Determine if a program is running on a Remote Desktop

Question

Is there a way my program can determine when it's running on a Remote Desktop (Terminal Services)?

I'd like to enable an "inactivity timeout" on the program when it's running on a Remote Desktop session. Since users are notorious for leaving Remote Desktop sessions open, I want my program to terminate after a specified period of inactivity. But, I don't want the inactivity timeout enabled for non-RD users.

Answer 1

GetSystemMetrics(SM_REMOTESESSION) (as described in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380798.aspx)

Answer 2

Here's the C# managed code i use:

/// <summary> /// Indicates if we're running in a remote desktop session. /// If we are, then you MUST disable animations and double buffering i.e. Pay your taxes! ///  /// </summary> /// <returns></returns> public static Boolean IsRemoteSession {     //This is just a friendly wrapper around the built-in way     get     {         return System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession;     } }