How to add Items to the Start
Button using Registry?
The
best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or
backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing.
Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your
computer to run properly.
Follow
the given steps to change the Start button setting.
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First click on Start
button then type Regedit in Run option.
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In Registry Editor go to left
hand panel, and find
HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell.
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Here Right click on Shell folder
option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.
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Now Right click on that key and
give the full path of that program you are interested to add in
start button.
For example if you
want to add MS excel, then your full path may be C:\program
file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE.
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Now close all open programs and
check the changes in your computer Start button.
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