Use cases

Taskbar pin

Pin a shortcut to WinMac Menu executable, to create a dynamic context menu which shows folder content and/or custom options.

• create a shortcut of executable with target to custom INI file
• pin shortcut to Taskbar
• adjust menu positioning in Placement section to be relative to mouse position

Start Menu replacement

Replace Start menu using Control section in WinMac Menu Settings.

Depending on the taskbar alignment, adjust Placement section in INI file:

Start Button on the left:

[Placement]
PointerRelative=false
Horizontal=left
HOffset=10
Vertical=bottom
VOffset=10

Start Button centered:

[Placement]
PointerRelative=false
Horizontal=center
HOffset=10
Vertical=bottom
VOffset=10

Taskbar-integrated toolbar

• create a shortcut of executable with target to custom INI file
• copy shortcut to %USERPROFILE%\Favorites\Links or custom directory
• add toolbar from taskbar context menu
• move toolbar to the left and disable Show title
• adjust menu positioning in Placement section

Not supported in Windows 11 taskbar, because toolbar functionality was not added to modern taskbar. Although it's still possible on Win11 with 3rd party taskbars like StartAllBack or ExplorerPatcher.

Keyboard shortcut

Use PowerToys Keyboard Manager to remap the shortcut to point to an executable:

• select action Run program
• define path to custom INI file with Args field if needed

By adjusting Placement section, you can either configure it to show on any place on the screen, or right under mouse cursor (set HOffset and VOffset to 0, and set PointerRelative=true).

Hot corners

Use WinXCornersPlus to assign executable to specific screen corner.