function Test-ExplorerFolderOpen {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]$FolderPath
)
$shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$openWindows = $shell.Windows()
$resolvedPath = (Resolve-Path -Path $FolderPath).Path
foreach ($window in $openWindows) {
if ($window.Document.Folder.Self.Path -eq $resolvedPath) {
return $true
}
}
return $false
}
$folderToCheck = "E:\Folder"
if (Test-ExplorerFolderOpen -FolderPath $folderToCheck) {
Write-Host "The folder '$folderToCheck' is open in Explorer."
} else {
Write-Host "The folder '$folderToCheck' is NOT open in Explorer."
}
How do I create a watcher to detect if a certain folder is opened in explorer.exe and have stayed opened or idled for a certain amount of time, how do I check that and then close it after X minutes/hours ?
If I got you right you cannot use System.IO.FileSystemWatcher anyway because you don’t want to detect a change on a file or folder you want to detect if a GUI app is in a certain state for a certain time. … or did I get something wrong?
If I got you wrong and you wanted to monitor folders for file changes you may read
How about you try to figure that out first by yourself? Spend a little effort, please. If you get stuck on the way you’re welcome to come back and ask a specific question about a particular piece of code you wrote yourself.
… you actually don’t want to use a to a specific amount of time or loop count limitted loop. You rather use a while loop …
You can check inside your while loop if the Explorer window is still open. And if you want to close this Explorer window after a certain amount of idle time you check the amount of time gone by inside the loop as well.
Somewhat, yes. I tried attaching start notepad.exe, and it opened 1 for each countdown. How do I make it so when it actually reaches the end, then it performs the action, once only??
Do that more … W A Y more!!! And you should use your prefered internet search engine to look for solutions for your task. In the vast majority of the cases you’re not the very first one with a given task and the chances are usually very high that you find a solution someone shared already fitting to your challenge or needing very little adjustment.
function Test-ExplorerFolderOpen {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]$Path
)
$shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
if($shell.Windows() | Where-Object {$_.Document.Folder.Self.Path -eq $Path}){
$true
}
else {
$false
}
}
$Counter = 0
$Limit = 15
$Path = 'C:\_Sample\empty'
do {
$Counter ++
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
$Counter
} while (
(Test-ExplorerFolderOpen -Path $Path) -and $Counter -lt $Limit
)
'Time is up or Explorer Window has been closed'
… of course the call for $Counter inside the loop is just for developement purposses. You should remove that later on.
Thankyou for your script. I wish to keep loop the script to keep it active. So I added while($true){your entire script} with everything the same, except for minor change at the end. However, the script runs as if its a $true condition aka folder is OPENED in explorer.exe, when in fact I closed all active explorer.exe windows. If condition is $false shouldn’t it ignore the do while ?
while($true){
function Test-ExplorerFolderOpen {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]$Path
)
$shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
if($shell.Windows() | Where-Object {$_.Document.Folder.Self.Path -eq $Path}){
$true
}
else {
$false
}
}
$Counter = 0
$Limit = 15
$Path = 'C:\_Sample\empty'
do {
$Counter ++
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
$Counter
} while (
(Test-ExplorerFolderOpen -Path $Path) -and $Counter -lt $Limit
)
'Time is up or Explorer Window has been closed'
start notepad.exe #new addition
}
Yes, I have created that exact folder. I have included some actions after explorer.exe window is closed. But if the needed condition is not there anymore why did it still run start notepad.exe part ? How do I make it so that if condition is $false, it just reloops till it senses a $true condition ?
