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Hi
I’m trying to configure a Windows service to open notepad. After searching on the Internet, I’ve found few solutions that works well in a specific case. The specific case is under the “admin” user the one configured during the windows installation.
I’ve added a new user in my system, with administrator rights, the service starts well, however they do not notepad. No error is generated on events and again no notepad open.
Do you have any idea about?
Thank you so much for your help!
Best regards
Joao Fernandes
Typically a Windows Service runs in a non-interactive session (session 0). And, unless specific steps are taken a process started by a Windows service will also run in session 0. Since session 0 is non-interactive no process started in it can display a user interface. So although a Windows Service could start notepad in session 0, notepad's user interface would not be displayed.
Starting a process from a Windows Service in a logged-on user's interactive session so that a user interface is displayed requires the service to start the process with a token that contains the correct session id and also will have the necessary access permissions for the interactive session's window station/desktop. Accomplishing these objectives is not a trivial undertaking.
Its not clear to me from your description of the problem what you are doing. And, since this seems to be a question about coding I suggest you also tag the question for the programming language that you are using.
Thank you so much for your reply.
I’m just trying to open the notepad when a user is logged on a Windows session. I now the Windows Kiosk exists, but in my case, I only need to open notepad. As I try to explain I’ve done this by default with a user and it works well, the notepad for this user is well loaded.
The issue comes when I open a new windows user session… for a new user nothing happens even if it is an administrator. I understand well when you said this is a code error, in that case why it works for a user session and not for the other. Both are in administration group.
Thank you
Best regards
Joao Fernandes
My earlier response was based on how Windows behaves when it is NOT running in kiosk mode.
The issue comes when I open a new windows user session… for a new user nothing happens even if it is an administrator. I understand well when you said this is a code error, in that case why it works for a user session and not for the other. Both are in administration group.
Narrative descriptions of an issue provide very limited information. I suggest you post your code or otherwise share it so that we can see exactly what is happening and, if possible, reproduce the issue on our own systems.