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I wanted to use the jump menus in Excel as I had a couple of spreadsheets I update frequently, one being a check register (not many checks but debit needs tracked). Anyway, I had Excel pinned to the start on the right side, but no jump menus are there. I had settled for pinning it to the taskbar, which I loathed, but it was better than nothing. Dragging and dropping on the start menu was useless, the "All Apps" shortcut didn't offer the jump menu, and a search of appdata and the registry yielded nothing. Finally, I removed Excel from the "tile side" and low and behold, it magically appeared in my "Most Used" section complete with functioning jump menus. FINALLY!!!
Now to rejigger my Start Menu with other needed items. I have been enjoying Win 10. Now I can relax with the mystery solved.
Yes, but something went wrong for me. I ended up with two entries for Microsoft Word in the 'Most Used' listed, so I removed one - and they both went! Now, I can no longer get it back into the list. Where are the settings to re-instate it?
I don't like the new menu system but it is gradually growing on me - like a fungus.
I hunted through the registry looking for any trace. I was worried that if I did a "do not show in this list" it would be gone forever. You are stuck with alphabetical order too. If I could just pin to the top of the menu and order the icons as I pleased, I would be pretty content.
I have also hunted high and low, through the directory and through folders, but I just cannot find out how the menu is created. It seems to be done 'on-the-fly' in some way. Even still, there must be some basic information that it stores somewhere to do this. In Windows versions up to 7, it was possible to tailor the menus just as one wanted. I could group program folders into category folders, simplifying things enormously. It is a retrograde step not to include that in Windows 10.