Windows 10: Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar

Discus and support Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi everyone. I'm having a problem, which I have no idea why it's happening. I recently installed Windows 10, and everything was fine until I started... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by sanorin, Aug 17, 2015.

  1. sanorin Win User

    Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar


    Hi everyone. I'm having a problem, which I have no idea why it's happening. I recently installed Windows 10, and everything was fine until I started installing my programs and wanted to pin the ones I use most to the taskbar.

    Some of them can be pinned to the taskbar, but others can't for some reason. Even though they have the option "Pin to taskbar" when I right click, nothing happens after I click it, they don't get pinned. I have tried all methods described in this article.

    This is a screenshot of my desktop with all icons that can be pinned to the taskbar in green, and the ones that can't be pinned in red (examples: Steam, AIMP, CCleaner, Word). Note that "metro" apps can be added without any problem. Also, I didn't have this issue in Windows 8/8.1.


    Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar [​IMG]


    And here examples of the methods I have tried.

    (right click from desktop shortcut)

    Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar [​IMG]


    (right click from start menu)

    Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar [​IMG]


    (right click from taskbar after opening the program)

    Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar [​IMG]


    Any ideas? I would very much appreciate any help.

    :)
     
    sanorin, Aug 17, 2015
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  2. Tryx3 Win User

    Editor

    Please explain what you mean.

    Are you asking how to add an icon for some application called Editor to the Taskbar?

    If so, right-click on any existing shortcut to Editor [whatever that is] and select Pin to taskbar. If you cannot find an existing shortcut then look in your Start menu, right click on it, hover over More then select Open file location - that will take
    you to a shortcut for it.

    Denis
     
    Tryx3, Aug 17, 2015
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  3. Change taskbar icon?

    You can change the icons for Pinned taskbar shortcuts from this folder:

    %Appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

    (Type that in Explorer address bar, or Run dialog.)

    For Windows installer shortcuts the target can't be changed. In that case, you need to delete the existing shortcut and create a new shortcut for that program manually, and then Pin it to Taskbar.
     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Aug 17, 2015
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  4. sanorin Win User

    Cannot pin some shortcuts to taskbar

    sanorin, Aug 18, 2015
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