How to add new item to the Windows 10 "All Apps" section
It is automatically added when you install new applications. To add manually put folders here
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\
You can also try this location:
C:\Users\ YOUR_ID\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
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belidzs
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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belidzs over 1 year
I want to add a new item (in this particular case a shortcut to Putty SSH client) to my Windows 10's All Apps section.
I have already found out that I can "Pin to Start" any item, however, this will only create a new tile on the right side of the Start Menu and won't add any new item to All Apps. Thus, pressing Win and typing "putty" won't return any result.
Creating a new shortcut and adding it to
shell:start menu
has the same effect as pinning to Start, so it's not a solution.Note: this question might look the same, but the accepted answer doesn't apply to my requirements as I need the item to be searchable, and not only a new tile.
Note 2: I can confirm that after waiting several hours for Windows to reindex its index I manually rebuilt the whole index, but putty still can't be found neither in search results nor in "All Apps" list.
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Admin almost 9 yearsAnswer to that question seems to be correct. The item will be a regular Start item, just like any other, and thus will be searchable. You may have to wait a few minutes for Windows to index it.
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Admin almost 9 yearsI have added this shortcut hours ago. Since then I had a restart, but still no cigar. Indexing option says "Indexing complete"
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Admin over 7 yearsI had this problem too and eventually discovered that "Pin to Start" breaks Search for that item, even after un-pinning it, adding a shortcut manually and re-building the index. The fix is to unpin the shortcut, rename the app directory, create a shortcut manually and then revert the name change. Writeup here. Then it shows in All Apps and can be searched for.
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belidzs almost 9 yearsThanks! Creating a new folder inside Programs finally did the trick.
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user4551203 over 8 yearsThis does not work for me
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Ruben over 8 yearsNeither does it for me...
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Aske B. over 7 yearsAfter adding a shortcut to this path, nothing came up in the search. But after clicking the
All apps
button, and seeing it was there underRecently added
in the top - and also under its respective letter - it seemed to index it, because it then turned up in searches. -
Suraj Jain over 6 yearsFirst one did the job for me. Thanks a lot.