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[[Image:StartMenuHighlight.jpg|left|thumb|250px|XP's new program highlight]]
Windows XP has introduced a feature that automatically highlights newly installed programs in the Start Menu. Because it's automatic, there's no API function you need to call or registry value you need to modify to get your program highlighted too.
 
So how do you get it highlighted? Very simple, add a [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/resources/versioninformation.asp version information resource] to it. If you create a shortcut to an executable with a version resource, it will be highlighted and show a nice balloon informing the user of the new program.


--[[User:Kichik|kichik]] 11:39, 18 Jun 2005 (PDT)
--[[User:Kichik|kichik]] 11:39, 18 Jun 2005 (PDT)


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Revision as of 13:56, 25 June 2005

Author: kichik (talk, contrib)


XP's new program highlight

Windows XP has introduced a feature that automatically highlights newly installed programs in the Start Menu. Because it's automatic, there's no API function you need to call or registry value you need to modify to get your program highlighted too.

So how do you get it highlighted? Very simple, add a version information resource to it. If you create a shortcut to an executable with a version resource, it will be highlighted and show a nice balloon informing the user of the new program.

--kichik 11:39, 18 Jun 2005 (PDT)