Enforcing notifications from specific applications to be enabled

Question

Hi,

We are looking to enforce notifications from specific aplications to be enabled.

"Settings" -> "System" -> "Notifications & actions" -> "Get notifications from these senders".

We have tried running the following to enable notifications for Software Center:

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.SoftwareCenter.DesktopToasts" -Name Enabled -Value 1 -Force

Get-Service -Name WpnUserService* | Restart-Service -Force

The settings GUI updates and shows the setting as enabled but toasts from Software Center still doesn't show.

We have tried finding any registry keys via procmon but with no success.

We can't seem to find any policies that are able to do this.

Help please!

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi everyone!

I actually solved this with the help from @Lockner, Shawn (CORP) s comment.
Sorry that I haven't posted.

I created the script below and integrated it as a CI/CB in MECM to enable notifications for Powershell but it can easily be modified for other programs.

#####Author: Robert Polenius Andersson  
####Enable disabled notifications  
###Script is set to enable notifications for Powershell but can be modified to work with any application that are using the Windows Notification framework  
###REQUIREMENTS  
##Modules: PSSQLite  
  
try{  
    ##Database  
    #Import SQLite module  
    Import-Module PSSQLite  
  
    #Set DBPath  
    $DatabasePath = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications\wpndatabase.db"  
  
    #Define select query  
    $SelectQuery = "  
    SELECT HS.HandlerId, HS.SettingKey, HS.Value  
    FROM NotificationHandler AS NH  
    INNER JOIN HandlerSettings AS HS ON NH.RecordId = HS.HandlerID  
    WHERE NH.PrimaryId LIKE '%powershell.exe'  
    AND HS.SettingKey = 's:toast'  
    "  
  
    #Invoke selectquery  
    $NotificationSettings = Invoke-SqliteQuery -DataSource $DatabasePath -Query $SelectQuery  
  
    #If the setting are wrong  
    if($NotificationSettings.Value -ne 1){  
        #Create update query  
        $UpdateQuery = "  
        UPDATE HandlerSettings  
        SET Value = 1  
        WHERE HandlerId = '$($NotificationSettings.HandlerId)' AND SettingKey = 's:toast'  
        "  
        #Invoke updatequery  
        Invoke-SqliteQuery -DataSource $DatabasePath -Query $UpdateQuery  
    }  
  
    ##Registry  
    #Get registry path for application Powershell  
    $RegistryPath = (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings" | Where-Object -Property Name -Like '*powershell.exe*' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name).Replace('HKEY_CURRENT_USER','HKCU:')  
  
    #Get current value for Enabled  
    $Enabled = Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegistryPath -Name "Enabled" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Enabled  
  
    #If the value are wrong  
    if($Enabled -ne 1){  
        #Update registry  
        Set-ItemProperty -Path $RegistryPath -Name "Enabled" -Value 1 -Force  
    }  
    return 0  
}catch{  
    $LogFile = "C:\Powershell\Log\PowershellNotifications.log"  
    if(!(Test-Path $LogFile -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)){  
        New-Item -Path $LogFile  
    }  
    "$(Get-Date) | RemediationScript | ERROR: $($_)" | Out-File $LogFile -Append  
    return $_  
}  

Answer 2

hi all,
you can do this commands for powershell but old notifications clear all :)
Get-Service -Name WpnUserService_f5c77c | stop-Service
Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}" -Recurse
Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications\Backup{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}" -Recurse
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications - delete db files
Get-Service -Name WpnUserService_f5c77c | start-Service

Answer 3

Hi,
I am afraid that we can’t enforce notifications from specific applications in Windows.
Because the actions (notifications) are meant to be displayed to the user until they take action.

Or you could try the method mentioned in the following link:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4111-turn-off-notifications-apps-senders-windows-10-a.html
Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.
Hope above information can help you.

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Answer 4

@samet karanfil thank you!! Your suggestion actually solved my issue. I was not able to turn on BurntToast notifications again, after disabling them in the Toast Popup. PowerShell Notifications are not listed in the Windows 11 Settings, and re-enabling PowerShell notifications in the Registry ( Key "Enabled" = 1 ) did not work as well. You have a few syntax issues in your commands tho, I put the fixed version in a PS script:

Get-Service -Name WpnUserService* | stop-Service

Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}" -Recurse

Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications\Backup\{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}" -Recurse

del C:\Users\<YOURUSERNAME!!!>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications\*

Get-Service -Name WpnUserService* | start-Service

Again - thanks!!!