Switch Monitor Profiles and Launch Steam in Big Picture Mode

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Description	This script will load a Monitor Profile, kill Steam and re-launch it in Big Picture Mode. When you exit Big Picture Mode, it will switch the Monitor Profile back, kill Steam, and re-launch it in normal mode.
Language	C#
Minimum Version	7.2.0+
Created By	orlando2bjr
Contributors	-
Date Created	Jul 24, 2015
Date Last Modified	Aug 5, 2015

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using System; using System.Drawing; // The 'windowHandle' parameter will contain the window handle for the: // - Active window when run by hotkey // - Window Location target when run by a Window Location rule // - TitleBar Button owner when run by a TitleBar Button // - Jump List owner when run from a Taskbar Jump List // - Currently focused window if none of these match public static class DisplayFusionFunction { public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle) { //replace these variables with ones that will work on your system string defaultProfile = "[your default profile]"; string bigPictureProfile = "[your big picture profile]"; string steamDirectory = @"J:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\Steam.exe"; const int waitForever = 0; // get current profile name string currentProfileName = BFS.DisplayFusion.GetCurrentMonitorProfile(); if(currentProfileName == "") currentProfileName = defaultProfile; // close Steam if it is running uint steamID; bool wasSteamRunning = BFS.Application.IsAppRunningByFile(steamDirectory); if(wasSteamRunning) { steamID = BFS.Application.GetAppIDByFile(steamDirectory); BFS.Application.Kill(steamID); // wait for Steam to exit BFS.Application.WaitForExitByAppID(steamID, waitForever); } // wake up the monitors BFS.General.WakeMonitors(); // load the big picture monitor profile and wait for it to switch BFS.DisplayFusion.LoadMonitorProfile(bigPictureProfile); string profileName = BFS.DisplayFusion.GetCurrentMonitorProfile(); while(!profileName.Equals(bigPictureProfile, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) { BFS.General.ThreadWait(100); profileName = BFS.DisplayFusion.GetCurrentMonitorProfile(); } // start Steam in Big Picture mode steamID = BFS.Application.Start(steamDirectory, "-bigpicture"); // wait for Steam to exit BFS.Application.WaitForExitByAppID(steamID, waitForever); // restart Steam in normal mode if(wasSteamRunning) BFS.Application.Start(steamDirectory, ""); // wake up the monitors BFS.General.WakeMonitors(); // load the last running monitor profile and wait for it to switch BFS.DisplayFusion.LoadMonitorProfile(currentProfileName); } }