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On 07/11/2013 18:15, Krishnan Shankar wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am automating an application in windows using python.
>
> After installation i need to check if the applications icon has appeared
> in Taskbar or not. If yes i need to right click the application.
>
> I had been using pywinauto for the same but could not get the job done
> till now.
>
> I did the following,
>
> app=pywinauto.application.Application()
> hand=pywinauto.findwindows.find_windows(class='Shell_TrayWnd', title=u'')
>
> When i use the handler, get the window and do a right click i am able to
> click only in the taskbar and not icons. That maybe because i did not
> recognise the icon yet.
>
> Can you guide me how to do the same using pywinauto or pywin32?
>
> Regards,
> Krishnan
>
>

I'm sorry I can't help directly, but if you don't get any responses here 
try https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32

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Mark Lawrence