Adding custom shortcuts to Modern UI

Is it possible to add a shortcut (for example launching a program with custom parameters or to run a command line command) to the Modern UI start page?


Solution 1:

It is possible to add custom parameters to a program that is already pinned to the Start page.

Open the Start page, then right-click the program that you want to add parameters to. Choose Open file location at the bottom of the screen. This will open an Explorer window to the location of the shortcut file.

Open file location

Right-click the shortcut file and choose Properties. In the Target: field, add command line parameters after the program file name.

Properties

Solution 2:

Any shortcut you create (including switches) you can simply right click and "Pin to start" which will create a copy of it in the appropriate places.