Refresh Taskbar -

[DllImport("user32.dll")] private static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out uint lpdwProcessId);

using System; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class TaskbarRefresher { // Find and kill the taskbar window [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] private static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName); refresh taskbar

public static void RefreshTaskbarPreserveExplorer() { try { // Method 1: Restart only the taskbar (Windows 10/11) IntPtr taskbarHwnd = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", null); if (taskbarHwnd != IntPtr.Zero) { // Get the process ID of the taskbar GetWindowThreadProcessId(taskbarHwnd, out uint processId); // Send quit message to taskbar window PostMessage(taskbarHwnd, WM_QUIT, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); // Wait for taskbar to close Thread.Sleep(300); // Check if taskbar process is still running bool taskbarStillRunning = false; try { var process = Process.GetProcessById((int)processId); taskbarStillRunning = !process.HasExited; } catch { } if (taskbarStillRunning) { // Force kill if needed Process.GetProcessById((int)processId).Kill(); Thread.Sleep(200); } // The taskbar will auto-restart since it's a shell component // If not, manually restart explorer components RestartShellComponents(); } else { RestartExplorerCompletely(); } } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}"); RestartExplorerCompletely(); } } [DllImport("user32

private static void RestartShellComponents() { // Use Windows API to restart the shell try { // Start a new explorer instance (which will recreate the taskbar) Process.Start("explorer.exe"); } catch { } } out uint lpdwProcessId)

[DllImport("user32.dll")] private static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);