Finding your program with an “Access Denied” (Error code 5) after lunch break…
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/10/24
Via: [WayBack] I just returned from lunch break and found my program faulted with an “Access Denied” (Error code 5) error in a call to Mouse.GetCoursorPos and was wond… – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+:
All of [WayBack] GetCursorPos, [WayBack] GetCursorInfo and [WayBack] GetKeyState can cause an “Access Denied” (Error code 5) when they do not have permission for the current desktop (for instance the logon desktop when a screen-saver has kicked in).
Solution: write a wrapper around it then [WayBack] patch calls going to the original into the patch [WayBack] delphi – Explain errors from GetKeyState / GetCursorPos – Stack Overflow
–jeroen
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