Showing Desktop SW_DEFAULT

Hi.
I have a little problem with finding the Desktop (as window). There is certain game that you cannot press Alt + Tab to get out of it so I made a simple program that you can but(!!!) if I Force the game to minimize (SW_FORCEMINIMIZE) then you would see your Desktop but the thing is the Desktop is much larger then normal (probably have something to do with the game resolution) so I thought showing the Desktop as Default but I don't know how to find the Desktop as window, do you know a way to do that? Thanks, Yuri.

This doesn't work because he cannot find the window (used WinSpy for the Caption)

PHP Code:

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if ( ! hwnd = FindWindow ( 0, "FolderView" ) )
        
    Beep ( 1000, 1000 );
    
else
    
    ShowWindow ( hwnd, SW_DEFAULT ); 


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Yes it beeps, :(, why isn't "FolderView" correct?

ShowWindow ain't gonna do it. A "well-behaved" DirectX application would allow Alt+Tab, performing the following:-

When you Alt+Tab away from the game window - change display resolution back to the default.

When you Alt+Tab into the game window - change display resolution to the game's needs.

Therefore, if the game isn't doing it, then you'll have to use ChangeDisplaySettings to allow you to see the desktop at its proper size.

Ok, I am gonna look at the code, thx. The game can't Alt + Tab out, I agree, that really sux.

Really thanks that it works but now I have a lot bigger problem :(.
When the game window is forced minimized then I set the ChangeDisplaySettings to 0, 0 for default and my Desktop looks normal then but when I show the game window after my it was forced minimized I get something reallt weirds (look at the .jpg), here is my code:

PHP Code:

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hwnd = FindWindow ( 0, "Jedi Knight®: Jedi Academy (MP)" );
    
ShowWindow ( hwnd, SW_FORCEMINIMIZE );
    
hwnd2 = FindWindow ( 0, "Movie Battles II" );
    
ShowWindow ( hwnd2, SW_FORCEMINIMIZE );

ChangeDisplaySettings ( 0, 0 );


//Now the Desktop is shown and the game is forced minimized


Sleep ( 10000 );
  
ShowWindow ( hwnd, SW_RESTORE );
    
ShowWindow ( hwnd2, SW_RESTORE );
    
Sleep ( 1000 );
    
ChangeDisplaySettings ( 0, CDS_RESET );
/*
Set the game window to what is was, I tried everything but it all
gave me the same thing as the .jpg
*/ 


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Before you restore the desktop, save the display settings the game is using by calling EnumDisplaySettings with ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS. Then use the saved settings to restore the game when ready.

(OM*G) I just wanted to post the exect same thing but then as a question, how to find those settings, really thanks dude!

Ok I got it to work now (it works for now on) but I just wanted to know if it really is fine, here is my code:

PHP Code:

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#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

DEVMODE ScreenSettings;

HWND GameWindow, ExtraWindow;

int main()
{

    Sleep ( 20000 );

    if ( ! ( GameWindow = FindWindow ( 0, "Jedi Knight®: Jedi Academy (MP)" ) ) )
    {

        MessageBox ( 0, "Could not find the \"Jedi Academy\" window!", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR );

        exit ( 0 );
    }

    EnumDisplaySettings ( NULL ,ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS, & ScreenSettings );

    ExtraWindow = FindWindow ( 0, "Movie Battles II" );

    ShowWindow ( ExtraWindow, SW_HIDE );

    ShowWindow ( GameWindow, SW_FORCEMINIMIZE );

    ChangeDisplaySettings ( 0, 0 );

    Sleep ( 5000 );

    ShowWindow ( GameWindow, SW_RESTORE );

    ChangeDisplaySettings ( & ScreenSettings, CDS_RESET );
} 


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Thanks, Yuri.