import os import platform import ctypes class disable_file_system_redirection: _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection def __enter__(self): self.old_value = ctypes.c_long() self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value)) def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): if self.success: self._revert(self.old_value) os_details = platform.release() print os_details if "7" in os_details: cmd1= "REG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v HIDESCAHEALTH /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f" print 'Disabling Action center notification begins....' with disable_file_system_redirection(): disable_ac_1 = os.popen(cmd1).read() print disable_ac_1 print 'Done..' else: cmd2= "REG ADD HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer /v DisableNotificationCenter /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f" print 'Disabling Action center notification begins....' with disable_file_system_redirection(): disable_ac_2 = os.popen(cmd2).read() print disable_ac_2 print 'Done..' print 'Restarting the endpoint to apply changes ....' val=os.popen('shutdown -r').read()