Ah, now that rings a bell with what I think I read about it earlier.
On 22 October 2013 19:20, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]>wrote: > It shouldn't throw an error on Windows 7, but it also doesn't actually > work on Windows 7 either. The chatter is that Windows 7 uses the * > SystemParametersInfo* function - but I've yet to see a working > commandline expression for it. > > -- > Espi > > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:53 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> > > -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
