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Link3

Link3 specifies the path to the fourth, recently opened program link on the Start menu.

This setting has no effect on Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008.

Values

Path_to_fourth_link

Specifies the path to the fourth link on the Start menu. Path_to_fourth_link is a string with a maximum length of 259 characters.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Passes

auditUser

oobeSystem

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | StartPanelLinks | Link3

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

This setting is available to OEMs and system builders.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set a shortcut for Remote Desktop Connection, a command prompt, the calculator, and Notepad.

<StartPanelLinks>
   <Link0>%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications\RemoteDesktop.lnk</Link0>
   <Link1>%UERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Command.lnk</Link1>
   <Link2>%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Calculator.lnk</Link2>
   <Link3>%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Notepad.lnk</Link3>
</StartPanelLinks>

See Also

Concepts

StartPanelLinks