programs but not programs(x86)?

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Highly experienced Windows user (since 3.x), and just added Win 10 laptop to Win 7 64 desktop. Installed Start10 and love it (have used Window Blinds of many years), but it only seems to find Programs, not Programs(x86), and I have a lot of 32-bit apps. I've looked for setting for this but can't find it. Where should I be looking? For now I have to pin x86 apps to taskbar, which I prefer not do. What am I missing?

 

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Where are they not being found?

Start10 looks at the installed shortcuts not the program files folder so will show 32 and 64 bit apps as they have their shortcuts all in the same places.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

So if I don't create a desktop shortcut it won't see the application? This app, a text editor, doesn't have an installation. It just needs to be unzipped into a folder.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting ed_b, reply 2

So if I don't create a desktop shortcut it won't see the application? This app, a text editor, doesn't have an installation. It just needs to be unzipped into a folder.
End of ed_b's quote

You need to create a shortcut, but not on the desktop, in the start menu folder tree (you can access this by right clicking on the all programs button in Start10 menu).  Start10 works the same as the Windows 7 start menu and in fact all start menus ever.

No shortcut to the app, not visible in the start menu as it has no idea it exists.  The program developer should have made an installer to create this shortcut for you really.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

This worked...thanks for tip. I also discovered something else in the process. The pinned app title included that it was a GNU open source text editor, and when I couldn't find a way to shorten this, I searched in registry editor, found it and modified the lnk name. Just in case anyone wants to change or modify the link name shown in the start menu.