Windows 10: include files from a certain directory in Start menu

Hope this is the right place... searched and couldn't find answer.

This is something I found really really useful in Windows 7: somehow I managed to add a particular directory (not "My Documents", just a directory I chose) to the places where the Start menu goes looking for things... and so I have a document called "Notes.doc" in a directory called, for example, "Stuff".

And when I pressed Start in W7 ... and then started typing "N", "O"... one of the choices which would come up would be that very file. Then I just had to select it with the arrow up and down keys, press Enter, and the file would be launched in Word.

Is it possible to do this in W10? I am aware the Start functionality can be tweaked in various ways, but I haven't found a way to do this. The crucial thing is the minimal number key strokes (and obviously total avoidance of the mouse) to get a particular very commonly used file to launch...

:)

 

disable the start menu search

I either need to disable the start menu search or limit it not to show files in certain directories.

also I need to remove the open file menu context menu option.

windows 10 1703

 

How to restore files from one computer's file history to another computer without changing the file history

How may I restore files for Edge/IE11 Favorites and certain directories from File History for computer A to computer B without changing the backup files.

I have two identical laptops running W10-64 Pro that I use File History to backup certain directories and the Users directory to different shares (directories) on a NAS file server on my network.

When I try to use the restore file feature in W10 Backup on computer B to get files from backup for Computer A, I must first change my target drive on Computer B to the backup for Computer A, and then Windows starts to transfer prior backups for Computer
B to backup for Computer A and does other things to mess up the back up for Computer A.

I don't want to alter either backup, just extract certain directories (including Favorites) from one backup to another computer without changing any backup.

 

Try this and see if it is what you want https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6...dows-10-a.html

 

thanks... can't see how to accomplish what I want that way...