I have to admit that I really love Microsoft and Windows 8. There are certain aspects of the operating system that I just love. There is also a (major) part of the operating system that I strongly dislike, the Start Menu/Screen. Like the “Libraries” feature of Windows, it tries too hard to be the main [...]

Within Windows 7 you can pin applications within the Start Menu to the main menu.  To bring this feature outside of the start menu to the folders and files of your Windows 7 machine, all that is needed is a simply registry change. Open regedit.exe by opening the start menu and type “regedit.exe” (without quotations) [...]