Windows 10: How to pin a bat file to start menu

Before anyone points to the various workarounds, I've tried all I can find and they all seem to have problems.


I want to be able to give other people in my office a folder of files eg, on a usb stick that they can move to a location on their PC that allow them to connect to our VPN and then RDP into their office machines.


I have this running on my machine, but I do not know what set up each of our staff has.


The sticking point is pinning a batch file to their start menu and taskbar.


I am using a batch file that connects to the VPN using rasdial, and then remotes in using mstsc with reference to an .rdp file. The folder I would give them would therefore contain a batch file and an rdp file


I've managed to make all pathways relative so far - eg, in the batch file:


mstsc "%~dp0mycompany.rdp"


The problem I have is the flaw in Windows that means you cannot pin a batch file to Windows start menu or taskbar.


I have tried the workaround using a shortcut and cmd...


C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\me\Documents\Connection to Company PC\companyremoteconnection.bat"


The problem with that bodge-job is that cmd moves the starting point of the shortcut to System32, and so I can't then use a relative pathway to the batch file.


Can anyone suggest any other ideas I might try?


Thanks a lot.

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How to pin shortcut to start menu.

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the description, I understand that you would like to know how to pin short cut to start menu.

I would suggest you to refer to the article given below if you are using Windows 7.

Pin a program to the Start menu

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Pin-a-program-to-the-Start-menu

And if you are using Windows 10 then I would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below.

Pin apps to Start

Pin the apps you use most often to the Start menu. Here's how:

• Go to Start > All Apps.
• Press and hold (or right-click) an app.
• Select Pin to Start.

Hope this helps. Please let us know the results. We will be happy to assist you further.

 

How to pin an Excel 2007 file to the W10 Start fly-out menu

Thanks Annu.

In Method 1, at step 2, the file I want doesn't already appear in the Start menu. Do mean to browse to the file I want in the File Explorer? If I right click on the file in the File Explorer, "Pin to Start menu" is not an option.

In Method 2, at step 4, I release the left button, but the file doesn't appear anywhere in the Start Menu afterwards. It's not listed along with my Most Used apps, and it's not pinned in the Jump Menu of Excel 2007.

Maybe I misunderstood something in your directions?

Cheers,

Vince

 

Windows 10 Pin HTML file to Start Menu

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

You can pin the website to Start

• Open the web site and click on (…)
  
• Click on pin to start

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help