How to get HANDLE for an application

Question

How to get HANDLE for an application say Outlook from my program

possible duplicate of [How can I get a process handle by its name in C++?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/865152/how-can-i-get-a-process-handle-by-its-name-in-c) — Steve Townsend, Oct 12 '10 at 11:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '10 at 09:36

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You need to get the process id of the process you want to get the handle for and use OpenProcess.

answered Oct 12 '10 at 09:36

Vinzenz

+1 for answering the question that the OP actually wanted answered. – Steve Townsend Oct 12 '10 at 20:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '10 at 09:34

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Use WIN32 API FindWindow().

answered Oct 12 '10 at 09:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 12 '10 at 14:10

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Probably try this:

HANDLE hOutlook = FindWindow("rctrl_renwnd32", NULL);

answered Oct 12 '10 at 14:10

wengseng

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