Windows 10: In Windows 11, how do you pin a website to the Start Menu?

I just reinstalled Windows 11, and I have a couple of websites I want to pin to the Start Menu. I heard that such is possible; if so, how do I do it?

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How to pin shortcut to start menu.

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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

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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.

 

Windows 10 Pin HTML file to Start Menu

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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

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Pin a website to the Start menu and then change its URL

Pin a website to the Start Menu

1. Open Internet Explorer desktop app.
   
2. Go the website that you want to pin.
   
3. Click the gear icon and choose "Add site to Apps."
   
4. In the window that appears, click "Add."
   
5. Open the Start Menu, go to All apps, find the pinned site, right click it, and choose, "Pin to Start."
   

Change the URL of the pinned website

Open PowerShell and run the following.

Notepad will open with the settings for the .website file. Change the URL field and save the file. You're done.

We can also do this with the command prompt.

Notes

Instead of using the IE desktop app, we can use the new Edge browser, but it pins the site directly to the Start menu and stores the resultant .website file elsewhere.

Instead of using PowerShell, we can use the command prompt.

Once we have notepad open, we can also change tile's icon.

To change the tile's name, rename the .website file.