Solved Making a folder show up in All apps list

I have a folder named Backups in Program Data\MS\Win\St Menu\Programs, and although all of my other folders in Programs show up in the All apps list, this one doesn't. It has three (working) program shortcuts in it. Anyone know how to kick this folder into active membership on All apps?

Hello mate,

Double check to make sure the folder and the shortcuts in the folder do not already have any of the same in the All Apps list. If it does, then it will not work.

Added folders must contain at least two shortcuts with at least one of these shortcuts not already on the All apps list for the folder to show on the All apps list.

Brink said:

Double check to make sure the folder and the shortcuts in the folder do not already have any of the same in the All Apps list.

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Done. No dupes.

Brink said:

Added folders must contain at least two shortcuts with at least one of these shortcuts not already on the All apps list for the folder to show on the All apps list.

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Got 'em. Both shortcuts are only in the Start Menu. I don't actually NEED the folder in All Apps; I just can't figure out why the folder and the shortcuts show up on one 22H2 963 PC but not on the other.

Mystified. I think I've tried everything. Maybe if I delete the folder and its shortcuts, reboot, and then re-create the folder and put new shortcuts in it ??

It's worth a try to delete and recreate.

@Brink

Tried that. Even added my shortcuts to MR image xml files, making a total of four cuts in the folder in Program Data ... Programs.


That got the folder in the All apps list, but only the two Image cuts show up.

Maybe if I delete the MR and Recuva cuts from the Start Menu they'll show up in All Apps ??? Then, if so, I could try making new shortcuts on the desktop and pinning those to Start. ???

(But I have several cuts in Start that show up in All apps. I even changed the name of the backups folder for All apps.)

This is what shows up in the other PC:

Odd. Did you test copying the Backups folder from the other computer that it shows on to the other to see how it does?

Not yet. Will do.

Many thanks for thinking about this. I know you’re busy, and I really appreciate your time.

Dan

Tried the copying, but since the two machines have a few differences in File Explorer configs, I had to alter the paths in the shortcuts. The result, after a reboot, was disheartening:

I'd double check all the All Apps locations (ex: current user, new users, and all users) to see if the missing shortcuts may be listed elsewhere in All Apps causing them not to show in the "Backup Plus" folder.

Will do.

Sorry, but I don't know where to look for "current user, new users, and all users" in File Explorer. Did you mean in the registry?

Sorry, all folder locations listed in the options below.

Checked 'em. Nada. Let's fuggedabaudit. I don't want to waste any more of your time on this. Thank you, ... again.

It's no problem Dan.

Seems it just wants to be glitchy.

It's very mysterious why this happens!
I find you must create a new folder with a unique name, with unique shortcuts!

These shortcuts would not show with their original name in their original folder...

@Edwin
What do you mean by "with unique shortcuts"? New names for the old shortcuts, or new shortcuts with new paths and targets (which would mean re-installing the two apps, and setting up new MR .xml files by going through MR again -- which, of course, is pretty much a breeze)?

Wisewiz said:

@Edwin
What do you mean by "with unique shortcuts"? New names for the old shortcuts, or new shortcuts with new paths and targets (which would mean re-installing the two apps, and setting up new MR .xml files by going through MR again -- which, of course, is pretty much a breeze)?

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New shortcuts, pointing to the original targets, but with different names from the original shortcuts..., the only way they would show in a folder in Start!

Okay, I'll do 'er tonight or tomorrow. Kinda tired.

BTW, have you had a lot of the white stuff in your part of Southern Ont.?