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Disable and Enable GameDAC Game to make it appear on the Output Devices list
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| param([switch]$Elevated) | |
| # Run elevated powershell that can execute scripts | |
| # Source: https://superuser.com/questions/108207/how-to-run-a-powershell-script-as-administrator | |
| function Test-Admin { | |
| $currentUser = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()) | |
| $currentUser.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltinRole]::Administrator) | |
| } | |
| if ((Test-Admin) -eq $false) { | |
| if ($elevated) { | |
| # tried to elevate, did not work, aborting | |
| } else { | |
| # $NoExit = "-noexit" # Uncomment for debugging | |
| Start-Process powershell.exe -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList ('-executionpolicy bypass -noprofile {1} -file "{0}"' -f ($myinvocation.MyCommand.Definition, $NoExit)) | |
| } | |
| exit | |
| } | |
| # My Code starts here | |
| function Get-PNPs { | |
| Get-PnpDevice -Status OK -FriendlyName "*GameDAC Game*" | |
| } | |
| $ExpectedPNPs = 3 | |
| $MaxRetries = 4 | |
| for (($Retries=0), ($GameDACGamePNPs = Get-PNPs); $GameDACGamePNPs.Count -lt $ExpectedPNPs -and $Retries -lt $MaxRetries; ($Retries++), ($GameDACGamePNPs = Get-PNPs)) { | |
| 'GameDAC Game problem found, disabling...' | |
| Get-PnpDevice -Class Media -FriendlyName "GameDAC Game" | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false | |
| Sleep 3 | |
| 'enabling...' | |
| Get-PnpDevice -Class Media -FriendlyName "GameDAC Game" | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false | |
| Sleep 3 | |
| } | |
| if ($GameDACGamePNPs.Count -lt $ExpectedPNP) { | |
| 'Failed to fix the problem.' | |
| } else { | |
| 'Problem is fixed.' | |
| } |
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