Refreash windows 8 enviorment

[uncommon]

I need to to create and switch to a windows profile without user interaction which I got to work for the most part.

I took care of creating a new account and I found a small trick online to switch a windows profile without user interaction(this needs to be done to create some registry which are changed later in the script).

"Trick" artical found here.

Basically, Kill the all exlorer.exe's then run a new explore.exe as the new user account I just made. This makes windows start setting up the profile and directories and it loads into the new enviorment. Works like a charm.

But Windows 8 seems to get stuck doing this trick. I think explorer is not making the $WM_SETTINGCHANGE call to the einviorment it use to to change the settings.

Trying this in windows 8 DOES cause windows to setup the new profile. You can see the "personalized settings" loading screen popup. But later I am left at a black screen with a taskbar and not much to work with. I tried starting exploer again with the task manager and it made the process but I was still at a black screen.

I did some reasaerch was thinking doing a Dillcall to explorer with _WinAPI_SystemParametersInfo(, , , $SPIF_SENDCHANGE), but to be honest I have never done this b4 and its mostly shooting in the dark

Any advice?

I have made a small repoduction of the problem. Remeber the problem is on windows 8.

#include <WinAPI.au3>

;create newuser account^

;Login to new user account
$Username = "johnsmith"
$Password = "123pass"
$Processarray = ProcessList()
For $x = 1 To UBound($Processarray) - 1;search and distroy explorer.exe
    If StringInStr($Processarray[$x][0], "explorer.exe") > 0 Then
        $pid = $Processarray[$x][1]
        $handle = _WinAPI_OpenProcess(0x1, 0, $pid)
        DllCall("kernel32.dll", "int", "TerminateProcess", "int", $handle, "int", 1)
    EndIf
Next
RunAs($Username, @ComputerName, $Password, 1, "explorer.exe")

[uncommon]

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[uncommon]

Can someone at least tell me a better way to switch users in windows via command line?

[uncommon]

  On 11/3/2013 at 11:08 PM, uncommon said:

Can someone at least tell me a better way to switch users in windows via command line?

My Main objective is to switch windows accounts without loseing teamviewer.

[mLipok]

  On 11/3/2013 at 11:18 PM, uncommon said:

My Main objective is to switch windows accounts without loseing teamviewer.

 

so no problem

TeamViewer had that feature

but you must have TeamViewer ID by Windows not by Profile

[uncommon]

  On 11/3/2013 at 11:40 PM, mlipok said:

but you must have TeamViewer ID by Windows not by Profile

What do you mean by this?

[UEZ]

Install TV as a service.

 

Br,

UEZ

[mLipok]

exactly

TeamViewer Host

[guinness]

That "trick" is for Windows XP, remember you're using Windows 8 like you told us!

[uncommon]

  On 11/3/2013 at 11:42 PM, UEZ said:

Install TV as a service.

 

Br,

UEZ

Hmm I see what you mean, that would require me install teamviewer or make a temporary service. I guess I should have mentioned that I dont connect to the same PC over and over. Its random, So I have to use the asumption that teamvier will not be installed..... or find a way to make a temporary service. Thanks for the thoughts. I should be about to run with this.

  On 11/4/2013 at 6:27 AM, guinness said:

That "trick" is for Windows XP, remember you're using Windows 8 like you told us!

Acautlly, I got it to work with XP - Windows 7. Yes windows 8 computer presnts a small problem but I might be able to do something with the services.