Windows 10: Can't pin apps to start-menu.

Is this really a limitation for win10? Obviously apps can be pinned as tiles, but it's impossible to pin them to the left area? *Huh It seems that only a select list of folders can be pinned there, but not apps, or any personal folders. You're stuck with some automated process to determine which apps appear and which don't (recently used, most used etc..). That's useless if an app doesn't fall into those categories.

Coming from win7, this is extremely dissappointing. It seems the new windows start menu is all about showy tiles, and seriously lacking in function. I guess folks were so used to win8, that any improvement was seen as a revolution.

Am I missing something here?

- Is there some way to remove all those "NEW" signs beside all the apps in the All Apps directory?
- Any way of narrowing the widith of the tile panel? I mean the height can be changed but not the width? I have a narrow strip of small tiles within a massive panel. If I remove all of them it dissappears, but can't simply decrease the width?

:)

 

Can't pin any app icon at my start menu.

I can't pin any app icon in my start menu. When I click on the app icon with the right button it shows me only the commands: " turn live tile off or on" ,"share", "rate and review" and "pin to taskbar". It doesn't show me commands such as: "pin to start
menu" , "unpin from start menu" and "size". So I can't personalize my start menu with the apps I want. Could you help me solve this problem? Thank you!

 

pin to start button is greyed out in facebook and messenger apps

i can't pin facebook or messenger app that i downloaded from windows store to start menu

 

Hello sleepless, *Smile

You might see if the tutorial below may be able to help add shortcuts of apps in the All Apps area of your Start menu.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

 

Yeah, that's for the All Apps area, which is a directory. It's not an area for shortcuts. It's meant to list ALL of your apps. In windows7 there is that option, plus you can pin shortcuts to the menu. In win10 it seems you can't.

 

There's no option built-in to Windows 10 for that. Instead, there's an option to add or remove default folders like in the tutorial below.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

However, you could then use the tutorial below to customize an added folder to be any folder you want instead. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

Another option would be to use a 3rd party program like the free Classic Shell to customize your Start menu with.

 

Unfortunately that has nothing to do with what I was asking. That tutorial is simply for renaming those folders, which is useless to me. Any folder is easy enough to access through explorer. Apps however, are not. All I wanted was to be able to have a shortcut in the start menu. I'm completely dumbfounded that a simple shortcut can't be pinned in the start menu. It's either navigate through a system of blocks/tiles, or search through the directory.

 

I mean, this is a screenshot of my menu. It's 90% BLANK! That's just completely ridiculous.*Confused

 

OPTION ONE is to rename the folder in All Apps. OPTION TWO allows you to change the target location.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

 

That's not normal. You may need to do a repair install to fix that without losing anything. *Sad

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

I'm afraid that IS normal. I could fill up the space with useless "recent apps", but because I don't want those, I'm left with empty space. Windows10 doesn't allow users to place app shortcuts there. Same thing with the massive tile panel. Because I don't want to navigate my apps using a maze of blocks, I'm left with a mass of empty space, as win10 doesn't seem to allow for reducing the width of the panel (only height). I think I'll be RUNNING back to Win7. What an awful first experience. I really thought this was going to be an improvement.

Also, I appreciate your replies, but please stop telling me about adding folders to the menu. That may be someone elses concern, but I never brought that up. I started the thread with the hopes of gaining insight about APPLICATION SHORTCUTS in the menu. As I said, if I want to browse folders, I'll use explorer. I use the menu for gaining access to apps, which again, is only possible using the tiles/blocks, or the app directory.

 

I think I've read over 10 "tutorials" now:

"Hey look, you can change the colors"

"It's cool, you can move the blocks"


Unbelievable.

 

For what you're wanting, I think using the free program Classic Shell may help.