How to detect windows8.1 start menu?

Question

When we press start menu on windows 8.1 it show up all new start menu with apps in form of tiles. This menu shows up on entire screen. Is there a way to detect if this menu is o

Answer 1

you have to use hook, a special hook for shell https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms644991%28v=vs.85%29.aspx, then on HSHELL_WINDOWACTIVATED event check for the ClassName of the returned GetForegroundWindow()