Changing jump list link names

There are some helpful Windows shortcuts which help us to find files or software we use often: and one that I find particularly useful is jump links (read previous posts here). 

We can create jump links when we open a file, right click, then pin to the Task Bar. I begin by pinning software shortcuts to my taskbar, then when I add files I use regularly with that software, they appear in the jump list of links (shortcuts) which is accessed via a right-click on the task bar icon.

The image accompanying this post shows a list of Adobe pdf files. At the top are pinned files which I use irregularly, so pinning them makes them much easier to find when needed. I can simply click on the pinned item and it opens. The shortcuts below the pinned files are the twenty-ish most recently accessed items. With some software apps - such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - I pin those files which I use all the time to each app Jump List. 

One trick is working out how to rename a file, or a browser link. We want to do that in a way that does not cause the jump link to break. And how we do it depends on the type: a file or a link. 

• Link. If we are renaming a browser link, we can right-click and select "Properties" from the pop up menu. We can change the name of the link there, and that should then, next time we access the Jump List, have updated the name. 
• Files are a different story. Rename the file in Internet Explorer. Then try clicking on what will still be the ORIGINAL and unchanged file name in the Jump List.  The renamed file should open, and the next time we open the Jump List, the link file name will have updated to the new file name.

Confusing to have two methods, but at least they each work. 

Further, if we are ever wanting to review all our jump links, we can find them by pasting the following link into the "search" box on the task bar:

%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations

Thanks to Singh and Singh (2016) for that last tip!

Sam

References:

Singh, B., & Singh, U. (2016). A forensic insight into windows 10 jump lists. Digital Investigation, 17(6), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diin.2016.02.001