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on the same lines as billprew, but you will have to restart the machine i think after the icon cache has been restarted...<br />
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<pre><code id="code-8206557">@echo off
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
DEL IconCache.db /a
shutdown /r</code></pre>
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on the same lines as billprew, but you will have to restart the machine i think after the icon cache has been restarted...




@echo off
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
DEL IconCache.db /a
shutdown /r

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I need to force a reload of a Windows 7 Desktop and Start Menu through the use of a script or executable. &nbsp;In Windows XP I did it with 3 lines of code in a vbscript<br />
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Dim objWshShell<br />
Set objWshShell = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shel<wbr />l&quot;)<br />
objWshShell.Run &quot;%windir%\System32\RUNDLL3<wbr />2.EXE user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParamet<wbr />ers&quot;, 0, True<br />
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This doesn't work in Windows 7. &nbsp;Does anyone have a solution?<br />
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I need to force a reload of a Windows 7 Desktop and Start Menu through the use of a script or executable.  In Windows XP I did it with 3 lines of code in a vbscript


Dim objWshShell
Set objWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objWshShell.Run "%windir%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters", 0, True


This doesn't work in Windows 7.  Does anyone have a solution?



How do I refresh the Desktop / Start Menu in Windows 7 by script or executable?

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