Windows 10: pin to start an excel file

I would like to pin an excel file to start. I downloaded and ran the "pin to start" reg file. It does work for things like folders, but it does not appear for my excel file. Is it possible to have "pin to start" work for files?
Windows 10, version 1903, build 18362.1016

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

I have W10 and Excel 2007.

I commonly use a file XYZ.xlsx, and I'd like to be able to do the following.

Click Start --> hover over the arrow to the right of Excel 2007 --> show jump list --> click on XYZ.xlsx, either under the "Pinned" or the "Recent" section.

However, when I do the steps above, nothing shows under "Pinned", even though I've pinned XYZ.xlsx inside Excel 2007, I've opened, saved and closed the file several times, etc. Somehow W10 still doesn't know this is a file I want to use.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Vince

 

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

 

pin to start an excel file

I believe the Pin to Start (MS start menu) is restricted to folders. You could place this one Excel doc in it's own folder, and pin that. I just tried pinning a document, and no go. Folders are fine. It's a workaround.