How to Add a Folder to Start Menu

1. Open the folder you want to add to the Start menu. If you don't know its location, click on the "Start" button at the bottom of your desktop screen to open the Start menu. In XP or earlier operating systems, look in the right pane of the Start menu to find the search function. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, a search box appears at the bottom of the Start menu's left pane. Search for your file, and open it when you find it.

2. Click on the "View" tab at the top of the open window. Hover your mouse arrow over "Go To" from the resulting dropdown menu, and select "Up One Level." You can now see your folder's icon on your screen, because you're inside the folder that contains it.

3. Click on the folder's icon to highlight it, and then drag-and-drop it onto to the Start menu icon.

Open the Start menu to see your folder in the top section of the Start menu's right pane.

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