by Rakesh Chouhan (2 Submissions)
Category: Registry
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 9th April 2003
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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HIDES THE SHUTDOWN FROM THE START MENU.WORKS IN ONLY WINDOWS 98
API Declarations
Private Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" _
(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" _
(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) As Long
Private Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteValueA" _
(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" _
(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, _
lpType As Long, lpData As Any, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" _
(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, _
ByVal dwType As Long, lpData As Any, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
Const ERROR_BADDB = 1009&
Const ERROR_BADKEY = 1010&
Const ERROR_CANTOPEN = 1011&
Const ERROR_CANTREAD = 1012&
Const ERROR_CANTWRITE = 1013&
Const ERROR_REGISTRY_RECOVERED = 1014&
Const ERROR_REGISTRY_CORRUPT = 1015&
Const ERROR_REGISTRY_IO_FAILED = 1016&
Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const REG_SZ = 1
Const regKey = "\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER"
Dim startdate As String
Dim enddate As String
Dim count1 As Integer
Public done1 As String
VBcoders
Dim retValue As Long
Dim result As Long
Dim keyID As Long
Dim keyValue As String
Dim subKey As String
Dim bufSize As Long
done1 = "NO"
enddate = "\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER"
'Create key
retValue = RegCreateKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKey, keyID)
If retValue = 0 Then
'Create width
subKey = "NoClose"
retValue = RegQueryValueEx(keyID, subKey, 0&, REG_SZ, _
0&, bufSize)
'No value, set it
If bufSize < 2 Then
keyValue = 1
retValue = RegSetValueEx(keyID, subKey, 0&, _
REG_SZ, ByVal keyValue, Len(keyValue) + 1)
startdate = keyValue
Else
keyValue = String(bufSize + 1, " ")
retValue = RegQueryValueEx(keyID, subKey, 0&, REG_SZ, _
ByVal keyValue, bufSize)
keyValue = Left$(keyValue, bufSize - 1)
keyValue = 0
retValue = RegSetValueEx(keyID, subKey, 0&, _
REG_SZ, ByVal keyValue, Len(keyValue) + 1)
startdate = 1
End If
End If
Unload Me
Shell "C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE USER.EXE,EXITWINDOWS"
End Sub
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