Toggle Duplicate and Extend Monitors Using DisplaySwitch.exe

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Description	This script will use Windows' displayswitch.exe to toggle between cloned and extended monitors.
Language	C#.net
Minimum Version	9.6.1+
Created By	Dylan24578
Contributors	-
Date Created	Jan 8, 2020
Date Last Modified	Jan 8, 2020

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using System; using System.Drawing; using System.IO; public static class DisplayFusionFunction { public static void Run() { //Read/Write file Variables, used to determine current monitor states string appdata = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData); //Appdata Roaming folder string folder = @"\displayfusionscripts\"; //scripts folder string folderPath = appdata + folder; string path = appdata + folder + "data.txt"; //full file path //First time setup, create directory and data.txt in appdata if(!File.Exists(path)){ createFile(folderPath, path); } //Read file StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path); string data = sr.ReadLine(); sr.Close(); string c = "/clone"; string e = "/extend"; //Check data, change data.txt for next use if(data == c) { writeToFile(path, e); } else if (data == e) { writeToFile(path, c); } else { writeToFile(path, c); } //run built-in Windows DisplaySwitch.exe with the /extend BFS.Application.Start("DisplaySwitch.exe", data); } //Creates directory and file if they don't exist static void createFile(string folderPath, string path){ Directory.CreateDirectory(folderPath); File.Create(path); } //Writes data to file static void writeToFile(string path, string data) { try{ StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path); sw.WriteLine(data); sw.Close(); } catch(Exception e){ Console.WriteLine(e.Message); } } }