ToastShell

ToastShell is a set of scripts that allows you to push prompts users to take an action from a Windows toast notification, and then run PowerShell commands or functions on a click event

Installation

• Using Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune, or another Remote Monitoring and Management tool deploy a package that contains
  • ToastShell.cmd
  • ToastShell.ps1
  • ToastShellFunctions.ps1
  • ToastShellInstall.cmd
  • ToastShellInstall.ps1
• Using Task Scheduler, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune, or another Remote Monitoring and Management tool deploy additional scripts to use this framework to show a notification

Examples

There are three examples in the Examples folder

• Restart, which prompts for a restart if the workstation has not restarted for 7 or more days
• Shutdown, which prompts for a shutdown at a set time, with a scheduled shutdown 30 minutes later if not met
• Downloads, which prompts for the Downloads folder content to be cleaned where content is aged

End User Experience

In the restart scenario the end user will see a prompt as below

If they select Restart, then Restart-Computer is passed from through the toastshell:// URI to ToastShell.ps1 and executes and the workstation reboots. If they select Snooze nothing happens and nothing is ran, but the notification is dismissed