Refresh/Close Windows Control panel

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John Seelig

I have a vb.net program that calls an msi to uninstall a control panel
(*.cpi, *.cpl and *.exe). However, after uninstall the icon persists in the
control panel window until a refresh (F5) is initiated. Is there a way to
refresh, or at lease close, the window from my vb.net code?

Thanks in advance!
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John Seelig said:
I have a vb.net program that calls an msi to uninstall a control panel
(*.cpi, *.cpl and *.exe). However, after uninstall the icon persists in the
control panel window until a refresh (F5) is initiated. Is there a way to
refresh, or at lease close, the window from my vb.net code?
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Have a look at the 'SendKeys.Send' method.
 
Thanks Herfried,

Your reply directed me to what I needed...

Sub RefreshControlPanelIcons()

Try
AppActivate("Control Panel")
SendKeys.Send("{F5}")
Catch ex As Exception
Exit Try
End Try

End Sub
 
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