About Pin To Start Function Box List Not Showing Up From Settings From The Settings In Windows 11 26h2?

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About Pin To Start Function Box List Not Showing Up From Settings From The Settings In Windows 11 26h2?

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While exploring the latest Windows 11 26h2,and without knowing it,once in the setings and trying to pin to start for example About/Clear Protection History/Windows Update/or other ones?, simply does not exist, or that function was removed ,or caused by something else?.Why couldn't Windows 11 26h2 included pin to start from the settings, as my earlier Windows 11 had shown?.I got help from various websites and sadly the mystery continues on?.I also had the same issues with Windows 11 25h1.IAfter not finding the causes of this issue?,simply went back to my older Windows 11, 5 year old fully functional version,and stayed with that even after it's no longer supported/or even getting further updates.In various websites,experts claim that an old Windows 11 iso that isn't from Microsoft might contain all kinds of undetectable computer viruses and should be avoided.I did a full scan of that iso ,and nothing nasty was detected,by no matter of the free antivirus that was installed or malware scanners.The mystery continues on?

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Hi maroner pierre,

Based on what you described, the missing Pin to Start option for individual Settings pages such as Windows Update or About does not necessarily indicate that your Windows installation is damaged.

As a practical workaround, you can create a shortcut to the Settings page you use frequently and pin that shortcut instead, where Windows permits it. I would not recommend reinstalling or repairing Windows solely for this behavior.

If having Pin to Start directly on individual Settings pages is important to your workflow, I’d also recommend submitting the suggestion through Feedback Hub (Win + F) so the Windows team can review it.

Please note that this is a user-to-user support forum. Moderators, contributors including external Microsoft employees cannot directly intervene in Microsoft product features or access back-end systems. Our role is limited to providing technical guidance on reported issues, requests, or ideas.

I hope this helps clarify why troubleshooting the installation itself may not be the best direction here.