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Add a new module (modMain). Copy the following code into the general declarations procedure:

Option Explicit
DefLng A-Z

Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" _
  Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
  ByVal hWndChild As Long, _
  ByVal lpszClassName As String, _
  ByVal lpszWindow As String) As Long
Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" _
  (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
  ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

'-- Constants for ShowWindow()
Public Const SW_HIDE = 0
Public Const SW_NORMAL = 1
Public Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Public Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
Public Const SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4
Public Const SW_SHOW = 5
Public Const SW_MINIMIZE = 6
Public Const SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE = 7
Public Const SW_SHOWNA = 8
Public Const SW_RESTORE = 9
Public Const SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10

'-- Names of the shell window we'll be looking for
Public Const g_cstrShellViewWnd As String = "Progman"

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This article was originally published on November 20, 2002