CloseWindowsWithText is a Windows code snippet to minimize a window with a certain text.


#include <string>

#include <windows.h>



//From http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/CppCloseWindowsWithText.htm

void CloseWindowsWithText(const std::string& s)

{

  HWND handle = GetWindow(GetForegroundWindow(),GW_HWNDFIRST);

  while (handle)

  {

    const int sz = 256;

    char buffer[sz];

    GetWindowText(handle,buffer,sz);

    if (s == std::string(buffer)) CloseWindow(handle);

    handle = GetNextWindow(handle,GW_HWNDNEXT);

  }

}

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