Place Outlook Reminders as top window using PowerShell
NOTE: In order for this to work.1. It should be in a powershell window and it should not be closed.
2. Must be run with Admin Privledges.
(For information about WmiEvents read this great site:http://www.ravichaganti.com/blog/?p=1509)
#There are 2 parts to this program. 1. Set up the triggers for when outlook gets opened in the future.
# 2. Set up the triggers when outlook is already opened.
try{
#Connect reciever if Outlook is not yet open#
#Create a Trigger which will execute code when a program called 'OUTLOOK.EXE' starts#
Register-WmiEvent -Query "Select * from Win32_ProcessStartTrace WHERE ProcessName='OUTLOOK.EXE'" `
-SourceIdentifier "OutlookProcess" `
-Action { #Get the process ID which is assigned to the Outlook program
$ProcessID = $Event.SourceEventArgs.NewEvent.ProcessID;
#Create a Trigger which will execute when Outlook starts a new thread#
Register-WmiEvent -Query "Select * from Win32_ThreadStartTrace WHERE ProcessID=$ProcessID" `
-SourceIdentifier "OutlookThread" `
-Action { #Get the threads parent process (The window that started this thread) so we can see if the title on the window has labeled with "Reminder" in it.
$ThreadsParentProcess = Get-Process -id $($Event.SourceEventArgs.NewEvent.ProcessID);
if($ThreadsParentProcess.MainWindowTitle.Contains("Reminder")) {
#Expose this C++ method that puts a specified window as the top most window using C# code
Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class WindowStatus {
static readonly IntPtr HWND_TOPMOST = new IntPtr(-1);
const UInt32 SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
const UInt32 SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;
const UInt32 TOPMOST_FLAGS = SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);
public static void OnTop(IntPtr hWnd) {
SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, TOPMOST_FLAGS);
}
}
"@;
#Call the C# Method that we created in the above statement to place this threads parent process as the top most window.
[WindowStatus]::OnTop( $ThreadsParentProcess.MainWindowHandle);
}
#Remove(Dispose) the $ThreadsParentProcess variable from memory#
$ThreadsParentProcess.Dispose();
}
#Force garbage collection to run to make double sure that we have no residue in memorey#
[GC]::Collect();
#Create a Trigger which will execute when Outlook is closed to remove the triggers we created#
Register-WmiEvent -Query "Select * from Win32_ProcessStopTrace WHERE ProcessID=$ProcessID" `
-Action { Unregister-Event -SourceIdentifier "OutlookThread" ; }
}
}
catch{}
#Connect reciever if Outlook is already open#
try{ $ProcessID = $(Get-Process |?{$_.Name -eq "OUTLOOK" } |select Id).Id }
catch{}
if($ProcessID -gt 0) {
#Create a Trigger which will execute when Outlook starts a new thread#
Register-WmiEvent -Query "Select * from Win32_ThreadStartTrace WHERE ProcessID=$ProcessID" `
-SourceIdentifier "OutlookThread" `
-Action { #Get the threads parent process (The window that started this thread) so we can see if the title on the window has labeled with "Reminder" in it.
$ThreadsParentProcess = Get-Process -id $($Event.SourceEventArgs.NewEvent.ProcessID);
if($ThreadsParentProcess.MainWindowTitle.Contains("Reminder")) {
#In order to expose this C++ method that puts any specified window as the top most window we have to use C# code
Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class WindowStatus {
static readonly IntPtr HWND_TOPMOST = new IntPtr(-1);
const UInt32 SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
const UInt32 SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;
const UInt32 TOPMOST_FLAGS = SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);
public static void OnTop(IntPtr hWnd) {
SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, TOPMOST_FLAGS);
}
}
"@;
#Call the C# Method that we created in the above statement to place this threads parent process as the top most window.
[WindowStatus]::OnTop( $ThreadsParentProcess.MainWindowHandle);
}
#Remove(Dispose) the $ThreadsParentProcess variable from memory#
$ThreadsParentProcess.Dispose();
}
#Force garbage collection to run to make double sure that we have no residue in memorey#
[GC]::Collect();
#Create a Trigger which will execute when Outlook is closed to remove the triggers we created#
Register-WmiEvent -Query "Select * from Win32_ProcessStopTrace WHERE ProcessID=$ProcessID" `
-Action { Unregister-Event -SourceIdentifier "OutlookThread" ; }
}
