Windows 10: How do I add items to the start menu?

Discus and support How do I add items to the start menu? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I've purchased a bunch of games from Good old Games, which puts the games in a folder called gog.com with each game in it's own folder. This is fine... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by SlickRCBD, Dec 27, 2019.

  1. SLICKRCBD
    SlickRCBD Win User

    How do I add items to the start menu?


    I've purchased a bunch of games from Good old Games, which puts the games in a folder called gog.com with each game in it's own folder.

    This is fine for Windows 7 and earlier, but the Windows 10 start menu combines all those subfolders into one big folder. There are a dozen files called "Manual", and I have no idea which game each "manual" file is for. Also finding the appropriate item to start a game is a hunt.

    So, I decided to stick all the actual game launch items in a new folder called "games2" and later tried another folder called games3 in case there was a permissions issue.

    However, only two of the games are showing up. I'm editing

    c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\

    What did I do wrong? You can see in the picture that there are a lot more games than shown, although not all of them are from GOG, I just put the all in one place similar to the Vista/7 Games menu but more like XP.


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    :)
     
    SlickRCBD, Dec 27, 2019
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  2. MOXIEMOMMA
    MoxieMomma Win User

    Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10  


    Hi, @Brink:

    My caffeine titer is low, so I must be missing some blatant, basic step to add a shortcut to my account's All Apps list in the Start menu (Option1).
    The new process both for creating shortcuts and for adding/removing items to the Win10 start menu has me flummoxed.
    Your tutorials are always "topnotch", so this must be a cockpit error on my part.

    >I would like to follow the suggestion on page 1 of the wushowhide.diagcab tutorial to add a shortcut in All Apps for my account.

    I have d/l the wushowhide.diagcab and saved it to my downloads folder.
    I have done Step 1 on Page 1 of THIS tutorial to navigate to the Start Menu Programs folder.
    But HOW do I actually complete Step 3 to create a shortcut and then add it to the Start Menu "All Apps"??

    I think I need to first somehow create a shortcut for the .cab file and then add it to All Apps in the start menu???

    Please advise.

    Thanks!
    MM

    P.S. I have been postponing the probably inevitable installation of Class Shell.
    I would rather not have to install a 3rd-party program to be able to perform basic Windows tasks.
    But this new workflow in Win10 for a basic functionality might force me to do it.
    Sigh.
     
    MoxieMomma, Dec 27, 2019
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  3. DHOSHAW
    dhoshaw Win User
    No Fan Control menu item in ATITool 0.26

    .27b3 problems with 8800GT 256MB

    I tried the .27b3 and encountered some problems.
    • Default profile comes up 0.00 / 0.00
    • App hard locks
    • Still no fan menu
    In the setup menu the following items appear:
    • Overclocking
    • Artifact scanning
    • Temperature monitoring
    • Gamma control
    • Startup
    • 3D-detection
    • Driver tweeks
    • Miscellaneous
    I'm running XP SP2 running NVIDIA 169.21 drivers.

    The device details are displayed correctly now.

    Regards,
     
    dhoshaw, Dec 27, 2019
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina Win User

    How do I add items to the start menu?

    Where do you find the list of items pinned to the start menu?

    A reasonable 'guess' following a couple of simple experiments suggests the registry:

    How do I add items to the start menu? [​IMG]

    - note the name there.

    - unless the data is held where access is restricted e.g. the WindowsApps folder.
     
    dalchina, Dec 27, 2019
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