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find out whether program is running in a remote session

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Published: 19. November 2011 | Updated: 19. November 2011
License: Microsoft Public License (MS-PL)
Categories: Windows » Win32, Windows
Tags: C# Win32 Windows Winforms WPF

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Snippet example shows how to find out whether the calling process is associated with a Terminal Services client session

In WPF

using System.Windows;

bool remoteSession = SystemParameters.IsRemoteSession;

using System.Windows.Forms;

bool remoteSession = SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Security;

[SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
[SecurityCritical]
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int GetSystemMetrics(int index);

bool remoteSession = GetSystemMetrics(4096);

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