win+x menu editor

[polyal]

has anybody used this prog to change the win+x context menu
I cant get any sense out of it . . nothing seems straigtforward
eg i’m buggered if i can put say device manager on it ??

[veeg]

Hello

Hopefully some of our members will chime in soon.

@Bruce

[Bruce]

yeah, I had a craic when Win10 first came out and I wanted to get the Start Menu looking like I was used to.
from memory, I got it partly doing what I want but I do remember giving up on it and putting my ‘shortcuts’ on the Taskbar or in Start Menu itself.

I find the file location of the program I want to put in the Start Menu and copy it into;
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs or
C:\Users\Bruce\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\S tart Menu\Programs
depending on whether you want it for the current user or for all users.

PS - Device Manager is already in the power menu.

but as an exercise, this would be the steps;
[ul]
[li]on the Desktop, right click, New, Shortcut[/li][li]type C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc, click Next and give it a name, say DevMan[/li][li]now right click the new shortcut and Cut[/li][li]go to C:\Users\Bruce\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\S tart Menu\Programs and paste the shortcut[/li][/ul]
now when you click Start, under the D’s you’ll see DevMan.

[polyal]

it seems to me its a poorly written prog thats no fit for purpose

[polyal]

sorry for the quality of the pic [ATTACH type=“full”]11434[/ATTACH]pic

[Bruce]

hopefully others may have had some success in the past, as I said, I ditched it and found an alternative way. (y)

I’ll raise the posse and see if they have skin in the game.
@Malnutrition @georgeks @Bastet @PeterOz @Pyro @TwitchisMental @Evan Omo

[polyal]

yeh best option

[Bastet]

I’ve never used software to change menus so don’t have much to offer.
Have you restart the pc after changing the menu?

[PeterOz]

First question what version of win 10 are you running

[Pyro]

I haven’t heard of or used this software before, you’re in good hands with Bruce and Peter.

[phillpower2]

I use Vistart with the Windows 7 skin, see Lee Chantrey page here other than that I tend to leave Windows well alone.

[polyal]

lets hope microsoft dont go into manufacturing cars
else the steering wheel will finish up in the boot . . the pedals will finish up under the
back seat . . the engine will finish up on the roof ( which will be where the hub caps used to be :ROFLMAO: ) etc etc
( then everthing will be changed per new model )
Make improvements to the overall running of the thing by all means . . but FFS leave the UI as is
is microsoft is full of retards:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

[Bruce]

@polyal - still needing help?

[polyal]

@polyal - still needing help?

binned the idea . . another attempt to control windows that doesn’t work properly
cheers
reg

[Bruce]

it’s a worth while mental exercise if nothing else.
as I said earlier, there are other ways to get quick access to your frequently used files, folders or programs.

good luck.