That is a contradiction in terms. You cannot have the modern style and still use the old library. However, it may be possible if you implement the OwnerDraw property.

Yes, but you need to do all the drawing of the frame and title bar. Take a look at WM_NCPAINT message - Windows applications | Microsoft Docs[^].

If the computer has .NET 4.5 or later installed, that registry key exists regardless of the OS version: How to: Determine which .NET Framework versions are installed | Microsoft Docs[^] "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

This was incredibly helpful. It also seems to be the only place I can find where this is actually documented. Thank you.

he might have seen it already :)

i suggest to PostMessage WM_CLOSE so the app can terminate in a correct manner http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms632617%28VS.85%29.aspx[^] Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany

JM2251 wrote: yes this will hide the command prompt but what about the other application which will launch through command prompt. You're correct: Cmd is hidden but the app it's executing not. Some solutions: - create a shortcut to the exe and run that one. In the shortcut you can set options to hide it. - If it is a console app you could route the display output to a NULL device (example: Dir > null). See createprocess options. Hope this helps

ok it means google crawls itself again.