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Adding to my immense dissatisfaction with Apple Music on Windows is the fact that I cannot add a shortcut to my StreamDeck, because the exe comes from the dreaded MS store and is hidden away. I have removed and re-installed, but it makes no difference. I tried to go back to iTunes and failed. This really is a low grade effort from Apple. Can anyone offer a way to get a shortcut onto the desktop in W11? Thank you.
Hi, thanks for the reply, however I couldn't go through losing all those settings. I have persevered with Music. It actually crashes less than iTunes. I discovered a way to create a shortcut for StreamDeck: Open Apple Music. Cntrl + Alt + Delete and open Task Manager. Turn down menu next to Apple Music and select the executable. Right click and select Open File Location. Create a shortcut by dragging the .exe onto the Desktop.
Hi, thanks for the reply, however I couldn't go through losing all those settings. I have persevered with Music. It actually crashes less than iTunes. I discovered a way to create a shortcut for StreamDeck: Open Apple Music. Cntrl + Alt + Delete and open Task Manager. Turn down menu next to Apple Music and select the executable. Right click and select Open File Location. Create a shortcut by dragging the .exe onto the Desktop.
Uninstall Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices. Now if you launch iTunes you should be able to select Music again from the drop down media select tool.
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Shortcut for Apple Music on Windows
