Public/Windows/Request-ExplorerRefresh.ps1
function Request-ExplorerRefresh { $code = @' private static readonly IntPtr HWND_BROADCAST = new IntPtr(0xffff); private const uint WM_SETTINGCHANGE = (uint)0x1a; private const uint SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = (uint)0x0002; private const uint SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED = (uint)0x08000000L; private const uint SHCNF_FLUSH = (uint)0x1000; private const uint SHCNF_IDLIST = (uint)0x0000; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError=true, CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] static extern bool SendNotifyMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, UIntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] private static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout (IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, string lParam, uint fuFlags, uint uTimeout, IntPtr lpdwResult); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("Shell32.dll")] private static extern int SHChangeNotify(uint eventId, uint flags, IntPtr item1, IntPtr item2); public static void Refresh() { SHChangeNotify(0x8000000, 0x1000, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); SHChangeNotify(0x8000000, SHCNF_IDLIST, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, SHCNF_FLUSH, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, IntPtr.Zero, null, SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 100, IntPtr.Zero); } '@ Add-Type -MemberDefinition $code -Namespace Win32Refresh -Name Explorer [Win32Refresh.Explorer]::Refresh() } |