How to detect hot plugging of monitor in a win32 application?

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I need some kind of event from Windows whenever there is a monitor that's getting plugged into system. Is there any API in Windows to do that. BTW, it is an C++ application

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '09 at 17:45

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Use RegisterDeviceNotification to register for getting WM_DEVICECHANGE notification.

answered Sep 17 '09 at 17:45

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It depends on how "turn off" function is implemented in the monitor and in the its driver. – Kirill V. Lyadvinsky Sep 15 '14 at 11:20
Just turn off the monitor and check whether it is disappeared in the Device Manager. – Kirill V. Lyadvinsky Sep 17 '14 at 05:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 18 '17 at 05:21

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You can do it via WMI, AFAIK. I've never tried it though so I can't give much help

Read here for more info: MSDN - Receiving a WMI Event

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answered Sep 17 '09 at 17:44

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How to detect hot plugging of monitor in a win32 application?

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