pinning

I am running Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit Edition with SP1. Somehow I have lost the "Pin to Start Menu" and "Pin to Task Bar" options when I right click on a program's icon whether it is running or not. Another strange thing is that when I right click on My Computer and select "Manage...

After I close programs that are still pinned to the task bar, can I install another program where the install wizard recommends closing any programs before continuing?

For some several months now I have been happily using the "Pin to Explorer" function as a means of quickly accessing several folders, last night Windows installed a critical update of some sort and on rebooting this morning, right clicking the explorer folder on the task bar showed all my pinned...

Unfortuanteyl it seems to me that Windows 7 does not accept if users want to pin folders or files which are on removeable medias (USB-Sticks, DVDs, TrueCrypt volumes,...) to the TaskBar resp. Start menu. Is there a trick/workaround for this (e.g. registry modification) so that is possible...

The new Windows 7 taskbar provides capabilities that you can (and should) take advantage of in your applications. These capabilities include Jump Lists, pinning, live taskbar previews and more. In this screencast, Kate Gregory (Link Removed) provides an overview of these capabilities and...

I have a shortcut to "Libraries" on my taskbar. It's there by default and when I noticed you could pin stuff to it, I decided to make use of it instead of remove it. I right clicked the shortcut, and noticed the "recent" category. I right clicked two of those folders and pinned them there...

Hi! I have a problem with the taskbar being slightly too thick, and icons being offset. This leaves a slight space under the icons. The problem ocurred after I tried to customize my interface, and replaced explorer.exe, shell32.dll and explorerframe.dll with modified versions - but replaced...

Much to my surprise I cannot drag some *.exe programs to Taskbar/Quick launch Bar. For other programs it works. After releasing the mouse button with the dragged *.exe over Taskbar the icon is NOT added. Even if I press the shift button it does not work. How can I add/pin really all...

When I try to pin new folders to the Windows Explorer Taskbar icon, it drops the last one (past 22) off the list (also doesn't show any recent items). My display's 1280x1024, so it's not like it's huge, but I've still got enough space for another 15 or so. Is there a registry key that limits it?

Ok, so you know that W7 by default includes an explorer shortcut in the taskbar to quickly access your libraries. If you right click the icon, it shows the most recent opened folders on explorer.exe. A couple of days ago, I missclicked "unpin this program from taskbar". So went to C:\Windows...

Hello there. I wanted to clean up my desktop a bit so I deleted multiple shortcuts from my desktop because I had some icons already in Start Menu. So, I deleted the shortcuts that were on desktop and Start Menu and emptied my Recycle Bin so I cannot retrieve them. And now the icons on Start...

I'm wanting to "pin" an Icon of my USB flash drive to my taskbar in Win7. I click on computer>Kingston(I: ) >create shortcut. When the shortcut appears on my desktop it's an icon of a removable drive (which is what I want), but when I try to "pin" it on my taskbar it changes to an icon of a...

Folders pinned to the Windows Explorer icon get cleared back to just the desktop every once in a while. Help?

Hi, it used to be I had Winamp installed and the shortcut to it pinned to the taskbar. Then, for various reasons I uninstalled then reinstalled Winamp. Now I cannot, try as I might, pin the shortcut back to the taskbar. I get either a red circle with a diagonal band, like a traffic sign, or...

The Power User's Guide to the Windows 7 Taskbar Link Removed It seems like every week we learn about a new tip to enhance the Windows 7 taskbar, and it's hard to keep them all straight. Here's the complete power user's guide to tweaking and using your...

The taskbar icons (the ones I've pinned to the taskbar) for MS Word and MS Excel are showing broken/not found icons. They were there for some time and the a few days ago showed broken. The icons in the system menu display correctly. How do I correct this? Thanks, MauiNick

win7 how to lift the ban on the use to unlock the taskbar? ? ? I would like to permanently fixed in the task bar! Otherwise, do not care to unlock a , Be able to modify the registry can not be removed, "this program from the task bar to unlock," This...

I really like W7. Since I began using it when I pin an app the the taskbar, I cannot see it. If I remove one I can never revert back to it showing on the taskbar. Can anyone Help? Thanks - df

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Hey, I have Windows Live Messenger Pinned to my Taskbar but the problem is, when i click it to sign in, it brings up two different tabs.. one which is always there even if i X out of the program (but not sign out and exit) and another which is there when the messenger box is open... here is a...