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Cannot Pin to Start Menu ANY Applications in Windows 11

Upgraded Windows from Win10 to Win11 on 1/12/2025 but now cannot Pin to Start Menu ANY Applications. All updates have been applied, but as is a corporate machine, some may not be approved yet. Corp is now using Modern PC Management (and Workspace One), users, including myself, no longer have local admin rights and while attempting to follow instructions in forum here, not sure I am able to edit policies for my own user account even though I can run Policy Manager (gpedit.msc) as an Admin.

Obviously, there is obviously no error message to provide, but in short, how can applications be pinned to start in Win11, please?

Thank you!

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Hi Randy,

If the option to "Pin to Start" does not appear, it may be disabled by group policy. Typically, you can search for any app in "Windows Search," right-click on it, and the "Pin to Start" option should show up.

If it does not appear, this indicates that the option to customize the Start menu is disabled, and you will need to contact your company's IT department for assistance.

There is a Reddit post about the same, which you could check. However, if it is a company-monitored device, you most likely won't have permission anyway.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1fnk...

Good luck!
Levi

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

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Thank you for your thoughtful response, Levi! After exhausting what I could do locally with my admin account, I finally opened an internal support ticket yesterday.

Cheers!

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Hi Randy,

Thanks for letting me know as well and I hope they will sort it out quickly.

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The option is there when searching for apps and when right-clicking the apps in the "all apps" tab. It doesn't do anything when clicked, and the option is absent from context menus in explorer.

This worked fine for me this morning, before I installed 24H2

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Last updated April 23, 2025 Views 917 Applies to: