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katho2404
katho2404

Reputation: 369

Hide/Disable Start Button in Windows 8.1

I've searched a lot these days to find a way to programmatically hide or disable the start button in Windows 8.1, but could not find any useful information
Is there any way to do this? Either with C# or with some registry-keys...

A short explanation why I need to hide the button:
We have a .NET Desktop Application which runs on WinXP, Vista and 7 in a self-made kiosk mode. Now we have to get it running in Win8 (8.1) but as expected, the new Start-Menu (Metro, Modern UI, whatever you call it) is always there. I already managed to disable the Hot Corners, but the Start Button in the left corner still appears when you move you mouse over it, and it also starts the Metro - what we don't want.

Any help would be appreciated!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2704

Answers (3)

jww
jww

Reputation: 102245

... find a way to programmatically hide or disable the start button in Windows 8.1...

See Registry Key Controlling Start Button in Windows 8.1? on SuperUser. According to one commentor, there is no simple fix like a registry key. Tools like 7+ Taskbar Tweaker inject a DLL into explorer hook/subclass/redirect some of its methods.

If you are going to write your own DLL and inject it into Explorer, then you might want to take a look at Microsoft's Detours Library. I've used it in the past and its actually easy to use. The description from the website: Detours intercepts Win32 functions by re-writing the in-memory code for target functions. The Detours package also contains utilities to attach arbitrary DLLs and data segments to any Win32 binary.

Upvotes: 0

christof
christof

Reputation: 133

It seems that there is no such way...

But you could use a third party tool like one of these http://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-hide-the-start-button-in-windows-8-1-1478012124.

Upvotes: 1

programstinator
programstinator

Reputation: 1376

This question belongs on SuperUser, since it's not code related, but I'll have a go at it.. You should create a system account with an assigned access. Here, read these two articles: first second

According to these articles, it shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes to achieve what you want.

Upvotes: 0

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