Games menu

[Bettablue]

So, I have a stupid game that someone in my home likes to play on my
computer, Bejeweled Deluxe! I have placed a shortcut to the game in the
games folder, but when logging off, the shortcut disappears. Where is the
actual Games Folder now that Windows 7 has everything hidden? I want to try
placing the shortcut directly into THAT folder for all users. Any ideas?

 

[Bruce Hagen]

So, I have a stupid game that someone in my home likes to play on my
computer, Bejeweled Deluxe! I have placed a shortcut to the game in
the games folder, but when logging off, the shortcut disappears. Where
is the actual Games Folder now that Windows 7 has everything hidden? I
want to try placing the shortcut directly into THAT folder for all
users. Any ideas?

If you right click on Games in All Programs and check the properties, that
will tell you. If all Win7 versions are the same, then it would be:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

 

[bettablue]

I appreciate the response, but I don't think it was completely clear as to
what I am asking. Selecting the Games menu on the right side of the Start
menu between Downloads and Favorites opens a window displaying the games
that are installed on the system. I place a shortcut there and it will be
there until I log off. When I log back on, or when other users log on, the
shortcut is missing. I am trying to locate the folder where I can place the
shortcut so all users have access to it without having to open the All
Programs menu and going to the program group to find the game, in this case
I have to go to the Start menu, All Programs, Popcap Games and finally click
on Bejeweled. (I hope I'm explaining this correctly) I would much rather
just click on Start, Games and find it there.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

I believe what you would have to do is remove and reinstall the program
and when it shows you the destination folder, you will have to change it
to: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. I don't think a
shortcut is going to ever work that way.

Any reason each user can't just place a shortcut on their Desktop or
Taskbar?

 

[XX]

Pin it to the start menu. That will also save you a click.

 

[johnbee]

I appreciate the response, but I don't think it was completely clear as to
what I am asking. Selecting the Games menu on the right side of the Start
menu between Downloads and Favorites opens a window displaying the games
that are installed on the system. I place a shortcut there and it will
be there until I log off. When I log back on, or when other users log on,
the shortcut is missing. I am trying to locate the folder where I can
place the shortcut so all users have access to it without having to open
the All Programs menu and going to the program group to find the game, in
this case I have to go to the Start menu, All Programs, Popcap Games and
finally click on Bejeweled. (I hope I'm explaining this correctly) I
would much rather just click on Start, Games and find it there.

Sorry, I still am unsure what you want to do. There are several ways to
make it easily available, one is to put an icon on the desktop. If you
want to see it when the user clicks start, click start, choose the games
folder from the all programs thingy, right click on bejewelled and select
pin to start menu. Try that and see if you like it. If you don't right
click it and select unpin from start menu.

When you click on start, the grey thing that pops up has a vertical dividing
line, and in the right hand side, one of the items is probably games. If
you click that, one of the listed games will be bejewelled. If that is what
you want but 'games' is not there, or bejewelled is not shown, post again
and I or somebody else will tell you how to deal with that.

While trying those things, you will notice another way as well. One of the
options on right clicking bejewelled in the start menu is 'pin to taskbar'.
If you do that it will appear as a little box on the actual bar and you
won't have to click on the start button.

I suggest therefore trying all those things and see which you like best.

 

[Roy Smith]

Sometimes the answer can be the simplest thing.... When you click on
Start - Games, does it open a window? If so, have you tried leaving that
window open and dragging the icon for Bejeweled over to that window?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

So, I have a stupid game that someone in my home likes to play on my
computer, Bejeweled Deluxe! I have placed a shortcut to the game in the
games folder, but when logging off, the shortcut disappears. Where is the
actual Games Folder now that Windows 7 has everything hidden? I want to try
placing the shortcut directly into THAT folder for all users. Any ideas?

For all users:
C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

For a specific user:
C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

Open the desired folder in Explorer and put a shortcut there.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I believe what you would have to do is remove and reinstall the program
and when it shows you the destination folder, you will have to change it
to: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. I don't think a
shortcut is going to ever work that way.

Any reason each user can't just place a shortcut on their Desktop or
Taskbar?

I would definitely not recommend installing any program file in that
folder. That folder is for shortcuts.

Program files usually are in subfolders of C:\Program Files for 64-bit
programs and in subfolders of C:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit programs.

 

[bettablue]

Ah, thank you. This is exactly what I needed and it worked first time.

My hat's off to you.

 

[Ken Blake]

Program files usually are in subfolders of C:\Program Files for 64-bit
programs and in subfolders of C:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit programs.

A minor clarification: that's true for 64-bit Windows, but not for
32-bit Windows. In 32-bit Windows, C:\Program Files (x86) doesn't
exist and they are all in C:\Program Files.



Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

A minor clarification: that's true for 64-bit Windows, but not for
32-bit Windows. In 32-bit Windows, C:\Program Files (x86) doesn't
exist and they are all in C:\Program Files.



Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

Or even a *major* clarification

Thanks for catching that - and educating me.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Ah, thank you. This is exactly what I needed and it worked first time.

My hat's off to you.

What was fun for me is that I supposedly *knew* what I told you, and it
still took me a while to find it.

I thought there was an easy way, but I didn't remember it or find it

 

[Ken Blake]

Or even a *major* clarification

Thanks for catching that - and educating me.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003