Well, there’s no “&” character in your screenshot. That’s why the GetWindowText tool can’t grab text from many places, such as the taskbar, the browser, and modern apps such as Windows Calculator. ![]() ![]() Right, that’s because both Microsoft Inspect and Textify use the UI Automation API, while GetWindowText uses the native API. I used Microsoft Inspect and it indeed cannot see the “&” character, but this program, GetWindowText, can extract the “&” character Textify extracts the text as ‘SHOW COMMANDS CONTAINING:’ minus the “&” character.īTW, The above is from the super useful search tool called Everything. I am asking about extracting the full text, including the “&” character from text that is embedded in a program, like this: Textify can capture the “&” character if it is separated from a word, that is, if there is at least 1 space between the “&” character and another letter/word. ![]() I also think there is some confusion about what I was asking for, and what “Ted” was asking for in his post: Hello again! I took a look at the page you asked me to view, and I used Microsoft Inspect Object v7.2, and it indeed cannot see the “&” character, but this program, GetWindowText, can extract the “&” character from words.
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