Start Menu Programs Placement?

[charliec]

New to Win7 - so still learning! On the Start menu in WinXP, after
starting a program, it will appear in the Start Menu Recent Program
List - Then if I wanted to keep it in the Start Menu - even when not
used recently, I could drag it to the top part of the bar and it would
be available all the time. I've done that with a few programs in
Win7, but when launching some programs, they do not appear in the
Recent Program part of the bar - so can't drag them up if I want.

One program is Quicken. I run it a lot and would like to have it in
the top part of the Start Menu, so I can just click it to start. but
it never appears in the bottom "Recent Programs" part of the bar, so I
cannot drag it up. Why does this program not appear in the Recent
Programs?

Thanks for any insights.
charliec

 

[Bruce Hagen]

New to Win7 - so still learning! On the Start menu in WinXP, after
starting a program, it will appear in the Start Menu Recent Program
List - Then if I wanted to keep it in the Start Menu - even when not
used recently, I could drag it to the top part of the bar and it would
be available all the time. I've done that with a few programs in
Win7, but when launching some programs, they do not appear in the
Recent Program part of the bar - so can't drag them up if I want.

One program is Quicken. I run it a lot and would like to have it in
the top part of the Start Menu, so I can just click it to start. but
it never appears in the bottom "Recent Programs" part of the bar, so I
cannot drag it up. Why does this program not appear in the Recent
Programs?

Thanks for any insights.
charliec

Put a Quicken icon on the desktop. Drag the icon to the start button and
when the start menu expands, drag the icon up and drop it.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

New to Win7 - so still learning! On the Start menu in WinXP, after
starting a program, it will appear in the Start Menu Recent Program
List - Then if I wanted to keep it in the Start Menu - even when not
used recently, I could drag it to the top part of the bar and it would
be available all the time. I've done that with a few programs in
Win7, but when launching some programs, they do not appear in the
Recent Program part of the bar - so can't drag them up if I want.

One program is Quicken. I run it a lot and would like to have it in
the top part of the Start Menu, so I can just click it to start. but
it never appears in the bottom "Recent Programs" part of the bar, so I
cannot drag it up. Why does this program not appear in the Recent
Programs?

Thanks for any insights.
charliec

Try manually dragging a short cut for Quicken to the start menu.

Drag the shortcut to the orb, wait for the start menu to open, and drop
it - carefully, while reading the popups - onto the menu. Then you can
pin it.

WAIT! I just noticed that it's way easier than that. Just hold the
shortcut over the orb until the pop-up "Pin to start menu" appears.

 

[charliec]

Put a Quicken icon on the desktop. Drag the icon to the start button and
when the start menu expands, drag the icon up and drop it.

When I copy the icon to the desktop, then drag it to start button, the
icon is place in the saved area. But if I delete the icon from the
desktop after that, the icon in the saved area get an error when you
click on it and then is removed fromthe saved area.

Am I missing something in the process?
charliec

 

[charliec]

Try manually dragging a short cut for Quicken to the start menu.

Drag the shortcut to the orb, wait for the start menu to open, and drop
it - carefully, while reading the popups - onto the menu. Then you can
pin it.

WAIT! I just noticed that it's way easier than that. Just hold the
shortcut over the orb until the pop-up "Pin to start menu" appears.

I'm not sure I understand - exactly what do I do in your "WAIT!"
instructions? I do not want to remove the entry from Start/All
Programs. But just add an icon to the Start Menu, Saved items.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

When I copy the icon to the desktop, then drag it to start button, the
icon is place in the saved area. But if I delete the icon from the
desktop after that, the icon in the saved area get an error when you
click on it and then is removed fromthe saved area.

Am I missing something in the process?
charliec

I don't see that. Perhaps the way the icon was put on the desktop? I find
the program in All Programs and Right Click | Send To | Desktop (create
shortcut). I delete the desktop shortcut and the one I placed in the Start
Menu remains.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I'm not sure I understand - exactly what do I do in your "WAIT!"
instructions? I do not want to remove the entry from Start/All
Programs. But just add an icon to the Start Menu, Saved items.

You're right, you don't understand.

Here's what you do:

Before doing what I suggested in the second paragraph, wait a moment,
take a deep breath, then read my new discovery in the third paragraph.
Finally, do what the third paragraph says, instead of what the second
paragraph says.

 

[Char Jackson]

Put a Quicken icon on the desktop. Drag the icon to the start button and
when the start menu expands, drag the icon up and drop it.

Here's an easier way that doesn't involve all of those steps.

Go to the Start Menu item that you want pinned. Right click on it and
select "Pin to Start Menu" (or "Pin to Taskbar" if you want it there
instead.) Done.

 

[...winston]

wrote in message New to Win7 - so still learning! On the Start menu in WinXP, after
starting a program, it will appear in the Start Menu Recent Program
List - Then if I wanted to keep it in the Start Menu - even when not
used recently, I could drag it to the top part of the bar and it would
be available all the time. I've done that with a few programs in
Win7, but when launching some programs, they do not appear in the
Recent Program part of the bar - so can't drag them up if I want.

One program is Quicken. I run it a lot and would like to have it in
the top part of the Start Menu, so I can just click it to start. but
it never appears in the bottom "Recent Programs" part of the bar, so I
cannot drag it up. Why does this program not appear in the Recent
Programs?

Thanks for any insights.
Navigate to the Quicken program in the Programs menu, rt. click and select the 'Pin to Start Menu' option.

 

[charliec]

I don't see that. Perhaps the way the icon was put on the desktop? I find
the program in All Programs and Right Click | Send To | Desktop (create
shortcut). I delete the desktop shortcut and the one I placed in the Start
Menu remains.

Well I followed your instructions and created the shortcut on the
desktop. I then dragged it to the start icon and it placed it in the
Start Menu area (saved part). I clicked the item it there and it
started. I then deleted the desktop icon and went back to start the
Start Menu item again and received the error "the item you selected is
unavailable". I looked at the properties of the item in the Start
Menu area and it is pointing in the "Location" item to the desktop
icon, which I deleted.

So, once you placed the item on the Desktop - how do you move it to
the Start Menu Saved area and retain the location link to the Quicken
folder?

Thanks

 

[charliec]

wrote in message
New to Win7 - so still learning! On the Start menu in WinXP, after
starting a program, it will appear in the Start Menu Recent Program
List - Then if I wanted to keep it in the Start Menu - even when not
used recently, I could drag it to the top part of the bar and it would
be available all the time. I've done that with a few programs in
Win7, but when launching some programs, they do not appear in the
Recent Program part of the bar - so can't drag them up if I want.

One program is Quicken. I run it a lot and would like to have it in
the top part of the Start Menu, so I can just click it to start. but
it never appears in the bottom "Recent Programs" part of the bar, so I
cannot drag it up. Why does this program not appear in the Recent
Programs?

Thanks for any insights.

Navigate to the Quicken program in the Programs menu, rt. click and select the 'Pin to Start Menu' option.

I went to Start/All Programs and right clicked on the Quicken icon,
looked at all the options there, but did not see one that said "Pin to
Start Menu"? Whant am I missing in this?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I went to Start/All Programs and right clicked on the Quicken icon,
looked at all the options there, but did not see one that said "Pin to
Start Menu"? Whant am I missing in this?

Right click on the Quicken *program* icon, not the folder icon.

 

[Erik Vastmasd]

I caught a glimpse of (e-mail address removed) on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:22:28
-0700, writing in alt.windows7.general:

I went to Start/All Programs and right clicked on the Quicken icon,
looked at all the options there, but did not see one that said "Pin to
Start Menu"? Whant am I missing in this?

You need to left click the Quicken icon first to give access to the
Quicken program icon "qw.exe", then right click that and select "Pin to
start menu"

 

[Char Jackson]

I caught a glimpse of (e-mail address removed) on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:22:28
-0700, writing in alt.windows7.general:


You need to left click the Quicken icon first to give access to the
Quicken program icon "qw.exe", then right click that and select "Pin to
start menu"

Umm, you don't need to do that...

See Gene Bloch's post, instead. I.e., you need to right click on the
program icon, not on the program's folder icon. I don't know for sure
if that's where charlie went wrong, but it's a common mistake so it
could well be.

 

[Char Jackson]

Well I followed your instructions and created the shortcut on the
desktop. I then dragged it to the start icon and it placed it in the
Start Menu area (saved part). I clicked the item it there and it
started. I then deleted the desktop icon and went back to start the
Start Menu item again and received the error "the item you selected is
unavailable". I looked at the properties of the item in the Start
Menu area and it is pointing in the "Location" item to the desktop
icon, which I deleted.

So, once you placed the item on the Desktop - how do you move it to
the Start Menu Saved area and retain the location link to the Quicken
folder?

Do yourself a favor and don't do it that way. No offense to Bruce, but
that method is not the best way. As I and others have said, just go to
the Start Menu item that you normally use to launch the program, right
click on it to bring up its context menu, and select the option called
"Pin to Start Menu".

You don't need to mess around with desktop shortcuts or dropping
shortcuts onto the Start Orb or any of that.

 

[Steve Hayes]

One program is Quicken. I run it a lot and would like to have it in
the top part of the Start Menu, so I can just click it to start. but
it never appears in the bottom "Recent Programs" part of the bar, so I
cannot drag it up. Why does this program not appear in the Recent
Programs?

Recent Programs appears to be rigged to move Microsoft programs to the top.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Well I followed your instructions and created the shortcut on the
desktop. I then dragged it to the start icon and it placed it in the
Start Menu area (saved part). I clicked the item it there and it
started. I then deleted the desktop icon and went back to start the
Start Menu item again and received the error "the item you selected is
unavailable". I looked at the properties of the item in the Start
Menu area and it is pointing in the "Location" item to the desktop
icon, which I deleted.

So, once you placed the item on the Desktop - how do you move it to
the Start Menu Saved area and retain the location link to the Quicken
folder?

Thanks

If you have the Pin To Start Menu option, use that. From what you describe
though, it would seem you are no creating a shortcut but actually moving
the programs icon to the desktop,

 

[Char Jackson]

Recent Programs appears to be rigged to move Microsoft programs to the top.

Not that I can see. I have 10 'recent' slots visible. MS Word is
second from the bottom, while the rest are non-MS applications.
Anyway, it's trivial to right click on any entry and elect to remove
it from the list entirely.

 

[charliec]

Right click on the Quicken *program* icon, not the folder icon.

I think I see the problem. I have 3 different Quicken files and have
a separate icon set up to start each one. So, 3 Quicken launch icons
in addition to the default Quicken icon. If I right click on the
default Quicken icon, the "Pin to.." is there, but not for the icons
set to launch a particular Quicken file icon. I want to have one of
those file icon pinned to the Start Menu - any way to get that done?

 

[Char Jackson]

I think I see the problem. I have 3 different Quicken files and have
a separate icon set up to start each one. So, 3 Quicken launch icons
in addition to the default Quicken icon.

Technically, you have a single Quicken icon. The other three point to
Quicken data files, not to the Quicken program.

If I right click on the
default Quicken icon, the "Pin to.." is there, but not for the icons
set to launch a particular Quicken file icon. I want to have one of
those file icon pinned to the Start Menu - any way to get that done?

I haven't done it, but you should be able to pin the actual Quicken
item to the Start Menu, then modify its Start In parameter.