How to create a menu using a listbox which can display pictures next to its text

You can use a list box with pictures [^] at the left hand side for the menu and when the selected index on the list box changes you can load another user control on the area on the right hand side.

Use the OnSelectedItemChanged - Event[^] of the list view to find out when the listbox' index was changed.
Use the area on the right to place there a panel and add your user control to the panel:

//Add this line of code to your form loading method.
listbox.OnSelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(listbox_OnSelectedItemChanged);

//Add this method to the code behind of the form
private void listbox_OnSelectedItemChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   myPanel.Controls.Clear();//myPanel is the Panel where your user control is placed inside

   //MenuItemEnum is an Enum where you store your different menu item types
   //I preassume that the listbox is filled with members of the menuitemenum type.
   //Change this behavior if this should be not the case.
   if((MenutItemEnum)listbox.SelectedItem == MenuItemEnum.General)
   {
        YourUserControl yourUserControl = new YourUserControl();
        myPanel.Controls.Add(yourUserControl);
   }
}

cheers,
Marco Bertschi