Creating and pinning shortcuts to Win7 Taskbar?
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From: Marts on 24 Feb 2010 05:06 Still more experimenting with Win7. I have some shortcuts that I use to copy files. They're just batch files. On XP I had the shortcuts on the task bar. However, in Win7 after creating them and having them sitting on the desktop, when I dragged them to pin them to the taskbar they wouldn't "stick". The red "bar" symbol that represents a no go (round with a diagonal line through it) appears in the transparent icon as it hovers over the taskbar. So, for some reason, these two shortcuts won't stick. Are there any tips on getting them to work? I currently just double click on them from the desktop.
From: annily on 24 Feb 2010 06:23 Marts wrote: > Still more experimenting with Win7. I have some shortcuts that I use to copy > files. They're just batch files. On XP I had the shortcuts on the task bar. > > However, in Win7 after creating them and having them sitting on the desktop, > when I dragged them to pin them to the taskbar they wouldn't "stick". The red > "bar" symbol that represents a no go (round with a diagonal line through it) > appears in the transparent icon as it hovers over the taskbar. > > So, for some reason, these two shortcuts won't stick. Are there any tips on > getting them to work? I currently just double click on them from the desktop. > How about right clicking the icon, then selecting "Pin to Taskbar"? -- Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions.
From: annily on 24 Feb 2010 06:25 annily wrote: > Marts wrote: >> Still more experimenting with Win7. I have some shortcuts that I use >> to copy >> files. They're just batch files. On XP I had the shortcuts on the task >> bar. >> However, in Win7 after creating them and having them sitting on the >> desktop, >> when I dragged them to pin them to the taskbar they wouldn't "stick". >> The red >> "bar" symbol that represents a no go (round with a diagonal line >> through it) >> appears in the transparent icon as it hovers over the taskbar. >> >> So, for some reason, these two shortcuts won't stick. Are there any >> tips on >> getting them to work? I currently just double click on them from the >> desktop. >> > > How about right clicking the icon, then selecting "Pin to Taskbar"? > Doing it the way you suggested works for me in Win 7 32-bit anyway. -- Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions.
From: Fred on 24 Feb 2010 21:47 "Marts" <marts(a)ymail.com> wrote in message news:i3u9o51l4uo7iiibhv1joft1k2lid2dq02(a)ymail.com... > Still more experimenting with Win7. I have some shortcuts that I use to > copy > files. They're just batch files. On XP I had the shortcuts on the task > bar. > > However, in Win7 after creating them and having them sitting on the > desktop, > when I dragged them to pin them to the taskbar they wouldn't "stick". The > red > "bar" symbol that represents a no go (round with a diagonal line through > it) > appears in the transparent icon as it hovers over the taskbar. > > So, for some reason, these two shortcuts won't stick. Are there any tips > on > getting them to work? I currently just double click on them from the > desktop. There is a complicated workaround to be able to pin .bat files to the taskbar in Seven. Probably easier to compile them though with a free tool like bat to exe converter. http://download.cnet.com/Bat-To-Exe-Converter/3000-2069_4-10555897.html And drag the resultant .exe to the taskbar.
From: annily on 24 Feb 2010 22:49
Fred wrote: > "Marts" <marts(a)ymail.com> wrote in message > news:i3u9o51l4uo7iiibhv1joft1k2lid2dq02(a)ymail.com... >> Still more experimenting with Win7. I have some shortcuts that I use to >> copy >> files. They're just batch files. On XP I had the shortcuts on the task >> bar. >> >> However, in Win7 after creating them and having them sitting on the >> desktop, >> when I dragged them to pin them to the taskbar they wouldn't "stick". The >> red >> "bar" symbol that represents a no go (round with a diagonal line through >> it) >> appears in the transparent icon as it hovers over the taskbar. >> >> So, for some reason, these two shortcuts won't stick. Are there any tips >> on >> getting them to work? I currently just double click on them from the >> desktop. > > > There is a complicated workaround to be able to pin .bat files to the > taskbar in Seven. > Probably easier to compile them though with a free tool like bat to exe > converter. > http://download.cnet.com/Bat-To-Exe-Converter/3000-2069_4-10555897.html > And drag the resultant .exe to the taskbar. > > Oh, I forgot the OP was talking about .bat files. The ones I tried were ..exe files. -- Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions. |