Adding Items to the Start Button

To add items when you right-click on the Start Button:

Start Regedit

Go to HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell

Right-click on Shell and select New / Key

Type in the name of the key and press the Enter key

In the Default name that shows in the right hand panel, you can add a title with a & character in front of the letter for a shortcut

Right-click on the key you just created and create another key under it called command

For the value of this command, enter the full path and program you want to execute

Now when you right click on the Start Button, your new program will show up. You do not need to reboot first.

For example, if you wanted WinWord, you would add that as the first key, the default in the right panel would be &WinWord so when you right click on the Start Button, the W would be underlined and you could just press that key. The command would be something like C:\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE