I figured that adding it to the WinKey+X menu would do the trick. That’s it! Now that there’s a new PowerShell out, I want to use it whenever I can. Click it, and wait for the navigation bar to come back, and you should be able to check your changes by striking WinKey+X. Fortunately, Win+X Editor includes a button for that very purpose (lower right corner, as shown above). One more thing: you need to restart File Explorer before the WinKey+X menu will show any changes or additions you’ve made. In this case that PowerShell 7 (Admin), as you can see in other screen captures here.
To view other notes and messages, see the Windows 10, version 1507 update history home page. Then, whatever text you enter in the Comment field is what actually shows up in the corresponding WinKey+X menu entry. For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. Handle this using the rename function in Explorer until you get it right. I added the “11-” before the filename after experimenting with arranging it in the WinKey+X menu order (notice that the plain vanilla PS7 starts with “12-“, and others likewise use numeric strings). The real name of the shortcut in this folder is 11-pwsh. First, take a look at the contents of the Group 3 folder and the item named 11-pwsh and its Properties window Shortcut tab.
But if you want to collate the entries in the menu according to your liking or preference, there’s one more step involved. I have added some code to save the lat long data provided by you, along with the. This gets you most of where you need to go. I needed to tabulate the placemarks I had made in Google Earth (around 500). Counter-intuitively, Group 3 is the top group in that menu, so you must copy the hash link file to the Group 3 folder in C:\Users\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX. All the syntax details are in the tutorial, so I’ll simply say that you must create the hash link, and then copy it to the right folder in the Windows X menu hierarchy at %LocalAppdata%\Microsoft\Windows\WinX.
The second of these explains how to use Rafael Rivera’s nifty hashlnk program to create the necessary hash link file to create a new WinKey+X menu entry from a shortcut. Click OK, Apply, OK and that’s now set up. On the Shortcut tab, click the Advanced button and then check the “Run as administrator” checkbox on the resulting pop-up windows. It’s dead simple: once you’ve created the shortcut, right-click and open its properties window.
The first of these explains how to create a shortcut with administrative privileges for any Windows 10 application you might wish to call. I turned to Shawn Brink at, who graciously pointed me at a couple of his very helpful tutorials:Īdd Custom Shortcuts to Win+X Quick Link Menu in Windows 10 XX Setting Up the PowerShell 7 (Admin) Menu Entry