Pop up Start menu

jayaprakash R

16y4.6k.NET

hi all,

i am doing a project on speech recognition system where i want to give voice commands. i could able to open MS office, Calculator every thing through voice commands. But i want to popup my start menu dynamically using voice commands. how can i do that? This is the code i am using to open a calculator dynamically

Dim p As New Process

p.StartInfo.FileName = "calc.exe"
p.Start()

is there any code like this to pop up my start menu? or else how can i do the same. Please help me..

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Kirtan Patel16y ago
Accepted answer
you Need Below !! for Opening Start Menu ! :) code will send windows Key Key Stork and Start Menu Will open :)

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

           SendKeys.Send("^{ESC}");

        }

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Kirtan Patel16y ago
Hi ,

Download Below Attached Project It works on My Laptop I have Tested it ..

if not works on your computer then let me know .
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Santhosh N16y ago
You could try something likethis by first invoking the taskbar and then find startmenu from that which is child window under XP but changed in Vista though..
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr parentHandle, IntPtr childAfter,
string className, string windowTitle);

IntPtr taskBarWnd = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", null);
IntPtr startWnd = FindWindowEx(taskBarWnd, IntPtr.Zero, "Button", "Start");
check here for more info on this here
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/hide_vista_start_orb.aspx
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