Add 'Downloads' to Start Menu

I've noticed the default Start Menu has direct links to folders like
Documents, Music, and Pictures. More than any of those, I really love
my Downloads folder. Is there anyway to add this to the Start Menu?

Thanks,

- Munchie

I don't know if you can add it to the right side, but you can add it to the
left side..
In Windows Explorer, drag the Downloads folder to the Start button, it will
create a shortcut.


"munchie" <mrnull@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 2, 9:17 pm, "Dave" <d...@xxxxxx> wrote: Good enough! Thanks for the quick reply.

This is really close:
1 Right-click the gray area on the start menu and select properties
2. Click the Customize... button
3. Scroll down and select "Display as a menu" under "Personal folder"
4. Click OK twice.
5. Click the Start menu
6. Click your user name

There is your Downloads folder. If you want to open it just double-click on
it.
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"munchie" wrote:

I know this is an old thread but it came up when I searched wanting the same thing as the OP.
The last poster said something about the "Personal folder" this is the Documents folder, not the Downloads folder.

To replace one of the Documents, Pictures, Music etc items go to the following two registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

and change the value of the one you want to replace.
EG: To replace the Documents item with Downloads change the data value for 'Personal' to 'C:\Users\_user_name_\Downloads' and '%USERPROFILE%\Downloads' respectively.

doing that changes the 'Documents' in the user folder to 'downloads' so that there are two. that's annoying

you need to change one more key in 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders'. in my registry it is '{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}' but i could be different for you. if it is just look for '%USERPROFILE%\Downloads' in the data colum (note: not the one you have changed), and it should give you your 'Documents' folder back.

There has to be a way to add a registry entry to create a new button that opens the folder rather than renaming a current button.

t-4-2 wrote: No registry change! In windows explorer, right click "downloads", click
"send to", click "desktop (create shortcut)", then drag the shortcut to
the start orb. Viola.

--
Dave T.

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a
person to use the internet and they won't bother you for
weeks.

[quote=Dave T.;755187]t-4-2 wrote: Actually that will only let you create a shortcut within one of the existing folder links (Documents, Pictures, etc). It will not let you create a new folder listing called "Download" (or whatever you are trying to add)

Daisame wrote:
That's odd, it works on my machine. The new shortcut is in the list on
the left side of the start menu, and is a folder unto itself not a sub
of one of the other folders.

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Dave T.