{"id":1163,"date":"2021-03-27T08:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T08:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:46:01","slug":"windows-10-shortcut-to-start-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/windows-10-shortcut-to-start-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Shortcut to Start Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Windows 10 Apps layout menu on the right screen is pretty awesome and we can customize it by adding our own customize shortcut links so that we can easily click it whenever we need to used it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steps to add our own customized shortcut links.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In your Windows 10, click the <strong>This PC<\/strong> ICON and copy and paste the below commands to your <strong>This PC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">%AppData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copy and paste to Start Menu Folders, hit enter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.png 628w, https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Create Short URL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right hand click mouse Shortcut<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copy and paste the links from your <strong>Microsoft Edge<\/strong> or <strong>Chrome<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click URL to test if works<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-1024x111.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-1024x111.png 1024w, https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-768x83.png 768w, https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1.png 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final Step<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now Drag and Drop the shortcut to your Windows 10 Menu on your right and you are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2.png 612w, https:\/\/gotothings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-2-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Windows 10 Apps layout menu on the right screen is pretty awesome and we can customize it by adding our own customize shortcut links so that we can easily click it whenever we need to used it. Steps to add our own customized shortcut links. 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