How to get the list of items in the start menu windows 8.1 C#

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Dear All,

I'm creating windows application using c#, where i'm automating windows.

I'm trying to get the list of items in the start menu in windows 8.1. When we press only window key and we get some items on the start menu screen, i want to fetch these items only but not those which we get when we press "DownArrow" button on the bottom of the start menu screen.

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What I have tried:

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Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.StartMenu);

I have tried above code but i'm getting those items which we get when we press "DownArrow" button on the bottom of the start menu screen.

But i'm looking for those items which we get when we press only window key.

Can anyone please help me.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 24-May-17 22:38pm

abdul subhan mohammed

Updated 25-May-17 4:08am

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2017-05-25T04:08:00

Solution 1

See this article: C#: Get path of Start Menu programs (All USERS) - Programming (C#, C++, JAVA, VB, .NET etc.) - Neowin[^]

class Program
{
	[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
	static extern bool SHGetSpecialFolderPath(IntPtr hwndOwner, [Out] StringBuilder lpszPath, int nFolder, bool fCreate);
	const int CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU = 0x16;  // \Windows\Start Menu\Programs

	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		StringBuilder path = new StringBuilder(260);
		SHGetSpecialFolderPath(IntPtr.Zero, path, CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU, false);
		string s = path.ToString();
	}
}

Posted 25-May-17 4:08am

RickZeeland

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Richard Deeming 25-May-17 14:19pm

No need for P/Invoke! :)

string s = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonStartMenu);

GetFolderPath Method | Microsoft Docs[^]

RickZeeland 25-May-17 14:36pm

No, it's needed because he wants a .NET 3.5 solution and CommonStartMenu was only added from .NET 4 :) :)

Richard Deeming 25-May-17 14:39pm

Ah! I thought I must be missing something. :)