Re: How to get the current active desktop

From: Adam Overton [MS] (adamo@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/24/02 

From: "Adam Overton [MS]" <adamo@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:11:15 -0700

It's not the active console session you want, (which you could get with
WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId), but the RPC caller. I think you can get this
by impersonating the RPC caller and then querying the information. I don't
have specific instructions on this, so consider this a lead rather than a
complete solution. 

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"Manoj" <m_s77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have got a service which runs under a user who is a member of
> Administrators group. I have assigned this group SE_TCB_NAME,
SE_DEBUG_NAME,
> SE_ASSIGNPRIMARYTOKEN_NAME and SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_NAME priviledges.
>
> This service runs requested process for the clients with some specific
> priviledges. Now the process has to be run on the same desktop from where
> the request has been made.
>
> But for a terminal service client or for windowsXp Fast User switching
mode,
> how can I get the desktop name. As per WTS documentation
>
> WTSQuerySessionInformation -WTSWinStationName : Pointer to a
null-terminated
> string containing the name of the specified session.
> Note: Despite its name, specifying this type does not return the window
> station name. Rather, it returns the name of the Terminal Services
session.
> Each Terminal Services session is associated with an interactive window
> station. Currently, since the only supported window station name for an
> interactive window station is "WinSta0", each session is associated with
its
> own "WinSta0" window station.
>
> So it means I will always get windows station name as winsta0.
>
> Thats why it is important to get the desktop name especially for
WindowsXP.
>
> Is it possible ? if yes then please help me out.
>
> regards,
>
> Manoj
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