Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10  

I couldnt get rid of a folder of shortcuts for Vmlite after deleting them in both option 1 and 3, turned out when I emptied the recycle bin they were finally gone.

Thank Shawn for tutorial all fine follow your suggestions, but there are some applications present in ALL APPS in start menu, there arenot present in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu also installed by me or windows
ANd also please... i i click on ALL APP i see all applications in alphabetic order and not with groups (like windows 7)... in normal or its possible change the visualizations ?

Thank
Hispa

Brink said:

Hello Hispa,

Windows apps (aka: modern from Store) will not be listed in the folder. Only desktop apps will be.

The groups in All apps would be any expandable folders that are listed alphabetically along with the apps. You should have them like in the example screenshot at the top of the tutorial. W have a few for Windows stuff by default.

So if i put a applications in a group, i see the app 2 times on ALL APP... in group and also in alphabetic order right ?!

Hispa

Brink said:

Actually, having the app added twice in All apps can sometimes cause issues. It's best to only have one instance of it.

Yes agree but this is not good dear microsoft..

Hispa

They are not added twice, it's a matter of reading carefully what has been written. They are displayed twice.
And this whole thread is of no use to those who updated because it simply doesn't work the way it is extensively described in the beginning of this thread. I find it weird to discover the old path (W7/Vista) is neatly moved to the upgraded ProgramData folder but yet is unable to show many items in thet folder. Many, because some do show.

Anyway. This thread is of no use because it only reflect how it was supposed to work. But it doesn't which makes the link to this thread a false hit.

Other thread on this forum explains what we're looking at.
Windows 10 Can't Display More than 512 Apps in the Start Menu - Windows 10 Forums

WIN10 Start Menu All Apps does not have the same structure as WIN7.

I updated my computer from WIN7 Ultimate to WIN10 Professional and the WIN10 Start Menu All Apps does not follow the same structure

I had some WIN 7 Start Menu options like this

Schneider Electric

SoColabarative

Advantys
Unity Pro

Each of the subfolders have shortcuts in them.

In WIN10 all of the shortcuts have been grouped under Schneider Electric.

I have looked in %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Start Menu\Programs and the original WIN7 structure is shown there as indicated in the image below.






How do I get WIN 10 All apps to behave like the WIN 7 Start Menu?