{"id":2448,"date":"2011-07-23T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T14:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2011-07-23T10:46:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T14:46:19","slug":"susan-cant-pin-to-the-start-menu-in-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/susan-cant-pin-to-the-start-menu-in-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan can’t pin to the start menu in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Susan wants to know why she can’t pin a program to the start \t\t\tmenu on Windows 7<\/strong>
\nI apologize for having to leave a few messages on your win7 in a box \t\t\tpage (exe version done by you – I’ve tried to keep downloaded). My \t\t\tlast question on that page is how do I get the list or whatever that \t\t\tgives the option to pin to start or even to something else. All I \t\t\tget when I right click is “move” and “close”. Please help me. Sorry \t\t\tto be so illiterate that I need step by step. You are absolutely \t\t\tgreat and were very patient with me, but this one last piece to my \t\t\tpuzzle is so needed.<\/p>\n

Our answer<\/strong>
\nHi Susan. You can’t pin a program to the start menu or task bar in \t\t\tWindows 7 by right-clicking the open program Window. Open program \t\t\tWindows have their own sets of controls – such as Move, Resize, \t\t\tMaximize, Minimize, etc.<\/p>\n

To pin a program to the start menu, you must locate the program’s \t\t\texe file. If it is a program that doesn’t install, like Windows \t\t\t7 in a Box, that location will most always be (in Windows 7) \t\t\tC:\\Users\\Your User Name\\Downloads. In this case the exe file is called \t\t\tWin7box.exe. When you find it, right-click on it and choose “Pin to \t\t\tstart menu”. Use this method whenever you want pin any program to \t\t\tthe start menu. Programs that need to be installed (and that would \t\t\tbe the majority of programs) are usually located in the \t\t\tprogram files or program files (x86) folder in Windows 7. The \t\t\teasiest way to locate an installed program’s executable is by \t\t\tfinding the program in the start menu, and right clicking on the \t\t\tprogram’s name, then selecting “Properties”. After you’ve \t\t\tdone that, click “Open file location” \t\t\twhich takes you directly to the program’s installation directory \t\t\t(folder). All you have to do then is locate the program’s exe file and right-click it, \t\t\tthen choose \t\t\t“Pin to Start Menu”. See the image below:<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pinning the program to your taskbar in Windows 7 is even easier. All you have to \t\t\tdo to pin a program to your taskbar is run the program (in this case \t\t\tWindows in a Box), and right-click on its icon in the taskbar and \t\t\tchoose “Pin to taskbar”. This works on both programs that \t\t\trun without installing them and installed programs. See the image below:<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

We hope this helps you, Susan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Susan wants to know why she can’t pin a program to the start menu on Windows 7 I apologize for having to leave a few messages on your win7 in a box page (exe version done by you – I’ve tried to keep downloaded). My last question on that page is how do I get the list or\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}