pennyrouter 0.2.8 → 0.2.9

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pennyrouter",
-  "version": "0.2.8",
+  "version": "0.2.9",
   "description": "Install and manage PennyRouter local coding-agent integrations.",
   "homepage": "https://pennyrouter.com",
   "bugs": {

package/src/launch.js

@@ -152,9 +152,29 @@ function writeWindowsUserPath(value) {
     "add", "HKCU\\Environment", "/v", "Path", "/t", "REG_EXPAND_SZ", "/d", value, "/f",
   ], { stdio: "ignore", windowsHide: true });
   if (result.status !== 0) throw new Error("Could not add PennyRouter to the Windows user PATH.");
-  // Notify Explorer and terminals that listen for the conventional per-user environment
-  // update broadcast. Existing shells still need to be restarted; failures are harmless.
-  spawnSync("rundll32.exe", ["user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters", "1,", "True"], {
+  broadcastEnvironmentChange();
+}
+
+// user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters refreshes desktop/profile parameters (wallpaper,
+// etc.) — it is NOT the env var broadcast and does nothing for PATH. The actual mechanism
+// (what setx.exe and the System Properties dialog use) is a WM_SETTINGCHANGE broadcast with
+// lParam "Environment", which only Win32 SendMessageTimeout can send. Shell out to a tiny
+// inline PowerShell snippet to make that call. New processes started by an already-running
+// shell host (Explorer, Windows Terminal) still won't see the change until that host itself
+// receives and acts on the broadcast, but this is what makes a freshly-opened terminal work.
+function broadcastEnvironmentChange() {
+  const script = [
+    "$sig = '[DllImport(\"user32.dll\", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]",
+    "public static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, UIntPtr wParam,",
+    "string lParam, uint fuFlags, uint uTimeout, out UIntPtr lpdwResult);'",
+    "$type = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $sig -Name NativeMethods -Namespace Win32 -PassThru",
+    "$result = [UIntPtr]::Zero",
+    "$HWND_BROADCAST = [IntPtr]0xffff",
+    "$WM_SETTINGCHANGE = 0x1a",
+    "$SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = 0x2",
+    "$type::SendMessageTimeout($HWND_BROADCAST, $WM_SETTINGCHANGE, [UIntPtr]::Zero, 'Environment', $SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 5000, [ref]$result) | Out-Null",
+  ].join("\n");
+  spawnSync("powershell.exe", ["-NoProfile", "-NonInteractive", "-Command", script], {
     stdio: "ignore", windowsHide: true,
   });
 }