Questions tagged [windows-system-events]
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.NET Console App - can it detect its own imminent termination due to system shutdown?
I have a small console app that runs continuously on an Azure Windows 10 VM, doing some calculations.
But I would like it if the job could detect when the VM is about to reboot, or when it itself is about to terminate, and write something to…

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How to run official SetWinEventHook example code on Windows platform?
I want to try and run the official SetWinEventHook() example given at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-setwineventhook:
// Global variable.
HWINEVENTHOOK g_hook;
// Initializes COM and sets up the event…

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How to create a service for monitoring of opening and switching of active application on Windows using Win32 api?
I want to create the simplest service for monitoring which new application I am opening or which application I am switching to make it active window/application on Windows 10+ using the Win32 api.
Purpose of this exercise is to track my activity of…

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