How to Set Up Elliott in Windows Program Menu (Start -> All Programs)

How to Set Up Elliott in Windows Program Menu (Start -> All Programs)

Release Date: 10/4/2018

In this article, we explain how to manually set up Elliott in the Windows Program Menu (i.e., Start -> All Programs).  See the sample screen below:


The Windows Program Menu is controlled by each user's profile in a folder like the follow:
    C:\Windows\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"
Below is an example of the content in this folder:


In the above example, we have a folder "Elliott 8.5."  Inside this "Elliott 8.5" folder, you will store the shortcut to start up Elliott programs:


If you already have the Elliott shortcut on your desktop, you can simply copy and paste here.  Alternatively, you can right click in this folder and choose "New" -> "Shortcut."  Below is an example of shortcut for running Elliott 8.5 in Hybrid mode:




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