How to Increase the Notification Limit in Action Center Beyond 20?


The original post #6 didn't have an attached file, you were suppose to copy & paste the text into Notepad.

To make it easier, I've attached a copy of IncreaseNotifications.bat (in ZIP form) to post #6.
 

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garlin said:
The original post #6 didn't have an attached file, you were suppose to copy & paste the text into Notepad.

To make it easier, I've attached a copy of IncreaseNotifications.bat (in ZIP form) to post #6.
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I know, I did do that and changed the file extension to .bat.
But ohh you know what, I changed the file name which is why it likely didn't work. Thanks!

Out of curiosity though, what in the batch file is referencing the original file name?
I did actually change the file name to specifically "IncreaseNotifications.bat" like you have it, and that worked!
 

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Unfortunately I don't think that worked, I got the same normal 20 notif max message :( I'll try running it again but idk should I try your original post?
Edit: Hold up I realized CMD was in the background saying NuGet provider was required! Now I'm getting this error message tho..

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Try it again, I found the script was saved in the wrong encoding (UTF-8 BOM). And I added an extra line because PowerShell was asking for confirmation before downloading the PSSQLite module.
 

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garlin said:
Try it again, I found the script was saved in the wrong encoding (UTF-8 BOM). And I added an extra line because PowerShell was asking for confirmation before downloading the PSSQLite module.
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Now I got this error

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Try it again, fixed the check for whether the SQLite module was installed.
 

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Please run this command for me:
Code: 
powershell "Import-Module PSSQLite -Verbose"
 

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Try this version:
Code: 
<# : batch script
@echo off
powershell -nop ^
"if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) { ^
    Start-Process 'cmd' -ArgumentList '/c start /min %~dpnx0' -Verb RunAs ^
} ^
else { ^
    Invoke-Expression ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('%~f0')) ^
}"
goto :eof
#>

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force

if ((Get-Module PSSQLite -ListAvailable) -ne $null) {
    Install-Module PSSQLite -Scope CurrentUser -Force
}

$Count = 50

$DataSource = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications\wpndatabase.db"
Invoke-SqliteQuery -DataSource $DataSource -Query $('UPDATE "main"."Metadata" SET "Value"=' + $Count + ' WHERE "_rowid_"=''2''')
 

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garlin said:
Try this version:
Code: 
<# : batch script
@echo off
powershell -nop ^
"if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) { ^
    Start-Process 'cmd' -ArgumentList '/c start /min %~dpnx0' -Verb RunAs ^
} ^
else { ^
    Invoke-Expression ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('%~f0')) ^
}"
goto :eof
#>

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force

if ((Get-Module PSSQLite -ListAvailable) -ne $null) {
    Install-Module PSSQLite -Scope CurrentUser -Force
}

$Count = 50

$DataSource = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications\wpndatabase.db"
Invoke-SqliteQuery -DataSource $DataSource -Query $('UPDATE "main"."Metadata" SET "Value"=' + $Count + ' WHERE "_rowid_"=''2''')
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POGG TYSM that worked!!! You are the goat! I'm going to share this on Reddit now with some people who might find this useful : D

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Here is a final working batch/.bat file people can use, you can edit the $Count = 50 to the number of notifications you wish to hold. Thanks so much again to @garlin for creating this!!
 

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I've updated my version of the script, to allow you to specify the max count on the command line:
Code: 
IncreaseNotifications.bat 50
IncreaseNotifications.bat 200

If you don't provide a valid number, the script resets the max back to the default 20. There's also improved checking if the PSSQLite module was already installed.
 

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garlin said:
I've updated my version of the script, to allow you to specify the max count on the command line:
Code: 
IncreaseNotifications.bat 50
IncreaseNotifications.bat 200

If you don't provide a valid number, the script resets the max back to the default 20. There's also improved checking if the PSSQLite module was already installed.
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Just wanted to say thanks for this script!

And for anyone having problems with it, it works well, one just gotta open it in notepad++ and change the number of the maxcount from 20 to the desired number :).
 

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No, you don't have to edit the script. You provide the desired max count on the command line.

Since there always has to be a non-zero count, if you don't provide one then the script uses the same default as Windows (20). So no count on the command line is a way of resetting it back to 20.
 

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garlin said:
No, you don't have to edit the script. You provide the desired max count on the command line.

Since there always has to be a non-zero count, if you don't provide one then the script uses the same default as Windows (20). So no count on the command line is a way of resetting it back to 20.
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I edited the script to 50 and a couple days after that to 100, and it worked fine both times after I edited it. The system allowed 50 notifications and then a 100. By contrast, when I tried to run it originally without editing it didn't give me an option to write anything in the command line, just ran and finished and nothing was changed.
 

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