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Message: [QUOTE="Regedit32, post: 102219, member: 11152"] Any executable can be pinned to the task bar. [INDENT]In Windows 10 though, pinning folders and/or other types of data files to Start menu is fine, but then choosing to pin them to your Taskbar is not intended - however, it can be achieved with a few steps. Just don't blame me if your taskbar ends up looking like an Apple Mac tablet.[/INDENT] For example: [LIST] [*]Suppose you have text file named [B]Birthdays.txt[/B] located on your Desktop [*]Open your [B]File Explorer[/B] then click [B]File[/B] and select [B]Change folder and search options[/B]. Next, select the [B]view tab[/B] and [B]remove check[/B] next to [I]Hide extensions nor known file types[/I] then apply change. [*]Now, returning to Desktop, [B]right-click[/B] on [B]Birthdays[/B] and select [B]rename[/B] and [U][B]change the extension[/B][/U] from [B].txt[/B] to [B].exe[/B] [LIST] [*]Note: You'll be prompted to confirm your name change. Click yes. [/LIST] [*]Next, [B]right-click[/B] on [B]Birthdays.exe[/B] and select [B]pin to taskbar[/B] [*]Next, [B]right-click[/B] on [B]Birthdays.exe[/B] and select [B]rename, [/B]then change the [B].exe[/B] back to [B].txt[/B], and click yes to confirm the change [*]Now, [B][U]press and hold down your SHIFT key[/U][/B] while at the same time [B]right-clicking[/B] your pinned Birthdays on taskbar and select Properties. Here you will need to edit the Shortcut target, making sure it points to the correct path, and file name [U]with the [B]correct file extension[/B][/U] [ in this example that being [B].txt[/B] ] given the Birthdays data file is a text file. If you wanted to you could also choose to change the icon that appears on your Taskbar here too. [*]Apply any changes made and you are ready to go. [/LIST] [INDENT=2]In this case, clicking on the pinned Birthdays will open this file in Notepad.[/INDENT] That's it -- as to whether its worth doing this -- I'll leave that up to individuals to decide what suits them best. The same procedure will allow you to pin a folder/directory to your taskbar too! Regedit32 ps: You'll probably want to change back to hidden extensions for files afterwards too. [/QUOTE]

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