

Keep in mind that Microsoft can implement more changes in Windows 10, so this trick can stop working at any moment. See How to open file or folder properties quickly in Windows File Explorer. Tip: You can open file or folder properties faster. Alternatively, you can restart the Explorer shell. To make the changes take effect, you need to sign out and sign in to your user account.

Type the new name you want to assign to the shortcut in the Comment field.Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties from the context menu.Open the folder Group1 (bottom), Group2 (middle), or Group3 (top) to find the required shortcut.Paste this path to the address bar of File Explorer and hit the Enter key.

Go to the folder %LocalAppdata%\Microsoft\Windows\WinX.To Rename Win+X Menu Shortcuts in Windows 10, This way, you can rename any shortcut in the Win + X menu. Changing the comment text field for a shortcut doesn't break its hash sum and still allows File Explorer to read it and use it as the name for the Win + X menu entry. However, you can slightly modify the default shortcuts included in the Win+X menu. Its presence tells the Win+X menu that the shortcut is special and only then it will show up in the menu, otherwise it will be ignored. The shortcuts are all special - they are passed though a Windows API hashing function and the hash is then stored inside those shortcuts.

The Win+X menu entries actually are all shortcut files (.LNK) but customizing the Win+X menu is not an easy task because Microsoft intentionally made it harder to customize it to prevent third party apps from abusing it and putting their own shortcuts there.
