How to pin commonly used programs to the Start menu

If you are like me, you will have many applications installed on your computer. And that means in your Start Menu under All Programs, you will have every imaginable programs listed. If you have a hard time finding applications in your All Programs menu, you can "pin" your favorite applications to the Start menu. By doing that, those application will appear in the Start menu when you click the Start button. No more opening the All Programs menu to to sieve through the whole list to find your often used program.

To pin a program to the Start Menu is a very simple process. Locate the program from the All Programs menu and then right-click on the program icon and select Pin To Start Menu! That's it. You’ll now see that the program icon gets moved to the top section of Start Menu.

To remove this program from being pinned to the Start Menu, just right click the icon and select unpin from Start Menu.