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Start-menu app categories

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
powershell

Research direction

Start with Start-CategoryTweaker.ps1 and compare its existing categories with the additional categories listed in the linked article. Update the script to support the relevant categories, then run it on Windows and verify that Start-menu apps are assigned to the new categories correctly.

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Description

I found more Start menu app categories:
https://xmha97.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/changing-start-menu-app-categories/

You can use the categories in your script: Start-CategoryTweaker.ps1

Dominant language
PowerShell
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Forks
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