Test the New-MenuItem function by copying and pasting the above code into your PowerShell console and running the function providing some fake parameter values. ::Show("Failed to launch $Text`n`n$_") > $null Throw "Could not find at path: $MyScriptPath"
Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ArgumentList "-NoProfile -NoLogo -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `"$MyScriptPath`"" -ErrorAction Stop $MyScriptPath = $This.MyScriptPath #Used to find proper path during click event $MenuItem | Add-Member -Name MyScriptPath -Value $MyScriptPath -MemberType NoteProperty By loading these DLLs into memory you are exposing certain parts of the API, this allows you to use them in the context of your PowerShell script: The two methods you need to load into context are GetConsoleWindow and ShowWindow. To do this, you’ll use some C# as you’ll see below. When a script is executed, you can toggle the PowerShell console window showing or not using a little. Since the menu items in the PowerShell form you’ll create will launch scripts, you should ensure the console doesn’t up. Unless hidden, when you launch a PowerShell script, the familiar PowerShell console will come up. These functions will serve as a foundation for later use to make your life much easier as you will learn a bit later in this article. Open up your favorite PowerShell script editor and let’s get started!įor this project you are going to build three functions: two functions to show/hide the console to provide a cleaner user experience and one to add items to your systray menu.
MenuItem – Individual objects for each option within the right-click menu.ContextMenu – Container for when the user right-clicks on the tray icon.NotifyIcon – This will represent our customizable system tray icon for the user to interact with.A familiarity with Windows Forms (WinForms) You can, however, due this with WPF too though.įor this project, the good news is that you won’t really need to rely on Visual Studio, PoshGUI, or any other UI development tool as the primary components that this project will rely on the following:.NET Core 3.0 with PowerShell 7 preview may work on Windows due to recent added support for WPF and WinForm, but is untested.
Windows PowerShell 3 or later – The latest version of.Before you dive in, please be sure you meet the following minimum requirements:
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