Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?Please Help

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Dec 22nd, 2006, 02:02 PM
newprogram

Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?Please Help

Im using a code to change my system name it work great but I need to restart my system to have it change . So I was think is there a way to do a system refresh so I don't have to restart my computer very time?
Dec 22nd, 2006, 06:39 PM
newprogram

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?Please Help!

anyone?
Dec 22nd, 2006, 06:56 PM
Siddharth Rout

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?
Here is something which I read somewhere...

I haven't tried it...

This code will tell windows to re-read the locale settings ...
VB Code:
```
Declare Function SendMessageTimeout Lib "user32" _ 
   Alias "SendMessageTimeoutA" _ 
  (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, _ 
   ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long, _ 
   ByVal fuFlags As Long, ByVal uTimeout As Long, _ 
   lpdwResult As Long) As Long 
 
Const HWND_BROADCAST As Long = &HFFFF& 
Const WM_SETTINGCHANGE As Long = &H1A 
Const SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG As Long = &H2 
 
Call SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, _ 
                                        WM_SETTINGCHANGE, _ 
                                        0&, _ 
                                        "intl", _ 
                                        SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, _ 
                                        10000&, success)
```
About WM_SETTINGCHANGE ....

wParam:
When the system sends this message as a result of a SystemParametersInfo
call, wParam is a flag that indicates the system parameter that was changed.
For a list of values, see SystemParametersInfo.
When the system sends this message as a result of a change in policy
settings, this parameter indicates the type of policy that was applied. This
value is 1 if computer policy was applied or zero if user policy was
applied.

When the system sends this message as a result of a change in locale
settings, this parameter is zero.

When an application sends this message, this parameter must be NULL.

lParam:
When the system sends this message as a result of a SystemParametersInfo
call, lParam is a pointer to a string that indicates the area containing the
system parameter that was changed. For example, this string can be the name
of a registry key or the name of a section in the Win.ini file. This
parameter is not particularly useful in determining which system parameter
changed. For example, when the string is a registry name, it typically
indicates only the leaf node in the registry, not the whole path. In
addition, some applications send this message with lParam set to NULL. In
general, when you receive this message, you should check and reload any
system parameter settings that are used by your application.
When the system sends this message as a result of a change in policy
settings, this parameter points to the string "Policy".

When the system sends this message as a result of a change in locale
settings, this parameter points to the string "intl".

Hope this helps...

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?

How would you uses it? like this? I can't get it to work
VB Code:
Private Declare Function SendMessageTimeout Lib "user32" _
   Alias "SendMessageTimeoutA" _
  (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, _
   ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long, _
   ByVal fuFlags As Long, ByVal uTimeout As Long, _
   lpdwResult As Long) As Long
Const HWND_BROADCAST As Long = &HFFFF&
Const WM_SETTINGCHANGE As Long = &H1A
Const SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG As Long = &H2
 
Private Sub Command8_Click()
 
 
 SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, _
                                        WM_SETTINGCHANGE, _
                                        0&, _
                                        "intl", _
                                        SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, _
                                        10000&, success)
 
End Sub
Quote:
Originally Posted by koolsid
Here is something which I read somewhere...

I haven't tried it...

This code will tell windows to re-read the locale settings ...
VB Code:
Declare Function SendMessageTimeout Lib "user32" _ 
   Alias "SendMessageTimeoutA" _ 
  (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, _ 
   ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long, _ 
   ByVal fuFlags As Long, ByVal uTimeout As Long, _ 
   lpdwResult As Long) As Long 
 
Const HWND_BROADCAST As Long = &HFFFF& 
Const WM_SETTINGCHANGE As Long = &H1A 
Const SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG As Long = &H2 
 
Call SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, _ 
                                        WM_SETTINGCHANGE, _ 
                                        0&, _ 
                                        "intl", _ 
                                        SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, _ 
                                        10000&, success)
About WM_SETTINGCHANGE ....

wParam:
When the system sends this message as a result of a SystemParametersInfo
call, wParam is a flag that indicates the system parameter that was changed.
For a list of values, see SystemParametersInfo.
When the system sends this message as a result of a change in policy
settings, this parameter indicates the type of policy that was applied. This
value is 1 if computer policy was applied or zero if user policy was
applied.

When the system sends this message as a result of a change in locale
settings, this parameter is zero.

When an application sends this message, this parameter must be NULL.

lParam:
When the system sends this message as a result of a SystemParametersInfo
call, lParam is a pointer to a string that indicates the area containing the
system parameter that was changed. For example, this string can be the name
of a registry key or the name of a section in the Win.ini file. This
parameter is not particularly useful in determining which system parameter
changed. For example, when the string is a registry name, it typically
indicates only the leaf node in the registry, not the whole path. In
addition, some applications send this message with lParam set to NULL. In
general, when you receive this message, you should check and reload any
system parameter settings that are used by your application.
When the system sends this message as a result of a change in policy
settings, this parameter points to the string "Policy".

When the system sends this message as a result of a change in locale
settings, this parameter points to the string "intl".

Hope this helps...

Dec 23rd, 2006, 11:47 AM
newprogram

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?

anyone please help :cry:
Dec 23rd, 2006, 05:32 PM
newprogram

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?Please Help

is this even posable?
Dec 24th, 2006, 03:55 AM
zynder

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?Please Help

Some settings really need a reboot especially doing some changes on explorer.exe.
Dec 24th, 2006, 01:34 PM
newprogram

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?Please Help

But is there some way, it hard for me to think it can't be done any time I do I'm always prove woung.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zynder

Some settings really need a reboot especially doing some changes on explorer.exe.
Dec 24th, 2006, 01:40 PM
gavio

Re: Is there a way to refresh your computer with out restarting?Please Help

Well... if you change it manualy through Control Panel>>System>>Computer Name... you have to restart as well.... so... if it would be possible, Windows would allow it :)

Merry Christmas :wave: