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How To

Create a jEveAssets icon to pin to the Windows 10 Start Menu, Start, and Taskbar

Create a usable jEveAssets shortcut

  1. Navigate to the jEveAssets folder.
  2. Create a shortcut for the jeveassets.jar file.
  3. Open the shortcut's Properties
  4. Copy the text in the Target text box (just to be safe)
  5. At the start of the Target text box enter explorer “ (note the quote character.)
  6. At the end of the Target text box add a closing quote char.
    Example of what you should see:
    explorer “C:\Users\<username>\bin\EVE\jEveAssets\jeveassets.jar”
  7. Click [OK]
  8. Click the shortcut and verify that jEveAssets starts.

In Windows 10 ver. 22H2 use this method: Create a usable jEveAssets shortcut

  1. Navigate to the jEveAssets folder.
  2. Create a shortcut for the jeveassets.jar file.
  3. Open the shortcut's Properties
  4. Copy the text in the Target text box (just to be safe)
  5. At the start of the Target text box enter %SystemRoot%\explorer “ (note the quote character.)
  6. At the end of the Target text box add a closing quote char.
    Example of what you should see:
    %SystemRoot%\explorer “C:\Users\<username>\bin\EVE\jEveAssets\jeveassets.jar”
  7. Click [OK]
  8. Click the shortcut and verify that jEveAssets starts.

Give jEveAssets a nice icon

  1. Extract icons from the ZIP file into a directory.
    For example:
    %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Images\Icons
    -or-
    %USERPROFILE%\Images\Icons
  2. Navigate to the jEveAssets folder
  3. Open the jEveAssets shortcut's Properties
  4. Click the [Change Icon] button
  5. Select [Browse] and navigate to the icons you just saved
  6. Select the file jeveassets.ico then the [Open] button
  7. Click the [OK] button on the Change Icon window
  8. Click [OK] again and you're done.

Add jEveAssets shortcut to the Windows 10 Start Menu

  1. Copy the new jEveassets icon.
  2. Open File Explorer
  3. Click View menu and make sure the Hidden items checkbox is checked
  4. Navigate to
    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
  5. Paste the icon into the directory.
  6. You should now see the icon jEveAssets icon in your Windows Start Menu.

Pin jEveAssets to Windows 10 Start

  1. Locate either the jEveAssets shortcut you created or the Start Menu icon.
  2. Right-click on it and select Pin to Start.

In Windows 10 ver. 22H2 use this method: Pin jEveAssets to Windows 10 Start

  1. Left-click the Windows Start button.
  2. Left-click All Apps (the 3rd icon from the top).
  3. Right-click jEveAssets and select Pin to Start

Pin jEveAssets to the Windows 10 Taskbar

  1. Locate either the jEveAssets shortcut you created or the Start Menu icon.
  2. Right-click on it and select Pin to taskbar.

In Windows 10 ver. 22H2 use this method: Pin jEveAssets to Windows 10 Taskbar

  1. Left-click the Windows Start button.
  2. Left-click All Apps (the 3rd icon from the top).
  3. Right-click jEveAssets.
  4. Select More > and right-click Pin to taskbar