About

Windows balloon notification using PowerShell.
Doesn't use any native module. Everything is done through PowerShell.

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Example

Windows 7	Windows 10

//Sending a simple balloon notification
const balloon = require('powerballoon');

balloon({
  title: "NPM",
  message: "Installed.",
  ico: "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe"
}).catch((err) => { 
  console.error(err);
});

Installation

npm install powerballoon

Options

• title

  The title of your notification

• message

  The content message of your notification. This can not be empty !
  Thus default to "Hello World !"

• ico

  Path to the icon shown in the systray.
  Path can target either an .ico file or an .exe.
  default to the PowerShell executable icon.

• type

  • 0 : Info
  • 1 : Warning
  • 2 : Error

  default to 'Info'

• showTime

  balloon duration in ms.
  default to 7000.

  ⚠️ Please note that Windows can dismiss the pop-up before the timeout expires.

Common Issues

• Windows balloon are disabled

  There is a registry setting that controls whether a balloons can be show or not.
  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
  DWORD::EnableBalloonTips

• Powershell is not recognized as an internal or external command [...]

  Powershell needs to be installed.
  Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 are the first Windows versions to come with PowerShell installed.