vb.netvisual-studio-2008internet-explorershdocvw

SHDocVw.InternetExplorer In shellWindows returning too many objects

The following line of code return several InternetExplorer objects even though I have only one browser window open (no tabs) and only one iexplore.exe process running. How do I only get the open browser window object?

For Each ie As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer In shellWindows

Solution

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    Dim objShellWindows As New SHDocVw.ShellWindows
Dim rVal As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
    For Each rVal In objShellWindows
        Debug.Print TypeName(rVal.Document)
        If TypeName(rVal.Document) = "HTMLDocument" Then
            If rVal.Name = "Windows Internet Explorer" Then
                rVal.Visible = False
                rVal.Visible = True
                Set ie = rVal
                ie.Quit
                Set ie = Nothing
            End If
        End If
    Next rVal