Start10: Updated method for using the old start menu

ExplorerPatcher/dllmain.c

@@ -12295,8 +12295,9 @@ DWORD InjectStartMenu()
 
     if (dwStartShowClassicMode || !IsWindows11())
     {
-        LoadLibraryW(L"StartUI.dll");
+        hStartUI = LoadLibraryW(L"StartUI.dll");
-        hStartUI = GetModuleHandleW(L"StartUI.dll");
+        if (!hStartUI)
+            hStartUI = LoadLibraryW(L"StartUI_.dll");
 
         // Fixes hang when Start menu closes
         VnPatchDelayIAT(hStartUI, "ext-ms-win-ntuser-draw-l1-1-0.dll", "SetWindowRgn", Start_SetWindowRgn);

ExplorerPatcher/utility.c

@@ -1330,8 +1330,7 @@ BOOL DownloadFile(LPCWSTR wszURL, DWORD dwSize, LPCWSTR wszPath)
             exe_buffer = calloc(dwSize, sizeof(char));
             if (exe_buffer)
             {
-                BOOL bRet = FALSE;
+                if (InternetReadFile(
-                if (bRet = InternetReadFile(
                     hConnect,
                     exe_buffer,
                     dwSize - 1,
@@ -1342,7 +1341,7 @@ BOOL DownloadFile(LPCWSTR wszURL, DWORD dwSize, LPCWSTR wszPath)
                     _wfopen_s(&f, wszPath, L"wb");
                     if (f)
                     {
-                        fwrite(exe_buffer, 1, dwRead, f);
+                        bOK = fwrite(exe_buffer, 1, dwRead, f) == dwRead;
                         fclose(f);
                     }
                 }

ExplorerPatcher/utility.h

@@ -921,7 +921,15 @@ inline BOOL DoesWindows10StartMenuExist()
     wchar_t szPath[MAX_PATH];
     GetWindowsDirectoryW(szPath, MAX_PATH);
     wcscat_s(szPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\SystemApps\\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\\StartUI.dll");
-    return FileExistsW(szPath);
+    if (FileExistsW(szPath))
+        return TRUE;
+
+    GetWindowsDirectoryW(szPath, MAX_PATH);
+    wcscat_s(szPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\SystemApps\\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\\StartUI_.dll");
+    if (FileExistsW(szPath))
+        return TRUE;
+
+    return FALSE;
 }
 
 inline BOOL IsStockWindows10TaskbarAvailable()

ep_startmenu/ep_sm_main.c

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <initguid.h>
-#include <valinet/hooking/iatpatch.h>
+// #include <valinet/hooking/iatpatch.h>
 #include <valinet/utility/memmem.h>
 #include "../ExplorerPatcher/utility.h"
 #include "ep_sm_forwards.h"
@@ -22,6 +22,33 @@ DEFINE_GUID(IID_StartUI_XamlMetaDataProvider, 0xF2777C41, 0xD2CC, 0x34B6, 0xA7,
     return TRUE;
 }*/
 
+BOOL GetStartUIName(WCHAR* out, int cch)
+{
+    if (out && cch)
+        out[0] = 0;
+
+    WCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];
+    wcscpy_s(szPath, MAX_PATH, L"StartUI.dll");
+    if (FileExistsW(szPath))
+    {
+        if (out && cch)
+            wcscpy_s(out, cch, szPath);
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    wcscpy_s(szPath, MAX_PATH, L"StartUI_.dll");
+    if (FileExistsW(szPath))
+    {
+        if (out && cch)
+            wcscpy_s(out, cch, szPath);
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+WCHAR g_szStartUIName[MAX_PATH];
+
 BOOL GetStartShowClassicMode()
 {
     DWORD dwStartShowClassicMode = 0;
@@ -30,7 +57,7 @@ BOOL GetStartShowClassicMode()
     if (dwStartShowClassicMode == 0)
         return FALSE;
 
-    if (!FileExistsW(L"StartUI.dll"))
+    if (!GetStartUIName(g_szStartUIName, ARRAYSIZE(g_szStartUIName)))
         return FALSE;
 
     return TRUE;
@@ -55,9 +82,10 @@ void PatchXamlMetaDataProviderGuid()
         PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS64 ntHeader = (PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS64)((u_char*)dosHeader + dosHeader->e_lfanew);
         if (ntHeader->Signature == IMAGE_NT_SIGNATURE)
         {
+			PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER firstSection = IMAGE_FIRST_SECTION(ntHeader);
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ntHeader->FileHeader.NumberOfSections; ++i)
             {
-                PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER section = IMAGE_FIRST_SECTION(ntHeader) + i;
+                PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER section = firstSection + i;
                 if (!strncmp(section->Name, ".rdata", 6))
                 {
                     beginRData = (PBYTE)dosHeader + section->VirtualAddress;
@@ -72,7 +100,7 @@ void PatchXamlMetaDataProviderGuid()
         return;
     }
 
-    GUID* pguidTarget = memmem(beginRData, sizeRData, &IID_StartDocked_XamlMetaDataProvider, sizeof(GUID));
+    GUID* pguidTarget = memmem(beginRData, sizeRData, (void*)&IID_StartDocked_XamlMetaDataProvider, sizeof(GUID));
     if (!pguidTarget)
     {
         return;
@@ -122,14 +150,17 @@ wchar_t* GetCmdArguments(int* a1)
     return pGetCmdArguments(a1);
 }
 
+extern HRESULT LoadOurShellCommonPri();
+extern HRESULT GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR_InStartUI(PCWSTR activatableClassId, REFIID riid, void** ppv);
+
 #pragma comment(linker, "/export:?GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR@@YAJPEAXAEAVGuid@Platform@@PEAPEAX@Z=GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR,@129")
-HRESULT GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR(PCWSTR activatableClassId, const GUID* iid, void** ppv)
+HRESULT GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR(PCWSTR activatableClassId, REFIID riid, void** ppv)
 {
     if (!hOrig)
     {
         hOrig = LoadLibraryW(L"wincorlib_orig.dll");
     }
-    static HRESULT (*pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR)(PCWSTR, const GUID*, void**) = NULL;
+    static HRESULT (*pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR)(PCWSTR, REFIID, void**) = NULL;
     if (!pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR && hOrig)
     {
         pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR = GetProcAddress(hOrig, "?GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR@@YAJPEAXAEAVGuid@Platform@@PEAPEAX@Z");
@@ -139,22 +170,28 @@ HRESULT GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR(PCWSTR activatableClassId, const GUID* iid,
         return E_FAIL;
     }
 
-    if (!wcscmp(activatableClassId, L"StartDocked.App") && IsEqualGUID(iid, &IID_StartDocked_App))
+    if (!wcscmp(activatableClassId, L"StartDocked.App") && IsEqualGUID(riid, &IID_StartDocked_App))
     {
         if (GetStartShowClassicMode())
         {
-            return pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR(L"StartUI.App", &IID_StartUI_App, ppv);
+            LoadOurShellCommonPri();
+            return GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR_InStartUI(L"StartUI.App", &IID_StartUI_App, ppv);
         }
     }
     else if (!wcscmp(activatableClassId, L"StartDocked.startdocked_XamlTypeInfo.XamlMetaDataProvider"))
     {
         if (GetStartShowClassicMode())
         {
-            return pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR(L"StartUI.startui_XamlTypeInfo.XamlMetaDataProvider", iid, ppv);
+            return GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR_InStartUI(L"StartUI.startui_XamlTypeInfo.XamlMetaDataProvider", riid, ppv);
         }
     }
 
-    return pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR(activatableClassId, iid, ppv);
+    if (wcsncmp(activatableClassId, L"StartUI.", 8) == 0)
+    {
+        return GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR_InStartUI(activatableClassId, riid, ppv);
+    }
+
+    return pGetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR(activatableClassId, riid, ppv);
 }
 
 BOOL WINAPI DllMain(

ep_startmenu/ep_sm_main_cpp.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <windows.foundation.h>
+#include <windows.applicationmodel.resources.core.h>
+
+#include <wrl/client.h>
+#include <wrl/wrappers/corewrappers.h>
+
+namespace ABI::Windows::ApplicationModel::Resources::Core::Internal
+{
+    MIDL_INTERFACE("4a8eac58-b652-459d-8de1-239471e8b22b")
+    IResourceManagerStaticInternal : IInspectable
+    {
+        virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetResourceManagerForSystemProfile(IResourceManager** result) = 0;
+        virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetCurrentResourceManagerForSystemProfile(IResourceManager** result) = 0;
+        virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetCurrentResourceManagerState(DWORD* result) = 0;
+    };
+
+    MIDL_INTERFACE("c408a1f1-3ede-41e9-9a38-c203678c2df7")
+    ISystemResourceManagerExtensions : IInspectable
+    {
+        virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetDefaultResourceContextForCurrentThread(IResourceContext**) = 0;
+        virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE GetMrtResourceManagerForResourceManager(IInspectable**) = 0;
+    };
+
+    MIDL_INTERFACE("8c25e859-1042-4da0-9232-bf2aa8ff3726")
+    ISystemResourceManagerExtensions2 : IInspectable
+    {
+        virtual HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE LoadPriFileForSystemUse(const WCHAR* path) = 0;
+    };
+}
+
+using namespace Microsoft::WRL;
+
+extern "C" HRESULT LoadOurShellCommonPri()
+{
+    using namespace ABI::Windows::Foundation;
+
+    ComPtr<IInspectable> pInspectable;
+    HRESULT hr = Windows::Foundation::GetActivationFactory(
+        Wrappers::HStringReference(L"Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.Core.ResourceManager").Get(),
+        pInspectable.GetAddressOf()
+    );
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+        return hr;
+
+    ComPtr<ABI::Windows::ApplicationModel::Resources::Core::Internal::IResourceManagerStaticInternal> pResourceManagerStaticInternal;
+    hr = pInspectable.As(&pResourceManagerStaticInternal);
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+        return hr;
+
+    ComPtr<ABI::Windows::ApplicationModel::Resources::Core::IResourceManager> pResourceManager;
+    hr = pResourceManagerStaticInternal->GetCurrentResourceManagerForSystemProfile(&pResourceManager);
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+        return hr;
+
+    ComPtr<ABI::Windows::ApplicationModel::Resources::Core::Internal::ISystemResourceManagerExtensions2> pSystemResourceManagerExtensions2;
+    pResourceManager.As(&pSystemResourceManagerExtensions2);
+    WCHAR wszPath[MAX_PATH] = {};
+    wcscat_s(wszPath, MAX_PATH, L"C:\\Program Files\\ExplorerPatcher\\Windows.UI.ShellCommon.pri");
+    hr = pSystemResourceManagerExtensions2->LoadPriFileForSystemUse(wszPath);
+
+    return hr;
+}
+
+extern "C" WCHAR g_szStartUIName[MAX_PATH];
+
+extern "C" HRESULT GetActivationFactoryByPCWSTR_InStartUI(PCWSTR activatableClassId, REFIID riid, void** ppv)
+{
+    typedef HRESULT (WINAPI* DllGetActivationFactory_t)(HSTRING, IActivationFactory**);
+    static DllGetActivationFactory_t pfnGetActivationFactory;
+    if (!pfnGetActivationFactory)
+    {
+        HMODULE hModule = GetModuleHandleW(g_szStartUIName);
+        if (hModule)
+        {
+            pfnGetActivationFactory = (DllGetActivationFactory_t)GetProcAddress(hModule, "DllGetActivationFactory");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!pfnGetActivationFactory)
+        return E_FAIL;
+
+    ComPtr<IActivationFactory> activationFactory;
+    HRESULT hr = pfnGetActivationFactory(Wrappers::HStringReference(activatableClassId).Get(), &activationFactory);
+    if (FAILED(hr))
+        return hr;
+
+    return activationFactory.CopyTo(riid, ppv);
+}

ep_startmenu/ep_startmenu.vcxproj

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)libs\libvalinet;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)libs\libvalinet;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)libs\libvalinet;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -181,6 +184,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)libs\libvalinet;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)libs\libvalinet;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -213,6 +218,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp20</LanguageStandard>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)libs\libvalinet;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -228,6 +234,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="ep_sm_main.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="ep_sm_main_cpp.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ResourceCompile Include="..\ExplorerPatcher\ExplorerPatcher.rc" />