Windows doesn't allow you to pin folders directly to the taskbar. There is an easy workaround, though. All you have to do is create a new shortcut to a folder and then pin that shortcut to the taskbar. Related:How to Customize the Taskbar in Windows 10 You cancustomize the Windows t...
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That’s it. It is that simple pin a folder to the taskbar in Windows. Change the Pinned Folder Shortcut Icon (Optional Steps) You might have noticed that the default icon is just the File Explorer icon. If you already have the File Explorer icon pinned to the taskbar or if you are p...
To bring a window to the foreground, making it the active window, click its button on the Taskbar. To minimize, maximize, restore, or close a window, even if you can't see it on the screen, right-click its button on the Taskbar and choose the appropriate command from the shortcut men...
You can make the File Explorer shortcut icon on Taskbar open ANY favorite folder of your choice, including Documents, Downloads, etc. in Windows 11/10.
If you want to open taskbar options in Windows 10 with one click, i.e. from a shortcut on your desktop, you can make this simple tweak to access them faster.
✅ How to rename a shortcut on the Windows 11 taskbar:Hello all:I have a shortcut on my Windows 11 taskbar named "checkbook 3". I would like to change the name to "checkbook". So I right click the...
Shortcut Action WIN+R Display Run dialog box WIN+M Minimize All SHIFT+WIN+M Undo Minimize All WIN+F1 Start Help WIN+E Start Windows Explorer WIN+F Find files or folders CTRL+WIN+F Find computer WIN+TAB Cycle through taskbar buttons ...
Click Yes to place the shortcut on the Desktop Right-click on the desktop shortcut and chooseProperties. Next, click on theShortcuttab and typeexplorerwith a space in front of theTargetfield. Click onApply > OK. Now drag and drop the shortcut folder on the Taskbar. However, the Explorer...
The idea behind the trick to pin folders to the taskbar is simple - since you can already pin executable files to the taskbar, you can make a shortcut to the folder you want to pin and replace its target path with the explorer.exe file. If you add the folder path as an argument for...