Disable the Windows 8+ OSD
May 14, 2024 19:04:30 GMT -8
Post by joleman11 on May 14, 2024 19:04:30 GMT -8
Wrote a tiny mod to prevent the metro OSD from starting. Despite using a pretty hacky method in order to hook onto the window, I haven't encountered any issues so far.
Works on Windows 10 22H2, but it might be broken on Windows 11+.
Works on Windows 10 22H2, but it might be broken on Windows 11+.
// ==WindhawkMod==
// @id disable-metro-osd
// @name Disable the Windows 8+ OSD
// @description Disables the Volume/Brightness Popup
// @version 1.0
// @author Joleman11
// @github https://github.com/joleman11
// @include explorer.exe
// ==/WindhawkMod==
using CreateWindowExW_t = decltype(&CreateWindowExW);
CreateWindowExW_t CreateWindowExW_Original;
HWND WINAPI CreateWindowExW_Hook(DWORD dwExStyle, LPCWSTR lpClassName, LPCWSTR lpWindowName, DWORD dwStyle, int X, int Y, int nWidth, int nHeight, HWND hWndParent, HMENU hMenu, HINSTANCE hInstance, PVOID lpParam)
{
if ((((ULONG_PTR)lpClassName & ~(ULONG_PTR)0xffff) != 0) && _wcsicmp(lpClassName, L"DirectUIHWND") == 0) {
// This is a pretty terrible way of doing this.
// Msg me if there's a better way.
RECT windowRect;
GetWindowRect(hWndParent, &windowRect);
if (windowRect.top == 60 && windowRect.bottom == 60 && windowRect.left == 50 && windowRect.right == 50)
{
//Wh_Log(L"%ld %ld %ld %ld", windowRect.top, windowRect.bottom, windowRect.left, windowRect.right);
Wh_Log(L"Hooked onto OSD!");
HWND hWndParent69 = CreateWindowEx(0, L"NativeHWNDHost", L"Dummy Parent Window", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
return CreateWindowExW_Original(dwExStyle, lpClassName, lpWindowName, dwStyle, X, Y, nWidth, nHeight, hWndParent69, NULL, NULL, NULL);
}
}
return CreateWindowExW_Original(dwExStyle, lpClassName, lpWindowName, dwStyle, X, Y, nWidth, nHeight, hWndParent, hMenu, hInstance, lpParam);
}
BOOL Wh_ModInit()
{
Wh_Log(L"Init " WH_MOD_ID L" version " WH_MOD_VERSION);
Wh_SetFunctionHook((void*)CreateWindowExW, (void*)CreateWindowExW_Hook, (void**)&CreateWindowExW_Original);
return TRUE;
}
