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how to set the keyboard focus on a process starting with process.start()

System.Diagnostics.Process myProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process();

myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "D:\\Program Files\\InterVideo\\WinDVR\\WinDvr.exe";

myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

myProcess.Start();

myProcess.WaitForInputIdle(2000);

IntPtr hWnd = myProcess.MainWindowHandle;

//Console.WriteLine(hWnd);

MessageBox.Show(hWnd.ToString());

SetForegroundWindow(hWnd);

bool p = SetForegroundWindow(hWnd);

if (!p)

MessageBox.Show("Could not set focus");

SendKeys.SendWait("{Home}");

}

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]

public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]

public static extern IntPtr SetFocus(IntPtr hWnd);

Iam opening a mediaplayer windvr using the above code after that im sending {Home} key to the mediaplayer using sendkeys.send("{Home}")   but keyboard focus is not on mediaplayer

plss help me how to set the keyboard focus to the process starting with process.start()

thanks,

pramod

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