Sendkeys for Windows Start key

Question

I'm trying to use the Sendkeys to simulate the Windows start key, but none of the options I tried work, does anybody know how can it be done?

CODE

    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private Thread thrTyping;

    private void startThread()
    {
        ThreadStart ts = new ThreadStart(sendKeys);
        thrTyping = new Thread(ts);
        thrTyping.Start();
    }

    private void sendKeys()
    {
       // TEST 1
       Thread.Sleep(5000);
       SendKeys.SendWait("(^)"+"{ESC}");           

       // TEST 2
       Thread.Sleep(5000);
       SendKeys.SendWait("{LWin}");
    }

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '14 at 05:22

Use keybd_event instead:

private const int KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY = 0x1;
private const int KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = 0x2;

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern void keybd_event(byte bVk, byte bScan, uint dwFlags, int dwExtraInfo);

private static void PressKey(byte keyCode)
{
    keybd_event(keyCode, 0x45, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, 0);
    keybd_event(keyCode, 0x45, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY | KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
}

List of KeyCodes (The one you are looking for is 0x5B - left win key)

Sendkeys for Windows Start key

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