I have found these two scripts to set the PowerShell windows state and from the experience from other users the scripts are working it happens that I'm not being able to run it
The script 1 is
function Set-WindowState {
param(
[Parameter()]
[ValidateSet('FORCEMINIMIZE', 'HIDE', 'MAXIMIZE', 'MINIMIZE', 'RESTORE',
'SHOW', 'SHOWDEFAULT', 'SHOWMAXIMIZED', 'SHOWMINIMIZED',
'SHOWMINNOACTIVE', 'SHOWNA', 'SHOWNOACTIVATE', 'SHOWNORMAL')]
[Alias('Style')]
[String] $State = 'SHOW',
[Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyname='True')]
[System.IntPtr] $MainWindowHandle = (Get-Process –id $pid).MainWindowHandle,
[Parameter()]
[switch] $PassThru
)
BEGIN
{
$WindowStates = @{
'FORCEMINIMIZE' = 11
'HIDE' = 0
'MAXIMIZE' = 3
'MINIMIZE' = 6
'RESTORE' = 9
'SHOW' = 5
'SHOWDEFAULT' = 10
'SHOWMAXIMIZED' = 3
'SHOWMINIMIZED' = 2
'SHOWMINNOACTIVE' = 7
'SHOWNA' = 8
'SHOWNOACTIVATE' = 4
'SHOWNORMAL' = 1
}
$Win32ShowWindowAsync = Add-Type –memberDefinition @”
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool ShowWindowAsync(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
“@ -name “Win32ShowWindowAsync” -namespace Win32Functions –passThru
}
PROCESS
{
$Win32ShowWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync($MainWindowHandle, $WindowStates[$State]) | Out-Null
Write-Verbose ("Set Window State on '{0}' to '{1}' " -f $MainWindowHandle, $State)
if ($PassThru)
{
Write-Output $MainWindowHandle
}
}
END
{
}
}
Set-Alias -Name 'Set-WindowStyle' -Value 'Set-WindowState'
and when I run it I get
Set-WindowState.ps1:36 char:58
+ $Win32ShowWindowAsync = Add-Type –memberDefinition @â€
if I run .\Set-WindowState.ps1
tried too
Set-WindowStyle -Name Set-WindowStyle -Value 6
but here I get the error
Set-WindowStyle : The term 'Set-WindowStyle' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-WindowStyle -Name Set-WindowStyle -Value 6
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Set-WindowStyle:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
the script 2 is
<#
.Synopsis
Set the Window State of the Powershell Console Window
.DESCRIPTION
Enables PowerShell scripts to set the visibility and various states of the PowerShell Console Window
.EXAMPLE
Set-ConsoleWindowState -WindowState Minimized
.NOTES
Author: Richard Bunker
Version History:-
1.0 - 08/06/2016 - Richard Bunker - Initial Version
.FUNCTIONALITY
Enables PowerShell scripts to hide and set the various window states of the PowerShell console
#>
$DebugPreference="SilentlyContinue"
$script:showWindowAsync=Add-Type -MemberDefinition @"
[DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool ShowWindowAsync(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
"@ -Name "Win32ShowWindowAsync" -Namespace Win32Functions -PassThru
Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class SetWindowToFront {
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
}
"@
function Set-ConsoleWindowState {
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
[ValidateSet("Normal", "Maximized","Minimized","Default","Hidden","SetWindowToFront")]
[String]
$WindowState="Normal"
)
switch ($WindowState)
{
'Normal' {$null = $script:showWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync((Get-Process -id $pid).MainWindowHandle, 1)}
'Maximized' {$null = $script:showWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync((Get-Process -id $pid).MainWindowHandle, 3)}
'Minimized' {$null = $script:showWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync((Get-Process -id $pid).MainWindowHandle, 2)}
'Default' {$script:showWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync((Get-Process -id $pid).MainWindowHandle, 10)}
'Hidden' {$null = $script:showWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync((Get-Process -id $pid).MainWindowHandle, 0)}
'SetWindowToFront' {[void][SetWindowToFront]::SetForegroundWindow((Get-Process -id $pid).MainWindowHandle)}
}
}
# Export Module Functions:
Export-ModuleMember -Function Set-ConsoleWindowState
running .\SetConsoleWindowState.psm1 -WindowState Minimized I get
Set-ConsoleWindowState : The term 'Set-ConsoleWindowState' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script
file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct
and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-ConsoleWindowState -WindowState Minimized
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Set-ConsoleWindowState:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
Can you provide some guidance on how these scripts can be run?
Thanks
EDIT:
On the script 1 I have replaced the " and when run .\Set-WindowState.ps1
I get now
At C:\Desktop\Folder\Set-WindowState.ps1:36 char:54
+ $Win32ShowWindowAsync = Add-Type –memberDefinition @"
+ ~~
The string is missing the terminator: "@.
At C:\Desktop\Folder\Set-WindowState.ps1:59 char:59
+ Set-Alias -Name 'Set-WindowStyle' -Value 'Set-WindowState'
+ ~
Missing closing ')' in expression.
At C:\Desktop\Folder\Set-WindowState.ps1:59 char:59
+ Set-Alias -Name 'Set-WindowStyle' -Value 'Set-WindowState'
+ ~
Missing ')' in function parameter list.
At C:\Desktop\Folder\Set-WindowState.ps1:1 char:26
+ function Set-WindowState {
+ ~
Missing closing '}' in statement block or type definition.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString
On the script 2 the " are the regular ones
