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How can I create CASCADING folders under start menu (on top of all of MS's stuff, not under Programs etc). Something like Programs or Favorites folder?
What I need to do now is to “ADD” a folder to the “Start Menu” (not replacing MS menu, just adding on top with CSIDL_START_MENU pidl) and
optionally show it as a cascading folder (like Programs).
I posted this a week ago without any luck. Someone please help.
Once you have got your PIDL pointer from SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(), use SHGetPathFromIDList() to get the full path of the directory that the Start menu mirrors (it should be a path under your Profiles entry.
This path is just like any directory - you can create new subdirectories (= cascading menus) and then create files or shortcuts in the subdirectories (= items in the cascading menu).
Like this:
---// Add a menu or two to the start menu.
pWndMain = AfxGetMainWnd();
if (pWndMain != NULL)
hWnd = pWndMain->GetSafeHwnd();
if (::SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(hWnd, CSIDL_STARTMENU, &pPIDL) != NOERROR)
AfxMessageBox("Failed to get Start menu folder!");
else
{
bGotPath = ::SHGetPathFromIDList(pPIDL,(LPSTR)strPath.GetBuffer(_MAX_PATH) );
strPath.ReleaseBuffer();
if (bGotPath && strPath != "")
{
_chdrive(strPath[0]);
_chdir( (const char *)strPath);
if (_mkdir("My Start Menu Extension") != 0)
AfxMessageBox("Couldn't create subfolder!");
if (_chdir("My Start Menu Extension") != 0)
AfxMessageBox("Couldn't set directory to subfolder!");
// Now you can create files or shortcuts to go in this directory / menu level.
}
else
AfxMessageBox("Couldn't get path!");
// Retrieve a pointer to the shell's IMalloc interface.
if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) ) )
{
// Free the PIDL.
pMalloc->Free(pPIDL);
// Release the shell's IMalloc interface.
pMalloc->Release();
}
}
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Does this help?