Private/Chocolatey-Test-Enviornment/shell/NotifyGuiAppsOfEnvironmentChanges.ps1
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# because sometimes explorer.exe just doesn't get the message that things were updated. if (-not ("win32.nativemethods" -as [type])) { # import sendmessagetimeout from win32 add-type -Namespace Win32 -Name NativeMethods -MemberDefinition @" [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)] public static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout( IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, UIntPtr wParam, string lParam, uint fuFlags, uint uTimeout, out UIntPtr lpdwResult); "@ } $HWND_BROADCAST = [intptr]0xffff; $WM_SETTINGCHANGE = 0x1a; $result = [uintptr]::zero # notify all windows of environment block change [win32.nativemethods]::SendMessageTimeout($HWND_BROADCAST, $WM_SETTINGCHANGE, [uintptr]::Zero, "Environment", 2, 5000, [ref]$result); # Attempting to make the script recapture environment changes setx.exe trigger 1 #Write-Output "For good measure, we are going to take out explorer" #tskill.exe explorer /a /v |