VB.NET Signature:

<Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")>
Private Shared Function OpenDesktop(ByVal lpszDesktop As String, ByVal dwFlags As Integer, ByVal fInderit As Boolean, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Integer) As IntPtr
End Function

<Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")>
  Private Shared Function OpenDesktop(ByVal lpszDesktop As String, ByVal dwFlags As Integer, _
       ByVal fInderit As Boolean, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Integer) As IntPtr
  End Function

C# Signature:

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr OpenDesktop(string lpszDesktop, uint dwFlags,
   bool fInherit, uint dwDesiredAccess);

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