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How to make Inno Setup create single shortcut/icon in Start menu instead of a folder (program group)

I want to make Inno Setup create a single application shortcut/icon in Start menu, instead of placing a folder (aka program group) in Start menu with the icon in it. May I know how to achieve this? I don't want the Start menu to have uninstall…
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Python 3 script how do i add a shortcut to recently added in the windows 10 start menu?

I am currently running python 3.8. While I am able to add a shortcut to the script to the windows 10 start menu it does not show in recently added. I have also tried winshell.recent import os, winshell from win32com.client import…
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Import-StartLayout does nothing for current user

Using the command as follows: Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath "C:\Users\User\Desktop\Blank_Layout.xml" -MountPath "C:\" Unfortunately does not change the current Start Menu layout. It creates a new file under…
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Remove shortcut and associated file with Innosetup

As part of an application update, I want to remove an old start menu entry if it exists, and the file it points to. I tried: [InstallDelete] Type: files; Name: "{group}\User's Manual (PDF)" Type: files; Name: "{app}\User's Manual.pdf" The actual…
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Change the App Tile Background Color Programmatically

I'm developing an application. I want my deployed/installed application's tile synchronized to the User's background color. There are some answers(here, here) to this question saying that I can't achieve this. But how the other apps can achieve…
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C++: How do I create a Shortcut in the Start Menu on Windows

I would like to know how to obtain the path to the start menu folder on Windows and then create a shortcut to a path that might contain non-ASCII characters.
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Create startup folder - Windows

I script a lot of things to manage the computers in my company. I often need to add shortcuts into the personnal startup folder of users (without a GPO). Windows 8/8.1 doesn't have a personnal startup folder by default. Its location is…
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How to define which shortcut appears on the Start Menu after installing?

I'm working on a Windows Setup Project in Visual Studio. In the "File System" editor, below the "User's Programs Menu" node, I have a folder for my application that contains several shortcuts. One shortcut serves to launch the application; a…
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Replacing the Start Menu

I want to make my own Start Menu replacement and I am trying to figure out what approach to use. There are a number of ways the Start Menu is activated: click on it, hit windows key, hit Ctrl+Esc keys or tab until it gets focus and hit the space or…
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Custom Windows 7 Start Menu Search Provider

I'd like to write custom providers for start menu searching, but I can't seem to find where to begin. Things I'd like to be able to do when I type in the search box on the start menu Type "thomas" and see "IM Thomas" (if a…
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What does Windows use each resolution version of an .ico for? (e.g., Start Menu, Desktop)?

A designer is making some Windows icons (.ico) for us and I want to make sure the various sizes (16px, 24px, etc.) will look Ok when Windows displays them. I created a Test icon with a # for each size (16 for the 16x16 px version,etc.) From my…
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Clean Windows 7 Start Menu MRU List

Is there a way to clean the most recently started applications from the Windows 7 start menu programmatically? I'm looking for some registry entries and/or files to delete so the corresponding items in the Winodws 7 start menu are removed.
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How to change the icon of the shortcut of Inno Setup uninstaller without separate icon file?

Is it possible to change the icon of the uninstaller shortcut in the Start menu without storing a separate icon file (to the app folder)? I see this: Using Resource Hacker for changing the icon after the build, but I cannot implement it. My…
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Pin program to start menu using PS in Windows 10

I am trying to pin a program to the start menu in Windows 10 $shell = New-Object -ComObject "Shell.Application" $Folder = $shell.NameSpace("C:\Test") $exe = $Folder.ParseName("notepad.exe") #$exe.Verbs() $ItemVerbs = $exe.Verbs() Foreach($ItemVerb…
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Inno Setup: Program Folder not showing up in Start > All Programs

I've been updating my Inno Setup installs and I'm running into a situation where the Program Folder is not showing up in the Windows 7 Start > All Programs. The wierd part is the program folder does exists…
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