I have noticed some folders in Start Menu of programmes long deleted, but cannot remove them. Any ideas of how to clean up Start Menu? I found one particular folder of a programme I deleted maybe 5-8 years ago??
Win 19308.1202
Hi, go to
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
and
C:\Users\-----\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
and remove them from there.
Or you could use Open Shell (free) as an editor... even if you don't want to use it as a start menu.
Hint- Open Shell makes accessing those folders easy.
Then there are programs like Glary Utilities (see option bottom right)
- and Ccleaner has a Start menu shortcuts option.
Hello elbmek,
In addition, the tutorial below can help walk you through deleting those items from the Start menu > All Apps list.
Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10
strangely enough Dalchina, Glary is one of the extinct folders
In Brinks post suggestion, the Glary folder does not appear on the list. Still working ............
this image shows the Glary empty folder still in situ after using CCleaner
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first option did it, thanks a billionHi, go to
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
and
C:\Users\-----\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
and remove them from there.
Or you could use Open Shell (free) as an editor... even if you don't want to use it as a start menu.
Hint- Open Shell makes accessing those folders easy.
Then there are programs like Glary Utilities (see option bottom right)
- and Ccleaner has a Start menu shortcuts option.
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