Workaround: Until this gets fixed properly, you can pin tiles to Start by dragging the application entry to the pinned tiles area.The Windows 10 Start menu has to be disassembled and studied in order to redirect operations on the old data store to the new data store. Details: This problem seems to happen because the tile data store seems to have changed for the Windows 11 menu, while the Windows 10 Start menu still uses the old data store to display tiles.

Pin to Start from Start menu does not work The dev has detailed the issue separately too alongside their workarounds so if you are on the latest Windows 11 update and are having issues related to Pin to Start options, some of the solutions below may help: Other third-party apps may be affected as well. While the problem on Windows 10 is now fixed, Microsoft confirmed earlier that it’s Windows 11 now which is having issues post the latest update, wherein the Start menu would fail to launch, with ExplorerPatcher installed. Windows 10 Start menu: Fixed a bug that prevented the menu from working on OS builds 22621.1413 and newer (46c5041).

Installer requires Internet connectivity. The release notes mention the update was tested on Windows 11 build 22621.1992 which is the latest Patch Tuesday release: The issue has been resolved with this latest update. The developer of the software notes that the bug would prevent the Pin to Start options from working properly.

The new version fixes a bug wherein the Start menu on Windows 10 would break. ExplorerPatcher, a third-party Windows UI customization utility, released its latest version, 22621.1992.56.1, earlier today.

Instal ExplorerPatcher 22621.1992.56.1