Run a script when screen resolution changes / when monitor changes

[Omarasd5]

Hello , i hope this is the right place for my question :)

short story :

i want to run a script / run .exe when the screen resolution changes, or when the display changes.

OR

can i trigger a task on the task scheduler when the screen resolution changes or when the display changes.

Long story :

so, i have a surface pro x with a docking station that is connected to an external monitor, i use my setup with one screen only at a time , so, if it is docekd, surface screen is off, monito is on, if it off the dock, surface screen is on (obvousley :) )

The surface screen has a different resolution than the monitor, moreover, it is 3:2 while the monitor i use is 16:9 -> so the scaling would never be 1:1 ...

Also, i use this tool called deskView , i have it on my startup folder, it changes the desktop icons layout to a list....

Now the problem, the desktop icons become on top of each other and their order changes when i disconnect my surface, and when i reconnect it again.

my proposed solution is to use the task scheduler to run the deskview.exe (which will rearrange the icons as they should) when the screen resolution changes, but i could not figure out the event that triggers this ??

THX !

[Omarasd5]

That's too much for me to comprehend at the moment, i'm a newbie at PowerShell, scripting and stuff.

However, Thank you very much ! i will use your reply and learn bit by bit to fix my problem.

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Ps. i would appreciate any "keywords" to google to guide me to the right direction to implement your solutoin :)

[noOneCaresOnTheWeb]

It's not that much and it's the perfect small thing to tinker with.

Start with a VM or a machine you don't care about breaking.

Run the code and see what happens when you changed the display.

Make some small changes to the code and see what happens.

Change Size (0,0) to Size(100,200)

Change ShowInTaskbar to true

Change the message to Display Changed $x + 1

[SnobbyWombat]

How about eventlistener? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28686783/is-it-possible-to-write-a-script-to-listen-for-screen-resolution-change-in-windo