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Enforce single WD Dashboard instance
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# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/inside/hresult | |
$HRESULT_S_OK= 0x0 # Operation successful | |
$HRESULT_S_FALSE= 0x1 # Operation successful but returned no results | |
$HRESULT_E_ABORT= 0x80004004 # Operation aborted | |
$HRESULT_E_FAIL= 0x80004005 # Unspecified failure | |
$HRESULT_E_UNEXPECTED= 0x8000FFFF # Unexpected failure | |
$HRESULT_E_ACCESSDENIED=0x80070005 # General access denied error | |
$HRESULT_E_INVALIDARG= 0x80070057 # One or more arguments are not valid | |
$hResult=$HRESULT_E_ABORT | |
<# System.Diagnostics.Process #> $runningDashboards = Get-Process -Name "Dashboard" | |
try | |
{ | |
Stop-Process -InputObject $runningDashboards[1,$runningDashboards.Length] -ErrorAction Stop | |
$hResult=$HRESULT_S_OK | |
} | |
catch [System.Management.Automation.ParameterBindingException] | |
{ | |
if( $_.Exception.Message.Contains("empty array") ` | |
-bOR $_.Exception.Message.Contains("it is null") ) | |
{ | |
# Stopping duplicate processes was successful because no duplicates were running. | |
$hResult=$HRESULT_S_FALSE | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
$hResult=$HRESULT_E_INVALIDARG | |
} | |
} | |
catch [System.SystemException] | |
{ | |
if( $_.Exception.Message.Contains("Access is denied") ) | |
{ | |
$hResult=$HRESULT_E_ACCESSDENIED | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
$hResult=$HRESULT_E_FAIL | |
} | |
} | |
catch | |
{ | |
$hResult=$HRESULT_E_UNEXPECTED | |
} | |
exit $hResult |
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Quit duplicate WD Dashboard instances that are launched at log-on.
The WD Dashboard background task will start multiple times iff I have more than one (1) Western Digital SSD installed in my PC—even though a single instance of the WD Dashboard manages all Western Digital storage devices connected to my PC. I wrote this script to automate the process of exiting duplicate WD Dashboard processes.
Configure Windows Task Scheduler
This script is meant to be automatically triggered after logging-in to Windows.
Recommended task properties
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
-NonInteractive -NoLogo -NoProfile -File quit-duplicate-wd-dashboard-processes.ps1
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