Questions tagged [start-menu]
The Start Menu is the Windows menu introduced in Windows 95 as the default gateway to installed applications and the operating system.
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Windows start menu's autocomplete keystrokes?
From the Windows 10 desktop, without mousing, I can launch the default app for e.g. c:\fooooo\barrrr.jpg by typing
<windows logo>c:\fo
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Where are the Start Menu window dimensions/size stored?
In Windows 10 you can resize the Start Menu by click/dragging its borders. I'm assuming this information is stored or encoded somewhere for each user since the Start Menu remembers the dimensions ...
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Windows 10 Start Menu Using Generic Icon for Programs
Occasionally I have seen Windows 10 use a generic icon in the start menu for every program:
but it should look like this:
I have not been able to determine the cause for this happening. It has ...
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Windows search bar is acting up in an abnormal way [duplicate]
Essentially, what happens is whenever I press the start button/use the windows key or go into the windows search bar, I get this full-screened loading screen for what I think the full-screened version ...
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Change position of Start Menu in Windows 10 when Taskbar is on left edge
I am currently experimenting with stacked dual-monitor setup, and I find it most convenient when my taskbar is positioned on the left edge of the screen. However, in this case the start menu appears ...
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how to re-enable start button program starting in Windows-10 [duplicate]
The regular way to start a program in Windows-10 (Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3086)) is by pressing the START button, waiting for the list of programs to appear and choose one of them.
I do it ...
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Can't search for any applications from the Windows Start Screen
I always used to be able to hit Windows key on my keyboard, have the Windows Start menu pop up, and then start typing an applications name and the application would pop up and I could run it. Now ...
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Is it possible to make the start menu appear on secondary display via win key?
Obviously, the Windows key will open the start menu on the primary display, this is somewhat inconvenient for multiple displays (dual monitors), having to travel all the way across every time.
Is it ...
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Remove Bing and Chat Icons from Windows 11 Start Menu Search Results
How can I remove the items highlighted in yellow from the search dialog in the Windows 11 start menu?
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Windows 11 - start menu not populated for a while after login
On all of my computers running Windows 11 (21H2, 22H2) with local accounts (no Microsoft account, no domain account).
I have been encountering the same problem since the moment I installed them: If I ...
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Can't find registry key on Windows 10 Education N to deactivate start menu web search [duplicate]
I have Windows 10 Education N, version 21H2. I'm trying to turn off the web search function of the start menu by editing the registry, but I don't know which key I have to edit in my Windows version, ...
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Is there a simple way to AUTOMATE adding a program to the start menu and pin to taskbar
To clarify, this is different than all the other similar questions for several reasons. For one, I'm building a program that is supposed to be compatible with Win7-Win11 and so I need the tool I build ...
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How to remove shutdown option in start menu but leave it on when selecting CTRL + ALT + DEL
I would like to hide/remove the shutdown option from the start menu but leave it available on CTRL + ALT + DEL.
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How to edit start menu in Windows 10 in a way that it doesn't "fall back" on updating Windows or software pieces?
I'm using Classic Shell, so my experience in restructuring Start Menu is more like in Windows 7: I open C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and edit folders and links there and that ...
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How to see changes being done to registry?
I am using StartAllBack to customize my Win11, but I would like to switch to Start11. The thing is SAB has a feature where it colorizes even dialog windows like copy/move dialogs and errors and I ...
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Is it possible to modify the WinKey + X menu in Windows 10?
This question is related to codewario's comment on his anwser to this question. I have installed version 7 of PowerShell, and I would like this version to be invoked when clicking on the "Windows ...
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Cannot launch modern (UWP) Microsoft Store apps from Start Menu or App Installer (error 0x800700B7)
I came across a rare problem that I cannot solve for a week. This happened to my primary Windows 10 version 21H2 account which happens to be Administrator.
Whenever I launch some of modern (UWP) ...
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shortcut "false non-duplicates" in start/taskbar issue
I have several shortcuts toward powershell scripts. I managed to add several of them to the start menu in Windows 10. However, recently, I copied one shortcut and edited the copy instead of starting ...
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Can't access the Device manager from Start menu, but working from Control panel, on Windows 10
I just installed Windows 10 a few days ago (Enterprise IoT).
Suprinsingly, if I open the "Start menu" and type "Device manager" and then Enter, I get this error:
It is:
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How do you add an arbitrary shortcut to windows 11 start menu "search"?
I want to be able to add arbitrary files/executables/shortcuts to the windows 11 winkey "start menu searchability"/"pinned apps", regardless of which drive or folder the program is ...
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File Locksmith opens when I try to pin an exe to the Start menu
I am trying to pin a .exe (for a portable app) to my Windows 10 Start menu. When I right-click the file and select "Pin to Start" File Locksmith opens, and after a few seconds displays "...
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Critical Error - Start Menu Not Working for single AAD user across all devices
One of my Azure Active Directory users is getting a message "Critical Error - Start Menu Not Working" whenever she clicks on the start menu. There are several resources online for how to ...
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How can I add multiple Edge profile icons to the Windows 11 Start menu?
I use several Edge profiles and I'd like to add them to the Windows 11 Start menu. 'Pin to Start' puts them in the alphabetical list accessed using the 'All apps' button on the Start menu but I want ...
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How to use Windows Start menu tasks in shortcuts on desktop
I like the Windows 10 Snip &
Sketch tool. I know i can use it with Win+Shift+S keyboard shortcut.
But that doesn't work inside a remote desktop window (the screenshot will be done and saved on the ...
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Shortcuts in Start menu
I have a Start folder in my user's folder, and there I put shortcuts to software I want to appear in the Start menu if I type the shortcut's name; I have it indexed, but while some icons appears, ...
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If you have pinned applications, can the Start Menu be made less wide than the width of the application list and three medium sized icons?
On Windows 10, I have the list of application in my Start Menu. Next to that list, I have a 1 column wide and 8 rows long list of pinned applications. All of my icons are Small size. Despite this, my ...
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PowerShell, some pinned Taskbar items don't open linked to their pinned item
I like to have a set of standard apps that are pinned when I install Windows, and I like to automate that (currently using syspin as I don't have a method in PowerShell). My problem is that some ...
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Add button on windows search result of start menu
Is there a way, maibe from regedit, to add a button in the section pointed by the arrow of the start menu:
Because I saw that some programs do it.
Eg: I want to add a button named Add link to desktop,...
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Windows Sandbox, how to pass CTRL+ALT+DEL to the Sandbox?
Within a Windows Sandbox, if I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, it does not act on the Sandbox, even if I am in full-screen mode (this is on Windows 10). In fact, no system key combinations operate on the Sandbox ...
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Where are the missing shortcuts of the Start menu?
Using W10 21H2.
Start menu shortcuts are usually located in two folders:
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
So customizing the Start ...
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Windows 11 Start button and search menus unresponsive
Earlier, my taskbar was blank with no icons, Start menu or search bar.
I went into regedit, to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell\Update\Packages, created ...
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Start menu not showing icons for programs in C:\Program Files, but showing icons for other drives and C:\Program Files (x86)
Using the start menu to search for applications and programs installed in C:\Program Files shows the entry in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs but its icon is missing. This ...
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Installed Java 8 has nonsense characters for Start Menu shortcuts
I can't believe how I cannot find the same question already online. After I installed Java 8 from https://www.java.com/download/ie_manual.jsp, the Windows shortcuts are comprised of completely ...
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When opening a program via the start menu, how can I force it to open on the same monitor as the start menu?
I use a laptop running on Microsoft Windows 10 with an external monitor. I.e, I have 2 monitors: the built-in display of the laptop (which is the primary monitor) + 1 external monitor. I use Classic ...
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Windows custom keyboard shortcut has delay of 3 seconds
I created a shortcut in C:\Users\guill\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ubuntu and when I press the combination of keys then there is a delay of 3 seconds before the app starts.
I ...
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Windows 10: How do I roll back a critically bad update that broke the start menu?
I've already done my due diligence and searched through Microsoft's help forums which didn't have any solutions as usual.
What happened?
My computer froze/locked up (so the only way to fix it was ...
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Taskbar menu like Start menu, search bar, Windows Defender etc won't respond on clicking
Start menu, search option, windows defender are not responding on click. Defender gets opened and then closes.
I have tried -
Restarting windows explorer from task manager.
Created other user profile.
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How to run a command from the "Start" (Search) menu in Windows 11?
In Windows 10 I did write this command in the search menu (Win + Q) shutdown -h to hibernate.
In Windows 11 the same command does not work (it does work otherwise).
It seems that the command is ran in ...
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Windows 10 keeps navigating upwards on the Start Menu and on the settings menu, but not in other apps
I have an unusual problem on my Windows 10 device. When I try to use the Start Menu or the Settings menu, the system behaves as if I'm constantly holding the up arrow key.
Here's a video of this ...
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Menulibre crashes cinnamon: Keeps starting in fallback mode
I created a new launcher in menulibre. After saving, menulibre crashed into fallback mode. Restarting my computer does not help. The menus are currupted.
See the error message here:
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"Pin to Start" personalization - How? Windows 10 Home
I have a questions on organizing the pins on the start menu. (The list in the left pane and the taskbar, I already know how to manipulate.)
Microsoft provides a pre-made group icon containing things ...
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WSL2 / wslg Windows Start menu app - where is the $PATH env pulled from?
I've compiled the latest gnu compiler (11.2) on Ubuntu 20.04.
In my~/.bashrc , the directory I have gcc/g++ installed in is pathed.
Now, I have compiled R in wsl2 using the gcc 11.2 compiler. Then I'...
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Completely replace Windows 10 Start Menu with a specified program/executable
Is it possible to replace the Windows 10 Start Menu with a different program in the way that ClassicShell/OpenShell does? I am trying to reassign any user input that would open the Start Menu (...
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Windows 10: How do you find the actual location of programs in the start menu?
I'm trying to convert svg images to png from the command line. I know I can do that using inkscape. But I can't run it because I can't figure out where it is.
If I open the start menu and type it, it ...
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Windows 10 Start menu and TaskBar bugs — tiles/icons disappearing or being replaced by other shortcuts
Sometimes, some tile of my Windows 10 Start menu simply disappears permanently. The associated shortcut still exists, but it is no longer shown as a tile. If I right-click the shortcut and select &...
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How to fix Windows 10 app icons in the Start Menu
Some of my Windows apps in the Start Menu are showing up with another (legacy) application's icon--ACDSee's, to be specific.
The apps all launch fine, they just have incorrect icons. Also, their icons ...
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Quick way to navigate to tiles on windows 10
I liked using tiles on windows 8.1 and had my frequently used apps at start, I could quickly press windows key and couple arrow keys to launch them. But on windows 10 if I press windows key and try to ...
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No "run as administrator" for Local User and Groups
When I use Windows 10 as a user without admin right (seperate user for this) most of the start menu entries for settings via management console have a right-click action where I can say "start as ...
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Is there any way to remove certain pinned Apps / links from Windows 11 taskbar / start menu with PowerShell?
I need to remove certain pinned Apps (Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Store, Prime Video etc.) from the Windows 11 taskbar and start menu with powershell.
I have done lots of Googling but I couldn't find a ...
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How to center the start menu along with the taskbar icons in Windows 10
I am using a Windows 10 (1909) PC and I don’t want to update to Windows 11 (since my PC is unsupported).
Is there a way to center the start button or the entire menu to center of the taskbar. I have ...
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