Call the menu items of the Windows Start Menu programmatically

Problem/Question/Abstract:

How to call the menu items of the Windows Start Menu programmatically

Answer:

{ ... }

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    ComObj;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    Button1: TButton;
    procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
    procedure Shell(sMethod: Integer);
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;
  oShell: OleVariant;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

procedure TForm1.Shell(sMethod: Integer);
begin
  case sMethod of
    0:
      {Minimizes all windows on the desktop}
      begin
        oShell.MinimizeAll;
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    1:
      {Displays the Run dialog}
      begin
        oShell.FileRun;
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    2:
      {Displays the Shut Down Windows dialog}
      begin
        oShell.ShutdownWindows;
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    3:
      {Displays the Find dialog}
      begin
        oShell.FindFiles;
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    4:
      Displays the Date / Time dialog}
      begin
        oShell.SetTime;
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    5:
      {Displays the Internet Properties dialog}
      begin
        oShell.ControlPanelItem('INETCPL.cpl');
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    6:
      {Enables user to select folder from Program Files}
      begin
        oShell.BrowseForFolder(0, 'My Programs', 0, 'C:\Program Files');
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    7:
      {Displays the Taskbar Properties dialog}
      begin
        oShell.TrayProperties;
        Button1.Tag := Button1.Tag + 1;
      end;
    8:
      {Un-Minimizes all windows on the desktop}
      begin
        oShell.UndoMinimizeAll;
        Button1.Tag := 0;
      end;
  end;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  oShell := CreateOleObject('Shell.Application');
  Shell(Button1.Tag);
  oShell := VarNull;
end;