CloseWindowStation function (winuser.h)

Closes an open window station handle.

Syntax

BOOL CloseWindowStation(
  [in] HWINSTA hWinSta
);

[in] hWinSta

A handle to the window station to be closed. This handle is returned by the CreateWindowStation or OpenWindowStation function. Do not specify the handle returned by the GetProcessWindowStation function.

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP/2000: This function does not set the last error code on failure.

The CloseWindowStation function will fail if the handle being closed is for the window station assigned to the calling process.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library	User32.lib
DLL	User32.dll
API set	ext-ms-win-ntuser-windowstation-l1-1-0 (introduced in Windows 8)