Windows 10: Start Menu item - Right-Click>Properties>Shortcut key

In Window 7 and earlier versions, one could right-click an item in the start menu, select properties and access the shortcut tab. Therein lay the Short key field, which I used a lot for creating custom key combinations, eg CTL+ALT+N for Notepad++ or CTL+ALT+P for Paint.NET.

In Windows 10, the start menu seems to treat all items as Apps and right-click brings up a minimal menu, which doesn't include properties.

Ideas/suggestions please for creating customer key-combo shortcuts to programs or getting back the functionality of Windows 7 start menu Right-Click>Properties>Shortcut key.

:)

 

Adding Icons to Folders In Start Menu (Windows 10)

So it appears I have found a solution after fiddling about with it.

Create shortcut for the sub-folder in Explorer, add an icon, pin to Start Menu, delete shortcut, right-click folder in Start Menu>'open file location', then 'rename' (to remove 'shortcut')

Edit*

Or an even easier way: Pin to Start Menu, locate folder in Start Menu, right-click>'open file location', right-click>'properties'

 

Windows 10 Desktop App icon

OK, After more research on the internet I figured out how to do this so I'll provide the solution in case someone else has this problem...

Right click on the desktop and click on New > Shortcut

Paste this code in the "Type the location of the item" box:

%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}

Name the shortcut Desktop

Right click on the shortcut, select Properties, Shortcut tab and Change Icon button

Look for Icons in this file: %SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll

Select an appropriate icon and click OK.

Move the new shortcut to this folder in your user account folder:

AppData > Roaming > Microsoft > Start Menu > Programs

This will cause the shortcut to show up in the All Apps Start Menu

Open All Apps, right click on Desktop, pin to Start

I believe the problem is that the shortcut was not pointing to %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
since the shortcut was in the right folder but it wasn't doing anything.

 

I think the only way to do this is the long way:

Go to the location for the program shortcuts: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Right click on the individual shortcuts and click on properties. You can then define a shortcut key combination for the program.

 

Thanks @philc43, I think you're right, but would still love to here of a more elegant solution. *Smile