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Edge Insider feature request - Pin to Start
Hi All. I just want to make sure that I understand the ask clearly. What you are asking for is a way to pin specific web sites to the Start menu, so that when you click on them, Microsoft Edge will launch to that page? Or, are you asking for the ability to pin the browser to the Start menu? For the second, we do have a work around, because it is a program, it shows up in the All Programs list, you can right click there and Pin To Start. This isn't the same as the Pin to Desktop option in the more menu, but it is a work around to get you unblocked. You can also drag and drop the program from the All Programs list to the taskbar, if that is your preferred launching pad.
Thanks, Elliot
Hello,
as it seems that "Pin to Start" is not implemented for the new Edge I have a suggestion to give the user an alternative for "Pin to Start" with the new "install this site as App" function.
With "install this site as an app" a start menu list entry is automatically created. Now you can manually pin this entry to the start menu and you have a similar function as before with "pin to start".
It would be great if there was an option in the settings to automatically pin every new "website-app" to the start menu.
This would bring the function very close to the old "pin to start".
This may not be the default setting but, I would love to have this as an option inside the settings.
Thanks
Elliot Kirk
Any news on this?
You have changed the point "more tools" several times but still no "Pin to Start"
I must still "install" a webpage as App so i can Pin the created link ("C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\") to start.
And than i have the page as App-window not a normal URL-Link what opens in EdgeDrachenboot
I will grant you Pin to start is part of Edge and it is likely it will appear in Edge C. But, in the meantime just thought I would toss this at y'all… whether on Start or in the Applications window, any Store App or User installed software (Program) will appear in both places, naturally, by design & intent. Why do web pages have to be turned into an App to appear on Start? Because, it is for applications not, web pages. Plus, if a page is pinned there it is creating an additional and unnecessary step (in having to open Start, 1st).
Cheers,
DrewSorry, but the Start Screen and, now, the Start Menu is where Tiles are. Microsoft gave us the ability--and encouraged this use--to pin our favorite sites as live tiles to the Start Screen and Start Menu. I MUCH prefer the visual organization, access and aesthetics of the things I use ALL being right there. As I said, ALL our devices are configured for Tablet Mode and Full Screen. All folders, etc., are removed from the Start Menu and nothing is pinned to the desktop or Task Bar. It's all on the Start Menu. THAT is what is most convenient and efficient for us.
So, I don't really care if someone thinks the only things that should exist on Start are apps. That's not how it was sold, and that's not the exclusive way we use it. The Start should be a central place that we can organize to immediately go to where we want to go, whether that's an app, a folder (yes, we pin a few folders there, too) or website. Just like we do on our phones. Consistency.
But it is just ridiculous that we have to essentially make an app out of a website and THEN pin it to Start. I KNOW the difference between a website and an app. I don't need the All Apps area cluttered with things that AREN'T apps. It confuses the issue...especially for those who haven't grown up with all these systems the way I did.
Elliot Kirk wrote:What you are asking for is a way to pin specific web sites to the Start menu?
My suggestion is: instead of multiple Add To options, offer one option "Create shortcut to site" with choices: 1. on Taskbar , 2. on Desktop, 3. on New Tab, 4. in Start Menu
I prefer only shortcuts on New/Home Tab, but for (optional) live tiles - Start Menu is also a good place. Since most website devs don't master live tile art, it might be an interesting task to automate a basic live tile generation from the webpage when warranted by dynamically changing content. But it sounds like a very distant priority. :)
