Tip of the day: Aprils Fools Day pranks with Powershell Part 2
Apply these pranks to your colleagues’ computers. They will be surprised and will have a good laugh.
Note: These pranks are harmless and will not cause any damage to the computer. They are just for fun.
Note: If you have any other ideas for pranks, please share them in the comments.
Most useful commands
Random Mouse Movements:
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| Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
For ($i = 0; $i -lt 100; $i++) {
[System.Windows.Forms.Cursor]::Position = New-Object System.Drawing.Point((Get-Random -Min 0 -Max 1920), (Get-Random -Min 0 -Max 1080))
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
}
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Change the System Volume Randomly:
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| $volume = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
For ($i = 0; $i -le 10; $i++) {
$volume.SendKeys([char]175) # Volume Up
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200
$volume.SendKeys([char]174) # Volume Down
}
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Narrator Announces Fake Updates:
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| Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
$speak = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
$speak.Speak('Installing mandatory updates for Clippy, your helpful office assistant. Please do not turn off your computer.')
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Random Error Message Pop-ups:
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| [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Windows.Forms')
[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show('Error 404: Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue.', 'System Error', [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK, [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Error)
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Open a Random Website in the Default Browser Periodically:
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| $websites = @('http://example.com', 'http://example.org', 'http://example.net')
while ($true) {
Start-Process (Get-Random -InputObject $websites)
Start-Sleep -Seconds (Get-Random -Min 300 -Max 1800) # Randomly between 5 minutes to 30 minutes
}
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Hide All Icons on Desktop:
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| $path = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced'
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name HideIcons -Value 1
Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force
Start-Process explorer
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Change Desktop Background to a Funny Image:
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| # Ensure the path to the image is correct and accessible
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name Wallpaper -Value 'C:\path\to\funny-image.jpg'
RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters
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Infinite Loop of notepad opening and closing:
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| while ($true) {
Start-Process notepad
Start-Sleep -Seconds 10
Get-Process notepad | Stop-Process
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
}
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If you missed the first part of the pranks, you can find them here > Tip of the day - Powershell for April first. Tricks and pranks.
