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InputApp and TabTIP are _always_ killed.

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stackoverflow.com/questions/50623154/c-sharp-wpf-windows-10-1803-touchkeyboard-unreliable-issue-prism-clickonce

When the keyboard toggle ( ITipInvocation.Toggle() )
doesn't work for a minute ( Win10 Ver 1803 ),
killing "...TextInput.InputApp.EXE" is the fix.

So, to toggle the keyboard on and off ( from X.CPP in Jeff-Relf.Me/X.ZIP ):

if ( WM == WM_HOTKEY && C == 'K' ) {

   //  A mouse button takes me here.  Jeff-Relf.Me/g600.PNG

  static const GUID CLSID_UIHostNoLaunch = { 0x4CE576FA, 0x83DC, 0x4f88,
     0x95, 0x1C, 0x9D, 0x07, 0x82, 0xB4, 0xE3, 0x76 };
  static const GUID IID_ITipInvocation   = { 0x37c994e7, 0x432b, 0x4834,
     0xa2, 0xf7, 0xdc, 0xe1, 0xf1, 0x3b, 0x83, 0x4b };
  static struct ITipInvocation : IUnknown {  virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE
     Toggle( HWND wnd ) = 0;  }  * KB ;

  #define  ToggleKB  ( KB = 0, CoCreateInstance( CLSID_UIHostNoLaunch,  \
     0, CLSCTX_INPROC_HANDLER | CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER,  \
     IID_ITipInvocation, (void**) & KB ),  \
     KB ?  KB->Toggle( GetDesktopWindow() ), KB->Release() : 0 ) 

  //  InputApp and TabTIP are _always_ killed.
  //  IfAndOnlyIf InputApp _was_ running:
  //    The keyboard was up, and ToggleKB worked,
  //    taking the keyboard down ( Firefox&Chrome require ToggleKB ).

  if ( ToggleKB, KillProc = 1, Running( L"TabTIP.EXE" ),
  KillProc = 1, !Running( L"WindowsInternal.ComposableShell"
  L".Experiences.TextInput.InputApp.EXE" ) )

    //  InputApp was _not_ running, 
    //  launch "TabTIP" ( Tablet Touch Input Pane ):

    Launch( L"%CommonProgramFiles%/microsoft shared/ink/TabTIP.EXE" ), 

    //  Wait first (important),
    //  then bring the keyboard up ( Firefox&Chrome require ToggleKB ):

    Sleep(99), ToggleKB ;     }
. . . . . . .
//  To get the process list, and kill stuff: 
#include <tlhelp32.H>

      int  KillProc ;
int Running( LnP EXE ) {  int  Found ;  HANDLE  PIDs, aProc ;
  PROCESSENTRY32  aPID = { sizeof aPID };
  PIDs = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot( TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0 );
  Process32First( PIDs, &aPID );
  while ( Found = Eqi( aPID.szExeFile, EXE ),
    KillProc && Found && ( 
      aProc = OpenProcess( PROCESS_TERMINATE, 0, aPID.th32ProcessID ),
      aProc ? TerminateProcess( aProc, 9 ), CloseHandle( aProc ) : 0 ),
    !Found && Process32Next( PIDs, &aPID ) );
  
  KillProc = 0, CloseHandle( PIDs );  return  Found ;   }

Launch( wchar  *Cmd ) {  wchar _Cmd[333];  static PROCESS_INFORMATION Stat ;
  static STARTUPINFO SU = { sizeof SU };
  SetEnvironmentVariable( L"__compat_layer", L"RunAsInvoker" );
  ExpandEnvironmentStrings( Cmd, _Cmd, 333 ), Cmd = _Cmd ;
  if ( CreateProcess( 0, Cmd, 0,0,1,0,0,0, &SU , &Stat ) )
    CloseHandle( Stat.hProcess ), CloseHandle( Stat.hThread );  }

//  CoInitialize(0);

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Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-10 13:52 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. % <persent@gmail.com> - 2018-07-10 13:56 -0700
  ReKilling Cortana zombies. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-13 01:47 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Storage Unit <storage.unit@mailinator.com> - 2018-07-15 22:01 -0500
    As I get older, I give fewer and fewer fucks. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-15 22:09 -0700
      If the keyboard doesn't come up right away. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-16 06:12 -0700
        ITipInvocation.Toggle() fails BIG TIME if it's called more than once a second. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-23 03:12 -0700
          I'm narrowing it down, hopefully. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-23 16:34 -0700
            InputApp and TabTIP are _always_ killed. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-25 05:48 -0700
              Kill&ReStart the "touch keyboard" before bringing it "up" ( on screen ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-28 12:31 -0700
                Kill&ReStart the "touch keyboard" before bringing it "up" ( on screen ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-30 06:15 -0700
        Re: Another fail, another post... "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesbabes@bigass-babes.com> - 2018-07-25 07:00 -0700
    Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-07-16 16:05 +0000
      Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2018-07-16 19:31 +0300
      Switch SysFolders to Short, Friendly Paths, all under "C:\__" ( Home ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-16 10:15 -0700
      Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Storage Unit <storage.unit@mailinator.com> - 2018-07-17 05:32 -0500
        Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. % <Persent@gmail.com> - 2018-07-18 06:23 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-07-22 10:43 -0700
    Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-07-22 11:06 -0700
    You can convert your speech into text, instead of typing. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-22 11:48 -0700
      Re: You can convert your speech into text, instead of typing. Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-07-22 16:22 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-07-31 19:46 -0700
    NewsPapers and HandWritten letters are still good; just not as good. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-31 20:18 -0700

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