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  1. May 6th, 1999, 07:42 AM #1
    Robert Maier
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    How to inform processes of environment changes

    Hello,
    I heard there is a function or at least a way, to notify all processes of a change of environment variables. Does someone in this forum have an idea of, how to do this?
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    Robert

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  2. May 6th, 1999, 08:57 AM #2
    Lothar Haensler
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    Re: How to inform processes of environment changes

    There is a WM_SETTINGCHANGE message that gets sent, whenever SystemParametersInfo changes system-wide settings.
    There is also a BroadcastSystemMessage that you can use to post a message e.g. to all applications.

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  3. May 6th, 1999, 04:56 PM #3
    Paul McKenzie
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    Re: How to inform processes of environment changes

    Along with the WM_SETTINGCHANGE message, there is a WM_WININICHANGE message. Also, make sure that your app respects settings changed by other apps. You're app should trap these messages too.

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    Paul McKenzie


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