Blocking the "Start" button in the Windows operating system can be performed both by standard means of the system itself, and using additional third-party programs.
Necessary
Start Killer
Instructions
Step 1
Download and install on your computer the specialized Start Killer application, which is freely distributed on the Internet. Call the main Windows system menu by clicking this same button, and go to the "All Programs" item. Find and run the installed utility to remove the Start button in automatic mode. Note that the functionality of that item remains available using the standard hotkeys. To completely deactivate the button, open the context menu of the Start Killer application shortcut by right-clicking and applying the checkbox to the Disable Start Menu field. Confirm the application of the changes made by clicking the OK button.
Step 2
Create a text document with the value Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlKeyboard LayoutScancode Map = hex: 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5b, e0, 00, 00, 00, 00 in any text editor and save it with the.reg extension. Run the generated file to block the Win button that brings up the Start menu.
Step 3
Return to the main system menu and go to the Run dialog to use another method of disabling the Start button. enter the value regedit in the "Open" line and confirm the launch of the registry editor utility by clicking the OK button. Expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer branch and create a new key named NoChangeStartMenu with the value 1. Specify DWORD as the type of the created parameter.
Step 4
Use Delphi to block the Start button: procedure TForm1. Button3Click (Sender: TObject); beginEnableWindow (FindWindowEx (FindWindow ('Shell_TrayWnd', nil), 0, 'Button', nil), false); end; This syntax is complete will disable the Start button.
