Refresh Destop

[Guest]

All,

I am looking for the API call that will refresh the desktop, I do not want
the F5 refresh but the one that displays the Please Wait with the Windows
logo top right,

You can see the screen I am talking about by selecting properties on the
desktop and then appearance, change the Windows XP to Windows Classic or vice
versa and click Apply - This is more than an F5 desktop refresh and I need to
know how to call it.

Any help appreciated

Regards
Stev Friday

 

[John John]

Maybe this will work for you.

RunDll32.exe USER32.DLL,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters ,1 ,True

John

 

[Guest]

John,

Thanks for the reply, we have tried that but no success I'm afraid.

Steve

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Steve,

That command-line refreshes the Desktop wallpaper, and may be other
settings. To know if programatically applying a theme is possible, you may
try this question in the platformsdk / developer newsgroups.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


John,

Thanks for the reply, we have tried that but no success I'm afraid.

Steve

 

[John John]

Like Ramesh said, it doesn't seem to do themes or schemes.

Script here might do it:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.p...pic=485494&pid=587776552&st=0&#entry587776552

For programing to do it you might find clues here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...shellcc/platform/commctls/userex/cookbook.asp

John