So I was following this tutorial:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh127427(v=vs.85).aspx
when I cam across the sentence that casually says "Call the SHChangeNotify function". How do I do this? It is not recognized by powershell. Do I have to import some library in c++ and call it from a c++ program? I am on windows 10.
I used the following to call a refresh on the desktop from powershell by using C# code:
$code = @'
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("Shell32.dll")]
private static extern int SHChangeNotify(int eventId, int flags, IntPtr item1, IntPtr item2);
public static void Refresh() {
SHChangeNotify(0x8000000, 0x1000, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
}
'@
Add-Type -MemberDefinition $code -Namespace WinAPI -Name Explorer
[WinAPI.Explorer]::Refresh()
Hope this helps anyone still looking for an answer as the link provided by SimonS doesn't seem to work anymore.
p.s. this is where I got the idea from IDERA - Refreshing Icon Cache
