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WinSpy++

WinSpy++ is a handy programmer's utility which can be used to select and view the properties of... Created by Catch22.net

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Windows
.NET Framework
Discontinued

WinSpy++ is a handy programmer's utility which can be used to select and view the properties of any window in the system. WinSpy is based around the Microsoft Spy++ utility that ships with Microsoft Visual Studio.

WinSpy++ can obtain the following window properties:

Window Class and Name.
Window procedure address.
All window styles and extended styles.
Window properties (set using the SetProp API call).
Complete Child and Sibling window relationships.
Scrollbar positional information.
Full window Class information. More Info »

Retrieve passwords from password-edit controls!
Edit window styles!
Alter window captions!
Show / Hide / Enable / Disable / Adjust any window in the system!
Massively improved user-interface!
View the complete system window hierarchy!
Multi-monitor support!
Now works correctly for all versions of Windows.
Windows Vista support
Tree hierarchy now groups by process.

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WinSpy++ (sometimes referred to as WinSpy) was added by Jader in Mar 2013 and the latest update was made in Aug 2018. The list of alternatives was updated May 2018 There is a history of all activites on WinSpy++ in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on WinSpy++ or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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