Here's an interesting (I guess) thing - is there any way to put the "&" symbol into the file/app shortcut name?
Windows automatically converts it to the keyboard shortcut indicator and I'd like to avoid that.
At the moment whenever the shortcut says e.g. "Tag & Rename" I'm getting "Tag Rename" instead...
I'm afraid it looks like this :) :
Unfortunately there's just some characters that Windows simply doesn't allow in file names and it goes back a long way into the days of DOS/Disk Operating System. There's usually an error message when trying to use one of those characters and frequently shows the unallowed ones. Linux and macOS [formerly MAC OS X] operating systems have different rules, I was able to add the & to a shortcut [alias] name on my macOS Sierra desktop.
How (and where) are you creating these shortcuts? I'm at a loss trying to reproduce your problem.
Your example appears to be pinned on the taskbar. How did you put it there? What is it a link to? A folder, and executable or 'something else'?
I have a shortcut on my Win10 desktop that says Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning but it was created and placed there by the installation routine for the program.
Ah! then it must be True Launch Bar that's interpreting & as the place marker for the keyboard shortcut character, not Windows 10 itself. That explains why I can't reproduce the effect.
There's a similar problem in using % inside a batch file. It's a control character and cannot be used as a character in its own right. The way it works there is that one % is seen as a control, but if you type %% it says the control you want is to use % as a character.
Try putting && in the link where you want a single & to appear.
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