AutoIconifier

A start menu tile manager for windows. Create, Edit, and Delete start menu tile items straight from Auto Iconifier. Use the 3rd party integrations to import games from your favorite launchers and use the built-in PlayStation API to download game icons and export them to start menu tiles. Using TileIconifier under the hood with a fresh coat of paint, Auto Iconifier makes your start menu simpler.

Download

Microart AutoIconifier can be downloaded directly from our website.

https://microart.cf/showroom/autoiconifier

Getting Started

1. Download the latest version from our website.

2. Run the .exe file

3. The first run might take up to 10 seconds

4. In the start menu items box look for your game shortcut, you can also use the search box to narrow the results

5. Click auto-search to automatically search the PlayStation store using the shortcut filename, if search yields no results, you can use the manual search instead.

6. You can also edit the shortcut name itself.

7. Finally click save.

8. A terminal window should popup detailing the entire process and showing errors, if any.

Adding Shortcuts

In the sidebar on the left side, select the new shortcut icon. On this page you can manually set a URL or File to open, or you can import existing games from Epic Games and Steam (more support coming later).

URL Shortcuts

For launchers like origin, game shortcuts are in fact "internet shortcuts". Instead of opening the actual game executable, the "internet shortcuts" just launch the launcher exectuble and send the game's name as a parameter to the launcher. This method of launching games is supported by AutoIconifier by just pasting in the URL into the textbox. Just make sure to set the type to 'URI' in the dropdown.

File shortcuts

For other types of games, you can just launch them by double clicking the executable. In this case, just paste the location of the executable into the textbox and change the type to 'File' and you should be ready to go.

Replacing Images

File

Opens the explorer file dialog allowing you to choose any image file to put as the cover of the shortcut.

Clipboard

Pastes a copied image from your clipboard. The copied data should be an image not a file.

PlayStation Search

Opens the PlayStation Search window, showing results directly from the PlayStation store.

Google Search

Opens Google image search (in your browser) and returns only images that are perfect squares (1:1). You can either right-click and copy or save the file, then use the File or Clipboard options from AutoIconifier to set them.

Shortcut Target

The shortcut target property shows the actual code that the Windows Shell (explorer.exe) will execute when you press the start menu tile. This file can either be the executable you set if you chose the "File" option. Or for "URI's" it will be a custom generated .vbs (Visual Basic Script) file that contains code to execute the URI. Both of the methods are just as fast and silent.

Shortcut Path

The location of the generated .lnk shortcut that appears on the Start Menu. This .lnk shortcut is created automatically or may be created by other apps. Regardless, all paths should be in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder.

Deleting Shortcuts

Deleting a shortcut will delete either one or two files. The first file will always be deleted and that is the .lnk file that resides in the ...\Start Menu\Programs folder. The second file will only be deleted if the shortcut is a URI, and usually ends with the .vbs extension. The actual path will be displayed under Shortcut Target. For normal file shortcuts the original file will remain untouched.