Windows 10: Is there a way to pin a folder to the taskbar that opens a context menu when clicked?

Discus and support Is there a way to pin a folder to the taskbar that opens a context menu when clicked? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; What I want here is a bit difficult to explain, but here goes: I want to pin a folder to the taskbar, next to the start menu button, that opens a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Jay33721, Aug 21, 2020.

  1. /U/JAY33721
    /u/Jay33721 Win User

    Is there a way to pin a folder to the taskbar that opens a context menu when clicked?


    What I want here is a bit difficult to explain, but here goes: I want to pin a folder to the taskbar, next to the start menu button, that opens a context menu, kind of like a toolbar. Sort of like a second start menu, but with only the folders and shortcuts that I put in the folder.

    Is this possible? Is there a third party app that will let me do this?

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    :)
     
    /u/Jay33721, Aug 21, 2020
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  2. CONNERHAFFNER
    ConnerHaffner Win User

    Can't Open Specific Files and Folders through Taskbar Context Menus

    I have notepad pinned to the taskbar. When I right click on it, I get a list of recently-opened files. When I click on one, the context menu dismisses itself, but nothing opens. This worked fine until a week or two ago.

    The same issue occurs when trying to open specific folders by right-clicking on File Explorer in the taskbar.
     
    ConnerHaffner, Aug 21, 2020
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  3. NAKI
    Naki Win User
    Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

    Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
    Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
    Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

    NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
    But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
    What do you think?
     
    Naki, Aug 21, 2020
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  4. CORTHREAT
    corthreat Win User

    Is there a way to pin a folder to the taskbar that opens a context menu when clicked?

    Right click context menu of Windows 10 is excrutiatingly slow in taskbar

    Hello,

    Running Windows 10, latest update (08.08.) and latest drivers on an Asus Zenbook 14 (i5 CPU). I recently had to restore Windows, ever since then the context menu of some applications is extremely slow.

    When I right click on apps on the taskbar, they usually open the context menu of every application ( un/pin, recent documents, other settings).

    This works fine for all applications in less than a second EXCEPT for Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook. Whenever I try to open the context menu of Office Apps it takes 20-30 seconds to open the recently used documents.

    I've already re-installed Office and Onedrive to no avail. Any suggestions?
     
    corthreat, Aug 21, 2020
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