Windows 10: How do I create a desktop shortcut for an app that I can only access through the start menu?

I just installed Netflix and want to make a desktop shortcut not pin it to start menu or task bar. It appears in the start menu but I can't go anywhere from there. Just about every tutorial I've looked up on how to create a shortcut says I need to look for "Show all apps" in the start menu, which is never where they say it is. They also always say right-click the app in the start menu and click "Open file location", which doesn't appear either. I tried looking for the file directory manually, but I can't find it.


If you simply give me a file directory that I can use to make a shortcut, that's fine I guess. But i'd like to know how to make a shortcut to an app via the start menu, because there are other things I have that I currently can only access through the start menu, and I like everything I use being on the desktop.

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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.

 

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.

 

How to create desktop shortcut for newly installed apps from Windows 10 store?

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Let me answer your query on Windows 10.

When you install any app from the store, the app will be in the start menu "all apps" list or on the start menu tiles.

Follow the below steps to place a shortcut for apps from store.

1. Click on the start menu and select all apps.

2. Select the app for which you want a shortcut on the desktop.

3. Click the app and drag the it to the desktop screen.

4. You may follow the same steps to create a shortcut for other apps as well.

Hope the information helps, do reply if you need further assistance.

Thank you.