Windows 10 Pin msconfig as tile

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I tried to pin a desktop shortcut of msconfig system app as tile to the start metro screen but refuses to pin.
It doesn't even exists 'Pin to Start screen' selection when i right click the shortcut. What should i do?
I even copied the shortcut to the 'All Apps' folder and appeared on the left to the up and down app list but i can't
drag to start screen as tile.
 
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There seems to be some difficulty here??

Have you actually tried to open , in the File Explorer, the path stated, again - C:\Windows\System32
In that folder you will find the msconfig - it is a way down the list. Right click it and then "Pin to start"
It should then appear in the Apps panel as "System configuration"
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Msconfig is a trusted exe however you can pin a shortcut to the taskbar or start screen in WX as long as you have admin rights.

  • right click the desktop and select new short cut
Code: 
%windir%\system32\msconfig.exe

On a default account you will need to run this shortcut as admin to get past the sercurity but then you can right click the shortcut and pin it to the startscreen/ taskbar


 
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Didn't helped.
 
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You have a similar thread on another forum. There you were given a simpler solution, which was to right click the program in Windows\System32, and select "Pin to start".
There you stated the pin to start option was not available?
There could be a misunderstanding on the path you are following.

What is the "shortcut of msconfig system app" and "shortcut" you refer to?
I think you may be trying to pin it to the tile panel from the "All Apps" menu.
 
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It seems the 'Pin to Start' option does not exist for all apps and shortcuts anymore. Now i'm trying to pin the msconfig.exe to the tile screen from
a msconfig shortcut on the desktop. I also tried to pin it from the 'All Apps' menu. I pasted it to the All apps folder first.
 
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I was at first trying to pin msconfig.exe app and shortcut.
 
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There seems to be some difficulty here??

Have you actually tried to open , in the File Explorer, the path stated, again - C:\Windows\System32
In that folder you will find the msconfig - it is a way down the list. Right click it and then "Pin to start"
It should then appear in the Apps panel as "System configuration"
 
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The 'Pin to Start' option does not show when i do it.
 
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One more chance. Try this path and right click

C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-msconfig-exe_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10586.0_none_66ffd6dc481743c2
 
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Don't understand why not. I just tried it: with Explorer to C:\Windows\System32, right click on msconfig > Pin to Start and it is there!
I just had to scroll down/up the tiles to see it. And I tried it from an Admin account.

So why not?
 
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That is the prob. He is posting identically on two forums with the same problem.
I have just done a little googling.
I read that some antivirus programs, in particular, AVG, will cause this to happen. If you disable AVG then the option is there again.

OK. I see on the other forum the problem has been solved by restarting the PC
 
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