Windows 10: Microsoft Edge pinned on taskbar opening another window.

Hi everyone!

I would like to ask why is Microsoft Edge opening another window instead of stacking up in the pinned program in the taskbar? Whenever I start-up Edge, instead of opening on the pinned icon on the taskbar, it opens another one right next to the other icons. It only happens in Edge and not in other programs. This is not big of a deal but it just bothers me out. Thank you so much in advance!




This is what's happening in the taskbar when I click on the pinned Edge icon. It opens another one instead of opening in the pinned icon:




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Pin Microsoft Edge to Taskbar

Hi,

It's possible that you're not able to pin Edge to the taskbar due to some corrupted system files. We'd like to learn more about your concern so that we could provide the proper resolution. We just have a few questions for you:

• Which build version of Windows 10 is currently on your computer? To check, click
  Start, type winver, and press Enter.
• Does this only happen to Edge? Have you tried pinning other apps to the taskbar?
• What are all of the troubleshooting steps that you've done? Please list all of them so that we could move on to the next steps.

 

Trying to pin 'Microsoft Edge' to taskbar

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I understand the issue that you are facing currently, and we in Community will try to resolve your issue the best way we can.

I would like to suggest that you follow the steps below to resolve your issue:

• Go to task manager. (To open press ctrl+alt+delete)
• Click on Details, select explorer.exe and click End Task.
• Go to file, located on the top left corner of task manager
• Type explorer.exe and click on OK.

Try to pin Edge to taskbar and check if the issue still persist.

Hope this information helps and let us know the status of the issue we will be glad to help you further.

 

Trying to pin 'Microsoft Edge' to taskbar

I have read the previous enquiries about pin to taskbar, but I have tried these to no avail.

if I go to 'start' and when 'edge' comes up I right click I get the following options

"pin to start" "open file location" and "don't show in this list"

if I go to 'start' and 'all apps' and right click 'edge from there I just get "pin to start" and "open file location"

if I have opened 'edge' and then right click when it is on the taskbar all I get is "close window"

if I press "windows" and type 'edge' and right click all I get is "open file location" and "pin to start"

I have managed to shortcut to my desktop, but seem unable to actually "pin" to my taskbar.

I am on Windows 10 build 10240 and 'edge' is my default browser.