How to find the session name of the logged in Windows user?

Question

As you can see in the tab user of the windows task manager, there are 5 columns :

User   ID   Status  Client Name  Session
Mike   1    Active               Console

I have used this to get the session id :

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().SessionId.ToString();

I want to know the session name to see if it is console or remote desktop or etc.

private string getsessionname()
{
  // function to get session name
}

if(getsessionname=="console")
{
  // do staff1
}
else
{
  // do staff2
}

thanks.

possible duplicate of [How do I get the current username in .NET using C#?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1240373/how-do-i-get-the-current-username-in-net-using-c) — zneak, Mar 18 '14 at 15:36
i want the seesion name of currnet user not the username. they are different. — Mike Johanson, Mar 18 '14 at 15:44

Damien_The_Unbeliever · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-18T15:51:56.780

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Rather than getting the session name and then testing for certain values, are you not just looking for SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession?

Gets a value indicating whether the calling process is associated with a Terminal Services client session.

E.g.:

using System.Windows.Forms;

...

if(SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession)
{
  // do stuff where the user is using remote desktop
}
else
{
  // user is connected locally, e.g. the console
}

edited Mar 18 '14 at 15:51

answered Mar 18 '14 at 15:40

Damien_The_Unbeliever

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can you explain more with example ? i am newbie. thanks alot. – Mike Johanson Mar 18 '14 at 15:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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There is no managed API. One way is to use the native API via P-Invoke, see Retrieving Logon Session Information. But a much easier way is to use WMI and query the Win32_LogonSession object.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Mar 18 '14 at 15:47

Remus Rusanu

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thanks but the easier way gets these results : \\Computername\root\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId="995" \\Computername\root\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId="999" \\Computername\root\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId="997" \\Computername\root\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId="996" \\Computername\root\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId="146406" \\Computername\root\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId="224478" \\Computername\root\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId="709133" not the things i want to get. by the way thanks for your effort. – Mike Johanson Mar 18 '14 at 16:05

How to find the session name of the logged in Windows user?

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