[Python] python 3 - click tkinter button with pywinauto

I'm trying to press a tkinter button with pywinauto.

import tkinter as tk
from pywinauto import Application
import time
import threading


# Add a button to the window
def button_click():
print("Button clicked!")


def click_():
time.sleep(1)
app = Application(backend="uia").connect(title="Tkinter Example")
window = app.window(title="Tkinter Example")
print(window.print_ctrl_ids())
window.child_window(title="Click Me").click_input()


root = tk.Tk()
root.title("Tkinter Example")
button = tk.Button(root, text="Click Me", command=button_click)
button.pack()

threading.Thread(name='process1', target=click_).start()
root.mainloop()


It returns this error message

pywinauto.findwindows.ElementNotFoundError: {'title': 'Click Me', 'top_level_only': False, 'parent': <uia_element_info.UIAElementInfo - 'Tkinter Example', TkTopLevel, 6491122>, 'backend': 'uia'}


Additionally, it would be great if this automated click was able to execute while the tkinter root window is minimized to the windows toolbar. And a click that does not move the cursor.

Is this possible?

I have also included the controller ids in a print function in the example code.

print(window.print_ctrl_ids())

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