UPDATE: This method no longer works in the RTM build (10240 and above) of Windows 10. If you wish to change the folder icon of the shortcut, right-click on the shortcut on the desktop, click Properties, under Shortcut tab, click Change icon button, select an icon, click OK, and then click Apply button. When you pin the shortcut to the taskbar, the File Explorer icon appears instead of actual folder icon. Step 4: Now, drag-and-drop the shortcut on to the taskbar to pin to the taskbar. Make sure there is a space between Explorer and the actual entry as shown in the picture below.įor instance, if the actual target is “C:\IntoWindows” you need to make it “Explorer C:\IntoWindows”.
Step 3: Under the Shortcut tab, in the Target filed (see picture below), you need to add Explorer entry just before the actual target.
Step 2: Once the folder shortcut is on the desktop, right-click on the shortcut of the folder and then click Properties to open the same. Step 1: Right-click on the folder that you would like to pin to the taskbar, click Send to and then click Desktop (create shortcut) to create a shortcut of the folder on the desktop.įollow the same procedure even if the folder you want to pin to the taskbar is on the taskbar. lnk (and other extensions if applicable) shortcut to reset and restore back original state.įor user who insists on removing the shortcut arrow, the proper way to remove shortcut arrow yet still allowing pin to Taskbar.This is the easiest workaround out there to pin a folder to Windows 10’s taskbar. Thus, to fix the issue that application programs unable to pin to Taskbar and Start Menu, just re-add the IsShortcut registry key back to. The cause of the problem is because users have made the shortcut in Windows 7 to be ‘not a shortcut’ by removing the shortcut arrow on icons (including desktop icons) by removing IsShortcut registry key.
Other symptom that may affect users facing these errors in Windows 7 including no Jump List been popped up when right clicking on icons in Taskbar. When right click on a program icon or shortcut, the “Pin to Taskbar” and “Pin to Start Menu” context menu is missing and not showing too. In Windows 7, there may be occasional error where user cannot drag and drop an application program to Windows Taskbar (Superbar) and Start Menu anymore, with the icon shows a red cross when user attempts to place it on Taskbar or Start Menu.
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