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Function to identify and stop/restart process blocking the clipboard
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function Restart-Process{ | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)] $process) | |
Begin{ | |
$selectedIndex=$multiInstanceName=$null | |
} | |
Process{ | |
if ($multiInstanceName -eq $_.Name){continue} | |
$procToRestart=$_ | |
#handle if there are multiple instances of the same application | |
if ((Get-Process $_.Name).Count -gt 1){ | |
$multiInstanceName=$_.Name | |
$counter = 0 | |
$processInstances=Get-Process $_.Name | |
Write-Host "There are multiple instances of $($_.Name)." | |
$prompt+=@("Provide the index of the instance to stop (-1 for all instances first instance will be restarted): ") | |
foreach($instance in $processInstances){ | |
$counter++ | |
$prompt+="{0} . {1}" -f $counter,$instance.MainWindowTitle | |
} | |
Add-Type -AssemblyName 'Microsoft.VisualBasic' | |
$selectedIndex = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox(($prompt -join "`n"), "Select Process instance", "1") | |
$indices=(0..($processInstances.Length-1)) | |
switch ($selectedIndex){ | |
#clicked cancel | |
$null {exit} | |
#stop all instances but the first | |
-1 | |
{ | |
$indices=$indices -ne 0 | |
foreach ($index in $indices){ | |
$processInstances[$index].Kill() | |
$processInstances[$index].WaitForExit() | |
} | |
$selectedIndex=1 | |
break | |
} | |
#mismatching arguments | |
{$indices -notcontains ($_-1)} | |
{ | |
Write-Warning "Index is out of bounds.Exit" | |
exit | |
} | |
} | |
$procToRestart=$processInstances[$selectedIndex-1] | |
} | |
$cmdPath,$cmdArguments = (Get-WMIObject Win32_Process -Filter "Handle=$($_.Id)").CommandLine.Split() | |
$procToRestart.Kill() | |
$procToRestart.WaitForExit() | |
if ($cmdArguments) { Start-Process -FilePath $cmdPath -ArgumentList $cmdArguments } | |
else { Start-Process -FilePath $cmdPath } | |
} | |
} | |
function GenerateForm($data) { | |
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms | |
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing | |
$form= New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form | |
$btnCancel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button | |
$btnKill = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button | |
$btnRestart = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button | |
$flowPanel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FlowLayoutPanel | |
$dataGrid = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView | |
$form.Text = "Process blocking your Clipboard" | |
$form.DataBindings.DefaultDataSourceUpdateMode = 0 | |
$form.AutoSize = $true | |
$form.Width = 800 | |
$flowPanel.Dock = [System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle]::Top | |
$flowPanel.FlowDirection = [System.Windows.Forms.FlowDirection]::RightToLeft | |
$btnCancel.Text = "Cancel" | |
$btnCancel.AutoSize = $true | |
$btnCancel.add_Click({$form.Close()}) | |
$flowPanel.Controls.Add($btnCancel) | |
$flowPanel.AutoSize = $true | |
$btnKill.TabIndex = 2 | |
$btnKill.AutoSize = $true | |
$btnKill.Dock = [System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle]::Fill | |
$btnKill.Text = "Stop Process" | |
$btnKill.add_Click({ | |
$selectedRow = $dataGrid.CurrentRow.Index | |
if (($procid=$Script:procInfo[$selectedRow].Id)) { | |
Stop-Process -Id $procid | |
} | |
$form.Close() | |
}) | |
$flowPanel.Controls.Add($btnKill) | |
$btnRestart.TabIndex = 1 | |
$btnRestart.AutoSize = $true | |
$btnRestart.Dock = [System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle]::Fill | |
$btnRestart.Text = "Restart Process" | |
$btnRestart.add_Click({ | |
$selectedRow = $dataGrid.CurrentRow.Index | |
if (($procid=$Script:procInfo[$selectedRow].Id)) { | |
$Script:procInfo[$selectedRow] | Restart-Process | |
} | |
$form.Close() | |
}) | |
$flowPanel.Controls.Add($btnRestart) | |
$dataGrid.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::LightGray | |
$dataGrid.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = $false | |
$dataGrid.AutoSizeColumnsMode = [System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode]::Fill | |
$dataGrid.DataMember = "" | |
$dataGrid.TabIndex = 0 | |
$dataGrid.Dock = [System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle]::Top | |
$form.Controls.Add($flowPanel) | |
$form.Controls.Add($dataGrid) | |
$form.StartPosition = [System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition]::CenterScreen | |
$form.add_Load({ | |
$dataGrid.DataSource = $array | |
$dataGrid.AutoResizeColumns() | |
$dataGrid.Height = 50 | |
$form.Height = 80 | |
$form.refresh() | |
}) | |
$form.ShowDialog()| Out-Null | |
} | |
function Clear-Clipboard{ | |
if (("GetClipboardProcess" -as [type]) -eq $null){ | |
Add-Type @" | |
using System; | |
using System.Runtime.InteropServices; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.Text; | |
public class GetClipboardProcess{ | |
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] | |
public static extern IntPtr GetOpenClipboardWindow(); | |
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] | |
public static extern int GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out int lpdwProcessId); | |
} | |
"@ | |
} | |
[int]$processID = 0 | |
$null = [GetClipboardProcess]::GetWindowThreadProcessId([GetClipboardProcess]::GetOpenClipboardWindow(), [ref]$processId) | |
if ($processID -ne 0){ | |
$script:procInfo = @(Get-Process -Id $processID) | |
$array = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList | |
$array.AddRange(@($procInfo | select Id, Name, Path, Description)) | |
GenerateForm $array | |
} | |
} | |
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