JSI Tip 7166. Cmdow is a Win32 commandline utility for NT4/W2K/XP that allows windows to be listed, moved, resized, renamed, hidden/unhidden, disabled/enabled, minimized, maximized, restored, activated/inactivated, closed, killed and more.

Jerold Schulman

September 9, 2003

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Download Cmdow, a Win32 commandline utility that allows windows to be listed, moved, resized, renamed, hidden/unhidden, disabled/enabled, minimized, maximized, restored, activated/inactivated, closed, killed and more.

Cmdow was written with batch file programmers in mind. Particular attention has been paid to the Cmdow output to make it easy to process with the FOR /F command.

When you type CMDOW /?, you receive:

CMDOW [Version 1.4.1] Win32 Commandline Window Utility for NT4/W2K/XP.(C) Copyright 2001-2002 Ritchie Lawrence, http://www.commandline.co.uk.  CMDOW [window | /T] [/B] [/F] [/P]  CMDOW /TH | /TV | /MA | /UM | /CW | /AT | /FS | /WM  CMDOW window {[/ACT] [/INA] [/ENA] [/DIS] [/VIS] [/HID] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/RES]        [/TOP] [/NOT] [/REN caption] [/MOV left top] [/SIZ width height] [/CLS]        [/END]}  CMDOW /RUN [state] file [args]  window  List specified window (if omitted, all windows are listed).  /T      List windows only shown on the taskbar.  /B      List windows using bare format (no heading information).  /F      List windows showing full information (don't truncate any fields).  /P      List windows showing position and size (left, top, width and height).  /TH     Tile windows horizontally.    /TV     Tile windows vertically.  /MA     Minimize all windows.         /UM     Undo minimize all windows.  /CW     Cascade windows.              /AT     Intelligent [Alt]-[Tab]  /FS     Switch to full screen mode.   /WM     Switch to window mode.  /ACT    Activate specified window.    /INA    Inactivate specified window.  /ENA    Enable specified window.      /DIS    Disable specified window.  /VIS    Unhide specified window.      /HID    Hide specified window.  /MIN    Minimize specified window.    /MAX    Maximize specified window.  /RES    Restore specified window.     /REN    Rename specified window.  /TOP    Make window always on top.    /NOT    Make window not always on top.  /MOV    Move specified window.        /SIZ    Resize specified window.  /CLS    Close specified window.       /END    Kill process linked to window.  /RUN    Executes or opens specified file using associated application.  state   Initial show state of window (/MIN, /MAX or /HID). Default is normal.  args    Optional commandline arguments passed to launched application.  Specify a window by its caption (case insensitive) or handle in hex format.  The At symbol '@' may be used to refer to this window. For more help on any  parameter use CMDOW /? . Eg CMDOW /? /RUN or CMDOW /? window.



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