Tips & Tricks

Attatch to taskbar

Shortcut

Make a directory for you shortcuts and icon like %HOMEPATH%\links

Create your shortcut in this directory and add a new icon.

1. Right click on the shortcut
2. Select “Show more options”
3. Select “Pin to taskbar”

The link will be stored in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

If there is no “Pin to..” entries you will have to prefix the target with C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe in order to “persuade” Window to accept the link on startup and taskbar.

Start in: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

Clean up taskbar

Use PowerShell:

• View Pinned Items: ls "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar"
• Clear All Pinned Items: Remove-Item "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*" -Force (Note: Windows 10 Forums suggests needing to restart explorer.exe for changes to take effect).

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Reset_Clear_Pinned_Apps_on_Taskbar.bat:

DEL /F /S /Q /A "%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*"
REG DELETE HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband /F
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe