I found an alternate way to do what I needed (select menu items). The code is as follows: [code=vb] Private Declare Ansi Function SendMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As String) As Integer
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32.dll" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Integer
Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Integer, ByVal hWnd2 As Integer, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Integer
Private Declare Function GetMenu Lib "user32" Alias "GetMenu" (ByVal hwnd As Integer) As Integer
Private Declare Function GetSubMenu Lib "user32" Alias "GetSubMenu" (ByVal hMenu As Integer, ByVal nPos As Integer) As Integer
Private Declare Function GetMenuItemID Lib "user32" Alias "GetMenuItemID" (ByVal hMenu As Integer, ByVal nPos As Integer) As Integer
Private Const WM_COMMAND = &H111
Dim hwnd, hWndMenu, hWndSubMenu, MenuItem As Integer
hwnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, "Untitled - Notepad")
hWndMenu = GetMenu(hwnd) ' Get handle to Menu Items
hWndSubMenu = GetSubMenu(hWndMenu, 0) ' Get handle to ‘File’ submenu
MenuItem = GetMenuItemID(hWndSubMenu, 1) ' Get menuID for the ‘Open’
SendMessage(hwnd, WM_COMMAND, MenuItem, vbNullString) ' Click ‘Open’ menuitem
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