How do I enumerate open windows in a different session from a service?

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I've seen this question, but I was hoping to avoid using CreateProcessAsUser. I can enumerate windows by calling EnumDesktopWindows, and I can get the desktops by calling EnumDesktops. Unfortunately, EnumDesktops requires a window station name, and WTSQuerySessionInformation with WTSWinStationName explicitly does not return the window station name.

So, I guess my question is: how do I get hold of the Window Station for a WTS session?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '10 at 14:20

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You can use EnumWindowStations. For more background please see this blog post I wrote on Sessions, Window Stations, and Desktops.

answered Oct 22 '10 at 14:20

Brian R. Bondy

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It's been a while, but I seem to recall that this always returns "WinSta0". How do I find out the window stations *for a particular session*? Or: how do I pass a *session* to EnumDesktops? – Roger Lipscombe Oct 25 '10 at 08:24
You can start a process within a particular session and then use that API. – Brian R. Bondy Oct 25 '10 at 12:50
"...but I was hoping to avoid using CreateProcessAsUser...". Unfortunately, that's what I ended up doing. – Roger Lipscombe Oct 31 '10 at 11:03

How do I enumerate open windows in a different session from a service?

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