feat: added back wmi method on Windows as fallback for admin processes

aw_watcher_window/lib.py

@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ def get_current_window_windows() -> Optional[dict]:
     from . import windows
 
     window_handle = windows.get_active_window_handle()
-    app = windows.get_app_name(window_handle)
+    try:
+        app = windows.get_app_name(window_handle)
+    except Exception:  # TODO: narrow down the exception
+        # try with wmi method
+        app = windows.get_app_name_wmi(window_handle)
+
     title = windows.get_window_title(window_handle)
 
     if app is None:

aw_watcher_window/windows.py

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-from typing import Optional
-
 import os
 import time
+from typing import Optional
 
-import win32gui
 import win32api
+import win32gui
 import win32process
+import wmi
+
 
 def get_app_path(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
     """Get application path given hwnd."""
     path = None
 
     _, pid = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd)
-    process = win32api.OpenProcess(0x0400, False, pid) # PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x0400
+    process = win32api.OpenProcess(
+        0x0400, False, pid
+    )  # PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x0400
 
     try:
         path = win32process.GetModuleFileNameEx(process, 0)
@@ -21,26 +24,66 @@ def get_app_path(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
 
     return path
 
+
 def get_app_name(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
     """Get application filename given hwnd."""
     path = get_app_path(hwnd)
 
     if path is None:
         return None
-    
+
     return os.path.basename(path)
 
+
 def get_window_title(hwnd):
     return win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd)
 
+
 def get_active_window_handle():
     hwnd = win32gui.GetForegroundWindow()
     return hwnd
 
 
+# WMI-version, used as fallback if win32gui/win32process/win32api fails (such as for "run as admin" processes)
+
+c = wmi.WMI()
+
+"""
+Much of this derived from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14973422/965332
+"""
+
+
+def get_app_name_wmi(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Get application filename given hwnd."""
+    name = None
+    _, pid = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd)
+    for p in c.query("SELECT Name FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = %s" % str(pid)):
+        name = p.Name
+        break
+    return name
+
+
+def get_app_path_wmi(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Get application path given hwnd."""
+    path = None
+
+    _, pid = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd)
+    for p in c.query(
+        "SELECT ExecutablePath FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = %s" % str(pid)
+    ):
+        path = p.ExecutablePath
+        break
+
+    return path
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     while True:
         hwnd = get_active_window_handle()
         print("Title:", get_window_title(hwnd))
-        print("App:", get_app_name(hwnd))
-        time.sleep(1.0)
+        print("App:        ", get_app_name(hwnd))
+        print("App (wmi):  ", get_app_name_wmi(hwnd))
+        print("Path:       ", get_app_path(hwnd))
+        print("Path (wmi): ", get_app_path_wmi(hwnd))
+
+        time.sleep(1.0)

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ aw-watcher-window = "aw_watcher_window:main"
 python = "^3.8,<3.13"
 aw-client = "^0.5"
 pywin32 = {version = "306", platform = "win32"}
+wmi = {version = "*", platform = "win32"}
 pyobjc-framework-ApplicationServices = { version = "*", platform="darwin"}
 pyobjc-framework-CoreText = {version = "*", platform="darwin"}
 pyobjc-framework-OSAKit = {version = "*", platform="darwin"}