Start10: Option to hide app list

ExplorerPatcher/GUI.c

@@ -14,6 +14,40 @@ static BOOL(*ShouldAppsUseDarkMode)() = NULL;
 DWORD dwTaskbarPosition = 3;
 BOOL gui_bOldTaskbar = TRUE;
 
+LSTATUS SetPolicy(HKEY hKey, LPCWSTR wszPolicyPath, LPCWSTR wszPolicyName, DWORD dwVal)
+{
+    WCHAR wszPath[MAX_PATH];
+    GetSystemDirectoryW(wszPath, MAX_PATH);
+    wcscat_s(wszPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\reg.exe");
+    WCHAR wszArguments[MAX_PATH];
+    if (dwVal)
+    {
+        swprintf_s(wszArguments, MAX_PATH, L"ADD \"%s\\%s\" /V %s /T REG_DWORD /D %d /F", (hKey == HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ? L"HKLM" : L"HKCU"), wszPolicyPath, wszPolicyName, dwVal);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        swprintf_s(wszArguments, MAX_PATH, L"DELETE \"%s\\%s\" /V %s /F", (hKey == HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ? L"HKLM" : L"HKCU"), wszPolicyPath, wszPolicyName);
+    }
+    SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo = { 0 };
+    ShExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
+    ShExecInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
+    ShExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
+    ShExecInfo.lpVerb = L"runas";
+    ShExecInfo.lpFile = wszPath;
+    ShExecInfo.lpParameters = wszArguments;
+    ShExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
+    ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_HIDE;
+    ShExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;
+    if (ShellExecuteExW(&ShExecInfo) && ShExecInfo.hProcess)
+    {
+        WaitForSingleObject(ShExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
+        DWORD dwExitCode = 0;
+        GetExitCodeProcess(ShExecInfo.hProcess, &dwExitCode);
+        CloseHandle(ShExecInfo.hProcess);
+    }
+    return ERROR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 int GUI_DeleteWeatherFolder()
 {
     WCHAR wszWorkFolder[MAX_PATH + 1];
@@ -420,36 +454,11 @@ LSTATUS GUI_Internal_RegSetValueExW(
     }
     else if (!wcscmp(lpValueName, L"Virtualized_" _T(EP_CLSID) L"_ForceStartSize"))
     {
-        WCHAR wszPath[MAX_PATH];
+        return SetPolicy(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer", L"ForceStartSize", *(DWORD*)lpData);
-        GetSystemDirectoryW(wszPath, MAX_PATH);
+    }
-        wcscat_s(wszPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\reg.exe");
+    else if (!wcscmp(lpValueName, L"Virtualized_" _T(EP_CLSID) L"_NoStartMenuMorePrograms"))
-        WCHAR wszArguments[MAX_PATH];
+    {
-        if (*(DWORD*)lpData)
+        return SetPolicy(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer", L"NoStartMenuMorePrograms", *(DWORD*)lpData);
-        {
-            swprintf_s(wszArguments, MAX_PATH, L"ADD \"HKCU\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer\" /V ForceStartSize /T REG_DWORD /D %d /F", *(DWORD*)lpData);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            swprintf_s(wszArguments, MAX_PATH, L"DELETE \"HKCU\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer\" /V ForceStartSize /F");
-        }
-        SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo = { 0 };
-        ShExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
-        ShExecInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
-        ShExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
-        ShExecInfo.lpVerb = L"runas";
-        ShExecInfo.lpFile = wszPath;
-        ShExecInfo.lpParameters = wszArguments;
-        ShExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
-        ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_HIDE;
-        ShExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;
-        if (ShellExecuteExW(&ShExecInfo) && ShExecInfo.hProcess)
-        {
-            WaitForSingleObject(ShExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
-            DWORD dwExitCode = 0;
-            GetExitCodeProcess(ShExecInfo.hProcess, &dwExitCode);
-            CloseHandle(ShExecInfo.hProcess);
-        }
-        return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     }
     else if (!wcscmp(lpValueName, L"Virtualized_" _T(EP_CLSID) L"_DisableRoundedCorners"))
     {
@@ -658,6 +667,10 @@ LSTATUS GUI_Internal_RegQueryValueExW(
     {
         return RegGetValueW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer", L"ForceStartSize", RRF_RT_DWORD, NULL, lpData, lpcbData);
     }
+    else if (!wcscmp(lpValueName, L"Virtualized_" _T(EP_CLSID) L"_NoStartMenuMorePrograms"))
+    {
+        return RegGetValueW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer", L"NoStartMenuMorePrograms", RRF_RT_DWORD, NULL, lpData, lpcbData);
+    }
     else if (!wcscmp(lpValueName, L"Virtualized_" _T(EP_CLSID) L"_DisableRoundedCorners"))
     {
         HANDLE h_exists = CreateEventW(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, _T(EP_DWM_EVENTNAME));

ExplorerPatcher/dllmain.c

@@ -9000,6 +9000,7 @@ char VisibilityChangedEventArguments_GetVisible(__int64 a1)
     return v3[0];
 }
 
+DWORD Start_NoStartMenuMorePrograms = 0;
 DWORD Start_ForceStartSize = 0;
 DWORD StartMenu_maximumFreqApps = 6;
 DWORD StartMenu_ShowAllApps = 0;
@@ -9194,6 +9195,43 @@ void StartMenu_LoadSettings(BOOL bRestartIfChanged)
             exit(0);
         }
         Start_ForceStartSize = dwVal;
+
+        RegCloseKey(hKey);
+    }
+
+    RegCreateKeyExW(
+        HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+        L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
+        0,
+        NULL,
+        REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
+        KEY_READ,
+        NULL,
+        &hKey,
+        NULL
+    );
+    if (hKey == NULL || hKey == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    {
+        hKey = NULL;
+    }
+    if (hKey)
+    {
+        dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+        dwVal = 0;
+        RegQueryValueExW(
+            hKey,
+            TEXT("NoStartMenuMorePrograms"),
+            0,
+            NULL,
+            &dwVal,
+            &dwSize
+        );
+        if (bRestartIfChanged && dwVal != Start_NoStartMenuMorePrograms)
+        {
+            exit(0);
+        }
+        Start_NoStartMenuMorePrograms = dwVal;
+
         RegCloseKey(hKey);
     }
 }
@@ -9874,7 +9912,7 @@ void InjectStartMenu()
         VnPatchDelayIAT(hStartDocked, "ext-ms-win-ntuser-draw-l1-1-0.dll", "SetWindowRgn", StartDocked_SetWindowRgn);
     }
 
-    Setting* settings = calloc(5, sizeof(Setting));
+    Setting* settings = calloc(6, sizeof(Setting));
     settings[0].callback = NULL;
     settings[0].data = NULL;
     settings[0].hEvent = CreateEventW(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
@@ -9905,10 +9943,16 @@ void InjectStartMenu()
     settings[4].hKey = NULL;
     wcscpy_s(settings[4].name, MAX_PATH, L"SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer");
     settings[4].origin = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
+    settings[5].callback = StartMenu_LoadSettings;
+    settings[5].data = TRUE;
+    settings[5].hEvent = NULL;
+    settings[5].hKey = NULL;
+    wcscpy_s(settings[5].name, MAX_PATH, L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer");
+    settings[5].origin = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
 
     SettingsChangeParameters* params = calloc(1, sizeof(SettingsChangeParameters));
     params->settings = settings;
-    params->size = 5;
+    params->size = 6;
     CreateThread(
         0,
         0,

ExplorerPatcher/settings.reg

@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@
 ;x 1 Start menu
 ;x 2 Full screen Start
 ;"Virtualized_{D17F1E1A-5919-4427-8F89-A1A8503CA3EB}_ForceStartSize"=dword:00000000
+;c 3 App list
+;x 0 Display
+;x 3 Hide
+;x 1 Disable 
+;"Virtualized_{D17F1E1A-5919-4427-8F89-A1A8503CA3EB}_NoStartMenuMorePrograms"=dword:00000000
 
 
 ;T Window switcher