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Author Topic: How to run a script after every win-unlock ???  (Read 9866 times)

hhbuesch

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How to run a script after every win-unlock ???
« on: December 24, 2009, 07:10 AM »
any idea ?

Thanks and mary xmas
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Re: How to run a script after every win-unlock ???
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 01:15 AM »
Do you mean session unlocks, as in fast user switching (winkey+L) out, then logging back in?

If so, your script's caller needs to do some request notifications of session state changes and process them.

The only way I know to do that is win api coding:

    1) call WTSRegisterSessionNotification()
    2) catch #WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE message and check for #WTS_SESSION_UNLOCK flag
                    * if WTS_SESSION_UNLOCK flag is detected, the script should be called
    3) call WTSUnRegisterSessionNotification() before it exits

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Re: How to run a script after every win-unlock ???
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2010, 05:31 AM »
You can do it in AutoHotkey.
Read this thread from the autohotkey forum.  It tells you how and provides a helpful library.
I know this works because I used it recently in a project at work.

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Re: How to run a script after every win-unlock ???
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2010, 09:37 AM »
hhbuesch, this gave me an idea I started coding, not script specific, just:

run_on_unlock.exe <whatever command line you want here>

and then whenever the user comes back in from a session lock, the system will run <whatever command line you want here> verbatim, as if you'd typed it in a console session.

I don't want to step on the toes of whatever project prompted your question. Do you mind if I post a program like that elsewhere on the board?
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Re: How to run a script after every win-unlock ???
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2010, 03:47 PM »
For those who are interested, I went ahead with this, over here.

The source is included in the archive.
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