#Windows 10 clear start menu shortcut .exe
exe file but with different parameters (due to different language). I had multiple shortcuts which were showing to same.
#Windows 10 clear start menu shortcut windows 10
Here is a batch file I use to rebuild the start menu:Įcho This will delete the TileDataLayer database to reset the Windows 10 Start Menu.Įcho It may take a couple hours and a few reboots before the menu is automatically rebuilt.Įcho All items pinned to start will have to be repinned once the menu returns to normal.Įcho *** The Start Menu database will be backed up before being deleted ***ĬHOICE /C DRC /M "Press D to Delete the database, R to Restore, or C to Cancel."Ĭd c:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\DatabaseĬopy *.* %userprofile%\desktop\StartMenuBackupĬopy %userprofile%\desktop\StartMenuBackup\*.*įor everyone struggling still with this issue, I would like to share my solution. I've had issues with the new Win 10 start menu on several workstations after upgrading from Win 7. In my tests this can be reproduced systematically and the Start Menu immediately updates itself after creating/deleting copies of the shortcut, with no need to touch the menu database files. In other words, if, in SomeFolder, you have Shortcut-B pointing to c:\someprogram.exe it will not show up as well. You can find the folder SomeFolder under the letter "S" in the list, but the shortcut will not be visible under it.įurthermore, this happens even if the two shortcuts have different names, but point to the same executable.
In the All applications list only the copy at root level will be visible. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SomeFolder. Now suppose you have a copy of Shortcut-A in a menu folder e.g. Suppose you have a shortcut named Shortcut-A at the root level of the menu file structure ( C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs) which points to c:\someprogram.exe. In the end, I discovered that the Start Menu hides duplicate shortcuts that point to the same file.
I had a shortcut inside a menu folder which would not show up, no matter what. My findings are for build 1703, and I cannot, at the moment, verify them on more recent builds. I found out a peculiar behaviour which causes an instance of this problem.
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