Learn how to pin or unpin program, app, file, folder, library icons to Taskbar or Start Menu in Windows 11 using the context menu.

The Control Panel icon should now appear on your desktop. TIP: PinToStartMenu lets you pin Control Panel all items and folders to Windows Start Menu, via your right-click context menu.

Left-click on the Firefox icon on your desktop and hold the mouse button. Drag the icon to the Start menu, which opens automatically when you hover your mouse over it.

You can add icons to your desktop in Windows 10 and more easily access the system apps or folders you regularly use. Here's how to do it.

Windows finds the Google Drive icon and displays it. Right-click that icon and then click "Pin to Taskbar." Press "Windows-D" to show your desktop. The taskbar displays the Google Drive icon.

The Windows 8 Desktop works the same way as Windows 7, including the ability to place program icons anywhere on the desktop and pin icons to the taskbar. In Windows 8.1, there is even a Start Menu ...