Windows 10: Windows 10 Enterprise: Pin to taskbar feature for Excel great - but how to click to the...

Hi there fellow strivers,


When right clicking the excel taskbar it shows the pinned workbooks.


When hovering over a given pinned workbook it tantalizingly shows the file explorer path.


Problem: To access the other files in this folder it is repeatedly required to open File Explorer and click through to the file path.


Potential Solution: When right clicking on the pinned workbook, is it possible to add an "Open Folder Location" to this pop up to shortcut this routine?





Anybody have a solution for this?


Brad

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Option to pin to taskbar is missing for Excel in Windows 10

Hello Kent,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

We understand the inconvenience you have experienced.

Usually when you're working on any Excel file, you can see an instance of Excel Icon will be located on taskbar. Simply right-click and selecting
Pin to taskbar will do this. Let me elaborate this in steps.

* Open new Excel sheet or any Excel file which you're working. (I.e. to open new Excel sheet, press
Start, type Excel and select same from the list)

* Go to Taskbar and then right-click on opened Excel file located on taskbar.

* Now select Pin to taskbar.

Another way is, go to Start /> All apps, then navigate alphabetically till you find
Excel. Then right-click on, point to More and select Pin to taskbar.

Done, this will Pin Excel sheet to Taskbar. You can follow the same steps for pinning any application to taskbar.

Keep us posted the outcome.

 

Excel's Avatar and pin to taskbar

Hey Kari! Thank-you for the very prompt assist! I tried your suggestion just now and didn't see a change. Still messed up....

Brian

 

Excel's Avatar and pin to taskbar


I've had Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3 for a little over a year. In the last 24 hours, I can no longer pin excel to the taskbar and the avatar that shows on the task bar when I open it from the app list is solid gray, i.e., not the little "e" on a green background as it should be. Previously, I could pin to the task bar and excel's avatar showed properly. This is also the only program on which this is happening. What could be the cause?