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LICENSE

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-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2021 kenclaron
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
+Copyright (c) 2021 Dmitry Britov
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

Program.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace StartMenuAlternativeApp
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        static extern void keybd_event(byte bVk, byte bScan, uint dwFlags,
+           UIntPtr dwExtraInfo);
+        const byte KEY_CTRL = 0x11;
+        const byte KEY_ESC = 0x1B;
+        const uint KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = 0x02;
+
+        public static void OpenStartMenu()
+        {
+            keybd_event(KEY_CTRL, 0, 0, UIntPtr.Zero);
+            keybd_event(KEY_ESC, 0, 0, UIntPtr.Zero);
+
+            keybd_event(KEY_CTRL, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, UIntPtr.Zero);
+            keybd_event(KEY_ESC, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, UIntPtr.Zero);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        static void Main()
+        {
+            OpenStartMenu();
+
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}

Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile.pubxml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121. 
+-->
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
+    <PublishDir>bin\Release\net5.0\publish\</PublishDir>
+    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>
+    <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
+    <PublishReadyToRun>False</PublishReadyToRun>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>

Properties/PublishProfiles/FolderProfile.pubxml.user

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121. 
+-->
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <History>True|2021-06-11T16:04:48.1836389Z;True|2021-06-11T12:11:10.2766566+03:00;True|2021-06-11T12:10:07.9574109+03:00;True|2021-06-11T12:07:28.3588198+03:00;</History>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>

README.md

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+Start Menu - Alternative App
+============================
+
+About
+-----
+This application can be pinned to the taskbar and open the Windows Start Menu.
+To get a better quality of use, I recommend using it together with [CenterTaskbar by mdhiggins](https://github.com/mdhiggins/CenterTaskbar)
+
+Usage
+--------------------------
+1. Press the Right Mouse Button on the application "Start Menu - Alternative App.exe";
+2. Click "Pin to taskbar".
+
+Requirements
+------------
+* Windows 10 1903 (build 18362) or newer;
+* [.NET 5.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0) or newer.
+
+License
+-------
+Licensed under the MIT license.
+> Microsoft Windows, Logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies

Start Menu - Alternative App.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ApplicationIcon>Icon.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+    <StartupObject />
+    <AssemblyName>Start Menu - Alternative App</AssemblyName>
+    <RootNamespace>Start Menu - Alternative App</RootNamespace>
+    <Authors>Dmitry Britov</Authors>
+    <Company />
+    <Product>Start Menu</Product>
+    <Copyright />
+    <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
+    <PackageId>DmitryBritov.StartMenuAlternativeApp</PackageId>
+    <Description>This application can be pinned to the taskbar and open the Windows start menu.</Description>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="LICENSE">
+      <Pack>True</Pack>
+      <PackagePath></PackagePath>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

Start Menu - Alternative App.csproj.user

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="Current" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_LastSelectedProfileId>C:\Users\kenclaron\source\repos\WindowsStartMenu\Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile.pubxml</_LastSelectedProfileId>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>

Start Menu - Alternative App.sln

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+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 16
+VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.31321.278
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
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+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
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+		{DF2B194F-92F5-4EF5-8598-097F97A46583}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{DF2B194F-92F5-4EF5-8598-097F97A46583}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{DF2B194F-92F5-4EF5-8598-097F97A46583}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
+		SolutionGuid = {5546F2E6-37F8-49D0-BDEA-9D86B4830EB6}
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal