Summary:

The BroadcastSystemMessage function sends a message to the specified recipients. The recipients can be applications, installable drivers, network drivers, system-level device drivers, or any combination of these system components.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
static extern int BroadcastSystemMessageEx(uint flags, ref uint lpInfo, uint Msg, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SysUInt)] ulong wParam, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SysInt)] long lParam, out BSMINFO pbsmInfo);

To receive additional information if the request is defined, use the BroadcastSystemMessageEx function.

User-Defined Types:

None.

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C# Signature:

[DllImport("user32", SetLastError=true)]
private static extern int BroadcastSystemMessage(MessageBroadcastFlags flags, IntPtr lpInfo, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

Notes:

None.

[DllImport("user32", SetLastError=true)]
private static extern int BroadcastSystemMessage(MessageBroadcastFlags flags, ref MessageBroadcastRecipients lpInfo, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

User-Defined Types:

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[Flags]
enum MessageBroadcastFlags : uint
{     
    BSF_QUERY            = 0x00000001,
    BSF_IGNORECURRENTTASK       = 0x00000002,
    BSF_FLUSHDISK           = 0x00000004,
    BSF_NOHANG              = 0x00000008,
    BSF_POSTMESSAGE         = 0x00000010,
    BSF_FORCEIFHUNG         = 0x00000020,
    BSF_NOTIMEOUTIFNOTHUNG      = 0x00000040,
    BSF_ALLOWSFW            = 0x00000080,
    BSF_SENDNOTIFYMESSAGE       = 0x00000100,
    BSF_RETURNHDESK         = 0x00000200,
    BSF_LUID            = 0x00000400,
}

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[Flags]
enum MessageBroadcastRecipients : uint
{
    BSM_ALLCOMPONENTS       = 0x00000000,
    BSM_VXDS        = 0x00000001,
    BSM_NETDRIVER       = 0x00000002,
    BSM_INSTALLABLEDRIVERS  = 0x00000004,
    BSM_APPLICATIONS    = 0x00000008,
    BSM_ALLDESKTOPS     = 0x00000010,
}

Notes:

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Sample Code:

MessageBroadcastRecipients recipients = MessageBroadcastRecipients.BSM_APPLICATIONS;

BroadcastSystemMessageRecipients(
     MessageBroadcastFlags.BSF_IGNORECURRENTTASK, // do not send message to this process
     ref recipients,        // broadcast only to applications
     0x1,            // registered private message
     IntPtr.Zero,        // message-specific value
     IntPtr.Zero);        // message-specific value

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