How to interact with windows elements within selenium python code?

Question

What is an easy(simple/clean) way to add few steps to interact with windows based elements within python selenium script?

eg: Click a download button via selenium driver, change the file name and location and click save button on windows dialog.

Note:

Downloads button is just an example. I pretty much want to know a common way to handle any kind of items.
I do not want a way where they recommend a way to configure browser such that downloads happen automatically at a specific location on our system.

Way to execute my scenario:

Keep this setting turned ON in chrome. Ask where to save each file before downloading.
Website to try - https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/.
Try downloading anything.

ArunPrakash · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-07 07:16:16Z

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There is a project called Winium, remote driver implementation of Selenium for automating desktop applications. This could help you with this job.

You can spy ui using Inspect.

answered Nov 7, 2018 at 7:16

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koushick · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-07 14:50:51Z

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Try to use AUTO It, it will be useful in Interacting with windows based applications in selenium.

Hope This Helps You.

answered Nov 7, 2018 at 14:50

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