Thanks Tom - tagging David Watson  for advice here. After rebranding back to Trados, the paths have changed to \Start Menu\Programs\Trados... but I don't see a dedicated Apps folder there anymore. It might still work but might no longer be created by default. David can hopefully advise more. Thanks, Daniel

Tom Imhof Daniel Brockmann 

It was there for 2021:

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Trados Studio 2021 Apps\

It is missing for 2022 but I just ran a little test and created the folder, stuck a link in there and it works :-)

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Trados Studio 2022 Apps\

So I guess you could look for this folder with the installer, if it's missing create it, and then put your stuff in there.

Hi Paul,

I am doing this on Windows 11, will check on Windows 10 tomorrow.

First of all, the Trados Studio 2021 Apps folder was not visible, neither on the Start menu itself, nor on the file system. I had to create it manually.

So, I created this folder: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Trados Studio 2021 Apps\ and put a few launchers there:

When I start Studio 2021, the navigation bar is empty except for the default link to the appstore:

As I said, I will try again on Windows 10 tomorrow as I have a bit of time to test it, but on Windows 11 the logic seems to be broken. In fact, the folder does not even show on the Start menu:

I have noticed, that Windows 11 "normalizes" links and folders in the Start menu. If it finds the same link elsewhere, it shows it where it first found it - compare the Studio 2021 and 2022 folders in this screenshot - the links that are identical only show under Studio 2021 and not again under Studio 2022:

Maybe that is the reason.

Anyway many thanks for your and also Daniel for his answers! 

Hi Paul,

I am doing this on Windows 11, will check on Windows 10 tomorrow.

First of all, the Trados Studio 2021 Apps folder was not visible, neither on the Start menu itself, nor on the file system. I had to create it manually.

So, I created this folder: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Trados Studio 2021 Apps\ and put a few launchers there:

When I start Studio 2021, the navigation bar is empty except for the default link to the appstore:

As I said, I will try again on Windows 10 tomorrow as I have a bit of time to test it, but on Windows 11 the logic seems to be broken. In fact, the folder does not even show on the Start menu:

I have noticed, that Windows 11 "normalizes" links and folders in the Start menu. If it finds the same link elsewhere, it shows it where it first found it - compare the Studio 2021 and 2022 folders in this screenshot - the links that are identical only show under Studio 2021 and not again under Studio 2022:

Maybe that is the reason.

Anyway many thanks for your and also Daniel for his answers!