Moving Pin Options into a Submenu using Regedit


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I've been editing some of the Context Menu items to get things looking closer to the way I'd like.
In that process I've been attempting to put certain things into submenus/cascading flyouts.
For example, I'd like to have a menu option called "Pin To" that contains the pertinent commands "Pin To Start", "Pin to Home" and "Pin To Taskbar" as subcommands.

I've been able to get the option to appear just fine, but I can't seem to get the functionality to work, and to be honest, I'm not actually sure whether this is possible through regedits or not. In fact, the ways I've seen people add or remove "Pin to Taskbar" to the context menu don't seem to have anything to do with the actual command of adding something to the taskbar, so that may not be possible to add as a submenu at all. Regardless, I'd appreciate if anyone would be willing to elaborate on this process.

Below are some of the variations I've tried, specifically for the context menu that manages pinning folders:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\PinTo]
"MUIVerb"="Pin To"
"SubCommands"="Windows.pintostartscreen;Windows.PinToHome"


as well as trying custom verb implementations:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\PinTo]
"MUIVerb"="Pin To"
"SubCommands"="Windows.pintostartscreen;Windows.PinToHome"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Custom.PinToStart]
"MUIVerb"="Start"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Custom.PinToStart\command]
(default)="{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}"

the above command key at least shows that the command is doing something, as it asks what I'd like to use to open a file when I call the function on an .exe. But, opening the file isn't my goal, so it's still a bust.

as well as several variations on the contents of the default field in command
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Custom.PinToStart\command]
(default)="{::470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Custom.PinToStart\command]
(default)="shell:::{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Custom.PinToStart\command]
(default)="explorer.exe shell:::{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}"


I've also tried putting PinTo into shellex/ContextMenuHandlers instead of shell, but that only resulted in a regression since nothing even shows up on the menu.
 
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I'd like to have a menu option called "Pin To" that contains the pertinent commands "Pin To Start", "Pin to Home" and "Pin To Taskbar" as subcommands.
Whether they are permanently in the context menu or not, they will only be functional when there is something available to “pin to” the Start Menu or Taskbar, at which point, Pin To will be available. So I am not sure if I understand or to what end you need this?
In that process I've been attempting to put certain things into submenus/cascading flyouts.

I need glasses for my glasses.
 
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Maybe something in this tutorial will lead you to your objective. I don’t know.

 

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Maybe something in this tutorial will lead you to your objective. I don’t know.

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already taken a look at the seemingly relevant tutorials here I could find (including Add/Remove Pins for Start, Home, Taskbar) and while the first two are at least nice reference for what the default field for the command key is, none of them seem to explain why the methodology I've attempted to use doesn't work.
I've also taken a look at some of the MSDN documentation, but after going back today I've noticed that there's a section called "Creating Cascading Menus with the IExplorerCommand Interface", which seems to provide a different methodology than I originally found, so I'll be giving that a try to see if I can create any luck.
 

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