How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

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How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

I use "System Tools" far too often to keep going thru all the levels in
the Start menu.

I have never been able to find a way to create a shortcut of that whole
folder. (or any other grouping from the Start menu, such as "Games".
I've always made my own folder on the desktop, called "system tools",
then created a shortcut of each item inside that folder, and moved these
individual shortcuts to my own directory. This works, but is time
consuming and monotonous.
 
How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

I use "System Tools" far too often to keep going thru all the levels in
the Start menu.

I have never been able to find a way to create a shortcut of that whole
folder. (or any other grouping from the Start menu, such as "Games".
I've always made my own folder on the desktop, called "system tools",
then created a shortcut of each item inside that folder, and moved these
individual shortcuts to my own directory. This works, but is time
consuming and monotonous.
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Copy the System Tools folder in the All Users' Start Menu to
whatever location you want it (Desktop, or a more accessible location
within the start menu (in the last case you can also move it
there instead of copying).
 
How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

I use "System Tools" far too often to keep going thru all the levels in
the Start menu.

I have never been able to find a way to create a shortcut of that whole
folder. (or any other grouping from the Start menu, such as "Games".
Click to expand...

That's not possible.

The Start Menu's items starting from the root "Programs" menu, are combined
list of shortcuts from "Start Menu" folders of the current user and the
shared user (named as "All Users" user).

So, there's two separate folders for one submenu in case of Windows
predefined submenus. Submenus created by software installations only have
one folder. It's either the current user, or the "All Users", depending on
how the softwares were installed.
I've always made my own folder on the desktop, called "system tools",
then created a shortcut of each item inside that folder, and moved these
individual shortcuts to my own directory. This works, but is time
consuming and monotonous.
Click to expand...

In my system, all Windows' original shortcuts (e.g.: Notepad, Remote
Assistance, etc.) of current user have been moved into the "All Users"
folders. So if I ever need to change something, I simply open the folder
that belonged to the "All Users" folder.

Additionally, I moved all third party softwares' menu shortcuts and copied
frequently used built-in Windows tool shortcuts into separate folder, and
created a new Taskbar toolbar for that folder. Then resized the toolbar
width to minimum - shoving all visible shortcut icons/submenus on the
taskbar into a popup menu. The result is the toolbar's folder name and its
"more" button which when clicked, it'll show all the folder contents as
popup menu, just like the Start Menu. See below for a screenshot.

http://i.imgur.com/eUJwQaL.png

I use a blank character for the folder name to minimize the toolbar width,
so there's no visible text for the toolbar title. This is neccessary because
if the toolbar is configured to hide its title, there's a minimum toolbar
width enforced by the shell.

You may want to try adding a taskbar toolbar like I mentioned for your
custom "System Tools" folder so that you don't have to minimize/move program
windows in order to open that folder on the desktop. One thing to note is
that the shortcut key in the menu shortcut's property will no longer work.
Well... shortcut key of all shortcut files that aren't in the Start Menu
don't work anyway.
 
Why not just rebuild the mess? As JJ explained, you
get links coming from 2 places, whether you like it or not.
My own approach is to get everything out of my personal
folder and put it into:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\

I'm the only user, but the per-user design is a confusing
problem waiting to happen. I like to keep it all orderly.

Having got it all into one place, I organize the links. I
create folders like Media, Office, Utilities, Internet, etc.
I then take the actual link from each parent folder, put
it into the relevant folder, then dump the rest. (A lot
of software installs with a big pile of junk links.)
The result is that I have 8-10 items on the Start
Menu, and each of those contains only relevant links,
often renamed. For instance, in Office I have:

LibreOffice Impress
LibreOffice Writer
PDF XChange Viewer
SumatraPDF
TextBridge Pro 8.0
wordpad.exe

In Utilities:

Sysinternals (folder)
7-Zip File Manager
Agent Ransack
CPU-Z
HxD
PowerArchiver
TweakUI XP
Universal Extractor

I could then put a shortcut to Utilities on
the Desktop if I want to, but I don't find the need.
However, there's nothing preventing you from just
right dragging the folder

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System
Tools

to the Desktop and selecting "Create Shortcut Here".




| How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?
|
| I use "System Tools" far too often to keep going thru all the levels in
| the Start menu.
|
| I have never been able to find a way to create a shortcut of that whole
| folder. (or any other grouping from the Start menu, such as "Games".
| I've always made my own folder on the desktop, called "system tools",
| then created a shortcut of each item inside that folder, and moved these
| individual shortcuts to my own directory. This works, but is time
| consuming and monotonous.
|
 
Copy the System Tools folder in the All Users' Start Menu to
whatever location you want it (Desktop, or a more accessible location
within the start menu (in the last case you can also move it
there instead of copying).
Click to expand...

Thanks. That fixed it. I was trying to do it from the START button,
and it cant be done from there.
 
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