0.2

- Better explained error messages
- Fully automatic generation of required config files
- Ability to define start button tooltip name manually in Settings.cfg
- Added Segoe Fluent Icons missing notice

BackEnd/App.xaml.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Input;
 using WPF.Views;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Drawing;
 
 namespace WPF
 {
@@ -128,24 +130,30 @@ public async Task LockAsync()
         }
 
 
-
+        private bool IsFontInstalled(string fontName)
+        {
+            using (var testFont = new Font(fontName, 8))
+            {
+                return 0 == string.Compare(
+                  fontName,
+                  testFont.Name,
+                  StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+            }
+        }
 
         public void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
         {
+            if (!IsFontInstalled("Segoe Fluent Icons"))
+            {
+                ModernWpf.MessageBox.Show("We detected that you are missing the Segoe Fluent Icons font. Please download and install it to make icons display correctly.", "Warning", MessageBoxButton.OK, SymbolGlyph.Font, MessageBoxResult.OK);
+            }
+
+            // Create the startup window
+            StartMenu11 menuwindow = new StartMenu11();
+            menuwindow.Show();
             /////////////////////////////////////////////
             /// Here we load the main configuration file and set the hooking method from it.
             /////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-            try
-            {
-                StartListener = new WinButtonHook();
-                StartListener.StartTriggered += OnStartTriggered;
-                StartListener.FindAndActivateWindow();
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                MessageBox.Show("Error reading configuration file: " + ex.Message);
-            }
             StartListener = new WinButtonHook();
             StartListener.StartTriggered += OnStartTriggered;
             StartListener.FindAndActivateWindow();
@@ -161,10 +169,6 @@ public void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
             ThemeListener.Start();
 
             TileAppHelper.CouldNotLoadTiles += FailedToLoadTiles;
-
-            // Create the startup window
-            StartMenu11 menuwindow = new StartMenu11();
-            menuwindow.Show();
         }
 
         public void OnStartTriggered(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ public async void ShowStolenTiles()
             new ToastContentBuilder()
                 .AddInlineImage(new Uri(uriString))
                 .AddText("Tiles disabled.")
-                .AddText("We could not find or load the tiles layout file.")
+                .AddText("Tiles were disabled, could not find or load the tiles layout file.")
                 .Show();
         }
 
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ public async void ShowNotification()
             new ToastContentBuilder()
                 .AddInlineImage(new Uri(uriString))
                 .AddText("Welcome to Startify")
-                .AddText("Check it out by clicking the Windows Start button!")
+                .AddText("Open it by clicking the Windows Start button!")
                 .Show();
         }
 

BackEnd/Helpers/WinButtonHook.cs

@@ -74,10 +74,29 @@ public static IntPtr FindWindowByCaptionAndClass(string caption, string classNam
             return IntPtr.Zero; // Window not found
         }
 
+        private static string GetConfigFileEntry(string filePath, string entry)
+        {
+            /////////////////////////////////////////////
+            /// Config file helper.
+            /////////////////////////////////////////////
+            foreach (string line in System.IO.File.ReadLines(filePath))
+            {
+                string[] keyValue = line.Split('=');
+                if (keyValue.Length == 2 && keyValue[0].Trim() == entry)
+                {
+                    return keyValue[1].Trim();
+                }
+            }
+
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        public string configFilePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), "Startify", "Settings.cfg");
+
         public void FindAndActivateWindow()
         {
-            string caption = "Start";
-            string className = "Start";
+            string caption = GetConfigFileEntry(configFilePath, "TooltipCaption");
+            string className = GetConfigFileEntry(configFilePath, "TooltipName");
 
             IntPtr windowHandle = FindWindowByCaptionAndClass(caption, className);
 
@@ -91,7 +110,7 @@ public void FindAndActivateWindow()
             }
             else
             {
-                ModernWpf.MessageBox.Show("Startify had an issue hooking the windows start button, and might not work properly.", "Startify Standard Hooking Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, SymbolGlyph.Error, MessageBoxResult.OK);
+                ModernWpf.MessageBox.Show("Startify could not find the start button tooltip to hook into. Verify you have set the tooltip name correctly in the Settings.cfg file.", "Warning", MessageBoxButton.OK, SymbolGlyph.Warning, MessageBoxResult.OK);
             }
         }
 
@@ -114,7 +133,7 @@ public void FindAndCloseW11StartWindow()
             {
                 if (shownerrorbefore == false)
                 {
-                    ModernWpf.MessageBox.Show("Startify had an issue closing the windows start menu, and might not work properly. This might also mean that user is using another Windows 11 Shell replacement app like StartAllBack or ExplorerPatcher.", "Startify Standard Hooking Warning", MessageBoxButton.OK, SymbolGlyph.Warning, MessageBoxResult.OK);
+                    ModernWpf.MessageBox.Show("Startify could not find the Windows 11 Start menu host window. This might be caused by using another shell replacement app like StartAllBack or ExplorerPatcher. If you are using StartAllBack, change the start menu type to default in its settings. If you are using ExplorerPatcher, please change the start menu type to Windows 11 in its settings.", "Warning", MessageBoxButton.OK, SymbolGlyph.Warning, MessageBoxResult.OK);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -142,7 +161,7 @@ public int MouseEvents(int code, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, EventHandler star
                     GetClassName(win, className, className.Capacity);
                     string win32ClassName = className.ToString();
 
-                    if (win32ClassName == "Start")
+                    if (win32ClassName == GetConfigFileEntry(configFilePath, "TooltipName"))
                     {
                         StartTriggered(this, null);
                         return 1;