Refresh all icons in desktop and taskbar

Question

I need to refresh the desktop and taskbar icons programmatically using a batch file or VBScript.

I found this vbs that hits the usual refresh key, F5:

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "{F5}"

but that obviously doens't refresh the icons I mentioned.

Please do not link downloadable `.zip` files. Explain what you want in the question itself. — kdbanman, Oct 23 '15 at 16:49
Why do you want to do that? Perhaps there is a different solution based on what your desired outcome is? — Abhishek, Nov 17 '15 at 23:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 25 '15 at 15:13

Try to refresh Explorer.exe by killing and running it like this way :

Option Explicit
Dim ProcessName : ProcessName = "Explorer.exe"
Refresh(ProcessName)
'*********************************************************************
Sub Refresh(ProcessName)
Kill(ProcessName)
RunIt(ProcessName)
End Sub
'*********************************************************************
Sub Kill(ProcessName)
Dim Ws : Set Ws = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Dim Command : Command = "Taskkill /F /IM "& ProcessName &""
Dim Result : Result = Ws.Run(Command,0,True)
End Sub
'*********************************************************************
Sub RunIt(ProcessName)
Dim Ws : Set Ws = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Dim Result : Result = Ws.Run(ProcessName,1,False)
End Sub
'*********************************************************************

Refresh all icons in desktop and taskbar

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