Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!mephisto!prism!gt3070b From: gt3070b@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeff Watkins) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Winexec Message-ID: <12862@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 22 Aug 90 03:02:56 GMT References: <7140@umd5.umd.edu> Organization: Convergent Media Systems Lines: 13 Well, you could scan all the windows to find the caption of the application. Use GetWindowText( HWND hWnd, LPSTR lpCaption, int nMaxCount ). This way you will have the window handle of the application, and can poll to find out if it still exists. hope that helps... jeff -- Jeff Watkins gt3070b@prism.gatech.edu Convergent Media Systems (404) 315-0105 voice (404) 315-0231 data "I speak for no-one. AND NO-ONE SPEAKS FOR ME... oh, yes, _dear_...I gotta go..."