Windows 10: Windows 1809 START menu forgets new folder and changes in app list

I wanted to condense all office apps into one folder in the start menu instead of having them scattered throughout start in alphabetical order. I changed the name of the default 'Microsoft Office Tools' folder to ...Office 2019 and made a new folder inside this one named ...Office Tools placing the apps that were in there originally into the new folder while moving the main office apps from throughout start into the ...office 2019 folder. Everything seemed to behave as expected with all office apps in the ...Office 2019 folder when I clicked on start.

It seems a short time later (probably after a reboot) the apps are no longer in the Office 2019 folder but scattered again in ABC order throughout Start. When I right-click and 'Open File Location' the changes I made are still there but so too are new shortcuts to the office apps added outside the Office 2019 folder back in the original default location. I'm attaching screenshots of what my start menu folders look like showing the times I made the folders and then the times where the new original shortcuts were somehow brought back. Any ideas how to fix this would be appreciated.









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How do I add a new folder to the All Apps list in start menu


Hiya...I created a new folder in the start menu folder but it does not show in the All Apps List?

 

Customize Start List Folders in Windows 10  

Hello @WTenNewbie, *Smile

If you like, you could use step 4 in Option One of the tutorial below to add a folder that contains your own shortcuts in the All apps list on the Start menu.

*Arrow Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

 

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Please elaborate on I was unable to get it to recognize a new folder

Do you mean
the folder did not appear in the Start list
- or -
you could not create the folder

I add folders and shortcuts to the Start menu regularly. Once I figured out the time stamp thing (a new object shows up, a copied object might show up).

Please follow these steps exactly and post any problems you run into when they happen.

1. Open Control Panel (View by: Small icons)
   
   
   
   
2. Right click Indexing Options in Control Panel
   Select Create shortcut
   answer Yes when the dialog window tells you that the shortcut cannot be created here ....
   There should now be an Indexing Options shortcut on your Desktop
   
   
3. Launch File Explorer
   Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
   Create a new folder named 10test
   Open the new 10test folder in File Explorer
   Drag the Indexing Options shortcut on your Desktop to the new 10test folder
   
   
4. Open Start - the 10test folder should be at the top of the list and the Indexing Options shortcut is inside that folder.

That is the process I use.

There were issues with Start in some of the earlier Preview builds, but I haven't seen those in the Retail release.

If I recall, pinning something from the list to Start seemed to wake up the process. Try that if you don't see the 10test folder in the menu list.

That's about all I can think of.