- 1 year ago
How to kill explorer.exe window, not the whole process in python
To close or kill an Explorer window in Python without terminating the entire explorer.exe process, you can use the pywinauto
library, which allows you to automate GUI interactions in Windows.
Here's an example code snippet that demonstrates how to close an Explorer window using pywinauto
:
pythonfrom pywinauto import Desktop, Application
# Find the Explorer window by its title
explorer_app = Application(backend="uia").connect(title='File Explorer')
# Get the main window handle of the Explorer window
explorer_window = explorer_app.window(title='File Explorer')
# Close the Explorer window
explorer_window.close()
In the above example, we use the Application
class from pywinauto
to connect to the Explorer window with a specified title, in this case, "File Explorer". Then, we get the handle of the main window of the Explorer window using the window
method. Finally, we call the close
method on the window handle to close the Explorer window.
Make sure you have installed pywinauto
before running the code. You can install it via pip:
shellpip install pywinauto
Please note that the pywinauto
library relies on GUI automation techniques and may not work reliably in all scenarios or on all Windows versions. Additionally, manipulating system processes and windows can have unintended consequences, so exercise caution when using such functionality.