Jul252012

How to pin separate folders on the Windows 7 taskbar and not just in the jump list?

Asif Mumtaz asks:

When I want to add a website as a shortcut in Windows 7 taskbar, I can easily do it with Chrome. But how do I do the same thing with folders from my hard drive?

For instance, I want to add a shortcut to a folder called ‘work’ to my taskbar. How do i do it?

I know I can add folders in the jump list but I wanted to know about adding separate icons in the taskbar for folders.


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Mike

July 26, 2012

The following link offers two option:

(a) by creating a “fake” application that opens the folder
(b) by creating a shortcut

http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/04/24/how-to-pin-multiple-folders-to-your-windows-7-taskbar/

Either way the pinned items (fake application or shortcut) have to saved somewhere. You cannot delete them or the pin won’t work.

Asif Mumtaz

Creating a fake application will work. That’s what I was looking for

@everyone else: i wasn’t asking ‘how to pin programs to taskbar’

July 26, 2012
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UD98

July 26, 2012

you should make a shortcut by right-click and dragging to desktop and choosing create shortcuts here

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ferdinan Sitohang

July 26, 2012

Please refer to sevenforum . It is an easy way to do it.

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Suman Acharya

July 26, 2012

Hi Asif, if I understood your question right.
do this steps >>
right-click on taskbar
select Toolbar at the top
then choose New toolbar option
then it lets you choose folders on your hard drive to pin to taskbar as quicklaunch.

Asif Mumtaz

Thanks. works like a charm.

July 26, 2012
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Suman Acharya

July 26, 2012

or
i’m almost sure this can help you:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9305-taskbar-pin-unpin-folder.html
read it.

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Bodi Hemanth

October 15, 2012

right click on task bar —-> go to —-> tool bar —–>select new toolbar and select your folder that’s it you have done.