Start Menu Button Hook 0.3

zhiyuel

Developed with iLaunch in mind, it's a very simple application: you can specify a program, and it will be run when you "tap" on the start icon.

It's main purpose is to replace the Start Menu with another "launcher" application, allowing to access anyway to the Windows Start Menu by tapping on the right of the Start Button.

Someone requested to extend the hook to the "hardware Start Button", but afaik there is not such a standard hardware button, at least on WM5 and WM6.
Some devices have an hardware button for the Start Menu, some don't, some don't have hardware buttons at all.
There are other applications that can manage hardware buttons, StartButton is for the icon!

It's based on the code of GreenButton by Supbro
Both are open source GNU GPL V3
StartButton source is at Google Code:


How to start a program?

HKCU\software\iApps\StartButton\Run

the default value is: "iLaunch\iLaunch.exe" (without the ")
You can specify here a relative path to your program files folder: in an english wm program files folder is, well, "Program Files", and usually applications are located inside it.
so if you want to use say "MyApplication.exe" wich is inside the "MyApplicationFolder" wich is inside the "Program Files" folder:

the full path is:
\Program Files\MyApplicationFolder\MyApplication. exe

and then you need to write:
MyApplicationFolder\MyApplication.exe

if you want to start an application that is not on the Program Files folder, you can write the full path instead:
\Memory Card\Program FIles\MyApplicationFolder\MyApplication. exe


How to extend the hook to the "Start" text?

HKCU\software\iApps\StartButton\HookText

Set this value to 1 for hooking the word "Start"
Delete the key for hooking only the Start button

You have to soft reset your device for the changes to have effect


How to extend the hook to the hardware button?

HKCU\software\iApps\StartButton\HookWinK ey

Set this value to 1 for hooking the hardware button
Delete the key for hooking only the screen Start button

You have to soft reset your device for the changes to have effect


25 February 2009 v. 0.1 - First release
5 March 2009 v. 0.2 - changes:
+ option to intercept the tap on the text on the right of the start button, usually "Start"
I don't think it is a good idea, but since someone requested it...
+ option to specify the full path to the launched program, works for programs on memory card
28 March 2009 v. 0.3 - changes:
+ option to hook the hardware Window Buttons for devices that have it


sorry guys, no screenshot, will update if i found one..

Attached Files

StartButton_v0.3.zip (6.6 KB, 7 Downloads)

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