C#: Get complete desktop size?

Question

How do I find out the size of the entire desktop? Not the \"working area\" and not the \"screen resolution\", both of which refer to only o

Answer 1

I think the best way to get the "real" screen-size, is to get the values directly from the video-controller.

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    using System;
    using System.Management;
    using System.Windows.Forms;

    namespace MOS
    {
        public class ClassMOS
        {
            public static void Main()
            {
                try
                {
                    ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = 
                        new ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2", 
                        "SELECT * FROM Win32_VideoController"); 

                    foreach (ManagementObject queryObj in searcher.Get())
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("CurrentHorizontalResolution: {0}", queryObj["CurrentHorizontalResolution"]);
                        Console.WriteLine("-----------------------------------");
                        Console.WriteLine("CurrentVerticalResolution: {0}", queryObj["CurrentVerticalResolution"]);
                    }
                }
                catch (ManagementException e)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show("An error occurred while querying for WMI data: " + e.Message);
                }
            }
        }
}

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This should do the job ;) Greetings ...