Windows 10: Unable to Pin a File to Start Menu App

Pinning files to an app's Start Menu icon seems to be an ongoing OS problem in Win 10, MS Office 365.


I have MS Office 365 installed and updated. The apps are all on the Start Menu, Word and Excel are pinned there. When I right-click on the Word app icon, the context menu and MRU list is displayed with a single pinned file and a list of recent files. If I right-click on one of those recent files and select "Pin to this list" or click on the pin icon on the right, the file replaces the one in the pinned section. Attempts to pin any file simply replaces the one that's there. It appears that I can have only one file pinned at a time.


The files I'm trying to pin exist. I can open them from the MRU list.


This doesn't happen with the Excel MRU list, just Word's.


Troubleshooter reports no problems. SFC reports no problems. Win 10 is fully updated as of today.


Please, don't ask me to reset the OS or reinstall Office...those solutions are overkill and just desperate attempts at proper troubleshooting.

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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

 

Unable to Pin Certain Programs to Start Menu

Well, first thought is that it takes a little while for the search index to get updated.

But the main thought is that I wouldn't pin it to Start, I would add it to Start's 'All Apps' list. Anything you add to the All Apps list will appear in a search. If you also want it pinned to Start, do that from the All Apps list.

First I would right-click on the .exe and select 'Send to > Desktop (create shortcut)'. Then I would copy or move the shortcut to my personal Start menu (Option One) or the All Users Start menu (Option Three) in this tutorial.

Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10 | Tutorials