If %_WINFGWINDOW returns a null string, the screen may or may not be locked -- but clearly something is going on.
Thanks, that should be the one I'm looking for. Unfortunately the following doesn't work: do forever iff %_WINFGWINDOW != "" then beep 440 2 endiff delay 1 enddo ...meaning it also beeps when I lock the screen. Strangely, echoing %_WINFGWINDOW in locked state emits "ECHO is OFF", so it should be a null string when the screen is locked.
Hehe, bingo :-). Just recently I reminded someone of the necessity of quoting and now I got hit myself :-). Thanks!
According to the MS Scripting Guy, there's no definitive way. The example they used was to see if the screen saver was running. [URL='http://blogs.technet.com/b/he.../can-i-lock-a-workstation-using-a-script.aspx [/URL] To do that in TCC, query the registry for the name of the screen saver: echo %@regquery["hkcu\control panel\desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE"] And check to see if it is running: iff %@PID[%@filename[%@regquery["hkcu\control panel\desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE"]]] == 0 then echo Screen saver is not running else echo Screen saver is running endiff -Scott How can I check in a script whether the screen is locked?
That's not going to work. I for instance have Webshots running and the application that changes the desktop background is the screen saver (webshots.scr). That means webshots.scr (=SCRNSAVE.EXE) is always running - even when the screen saver is not running. Interestingly "%@winsystem[114]" (SPI_GETSCREENSAVERRUNNING) does also not work (always returns 0)
