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Thanks Horace, now I'll have to apply that to my VM icons(after making png copies)
I think doing it for my VMs that are in Hyper-v will be tougher though. A normal shortcut is hard enough: Karis tutorial and my post on customizing the VM shortcuts: Hyper-V Virtual Machine - Create Shortcut in Windows - Windows 10 Forums
Via shortcut you cannot create a tile. It needs an executable directly. This is the downside.
I'm in the same trench with VirtualBox: I have VM shortcuts. But I've managed to get it going: no shortcut but exe launcher with the right command.
InformationI would avoid placing a XML file to system32 since only one vmconnect.exe exists!
Applied to Kari's method:
- add the launching command of the VM to a bat file (test launching via bat, go to next step if bat is ok)
- convert the bat to exe: Bat To Exe Converter | F2KO Software
- place the exe where you like, rename the exe launcher to your VM (best without spaces) place where needed
- add xml manifest with the new exe name to same folder
- pin the launcher to start
Last edited by Hopachi; 23 Jan 2016 at 15:36. Reason: spell check :)
Sorry about that.
Your method will always work.
It's those darn new tiles that require special treatment.
I'm using this manual method fine.
In case you need a tool to create tiles check this thread:
Oblytile alternative? - Page 8 - Windows 10 Forums
Maybe @Edwin can shed more light on that tiler app (can it pin shortcuts?).