How can i prevent my app from been minimized when doing a minimize all action

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Hello, i want to do this but i can't find the way of blocking this action

i try the WM_COMMAND with MIN_ALL in lparam but windows doesn't even send the WM_COMMAND so is useless. how can i achieve this?

Thanks :sigh:

Posted 18-Oct-10 5:54am

manchukuo

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OriginalGriff 18-Oct-10 11:56am

What do you mean "i try the WM_COMMAND with MIN_ALL in lparam but windows doesn't even send the WM_COMMAND so is useless."? What did you try?

Toli Cuturicu 18-Oct-10 12:29pm

Don't do it!
If I were the end-user, I would have deleted your application at once. I can't stand such arrogant software.

manchukuo 18-Oct-10 12:34pm

So Google desktop is arrogant?

manchukuo 18-Oct-10 12:35pm

What i mean with the WM_COMMAND and MIN_ALL param is something i saw in a forum, they said that sending that message with that param will minimize all windows, so i thought that i could just process that message my self ansd prevent minimizing

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Nish Nishant · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-18T06:03:00

Solution 1

You can handle WM_SIZE and circumvent this, but I've got to tell you that users will find this incredibly annoying. You should NEVER mess with default system behavior.

Posted 18-Oct-10 6:03am

Nish Nishant

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manchukuo 18-Oct-10 12:35pm

Nishant i am writing an appbar so that is why i need that functionality, i want to reproduce google desktop funcitionality, WM_SIZE gets called after the app was minimized.

Nish Nishant 18-Oct-10 12:37pm

What about WM_SIZING?