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WinFE Menu System

WinFE currently has support for the following four shells -

• bblean
• CMD
• LaunchBar
• WinXShell

Each shell has a different menu system - except the CMD shell, which does not have any menu support. WinXShell for example supports Desktop shortcuts, QuickLaunch shortcuts and a Start menu. The bblean menu is accessible via the Windows button or by right-click on the desktop. LaunchBar uses a Quick Launch style menu bar not dissimilar to the Mac OSX Dock.

The menu can be customised to create sub-menus. Select an application script in the directory tree to the left of the PEBakery interface and select tab 2 (if present) to access the menu options -

Current options -

• Add to Desktop Menu - select to add a Desktop shortcut for the application (WinXShell only).
• Add to Quicklaunch Menu - select to add a Quicklaunch shortcut for the application (WinXShell only).
• Add to "Start" > - use the textbox in this option to create custom menu entries (sub-menus) for the bblean, LaunchBar and WinXShell shells.
• Add to LaunchBar Menu - applies only to a second instance of LaunchBar (e.g. when the Applications > LaunchBar script is selected in the build).

Screenshot of a WinXShell start menu -

In the screenshots below, the Add to "Start" > option has been set with the following values in the textbox (bold text entries below) -

• Shell > Default Filemanager - Programs
• Settings > Network - Programs
• Settings > Recommended - Programs
• Applications > LaunchBar - Programs
• Applications > 7-zip - Programs
• Applications > DiskMgmt - Programs
• Applications > DMDE - Programs
• Applications > Explorer++ - Programs\FileManager
• Applications > ImDisk - N/A (left empty)
• Applications > JustManager - Programs\FileManager
• Applications > Q-Dir - Programs\FileManager
• Applications > Sumatra PDF - Programs
• Applications > TightVNC Server - Programs
• Applications > TinyHexer - Programs
• Finalise > WinFE - N/A (left empty)

Screenshot of bblean menu. Note that ImDisk is displayed at the root of the Start menu as the entry in the Add to "Start" > field was left blank. Also note the Programs\FileManager sub-menu created by the entries in the Add to "Start" > field in the Explorer++, JustManager and Q-Dir scripts - -

Screenshot of LaunchBar menu. Note that ImDisk is displayed at the root of the LaunchBar as the entry in the Add to "Start" > field was left blank -

Screenshot of LaunchBar menu displaying sub-menus. Note the Programs\FileManager sub-menu created by the entries in the Add to "Start" > field in the Explorer++, JustManager and Q-Dir scripts -

Screenshot of WinXShell Start Menu. Note that ImDisk is displayed at the root of the Start menu as the entry in the Add to "Start" > field was left blank. Also note the Programs\FileManager sub-menu created by the entries in the Add to "Start" > field in the Explorer++, JustManager and Q-Dir scripts -

Screenshot of LaunchBar running in WinXShell -

Document date - 18^th June 2022