Windows 10: Pin or Unpin Program icons from Taskbar or Start Menu in Windows 10

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'Pin to Start' and 'Unpin from Start" items in Windows 10

Thanks Cliff. The first suggestion didn't work because the shortcut icon is not listed. The second easier suggestion didn't work because right-clicking does not include "Open File Location" as an option, only "Unpin from Start" and "Resize". Screenshots are included. "xmltobgl" is the culprit icon.

 

Windows 10 : pinning files to program icons on taskbar

I have run the troubleshooter you suggested, and it said found no problems and made no changes. I do thank you for leading me to it; however, as I was unaware of all the troubleshooters included there.

I probably should have more correctly said that my concern is adding items to jumplists attached to pinned icons.
With no difficulty I have pinned 11 icons to the taskbar including file explorer (8), synctoy, snipping tool, Chrome (9), Outlook, Word (12), Excel (10), Paperport,
NitroReader, Cotrol Panel (12), and calculator. The numbers that follow in () represent the number of items pinned in the respective jumplists.

The problem that occurs is that when I try to add an additional item to a jumplist either by dragging to the program icon or by clicking one already listed as recent nothing happens. They no longer pin/add.

What I have read about the limitations of the Start menu is the following, “Windows 10’s Start menu works differently under the hood. It’s actually managed by a system service that scans the above folders
for changes and displays an All Apps list based on them. In practice, it works similarly.

Ars Technica found that the initial release version of Windows 10 could only handle
500 entries in this shortcut database before it breaks and stops showing new shortcuts, so don’t add too many! Microsoft will hopefully fix this low limit in a future update to Windows 10.”

It appeared in How
to Organize and Add Shortcuts to the All Apps List on Windows 10
on http://www.howtogeek.com.

I don’t think it can make a difference, but I might mention that I have added a toolbar to the taskbar (via task and start menu properties) using the folder at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Thank you. I suppose if there is no simpler solution I could unpin everything and start over.

 

Taskbar icons have changed - why? How do I fix them?

Hi Macabre,

Thank you for being part of the Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy to help you.

I suggest you to Unpin and Repin the apps to the Taskbar.

Follow the below steps to Unpin and Repin the apps:

• Right click on the app form the Taskbar and select Unpin this program from the taskbar
  option.
• Click on the Start icon.
• Right click on the app which you want to pin to the Taskbar and select
  Pin to Taskbar option.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.