How to load another process' window as a child window?

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I have an executable called A.exe (say it is cmd.exe). I want to launch it (and also I want multiple instances of it) inside another window (that is I have to create) like,

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How can I create such a window (program) using win32 or MFC ? Or this isn't possible ? Thank you.....

regards,

oh...my initial guess was that... but I'm wondering whether there is a possibility to do this. — Morpheus, Nov 07 '10 at 15:58
possible duplicate of [Open Windows' Calculator in my C# Win Application ?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4113755/open-windows-calculator-in-my-c-win-application) — Hans Passant, Nov 07 '10 at 16:38
Related: https://stackoverflow.com/q/3459874/103167 and https://stackoverflow.com/q/23160955/103167 — Ben Voigt, Mar 03 '21 at 17:03
Related: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20130412-00/?p=4683 — Ben Voigt, Mar 03 '21 at 17:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '10 at 21:12

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You could do it by hooking window creation and re-directing all creations to be children of the parent process. AFAIK (And I'll probably get told otherwise) window handles are global so you can descend from ANY window, including windows in other processes.

answered Nov 07 '10 at 21:12

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Hey ! thanks for the answer. Could you please direct me to an article or example ? It would be really.... helpful. – Morpheus Nov 08 '10 at 16:06

How to load another process' window as a child window?

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