Windows 10: How can I make a portable app show in the "Most used" Start Menu list?

I've opened this app enough to determine that Windows 10 must not recognize portable apps/exe's the way it recognizes installed apps....thus, portable apps/exe's do not show up in the "Most used" list.

Can anyone think of a trick to ensure that it's recognized?

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How to show MOST USED apps in Start Menu?

Hi Jeff,



Thank you for the detailed reply.



By design you will not be able to drag and drop apps in "Most Used". However you can drag and drop apps from "Most Used" to "Start screen tiles". Then those apps won’t be showing under "Most Used".



Refer the article for additional information.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/getstarted-see-whats-on-the-menu

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

 

How to show MOST USED apps in Start Menu?

Original title: Help me with my Start Menu that I goofed up somehow?

I made a change somewhere and it made all of the program shortcuts disappear that I'd added for APPs that I use often. They'd been in the upper left of the black box that displays when I tap the Windows key or click the Windows icon. Help? Please don't just
give me a link so I can teach myself. I'm sure it's just a simple click somewhere that can either make it so I can add them again or it might even display the ones that I'd had there.

Here's what I see now with them all gone. The list used to be above
the word Suggested:

 

Do you have a shortcut in the start menu for it? The feature you are referring to tracks shortcuts in the start menu only. It doesn't track exes you are running from other locations.

 

Creating the shortcut worked. Thanks for the insight!