Hide native Windows 11 Start button when using a replacement

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "ResourceHelper.h"
 #include "LogManager.h"
 #include "TouchHelper.h"
+#include "Win11StartButton.h"
 #include "IatHookHelper.h"
 #include "dllmain.h"
 #include <uxtheme.h>
@@ -2643,6 +2644,7 @@ void UpdateTaskBars( TUpdateTaskbar update )
 		InvalidateRect(taskBar.taskBar,NULL,TRUE);
 		PostMessage(taskBar.taskBar,WM_THEMECHANGED,0,0);
 	}
+	UpdateWin11StartButtonMonitor();
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -3227,6 +3229,7 @@ if (!g_bTrimHooks)
 
 	UpdateTaskBars(TASKBAR_RECREATE_BUTTONS);
 	UpdateTaskBars(TASKBAR_UPDATE_TEXTURE);
+	StartWin11StartButtonMonitor();
 }
 
 static void RecreateStartButton( size_t taskbarId )
@@ -3288,6 +3291,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI ExitThreadProc( void *param )
 
 static void CleanStartMenuDLL( void )
 {
+
 	ClearIatHook(g_DwmpBTRHook);
 	g_DwmpBTRHook=NULL;
 	ClearIatHook(g_DwmpTWWRHook);
@@ -3340,6 +3344,7 @@ static void CleanStartMenuDLL( void )
 	}
 	ResetHotCorners();
 	UpdateTaskBars(TASKBAR_CLEAR);
+	StopWin11StartButtonMonitor();
 	g_WinStartButton=NULL;
 	for (id_taskbar_map::const_iterator it=g_TaskbarInfos.begin();it!=g_TaskbarInfos.end();++it)
 	{

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.vcxproj

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader>Create</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="TouchHelper.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Win11StartButton.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="Accessibility.h" />
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="targetver.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="TouchHelper.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Win11StartButton.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Image Include="..\..\Setup\OpenShell.ico" />

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/StartMenuDLL.vcxproj.filters

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="TouchHelper.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="Win11StartButton.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="Accessibility.h">
@@ -128,6 +131,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="TouchHelper.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Win11StartButton.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="resource.h">
       <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/Win11StartButton.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+// Windows 11 native Start button suppression bridge.
+//
+// XAML Diagnostics retains its TAP site object for the diagnostics session.
+// The TAP therefore lives in StartMenuHelper, which may remain resident in
+// Explorer, while StartMenuDLL can still unload/reload on Exit.
+
+#include "stdafx.h"
+#include "Win11StartButton.h"
+#include "Settings.h"
+#include "LogManager.h"
+#include "ResourceHelper.h"
+
+typedef void (__cdecl *StartWin11StartButtonTap_t)( BOOL enabled, BOOL allTaskbars );
+typedef void (__cdecl *UpdateWin11StartButtonTap_t)( BOOL enabled, BOOL allTaskbars );
+typedef void (__cdecl *StopWin11StartButtonTap_t)( void );
+
+static HMODULE g_StartButtonTapModule = NULL;
+static StartWin11StartButtonTap_t g_StartButtonTapStart = NULL;
+static UpdateWin11StartButtonTap_t g_StartButtonTapUpdate = NULL;
+static StopWin11StartButtonTap_t g_StartButtonTapStop = NULL;
+
+static bool LoadStartButtonTap( void )
+{
+	if (g_StartButtonTapModule)
+		return true;
+
+#ifdef _WIN64
+	const wchar_t helperName[] = L"StartMenuHelper64.dll";
+#else
+	const wchar_t helperName[] = L"StartMenuHelper32.dll";
+#endif
+
+	// Prefer a helper next to StartMenuDLL for local development builds, but
+	// installed Open-Shell keeps StartMenuHelper in System32.
+	HMODULE module = NULL;
+	wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
+	DWORD pathLength = GetModuleFileName(g_Instance, path, _countof(path));
+	if (pathLength && pathLength < _countof(path))
+	{
+		wchar_t *name = wcsrchr(path, L'\\');
+		if (name)
+		{
+			name++;
+			const size_t remaining = path + _countof(path) - name;
+			if (_countof(helperName) <= remaining)
+			{
+				wcscpy_s(name, remaining, helperName);
+				module = LoadLibrary(path);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!module)
+		module = LoadLibraryEx(helperName, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
+
+	if (!module)
+	{
+		LogToFile(STARTUP_LOG, L"Win11StartButton: unable to load TAP helper 0x%08X", GetLastError());
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	StartWin11StartButtonTap_t start =
+		(StartWin11StartButtonTap_t)GetProcAddress(module, "StartWin11StartButtonTap");
+	UpdateWin11StartButtonTap_t update =
+		(UpdateWin11StartButtonTap_t)GetProcAddress(module, "UpdateWin11StartButtonTap");
+	StopWin11StartButtonTap_t stop =
+		(StopWin11StartButtonTap_t)GetProcAddress(module, "StopWin11StartButtonTap");
+	if (!start || !update || !stop)
+	{
+		LogToFile(STARTUP_LOG, L"Win11StartButton: TAP helper exports are unavailable");
+		FreeLibrary(module);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	g_StartButtonTapModule = module;
+	g_StartButtonTapStart = start;
+	g_StartButtonTapUpdate = update;
+	g_StartButtonTapStop = stop;
+	return true;
+}
+
+void StartWin11StartButtonMonitor( void )
+{
+	if (!IsWin11() || !GetSettingBool(L"EnableStartButton") || !LoadStartButtonTap())
+		return;
+
+	g_StartButtonTapStart(TRUE, GetSettingBool(L"AllTaskbars"));
+}
+
+void UpdateWin11StartButtonMonitor( void )
+{
+	if (!IsWin11())
+		return;
+
+	BOOL enabled = GetSettingBool(L"EnableStartButton");
+	BOOL allTaskbars = GetSettingBool(L"AllTaskbars");
+	if (!g_StartButtonTapModule)
+	{
+		// Start on first enable if the helper was not needed at startup.
+		if (enabled && LoadStartButtonTap())
+			g_StartButtonTapStart(enabled, allTaskbars);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	g_StartButtonTapUpdate(enabled, allTaskbars);
+}
+
+void StopWin11StartButtonMonitor( void )
+{
+	if (!IsWin11() || !g_StartButtonTapModule)
+		return;
+
+	g_StartButtonTapStop();
+
+	// Drop only StartMenuDLL's explicit reference. XAML Diagnostics owns the TAP
+	// module reference for the diagnostics session after a successful connection.
+	FreeLibrary(g_StartButtonTapModule);
+	g_StartButtonTapModule = NULL;
+	g_StartButtonTapStart = NULL;
+	g_StartButtonTapUpdate = NULL;
+	g_StartButtonTapStop = NULL;
+}

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuDLL/Win11StartButton.h

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// Windows 11 draws the native Start button in XAML. These helpers hide only
+// the native glyph/hit target while Open-Shell's replacement button is active.
+// They never move or resize either button.
+void StartWin11StartButtonMonitor( void );
+void UpdateWin11StartButtonMonitor( void );
+void StopWin11StartButtonMonitor( void );

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuHelper/StartMenuHelper.cpp

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "resource.h"
 #include "StartMenuHelper_h.h"
 #include "dllmain.h"
+#include "Win11StartButtonTap.h"
 #include "ResourceHelper.h"
 #include "Settings.h"
 #include "StringUtils.h"
@@ -206,6 +207,11 @@ static void StartStartMenu( void )
 STDAPI DllGetClassObject(REFCLSID rclsid, REFIID riid, LPVOID* ppv)
 {
 	WaitDllInitThread();
+
+	HRESULT tapResult = GetWin11StartButtonTapClassObject(rclsid, riid, ppv);
+	if (tapResult != CLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE)
+		return tapResult;
+
 	if (rclsid==g_EmulationClsid)
 	{
 		LogToFile(STARTUP_LOG,L"StartMenuHelper: DllGetClassObject1");

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuHelper/StartMenuHelper.vcxproj

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="ModernSettingsShellFolder.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="StartMenuExt.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="StartMenuHelper.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Win11StartButtonTap.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="StartMenuHelper_i.c">
       <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Resource.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="StartMenuExt.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="StartMenuHelper_h.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Win11StartButtonTap.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="stdafx.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="targetver.h" />
   </ItemGroup>

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuHelper/StartMenuHelper.vcxproj.filters

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="ModernSettingsContextMenu.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="Win11StartButtonTap.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Midl Include="StartMenuHelper.idl">
@@ -100,6 +103,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="ModernSettingsContextMenu.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="Win11StartButtonTap.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ResourceCompile Include="StartMenuHelper.rc">

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuHelper/StartMenuHelper32.def

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ EXPORTS
 	DllRegisterServer	PRIVATE
 	DllUnregisterServer	PRIVATE
 	DllInstall		PRIVATE
+	StartWin11StartButtonTap
+	UpdateWin11StartButtonTap
+	StopWin11StartButtonTap

Src/StartMenu/StartMenuHelper/StartMenuHelper64.def

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ EXPORTS
 	DllRegisterServer	PRIVATE
 	DllUnregisterServer	PRIVATE
 	DllInstall		PRIVATE
+	StartWin11StartButtonTap
+	UpdateWin11StartButtonTap
+	StopWin11StartButtonTap