diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 09180303..fd0079f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2929,6 +2929,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_info",
  "parking_lot",
  "paste",
+ "powershell_script",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "schemars",
diff --git a/komorebi-bar/src/widgets/komorebi.rs b/komorebi-bar/src/widgets/komorebi.rs
index 7b99ba25..332c8bc7 100644
--- a/komorebi-bar/src/widgets/komorebi.rs
+++ b/komorebi-bar/src/widgets/komorebi.rs
@@ -472,55 +472,25 @@ impl BarWidget for Komorebi {
                 for (name, location) in configuration_switcher.configurations.iter() {
                     let path = PathBuf::from(location);
                     if path.is_file() {
-                        config.apply_on_widget(false, ui,|ui|{
-                    if SelectableFrame::new(false).show(ui, |ui|{
-                          ui.add(Label::new(name).selectable(false))
-                            })
-                            .clicked()
-                        {
-                            let canonicalized = dunce::canonicalize(path.clone()).unwrap_or(path);
-                            let mut proceed = true;
-                            if komorebi_client::send_message(&SocketMessage::ReplaceConfiguration(
-                                canonicalized,
-                            ))
-                            .is_err()
+                        config.apply_on_widget(false, ui, |ui| {
+                            if SelectableFrame::new(false)
+                                .show(ui, |ui| ui.add(Label::new(name).selectable(false)))
+                                .clicked()
                             {
-                                tracing::error!(
-                                    "could not send message to komorebi: ReplaceConfiguration"
-                                );
-                                proceed = false;
-                            }
+                                let canonicalized =
+                                    dunce::canonicalize(path.clone()).unwrap_or(path);
 
-                            if let Some(rect) = komorebi_notification_state.work_area_offset {
-                                if proceed {
-                                    match komorebi_client::send_query(&SocketMessage::Query(
-                                        komorebi_client::StateQuery::FocusedMonitorIndex,
-                                    )) {
-                                        Ok(idx) => {
-                                            if let Ok(monitor_idx) = idx.parse::<usize>() {
-                                                if komorebi_client::send_message(
-                                                    &SocketMessage::MonitorWorkAreaOffset(
-                                                        monitor_idx,
-                                                        rect,
-                                                    ),
-                                                )
-                                                .is_err()
-                                                {
-                                                    tracing::error!(
-                                                    "could not send message to komorebi: MonitorWorkAreaOffset"
-                                                );
-                                                }
-                                            }
-                                        }
-                                        Err(_) => {
-                                            tracing::error!(
-                                                "could not send message to komorebi: Query"
-                                            );
-                                        }
-                                    }
+                                if komorebi_client::send_message(
+                                    &SocketMessage::ReplaceConfiguration(canonicalized),
+                                )
+                                .is_err()
+                                {
+                                    tracing::error!(
+                                        "could not send message to komorebi: ReplaceConfiguration"
+                                    );
                                 }
                             }
-                        }});
+                        });
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/komorebi/Cargo.toml b/komorebi/Cargo.toml
index 79c2f078..f99cbbe8 100644
--- a/komorebi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/komorebi/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ net2 = "0.2"
 os_info = "3.10"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 paste = { workspace = true }
+powershell_script = "1.0"
 regex = "1"
 schemars = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/komorebi/src/process_command.rs b/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
index 66be0861..8f5de4a5 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
@@ -1682,6 +1682,65 @@ impl WindowManager {
                     // Set self to the new wm instance
                     *self = wm;
 
+                    // check if there are any bars
+                    let mut system = sysinfo::System::new_all();
+                    system.refresh_processes(sysinfo::ProcessesToUpdate::All, true);
+
+                    let has_bar = system
+                        .processes_by_name("komorebi-bar.exe".as_ref())
+                        .next()
+                        .is_some();
+
+                    // stop bar(s)
+                    if has_bar {
+                        let script = r"
+Stop-Process -Name:komorebi-bar -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+                ";
+                        match powershell_script::run(script) {
+                            Ok(_) => {
+                                println!("{script}");
+
+                                // start new bar(s)
+                                let mut config = StaticConfig::read(config)?;
+                                if let Some(display_bar_configurations) =
+                                    &mut config.bar_configurations
+                                {
+                                    for config_file_path in &mut *display_bar_configurations {
+                                        let script = r#"Start-Process "komorebi-bar" '"--config" "CONFIGFILE"' -WindowStyle hidden"#
+                            .replace("CONFIGFILE", &config_file_path.to_string_lossy());
+
+                                        match powershell_script::run(&script) {
+                                            Ok(_) => {
+                                                println!("{script}");
+                                            }
+                                            Err(error) => {
+                                                println!("Error: {error}");
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                } else {
+                                    let script = r"
+if (!(Get-Process komorebi-bar -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
+{
+  Start-Process komorebi-bar -WindowStyle hidden
+}
+                ";
+                                    match powershell_script::run(script) {
+                                        Ok(_) => {
+                                            println!("{script}");
+                                        }
+                                        Err(error) => {
+                                            println!("Error: {error}");
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            Err(error) => {
+                                println!("Error: {error}");
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     force_update_borders = true;
                 }
             }