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    Possibly related: superuser.com/questions/956036/…
    – rlb.usa
    Commented Aug 12, 2015 at 16:48
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    I don't think so. Just read, not completely sure what that post is implying I try, but I have problems with Start-Search not showing other shortcuts that do NOT start with 'r'.
    – Terry
    Commented Aug 12, 2015 at 16:56
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    Do you have more than 512 items in your Start Menu? Go to the actual folder and "dir /s." If so, tidy up and delete a few older things. This is a known bug that will be fixed.
    – Scott Hanselman
    Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 0:48
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    @ScottHanselman In LINQPad... new DirectoryInfo( @"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" ).GetFiles( "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories ).Count().Dump(); = 232. Is that the folder you were referring to?
    – Terry
    Commented Sep 30, 2015 at 2:45
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    Please see my answer here: superuser.com/questions/1047230/… - I have found a way of starting up most things with "press Start" followed by just a few letters. For the record I regard my solution as a workaround: the W10 mechanism is, for my purposes, broken.
    – mike rodent
    Commented Mar 14, 2017 at 18:32