Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib 'user32' Alias 'GetClassNameA' (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nmaxCount As Long) As Long Private Declare Function GetParent Lib 'user32' (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long Private Declare Function GetWindowLW Lib 'user32' Alias 'GetWindowLongA' (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib 'user32' () As Long Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib 'user32' (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long ' Skypetm - myUserName' being the title of the Skype window If Skype was already running and the Shell function simply brings it up, SkypeID won't work, but neither will AppActivate 'Skypetm - myUserName'. But Skype still doesn't get put to the background. AppActivate SkypeID doesn't give an error if Skype was opened by the Shell function. So I tried AppActivate to make sure Skype was in the foreground, then AppActivate on Access to get it to the foreground. Just using AppActivate ('Contacts') ( 'Contacts' is the name of my Db) didn't work, Skype opened and stayed on top. I definitely do not want the Access code to continue until Skype had been sent to the background because an Access dialog box will be hidden by Skype. I am trying everything I can think of to get Skype either minimized or at least (as per your suggestion) to the background. I don't need to activate Skype, just need it running not in the foreground.

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