How to do categorization?

Question

Windows

Is it possible to somehow auto-divide programs into categories in the start-up? As in all normal modern operating systems. Like in Linux Mint for example. Those. games - in the category "games", programs for development - in the category "programming", etc. It is very comfortable. And then when a lot of programs start up cluttered and it's hard to find anything. Those. I mean, are there any themes on the start menu in Windows? Standard or third-party ... As a last resort, can there just be some kind of programs like that? Which would unite shortcuts to applications of the same type into groups. For example, I still use the standard xbox application that appeared in windows 10. There is a fairly convenient list of all the games on the computer, although you have to manually add your games there, but then it’s convenient to launch them from there,

Answer 1

And why use shortcuts on the desktop at all, open for a long time)
Try any launcher, for example Launchy ( briefly about it )

Answer 2

On any normal Linux distribution...

...programs themselves add themselves to the desired menu item.
No, it's easy. Select a menu item and start typing the name of the desired program.
And how does the program know that this is a game?) Well, you can edit and merge it in the registry, but there are hardly any programs to automate this. www.windxp.com.ru/reestr3.htm
There are topics. But they can't do it :) There are even custom shells (instead of explorer). But they can't help you either.

Answer 3

www.howtogeek.com/197836/8-ways-to-customize-the-w...
www.howtogeek.com/225654/how-to-organize-and-add-s...

Answer 4

Do it manually)) Through Explorer, go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and create the categories you want, transfer the labels there and it will be good for you.