Windows 10: PowerShell script pinned to taskbar has stopped working

I made a very simple PowerShell script to open my display settings so that I could quickly change the display scale, which I pinned to my taskbar. It worked fine until today, when it stopped working from the taskbar, although it still works if I right-click on the script in explorer and run it that way. I have no idea why it suddenly stopped working from the taskbar. I unpinned it from the taskbar and then pinned it again (by first pinning the powershell exe), but when I try to run it now it displays some kind of error message in red. Unfortunately the powershell window closes before I can read the error message. How can I regain quick access to my display settings?

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PowerShell scripts not working with Call operator

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues while developing a PowerShell script using the Call operator. I would suggest you to refer the articles

The Windows PowerShell ISE.



However, as the issue is related to developing PowerShell scripts, I would suggest you to post your query on

MSDN forums, where we have expertise and developers who are well equipped with the knowledge of developing PowerShell scripts in Windows.



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Make script for pinning programs to taskbar in windows 10

Hi Stefan,

In previous versions of Windows, one could use a script ("InvokeVerb" method) to Pin items to Taskbar. This is not possible in Windows 10, as the "Pin to taskbar" verb can't be enumerated or invoked using script any more.

There is a workaround, using a third-party tool. Check out: Pin Programs to the Taskbar in Windows 10 with Group Policy

 

Reset and Clear Taskbar Pinned Apps in Windows 10


Hi,
thank you for this script. I would like to convert it from .bat into powershell command. Can you provide me some suggestions?
Thank you

Edit:
I solved by myself
Code:

Code:

Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*" -recurse Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband" -recurse  Get-Process explorer | Stop-Process

Do you know if the .bat file works also for windows 8 and 8.1?