I did find that - it throws an error on Windows 7 if I remember correctly. Although I didn't test very long...it may just need elevation or something
On 22 October 2013 18:49, Aakash Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > I came across this a few weeks ago. It may or may not help you (it > didn’t work for my specific situation), but the command below tells > Explorer to update itself (this is case sensitive btw):**** > > ** ** > > rundll32.exe user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters**** > > ** ** > > For instance, when you make a change in the Screen Saver tab, it is really > just making a change in the registry. However, it appears that Windows > calls the command above to refresh the settings after making a setting > change. **** > > ** ** > > While the above approach didn’t work for the GP I was targeting, it may be > worth trying for your scenario. If you do, run a gpupdate operation first > followed by the command above. I’d be curious to see if this helps for > your situation.**** > > ** ** > > -Aakash Shah**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 22, 2013 2:40 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Desktop refresh**** > > ** ** > > I recommend the logoff or reboot. Killing the shell can have > repercussions depending on apps that are running: Certain apps can become > impossible to bring back to the foreground. Certain tray apps will not > recover back into the system tray. Etc. YMMV, but it can happen.**** > > > **** > > -- > Espi**** > > **** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:20 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Guess this one needs a logoff (or at least a restart of the shell), > because gpupdate doesn't cut it in this situation :-(**** > > ** ** > > On 22 October 2013 10:06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > 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**** > > ** ** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk**** > > ** ** > -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
