{"id":17965,"date":"2022-03-23T06:23:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T06:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=17965"},"modified":"2022-03-23T06:23:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T06:23:54","slug":"create-execution-aliases-for-specific-apps-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/create-execution-aliases-for-specific-apps-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Execution Aliases for Specific Apps in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unable to turn on App Execution Aliases<\/a> for your desired application through the Settings app<\/a>? Don’t worry! You can make a program alias using a registry tweak. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps of creating an execution alias for any specific app in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

How to Create Execution Aliases for Specific Apps in Windows 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths<\/code>. In the left pane, right-click on the “App Paths<\/strong>” key and select New<\/strong> -> Key<\/strong>.\n

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  2. Name the new key with a meaningful alias of your desired app. The alias should end with the “.exe” extension. Next, double-click the (Default)<\/strong> value in the right pane.\n

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  3. Enter the absolute filename of your app’s executable file, and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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  4. Next, right-click the blank area in the right pane and select New<\/strong> -> String Value<\/strong>.\n

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  5. Name the string “path”, and change its value data to the full path (minus the filename itself) of your app.\n

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  6. Close Registry Editor. Now you can type that alias in the Run command box<\/a>, Command Prompt<\/a> or PowerShell<\/a> to launch your app quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

    That’s how you can create an execution alias for any specific app in Windows 11. When you need to rename the app alias, just open Registry Editor and browse to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths<\/code>, expand the “App Paths” key in the left pane. Right-click the subkey which is named with your app alias, and rename it with a new alias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Unable to turn on App Execution Aliases for your desired application through the Settings app? Don’t worry! You can make a program alias using a registry tweak. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps of creating an execution alias for any specific app in Windows 11. How to Create Execution Aliases for Specific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4839,4838,4840],"class_list":["post-17965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","tag-app-execution-aliases-registry","tag-app-execution-aliases-windows-11","tag-create-alias-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17965"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17982,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions\/17982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}