How to add an "exe" to "All Programs" list in Win 10Pro?

Me | 7/5/2023 | Paul R.

[stylin19a]

wish i knew.
I have installed CCleaner and i don’t show it anywhere.
My revo uninstall utility shows it. and CCleaner runs on schedule without my intervention.

I had to go to the exe file location, and make a shortcut into my utilities folder, so i would have easy access in case i needed to run it off schedule.

maybe a clue here: ?

https://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/233637-how-register-dll-exe-files.html

happy hunting

[daniel1212]

Paste in Run command:

Create shortcuts to the exe and or to folders.

Create shortcut to
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Create shortcut to the SendTo folder (%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo).

Then place that SendTo shortcut in the folder itself. Then place shortcuts to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and other places or programs. Then you can right click on a shortcut and point to SendTo and then to Programs. As well as right click on a exe and point to SendTo and then to the exe you want to use to open it, other than the default, like as to image viewers, editors.

[Paul R.]

Now, if only I could rename “All Programs” to “Almost All Programs”... ;-)

It’ll be a little “weird” to have an IrfanView folder in “All Programs” that doesn’t include the IrfanView player, but, IrfanView and IV_player are really two completely separate products, merely from the same “provider”.

[Paul R.]

Holy G'Moley...

[Paul R.]

Another good example. :-)

However, in Win 10 (and I believe Win 11) you should be able to simply drag the exe file onto the Start Button, or pin the exe file to either the Start Menu (will be a tile) or to the taskbar, if you use the program a lot.

My “thing” is that I think all user-directly-executed programs should have an easy access, easy organization (normal alphabetical folder type arrangement), compact “repository” — just like “All Programs”, but “All Programs” doesn’t readily include some of them...

Your link does seem to be a clue along my thought of needing to register the programs with windows, but I’m still kinda clueless on how that would work for any particular exe file... (I general I’m very wary about monkeying around in the registry, as I have essentially no experience with it, but know it’s a way to really screw things up if mistakes are made.)

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I’m not in the game anymore but lots and lots of those Exe’s are just storage for program resources, and language shit. Dll’s are kind of the same thing.