I found a thread that seemed reasonably appropriate for this question but I got the message that it's an old one & I should consider starting a new discussion. So I'm here.
I have a .bat file. I have created a shortcut for it. Both objects are in a nondescript run-of-the-mill directory somewhere in my disk storage space. Now I want to put the shortcut on the Start Menu. The popup context menu on the shortcut does not include the usual "Pin to Start" option that I have used to put other things into the Start Menu. I repeat, I have pinned things to the Start Menu. I know how to do that. But I can't see how to get this shortcut into the Start Menu. The .bat file can't be pinned either. Surely one of the primary purposes of creating a shortcut in the first place is to pin it to the Start Menu. Or am I yet again making the egregious error of applying logic to the situation? Perhaps I am asking one instance of a broader question: What types of object are permitted to be pinned to the Start Menu? For that matter, what types of object are permitted to be pinned to the Task Bar? Are those 2 lists identical? Partially overlapping? Completely different? As in . . . And now for something completely different. How to protect yourself against a man armed with a banana.
I have a .bat file. I have created a shortcut for it. Both objects are in a nondescript run-of-the-mill directory somewhere in my disk storage space. Now I want to put the shortcut on the Start Menu. The popup context menu on the shortcut does not include the usual "Pin to Start" option that I have used to put other things into the Start Menu. I repeat, I have pinned things to the Start Menu. I know how to do that. But I can't see how to get this shortcut into the Start Menu. The .bat file can't be pinned either. Surely one of the primary purposes of creating a shortcut in the first place is to pin it to the Start Menu. Or am I yet again making the egregious error of applying logic to the situation? Perhaps I am asking one instance of a broader question: What types of object are permitted to be pinned to the Start Menu? For that matter, what types of object are permitted to be pinned to the Task Bar? Are those 2 lists identical? Partially overlapping? Completely different? As in . . . And now for something completely different. How to protect yourself against a man armed with a banana.
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