yea - thats what gpupdate is for - but it depends on what in the policy is being updated. Something may require a logoff,while others a reboot.
-- Espi On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:27 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the shell, rather, my bad. > > Basically I am changing some GPO settings mid-session, and they apply to > explorer.exe (restricting drives in My Computer), so I need to give > explorer a bit of a kick to pick up the changed settings from the Registry. > So far, all I managed to come up with is terminating and restarting > explorer - does the trick, to be fair. > > Actually (thinking out loud), I wonder if gpupdate might do the same thing > if I run it? > > > On 22 October 2013 09:21, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What do you mean by “refresh” the desktop? The “desktop” is just a >> shell folder(s)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 October 2013 7:17 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Desktop refresh**** >> >> ** ** >> >> One final thing - is there any way to programatically sort of "refresh" >> the desktop? At the moment I'm having to kill and restart explorer.exe, >> which does the trick, but feels like smashing a door down with a >> sledgehammer rather than subtly picking the lock.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cheers,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> -- >> *James Rankin* >> Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk**** >> > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >
