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| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Refresh the Windows icon cache. | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Refresh the Windows icon cache. Some versions of Windows had the icon cache become corrupted occasionally, | |
| showing the wrong icon for programs. This script will fix it by requesting that it be rebuilt. | |
| .INPUTS | |
| None. | |
| .OUTPUTS | |
| None. | |
| #> | |
| $signature = @" | |
| public const int SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED = 0x08000000; | |
| public const uint SHCNF_IDLIST = 0x0000; | |
| [DllImport("shell32.dll")] | |
| public static extern void SHChangeNotify(int wEventId, uint uFlags, IntPtr dwItem1, IntPtr dwItem2); | |
| "@ | |
| $RefreshIcons = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $signature -Name RefreshIcons -Namespace RefreshIcons -PassThru | |
| $RefreshIcons::SHChangeNotify($RefreshIcons::SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, $RefreshIcons::SHCNF_IDLIST, [IntPtr]::Zero, [IntPtr]::Zero) |
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