2006
FindWindow Illustration

Synopsis
The following code illustrates the use of FindWindow API. This program blanks out the ad in Yahoo Messenger buddy window. It has been tested on Yahoo Messenger 7.5 and 8.0.
Code
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 | // This code illustrates hiding the Ad in the Buddy window of Yahoo Messenger // // Copyright (c) 2006, Pravin Paratey // pravinp[at]gmail[dot]com (http://dustyant.com) #include <windows.h> int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, LPSTR lpszArgs, int nCmdWnd) { HWND hYahooWnd = FindWindowEx(NULL, NULL, "YahooBuddyMain", NULL); if(hYahooWnd) // Yahoo Messenger is running { HWND hAtlWnd = FindWindowEx(hYahooWnd, NULL, "ATL:00821BC0", NULL); if(hAtlWnd) // Found the window { HWND hShellWnd = FindWindowEx(hAtlWnd, NULL, "Shell Embedding", NULL); if(hShellWnd) { HWND hDocObjWnd = FindWindowEx(hShellWnd, NULL, "Shell DocObject View", NULL); if(hDocObjWnd) // This is the window we must hide { ShowWindow(hDocObjWnd, SW_HIDE); } } } } else { MessageBox(NULL, "No instances of Yahoo Messenger found", "Error", MB_OK); } return 0; } |
Download
You can download the source code or the binary.
Usage
Pretty straight forward. When yahoo messenger is running, double click the exe. The ads window will disappear



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Whats with you and yahoo messenger? Have you ever been betrayed by it or something?
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