Add 'Downloads' to Start Menu

[munchie]

I've noticed the default Start Menu has direct links to folders like
Documents, Music, and Pictures. More than any of those, I really love
my Downloads folder. Is there anyway to add this to the Start Menu?

Thanks,

- Munchie

 

[Dave]

I don't know if you can add it to the right side, but you can add it to the
left side..
In Windows Explorer, drag the Downloads folder to the Start button, it will
create a shortcut.

 

[munchie]

I don't know if you can add it to the right side, but you can add it to the
left side..
In Windows Explorer, drag the Downloads folder to the Start button, it will
create a shortcut.

Good enough! Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Guest]

This is really close:
1 Right-click the gray area on the start menu and select properties
2. Click the Customize... button
3. Scroll down and select "Display as a menu" under "Personal folder"
4. Click OK twice.
5. Click the Start menu
6. Click your user name

There is your Downloads folder. If you want to open it just double-click on
it.

 

[Dave T.]

Hello munchie,
Why not just put a downloads shortcut on the desktop ?

No registry change! In windows explorer, right click "downloads", click
"send to", click "desktop (create shortcut)", then drag the shortcut to
the start orb. Viola.

--
Dave T.

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a
person to use the internet and they won't bother you for
weeks.

 

[Dave T.]

That's odd, it works on my machine. The new shortcut is in the list on
the left side of the start menu, and is a folder unto itself not a sub
of one of the other folders.

 

[Daniel Petri]

And what, if I may ask, is the difference WHERE the shortcut is? Left part,
right part, as long as it's there doesn't it serve its purpose?

Just my $0.02.

--
Sincerely,

Daniel Petri
MVP, Senior IT consultant, trainer
www.petri.co.il

 

[Dave T.]

And what, if I may ask, is the difference WHERE the shortcut is? Left
part, right part, as long as it's there doesn't it serve its purpose?

Just my $0.02.

Your opinion is the reason I posted what I thought was a common sense
approach. I guess some people just like to futz with the registry.