['xprop', '-root'], stdout=PIPE)
if root.stdout != root_check:
root_check = root.stdout
for i in root.stdout:
if '_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW):' in i:
id_ = i.split()[4]
id_w = Popen(['xprop', '-id', id_], stdout=PIPE)
id_w.wait()
buff = []
for j in id_w.stdout:
buff.append(j)
title = "Active window not found"
app_title = ""
for line in buff:
match = re.match("WM_NAME\((?P<type>.+)\) = (?P<name>.+)", line)
if match != None:
type = match.group("type")
if type == "STRING" or type == "COMPOUND_TEXT":
title = match.group("name")
match = re.match("_OB_APP_CLASS\((?P<type>.+)\) = (?P<name>.+)", line)
if match != None:
app_title = match.group("name")
return title, app_title
title, app_title = get_active_window_title()
print title
print app_title
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alx-xlx commented Aug 30, 2021

Good work,

How can we get the same for all "opened windows" in Windows10?

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