Python - control application started by the different user in Windows
Question: I am making application that controls a browser with SendKeys. But as SendKeys
get the full control over the keyboard, I want to run this app under the
different user. This way I will be working, the application will do what it
have to do, and we will not make problems for each other).

The simplest code is

    
    
    import time
    import SendKeys
    
    time.sleep(10)
    SendKeys.SendKeys('hello')
    

I run it, focus on the field where I want to insert my text "hello", and wait.
If I don't change the user, all is done as expected. But when I run it, change
the user and return after 10 seconds, I see that SendKeys sent nothing to the
program.

How to send keystrokes to the program under the different user?

(I was trying to do the same with pywinauto, but the result was almost the
same - all is good if I don't change the user, and error if I change it. So I
thought that it is much simplier to resolve this problem with only SendKeys).


Answer: Just to summarize our discussion in comments and in the chat. Your wishes are
very wide. I'm just trying to show you some directions to learn.

If you want to use `SendKeys/TypeKeys/ClickInput` methods (working as a real
user), you need to run your automation script in the remote session, not
locally. This is explained in details in my other answer: [SetCursorPos fail
with "the parameter is incorrect" after rdp session
terminated](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35008138/setcursorpos-fail-
with-the-parameter-is-incorrect-after-rdp-session-terminated).

If you want to run the automation on the same machine silently (in minimized
state), there is an example for dealing with hidden windows: [Python - Control
window with pywinauto while the window is minimized or
hidden](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32846550/python-control-window-
with-pywinauto-while-the-window-is-minimized-or-hidden). Just minimize the
window and use silent methods (almost all except `ClickInput` and `TypeKeys`).

Feel free to ask more detailed questions about pywinauto and GUI automation.

