
The new article also contains a link back to this one so you can come back here easily. Feel free to check out my updated pin to taskbar article first.
Therefore I have published a new, updated article with step by step instructions to fix pin to taskbar issues. Since to pin or unpin icons from the taskbar takes literally less than two seconds, you can change the list of pinned programs as your need change, to avoid having to many icons clutter the taskbar, and end up leaving little to no room for the regular taskbar buttons of "unpinned" programs.Update 1: Some people have reported that their situation was different from the one described in this article.
You are done! Windows 7 will no longer show the program's icon in the taskbar (except as a regular taskbar button when the program is running of course). Choose " Unpin this program from taskbar" from the menu. Right-click on the program you want to unpin from the taskbar. Unpin a program from the Windows 7 taskbarĪs mentioned earlier, pinning or unpinning applications from the taskbar couldn't be any easier: Tip: note that you can rearrange the order of programs pinned to the taskbar simply drag the icon of a pinned program, move it, and drop it in the position where you want it to appear: Windows 7 now displays a shortcut to the program inside the taskbar, right next to the Start button:įrom now on, you can launch this program from the taskbar shortcut, with a single click you can also right-click on the pinned program to access special functionality (what Windows 7 calls " Jump Lists"), like opening recent files, launching the program with certain options, etc. Windows 7 has applied the change, but you will not see any change until you exit the program: save all your work (if needed), and close the program you just pinned to the taskbar. Right-click on the program's taskbar button, and choose " Pin this program to taskbar" from the menu. As soon as the program is running, Windows 7 will display its button (called " taskbar button") inside the taskbar, like Internet Explorer does in the screenshot below:.
First, open the program you would like to see pinned (from the start menu, a desktop shortcut, it doesn't matter, as long as the application is launched and running). Here are the instructions to pin a program to the Windows 7 taskbar: Pin a program to the taskbar in Windows 7