Is there an API for vista to detect if the desktop is running full screen?

Question

e.g, Is the user playing a movie full screen, or looking at powerpoint in full screen mode?

I could have sworn I saw a IsFullScreenInteractive API before, but can\'t fin

Answer 1

The preferred way of detecting the state of a window is by calling GetWindowPlacement. If you do that in conjunction with GetForegroundWindow, you can easily check if the user sees a fullscreen window or not.