Pin a program to the Start menu

You can pin program shortcuts to the top of the Start menu so that you can open them quickly and conveniently.

Pinning gives you easy access to programs

To pin a program to the Start menu

• Click Start, browse to the program, right-click the program, and then click Pin to Start Menu.
  The program's icon appears at the top of the Start menu.

Tip

• You can also pin a program to the Start menu by clicking Start, browsing to the program, and then dragging it to the top left of the Start menu.

In addition to pinning programs to the Start menu, you can also pin programs to the taskbar. You might decide to pin frequently-used programs to the taskbar, and occasionally-used programs to the Start menu. For more information, see Pin a program to the taskbar.

Note

• Jump Lists contain recently-opened items and appear on the Start menu next to pinned and recently-used programs. You can pin items to Jump Lists.