Once selected, the item will be automatically added to the ‘Pinned’ section of your Start menu. To Pin, an item to a start menu, be it a file or a folder, right click on it, and then select ‘Pin to Start’. This way you can directly access your most-used files and folders from the Start menu, with a simple click, no matter where you are on your desktop.
Pin useful apps and foldersĪnother way to customize your start menu is to pin your most accessed files and folders to it. Now click on the drop-down menu for ‘Taskbar Alignment’ and select ‘Left’.Īnd that’s it! The entire taskbar along with the Start menu will now be aligned on the left side of your screen. Press ‘Windows + I’ on your keyboard to open the Windows Settings app on your PC. Turn your Start menu into the older Windows 10 Start menuĭid you know that you can move your Start menu to the left in Windows 11? That’s right! If the center-aligned Start menu is too Apple-like for you, then you can always switch to the traditional left-aligned start menu using the guide below.
