Windows 10: Start Menu Windows 11 - WHY have some items dimmed???

Discus and support Start Menu Windows 11 - WHY have some items dimmed??? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Been "pinning" some items mostly Edge sites to Start Menu. The pinning works like Windows 10 though the Start Menu in general in 10 WAS FAR... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by apppro2, Nov 20, 2022.

  1. APPPRO2
    apppro2 Win User

    Start Menu Windows 11 - WHY have some items dimmed???


    Been "pinning" some items mostly Edge sites to Start Menu. The pinning works like Windows 10 though the Start Menu in general in 10 WAS FAR SUPERIOR!!anyway, this morning several of the items are now dimmed. they still work fine. WHAT HAPPENED???

    :)
     
    apppro2, Nov 20, 2022
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  2. STEVIEGT
    steviegt Win User

    Start menu dims and brightens on it's own

    Thank you for replying. I just did a clean boot following the provided instructions. As soon as I opened the Start menu there was a slight dimming. When I clicked on an item to expand the menu item it dimmed even more. When I scrolled the start menu
    all the text and text within the tiles and the tile backgrounds went black and the text wasn't even visible. Since all of my programs previously worked ok, I'm not sure what to do next. This only impacts Windows (Microsoft) programs. ex. Start menu, Settings
    window, Edge etc...
     
    steviegt, Nov 20, 2022
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  3. 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, Nov 20, 2022
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  4. BRINK
    Brink Win User

    Start Menu Windows 11 - WHY have some items dimmed???

    Brink, Nov 20, 2022
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Start Menu Windows 11 - WHY have some items dimmed???

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