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Send WM_SETTINGCHANGE message from a PowerShell script
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function _BroadcastSettingsChange | |
{ | |
if ([Environment]::UserInteractive) | |
{ | |
$win32native = @' | |
namespace EnvUtils | |
{ | |
using System; | |
using System.Runtime.InteropServices; | |
using System.Runtime.Versioning; | |
using System.Security; | |
[SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity] | |
public static class Win32Native | |
{ | |
public static readonly IntPtr HWND_BROADCAST = new IntPtr(0xffff); | |
public const int WM_SETTINGCHANGE = 0x001A; | |
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, BestFitMapping = false)] | |
[ResourceExposure(ResourceScope.Machine)] | |
public static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, IntPtr wParam, string lParam, uint fuFlags, uint uTimeout, IntPtr lpdwResult); | |
} | |
} | |
'@ | |
if (-not ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]'EnvUtils.Win32Native').Type) | |
{ | |
Add-Type -Language CSharp -TypeDefinition $win32native | |
} | |
[EnvUtils.Win32Native]::SendMessageTimeout([EnvUtils.Win32Native]::HWND_BROADCAST, [EnvUtils.Win32Native]::WM_SETTINGCHANGE, [IntPtr]::Zero, 'Environment', 0, 1000, [IntPtr]::Zero) | Out-Null | |
} | |
} |
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