How to bring to front

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I'm working on a commander for games to make commands easier
but i can't figure out how to bring the game to the front without restarting it
I'm using c#

What I have tried:

process = Process.Start(@"D:\Games\SteamLibary\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\Shootergame.exe");
handle = process.MainWindowHandle;
SetForegroundWindow(handle);

Posted 15-Feb-18 2:07am

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Updated 15-Feb-18 5:42am

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Leo Chapiro · Answer 1 · 2018-02-15T02:54:00

You need to import this function like this:

C#

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

process = Process.Start(@"D:\Games\SteamLibary\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\Shootergame.exe");
handle = process.MainWindowHandle;
SetForegroundWindow(handle); 

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);

Richard Deeming · Answer 2 · 2018-02-15T05:42:00

Use Process.GetProcessesByName[^] to retrieve a list of the running processes with the specified name.

C#

Process theProcess;
Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("shootergame");
if (processes.Length == 0)
{
    // The game is not running:
    theProcess = Process.Start(@"...");
}
else
{
    theProcess = processes[0];
}

handle = theProcess.MainWindowHandle;
SetForegroundWindow(handle);

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