Just like its predecessors, Windows 10 also doesn’t allow you pin folders to the taskbar out of the box. Microsoft did add the ability to pin folders to the taskbar in the first preview build of Windows 10, but the feature is not part of the final build of Windows 10.
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Even though one can access frequently used files and folders by right-clicking on the explorer or file explorer icon in the taskbar, Windows 10 doesn’t let users pin folders to the taskbar out of the box.
In Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, one had to create an executable file (.exe) and then change the path name to the desired folder or take the help of third-party utilities such as Taskbar Pinner in order to pin a folder to the taskbar in Windows 7 and Windows 8. You can read all three ways out there to pin folders to the taskbar guide to know all the ways out there to add a folder to the taskbar in Windows 8/8.1.
Add folders to taskbar in Windows 10
Luckily, it’s possible to pin folders to Windows 10 taskbar without the help of third-party utilities. For instance, you can pin Downloads, Pictures, Videos and any other folder that you access very often can be pinned to the taskbar. The other advantage of this method is that you can open these pinned folders with keyboard shortcuts (Windows + 1-9). Follow the direction given below to easily pin a folder to taskbar in Windows 10.
Method 1
This is the easiest workaround out there to pin a folder to Windows 10’s taskbar.
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.
Follow the same procedure even if the folder you want to pin to the taskbar is on the taskbar. Go ahead and create a shortcut of it.
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 3: Under the Shortcut tab, in the Target filed (see picture below), you need to add Explorer entry just before the actual target. Make sure there is a space between Explorer and the actual entry as shown in the picture below.
For instance, if the actual target is “C:IntoWindows” you need to make it “Explorer C:IntoWindows”.
Once done, click Apply button.
Step 4: Now, drag-and-drop the shortcut on to the taskbar to pin to the taskbar. When you pin the shortcut to the taskbar, the File Explorer icon appears instead of actual folder icon.
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. Finally, pin it to the taskbar. That’s all!
Method 2
UPDATE: This method no longer works in the RTM build (10240 and above) of Windows 10. So follow the instructions in Method 1 to pin folders to taskbar.
In order to pin a folder to the taskbar in Windows 10, simply follow the given below instructions:
Ping In Taskbar
Step 1: First, navigate to the location where the folder that you want to pin to the taskbar is located. Note that you can’t pin multiple folders to the taskbar at once. Please select only one folder at a time.
Step 2: Next, right-click on the folder that you would like to pin to the taskbar and then click Pin to start option. This action will pin the folder to the Start menu or Start screen.
Step 3: Once the folder is on the Start menu/Start screen, right-click on the folder tile and click Pin to taskbar option to pin the folder to the taskbar. That’s it!
As you have observed, when you right-click on a folder, Pin to taskbar option doesn’t show up but when you right-click on a folder tile on the Start menu/Start screen, Pin to taskbar option appears. An option Pin to taskbar in the folder context menu would have been awesome.
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If you ever feel like pinning a shortcut to a website or web page to the Windows 10 Taskbar, Edge browser now lets you do so easily. You can pin a web shortcut to Start Menu using IE, Chrome or Firefox, and IE lets you pin a shortcut to the taskbar using drag-and-drop method – now let us see how to do it in Microsoft Edge web browser on Windows 10 v1709.
Pin website to Taskbar or Start Menu using Edge
To pin any web page to the taskbar, open any web page in Microsoft Edge browser that you want to pin to the taskbar.
Next, click on the 3-dotted Settings button in the top-right corner. Email tester. You will see an option called Pin this page to the taskbar.
Click on it, and right after that, you will see a new icon in the taskbar. The favicon of the site should be visible as the pinned icon. If any site is not using any custom favicon, the default icon will appear.
Taskbar Disappeared
To pin the web link to the Windows Start 10 Start Menu, select the Pin this page to Start option, which appears just below it – and you will find a shortcut to the web page or website appear in your Start Menu.
If you access a website or a webpage frequently, you will find this feature very useful.
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Windows 10 includes a lot of interesting tools, but if you’re like a lot of people, more and more of your digital life is happening in your web browser and nowhere else. That being the case, you’ll want to keep your most important websites close at hand. The easiest way to access them in Windows 10 is the Start menu and the taskbar, treating them more or less like programs in and of themselves.
Although easy overall, getting a website from your browser to your taskbar is a little different depending on which browser you’re using.
Google Chrome
Adding a website to your taskbar with Google Chrome requires a couple of extra menus than some of the other browsers, but that doesn’t mean it’s difficult. Here’s how to get started:
Step 1: Open the website you want to pin to your taskbar in Google Chrome.
Step 2: Click the three-dotted menu in the top right-hand corner. Aim and objective of ict.
Step 3: Click More Tools, followed by Create a shortcut.
Step 4: When the popup window appears, you can customize the name of the shortcut, and then choose Create. The shortcut should not automatically appear on your desktop.
Note for Macs: Chrome acts a little different on MacOS. Instead of using the Create a shortcut tool, you will need to instead choose Save page as…. Then, in the window that appears, make sure you are saving the link to your Desktop. This should add the shortcut to your desktop, no problem.
Firefox
Unfortunately, Firefox doesn’t have an integrated way to pin shortcuts to the taskbar like Chrome does. However, there is a workaround.
Step 1: Create a new Firefox shortcut. To do so, search for Firefox in the Windows search box. Right-click the relevant result and click Open file location. Click and drag the Firefox shortcut to your desktop, or copy and paste it there.
Step 2: Right-click on the new shortcut and select Properties.
Step 3: In the Target field, add “-url” followed by the website you want the pinned link to navigate to. For example: “C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe -url https://www.digitaltrends.com”
Step 4: Click OK. Then right-click the shortcut and select Pin to taskbar.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft’s Edge browser (while it’s still around) has one of the simplest methods for pinning a website to the taskbar. Just follow these quick steps:
Step 1: Open your desired website in the Edge browser.
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Step 2: Click the three-dot menu icon in the top right-hand corner.
Step 3: Scroll down the menu until you find Pin this page to taskbar. Click it.
If you would rather pin to the Start menu, click that respective menu item instead.
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