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The Start Menu in Windows 11 has been changed by Microsoft. It looks stylish, has better graphics, and is easy to use. You can Pin Folders to Start Menu in Windows that you use often to the Start Menu so that you can get to them quickly. This saves a lot of time because you don’t have to look through the system each time to find the file.
You can pin files and folders to the Start Menu, and it’s not hard to do. Once you’ve pinned them, it’s easy to get to them. But don’t keep everything on the Start Menu. Instead, choose the ones you use most often to keep the Pinned section useful and free of clutter.
How to Pin Folders to Start Menu in Windows 11/10
- Open the File Explorer and go to where the folder you want to pin to the Start menu is located.
- Perform a right-click on the folder and then click the Pin to Start option to pin the folder to the Start menu.
- Open the Start menu now. If you cannot see the folder in the Pinned apps section, scroll down the pinned apps section to see the pinned folder. If you want to access it quickly without scrolling down the pinned apps list, drag and drop the folder to the top row of the pinned apps or right-click on it and then click the Move to top option.
Unpin a folder from Windows 11 Start
To remove a pinned folder from the Start menu, right-click on it and click the Unpin from Start option.
FAQs
The app also enables you to pin folders to Start, but the feature is not of much use as Windows 10 allows pinning folders to Start by default. While pinning a file to the Start menu, you can type a name for the tile.
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