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adding items to Win+X menu is apparently no longer possible in newer builds of Windows 11. back to the drawing board...

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to clarify, it used to be possible to add items to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\WinX subfolders (even create new Groups therein), apply a hash to the .lnk, and wind up with the item magically on the Win+X menu. apparently, for some reason, this suddenly no longer works.

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Even Winaero's Win+X Editor (which uses hashlnk source code reportedly) no longer works.

Win+X Menu Editor for Windows 10 and Windows 8

One of the new features of Windows 8 is Win+X "Start" menu. It is non-customizable part of the operating system. Win+X Menu Editor is my latest work and

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Dusted off the code, am investigating this.

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Heads up old man, we got to update our apps!

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Sorry guise I think all allowed shortcut hashes are hardcoded now. I think it is because they tried to fix Terminal shortcut so may times they fubar.

5:16 PM · Jul 18, 2022Twitter Web App

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As an alternative, I have been adding my remote support stub launcher to the Desktop right-click menu instead. It's not much less convenient I guess