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 Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:49 am Post subject: Any way to prevent Cheat Engine window from going top? |
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Hello.
I have simple question - is there any way to prevent Cheat Engine window from going top after launching it?
I'm using Cheat Engine with one game (Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion) which game engine have some issues with alt+tabbing and minimizing - when it is alt+tabbed or minimized the crash to desktop would likely happen sooner or later. Sometimes game freeze instantly too because that. It isn't wrong pointer or scripts problem because when I launch this game in windowed/borderless windowed issues are not happening.
I've wrote script in AutoHotKey software already so I don't need to alt+tab to launch my Cheat Engine cheat table but still the Cheat Engine window is going to top and it is minimizing my game and some game engine specific problems happens after that.
So, is there any way to prevent Cheat Engine window from going top so it won't minimize my current fullscreened application?
Thank You.
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window has an option to define how an application shows.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shellexecutea
so just show it as minimized or invisible using an app that can call shellExecute
(SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE might be the one you need)
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squerol
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Thank You but sadly... I don't get it how and where to use it. Even after googling it.
I've read on google that those commands are meant to be used when I'm programming my own application, right? So how to apply that to Cheat Engine .exe process?
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OldCheatEngineUser
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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just create a program that calls ShellExecuteA, and specify SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE as db suggested.
and i believe you need uac account, i.e. admin. (not sure really)
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squerol
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| OldCheatEngineUser wrote: | just create a program that calls ShellExecuteA, and specify SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE as db suggested.
and i believe you need uac account, i.e. admin. (not sure really) |
Thanks.
But those functions like SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE, SW_MAXIMIZE, SW_MINIMIZE, etc. only works on notepad.exe for me - for other programs like calculator, cheat engine, etc. it just doesn't work.
I'm using SW_MAXIMIZE as example for easy look if it works or not.
This code runs application with correct behaviour:
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#include <iostream>
#include <shlobj.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
#include <shellapi.h>
#include <objbase.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
main()
{
ShellExecuteA( NULL, "open", "notepad.exe", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED );
}
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This code just opens cheat engine and doesn't change anything, window is not maximized:
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#include <iostream>
#include <shlobj.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
#include <shellapi.h>
#include <objbase.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
main()
{
ShellExecuteA( NULL, "open", "Cheat engine.exe", NULL, "C:\\123\\Programs\\Cheat Engine 6.7", SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED );
}
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I have 0 expierience with c++ and I don't get it why notepad launches as I wanted and other apps not - so sorry for troubling and annoyance.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:16 am Post subject: |
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maybe because of custom class? db?
maybe db should make an optional parameter "-n-a" to be specified and passed to ce executable.
"no activate"
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| OldCheatEngineUser wrote: | maybe because of custom class? db?
maybe db should make an optional parameter "-n-a" to be specified and passed to ce executable.
"no activate" |
Nevermind.
I've removed scripts (open game process, set values, etc.) from startup and moved them under hotkey instead so launching Cheat Engine after launching game is not required.
I'm launching Cheat Engine table before launching game and I just press hotkey to enable lua script in game now. Cheat Engine window is not going to front while game process is still chosen, everything from Cheat Table works, game is not crashing anymore.
Anyway Thank You guys for willing to help, I appreciate it.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| To prevent the program to go amiss window you have to focus on carelessness in maximizing windows and other attires, when using Cheat Engine 6.1. As a result of this case, you must drag the Cheat Engine 6.1 window beneath all other open applications. |
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