Hello realista87,

Shortcuts for the Win+X menu won't work unless they are hash files. The hashlink.exe file is a command tool that will make the shortcut a hash file.

The shortcuts need to be in the 1/2/3 group folders when you use the hashlink.exe file (command) on them, or they will not work or be in the Win+X menu.

Welcome to Ten Forums @me22dec.

Thank you for the heads up on adding another group to the Win+X menu. I've added notes in the tutorial to help make others aware of this, and make it easier to do.

Hello Brink and thanks a lot! :)
I have also found that the name of the shortcut in the Win+X menu is first of all taken from the "Comment" part found in the shortcut properties. If the comment is empty it is taken from the name of the .lnk file. And if the shortcut is already in the menu, we can simply add a comment (or rename it) and restart the explorer process (no need of hashlnk.exe for this).

UPDATES:
I have played with it for a while and this is what I have found out so far. Use it as you wish... and BACKUP first.

Update 1: The folder does not have to be called "Group" and it is in ASCENDING alphabetical order. Eg. The folder "00 Group" will be at the very bottom (numbers go first), followed by the "Group1" folder above. The folder "Other shortcuts" will be the next and the folder "ZZZZZ" is going to be at the top.
Update 2: The same goes with the shortcuts within the folder. As the "comment" is primary for the name, we can set the order by the shortcut names and give it the name in the comment part of the properties. Eg. "01-Something.lnk", "02-Something else.lnk", "03-My shortcut at the top.lnk". And their specific names are in the comments.
Update 3: If you want to split the groups by "a double line", just create an empty folder between them. Eg. A double line between folders "Group3" and Group4" will be created by an empty folder called (for example) "Group3B".
Update 4: If you want a shorter list of the Win-X menu, you can simply "hide" the shortcuts you do not use. Simply create a new folder in the existing folder and move the shortcut there, you can easily restore it back whenever you need. Eg. I don't use the "File Explorer" in "Group2", so I created a new folder in that folder and moved the File Explorer.lnk there.
Update 5: Whatever folders and shortcuts you have, there will always be "Shut down or sign out" as the second from the bottom. I would prefer it to be at the bottom. Not sure where it comes from (registry?), but I can live with it. Somehow... :)

Just restart the explorer process to apply any changes.

(I found out the alphabetical order when I moved some of the default shortcuts into another folder and it became something like "4 - Services", after I refreshed the folder it came back to it's common name.)

Rename Shortcuts in Win+X Quick Link Menu in Windows 10 | Tutorials

IndieArchive said:

When I tried this I typed:
"C:\Users\Kenneth\Desktop\hashlnk.exe" "C:\Users\Kenneth\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX\Group2\Control Panel.lnk"

It failed and I got this:
The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCR100.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.

Hello,

MSVCR100.dll is a Microsoft Visual C++ file that is a system file of Windows.

It's located at: "C:\Windows\System32\msvcr100.dll"

It looks to be missing from the error you got, so you could try running a SFC /SCANNOW command to see if it may be able to fix/replace the file.

Run SFC Command in Windows 10

I got the file from somewhere and it still gave me the same error. I found another program called WinX Editor which worked.
Now after creating the shortcuts with WinX Editor I have saved them and used them in other computers.