Win 8.1: How to get "All Programs" menu?

Applications designed for operating systems prior to Windows 8.1 (eg. XP, Win 7) will often create folders and shortcuts in Programs or All Programs from the Start menu.

How can you access these folders and shortcuts when in Win 8.1?

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3 Answers

You can right click on programs on the start screen and click on "Open File Location"

I believe shortcuts are stored in the following locations

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

%USERNAME% will automatically refer to whatever name you are using on your computer at the time. That is your local programs. The ProgramData would be considered All Programs

In Windows 8.1 it is called All Apps. There are no 'folders' or 'subfolders' anymore for All Programs. You can show All Apps by clicking on the downwards arrow at the bottom left in the Start Screen.

An approach similar to All Programs (which shows all the programs but no subfolders) is here.

Is actually you no need to fill it, system will fill it automatically . But need remake the username to %USERNAME%. So it will look like this.

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs