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  1. December 8th, 2016, 10:50 AM #1
    brown71576
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    Disabling / Enabling the Start Menu Button

    I found this post

    http://forums.codeguru.com/showthrea...s-Start-Button

    I implemented the functionality and testing it with Windows XP and found that even though the start button is not visible, if you keep clicking in the area, the start menu options will pop up.

    I am looking for a solution in VB6 that will disable/enable hide/show the start menu button in Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10.

    Any suggestions?


    **** UPDATE ****

    I added an link to a .rar that is a little program that can demonstrate the problem.. This happens on Windows Xp, 7 and 10. When you run the program you will need to disable the desktop, hide the taskbar and then disable the start button. Then click around where the start button is, keep clicking around the area and you will see the start button menu pop up. Something about disabling the desktop, hiding the taskbar and disabling the start button causes this behavior.

    http://wobandits.com/downloads/Project.rar
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  2. December 15th, 2016, 04:21 PM #2
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    Re: Disabling / Enabling the Start Menu Button

    Hi.
    Not sure what you mean by 'keep clicking in the area, the start menu options will pop up'?

    These are the standard Windows APIs which should work through most versions of Windows - well, only Windows I haven't tested any of these APIs was Windows 10.

    Could you show the code you made use of, please?
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  3. December 16th, 2016, 02:06 PM #3
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    Re: Disabling / Enabling the Start Menu Button

    Quote Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT View Post
    Hi.
    Not sure what you mean by 'keep clicking in the area, the start menu options will pop up'?

    These are the standard Windows APIs which should work through most versions of Windows - well, only Windows I haven't tested any of these APIs was Windows 10.

    Could you show the code you made use of, please?
    What I mean is the windows button is gone ( not visible ) yet if you click the mouse over the area it should be the windows menu will pop up. Tested in Windows XP.
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  4. January 3rd, 2017, 09:58 AM #4
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    Re: Disabling / Enabling the Start Menu Button

    Updated the original post with a program and direction to demonstrate the problem I am seeing. Please feel free to download and follow my step to recreate.
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  6. January 3rd, 2017, 08:53 PM #5
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    Re: Disabling / Enabling the Start Menu Button

    I'm just wondering what the point would be to hiding the start button? The Windows key will pop up the start menu even if there is no button or no place to click.

    Are you trying to disable the start menu for some reason or just trying to hide the button?
    How about hiding the task bar?
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