Functions/GenXdev.Windows/Get-MonitorCount.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Windows Original cmdlet filename : Get-MonitorCount.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.272.2025 ################################################################################ MIT License Copyright 2021-2025 GenXdev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Gets the total number of display monitors connected to the system. .DESCRIPTION Uses the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Screen helper class to accurately determine the number of physical display monitors currently connected to the system. This includes both active and detected but disabled monitors. .EXAMPLE Get-MonitorCount Returns the total number of connected monitors (e.g. 2) .EXAMPLE $screens = Get-MonitorCount -Verbose Returns monitor count with verbose output showing detection process #> function Get-MonitorCount { [CmdletBinding()] param() begin { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Starting monitor detection using WpfScreenHelper.Screen' } process { # use wpf screen helper to get array of all connected display monitors $screenCount = @([WpfScreenHelper.Screen]::AllScreens).Count Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Detected $screenCount physical monitor(s) connected" # return the total number of monitors found $screenCount } end { } } |