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This PowerShell script allows you to show timed notification on your Win10 system. It can be useful to show reminders
function Show-Notification {
[cmdletbinding()]
Param (
[string]
$ToastTitle,
[string]
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
$ToastText
)
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] > $null
$Template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::GetTemplateContent([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastText02)
$RawXml = [xml] $Template.GetXml()
($RawXml.toast.visual.binding.text|where {$_.id -eq "1"}).AppendChild($RawXml.CreateTextNode($ToastTitle)) > $null
($RawXml.toast.visual.binding.text|where {$_.id -eq "2"}).AppendChild($RawXml.CreateTextNode($ToastText)) > $null
$SerializedXml = New-Object Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument
$SerializedXml.LoadXml($RawXml.OuterXml)
$Toast = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::new($SerializedXml)
$Toast.Tag = "PowerShell"
$Toast.Group = "PowerShell"
$Toast.ExpirationTime = [DateTimeOffset]::Now.AddMinutes(1)
$Notifier = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier("PowerShell")
$Notifier.Show($Toast);
}
$timer = new-timespan -Hours 6
$clock = [diagnostics.stopwatch]::StartNew()
while ($clock.elapsed -lt $timer){
Show-Notification -ToastTitle "My title" -ToastText "A message that will be displayed"
start-sleep -seconds 300
}
write-host "Timer end"
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