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WTSQueryUserToken always throws "An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist" on Windows 7 in C#

May 18, 2013 See the question and my original answer on StackOverflow

You must add SetLastError = true to the DllImport attribute for WTSQueryUserToken otherwise, GetLastWin32Error is not meaningful.

Also, you must be running this code in the context of the LocalSystem account as stipulated in the documentation (not just "an admin user"):

Obtains the primary access token of the logged-on user specified by the session ID. To call this function successfully, the calling application must be running within the context of the LocalSystem account and have the SE_TCB_NAME privilege.