• 23Aug

    Windows 7: Pin Folders to the Start Menu

    Technology

    In the same way people spread the word if they find good mobile phone deals, I will be sharing customization tricks for Windows 7 to make it a more personal experience.

    I’ve started playing with the Release Candidate of Windows 7 in anticipation of receiving my copy in October, so here’s a relatively simple registry hack to enable Windows 7 to pin Folders (and Libraries) to the start menu:

    1. Open the Registry Editor (regedit) *NOTE* Don’t screw up your registry! Mistakes can make your PC inoperable!

    2. Navigate to:  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder \ ShellEx \ ContextMenuHandlers

    3. Right-click on ContextMenuHandlers and select NEW and then KEY

    4. name the key, {a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}

    That’s it! Now to pin a Folder to the start menu, hold down the SHIFT key while you right-click on the folder and you’ll see the option to Pin to Start Menu available. Note that this will not work for some special or system folders.

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    Posted by Jaypoc @ 11:18 am

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