Solved How to pin system apps to Start?

MK77P · May 31, 2023

I'm trying to pin Storage to the Start but I see that right click "pin to start" is no longer available for such apps in Windows 11, is there a way to pin such apps to the Start?

OAT · May 31, 2023

Unsure what you are referring to by app called Storage.
Do you mean this:

Code:

ms-settings:storagesense

or

Code:

ms-settings:storagepolicies

or something else?
You can run this and pin whatever you want:

Code:

explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder

MK77P · May 31, 2023

OAT said:
Unsure what you are referring to by app called Storage.
Do you mean this:

Code:

ms-settings:storagesense

or

Code:

ms-settings:storagepolicies

or something else?

Storage in Settings.

OAT · May 31, 2023

MK77P said:
Storage in Settings.

As proposed above, create a shortcut with that as a target:

ms-settings:storagesense

It will tell you it's an internet shortcut but you can rename it and that will work.

glasskuter · May 31, 2023

On desktop, right click>new>shortcut>in target box type explorer.exe ms-settings:storagesense
Next>name it Storage OK
Right click on newly created shortcut>properties>Change Icon. Choose an icon for your shortcut.
Once shortcut is created and verified working, right click on it and choose to pin to start or pin to taskbar.
You can delete shortcut from desktop if you wish.

OAT · May 31, 2023

glasskuter said:
On desktop, right click>new>shortcut>in target box type explorer.exe ms-settings:storagesense
Next>name it Storage OK
Right click on newly created shortcut>properties>Change Icon. Choose an icon for your shortcut.
Once shortcut is created and verified working, right click on it and choose to pin to start or pin to taskbar.
You can delete shortcut from desktop if you wish.

explorer.exe is redundant but it avoids the internet shortcut message.

glasskuter · May 31, 2023

OAT said:
explorer.exe is redundant but it avoids the internet shortcut message.

ms-settings:storagesense alone is not a valid path. To make sure I wasn't incorrect, I just tried it.

OAT · May 31, 2023

glasskuter said:
ms-settings:storagesense alone is not a valid path. To make sure I wasn't incorrect, I just tried it.

it is for me.
Can even run it directly.

glasskuter · May 31, 2023

I'm sorry. You are completely correct. Instead of making a new shortcut to your path I attempted to alter the one I had made. I apologize.

OAT · May 31, 2023

No need to apologize friend, but it's appreciated nonetheless.

MK77P · May 31, 2023

Thank you.

MK77P · May 31, 2023

OAT said:
As proposed above, create a shortcut with that as a target:

ms-settings:storagesense

It will tell you it's an internet shortcut but you can rename it and that will work.

I did that and created the shortcut but now how do I pin it to Start? because there is no "pin to start" when doing a right click on the shortcut.

Tried this and still nothing:

Add or Remove Pin to Start Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Pin to Start context menu item for all users in Windows 11. The section at the top of the Start menu :win: is called the Pinned section. This section consists of pins arranged in a grid. The items in this section are a subset of all the apps...

www.elevenforum.com

OAT · May 31, 2023

MK77P said:
I did that and created the shortcut but now how do I pin it to Start? because there is no "pin to start" when doing a right click on the shortcut.

Tried this and still nothing:

Add or Remove Pin to Start Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Pin to Start context menu item for all users in Windows 11. The section at the top of the Start menu :win: is called the Pinned section. This section consists of pins arranged in a grid. The items in this section are a subset of all the apps...

www.elevenforum.com

Yes, MS is making it more difficult it seems. @glasskuter's way would have taken you there.
Delete that shortcut and this time, create a new one with :

explorer ms-settings:storagesense

Rename it & pin that one & delete the one on the desktop if you wish.

MK77P · May 31, 2023

Thanks!

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