Pinning Downloads folder to left hand side of start menu

[John Goche]

Hello,

When I click on the Windows Vista Home Premium
start menu there on the transparent grayish part of
the menu on the right at the top one can click on
the MyUserNameHere, Documents, Pictures,
Music, and Games folders. However what I
would like to have given that it is the one
I use the most is a way to click on an
entry called Downloads, perhaps in
addition to or in place of the Games
or Music entry. Basically I can get
at it by clicking on MyUserNameHere
and then clicking on Downloads but
I would like accessing it to be just
a little bit quicker ie. one click less.
Does anyone know how to pin the
Downlaods folder to the right hand
side of the start menu in this way?

Thanks,

John Goche

 

[Gordon]

Hello,

When I click on the Windows Vista Home Premium
start menu there on the transparent grayish part of
the menu on the right at the top one can click on
the MyUserNameHere, Documents, Pictures,
Music, and Games folders. However what I
would like to have given that it is the one
I use the most is a way to click on an
entry called Downloads, perhaps in
addition to or in place of the Games
or Music entry. Basically I can get
at it by clicking on MyUserNameHere
and then clicking on Downloads but
I would like accessing it to be just
a little bit quicker ie. one click less.
Does anyone know how to pin the
Downlaods folder to the right hand
side of the start menu in this way?

Thanks,

John Goche

Have you tried right-clicking on the folder, doing send to-desktop (as
shortcut) then dragging the shortcut onto the Start button? (Works here in
Win 7 - vista may be different...)

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Have you tried right-clicking on the folder, doing send to-desktop (as
shortcut) then dragging the shortcut onto the Start button? (Works here
in Win 7 - vista may be different...)

Err - Vista and Win 7... different. Err. <sigh>

Err - Could be the same. Err. Need to investigate <sigh>

Err.