Prevent Emulate Keystrokes from triggering System.UnIdle

[skeeter007]

I'm trying to make EventGhost minimize all Windows on System.Idle and then restore them on System.UnIdle.

The problem is, when I emulate {Win+M} on System.Idle, it immediately triggers System.UnIdle. Is there a way to prevent this?

[DanRoss]

I'm trying to make EventGhost minimize all Windows on System.Idle and then restore them on System.UnIdle.

The problem is, when I emulate {Win+M} on System.Idle, it immediately triggers System.UnIdle. Is there a way to prevent this?

Are you dead set on using {Win+M} to accomplish this? If not you can download autoit and make a script for WinMinimizeAll() and another for WinMinimizeAllUndo()

Once you compile them you'll have an exe file for each one and trigger them to launch on idle and unidle. I just tried it and it worked. I'm also sure there's a way to do it in python but I'm not good enough yet in that language to accomplish it.

[skeeter007]

Thanks DanRoss! I didn't end up using AutoIt but instead wrote 2 powershell scripts that get executed as command line actions:

minimize_all_windows.ps1:
$shell = New-Object -ComObject "Shell.Application"
$shell.MinimizeAll()


undo_minimize_all_windows.ps1:
$shell = New-Object -ComObject "Shell.Application"
$shell.undominimizeall()

Before this would work I had to start a powershell window in Administrator mode and run:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

which enabled running unsigned scripts on my machine.