For Pinned items on the Start Menu, you need to put the shortcut in %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu
On 10 June 2011 16:43, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > This worked for me. > > Open the network folder where the app is. > > Right click the app’s EXE, copy. > > Click the windows orb, Right click All Programs, Open. > > Navigate to where you want the network app to be. > > Right click and Paste Shortcut. > > > > *From:* Evan Brastow [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2011 11:17 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Win 7 Start Menu.... arrrgghhhh > > > > Okay, I've Googled this and I've searched through previous threads on this > list, but I cannot seem to find an answer to a question that I'm sure a ton > of people have had. > > > > I have an app (home made in PowerBuilder) that runs off a network drive. I > want to add the shortcut to the .exe file to the Start Menu in Windows 7. > But, I can't. I can't drag it. I can't right click and select "Pin to Start > Menu" because that option is not there. The only suggestion I've seen when I > Googled it was to create a folder on the desktop with the shortcut in it, > then create a new toolbar and point it to that folder. That's rather kludgy. > > > > Any way to work around this seemingly bizarre new restriction? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Evan > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." *IMPORTANT: The information in this email is CONFIDENTIAL. If its contents are disclosed in any way my lawyers will swoop down from black helicopters like Seal Team Six and drag you away with a black bag over your head. They will then take you to a secret prison and make you fight to the death with other people who dared to share this email. You will be given a large bowie knife and a supply of methamphetamines while I watch the said deathmatch and wager vast sums of money on who will be the winner. If the fight becomes boring or there is a stalemate, I will release rabid dogs and my two-stone cat into the arena to liven things up a bit. If these animals become in any way docile, I will squirt them with water pistols until they become a bit more temperamental.* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
