If you wish to simplify the experience of accessing your interface then pinned start menu is a great option for you. It opens wide doors of opportunity for you to access the system the way you want. The widespread implementation and use of pinning feature has eventually made Microsoft to cultivate it in windows Vista and XP. Pinned items are saved as registry binary values and thus to back it up registry editor feature is used. The whole process of back up of pinned start menu shortcuts in windows 7/Vista/XP can be carried in few easy steps.
Back up of pinned items in windows XP/ Vista/ 7
Additional steps to be carried out in windows 7
Points to Remember
Back up of pinned items in windows XP
Pinned up items are kept safe as binary values in registry in windows XP and Vista, however for windows 7, %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu is the safe box where the items are kept and thus an additional step needs to be carried out while trying to make a back up. To start off click on start, run and type in regedit.exe. In case of windows XP, HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ StartPage is the path that needs to be accessed whereas in case of windows 7 or Vista, HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ StartPage2 is the branch to be accessed. Ahead of time save the branch by exporting it with the file name as reg. Copy the content of the above specified branch in notepad and delete the files and values of FavoritesResolve, ProgramsCache, ProgramsCacheSMP, ProgramsCacheTBP. Alternatively save the data in a file. If you wish to carry the back up of pinned items to another user account, then you must save it to a removable media.
Additional steps to be carried out in windows 7
After you have followed the above steps in windows 7, it is time to access the path, %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned in windows 7 by clicking on start, run. Copy the file start menu. Once you have both the pinned link and start menu folder, you have the back up of pinned items ready.
Points to Remember
Registry acts as the database of the computer which keeps complete information on the configuration of the system, applications and components. Any loss of keys and values of the registry could lead to severe damage to the system. Thus it is a mandate to follow export or back up of the system before you start operating on registry. Back up of the pinned items are primarily needed when a different user profile needs the configuration. In such an instance, it is important to back up the items in a removable media drive.
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