Start Menu Items Enable/Disable

[Vipul Shah]

Hi,

I want to make certain menus in the START MENU to
be Disabled & then Enabled as per need

Kindly let me know the solution.

Thanking you
regards

Vipul Shah

[Yonatan]

You can modify the contents of the Start Menu directory. Here's how to retrieve its name:

Option Explicit

Private Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation Lib "shell32" (ByVal hWndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, ppIDL As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pIDL As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long


Private Const CSIDL_STARTMENU = &HB
Private Const MAX_PATH As Integer = 260


Function GetStartMenuPath() As String
    Dim iPos As Integer
    Dim pIDL As Long ' Pointer to ID List
    Call SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_STARTMENU, pIDL)
    GetStartMenuPath = String(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
    Call SHGetPathFromIDList(pIDL, GetStartMenuPath)
    iPos = InStr(GetStartMenuPath, vbNullChar)
    If iPos > 0 Then GetStartMenuPath = Left(GetStartMenuPath, iPos - 1)
End Function

Usage:

Dim S As String
S = GetStartMenuPath

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