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In some of my articles, I described solutions to issues and suggested entering Windows 10 Settings by pressing the Start button and selecting the item of the same name from the menu. But recently I came across a laptop with a ten, which did not have this item! I was surprised and decided to figure out how to add and remove folders in the Start menu.

As a result, we managed to find out where the hiding and display of folders is configured. True, you cannot place any folders that you want in the Start menu, but only from a list predefined by Microsoft.

First of all, let's find out - how to enter the Settings if they are not displayed in the Start menu? There are two ways. First - press the "hot" keys win+i. Second - click on the Notification Center icon and select All options, as shown in the picture:

A window with options will open in front of you. Come in Personalization, choose an item on the left Start and click on the link with the name Choose which folders will appear in the Start menu.

And here is a complete list of folders, I have 10 of them. It may be somehow different for you, but the essence of this does not change. Move the slider under the parameter name to the left or right, depending on which ones you want to keep and which ones you want to disable.

Personally, I myself included items Personal folder, Options and Downloads. I have Explorer pinned to the taskbar, access to the rest of the folders can be obtained through the Explorer itself, they are always in sight. The Network item opens the network environment (if there are several devices on the local network).

This is how you can change folders in the Start menu. The choice is not too big, as you can see. But if you need quick access to any of your arbitrary folders, then I recommend that you read the article on the topic of pinning folders to the quick access panel.

Were you able to add/remove a folder from the start menu? Share in the comments.

You can delete a folder with all the shortcuts in it from the alphabetical list of the Start menu or separately delete shortcuts from the Windows 10 start of any programs, applications, games. You can also delete a folder from the alphabetical list of the Start menu, and move all the shortcuts in it to the menu and they will be displayed there as a list.
Open the explorer and find the folders at the addresses:

• C:\Users\<Имя пользователя>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.

To quickly open folders at these addresses, you need to run the Run line by pressing two keys on the keyboard at the same time WIN+R.

To remove a shortcut from the start menu in windows 10, you need to open a special folder

In the window that opens, enter the commands:

• %AppData%/Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
• %ProgramData%/Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and press OK or Enter on your keyboard.

These folders contain folders that are located in the Start button menu.

These Windows 10 folder shortcuts appear in the Start button menu

If you delete any folder along with its contents, the folder will also disappear from the Start button menu. If you move shortcuts from any folder to a folder called Main Menu (Start Menu), and delete the folder itself, then only shortcuts will be displayed in the start button menu.

How to remove the Windows 10 shortcut displayed on the left side of the Start button menu

Some labels cannot be removed this way. Usually, these shortcuts are not located in an alphabetical list, but at the very left edge above the computer shutdown buttons.

To remove the Windows 10 shortcut, open Settings

To turn them off, you need to open Options. Go to category Personalization and on the left side click on Start, and in the right part at the very bottom find and click the link Choose which folders will appear in the Start menu.

Customize Windows 10 Shortcuts for the Start Button Menu

After that, a list will open in which you will need to rearrange the sliders for unnecessary items to the Off position. However, this will not remove the Windows 10 shutdown and administrator shortcut icon.

Do you want to remove shortcuts for installed programs from the Windows 10 Start Menu, but you don't want to remove entire games and programs?

There is a way to remove or rename programs and folders from the start menu. How to do it?

When you install a program or game, an icon is created in the start to launch the application.

Sometimes new appearances are not limited to one shortcut, and separate links to program settings are also added.

Programs create whole folders in the menu, in which you will find not only shortcuts to launch the application, but also help files, registration links or text files with documentation.

In short, after a while, "Start" is terribly overflowing with rubbish. The obvious way to put things in order is to remove the excess.

To do this, we right-click on the selected shortcut and we already want to select the “Delete” option, and suddenly it turns out that such a function simply does not exist.

We can only remove the program we no longer want or only remove the icon.

Remove Programs from the Start Menu in Windows 10

All the contents of the list of applications in the "Start" in Windows 10 are stored in a special folder containing all the icons.

You just need to get access there, then change the names of shortcuts and folders or delete them completely. Any changes you make will be immediately reflected in the menu. It's very easy to do.

All you have to do is open Start and then look for the icon for the program or game you want to remove from the list of applications.

You should then right-click on the abbreviation and then select "Advanced" -> "Open file location" from the drop-down menu.

A window will open showing the path containing the shortcuts and folders displayed in Start. Windows 10 has several of these folders. It can be one of the following ways:

• C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start menu/Programs/
• C:/Users/Your username/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start menu/Programs/

Some shortcuts are stored in one section, and some are stored in another. The system will automatically select the correct location for you after selecting the option "Advanced" -> "Open File Location".

The open folder has shortcuts for programs and games that appear in the menu on Windows 10.

The only exceptions are apps downloaded from the Windows 10 store - they don't show up here and the only way to remove them is to completely uninstall them.

If you want to change the name of a shortcut or folder, just right-click on it and choose Rename.

Then enter a new name for the element and confirm it by pressing the Enter key. The changes will be applied and the icon/folder in Start will also change its name to the same one.

In turn, if you want to remove something from the menu, just remove the selected shortcut or folder from the open directory.

Removing the icon or folder will not remove the app - the only thing we will remove are the links in Start.

After deleting shortcuts and folders, the changes will be updated and the deleted items will also disappear from the menu in Windows 10. Good luck.

When you first start Windows 10, you will definitely notice a large number of pre-installed applications in the start menu. It will be possible to get rid of some in two clicks, while others will not be so supportive, and the maximum that you can do with them is to place them on.

We will not ask our readers to put up with this state of affairs, instead we will gladly tell you how to fix this ailment. The article will be especially useful for those whose total number of all icons can reach the number ... 256 or 100000000 in binary. Now most users are currently running build 10140, then you will simply lose control of the start menu. This is due to a mistake that the developers made. Because of it, the icons begin to be sorted randomly, and the scrolling mechanism is also broken, as a result of which the menu simply freezes tightly.

So, there are actually two types of preinstalled apps. First, they can be ancillary, such as news, finance, sports, get an office, etc. It is very easy to deal with such, just right-click and select the delete item. If you use the touchpad instead of a mouse, then the right-click function of the mouse will change to a long press on the icon. You can also get rid of the garbage that is hung on pirated builds of Windows 10.

The second category includes pre-installed applications from Microsoft itself. With them, everything is much more neglected and it will not be possible to do without computer administration tools. Unfortunately, this method does not affect certain applications, such as Cortana and the new Windows 10 Edge browser.

First we need to run a command line pseudo shell PowerShell. This is done quite simply. We click on the next icon after the start menu in the magnifying glass shape, enter a search query and right-click on the first link, then select "Run as administrator".

We are waiting for some time, since loading takes 30 seconds, a line should appear on the screen

PS C:\Windows\system32>.

Well, that's all, now you just have to find the application that you want to delete in the list, copy the code next to it and paste it into the pseudo-shell with the combination ctrl+v. After pressing the key Enter there will be no trace of him.

Get-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage

Alarms and Clock:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsalarms* | Remove-AppxPackage

Calculator / Calculator:

Get-AppxPackage *windowscalculator* | Remove-AppxPackage

Calendar and Mail

Get-AppxPackage *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackage

Camera/Camera:

Get-AppxPackage *windowscamera* | Remove-AppxPackage

Get-AppxPackage *zunemusic* | Remove-AppxPackage

Maps/Maps:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsmaps* | Remove-AppxPackage

Get-AppxPackage *onenote* | Remove-AppxPackage

Phone Companion/Mobile Device Manager:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage

Photos/New Photo Gallery:

Get-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage

Store/Shop:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage

Voice Recorder/Dictaphone:

Get-AppxPackage *soundrecorder* | Remove-AppxPackage

Weather/Weather Forecast:

Get-AppxPackage *bingweather* | Remove-AppxPackage

Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage

Thus, in literally ten minutes, nothing superfluous will remain in your start menu. But if you still find that something was deleted without thinking, do not worry, just one command and all the applications you deleted in this way will be reinstalled into the system.

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach (Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”)

Do not be afraid if the process takes a long time or nothing new appears on the screen at the beginning. It is also possible that various kinds of errors will appear. There is a 99% chance that you will be able to find all these applications again the next time you start your computer.

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