Programmatically turn on/off Action Center

Question

Is there a way to programmatically turn on/off the Action Center? Additionally, I'd like to know if there is a way to programmatically turn on/off specific notifications? In manufacturing we use a base image of Windows 10 that has them turned off, and I am working on a patch to an application we make. One of the things I have been tasked with is turning them back on with my patch (or at least figuring out of it is NOT possible).

I don't need to know how to do Toast Notifications. I just need to make the Action Center visible, and turn on notifications for Windows Updates and Defender

Piemonte

posted a bounty - looking specifically for answers to programmatically turning on Windows Update & Defender notifications in Action Center when they are currently off. – Adur

Answer 1

You set the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] "DisableNotificationCenter" key to dword:00000000

Registry.SetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer", "DisableNotificationCenter", 0, RegistryValueKind.DWord);

Then to enable Defender notifications:

Registry.SetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\UX Configuration", "Notification_Suppress", 0, RegistryValueKind.DWord);

I'm not sure exactly which notification you are trying to enable regarding Windows Update.

Arnettaarnette

Thanks, I've seen that one around, but even if that does work it doesn't cover my additional need to be able to turn on the Windows Update notifications or Defender notifications. – Piemonte

@Piemonte See update. Not sure which update notification you are looking to enable. – Arnettaarnette

Haven't looked at the Defender notifications, but more interested in the Windows Update ones. Have systems with NoAutoUpdate=1 and Action Center Windows Update notifications set to off - so user is not informed of updates via 2 different methods. Turning NoAutoUpdate=0 is easy enough but users are still not notified due to Action Center notifications being off. Looking to script enabling notifications of windows updates for thousands of systems. – Adur