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I made an application in Tkinter. And created an MS installer using cx_freeze.

I want this app in Desktop AND Application Launcher. But this app is not visible in Application Launcher. We can set it in only one place. I have enabled the app on the desktop.

I want my app here. In the same way, Spotify and sublime are visible. See the image enter image description here

ajinzrathod
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    I think all of those apps (or at least shortcuts to those apps) are in this folder: `C:\Users\TheLizzard\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs` as well as in here: `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs`. So I thing you should put a shortcut to your app there. – TheLizzard May 18 '21 at 16:16
  • No, not all of them I can see are visible here. – ajinzrathod May 18 '21 at 16:18
  • For my Windows installation that is where all of the installed apps go. In one of those 2 folders. There are some apps (I think the built in windows apps) like Microsoft store that I can't find in those 2 folders but I think Windows is the one that handles them directly – TheLizzard May 18 '21 at 16:22
  • @TheLizzard Any ideas, how can I add my program here during installation? – ajinzrathod May 18 '21 at 16:51
  • Just create a shortcut to your program and place that shortcut in one of those 2 folders. [This](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26986470/create-shortcut-files-in-windows-7-using-python) should also work on Windows 10 – TheLizzard May 18 '21 at 16:53
  • Yes, I did that. But, I want to do it dynamically for all users that install my exe. – ajinzrathod May 18 '21 at 16:54
  • So read [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26986470/create-shortcut-files-in-windows-7-using-python) and add something similar to your code. – TheLizzard May 18 '21 at 16:55
  • Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/232563/discussion-between-ajinzrathod-and-thelizzard). – ajinzrathod May 18 '21 at 16:55
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    Does this answer your question? [Adding start menu shortcuts with cx\_Freeze installer for Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16093129/adding-start-menu-shortcuts-with-cx-freeze-installer-for-python) – jpeg May 21 '21 at 08:00

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