Pin Programs to Taskbar and Start Menu in Windows 8

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Video: Pin Programs to Taskbar and Start Menu in Windows 8

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to pin programs to the taskbar and start menu on Windows 8 computers. For the sake of this tutorial, we're going to pin Chrome, first to the taskbar, and then to the start menu.

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   Right-click on the icon of the application

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   In this case, it's our desktop shortcut for Chrome.

   

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   Click "Pin to Taskbar"

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   It's about halfway down the menu. Now let's pin it to the start menu.

   

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   Right-click on the icon

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   Click "Pin to Start"

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   Mouse over the lower-left corner of the screen and click the thumbnail that appears

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   This takes us to the start menu, where we can see that a Chrome icon has been added.

   

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   Right-click the icon to see options

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   We can now resize it.

   

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   Click "Resize" and click "Medium"

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   Click, hold and drag the icon to move it

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   Once we're satisfied with the size and the placement of the icon, we can go back to the desktop.

   

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   Click on the Desktop icon or move the mouse to the upper-left corner of the screen and click there

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   Either method will bring us back to the desktop.

   

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    This concludes our tutorial on how to pin programs to the taskbar and start menu on Windows 8 computers

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