Python check if current window is file explorer (windows)

Question

I am using this code to obtain current window

from typing import Optional
from ctypes import wintypes, windll, create_unicode_buffer

def getForegroundWindowTitle() -> Optional[str]:
    hWnd = windll.user32.GetForegroundWindow()
    length = windll.user32.GetWindowTextLengthW(hWnd)
    buf = create_unicode_buffer(length + 1)
    windll.user32.GetWindowTextW(hWnd, buf, length + 1) 
    return buf.value if buf.value else None 

print(getForegroundWindowTitle())
    
    output:
        Videos
        git
        Downloads
        Python check if current window is file explorer - Stack Overflow - Google Chrome

While google chrome tabs can be easily identified using this, problem is there's no way to know whether Videos, git, Downloads are windows folder (opened using file explorer).

So, is there a way to get the output in this format Videos - File Explorer ?
/ check whether the current window is a windows folder/file explorer window ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '20 at 12:21

From the same Question I modified the Code of Nuno Andre https://stackoverflow.com/a/56572696/2532695

import ctypes
from ctypes import wintypes
import psutil

user32 = ctypes.windll.user32

h_wnd = user32.GetForegroundWindow()
pid = wintypes.DWORD()
user32.GetWindowThreadProcessId(h_wnd, ctypes.byref(pid))
print(psutil.Process(pid.value).name())

This one should do the trick, but you need psutil (pip install psutil). You should see something like "Explorer.exe" if the active Window is an Explorer-Window.

Python check if current window is file explorer (windows)

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