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Well, if we look at the components, Microsoft provides with VS/VB/VCS, we can see that they are not that good and make our apps look crappy. So today I will tell you about a secret.

Some of you might be knowing it!

So how do you get a System Menu Strip, the Vista Menu?

This is how it will look:



Well there is a simple way of doing that.

Go to your toolbox, right click, chose items and filter for Menu:




Now whats the difference,

MenuStrip: A Component Written Solely In C#
MainMenu: A Menu Strip Wrapper Around The Windows API

ContextMenuStrip: A Component Written Solely In C#
ContextMenu: A Context Menu Wrapper Written Around The Windows API

So +REP IF YOU LIKED THIS TUTORIAL!

Thanks so much VisualTech, I've wanted this menu for ages. This helped heaps. I'll save the USB for another time! (Since you said you didn't want it)

Hey
What a nice looking Menu, much better than the standard one

cheers for the heads up

Chris