gmh5225 / win32-ex

Win32 API Experimental(or Extension) features

Win32Ex

Win32 API Experimental(or Extension) features.

It is a library that helps to more easily implement tasks such as service program creation and process creation for each user account in Windows environment.

It is implemented with outdated syntax and features because it is also designed for use in legacy development environments (Visual Studio 2008 SP1).

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Requirements

• Windows 8 or later
• Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or later
• MSYS2
  • MSYS
  • MinGW 32-bit
  • MinGW 64-bit
  • MinGW Clang 32-bit
  • MinGW Clang 64-bit
  • MinGW UCRT 64-bit

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Test Environments

• Windows 10
• MSYS2
  • MSYS
  • MinGW 32-bit
  • MinGW 64-bit
  • MinGW Clang 32-bit
  • MinGW Clang 64-bit
  • MinGW UCRT 64-bit
• Visual Studio
  • 2008 SP1
  • 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022

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Contents

• Win32Ex
  • Requirements
  • Test Environments
  • Contents
  • Features
    • System Services
      • Processes and Threads
      • Remote Desktop Services
      • Services
      • Windows System Information
        • Handles and Objects
    • Security and Identity
      • Privileges
      • Access Tokens
      • Security Descriptors
      • Security Identifiers
    • Etc
      • Optional
      • Result
      • Win32 API Template
  • Test
    • CMake
  • Usage
    • CMakeLists.txt
    • test.cpp

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Features

• Headers : Win32Ex.h

System Services

• Headers : Win32Ex/System.h
• More

Processes and Threads

• Headers : Win32Ex/System/Process.h, Win32Ex/System/Process.hpp
• More

Remote Desktop Services

• Headers : Win32Ex/System/Session.hpp
• More

Services

• Headers : Win32Ex/System/Service.hpp
• More

Windows System Information

• More

Handles and Objects

• Headers : Win32Ex/System/Object.h
• More

Security and Identity

• Headers : Win32Ex/Security.h
• More

Privileges

• Headers : Win32Ex/Security/Privilege.h, Win32Ex/Security/Privilege.hpp
• More

Access Tokens

• Headers : Win32Ex/Security/Token.h, Win32Ex/Security/Token.hpp
• More

Security Descriptors

• Headers : Win32Ex/Security/Descriptor.h
• More

Security Identifiers

• Headers : Security\Sid.h
• More

Etc

• More

Optional

• Headers : Win32Ex/Optional.hpp
• More

Result

• Headers : Win32Ex/Result.hpp
• More

Win32 API Template

• More

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Test

CMake

• With MSYS2

  cd test
  mkdir build && cd build
  if [ "$MSYSTEM" = "MSYS" ]; then
      cmake ..
  else
      cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" ..
  fi
  
  cmake --build .
  
  if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
      export LC_ALL=C; unset LANGUAGE
      ctest . --verbose
  fi

• With Visual Studio

  cd test
  mkdir build
  cd build
  cmake ..
  cmake --build .  -- /p:CharacterSet=Unicode
  if errorlevel 0 ctest . --verbose -C Debug

Usage

We usually recommend using CMake. However, if you are using Visual Studio directly, add {This repository}/include to the 'Additional Include Directories property'.

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR)

# create project
project(MyProject)

# add executable
add_executable(tests tests.cpp)

# add dependencies
include(cmake/CPM.cmake)
CPMAddPackage("gh:ntoskrnl7/[email protected]")

# link dependencies
target_link_libraries(tests win32ex)

test.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <Win32Ex/System/Process.hpp>
// or #include <Win32Ex.h>
// or #include <Win32Ex/System.h>

int main()
{
    std::cout << Win32Ex::System::Process::All().size();
    return 0;
}