minimize a System.Diagnostics.Process

Question

I have a System.Diagnostics.Process which I started.  I would like to minimize it.  How can I do this in C#?

I found this post, but it is for VB, and it looks like it uses COM.  Neither of which I like.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=611361&SiteID=1

If there is a pure C# .NET way to do this, that would be great.

~S

Answer 1

just set the WindowStyle to minimized

Example:

ProcessStartInfo theProcess = new ProcessStartInfo("filename.exe");

theProcess.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;

Process.Start(theProcess);

Answer 2

The process is already running.  I tried doing this (for the sake of being thorough):

runningProc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = FormWindowState.Minimized;

but it did not work.

~S

Answer 3

If the process is already running...you will need the handle to send to ShowWindow API.

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
 

ShowWindow(yourHandle, 2);

Answer 4

ShowWindow( proc.Handle, 2 );

seems to have no effect at all.  For processes I tried notepad.exe, and gvim -f.  The (-f) makes the call blocking.  Both had the same results.

~S

Answer 5

Had to do this:
ShowWindow( proc.MainWindowHandle, 2 );

Thanks,

~S

Answer 6

Yep...that would be the handle...