How to pin any file to Start Menu on Windows 10

On Windows 10 you can easily pin an any file on the Start Menu. Quite simply, just make some tweaks to the Registry.

To do this, please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

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This trick requires the Pin to Start command to unlock all files. You can get this by tweaking the Registry :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses *]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses * shellex]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses * shellexContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses * shellexContextMenuHandlersPintoStartScreen]

@ = "{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesAllFileSystemObjects]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesAllFileSystemObjectsshellex]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesAllFileSystemObjectsshellexContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesAllFileSystemObjectsshellexContextMenuHandlersPintoStartScreen]

@ = "{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}"

So you've created the tweak for Windows 8.1. However, unlike Windows 8.1, on Windows 10 you cannot directly activate "Pin To Start Screen" on the Context Menu for each file type you have to create a shortcut.

In addition, you can download the "Pin To Start Screen" file pre-edited to your device and install it.

Download the pre-edited "Pin To Start Screen" file to your device and install it here.

Double click on the "Add Pin to Start Screen.reg " file to start.

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You can now pin any file on the Start Menu.

Pin any file on Windows 10 Start Menu:

1. Apply the tweak above.

2. Create a shortcut to the destination file. Right-click on any file you want to pin, then select Create shortcut .

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3. Right-click the shortcut you just created, then select Pin to Start to pin the file to the Start Menu . Note, you must right-click the shortcut, not the destination file because the Pin to Start command will not work.

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Now on the Start Menu screen you will see the file you just pinned.

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In addition, you can refer to the detailed instructions made in the video below:

Good luck!