Windows 10: Any way to add a "nickname" to a start menu shortcut?

Discus and support Any way to add a "nickname" to a start menu shortcut? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Specifically I want to be able to open Visual Studio Code by searching VS Code instead. League of Legends allows me to search "lol" to have the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/MattHellstrand, Aug 19, 2020.

  1. /U/MATTHELLSTRAND
    /u/MattHellstrand Win User

    Any way to add a "nickname" to a start menu shortcut?


    Specifically I want to be able to open Visual Studio Code by searching VS Code instead.

    League of Legends allows me to search "lol" to have the program immediately come to the top, is there any way I can replicate this?

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    :)
     
    /u/MattHellstrand, Aug 19, 2020
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  2. SERGIY SHKLYAR
    Sergiy Shklyar Win User

    How to pin shortcut to start menu.

    At first, you can create a shortcut in your Programs folder
    (in a hidden folder C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs). The shortcut appears in
    All apps list. Then you can pin it to Start menu / Taskbar as Mayank Gupta10 suggested.

    The common way is to create a shortcut on the Desktop.
    But the more elegant way is creating Custom toolbars.
     
    Sergiy Shklyar, Aug 19, 2020
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  3. MDD0799
    MDD0799 Win User
    How to pin shortcut to start menu.

    Sergiy Shklyar - You are a genius. This is the solution for pinning a non-executable to the Start Menu. Many thanks.
     
    MDD0799, Aug 19, 2020
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  4. RODHARNEY
    RodHarney Win User

    Any way to add a "nickname" to a start menu shortcut?

    How to pin shortcut to start menu.

    This sounds great... only problem is that the hidden folder in Windows 10 "C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" contains five folders and no files. If I add my shortcut to the "Programs" folder as suggested, it does NOT appear
    in the "All apps" list. If I put it in the "Windows System" folder, a subfolder of "Programs" which contains 7 other shortcuts that show up in "All apps", my shortcut still does not appear. I really don't care about "The common way" or "the more elegant way",
    I just want to know how to accomplish this, and so far, these solutions just don't work. It seems like there should be a folder, somewhere, where all the shortcuts for the "All apps" list are stored. I hope someone can help me with this frustrating issue.
     
    RodHarney, Aug 19, 2020
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