Subj : Re: How to add programs to Windows Start menu
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Michael" <michael.hemgard@era.ericsson.se>
Date : Wed Oct 01 2003 09:22 am

Thank you very much for this information! It was very much what I was
looking for.

Best regards
Michael



"Benjamin Pratt" <benjamin.pratt.getridofthis@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:3f79cac4@newsgroups.borland.com...
> The directory names are stored in the registry. For the current user, the
> directories for the Start Menu, Programs, and Startup are stored at:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders\Start Menu
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders\Programs
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders\Startup
>
> Since these entries are of type REG_EXPAND_SZ, remember to call
> ExpandEnviromentStrings before using the values.
>
> If you need to modify the "AllUsers" start menu, those paths can be found
at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders\Common Start Menu
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders\Common Programs
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders\Common Startup
>
> Once you have the path, you will need to create a shortcut to your
> executable in that path. The IShellLink and IPersistFile interfaces are
used
> for this. If you can't or don't want to use COM, you can simply create a
> batch file in the start menu.
>
>

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