

Applications like File Explorer and the Start menu search panel 'talk' to the new data store, thus their "Pin to Start" options try to pin tiles to the Windows 11 Start menu, not the Windows 10 one. The Windows 10 Start menu has to be disassembled and studied in order to redirect operations on the old data store to the new data store.

Symptom: Programs that cannot be located directly within the Windows 10 Start menu cannot be pinned to the Windows 10 Start menu.ĭetails: This problem seems to happen because the tile data store seems to have changed for the Windows 11 menu, while the Windows 10 Start menu still uses the old data store to display tiles. Then, right click the group heading and choose "Unpin group from Start".Ĭannot pin programs that are not displayed in Start Workaround: Until this gets fixed properly, you can unpin tiles by dragging the tile away and creating a new group with it. Instead, "Pin to Start" is displayed, even though the respective program is already pinned, and the option does nothing.

Symptom: On Windows 11 22H2 build 22621.1413 or higher, when you right click on a pinned tile, you cannot unpin it, since the relevant option is not displayed. Workaround: Until this gets fixed properly, you can pin tiles to Start by dragging the application entry to the pinned tiles area. Symptom: On Windows 11 22H2 build 22621.1413 or higher, when you right click a program in the app list and choose "Pin to Start", nothing happens.ĭetails: This problem seems to happen because the tile data store seems to have changed for the Windows 11 menu, while the Windows 10 Start menu still uses the old data store to display tiles. Pin to Start from Start menu does not work Before filling a bug report about the Windows 10 Start menu, please read this document which outlines currently known issues and quirks and workarounds.
