# Interacting with desktop

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interacting-with-desktop/44443>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interacting-with-desktop/44443 "2021-03-14T15:08:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interacting-with-desktop/44443/4 "2021-03-15T16:37:27Z")

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My understanding is that this isn’t possible since Windows 7. Even when you change the user the service runs as and check “allow interaction with desktop” it still runs in session 0 where it will not be seen. These changes simply allow the process to be started without failing so that legacy applications relying on the behavior don’t crash.

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