Initialize-DeveloperMachine

0.1.2

lib/EnvBroadcast.ps1

                                function Send-EnvironmentChangeBroadcast {

    <#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Sends WM_SETTINGCHANGE to all top-level windows so currently running

        applications (Explorer, terminals, IDEs) re-read their environment

        variables instead of having to be restarted.

    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]

    param()

    if (-not ('Win32.EnvHelper' -as [type])) {

        Add-Type -Namespace Win32 -Name EnvHelper -MemberDefinition @'

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet.Auto)]

public static extern System.IntPtr SendMessageTimeout(

    System.IntPtr hWnd,

    uint Msg,

    System.UIntPtr wParam,

    string lParam,

    uint fuFlags,

    uint uTimeout,

    out System.UIntPtr lpdwResult);

'@

    }

    $HWND_BROADCAST   = [IntPtr]0xFFFF

    $WM_SETTINGCHANGE = 0x001A

    $SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = 0x0002

    $result = [UIntPtr]::Zero

    [void][Win32.EnvHelper]::SendMessageTimeout(

        $HWND_BROADCAST,

        $WM_SETTINGCHANGE,

        [UIntPtr]::Zero,

        'Environment',

        $SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG,

        5000,

        [ref]$result

    )

}