PowerShell Cookbook, 4th Edition

Appendix I. Selected Events and Their Uses

PowerShell’s eventing commands give you access to events from the .NET Framework, as well as events surfaced by Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Table I-1 lists a selection of .NET events. Table I-2 lists a selection of WMI events.

Table I-1. Selected .NET events

Type	Event	Description
System.AppDomain	AssemblyLoad	Occurs when an assembly is loaded.
System.AppDomain	TypeResolve	Occurs when the resolution of a type fails.
System.AppDomain	ResourceResolve	Occurs when the resolution of a resource fails because the resource is not a valid linked or embedded resource in the assembly.
System.AppDomain	AssemblyResolve	Occurs when the resolution of an assembly fails.
System.AppDomain	ReflectionOnlyAssembly​Re⁠solve	Occurs when the resolution of an assembly fails in the reflection-only context.
System.AppDomain	UnhandledException	Occurs when an exception is not caught.
System.Console	CancelKeyPress	Occurs when the Control modifier key (Ctrl) and C console key (C) are pressed simultaneously (Ctrl+C).
Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents	DisplaySettingsChanging	Occurs when the display settings are changing.
Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents	DisplaySettingsChanged	Occurs when the user changes the display settings.
Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents	InstalledFontsChanged	Occurs when the user adds fonts to or removes fonts from the system.
Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents	LowMemory	Occurs when the system is running out of available ...