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09-05-2008, 08:19 PM
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| Force Desktop Refresh? How can I force the desktop to refresh in C#?
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09-06-2008, 08:52 AM
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| IActiveDesktop::ApplyChanges, if you can use it from C# |
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09-06-2008, 09:36 AM
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| Possibly use Pinvoke???? Code: using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
class RefreshDesktop
{
public enum SHCNE : uint
{
SHCNE_RENAMEITEM = 0x00000001,
SHCNE_CREATE = 0x00000002,
SHCNE_DELETE = 0x00000004,
SHCNE_MKDIR = 0x00000008,
SHCNE_RMDIR = 0x00000010,
SHCNE_MEDIAINSERTED = 0x00000020,
SHCNE_MEDIAREMOVED = 0x00000040,
SHCNE_DRIVEREMOVED = 0x00000080,
SHCNE_DRIVEADD = 0x00000100,
SHCNE_NETSHARE = 0x00000200,
SHCNE_NETUNSHARE = 0x00000400,
SHCNE_ATTRIBUTES = 0x00000800,
SHCNE_UPDATEDIR = 0x00001000,
SHCNE_UPDATEITEM = 0x00002000,
SHCNE_SERVERDISCONNECT = 0x00004000,
SHCNE_UPDATEIMAGE = 0x00008000,
SHCNE_DRIVEADDGUI = 0x00010000,
SHCNE_RENAMEFOLDER = 0x00020000,
SHCNE_FREESPACE = 0x00040000,
SHCNE_EXTENDED_EVENT = 0x04000000,
SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED = 0x08000000,
SHCNE_DISKEVENTS = 0x0002381F,
SHCNE_GLOBALEVENTS = 0x0C0581E0,
SHCNE_ALLEVENTS = 0x7FFFFFFF,
SHCNE_INTERRUPT = 0x80000000
}
public enum SHCNF : uint
{
SHCNF_IDLIST = 0x0000,
SHCNF_PATHA = 0x0001,
SHCNF_PRINTERA = 0x0002,
SHCNF_DWORD = 0x0003,
SHCNF_PATHW = 0x0005,
SHCNF_PRINTERW = 0x0006,
SHCNF_TYPE = 0x00FF,
SHCNF_FLUSH = 0x1000,
SHCNF_FLUSHNOWAIT = 0x2000
}
[DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern void SHChangeNotify(UInt32 wEventId, UInt32 uFlags, IntPtr dwItem1, IntPtr dwItem2);
public static void Main()
{
SHChangeNotify((uint)SHCNE.SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, (uint)SHCNF.SHCNF_IDLIST, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
}
}
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09-06-2008, 10:51 AM
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| Thanks, I'm sure one of those (or both) should work  Yup, got it working, thanks!
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