ShowExplorerFileMenu - Hide or show Windows Explorer File menu

Tip formerly from VB2TheMax

Expertise: Intermediate
Language: VB5,VB6

August 25, 2001

' Hide/Show the Explorer's (Windows Explorer and IE) File menu
' NOTE: this routine requires the SetRegistryValue,
' DeleteRegistryValue and CheckRegistryValue routines,
' that you can find in the CodeBank under the Windows section.
'
' Example:
' ' hide the File menu (at the next execution of IE or Windows Explorer)
' ShowExplorerFileMenu False
' ' show it again
' ShowExplorerFileMenu
Public Sub ShowExplorerFileMenu(Optional ByVal bShow As Boolean = True)
Dim sKey As String
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
sKey = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer"
If bShow Then
' delete the value whose setting hides the File menu
DeleteRegistryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKey, "NoFileMenu"
Else
' if the Key doesn not exist
If CheckRegistryKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKey) = False Then
' create the key
CreateRegistryKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKey
End If
' create and set the value to hide the File menu
SetRegistryValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKey, "NoFileMenu", "1"
End If
End Sub

















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