So I wrote a small utility to update the start menu in windows 8.1 in C#
This seems to do the trick and constantly update the start menu in windows 8.1. I'm wondering if I'm the only one have issues with Windows 8.1, AppVolumes and the start menu
Regards
Cristiano
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
private const int SHCNE_UPDATEDIR = 0x00001000;
private const int SHCNF_IDLIST = 0x0000;
private const int CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU = 0x0016;
private const int CSIDL_STARTMENU = 0x000b;
[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
static extern void SHChangeNotify(int wEventId, int uFlags, IntPtr dwItem1, IntPtr dwItem2);
[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
static extern Int32 SHGetFolderLocation(IntPtr hwndOwner, Int32 nFolder, IntPtr hToken, UInt32 dwReserved, out IntPtr ppidl);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IntPtr pidlCSM;
IntPtr pidlSM;
SHGetFolderLocation(IntPtr.Zero, CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU, IntPtr.Zero, 0, out pidlCSM);
SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_UPDATEDIR, SHCNF_IDLIST, pidlCSM, IntPtr.Zero);
SHGetFolderLocation(IntPtr.Zero, CSIDL_STARTMENU, IntPtr.Zero, 0, out pidlSM);
SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_UPDATEDIR, SHCNF_IDLIST, pidlSM, IntPtr.Zero);
}
}
}
