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Version: 4.0

Test-ADTPowerPoint

SYNOPSIS​

Tests whether PowerPoint is running in either fullscreen slideshow mode or presentation mode.

SYNTAX​

Test-ADTPowerPoint [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION​

Tests whether someone is presenting using PowerPoint in either fullscreen slideshow mode or presentation mode. This function checks if the PowerPoint process has a window with a title that begins with "PowerPoint Slide Show" or "PowerPoint-" for non-English language systems. There is a possibility of a false positive if the PowerPoint filename starts with "PowerPoint Slide Show". If the previous detection method does not detect PowerPoint in fullscreen mode, it checks if PowerPoint is in Presentation Mode (only works on Windows Vista or higher).

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

Test-ADTPowerPoint

Checks if PowerPoint is running in either fullscreen slideshow mode or presentation mode and returns true or false.

PARAMETERS​

CommonParameters​

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS​

None​

You cannot pipe objects to this function.​

OUTPUTS​

System.Boolean​

Returns $true if PowerPoint is running in either fullscreen slideshow mode or presentation mode, otherwise returns $false.​

NOTES​

An active ADT session is NOT required to use this function.

This function can only execute detection logic if the process is in interactive mode.

There is a possibility of a false positive if the PowerPoint filename starts with "PowerPoint Slide Show".

Tags: psadt
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https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/docs/reference/functions/Test-ADTPowerPoint