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Jonno12345 / TileIconifier

Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons
MIT License
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Outlook, Antivirus, Other "Special" Apps - What Do I Pin? #395

Closed kertripmerth closed 1 year ago

kertripmerth commented 1 year ago

Hi,

Trying to create those "special" apps like Outlook and Antivirus, we get warnings and are advised to create Custom Shortcut. I did that and got these: https://postimg.cc/zHgV7FJC

And, here is that shortcut. But, when I right click, there is no option to "Pin to Start": https://postimg.cc/9rchJBFc

What do you think is happening?

Put another way, if I create an Custom Shortcut, how do I pin it to start?

Sincerely,

Ker

pelaird commented 1 year ago

Open TileIconifier On the Utilities tab, open the Custom Shortcut Manager and click "Create New Shortcut" Click on the Other tab and then click the Browse button Locate your file and highlight it, then click Open This will insert the file path in the Shortcut Target Now click the small square labeled Icon and browse to the Icon you want to use Now click in the Shortcut Box next to the Icon Box and give your shortcut a custom name Now click Generate Shortcut Close both of the open Shortcut manager windows and after TileIconifier refreshes, select the new shortcut and adjust the size and background, and then click Tile Iconify at the bottom Now open the Start Menu, All Apps, Tile Iconify folder, and right click your new shortcut and select Pin to Start That's it.

kertripmerth commented 1 year ago

Ah! B L E S S Y O U, M A T E ! ! ! That seems to be it.
I've noticed you're really picking up the ball here and helping SO many people. When I see how kindly your advise folks and with such clarity, I feel impressed. THANK YOU, pelaird