start_menu.exe??
help needed
Thursday, July 20, 2006 by jinglejanglejones | Discussion: ObjectDock
Okay, here is the deal:
I have replaced my windows taskbar with a dock and am trying to replicate the start menu effect (what happens when you click "Start") when a dock icon is clicked. the closest i can come is getting a program list ("all programs" on the start menu) to appear. would there be any way to somehow replicate or shortcut the start menu into a .exe file so i could replace the taskbar start menu with an object dock icon??
in short... i want the start menu to appear when i click a dock icon.
i hope this presents a challenge to some xp guru-- any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Bichur
Reply #2 Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:44 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:44 PM
Don't remember who posted this.
copy this to notepad:
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set wShell=wscript.createobject("wscript.shell")
wShell.sendkeys "^{ESC}"
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save it, change the extension to .vbs
point your shortcut to it.
copy this to notepad:
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set wShell=wscript.createobject("wscript.shell")
wShell.sendkeys "^{ESC}"
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save it, change the extension to .vbs
point your shortcut to it.
jinglejanglejones
Reply #5 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:02 AM
Reply #5 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:02 AM
oh there is a docklet. it is a little glitchy for me-- i have to click a few times in the right spot to get the start menu to appear, but you can only ask for so much. the .vbr trick is real good, albeit when the icon is clicked my cursor is zapped to the bottom center of the screen.
thanx for the help
thanx for the help
ZubaZ
Reply #6 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:07 AM
Can't please everyone.
Reply #6 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:07 AM
| oh there is a docklet. it is a little glitchy for me-- i have to click a few times in the right spot to get the start menu to appear, but you can only ask for so much. the .vbr trick is real good, albeit when the icon is clicked my cursor is zapped to the bottom center of the screen. |
Can't please everyone.
Koasati
Reply #7 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:08 AM
Reply #7 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:08 AM
There's also PresStart .... http://www.tsoftcentral.com/tools/index.html
Cavan1
Reply #9 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:16 AM
Reply #9 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:16 AM
There is also System Commands, which has start menu and more https://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=8241&LibID=29
ZubaZ
Reply #10 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:20 AM
This one rocks; I had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.
Reply #10 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:20 AM
| There is also System Commands, which has start menu and more |
This one rocks; I had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.
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Reply #1 Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:43 PM