Windows 10: Cannot pin any items to Start

Build 10061, clean install. Had issues with Start Menu and Search not working at all but disabling Radeon Mobile GPU and switchable graphics in BIOS, using the onboard Intel HD GPU only they both work now without any other issues than the one mentioned in the title: I simply cannot pin anything to Start.

The option is there when I right click any Start Menu item, it's just that nothing happens when I select it:




Pinning to Taskbar works but the items cannot be pinned to Start. The Start layout reset as told in this tutorial does not fix the issue. I was suspecting my relocated Users folder might have something to do with this (I have sysprepped Users to E but I am quite sure this is not the culprit because I do the same on all my Windows installs and all other machines, both physical and virtual work as they should.

I would appreciate any comments and ideas.



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unable to pin to start any item from setting

Yes i was. I had pinned date and time to start and unpinned it somehow,



Now unable to pin it back to start.



All items under settings - systems and applications- cannot be pinned now. When I tap on this ( date and time and any other item), pin to start does not appear.



I need to pin it to start for easy access, else becomes tedious to navigate.



If this is a bug, please correct it .



Is there anything else that needs to be set now, to pin items to start?

 

'PIN TO START MENU' OPTION MISSING IN WINDOWS 10

If his issue is similar to mine, than we can't answer your questions.

• What is the status when we click on "Pin to Start Menu"? This menu item is missing. How are we suppose to click a nonexistent menu item... (-_-)a
• Do you receive any error code or error message on the screen? Since the menu item is nonexistent, we can't click it, hence, no error code/message
• Have you made any changes in settings prior to the issue? I don't know about TS. In my case, I don't change any settings. It just happen that way.

In addition to the problem of the TS, here is the issue on my MBP:

• I cannot reorganize my pinned item on Start Menu. No drag, no resize, nothing.
• I cannot uninstall Store apps. Not from pinned items, not from all apps.

Is there any way to fix this?

 

I had the same problem; they showed up on a reboot.

 

Mine do not. I have certainly tens of reboots on my belt now with this machine, in a few days it has already become a habit for me to check the pinning after each reboot.

 

Is there a folder that holds the pinned Start Menu items?

If yes, what happens if you manually place shortcuts in it?

 

In my first install I had nothing but trouble with Start. Items wouldn't pin, blank tiles were showing, most programs wouldn't open...

The only way I found to fix it was a clean install and now all's fine.

 

I'm already on my third clean install on this rig. I might try the fourth one...

 

See if disabling "Prevent users from customizing their Start Screen" Group Policy has any affect.







I think this is an older setting (due to the Start Screen reference) and will probably have no affect, but it's worth a shot.

 

A very good tip, sadly that was one of the first settings I checked, it's not enabled meaning users can customize the Start Screen.

 

You might also want to check the Security tab on C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu - things are changing as MS moves Windows closer to the cloud (for instance, Security is fully qualified domain\user and libraries are no longer defined in .libraries files - my guess: to facilitate OneDrive sync.




There's a link named Start Menu in C:\ProgramData (target: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu)

You might also want to check security settings on your personal Start menu in %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu




And check the corresponding Start Menu link in %USERPROFILE% (target: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu)

After writing this using vars, I think it might be worthwhile checking your environment variables too.

 

Thanks! I checked disable and rechecked Not Configured. Then run gpupdate, SignOut. Now I can Pin to Start.
Thanks again.

 

I have similar problem. I can't customize my start menu (like drag items, or pin items to start). It might be because you have some programs installed on your computer. In my case, I found that I have a "hohosearch" something or whatever on my list of installed programs in which I know that I did not install myself. What I did was uninstalled it and then after that, I can now pin to start and customize (drag items) to start. I hope it might help. *Smile