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Creating buttons (all controls Behaviour) in XNA

I am just a hobby programmer.. and even tough I know how, I don't want to mix windows forms and XNA for my level editor.
Has anyone done this before? Are there any examples around how to create "Windows like" controls for XNA, including events like mouse over, click and double-click and even accept keyboard input(if possible using language specific keyboard input)?
Below you find the basic layout of my editor but it needs so much more.

Yeah.
I'm now creating something like that.
See my project on Bitbucket.
I'm making own lib and voxel engine for Minecraft-like game. Just for fun.
So, in GameHelper lib you can fing folders Input (keyboard and mouse input) and GUI (forms and controls with events). I will be happy if it helps you, but there is almost no comment :P
Examples of use you can find in the Player class in main project (see ProcessInput method).
If you need I can give you better examples :)

Hide/Disable Start Button in Windows 8.1

I've searched a lot these days to find a way to programmatically hide or disable the start button in Windows 8.1, but could not find any useful information
Is there any way to do this? Either with C# or with some registry-keys...
A short explanation why I need to hide the button:
We have a .NET Desktop Application which runs on WinXP, Vista and 7 in a self-made kiosk mode. Now we have to get it running in Win8 (8.1) but as expected, the new Start-Menu (Metro, Modern UI, whatever you call it) is always there.
I already managed to disable the Hot Corners, but the Start Button in the left corner still appears when you move you mouse over it, and it also starts the Metro - what we don't want.
Any help would be appreciated!

It seems that there is no such way...
But you could use a third party tool like one of these http://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-hide-the-start-button-in-windows-8-1-1478012124.

This question belongs on SuperUser, since it's not code related, but I'll have a go at it.. You should create a system account with an assigned access. Here, read these two articles: first second
According to these articles, it shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes to achieve what you want.

... find a way to programmatically hide or disable the start button in Windows 8.1...
See Registry Key Controlling Start Button in Windows 8.1? on SuperUser. According to one commentor, there is no simple fix like a registry key. Tools like 7+ Taskbar Tweaker inject a DLL into explorer hook/subclass/redirect some of its methods.
If you are going to write your own DLL and inject it into Explorer, then you might want to take a look at Microsoft's Detours Library. I've used it in the past and its actually easy to use. The description from the website: Detours intercepts Win32 functions by re-writing the in-memory code for target functions. The Detours package also contains utilities to attach arbitrary DLLs and data segments to any Win32 binary.

How to make a start tile reference the desktop AND modern mode of an app?

I've made an app for the Windows desktop and also created it for the modern (metro) interface in Windows 8.1. I wanted to group them under the same start tile and have a setting that allowed the user to open the app in the chosen mode by clicking the start tile. I got this idea from Chrome, which has both modes referenced by the same tile in the start menu or the link on the taskbar. I thought that maybe when the setting was changed I would delete the current one and replace it with one that referenced the other mode, but positioning is a problem, as a new tile always appears at the far right of the start screen. How would I resize the tile correctly and how would I delete and replace a link on the taskbar? I am using VB right now, but I can write C# and C++ so feel free to post code or links to code that are written in these languages.
If you have any suggestions, please post a reply or a ask a question in the comments.
I also should note that I prefer to use native libraries only and do not like using third-party dlls.
Thanks in advance for the help.
P.S. I've already tried Google.

I've figured it out!
The best way to do this is to create two registry keys referencing the two interfaces but make both the desktop and modern version not have a start tile! Then create a third app that has a tile and make it open the files, check for the active interface, and send the data to that interface with the file as a param.
Thanks for everyone's help, though :)

Adding resources to forms in XNA

I'm new to XNA, however I managed to develop a pac man game. Now I'm trying to add some forms to the game to be used as a log in screen,but due to being an XNA project I can't add pictures to the form, any help pls?
Thx for your time

XNA doesn't work like WinForms, it isn't a GUI editor. Like you said, you can't add windows controls to a XNA application (unless you use a workaround, but that's not necessary for a login screen)
You'll need to use Game States to determine what to draw/update based on which menu you're currently in. The APP Hub has an example for that.

Program Advice Directx with C#

What I am using:
Visual Studio 2010
Windows Media Center
Language C#
The Program
A part of my program needs to display movies by their covers and be able to scroll through them, much like netflix. I was told that directx would be good to accomplish this. Basically I just want it to be easy to view, use, and flow nicely.
Help?
Any Ideas as to what to use. (I was also looking into writing it as a pluggin for windows media player, but i read somewhere you can only have html based menus?)
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
-Scott

Have a look at the following.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Charlie-Owen-Your-first-Media-CenterVista-application-and-a-look-at-their-secret-room
The problem with using Direct3D for an application like this is that you have to start creating your own window manager.
You don't have the default events available to you and you will have to basically create your own GUI which is easier in WPF as those events and helpers exist.