{"id":1614,"date":"2016-02-11T18:26:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T12:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2021-04-23T18:57:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T18:57:49","slug":"pin-to-start-missing-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/pin-to-start-missing-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restore Missing &#8220;Pin to Start&#8221; in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Summary: &#8220;Pin to Start&#8221; Option missing and &#8220;Show more tiles&#8221; Option Locked in Personalize window, due to Policy settings.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In Windows 10, when you right-click on a folder, .exe file, or a shortcut to a .exe file, the option <b>Pin to Start <\/b>may be missing. Also, when you right-click an item in the Start menu, Pin to Start menu or Unpin from Start options go missing. Here are two possible reasons why this happens, and followed by a fix.<\/p>\n<p>The two Policy settings <code>NoChangeStartMenu<\/code> and <code>LockedStartLayout<\/code> if set (via Group Policy or Registry-based), would remove the <b>Pin to Start<\/b> right-click menu option. If your system is connected to a domain, your network administrator may have set these policies, and you may have to contact them to relax the settings. If that&#8217;s not the case, the registry-based settings may have been enabled by 3rd party tool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-pin-to-start-1.png\" width=\"394\" height=\"476\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-pin-to-start-3.png\" width=\"599\" height=\"432\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Restore Pin to Start context menu<\/h2>\n<p>If the &#8220;Pin to Start&#8221; right-click option is missing, you need to remove the <code>NoChangeStartMenu<\/code> and <code>LockedStartLayout<\/code> policy settings from the registry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10_pin_to-start.zip\">w10_pin_to_start.zip<\/a><\/b>, unzip, and run the enclosed REG file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are the contents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-use-reg-files-registration-entries-windows\/\">registry file<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n;Restore Pin to Start right-click menu option in Windows 10\r\n;Ramesh Srinivasan, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Folder\\shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers\\PintoStartScreen]\r\n@=\"{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\exefile\\shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers\\PintoStartScreen]\r\n@=\"{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer]\r\n\"NoChangeStartMenu\"=-\r\n\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer]\r\n\"NoChangeStartMenu\"=-\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer]\r\n\"LockedStartLayout\"=-\r\n\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer]\r\n\"LockedStartLayout\"=-\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2>More Information<\/h2>\n<p>The registry file removes the two Policy settings (listed below), which restores the <b>Pin to Start<\/b> context menu handler entry in the registry.<\/p>\n<p><b>NoChangeStartMenu<\/b> registry value which corresponds to the following GPO:<\/p>\n<pre>Administrative Templates &gt; Start Menu and Taskbar &gt; Prevent users from customizing their Start Screen<\/pre>\n<p><b>LockedStartLayout<\/b> registry value which corresponds to the following GPO:<\/p>\n<pre>Administrative Templates &gt; Start Menu and Taskbar &gt; Start Layout<\/pre>\n<p><i>(For Windows 10 Start Menu Policies list, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/personalize-some-settings-managed-organization\/\">Personalize &#8211; Some settings are managed by your organization<\/a>.)<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Pin to Start Context Menu Handler<\/h2>\n<p>Another possibility is that the reference to the <b>Pin to Start<\/b> context menu handler is missing in the registry.<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\exefile\\shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers\\PintoStartScreen\r\n\r\nHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\folder\\shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers\\PintoStartScreen<\/pre>\n<p>The registry fix restores the handler if it&#8217;s missing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-pin-to-start-2.png\" width=\"392\" height=\"498\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Windows Vista or Windows 7 version of this fix, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/pin-to-taskbar-start-menu-missing-context-menu-windows-7\/\">Pin to Taskbar and Pin to Start Menu Options Missing in Windows 7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the &#8220;Pin to Taskbar&#8221; option is missing in Windows 10, check out the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-pin-to-taskbar-option-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restore Missing &#8220;Pin to Taskbar&#8221; Option in Windows 10<\/a> for a similar fix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: &#8220;Pin to Start&#8221; Option missing and &#8220;Show more tiles&#8221; Option Locked in Personalize window, due to Policy settings. In Windows 10, when you right-click on a folder, .exe file, or a shortcut to a .exe file, the option Pin to Start may be missing. Also, when you right-click an item in the Start menu, &#8230; <a title=\"How to Restore Missing &#8220;Pin to Start&#8221; in Windows 10\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/pin-to-start-missing-windows\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Restore Missing &#8220;Pin to Start&#8221; in Windows 10\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[114,441],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-context-menu","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2113,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-pin-to-taskbar-option-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":1614,"position":0},"title":"Restore Missing &#8220;Pin to Taskbar&#8221; Option in Windows 10\/11","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Summary: \"Pin to Taskbar\" option is missing when you right-click on a .exe file or its shortcut on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer. 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