Log Off The Current User

Category:

System/API

Type:

Snippets

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Anonymous

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 5

More information:

You can use this 3 line Windows API call to log off the current user. This can be added to desktop management functions, for example, when you need to take over a PC for administration.

Instructions: Copy the declarations and code below and paste directly into your VB project.

Declarations:
Private Const EWX_LogOff As Long = 0 Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32" (ByVal dwOptions As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long

Code: