<# .SYNOPSIS Restarts Windows Explorer to apply system changes. .DESCRIPTION Restarts the Explorer process to ensure all UI modifications take effect. Shows a warning if any of the applied features require a reboot to take full effect. #> function Invoke-RestartExplorer { if ($script:Params.ContainsKey("WhatIf")) { Write-Host "[WhatIf] Restart the Windows Explorer process" -ForegroundColor Cyan return } Write-Host "> Attempting to restart the Windows Explorer process to apply all changes..." if ($script:Params.ContainsKey('SkipExplorerRestart')) { Write-Host "Explorer process restart was skipped, please manually reboot your PC to apply all changes" -ForegroundColor Yellow return } $rebootFeatures = Get-RebootFeatureLabels foreach ($displayLabel in $rebootFeatures) { Write-Host "Warning: '$displayLabel' requires a reboot to take full effect" -ForegroundColor Yellow } # Only restart if the powershell process matches the OS architecture. # Restarting explorer from a 32bit PowerShell window will fail on a 64bit OS if ([Environment]::Is64BitProcess -eq [Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) { Write-Host "Restarting the Windows Explorer process... (This may cause your screen to flicker)" Stop-Process -processName: Explorer -Force } else { Write-Host "Unable to restart Windows Explorer process, please manually reboot your PC to apply all changes" -ForegroundColor Yellow } }