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Hides the start menu button.

Hides the start menu button.

API Declarations


Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Const GW_CHILD = 5
Const GW_HWNDNEXT = 2
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Dim tWnd As Long, bWnd As Long, sSave As String * 250



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    tWnd = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", vbNullString)
    bWnd = GetWindow(tWnd, GW_CHILD)
    Do
        GetClassName bWnd, sSave, 250
        If LCase(Left$(sSave, 6)) = "button" Then Exit Do
        bWnd = GetWindow(bWnd, GW_HWNDNEXT)
    Loop
    SetWindowPos bWnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_HIDEWINDOW
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
HideStart
End Sub
Sub ShowStart()
    SetWindowPos bWnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_SHOWWINDOW
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
ShowStart
End Sub