How can I detect, or be notified, when windows is logging out in python?
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Martin v. Löwis' answer is good, and works for a full logout but it does not work for a 'fast user switching' event like pressing win+L which is what I really need it for.
Edit: im not using a gui this is running as a service
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In a console application, you can use win32api.SetConsoleCtrlHandler and look for CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT. In a GUI application, you need a window open and wait for the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message. How precisely that works (and if it works at all) depends on your GUI library.
Kirill Titov : As I know, win32api can be used in wxpython apps too. Anyway, I can't reach the top of abilities of this module (win32)...Unkwntech : This seems to mostly work however it does not get a 'fast user switching' even like if you hit win+l, any ideas there? -
You can detect fast user switching events using the Terminal Services API, which you can access from Python using the
win32tsmodule from pywin32. In a GUI application, call WTSRegisterSessionNotification to receive notification messages, WTSUnRegisterSessionNotification to stop receiving notifications, and handle theWM_WTSSESSION_CHANGEmessage in your window procedure.If you're writing a Windows service in Python, use the
RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExfunction to detect fast user switching events. This is available in the pywin32 library as theRegisterServiceCtrlHandlerfunction in theservicemanagermodule. In your handler function, look for theSERVICE_CONTROL_SESSIONCHANGEnotification. See also theWM_WTSSESSION_CHANGEdocumentation for details of the specific notification codes.There's some more detail in this thread from the python-win32 mailing list, which may be useful.
I hope this helps!
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