How to Refresh the Start Menu

Keywords: start menu dllcall shortcut shortcutmake update startmenu 

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Question:

There must be some kind of SendMessage or *something* to tell the start menu to refresh. When we add a bunch of icons and stuff to the start menu, the functions do not always "take" right away.

Is there some message we could send it ?

Answer:

Use the following code to refresh the Programs\WinBatch subfolder of the Start Menu:

mydir = strcat(ShortCutDir("Start Menu"),"Programs\WinBatch")
bb=BinaryAlloc(2048)
BinaryPokeStr(bb,0,mydir)
dllfile=strcat(dirwindows(1),"shell32.dll")
DllCall(dllfile, void:"SHChangeNotify", long:4096, long:1, lpbinary:bb, lpbinary:bb)
;Message("Debug",BinaryPeekStr(bb,0,200))
BinaryFree(bb)

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Article ID:   W13329

Filename:   Refresh the Start Menu.txt