WinSpy

Name: WinSpy
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Retrieve window information.

Free • Open Source
Windows

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What is WinSpy?

WinSpy is a tool for retrieving details of an open window in the Windows desktop environment. It appears that it has superceded WinSpy++ icon WinSpy++.

Information that can be retrieved with WinSpy: • Window/control handle • Window title • Control text • Window/control class • Control ClassNN • Window/control position • Window/control size (window and client dimensions) • Cursor position (relative to screen, window or client) • Window/control styles • Window/control extended styles • Additional styles for some controls • Detailed style information including description • Control ID • Font name, size and style • Details about the class (style, handles, etc) • Tab order index • Help context ID • Window properties (data defined with SetProp) • Menu information (strings, keyboard shortcuts, item ID) • Scroll bar information • List of child windows • List of sibling windows • Parent window • Owner window • Process information (executable path, version, PID, image type, etc)

The "Extra" tab can display additional information for the following control types: • Scintilla • Edit • Toolbar (button ID and string) • SysHeader32 (column text and width) • ListView (items) • ListBox (items) • ComboBox (items) • Progress bar • Status bar (text) • Tab control (text)

Actions that can be performed with WinSpy: • Change window title or control text • Change window/control position and size • Change window/control styles • Change the visibility of the window/control • Enable/disable controls • Set a window to be always on top • Redraw the window/control • Close the window/control • Send Windows API messages to the window/control • Terminate the process associated with the window • Open the folder location of the process • Search for a particular window/control based on multiple criteria (text, class, process) • Display a hierarchical tree of all windows and controls in the system • Create a screenshot of the window or control

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PortableWinSpy can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
LightweightWinSpy consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Command line interfaceWinSpy either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.

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Developed byAlguimist
LicensingOpen Source and Free product.
Alternatives4 alternatives listed

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English

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This software is great because it's very intuitive and portable, I recommend it compared to WinSpy++ which is outdated and very old.

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WinSpy++ has been superceded by WinSpy.

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