# Favorites with Hierarchical Menus **URL:** \ **Category:** Help & Support\ **Tags:** feature-request\ **Created:** [May 12, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773 "2024-05-12T21:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/rico/32/51986_2.png) [@Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/1 "2024-05-12T21:25:56Z")
Hello, I have used QTTabBar for many years but I am relatively new to Directory Opus. One aspect of QTTabBar that I miss a lot and, out of habit, I still look for is the Hierarchical Menus that QTTabBar has on some many places. Here is a link to their manual were it shows this feature: [https://qttabbar.wdfiles.com/local--files/documents/subfoldermenu.html](https://qttabbar.wdfiles.com/local--files/documents/subfoldermenu.html) One excellent place were would be really helpful to have it on Directory Opus is on the Favorites pull-down menu. This would not only give access to the Favorites, but to all the nested folders and files under that Favorite. Thank you for your consideration, --rico ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/2 "2024-05-12T21:32:32Z")
Something similar, which might do what you need, is the `Go FOLDERCONTENT` command which can generate menus of folder content, including recursively. There's an example here: > [@Start Menu button](https://resource.dopus.com/t/start-menu-button/3540): > > See Also: [Adding Cascading Folder Content to your context menus](https://resource.dopus.com/t/adding-cascading-folder-content-to-your-context-menus/5500) See Also: [Button-Explorer](https://resource.dopus.com/t/button-explorer/7057) This button is an example of the Go FOLDERCONTENT command which was added in Directory Opus 9. The button expands into the contents of your Start Menu, displ… ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/rico/32/51986_2.png) [@Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/3 "2024-05-12T23:11:56Z")
Hi Leo, Thank you very much for the prompt response and I am sorry I did not find these options before I posted. I tried two of the solutions and they are very good, but I have a couple of comments: 1. Start Menu Button: It does work well, but instead of going from the Start Menu item to the contents of that item, it first shows an item called **target** and then displays the cascading contents. Something like this: Start Mentu/Documents/ **target** /Personal Documents/.... Is there a way to remove the item **target**? 2. Cascading Context Menus: It works very well on all folders in the listers. But, if I try to use the Cascading Context Menu on the **Favorites** button on the "Toolbar/File Display" (I think this is what it is called the toolbar right above the listers) I get: Cascading Context Menu ---\> Function (The name of the function created under the Cascading Context Menu) And stops there, just with the name of the Function. Please let me know if there is a solution for these minor issues. Again, thank you very much, --rico ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/rico/32/51986_2.png) [@Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/4 "2024-05-12T23:17:48Z")
Hi Leo, I forgot to mention that my Windows 11 Start Menu is modified and I am using Open-Shell: > **[GitHub - Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu: Classic Shell Reborn.](https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu)** > > Classic Shell Reborn. Contribute to Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu development by creating an account on GitHub. That could be the reason for the item **target** in the cascading menus. Regards, --ricardo ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/5 "2024-05-13T00:54:04Z")
Do you have Target folders in your start menu if you look at it on disk? Go FOLDERCONTENT simply displays what's in the folders, so if it's showing extra folders, they probably exist on disk (unless something unusual is happening). ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/rico/32/51986_2.png) [@Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/6 "2024-05-13T02:07:55Z")
Hi Leo, I just removed some personal information from these screen prints. 1. Directory Opus Start Menu button: ![Directory Opus Start Menu Button](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/7/a796725cd86f450cfa9fe3a314c3d73cbc802b1d.png) 2. Open-Shell Start Menu: ![Open-Shell](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/c/6cb3e85e9d9ffeeb86c054c0341af586351a54ae.png) 3. I find the word "target" (as in a simlink or shortcut) in the properties for the items on the Open-Shell Start Menu: ![Properties](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/a/fa9deb18d13441023cbd2dfe276722840e66ae12.png) But, if this is only particular to my configuration, then I don't think you should put more time into this, and thank you anyway for all your help. --rico ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/7 "2024-05-13T17:02:12Z")
Type `/start` into the path field in Opus and see what's actually in the directory and subdirectories. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/rico/32/51986_2.png) [@Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/8 "2024-05-13T22:18:47Z")
Hi Leo, It seems that I get the correct objects, without the "target": ![start](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/3/534231520e3b13133d8de91d4842b9a5bea45e28.png) Thanks, --rico ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/9 "2024-05-13T22:22:19Z")
The "target" folder was under "Documents", but you're one level up from there, so we can't tell from the screenshot. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/rico/32/51986_2.png) [@Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/10 "2024-05-14T00:00:25Z")
Hi Leo, Sorry, I missed that point. And you are right, to my surprise there is a shortuct "target" under all the items in the Open-Shell Start Menu. When I remove that "target" shortcut, the the Open-Shell Start Menu keeps the item but looses its destination, it looses the "target" for the item's shortcut. ![start2](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/6/1688f5801e6546965a058926f5f0990b2a5fbcfd.png) I will just ignore the "target" items when I am using Directory Opus Start Menu button. Thank you very much! --rico ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/rico/32/51986_2.png) [@Rico](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-with-hierarchical-menus/50773/11 "2024-05-15T01:17:48Z")
Hi Leo, I found a solution for the "target" item showing up in the path. I deleted all the shortcuts in the Start Menu directory and recreated them using the symlink command "mklink". The symlinks don't have the "target" item in the path. Regards, --rico