Along with the already present shortcuts, you can include your personal shortcut to the Win + X menu. Let me show you how.

In Windows 8, Microsoft introduced a brand new menu for ease of use. The said menu is called the ability User Menu or even the Quick Links menu. It may be launched by pressing Win + X keyboard shortcut or by right-clicking on the start menu. Automatically, the menu is divided into three groups starting at the end. Each group houses some much-needed shortcuts. Some of them include but not limited to the job Manager, Power Options, Apps & Features, PowerShell, Device Manager, System, etc.

Other than the included shortcuts, you can add your own items to the Win + X menu. For example, if there is a program that you access frequently, you can add it towards the power user menu to launch it quickly. Actually, you can even create a custom group for your own personel shortcuts or remove the already established shortcuts.

So, without further ado, let me show the best way to add custom shortcuts to the Win + X power user menu.

Edit or Add Custom Shortcut to Win + X Menu

To add a custom shortcut towards the Win + X menu, you cannot simply produce a shortcut in the appropriate folder. That is because recption menus requires a hash link for each shortcut. So, to create things easier, we will make use of a free third-party program called Win + X Menu Editor.

1. First, download the software and extract the contents of the ZIP file to a folder on your desktop. Next, open the extracted folder and double-click on the .exe file.

2. The above action will open the application. As mentioned before, the Win + X menu is split into three groups. You can see those groups in the main window.

3. To include a brand new shortcut item, first, choose the Group folder after which click on the "Add a program" option on the top navigation bar. With my case, I want to give a shortcut towards the Group3 folder. So, I decided that folder.

4. The above action will open the applying picker window. Discover the .exe file of the favorite application and click on the "Open" button.

5. Type a reputation for that shortcut and click on the "Ok" button.

6. After adding the shortcut, you need to restart Explorer to apply the changes. Click on the "Restart Explorer" button at the bottom right corner.

That's it. You've successfully added a new shortcut to the Win + X menu. If you now open the power user menu, you will notice the new shortcut. Following a same procedure, you can include as many shortcuts as you would like.

Additionally, you may also create custom groups too. To do that, click on the "Create a group" option on top navigation bar.

Remove Shortcut from Win + X Menu

Just like you can add shortcuts towards the Win + X menu, you can take them off too. To do that, simply select the shortcut or group you want to delete and click on the "Remove" button.

That's it.

Overall

As you can see, it is pretty simple to edit Win + X menu in Windows and add your own shortcuts or item.