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Hey Glenn, is there an option that refreshes/reloads Desktop Info so all the scripts rerun again at the click of a button.
For auditing and the need for current data at a particular timestamp for evidence, I'd like to be able to just click a button and have Desktop Info re-initialize or refresh all the data displayed in the Window.
the right click context menu has a Reload option
Is there a way to make that action a button. My DesktopInfo is not using the window version DesktopInfoW.exe
@kpirvin not currently, I'll add that to the list. you can right click on any visible pixel. a bar chart. image or navigation button make a good target.
I just get the context menu like if I was right clicking on the desktop.
I'm guessing I have something disable or not enabled to allow right click for the DPI window
@kpirvin Check you have the [text] section in your configuration. the entries starting with "menu-" and "nav-" enables the context menu and navigation options.
[text] noresults=<n/a> error=[error] null-result=<null> unknown=Unknown executing=<executing> true=true,yes,good false=false,no,bad menu-export=Export menu-snapshot=Snapshot menu-ini=Select Config menu-reload=Reload menu-configuration=Edit Configuration menu-log=Open Log File menu-manual=Read Manual menu-wmode=Start W Mode menu-about=About Desktop Info menu-quit=Quit nav-previous=Previous nav-home=Home nav-next=Next
also check the [options] section has "contextmenu=1"
because it's transparent if you miss a foreground pixel you'll be clicking on the desktop.
The contextmenu=1 helped but I think the accuracy of clicking on a pixel is too complicated for my target audience. 🙁
I ended up doing this based on some Reload-DesktopInfo.cmd help I found on your site but converted it to an embedded powershell since WMIC is deprecated-ish in 2025.
I had to start the new one first before the killing the old one since it wouldn't have a chance to relaunch with it being inline.
Course this means any system or user variables that change won't be in the new DesktopInfo but I'm kewl with that.
