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How can I pin a shortcut to the Start menu or Taskbar in Windows?
Pin a program to the Start menu
- click the Start button, then in the start menu, search or browse to a program
- hover the cursor over the program name
- the right-hand panel will now change to show the Jump List for that program
- move the cursor over the item you want to pin and you will notice a small grey pushpin icon next to it
- click the pushpin icon to pin it to the list and the item will be placed in the Pinned section at the top of the list
- to unpin the item, move the cursor over the pinned item and you will see a blue pushpin icon - click it to unpin
Pin a program to the Taskbar
- in the start menu, search or browse to a program
- right-click on the program name in the start menu and choose Pin to Taskbar
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