Windows 10: Why can't we just pin anything to the start menu?

I mean seriously. This seems like something that should be a dead simple thing to do. But instead it's needlessly complicated. I want to just drag and drop a shortcut to the start menu, but I can't.

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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.

 

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

 

Start Menu

Hi,

To pin a website to Start, see the steps below:

• Click on the ellipsis button (three vertical dots) at the upper-right corner of the page >
  Pin this page to Start.
• After doing that, the page should show up on the Start menu as one of the tiles.

Let us know what happens after following the steps.