How to Add or Remove Pin to Start Context Menu in Windows 10
You can pin to Start any apps, contacts (People app), folders, drives, library, network, and OneDrive so you can open them quickly, and see updates on live tiles for modern apps at a glance.
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Pin to Start from the context menu for all users in Windows 10.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the "Pin to Start" context menu.
This will not affect the Pin to Start context menu in the Start menu and Settings.
EXAMPLE: Pin to Start context menu
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Pin-to-Start_context_menu.reg
Download
(Contents of .reg file for reference)
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Created by: Shawn Brink ; https://www.tenforums.com ; Tutorial: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/37258-pin-start-add-remove-context-menu-windows-10-a.html [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] @="{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] @="{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.Website\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] @="{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mscfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] @="{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}"
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Pin-to-Start_context_menu.reg
Download
(Contents of .reg file for reference)
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.Website\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mscfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen]
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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