hello paul hav a look at the link.i think this is what you need. i havent done it on xp but on vista i have to do control and tab to find the start menu options.. have a look and see. http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/adding-favorites-to-start-menu/9008.html regards ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen Newelll To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 2:01 PM Subject: [vicsireland] Re: favorites in start menu Hello Paul, Go to your favorites folder, press the application key and arrow down to "create shortcut" and enter. This will place an icon to favorites on your desktop. Hope this is of help. Maureen. ----- Original Message ----- From: paul To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: [vicsireland] favorites in start menu hi gang can anyone remind me how to pin the favorites folder to the start menu? many thanks Paul H ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 5047 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message.