I just retried it by making a new shortcut. It worked. No idea why it didn't before.

I do it the same way you seem to, and my account is also an admin. I had actually look at the linked article before as well. I'll try doing it through the ProgramData method.

So, I've been trying to add a few things to the app list in the start menu for a while now. Every site I've gone to says to put the shortcuts in "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs". I...