import ctypes
def work_area():
class RECT(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [('left',ctypes.c_ulong),
('top',ctypes.c_ulong),
('right',ctypes.c_ulong),
('bottom',ctypes.c_ulong)]
r = RECT()
ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoA(win32con.SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, ctypes.byref(r), 0)
return map(int, (r.left, r.top, r.right, r.bottom))
print work_area()