![]() The Common users Start Menu Directory %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs This location is also the area where “Tiles” (The right hand side) are pulled from when defining a custom Start Menu Layout.Exception to this being if you define a Mandatory Profile for your users This is pulled from the Default User Profile on the server where the profile is created. The Users profile location %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.The left-hand side of the Start Menu is made up of two main sources of “shortcuts” This may be well known, and I am simply thick, but here goes the outline. Easy you say (easy I said)….well it is, as long as you understand the limitations and behaviours around how the Start Menu behaves Vs what happens in the file system. “Add a custom folder to the Windows 10 Start Menu”. Here was the simple request spawning from a Citrix Discussions post. ![]() ![]() We beat the same wall on this with two different heads. Big shout out to James Rankin who was my first point of call for any weird Windows 10 junk that I couldn’t wrap my head around. The latest one for me is all around the creation of custom folders within the Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 Start Menu, a simple request, that has next to nothing documented (that I could find) around the behaviours and expected outcomes. Every corner is odd behaviour or barely documented fun which can lead to a high level of “WTF” moments. The Windows 10 Start Menu is like the gift that keeps giving. ![]()
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