Comments on: Enable "Pin to Start Menu" for Folders in Windows Vista / XP

By: curjam

curjam — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:05:02 +0000

Registry hack didn't work for XP SP3. But the sdfsd method worked like a charm! May 7, 2008 10:01 am sdfsd hey, I just found this out. Folders, files, whatever you want to appear on the start menu, drag it there. 1. Drag the folder to the start button, don’t release the mouse 2. Wait until the start menu appears 3. Place the folder where you want it to be

By: CM

CM — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:31:10 +0000

After trying three different fixes (including these) with no luck whatsoever, the answer to the problem turned out to be absolutely simple: Just click through Start – Properties – Start Menu – Customize – Advanced and check the box for “Enable drag and drop”.

By: Arun Shivaram

Arun Shivaram — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:58:56 +0000

It doesn’t work for me on a XP Media Center Edition.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:10:02 +0000

To add a shortcut to a network drive to the pinned area of the Start Menu:

- Create a shortcut to a local folder or drive (eg. ‘C:\’)
- Hold down shift, right click the new shortcut and select Pin to Start Menu
- Right click on the shortcut in the Start Menu and select Properties.
- Change the shortcut name under the ‘General’ tab to the name you’d like to see on the Start Menu.
- Change ‘Target’ to the path of the network drive (I had a mapped network at ‘K:\’, so I just typed K:\ in the target field)
- Click OK.
- The shortcut now links to the network drive or folder, thought it might keep the icon for the local drive (I have no idea why)

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:06:43 +0000

Has anyone had any success with this pinning shortcuts on networked drives? It can do anything on a local drive but I can’t pin shortcuts, folders or files to the start menu with this.

By: NicRick

NicRick — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:34:02 +0000

Worked fine in my Vista-Business laptop, thanks a lot and keep enhancing us beginners.

By: Daddy-O

Daddy-O — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:37:45 +0000

It doesn’t work on Vista Home Basic 64bit with SP1.

By: gic

gic — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:44:43 +0000

to whs:

what LINK in the toolbar did you mean?
is that the Quick Launch icons?

By: mmg1818

mmg1818 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:37:20 +0000

Thank you.

By: Tizzy

Tizzy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:22:14 +0000

Was a hack ever needed for this, since one could always drag any file or folder to the Start Menu as sdfsd described? XP has allowed this since at least SP1. It’s never good to suggest people fiddle with their registry when it’s not required.

However, if someone answers ukey’s question, I’d also be grateful. : )