In Windows 7, there is Windows Vault, a credential manager (Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\Credential Manager) that stores logon data for a variety of logon types, including …

I am looking for Windows API functions (ideally, that are callable from a C# application) that will give me programmatic access to manipulate virtual desktops and the windows therein.

167 This example shows how to go directly to the Windows API and not link in the C Standard Library.

I want to be able to use the computer while my process is running because as soon as I switch focus to another window the key strokes being sent via send keys will go to the window I just …

How do I check whether a directory exists using C++ and windows API?

The Windows API (Application Programming Interface) is the complete set of functions (exported by several DLLs) that enables each application to do what it has to do with almost no …

You present the dialog with the DialogBox Windows function, and it returns when the user hits the OK button or the X in the corner of the dialog. Microsoft has some documentation for it here. …

11 On Windows, you can use Process Monitor to monitor process activity (I/O and registry). I guess this fits your need if you don't really want to know the system calls. And you can use …

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As of Windows 8 there is now a published interface for setting the desktop background. Specifically the IDesktopBackground::SetWallpaper method. MSDN Documentation The …