In the previous tip we created new shortcut files, and you have seen how the CreateShortcut() method provides methods to control almost any detail of a shortcut. Here’s the code again that creates a PowerShell shortcut on your Desktop:
Now here is a trick that may help you always display the dialog on top of other windows. For this, the code below creates a new dummy window and makes sure this window is positioned on top of all other windows. Then, this window is used as a parent for the popup dialog:
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms $message = 'Your system will shutdown soon!' $title = 'Alert' # create a dummy window $form = [System.Windows.Forms.Form]::new() $form.TopMost = $true # use the dummy window as parent for the dialog so it appears on top of it [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show($form, $message, $title, [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OKCancel, [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Warning) # don't forget to dispose the dummy window after use $form.Dispose()
