Windows 10: Shortcuts for system activities not working in Start Menu

When I open start menu and type in system functions, they don't work.


For example,


I type in "Windows Update" in the search field and the following choices do not work

Windows Update Settings

Check for updates

View your Update History

Advanced Update Options

etc.


If I type in Control Panel or gpedit.msc, they work.


When I open the Start Menu and click the gear box, Settings opens. From Settings, Update & Security opens. But, there is no Check for Updates button. There is message that says Updates Available Last checked 3/12/2021 1:18PM. Under that, KB2267602 and KB5000808 are available. I think KB 5000808 was a problematic update for my Windows 10 1909? Resulting in blue screen when printing to a Kyocera printer? A known issue?

When KB5000808?? was first installed. I did a system restore. The above loss of shortcuts happened after the system restore. I then installed the bluescreen fix, kb5001566. That still doesn't fix the loss of windows update shortcuts in the start menu and the loss of Check for Updates button in Windows Update screen accessed from the gearbox, then Settings.


What to do?


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Further to the above, with the above mentioned Updates Available, Last Checked 3/12/2021, when I "Retry", KB2267602 says Pending Download. KB5000808 says "We couldn't connect to the update service. We'll try again later, or you can check now. It is stilldoesn't work, make sure you're connected to the Internet." By this post, I demonstrate that I am connected to the Internet. The "Retry" choice appears again.

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How to pin shortcut to start menu.

This sounds great... only problem is that the hidden folder in Windows 10 "C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" contains five folders and no files. If I add my shortcut to the "Programs" folder as suggested, it does NOT appear
in the "All apps" list. If I put it in the "Windows System" folder, a subfolder of "Programs" which contains 7 other shortcuts that show up in "All apps", my shortcut still does not appear. I really don't care about "The common way" or "the more elegant way",
I just want to know how to accomplish this, and so far, these solutions just don't work. It seems like there should be a folder, somewhere, where all the shortcuts for the "All apps" list are stored. I hope someone can help me with this frustrating issue.

 

How to pin shortcut to start menu.

At first, you can create a shortcut in your Programs folder
(in a hidden folder C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs). The shortcut appears in
All apps list. Then you can pin it to Start menu / Taskbar as Mayank Gupta10 suggested.

The common way is to create a shortcut on the Desktop.
But the more elegant way is creating Custom toolbars.

 

How to pin shortcut to start menu.

Sergiy Shklyar - You are a genius. This is the solution for pinning a non-executable to the Start Menu. Many thanks.