Solved How to see ALL programs in the start menu "all" section


fdhealy4

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There are programs that are not included when you click the "All" button at the top of the start menu. For example: I want to add Control Panel to the start menu. I'm not even sure how I found it. I saved it to the Task Bar but would like it in the "pinned" section of the start menu. For that you have to show it in the Start Menu to pin it to the "Pinned" section.
 
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You can pin the Control Panel to Start Menu search for Control Panel from Start Menu search box and right-click the Control Panel icon from search result to see the context menu option "Pin to Start Menu".
 

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Hello, :alien:

You can "Pin to Start" the Control Panel.

www.elevenforum.com

Pin to Start an App, Drive, File, Folder, or Site in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to pin or unpin an app, drive, file, folder, library, or web site to Start for your account in Windows 11. The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended. The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps, settings, and files...
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You can also create a Control Panel shortcut using a path at the top of the tutorial below.

www.elevenforum.com

Create Shortcuts to Open Control Panel Items in Windows 11

This tutorial will provide you with a list of commands to open or create shortcuts to directly open Control Panel items in Windows 11. You can use Control Panel to change settings for Windows. These settings control nearly everything about how Windows looks and works, and you can use them to...
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...then you can add that shortcut to the Start Menu > All list like in the tutorial below.

www.elevenforum.com

Add or Remove Items in All apps in Windows 11 Start menu

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove items listed in All apps on the Start menu for your account, new accounts, or all accounts in Windows 11. The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended. All apps appears when a user clicks on All apps in the...
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Brink,
"The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps" No it doesn't. It does not show the Control Panel anywhere in the "All" section of the start menu. I can't remember where I found it but it didn't have a way to add it to the Start Menu.
 

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Yep, that's why you can manually add Control Panel to the "All" list or "Pin to Start" using an option I posted above if wanted.
 

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As far as I can recall Win7 was the last to have Control Panel in the Start menu.Win7-Start.webp
 

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for just your start menu, put any shortcuts you want in:

C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

for all users' start menus, put any shortcuts you want in:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
 

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Also create a shortcut to this to see all programs: C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:appsfolder
 

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fdhealy4 said:
There are programs that are not included when you click the "All" button at the top of the start menu.
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Programs that you see in "All" menu are the programs whose shortcuts reside in the "usual" Windows start menu folders in the file system. It is combination of global menu folders stored under

C:\ProgramData\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

and your user-specific menu folders stored under

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

So, if you want a program to appear in "All" menu, you need to create a shortcut for it under any of these locations (depending on your intent).

You want to see Control Panel there? Make Windows Create a desktop shortcut for Control Panel and then use it as a source to "copy" a shortcut to one of the above menu locations. After that Control Panel will appear in "All" menu.
 

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already marked as solved, but just for good measure... this github user has a batch that will copy all control panel items to your start menu folders for you:

github.com

Control-Panel-Items/Quick-install.bat at master · Z-Dante/Control-Panel-Items

Just all control panel items. + A quick and dirty fix to enable searching for classic control panel items right from the start menu - Z-Dante/Control-Panel-Items
github.com github.com
 

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