Question

So I am writing a powershell script to install all of the printers in my office.

But first, I want it to open the Devices and Printers Folder.
Then, after all the printers have been installed, I want it to close that folder.

When I go to the control panel, I can make a shortcut to Devices and Printers on my desktop.
The lnk points to “Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers”.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

Answer 1

To open it, you can type

PS> control printers

To close it, you can use a COM object to control the shell

(New-Object -comObject Shell.Application).Windows() | 
where-object {$_.LocationName -eq "Devices and Printers"} | 
foreach-object {$_.quit()}