Re: Creating and pinning shortcuts to Win7 Taskbar?

Marts wrote:
> Still more experimenting with Win7. I have some shortcuts that I use to copy
> files. They're just batch files. On XP I had the shortcuts on the task bar.
>
> However, in Win7 after creating them and having them sitting on the desktop,
> when I dragged them to pin them to the taskbar they wouldn't "stick". The red
> "bar" symbol that represents a no go (round with a diagonal line through it)
> appears in the transparent icon as it hovers over the taskbar.
>
> So, for some reason, these two shortcuts won't stick. Are there any tips on
> getting them to work? I currently just double click on them from the desktop.
>

How about right clicking the icon, then selecting "Pin to Taskbar"?

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annily wrote:
> Marts wrote:
>> Still more experimenting with Win7. I have some shortcuts that I use
>> to copy
>> files. They're just batch files. On XP I had the shortcuts on the task
>> bar.
>> However, in Win7 after creating them and having them sitting on the
>> desktop,
>> when I dragged them to pin them to the taskbar they wouldn't "stick".
>> The red
>> "bar" symbol that represents a no go (round with a diagonal line
>> through it)
>> appears in the transparent icon as it hovers over the taskbar.
>>
>> So, for some reason, these two shortcuts won't stick. Are there any
>> tips on
>> getting them to work? I currently just double click on them from the
>> desktop.
>>
>
> How about right clicking the icon, then selecting "Pin to Taskbar"?
>

Doing it the way you suggested works for me in Win 7 32-bit anyway.

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Marts wrote:
> annily wrote...
>
>>> How about right clicking the icon, then selecting "Pin to Taskbar"?
>>>
>> Doing it the way you suggested works for me in Win 7 32-bit anyway.
>
> I just tried that. There is no option for me to do it.
>
> I'm running Win7 64b, though.
>

As someone else mentioned, it must be peculiar to .bat files. I only
tried it with .exe files.

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