Windows 10: Is it possible to display icons for Start Menu program list folders?

Obviously icons are displayed in the program list when the shortcut is not nested inside a folder. But it seems windows will not display customized folder icons. The properties for the folder can be opened, and a custom icon selected, but it does not display. Not in the start menu, or inside the programs folder (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs). The generic folder icon is always displayed. This seems a real shame. I like to have my menu shortcuts nested in folders because it allows for quick access to help files, manuals and other related programs. Am I missing something or does microsoft simply not allow for this? A setting in the registry maybe?





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Starting a program on the display that I opened it on.

I have PC running windows 10 that has a few displays. The Windows icon and task bar is on all of the displays. Is it possible that when I use the start menu on one display that the program opens in that display, instead of where it was last opened? Or
is that strictly an added feature from various video card drivers?

 

Anniversary update: Accessing recent documents by hovering over rather than right clicking a program in the Start Menu

This new start menu is a feature of the Anniversary Upgrade, it is not possible any more to get this list by hovering over the program icon on the Start Menu.

You are correct, you must now right click the icon to get a list of recent documents.

A lot of users are not happy with the new start menu, I read somewhere that we will get the option to customise the start menu in the next major upgrade proposed for March 2017, until then there is no way of getting this functionality back . . .

I hope this Answers your Question!

 

Hi, the answer is to use Classic Shell (free), often referred to here.

As I've commented many times in this forum, a hierarchically structured categorised start menu is not expressed correctly by the Win 10 start menu, which extracts shortcuts from subfolders and lists them alphabetically. The subfolders (or maybe sub-subfolders) vanish.

Classic Shell works as you'd expect, being extensively customisable, including its appearance and search feature.

 

It will display in that folder if you change the folder icon first, restart Explorer, then put stuff in it.

The icon image points to a .dll so, modifying that leaves you with one alternative only!

Barring a 3rd party application, your only alternative would be to create customized shortcuts of said folders, mind you, that would open the folders themselves and not a cascading menu: