Re: Rendewring a window on top of a screen saver

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Winlogon desktop is referred to as the secure desktop and other programs
cannot be run on this desktop. As Vipin suggested, if you want to have your
window in winlogon desktop, you have to write a gina stub and then
create/show the window from Wlx***
functions. But since you are trying to display a window over screensaver,
i don't think writting gina could resolve your problem --- if you don't
interact in any desktop (including winlogon) for a long time and have the
screen saver setted, the desktop will be switched to Screen saver desktop
to show the screensaver, at this time, your window in winlogon desktop will
be "overpainted" too.
The ScreenSaver desktop is temporarily created one and calling
CreateDesktop with "Screen-saver" is not same as the Windows screen saver
desktop. That is why you window briefly shows before screen saver breaks in.
If you created the screen saver, you could bring out windows in
ScreenSaverProc as you like. Otherwise, there is no way to achieve this
goal.

Please feel free to let me know if there is anything unclear.

Thanks and regards,
Rhett Gong [MSFT]
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.

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