How do I determine if VBScript is running in RDP Console?

Question

I have an MSI installer that fails if it is running over remote desktop. (Unless it is run with the /admin or /console option so that it gets session 0)

I want to use a VBScript custom action to determine if I am running as Session 0. I've learned that I can use two WMI calls to determine this:

• GetCurrentProcessID()
• ProcessIdToSessionId()

However, I have no clue how to call these things in VBScript. And ideas?

Answer 1


Set oShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" ) connection=oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%SESSIONNAME%") WScript.Echo connection

"Console" = local machine "RDP-Tcp#0" = Remote Desktop

0 can be any number

Answer 2

Here's a much easier solution:

Set oShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
sessionName=oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%SESSIONNAME%")
if ( sessionName = "Console" ) then 

    Msgbox "You are running directly!"
else

    MsgBox "You are in a Remote Session!"

end if