Hide/Disable Start Button in Windows 7

We are migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7. In Windows XP, we can able to find the "Start" button handler and hide it from the user. But this functionality seems to be broken in Windows 7. i am using below code to disable start button, its not
disabling... its completely visible when i try to show the task bar.
Code Snippet:
 IntPtr nShellTray = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", "");
            IntPtr nStartButton = FindWindowEx(nShellTray, IntPtr.Zero, "Button", "Start");
            //Windows 7 - No Text "Start" on Button
            if (nStartButton.Equals(IntPtr.Zero))
                nStartButton = FindWindow("Button", null);
            if (nShellTray != IntPtr.Zero && nStartButton != IntPtr.Zero)
                ShowWindow(nStartButton, SW_HIDE);
                ShowWindow(nShellTray, SW_HIDE);
            }

Hi,
Based on my knowledge, there is no official way to hide/disable start button. But we can use 3rd party software to remove start button.
You can refer to
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-remove-start-orb-button-in-windows-7-or-vista
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