Windows XP

• 1). Click the "Start" button to open the Start menu. When the Start menu opens, right-click over a blank space and click "Properties" from the menu that pops up. You can add My Network Places to the Start menu here.
  
  
• 2). Click "Customize" beside Start menu when the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window opens. A window called Customize Start Menu will open.
  
  
• 3). Click the "Advanced" tab on the "Customize Start Menu window. You can add or remove Start menu items here.
  
  
• 4). Look to the section called Start menu items. Scroll through the list of Start menu programs and check the box next to My Network Places.
  
  
• 5). Click "OK" and then click "OK" on the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window. My Network Places is now on the Start menu.
  
  

Windows Vista and Windows 7

• 1). Click the "Start" button and right-click over the Start menu when it opens.
  
  
• 2). Select "Properties" from the box that pops up. The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window will open.
  
  
• 3). Click the "Customize" button. The Customize Start Menu window will open.
  
  
• 4). Scroll through the list of Start menu programs and check the box beside "Network."
  
  
• 5). Click "OK" and then click "OK" on the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window. Network will now show up on your Start menu.