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& { 
    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web.Extensions
    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
    [System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer]$JavaScriptSerializer = New-Object System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer
    [System.Net.WebClient]$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
    $WebClient.Headers.Add("user-agent", "request")

    $WebClient.DownloadFile(($JavaScriptSerializer.DeserializeObject(
                $WebClient.DownloadString(
                    "https://api.github.com/repos/dscharrer/innoextract/releases/latest"

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#include <windows.h>
#include <dwmapi.h>
#include <tlhelp32.h>

// Callback function that marks a window as rude or non-rude depending on the parameter passed to MarkRudeWindow(HWND hWnd, BOOL bRude)
BOOL EnumWindowsProc(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam)
{
    static UINT uShellHookMessage = 0;

    WCHAR rgwcClassName[256] = {0};

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// Marks a window as fullscreen.
VOID MarkFullscreenWindow(HWND hWnd, BOOL fFullscreen)
{
  // Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_core/nf-shobjidl_core-itaskbarlist2-markfullscreenwindow

  ITaskbarList2 *pTaskbarList2 = NULL;
  CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED | COINIT_DISABLE_OLE1DDE | COINIT_SPEED_OVER_MEMORY);
  CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_TaskbarList, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_ITaskbarList2, (LPVOID *)&pTaskbarList2);

  if (fFullscreen)

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#define _WIN32_WINNT _WIN32_WINNT_WIN10
#include <windows.h>
int printf(const char *__format, ...);

LPWSTR ShellHookMessageToStringW(WPARAM wParam)
{
    switch (wParam)
    {
    case HSHELL_WINDOWCREATED:
        return L"HSHELL_WINDOWCREATED";

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#include <windows.h>
#define printf __builtin_printf

BOOL EnumWindowsProc(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam)
{
    DWORD maxCount = GetWindowTextLengthW(hWnd) + 1;
    WCHAR className[256] = {}, windowText[maxCount] = {};
    GetClassNameW(hWnd, className, 256);
    GetWindowTextW(hWnd, windowText, maxCount);
    if (!wcscmp(L"vguiPopupWindow", className))

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#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0602
#include <windows.h>
#include <dwmapi.h>
#define printf __builtin_printf
HWND windowHandle = NULL;
BOOL windowCloak = FALSE;

LRESULT WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    static UINT shellHookMessage = 0;

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#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>

// (Unicode) Get the required length to store a string of section names.
DWORD GetSectionNamesLengthW(IN LPCWSTR lpFileName)
{
    DWORD bufferLength = 0;
    WCHAR *returnBuffer = NULL;

    if (!PathIsRelativeW(lpFileName) || !PathFileExistsW(lpFileName))

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#include <windows.h>
#include <wtsapi32.h>
#include <winternl.h>
#define printf __builtin_printf

int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
{
    WTS_PROCESS_INFOW *pProcessInfo;
    PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION peb;
    HANDLE hProcess;

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Bypassing SetForegroundWindow(HWND hWnd) Restrictions

Aim

I wanted to list/document the various methods use by people to bypass restrictions within Windows for the function SetForegroundWindow(HWND hWnd).

What does SetForegroundWindow(HWND hWnd) do and what restrictions are set it in place for it?

SetForegroundWindow(HWND hWnd) brings the specified window into the foreground, activates it and keyboard input is direct towards that window.

SetForegroundWindow(HWND hWnd) also has the following criteria either of which must be fulfilled to call the function.

Bypassing The Restrictions

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#include <windows.h>

LRESULT WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch (Msg)
    {
    case WM_CREATE:
        SetWindowLongPtrW(hWnd, GWL_STYLE, WS_VISIBLE | WS_POPUP);
        SetWindowLongPtrW(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW|WS_EX_LAYERED);
        SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);