Dynamically changing Mouse speed
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
public const UInt32 SPI_GETMOUSESPEED = 0x0070;
const UInt32 SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE = 0x01;
const UInt32 SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE = 0x02;
[DllImport("User32.dll")]
static extern Boolean SystemParametersInfo(
UInt32 uiAction,
UInt32 uiParam,
IntPtr pvParam,
UInt32 fWinIni);
static unsafe void Main(string[] args)
{
MouseOptions m = new MouseOptions();
MouseOptions.GetDefaults();
int speed;
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, 0, new IntPtr(&speed), 0);
Console.WriteLine(speed);
MouseOptions.SetDefaults();
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, 0, new IntPtr(&speed), 0);
Console.WriteLine(speed);
Console.ReadLine();
}
public class MouseOptions
{
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SystemParametersInfo( int uAction, int uParam, IntPtr lpvParam, int fuWinIni );
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
public static extern int GetLastError();
public const int SPI_GETMOUSESPEED = 112;
public const int SPI_SETMOUSESPEED = 113;
private static int intDefaulSpeed = 10;
private static int intCurrentSpeed;
private static int intNewSpeed;
public static void GetDefaults()
{
intCurrentSpeed = GetMouseSpeed();
}
public static void SetDefaults()
{
if ( intCurrentSpeed == 20 )
{
SetMouseSpeed(intDefaulSpeed);
}
else if ( intCurrentSpeed < 10 )
{
SetMouseSpeed(intDefaulSpeed);
}
}
public static int GetMouseSpeed()
{
int intSpeed = 0;
IntPtr ptr;
ptr = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(4);
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, 0, ptr, 0);
intSpeed = Marshal.ReadInt32(ptr);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(ptr);
return intSpeed;
}
public static void SetMouseSpeed( int intSpeed )
{
IntPtr ptr = new IntPtr(intSpeed);
int b = SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETMOUSESPEED, 0, ptr, 0);
if (b == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("Not able to set speed");
}
else if ( b == 1 )
{
Console.WriteLine("Successfully done");
}
}
}
}
}
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using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace MouseSpeedSwitcher
{
class Program
{
public const UInt32 SPI_SETMOUSESPEED = 0x0071;
[DllImport("User32.dll")]
static extern Boolean SystemParametersInfo(
UInt32 uiAction,
UInt32 uiParam,
UInt32 pvParam,
UInt32 fWinIni);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
SystemParametersInfo(
SPI_SETMOUSESPEED,
0,
uint.Parse(args[0]),
0);
}
}
}